Physiological and bifidogenic effects of prebiotic supplements in infant formulae.

Objectives: This randomized controlled trial involving 110 healthy neonates studied physiological and bifidogenic effects of galactooligosaccharides (GOS), oligofructose, and long-chain inulin (fructooligosaccharides, FOS) in formula.

Methods: Subjects were randomized to Orafti Synergy1 (50 oligofructose:50 FOS) 0.4 g/dL or 0.

Laminin localization in enterocytic basement membrane of rat small bowel grafts. A light and electron microscopic study.

In vitro laminins stimulate numerous biological effects, such as cell migration, proliferation, attachment and differentiation. In vitro laminins influence immunocompetent cells and in vivo possibly play an important role in graft rejection. To establish how laminins could be involved in the regulation of acute rejection of small bowel allografts (with and without immunosuppression), we investigated laminin distribution in rat small bowel allografts four days after transplantation, i.

A multicentre study comparing cervicography and cytology in the detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.

Objective: To evaluate in a multicentre setting the performance of cervicography compared with cytology for the detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.

Design: Prospective comparative multicentre study.

Setting: Three hospitals with outpatient gynaecology clinics and three cancer screening clinics.

Detection of human papillomavirus in cervical scrapings by in situ hybridization and the polymerase chain reaction in relation to cytology.

A gynaecological out-patient population consisting of 200 patients aged 19-43 years (mean age 34.2 years) was screened for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) by the polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization on cervical scrapings. A novel method was applied for the detection of HPV in cervical cells by embedding them in a paraffin block before in situ hybridization was performed.

Primary adenocarcinoma of the fallopian tube. Review of the literature.

An extensive review of the currently available literature on primary fallopian tube carcinoma is presented. The role of vaginal ultrasonography and the importance of an aggressive evaluation of every tubal deformity is stressed. A staging system which takes into account recent data on the biology of this malignancy is proposed.