The plasma magnesium (Mg) concentrations of 582 unselected diabetic outpatients and 140
control subjects were measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Mean plasma Mg …

The increased use of malaria prophylaxis has led to more reports of drug induced toxicity.
Hepatic, renal, skin, and bone marrow effects are well recognised. Five cases of pulmonary …

Naproxen, phenylbutazone, sulindac, tolfenamic acid, and glafenine are the only non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs that have been implicated in the development of an allergic …

Unrestrained proteolysis in the lung is believed to initiate emphysema, a disease common
among tobacco smokers. However, few studies have found extracellular protease activity in …

An automated computer analysis of ventilation-perfusion lung scans was used to derive
graphical data from lung scans of 11 patients with acute minor pulmonary embolism, free of pre-…

We have used asthma as a model of airways disease to test how well an automated,
quantitative method of analysis of lung scans correlates with physiological measurements of …

METHOD The ventilation-perfusionlung scintigram. An intra venous injection of 2 mCi of Tc-99m-labeled
macroaggregated albumin was given with the subject supine and breathing …

This study describes two new techniques of lung lavage which selectively remove material
from the central airways, or from the lung below the seventh generation. Bronchograms …

Increased pulmonary proteolytic (elastolytic) activity is thought to be the primary cause of
emphysema and may also play a rôle in the pathology of bronchitis. These diseases are …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The effects of parenteral growth hormone, glutamine supplementation,
and a high carbohydrate-low fat (HCLF) diet on gut adaptation in short-bowel syndrome …