Endocrine evaluation after endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in children

Objective Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is a standard procedure for the treatment of obstructive hydrocephalus in children. Main part of the procedure is the perforation of the third ventricle floor (tuber cinereum). This structure is part of the hypothalamic–pituitary neuronal network of cerebral endocrine regulation. There are no systematic data available about the endocrine status after ETV in children. Materials and methods We examined 20 children who had undergone ETV. Examination included laboratory tests (adrenocorticotropic hormone, prolactin, insulin-like growth factor 1 [IGF-1], IGF-binding protein 3 [IGFBP-3], fT3, fT4, thyroid-stimulating hormone [TSH], serum osmolarity, electrolytes, glucose, urea, follicle-stimulating hormone [FSH] and luteinizing hormone [LH], and testosterone in selected patients), measurement of weight, height, and head circumference, and physical examination. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of Kiel University. Results In seven patients, prolactin was moderately elevated. One patient demonstrated a significantly increased prolactin (56.3 ng/ml). In all eight patients, this was the only laboratory value that was out of the normal range; all other parameters were normal. Three other patients showed one abnormal parameter (decrease in FSH and LH, increase in TSH, decrease in IGF-1 and IGFBP-3). In nine patients, weight or height was not within the 3rd to 97th centiles for age. Discussion and conclusion More patients than expected demonstrated endocrine laboratory abnormalities. However, there was no clinical relevance in any of the studied patients. It remains inconclusive whether ETV contributes to the abnormalities of prolactin levels or to other endocrine parameters in pediatric patients. Longitudinal studies are necessary to delineate the effect of ETV on endocrine regulation. Presented at the Third World Conference of the International Study Group on Neuroendoscopy (ISGNE), Marburg, Germany, 15–18 June 2005.     

黄芪天麻对老年心脑血管疾病患者发中微量元素影响的研究

黄芪、天麻中含有较丰富地人体必需微量元素。而人体内的微量元素含量的多少与生长、发育、健康、衰老及心脑血管疾病的发生和防治等均有密切关系。我们检查了３９例健康老年人及９８例患有心脑血管疾病老年人头发中的６种微量元素，上述病人在服用黄芪、天麻前后头发中微量元素的变化。研究结果表明黄芪、天麻对调节体内微量元素的含量，预防和治疗心脑血管疾病有较好地效果。     

何首乌与其伪品芭蕉块根的鉴别

对何首乌伪品芭蕉块根的药材性状、组织特征、成分、理化薄层等进行了实验研究。结果证明伪品何首乌是芭蕉科植物芭蕉地下块茎经人工制模而成.     

天麻的组织培养及快速繁殖

目的：利用组织培养方法快速繁殖成米麻作为种麻,为寻找出一简便可行的快繁天麻种麻的新途径提供理论依据。方法：天麻块茎或茎尖无菌离体培养,米麻块茎诱导培养基为1／2MS＋6－BA 1mg/L NAA0.5mg/L＋香蕉50mg/L;箭麻茎尖诱导培养基为1／2MS＋6－BA2mg/L NAAO.2mg/L。结果：小米麻经50d无菌培养后开始生长出新米麻,70d后原小米麻块茎上生长出多个分枝的新米麻;箭麻茎尖超过140d组织培养,茎尖分化、诱导形成原球茎,超过160d培养原球长大并开花。结论：天麻可以用组织培养方法快速繁殖成米麻作为种麻。     

基于Group-Lasso天麻品质形成关键因子的分析

目的 为提高人工种植天麻的质量,基于Group-Lasso变量筛选构建随机森林回归模型分析影响天麻品质形成的关键因子。方法 基于Group-Lasso法,对2007—2022年天麻质量研究文献中天麻素含量及产地环境变量等数据进行变量筛选,并在筛选出的变量基础上建立随机森林回归模型及计算变量重要性得分。结果 最终选择了产区、生长状况、种质类型、产地气候类型、产地土壤类型、最热月均温、产地年降水量、产地年日照时数和无霜期9个变量,基于被选变量与天麻素含量建立随机森林回归模型,模型的均方误差（mean square error,MSE）和平均绝对百分误差（mean absolute percentage error,MAPE）分别为0.103 2和14.08%,特征重要性排序显示天麻素含量的最大影响因素是产地年降水量,其次是产地土壤类型、无霜期和产地年日照时数。结论 随机森林回归模型有相对较低的误差和较高的预估精度,更适合用于对天麻种植环境的分析和天麻素含量的估算,为人工种植天麻提供参考。     

天麻提取物对血小板聚集的影响

目的观察天麻提取物对家兔体外、大鼠半离体和小鼠体内血小板聚集的影响.方法用比浊法测定血小板的聚集率.结果在体外、半离体和体内实验中,天麻提取物G2能抑制由二磷酸腺苷（ADP）诱导的血小板聚集;在体外实验中,天麻提取物G2还能抑制由血小板活化因子（PAF）诱导的血小板聚集.结论天麻提取物G2具有显著的抗血小板聚集作用.     

高效液相色谱法测定天麻中L-焦谷氨酸的含量

应用ＨＰＬＣ法对没来源和加工方法不同的天麻Ｇａｓｔｒｏｄｉａ ｅｌａｔａ Ｂｌ,中Ｌ－焦谷氨酸成分进行了定量分析。结果显示Ｌ－焦谷氨酸在天麻中的含量因产地、栽培方法和加工方法的不同而有差异。野生比家种、鲜品比干品的Ｌ－焦谷氨酸含量高。     

Growth hormone secretion in children and adolescents with familial tall stature

Sixty-five patients (22 boys and 43 girls) presenting with familial tall stature were investigated with regard to growth hormone (GH) secretion, both physiological and after stimulation with thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) and growth hormone relasing hormone (GHRH). Plasma insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) was also measured. Two groups of patients were distinguished according to their physiological secretion of GH: a high secretory group (n=49) with a mean 24 h integrated concentration of GH (IC-GH) of 5.4±2.3 g/l per minute and a large number of peaks (5.1±1.6 in 24 h), and a low secretory group (n=16) with a mean 24 h IC-GH of 2.1±0.5 g/l per minute and few peaks (3.3±1.3 in 24h). Plasma IGF-I levels and GH peak values after the TRH test were significantly higher in the high secretory group. These results indicate that familial tall stature is the consequence either of hypersecretion of GH or of hypersensivity to this hormone (IGF-I levels being normal in spite of low GH levels).     

天麻中硒的流动注射-氢化物发生-原子吸收光谱测定方法研究

目的　探讨原子化器温度、载气流速、KBH4 浓度等条件 ,对流动注射 氢化物发生 原子吸收光谱法 (FI HG AAS)测定硒时的影响。建立了FI HG AAS测定新鲜天麻中硒的分析方法。方法　流动注射 氢化物发生 原子吸收光谱法。结果　在优化的工作条件下 ,测定硒的最低检测浓度为 0 2 8μg·L- 1 ,线性范围为 0～ 50 μg·L- 1 ,相对标准偏差小于 5 % ,加样回收率为 96 %～ 1 0 4 % ,应用于新鲜天麻、富硒新鲜天麻中微量硒的测定 ,结果满意。结论　本法克服了传统的间断氢化物发生 原子吸收光谱法分析速度慢、样品耗量大、操作繁琐 ,且因手工进样在进样速度和进样体积上容易带来误差等缺点。方法操作简便、快速 ,灵敏度及自动化程度高     

Retrospect on the research of the cultivation of Gastrodia elata Bl , a rare traditional Chinese medicine

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