A survival study and prognostic factors analysis on acute promyelocytic leukemia at a single center.

This study was aimed to investigate the factors influencing long-term survival on patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia. Here, we present a single center retrospective study with long-term follow-up to explore the prognostic factors and a rationale of the using of ATRA, chemotherapy and As(2)O(3) in the treatment of newly diagnosed APL patients. In total, 222 patients, 184 achieved complete remission (CR) with the CR rate of 82.

[Problems and countermeasures for development of acupuncture and moxibustion sciences].

It is the problems facing acupuncture and moxibustion medicines in our country that the course of modernization has a tendency to deviating guidance of TCM theories; the course of internalization lacks legislative guarantee; the kinds of diseases treated decrease year by year; professional structures shrink, with lower therapeutic fee, and acupuncture and moxibustion are divorced from each other, making it develop slowly; income of acupuncturists is low so as to a large number of talent outflow; international talent for acupuncture and moxibustion lack systematical and scientific training. Therefore, you should grasp the development opportunity of internalization of acupuncture and moxibustion, taking difficult and complicated diseases as focal point, develop scientific studies of standardization, further increasing therapeutic effects, and increasing investment and training of talents, and other measures for strengthening construction of acupuncture and moxibustion sciences.

[Presearch on preventing the medicinal plant diseases with Trichoderma harzianum preparation].

Objective: To control the medicinal plant diseases with the preparation of Trichoderma harzianum.

Method: Antagonistic action of the preparation to the pathogens of the medicinal plants in vitro, and controling effects of the preparation on these diseases in greenhouse and in the field were tested.

Result: The test in vitro showed that Trichoderma harzianum, used as a biocontrol factor, had stronger antagonistic action to Fusarium equiseti, Sclerotinia sp.

Reduction mammaplasty and correction of ptosis: dermal bra technique.

A new technique for reduction mammaplasty or mastopexy techniques is presented, which the authors call the dermal bra. The surgical steps are described point by point. A series of 36 patients underwent reduction mammaplasty or mastopexy by means of this technique from January of 1998 to April of 2001.

[Determination of trace elements in serum of tuberculosis patients].

In order to investigate the changes of molybdenum (Mo), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn) and seleniumin (Se) level in serum of tuberculosis patients, the concentrations of Mo, Zn, Cu, Mn and Zn in serum of 30 tuberculosis patients and 30 health controls were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spetrometry. The results showed that compared with the control group, the levels of Mo, Zn, Cu, and Se in the serum of tuberculosis patients decreased significantly (P < 0.001), but the change of Mn was insignificant (P > 0.

[Analysis of articles on ocular fundus diseases in Chinese medical journals].

Objective: To find out evidence for the improvement of research resources of ocular fundus diseases in China. DATA SOURCES RESEARCH: articles about fundus oculi in 418 Chinese medical journals published in the mainland of China from January 1, 1999 to June 30, 2001.

Data Selection: A total of 2 352 articles about ocular fundus diseases included 1 651 original articles, 324 case reports, and 171 reviews.

[Reconstruction of both eyebrows with scalp flaps with the anastomotic branch in occipital region of superficial temporal artery as the pedicle].

Objective: To explore the effects of the reconstruction of both eyebrows with scalp flaps with pedicles supplied by superficial temporal arteries.

Methods: The parietal branch of the superficial temporal and its anastomotic branch of occipital artery at temporoparietal region on the same side were designed as the pedicles, with which two scalp flaps on temporoparietal and temporo-occipital regions with reverse directions were employed to restore the eyebrows on both sides.

Results: Four patients were treated with this method with satisfactory appearance and survival rate (100%).

Stimulation of central cholinergic neurons by (-)clausenamide in vitro.

Aim: To study the neurotrophic effects of (-) and (+)clausenamide on frontal cortex neurons in culture.

Methods: The activity of the choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) was determined by spectrophotometric method; protein content was assayed by Folin phenol method.

Results: (-)Clausenamide increased the activity of ChAT and protein content in cultured neurons, as well as stimulated proliferation of neuronal cells, support survival and neurite outgrowth of neurons.

[Conservative treatment for early breast cancer].

68 Cases of early breast cancer were divided into local resection group (33 cases) and local resection plus axillary dissection group (35 cases). The 3-, 5- and 10-year survival rate of the two groups were 97.0%, 78.