Increased attention deficit/hyperactivity and oppositional defiance symptoms of 6-12 years old Chinese children with atopic dermatitis.

Atopic dermatitis (AD), a prevalent chronic skin disease in children, has been associated with psychosocial illness and reduced quality of life because of severe itching and sleep deprivation. Previous studies have found a consistent association between AD and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, little is known about this relationship in Chinese children with AD.

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha blockade ameliorates inflammatory response in two children with chronic infantile neurological, cutaneous and articular syndrome.

Chronic infantile neurological, cutaneous and articular (CINCA) syndrome is a rare autoinflammatory disease caused by monogenic defects in the NLRP3 gene. Pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-1β play a crucial role in the pathogenesis, and IL-1 receptor antagonists have been regarded as the mainstay therapy. Endogenous tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α was found recently to be involved in the onset of the disease.

Modified Method to Increase the Volume and Stability of Bleomycin Foam: An Experimental Study.

Background: Bleomycin foam is an effective sclerotherapy method for venous malformations. The preparation method is rather complicated, and the volume and stability of the foam are limited.

Objective: To modify the currently used method for preparing bleomycin foam, to simplify the preparation procedure, and to produce foam with greater volume and increased stability.

Preliminary Experience With More Stable Polidocanol Foam in Sclerotherapy of Head and Neck Venous Malformations.

Background: Foam sclerotherapy is an effective treatment strategy for venous malformations (VMs). Stability is one of the characteristics of sclerosant foams that determine the sclerosing power.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of sclerotherapy with prolonged half-life of hyaluronic acid (HA)-polidocanol (POL) foam for treating head and neck VMs.

Multistage Sclerotherapy for Extensive Lymphatic Malformations With Airway Involvement in Infant: A Protocol to Prevent Tracheotomy.

Purpose: The management of extensive head and neck lymphatic malformations (LMs) in infants is challenging because of life-threatening upper airway compression. The aim of this study was to present a management protocol and evaluate the clinical outcomes for preventing tracheotomy in these patients.

Materials And Methods: Fifteen infants with extensive head and neck LMs and airway involvement were enrolled from August 2010 through September 2015 at the Qilu Hospital of Shandong University (Jinan, China).

A modified Tessari method for producing more foam.

This study aimed to develop a modified Tessari method for producing more sclerosing foam in treatment of extensive venous malformations. Sclerosing foam was produced by using Tessari method and the modified Tessari method. The procedure of the later was as follows: prepared foam in a sclerosant-air ratio of 1:4; connected three disposable 10 ml syringes to two medical three-way taps; drawn 4 ml of liquid sclerosant into one syringe and 16 ml averagely of air into the other two; then moved the plungers of all syringes back and forth for 20 times to produce sclerosing foam.

An Investigation on the Influence of Hyaluronic Acid on Polidocanol Foam Stability.

Background: Foam sclerotherapy is an effective treatment strategy for varicose veins and venous malformations. Foam stability varies according to foam composition, volume, and injection technique.

Objective: To evaluate the stability of polidocanol (POL) foam with the addition of hyaluronic acid (HA).

A new method for using radiopaque sclerosing foam to treat venous malformations.

Background: Sclerosing foam is recommended to treat venous malformations (VMs). However, determining the precise dosage for satisfactory efficacy and few side effects are still challenging.

Objective: To develop a new method of preparing sclerosing foam by adding contrast agent to treat patients with VMs visibly and precisely under radiologic guidance.

Effects of inorganic electrolyte anions on enrichment of Cu(II) ions with aminated Fe3O4/graphene oxide: Cu(II) speciation prediction and surface charge measurement.

The present work evaluated the effects of six inorganic electrolyte anions on Cu(II) removal using aminated Fe3O4/graphene oxide (AMGO) in single- and multi-ion systems. A 2(6-2) fractional factorial design (FFD) was employed for assessing the effects of multiple anions on the adsorption process. The results indicated that the Cu(II) adsorption was strongly dependent on pH and could be significantly affected by inorganic electrolyte anions due to the changes in Cu(II) speciation and surface charge of AMGO.

Effect of aniline on cadmium adsorption by sulfanilic acid-grafted magnetic graphene oxide sheets.

Cd(II) has posed severe health risks worldwide. To remove this contaminant from aqueous solution, the sulfanilic acid-grafted magnetic graphene oxide sheets (MGOs/SA) were prepared and characterized. The mutual effects of Cd(II) and aniline adsorption on MGOs/SA were studied.

Bioaccumulation of zinc, lead, copper, and cadmium from contaminated sediments by native plant species and Acrida cinerea in South China.

This research was conducted to search and identify spontaneously growing heavy metal-tolerant plant species that are potentially useful for phytoremediation in contaminated sediment. Five sites were selected for collection of plants growing on polluted shore (river bank) sediment of the Xiang River, China. The concentrations of Zn, Pb, Cu and Cd in plants, sediments, and grasshoppers were determined using flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS700, Perkin-Elmer, USA).

Responses of Phanerochaete chrysosporium to toxic pollutants: physiological flux, oxidative stress, and detoxification.

The white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium has been widely used for the treatment of waste streams containing heavy metals and toxic organic pollutants. The development of fungal-based treatment technologies requires detailed knowledge of the relationship between bulk water quality and the physiological responses of fungi. A noninvasive microtest technique was used to quantify real-time changes in proton, oxygen, and cadmium ion fluxes following the exposure of P.

Coarsening of extracellularly biosynthesized cadmium crystal particles induced by thioacetamide in solution.

A novel coarsening route for extracellularly biosynthesized cadmium nanocrystals was investigated for the first time. In this process, the white rot fungus Coriolus versicolor was employed to take up cadmium ions and synthesize extracellular cadmium crystal particles. The coarsening of the particles was induced by thioacetamide under certain conditions.

Adsorption of chromium (VI) by ethylenediamine-modified cross-linked magnetic chitosan resin: isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamics.

The adsorption of chromium (VI) ions from aqueous solution by ethylenediamine-modified cross-linked magnetic chitosan resin (EMCMCR) was studied in a batch adsorption system. Chromium (VI) removal is pH dependent and the optimum adsorption was observed at pH 2.0.

[Mandibular keratocyst induced trigeminal neuralgia: report of one case].

Trigeminal neuralgia is very common in clinic, but the etiology is still unclear. This articles reported a case of trigeminal neuralgia induced by jaw keratocyst. The clinical manifestation, radiographic characteristic, pathologic diagnosis and treatment were discussed.

[Effect of bone morphogenetic proteins-2 on mandibular distraction osteogenesis in rabbits].

Objective: To investigate the Effect of recombinant adenovirus vectors containing human Bone morphogenetic proteins-2 (Ad-hBMP-2) on the for mandibular distraction osteogenesis (DO) in rabbits.

Methods: Twenty-four New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into experimental group, and control group and underwent mandibular distraction osteogenesis. After 5 days latency, the distracters were activated at a speed of 0.

[Gene expression profile of refractory acute myeloid leukemia (M2a)].

Background & Objective: Recurrence is the major cause of treatment failure of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). At recurrence, some patients show changes in immunophenotype and cytogenetics. Drug resistance, the main cause of refractoriness of AML, is related to abnormal genes expression.

[A serious complication-obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome after velopharyngeal ring ligation procedure: report of 6 cases].

Purpose: To discuss the occurrence and characteristics of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) after velopharyngeal ring ligation procedure (VRLP).

Methods: Seven hundred and eight cleft palate patients underwent velopharyngeal ring ligation procedure from 1997 to 2003. Nine cases were found having some suspicious symptoms of OSAHS after operation and 6 of them were confirmed as OSAHS by polysomnography.