国产生长激素治疗生长激素缺乏症的疗效观察

了解国产人生长激素（ｈＧＨ）的治疗效果。方法：对１５例未经生长激素治疗的生长激素缺乏症（ＧＨＤ）病人（均经精氨酸和可乐宁两项生长激素激发试验明确诊断,生长激素峰值均小于 １０ μｇ／Ｌ）应用国产分泌型基因重组人生长激素（ｒｈＧＨ）进行治疗,剂量为０．１ｕ／（ｋｇ·ｄ）睡前脐周皮下注射,治疗时间６个月。结果：１５例ＧＨＤ病人６个月身高平均增长（６．３４±０．９４）ｃｍ,生长速度由治疗前的（３．３３±０．４９）ｃｍ／年增加到治疗后的（１２．６８±１．８６）ｃｍ／年。结论：国产人生长激素治疗效果达到国外同类产品水平,而价格仅为进口产品的１／６左右。可安全有效地用于治疗ＧＨＤ身材矮小病人。     

The effect of growth hormone on the growth failure of chronic renal failure

To investigate the effects of growth hormone (GH) on the reversal of growth failure in uremia, recombinant human GH (rhGH) was administered to rats with chronic renal failure (CRF). The dosage of rhGH was 3 IU/day (i.p.) for 13 days after the induction of CRF by 5/6 nephrectomy. Animals were classified into four groups: untreated nephrectomized rats (NX,n=40), GH-treated nephrectomized rats (NX+GH,n=18), sham-operated rats fed ad libitum (SHAMAL,n=27), and sham-operated rats pair-fed with 10 NX rats (SHAMPF,n=10). NX and NX+GH rats developed a similar and moderate degree of CRF, serum urea nitrogen being (mean±SEM) 49±3 and 54±4 mg/dl, respectively, compared with 16±4 and 19±0 mg/dl in SHAMAL and SHAMPF groups. Weight (56.0±3.3 g) and length (3.5±0.1 cm) gains of NX rats were lower than those of SHAMAL rats (94.2±4.0 g,P<-0.0001 and 4.1±0.2 cm,P<-0.01). Growth of the SHAMPF group and the matched NX rats was not significantly different. Weight (56.2±5.0 g) and length (3.4±0.2 cm) gains of NX+GH and NX rats were similar, the beneficial effect of GH therapy on growth being observed in only those animals with more severe degrees of uremia. This growth-promoting action resulted from greater food efficiency and not from stimulated food intake. The hypercholesterolemia seen in NX rats, 81±2 mg/dl versus 55±3 mg/dl in SHAMAL (P0.0001), was not increased in the NX+GH group, 87±3 mg/dl. There was a positive and significant correlation between serum cholesterol and serum urea nitrogen values in NX and NX+GH animals. This study suggests that growth impairment of mild CRF is mainly due to malnutrition and is refractory to GH administration. GH therapy improves the growth rate of animals with advanced CRF without aggravating their lipid abnormalities.     

Body mass index percentiles among adolescent girls living in Edirne, Turkey

BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) is the simplest way to measure obesity; therefore, it is chosen by many authorities as a screening method for adolescent obesity. Body mass index is positively correlated with the complications of childhood and adolescent obesity, such as hypercholesterolemia, insulin resistance, hyper-tension and long-term development of cardiovascular diseases. The aim of the present study was to produce percentile curves for bodyweight, height and BMI in a representative sample of adolescent girls living in urban and rural areas of Edirne, Turkey, and to compare these percentile curves with curves from other countries. METHODS: The present study was a cross-sectional study, including a representative sample of 1687 adolescent girls from rural and urban areas of Edirne, who were evaluated between May and July 2001. Bodyweight and height were measured using standard procedures. Body mass index (kg/m2) was calculated as the ratio of bodyweight to body height squared. Smoothed percentiles for these variables were calculated using polynominal regression models. Crude weight, height and BMI percentile values, as well as smoothed percentile curves are presented. RESULTS: Body mass index, weight and height reference curves for adolescent girls were produced. When we compared the BMI values of subjects in the present study with those of other countries, 85th and 95th percentiles of BMI in the present study were found to be generally lower than those for other ethnicities. CONCLUSION: Our findings show ethnic differences in BMI among adolescent girls. It will be usefull for each country to produce its own BMI percentiles.     

Reference Data of Vertebral Morphometry by X-ray Absorptiometry (MXA) in Argentine Women

Anterior, middle, and posterior heights and A/P and M/P ratios were determined from T5 to L4 in 111 normal Caucasian Argentine women from 20 to 70 years of age using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) densitometry (Expert XL). Scanning time was less than 1 minute and the semiautomatic analysis requires ∼5 minutes. The precision error for the measurements ranged from 2.2% to 4.6%. The absolute precision error for heights was 0.6 mm. The vertebral bodies tended to be significantly larger in younger women than older women, especially for anterior and middle heights and the A/P and M/P ratios of the mid-thoracic vertebrae (T6–T10). There were no significant differences between pre- and postmenopausal women in the lumbar vertebral heights. It does not appear that this was a cohort effect because stature was identical in both age groups, and there was no age difference in posterior height. The Expert-XL software normalized the vertebral height based on the average height of the L2-L4 segment in order to minimize the influence of interindividual variation of body size. The average Z-scores for vertebral heights and ratios provided by the software were close to zero indicating that the normalization procedure appropriately corrected for smaller stature in Argentine women. Consequently, the reference values for morphometry X-ray absorptiometry (MXA) were appropriate for our population. In summary, we found that (1) in ``normal' women the anterior heights of the thoracic vertebrae (and therefore the A/P ratio) were higher in premenopausal than in postmenopausal women; and (2) the normalization approach corrected for differences of vertebral height and allowed utilization of the manufacturers software in our population. Received: 28 June 1999 / Accepted: 2 November 1999     

Breast cancer in Australian women under the age of 40

Objectives: A case-control-family study of breast cancer in women under the age of 40 was carried out in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, from 1992 to 1995 to determine the risk factors for these women. Subjects included 467 incident cases identified by state cancer registries and 408 population-based controls. Methods: All participants completed a structured risk-factor questionnaire and family pedigree during an in-person interview. Where possible, cancers in first- and second-degree relatives were verified. Results: Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that the strongest risk factor for breast cancer was a family history of the disease - having at least one affected first-degree relative trebled the risk (relative risk [RR] = 3.3, 95 percent confidence interval [CI] = 1.9-5.8). Risk increased with height by three percent (standard error [SE] of one percent) per cm, and after adjusting for height, there was evidence for a decreased risk in women weighing 73 kg or more. There was an increased risk of breast cancer after the first full-term birth (RR = 1.8, CI = 1.0-3.5) but this risk fell by 30 percent (SE = 11 percent) with each subsequent livebirth. Conclusions: The effects of other reproductive factors and oral contraceptive use, although not nominally significant, were in accord with published findings from similar studies in young women. This study of Australian women has indicated that some risk factors for breast cancer in women under age 40 differ from those reported for older women either in direction (e.g., weight) or relative importance (e.g., family history).     

Depression of long term potentiation in gerbil hippocampus following postischemic hypothermia

To investigate the mechanism of chronic cell death following postischemic hypothermia, the change of N-methyl- -aspartate receptor (NMDAR) were examined by immunohistochemistry of NMDAR1 and long-term potentiation (LTP) in the CA1 subfield of the gerbil hippocampus. At 1 week following postischemic hypothermia (32°C×4 h), all CA1 neurons survived; however, immunoreactivity of NMDAR1 increased in neuronal perikarya whereas decreased in dendrites in the CA1 neurons. The abnormality was still observed in remaining CA1 neurons at 1 month after hypothermia. LTP was also significantly depressed at 1 week after hypothermia. These results suggest that some abnormalities in the glutamate receptor may be caused by ischemia; such abnormality would persist in spite of hypothermia treatment, resulting in the depression of LTP.     

Modulation of dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde extracellular levels in vivo in the rat striatum after different kinds of pharmacological treatment

We recently identified the direct product of dopamine (DA) by monoamine-oxidase (MAO) activity, dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (DOPALD) in the trans-striatal dialysate. Based on these findings, in this work, we directly measured the variations in DOPALD levels after various kinds of pharmacological treatment in rat striatal extracellular fluid. Using both reversible and irreversible MAO inhibitors, we found that MAO-A inhibition suppressed, whereas MAO-B inhibition did not modify DOPALD levels in the dialysate. The vesicular DA uptake blocker Ro 4-1284 led to an increase in extracellular DA and DOPALD, whereas the increase in extracellular DA obtained after administration of the plasma membrane DA uptake blocker GBR-12909 occurred without concomitant changes in DOPALD extracellular levels. Microinfusions of DA through the dialysis probe or systemic administration of L-DOPA increased striatal DOPALD to a greater extent compared with other DA metabolites, both in intact and in 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-lesioned striatum. This study indicates that the direct product of MAO activity within the rat striatum derives from the activity of the isoenzyme MAO-A. The assay of DOPALD, together with DOPAC, represents a reliable tool to measure directly, in freely moving animals, DA oxidative metabolism. As recent studies have shown that microinfusions of exogenous DOPALD might induce cell death, pharmacological modulation of DOPALD levels might also be relevant for an understanding of the mechanisms involved in DA neurotoxicity.     

椎弓根螺钉内固定联合Cage治疗腰椎滑脱症

目的探讨后路椎弓根螺钉内固定联合椎间融合器(Cage)治疗腰椎滑脱症的疗效。方法分析自2000年4月~2003年12月,采用后路椎管及神经根管减压,短节段椎弓根系统固定联合Cage治疗腰椎滑脱症共12例,按M eyer-d ing分度:Ⅰ°滑脱7例,Ⅱ°滑脱4例,Ⅲ°滑脱1例。术后随访2~4.5年,平均3.2年。结果12例患者椎体间骨性融合率1年89%,2.3年达100%,优良率为91.7%。结论采用椎弓根内固定系统结合Cage治疗腰椎滑脱效果良好,二者能够相互协同,相互促进,符合腰椎生物力学的要求,是治疗腰椎滑脱症的有效方法之一。     

小儿高脂血症危险因素的临床抽样调查

目的通过临床抽样调查，探讨与小儿高脂血症发病有关的危险因素，为小儿高脂血症的早期检测提供客观指标。 方法北京大学第一医院儿科等于2004年9月，调查并分析了962名北京市景山学校在校学生(5~19岁)的血脂浓度，其中采用酶法测定总胆固醇(TC)、甘油三酯(TG)、高密度脂蛋白(HDL C)及低密度脂蛋白(LDL C)等4项指标。采用坐高、腰围、上臂围、体重指数来反映身体肥胖程度，进一步分析了这些指标与血脂浓度的关系。 结果在962名学生中，共检出高脂血症患儿122例，总检出率为12.7%。高脂血症组的坐高、腰围、上臂围、体重指数4项指标明显高于正常组，2组间差异有显著性(P<0.05)；坐高、腰围、上臂围、体重指数等4项指标与甘油三酯均呈高度显著正相关(P<0.01)，与高密度脂蛋白均呈高度显著负相关(P<0.01)。 结论正常组与高脂血症组的坐高、腰围、上臂围、体重指数4项指标差异均有显著性；坐高、腰围、上臂围、体重指数均是影响甘油三酯和高密度脂蛋白浓度的危险因素。     

人体食指长、中指长与身高相关关系的研究

目的:探讨人体食指长、中指长与身高的相关关系。方法:对489名男女青年进行了食指长、中指长与身高的测量,并记录相关数据,将测量数据输入计算机中进行回归分析,得出食指长、中指长推测身高的直线回归方程。结果:利用食指长推测身高:男性:y=108.61+8.76x。女性:y=142.13+2.72x;利用中指长推测身高:男性:y=94.85+9.47x;女性:y=129.89+4.08x。结论:人体食指长、中指长与身高存在一定的线性关系。