Acoustic variations in reading produced by speakers with spasmodic dysphonia pre-botox injection and within early stages of post-botox injection.

Acoustic analysis of a reading passage was used to identify the abnormal phonatory events associated with adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD) pre- and postinjection of Botulinum Toxin A (Botox). Thirty-one patients (age 22 to 74 years) diagnosed with ADSD were included for study. All patients were new recipients of Botox, and the examination of their voice occurred before and after their initial injection of Botox. Acoustic events were identified from reading samples of the Rainbow Passage produced by each of the patients. These events were examined from sentences containing primarily voiced sound segments. Dependent variables included the number of phonatory breaks, frequency shifts, and aperiodic segments--all variables previously defined by the investigators. Additionally, calculated variables were made of the percentage of time these events occurred relative to the duration of the cumulative voiced segments. A sex- and age-matched control group (+/-2 years) was included for statistical comparison. Results indicated that those with ADSD produced more aberrant acoustic events than the controls. Aperiodicity was the predominant acoustic event produced during the reading, followed by frequency shifts and phonatory breaks. Within the ADSD group, the number of atypical acoustic events decreased following Botox injection. It is important that the occurrence of specific abnormal acoustic events was sufficient to differentiate the disordered speakers from the controls following as well as preceding initial Botox injection, as indicated by discriminant function analysis. This paper complements our previous work using this acoustic analysis method for defining the abnormal events present in the voice of those with ADSD and further suggests that these measures can be used in conjunction with perceptual impressions to differentiate speakers on the basis of initial severity.     

幽门螺杆菌ureB基因表达产物的反应原性

目的：克隆幽门螺杆菌ureB基因，并进行表达，验证表物的反应原性。方法：应用PCR技术从技术临床分离株中扩增出ureB基因，克隆入载体pGEM-7zf( ）进行测序，进一步转到友大肠杆菌表达载体pBV220进行诱导表达，以Western blot实验验证重组蛋白的反应原性。结果：测序后经同源性比较，证实扩增后得到的片断确为ureB基因，并原核表达出可被抗Hp抗体识别的非融合重组蛋白。结论：获得了有反应原性的重组ureB蛋白。     

垂体ACTH腺瘤的诊断和治疗(附29例报告)

目的 分析和探讨垂体ACTH腺瘤的诊断和治疗。方法 对我科收治的29例垂体ACTH腺瘤患者的临床特点和治疗效果进行了回顾性分析。结果 垂体ACTH微腺瘤的诊断较为困难，有库欣氏综合征表现的患者，辅以血清ACTH、地塞米松抑制试验等并结合影像学资料方可确诊，经蝶手术切除肿瘤复发率仅为6．9％。结论 垂体ACTH腺瘤的诊断须依靠临床表现、实验室检查和影像学检查等。经蝶手术切除肿瘤是治疗垂体ACTH腺瘤的首选方法。     

高脂血症时血清二乙基对硝基苯磷酸酯酶活性的变化

目的 :研究tritonWR 13 3 9致小鼠高脂血症时血清二乙基对硝基苯磷酸酯酶 (ParaoxonaseI ,PON 1)活性的变化及PON 1活性与血浆脂质含量之间的关系。方法 :在小鼠尾静脉注射tritonWR13 3 9后的 3h ,6h ,12h ,2 4h ,48h ,72h ,眼球摘除术取血 ,用酶标法测定小鼠血浆总胆固醇 (TC) ,甘油三酯 (TG ) ,高密度脂蛋白 -胆固醇 (HDL -C) ,载脂蛋白AI (ApoAI) ,载脂蛋白B (ApoB含量 ) ,并计算出ApoAI/ApoB ,HDL -C/TC比值 ,用分光光度计法测定PONI活性。结果 :TritonWR 13 3 9尾静脉注射后 3h ,小鼠血浆TC和TG含量即急剧增高 ,与对照组相比 ,P <0 .0 1,分别在注射后 2 4h和 3h达到峰值 ,随后逐渐下降 ,其中血浆TG含量在注射后 48h即恢复正常水平。tritonWR13 3 9尾静脉注射后 3h ,小鼠血浆HDL -C和ApoB含量急剧增高 ,与对照组相比 ,P <0 .0 5,分别在注射后 2 4h和 6h达到峰值 ,随后逐渐下降 ,分别在注射后 48h和 72h恢复正常水平。tritonWR13 3 9尾静脉注射后 3h ,小鼠血浆ApoAI含量即急剧降低 ,与对照组相比 ,P <0 .0 5,随后逐渐增高 ,在注射后 6h即恢复正常水平。tritonWR 13 3 9尾静脉注射后 3h ,小鼠血浆ApoAI/ApoB和HDL-C/TC比值减少 ,与对照组相比 ,P <0 .0 1,随后逐渐增高 ,其中ApoAI/ApoB比值在 72h恢复     

腹部大血管病变的3D DCE-MRA诊断

目的 阐述3D动态增强磁共振血管造影（three-dimensional　dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiog-raphy,3D DCE-MRA）的原理及其在腹部大血管病变诊断中的价值。方法搜集32例腹部大血管3D DCE-MRA检查的影像资料,对其影像表现进行回顾性分析。结果（1）团注试验:对比剂通过肾动脉水平腹主动脉内的高峰时间为17-23s;（2）正常表现3例,清晰显示腹主动脉及其分支;（3）腹主动脉瘤7例,均显示主动脉受累段不规则增宽及实际的动脉腔;（4）腹主动脉夹层18例,均显示内膜片、真假两腔以及分支动脉起源的位置,显示破口12处、再破口16处;（5）动脉粥样硬化3例,均显示腹主动脉迂曲,管径粗细不均;（6）髂总静脉血栓形成1例,左髂总静脉未显影。结论3DDCE-MRA是一种非损伤性血管成像技术,对腹部大血管病变的诊断有重要意义。     

Assessment of value of glycosylated albumin and protein in detection of gestational diabetes

There is a recognized need for the early detection of gestational diabetes, and a single blood test, if reliable, would be advantageous. Because serum albumin and total protein are glycosylated and have short life spans, we investigated the usefulness of glycosylated albumin and glycosylated protein in the detection of gestational diabetes. We studied five groups, each with 20 subjects: nonpregnant and pregnant controls, nonpregnant and pregnant insulin-dependent diabetic (IDDM) patients, and gestational diabetic patients. All patients with no history of diabetes had an oral glucose tolerance test to define their carbohydrate status. Our results showed that percent glycosylated albumin and percent glycosylated protein were significantly elevated in both groups of IDDM patients compared with the other groups. However, gestational diabetic patients had glycosylated albumin and glycosylated protein values similar to those of both control groups. Both glycosylated albumin and glycosylated protein correlated well with HbA1c determinations. Thus, glycosylated albumin and glycosylated protein may be a good index of glycemic control, but they are of little value in the diagnosis of gestational diabetes because of a lack of sensitivity: 8 and 3% for glycosylated albumin and glycosylated protein, respectively.     

载脂蛋白E基因多态性与脑梗死的关系

目的:探讨载脂蛋白E(apo E)外显子4基因多态性与湖北汉族人脑梗死的关系。方法:分别采用聚合酶涟反应(PCR)结合限制性片段长度多态性方法检测apo E基因多态性。结果:脑梗死apo E外显子4基因多态性与正常对照组相比差异有显著性(P<0.01)。结论:apo E外显子4基因可能是汉族人脑梗死的遗传危险因素。     

染色内镜和放大内镜技术是提高早期大肠癌诊治水平的重要手段

应用常规内镜技术难以发现大肠平坦型病变和凹陷型病变。近年来染色内镜和放大内镜技术已经发展成熟,在国外已获广泛应用,可以发现大肠微小病变和早期大肠癌。应用腺管开口分型方法可以预测肿瘤病变的组织学类型及肿瘤的浸润深度,据此可确定行内镜下粘膜剥离术或分片粘膜剥离术将肿瘤切除,抑或行外科手术治疗。在当前我国的胃肠内镜医疗界,应广泛开展染色内镜和放大内镜的临床应用,以早期发现大肠病变,提高我国大肠癌的内镜诊治水平。     

多柔比星肾病肾损伤早期核因子-κB和血管紧张素ⅠⅡ的表达及关系探讨

目的　探讨在多柔比星 (阿霉素 )肾病综合征 (NS)幼年大鼠肾损伤过程中核因子 (NF) κB和血管紧张素ATⅠ、ATⅡ的表达及其相关性。方法　 4周龄雄性Wistar大鼠单侧肾切除加腹腔注射阿霉素造成NS模型 ,分别以免疫组织化学和原位杂交检测ATⅠ、ATⅡ和NF κB。结果　肾病组随着病变时间的延长 ,NF κB和ATⅠ、ATⅡ表达的强度和部位均呈增强趋势 ,治疗组在相同时间点则两者都有不同程度下调 (P <0 .0 5 )。结论　在阿霉素肾病损伤过程中NF κB和ATⅠ、ATⅡ起着介导作用。     

Natural history of penetrating ocular injury with retinal laceration in the monkey

In one eye each of four cynomolgus monkeys, an 8-mm penetrating injury was made through the equator; there was retinal perforation with vitreous loss. None of the four eyes with this injury developed posterior vitreous detachment or retinal detachment during a follow-up period of 8 months to 1 year.Another group of 26 monkeys had the same injury but also had 0.5 ml autologous whole blood injected into the vitreous at the time of injury. The eyes were examined weekly and enucleated at scheduled intervals from 1 day to 52 weeks post-injury. Posterior vitreous detachment occurred at the earliest at 2 weeks post-injury, and was ultimately present in 91% of the eyes. Vitreous detachment can occur either as a separation at the level of the internal limiting membrane or as a cleavage within the cortical vitreous. Retinal detachment occurred at the earliest at 8 weeks post-injury, and eventually was present in 50% of the eyes. The retinal detachment was tractional; no retinal breaks were detected in any of the eyes.This study was supported by grants EY02061 and EY03040 from the National Institutes of HealthPresented at the 1984 meeting of the Club Jules Gonin in Lausanne, Switzerland