Impact of nasal continuous positive airway pressure for congenital adrenal hyperplasia with obstructive sleep apnea and bruxism.

Introduction: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of autosomal recessive disorders in humans. The most frequent CAH variant is 21-hydroxylase deficiency. Patients with 21-hydroxylase deficiency require long-term glucocorticoid replacement treatment.

Evaluation of extraocular muscle enlargement in dysthyroid ophthalmopathy.

Purpose: To evaluate extraocular muscle enlargement (EME) in dysthyroid ophthalmopathy.

Methods: EME was assessed by orbital computed tomography (CT) in 573 patients with dysthyroid ophthalmopathy in order to investigate the frequency and exact location of EME and the clinical features of related ocular symptoms in patients with dysthyroid ophthalmopathy.

Results: Of the 573 patients examined, 187 patients (38%) showed evidence of EME on CT images.

Rapid molecular typing of Listeria monocytogenes by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) is a highly discriminating tool for molecular typing, but the conventional PFGE protocol is time consuming. This paper describes a rapid method of PFGE for Listeria monocytogenes that yields results within 2 days.

Preparation of High Yields of Algal Protoplasts Using Buccal Juice of Sea Hare and Commercial Cellulase.

; Buccal juice of the sea hare Aplysia juliana was found to degrade algal polysaccharides. The optimal enzyme composition for protoplast preparation from Undaria pinnatifida was protein at 48 µg/ml buccal juice from sea hare, 10 mg/ml cellulase Onozuka-RS, 0.4 M NaCl, 0.