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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Renal Angiomyolipoma: An Uncommon Tumour, Zafar Nazir, Jamsheer J. Talati
Renal Angiomyolipoma: An Uncommon Tumour, Zafar Nazir, Jamsheer J. Talati
Section of Urology
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The Binding Of Urinary Components And Uropathogens To A Silicone Latex Urethral Catheter, G. Reid, C. Tieszer, R. Foerch, H. J. Busscher, A. E. Khoury, H. C. Van Der Mei
The Binding Of Urinary Components And Uropathogens To A Silicone Latex Urethral Catheter, G. Reid, C. Tieszer, R. Foerch, H. J. Busscher, A. E. Khoury, H. C. Van Der Mei
Cells and Materials
The adhesion of uropathogens to urethral catheters initiates the infectious process which causes morbidity in a large patient population. Catheters were examined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy after use in three patients and following incubation in vitro with human urine, urea and creatinine, and found to have adsorbed a conditioning film containing carbon, nitrogen and in some cases phosphorous, calcium and sodium containing components. The binding of three strains of uropathogenic bacteria to the catheter surface was significantly influenced by the suspending fluid composition.
Role Of Thymectomy In Myasthenia Gravis, Sohaila Mohsin Ali, Aziz Sonawalla, Irfan Altafullah, Hizbullah Sheikh
Role Of Thymectomy In Myasthenia Gravis, Sohaila Mohsin Ali, Aziz Sonawalla, Irfan Altafullah, Hizbullah Sheikh
Section of Urology
Thirteen patients with myasthenia gravis underwent total thymectomy between January, 1988 and December, 1991. The duration of symptoms prior to surgery varied from 2 months to 20 years. In a follow-up ranging from 2 months to 4 years, 11 patients showed a significant improvement with either complete discontinuation of medication of a marked reduction in doses. One patient with a small benign thymoma showed some improvement but subsequently required stepping up of anticholinesterase medication and addition of steroids and immune suppressants; another patient with atrophic thymic tissue had complete remission after thymectomy but developed myasthenic symptoms six months later requiring …