The function of tensor veli palatini muscles in patients with aural symptoms and temporomandibular disorder. An EMG study.

This preliminary study investigated Myrhaug's neuromuscular hypothesis by means of audiological and electromyographic assessment. After a clinical examination of the TMJ system, the activity of the tensor veli palatini muscles in the state of rest and during swallowing was investigated in 16 patients with the help of an EMG recording, and the tube-opening function was evaluated endoscopically. Results showed that 6.

Effects of ameliorated haemorheology on clinical symptoms in cerebrovascular disease.

Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is associated with high fibrinogen levels and lipid fractions leading to an increase of both plasma and whole blood viscosity as well as raised aggregability of blood cells. One important goal in the treatment of cerebral multiinfarct dementia (MID) therefore should be to reduce fibrinogen and lipoproteins and thereby to improve the haemorheological state. The effect of heparin-induced extracorporeal LDL precipitation (H.

Long-term effects of vaginal dissection on the innervation of the striated urethral sphincter.

Objective: To study the long-term effects of vaginal dissection on the innervation of the striated urethral sphincter.

Methods: Perineal nerve terminal motor latency was measured before and 8 weeks and 1 year after anterior colporrhaphy, colpoperineoplasty, and vaginal hysterectomy in 33 women, 19 of whom also underwent endoscopic suspension of the bladder neck.

Results: In the entire series, the mean perineal nerve terminal motor latency was prolonged before surgery over that in normal continent women and further prolonged 8 weeks and 1 year postoperatively.

[Neuro-urodynamic sequelae of vaginal continence surgery].

This study aimed to investigate the influence of anterior repair on pudendal nerve terminal motor latency. Neurourodynamic investigation (urethral profilometry, measurement of pudendal nerve terminal motor latency according to the method of Snooks and Swash) was performed before and 8 weeks after anterior repair (n = 14) and before and after additional endoscopic bladder neck suspension (n = 23). Stress incontinence and pudendal neuropathy were found preoperatively in all patients.

[Hemorrheology and quality of life in fibrinogen- and lipid-lowering therapy].

Previous studies have demonstrated that heparin-induced extracorporeal LDL precipitation is able to reduce total cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides and plasma fibrinogen at the same time and thus improve the hemorheologic pattern. A combination of H.E.

Improved neurological recovery of cerebral infarctions after plasmapheretic reduction of lipids and fibrinogen.

Background And Purpose: High fibrinogen levels have been assessed in cerebrovascular disease with a direct relation to both plasma and whole-blood viscosity, as well as cerebral blood flow. Heparin-induced extracorporeal low density lipoprotein precipitation (HELP) is a new method that safely and effectively reduces fibrinogen and plasma lipoproteins and improves blood flow properties.

Methods: We studied 26 patients with acute embolic stroke and 22 with multi-infarct dementia.

[Heparin-induced extracorporeal LDL precipitation (HELP). A new therapeutic possibility in cerebral multi-infarct dementia].

High fibrinogen levels have been assessed in cerebrovascular disease with a direct relationship to blood rheology. Heparin-induced extracorporeal LDL precipitation (HELP) is a method that effectively reduces fibrinogen and lipoproteins at the same time, thus improving the hemorheologic pattern. We studied 45 patients with cerebral multiinfarct dementia.

[Association between fibrinogen and blood sedimentation rate in combined extracorporal and fibrinogen reducing drug therapy].

Fibrinogen appears to play an important role in atherogenesis, whereby high levels of fibrinogen can lead to a disturbance of the haemorheologic pattern. To evaluate the association between fibrinogen and blood sedimentation rate (BSR) 40 patients suffering from cerebral multi-infarct disease underwent a single heparin-induced extracorporeal LDL < fibrinogen > precipitation (HELP). Subsequently they were randomly assigned to two groups, either receiving sustained-release bezafibrate 400 mg daily (n = 21) or placebo (n = 19) over a period of eight weeks.

Synthesis and characterization of steroid-linked N-(2-chloroethyl)nitrosoureas.

Syntheses of steroid-linked N-[N'-(2-chloroethyl)-N'-nitrosocarbamoyl]-(CNC-) amino acid esters and -amides with potential antineoplastic activity are described. The esters are prepared by reaction of CNC-amino acids with steroids using N,N'-carbonyldiimidazole and N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. The corresponding amides are prepared by reaction of 1-(CNC-amino acyloxy)-pyrrolidine-2,5-diones with 17 beta-amino-3-hydroxy-1,3,5(10)-estratriene or 17 beta-O-[4-(6-aminohexylamino)-1,4-dioxo-butyl]-estradiol.