Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the hepatic dysfunction associated with obstructive jaundice can be measured from changes in expiratory 13CO2 levels after intravenous administration of l-[1-(13)C]phenylalanine, using a rat model of obstructive jaundice.
Materials And Methods: Under pentobarbital anesthesia, bile duct ligation (BDL) was performed (n=12). In the control group, simple laparotomy was performed (n=12).
Int Ophthalmol
October 1997
Purpose: Hypofluorescent spots were seen in indocyanine green (ICG) angiography of peau d'orange fundus in eyes with angioid streaks. Origin of the hypofluorescent spots were examined with attention to their correlation with a peau d'orange appearance of the central fundus using a computer-assisted image comparison system.
Methods: ICG angiography was performed in 5 patients having peau d'orange appearance of fundus using a scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) and a digital video-fundus camera.
In 43 men who required further examination of erectile function, we analyzed the relationship between the various factors including hormone levels, penile blood pressure index (PBPI), shape of the arterial wave, erection period after prostaglandin E1 injection and dynamic cavernosography/metry, as well as the patterns of nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) with rigidity. Normal, dissociation, short episode, low amplitude and flat trace patterns, which were classified by Kaneko, were observed in 11, 8, 11, 2 and 11 men, respectively. Uncoupling was not observed in any men.
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Fenestration of the choriocapillaris may be lost and regained in various pathologic conditions. The purpose of this study was to observe the gradual disappearance of fenestrae with the scanning electron microscope. Pigmented rats were treated with an intravenous injection of sodium iodate.
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