IL-6/gp130/STAT3 signaling axis in cancer and the presence of in-frame gp130 somatic deletions in inflammatory hepatocellular tumors.

Evaluation of: Rebouissou S, Amessou M, Couchy G et al.: Frequent in-frame somatic deletions activate gp130 in inflammatory hepatocellular tumours. Nature 457, 200-204 (2009).

Hip osteoplasty by an anterior minimally invasive approach for active patients with femoroacetabular impingement.

Femoroacetabular regularization in hip impingement is currently performed by means of trochanter osteotomy and hip dislocation or more recently by means of hip arthroscopy. We present a novel alternative through a unique mini-invasive anterior approach. Our first series consisted of 35 hips (32 patients) with a mean follow-up of 29.

[The use of olanzapine in sleep disorders. An open trial with nine patients].

Introduction: The impossibility of treating patients with sleep disorders adequately means that, as specialists, we have to look for new pharmacological treatments and for this reason we examined the information in the paper by Salin Pascual (1999) about the increase in deep sleep when olanzapine is used as an antipsychotic drug.

Case Reports: We decided to use this medication in six females and three males who were suffering from different sleep disorders that conditioned their chronic insomnia. The dosages of olanzapine used ranged from 2.