(1) These surveys show that campers exposed to mountain stream water are at risk of acquiring giardiasis.
(2) Acquired drug resistance to INH, RMP, and EMB can be demonstrated in M. kansasii, and SMX in combination with other agents chosen on the basis of MIC determinations are effective in the treatment of disease caused by RMP-resistant M. kansasii.
(3) As the requirements to store and display these images increase, the following questions become important: (a) What methods can be used to ensure that information given to the physician represents the originally acquired data?
(4) None of the children in the study showed clinical symptoms of acquired subglottic stenosis before discharge from hospital, and none has been readmitted for this condition subsequently.
(5) United believe it is more likely the right-back can be bought in the summer but are exploring what would represent the considerable coup of acquiring the 26-year-old immediately.
(6) In agreement with the data in the literature, melanocytes incubated with IFN-gamma acquire HLA-DR, -DQ, and -DP antigens.
(7) The functional capacity to present antigens to T cells was lacking in normal resting B cells, but was acquired following LK treatment.
(8) In the DAUDI cell system, the acquired capability of tumor cell variants to grow in the presence of a relatively high concentration of vinblastine (VBL) is associated with a marked increase to NK and LAK susceptibility.
(9) As a result, trnK is under the control of the psbA promoter in this species and has therefore acquired psbA-like expression characteristics.
(10) Clinicians should be aware of this new and unusual association of a cerebral glioma and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
(11) The problem-based system provides a unique integration of acquiring theoretical knowledge in the basic sciences through clinical problem solving which was highly rated in all analysed phases.
(12) However, this inhibition was not found in rats treated with castor oil for 3 d. Moreover, 5-HT concentration in the midbrain significantly decreased in rats that acquired the adaptability for the occurrence of diarrhea.
(13) Neuromuscular disorders in small animals include a diverse group of congenital and acquired diseases.
(14) H. influenzae also may acquire heme from hemopexin and albumin, which have not been previously investigated.
(15) Recently, the use of pentamidine has risen because of its efficacy in managing patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Pneumocystis carinii infection.
(16) The development of optical fibers capable of transmitting laser energy has encouraged the experimental use of laser irradiation for the treatment of acquired cardiovascular disorders.
(17) In a recent study, Orr and Lanzetta (1984) showed that the excitatory properties of fear facial expressions previously described (Lanzetta & Orr, 1981; Orr & Lanzetta, 1980) do not depend on associative mechanisms; even in the absence of reinforcement, fear faces intensify the emotional reaction to a previously conditioned stimulus and disrupt extinction of an acquired fear response.
(18) Both Shigella and Salmonella transferred multi-drug resistance to some enterobacteria--E. coli and Proteus as well as to Salmonella typhimurium when the latter was also present in the intestinal tract; of these some 10--40 per cent acquire the multi-drug resistance of Salmonella heidelberg and Shigella sonnei.
(19) This proved that all four fistulas were acquired and that they were probably caused by the catgut ligatures used for ampullary ligation.
(20) During the transformation of mammalian cells by SV40, the cells acquire new antigenicity at the cell surface that acts as a target for cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
Naevus
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Dysplastic naevus syndrome (DNS) is frequently observed in association with familial melanoma and xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), but the role of UV-light in the development of DNS has not been elucidated.
(2) This feature can be found in several dermatoses and particularly in lichen striatus and acantholytic linear naevus.
(3) Mean naevus numbers were greater in young than in older adults, and in females than in males.
(4) The mean total body naevus count was 115 in the cases and 67 in the controls.
(5) Analysing the cases according to Clark's levels and Breslow's index, a decrease in the naevus-melanoma association was seen with tumour progression, suggesting that advanced tumours may overgrow pre-existing nevus cells, appearing as de novo melanomas.
(6) A bone scan and red blood cell scan in the rare epidermal naevus syndrome, associated with multiple haemangiomas of the bone and hypophosphataemic osteomalacia in a 20-year-old man are reported.
(7) The activities of 27 enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism and the proportions of lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes were determined in epidermis, in superficial epitheliomas and in several solid tumours biopsied from a patient with basal-cell naevus syndrome.
(8) One of the causes of twenty nail dystrophy of childhood may be a localized tissue malformation, analogous to inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal naevus.
(9) This is particularly true for skin lesions related to the vascular system (e.g., livedo racemosa, spider naevus).
(10) Two hundred moles were examined histologically and the degree and type of epidermal change was recorded and correlated with the arrangement, density and type of naevus cells present and with the clinical presentation.
(11) The clinical, histological and histogenetic aspects of naevus follicularis keratosus (NFK) ("naevus comedonicus") are reported.
(12) Doubt is cast also upon the validity of the concepts of a dysplastic naevus and a dysplastic naevus syndrome.
(13) Secondly, a study in Canadian school children revealed significantly higher naevus counts in subjects with numerous or severe episodes of sunburn in the previous 5 years.
(14) There is some doubt as to whether naevus pilus is identical with naevus-on-naevus or lentiginous naevus en mottes.
(15) An immunohistological evaluation of the diagnosis of naevus-associated melanoma was also performed on the basis of specimens from 89 melanocytic lesions.
(16) The case of a 5-month-old black female child with a linear sebaceous naevus syndrome and multiple congenital anomalies is presented.
(17) We report on the clinical and pathological features of three patients (two girls and one boy aged 6, 12 and 11 years respectively) from the St Laurentius hospital (Roermond, Netherlands) with melanoma of the skin, in whom the lesions histologically resembled the more frequently occurring spindle and epithelioid cell naevus (SE naevus).
(18) The authors report a case of extensive verrucous epidermal naevus of the face in a 15 year old Senegalese boy.
(19) The patient had extensive cutaneous naevus involving the left side of the body and consisting of naevus flammeus, hemangioma cavernosum, and naevus verrucosus.
(20) The difference in naevus count between the exposed and the protected area was larger in patients than in controls, p less than 0.001.