Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy under intravenous sedation for treatment of urolithiasis.

Background: In contrast to treatment with oral or intramuscular analgesics, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (E.S.W.

Multiparameter Investigation of a 46,XX/46,XY Tetragametic Chimeric Phenotypical Male Patient with Bilateral Scrotal Ovotestes and Ovulatory Activity.

We report on an adult male initially presenting with gynecomastia and a painless scrotal mass without additional genital anomalies. Hyperpigmentation of the skin following the Blaschko's lines was identified. He underwent gonadectomy because of suspected cancer.

Purine degradation in the edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus.

Agaricus bisporus is able to use urate, allantoin, allantoate, urea and alloxanate as nitrogen sources for growth. The presence of urate oxidase, allantoinase, ureidoglycolase and urease activities, both in fruit bodies and mycelia, points to a degradative pathway for urate similar to that found in various microorganisms. So far all efforts to demonstrate the enzyme responsible for allantoate degradation failed.

Intracavernosal injection therapy with and without sexological counselling in men with erectile dysfunction.

Objective: To compare the acceptance of and satisfaction with intracavernosal injection (ICI) therapy with and without sexological counselling in men with erectile dysfunction (ED).

Patients And Methods: In a prospective randomized study, men were alternately assigned to ICI without sexological counselling (-SC) or with sexological counselling (+SC). In all, 70 patients were included, i.

Purification and characterization of allantoate amidohydrolase from Bacillus fastidiosus.

Allantoate amidohydrolase from Bacillus fastidiosus was purified 170-fold to homogeneity as judged by isoelectric focusing and nondenaturing and sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The molecular mass was estimated to be 128 kDa. The enzyme appeared to be a homodimer with a subunit molecular mass of 66 kDa.