(1) The degree of halothane hepatotoxicity assessed from ALT activities and morphological alterations was of the decreasing order of phenobarbital greater than controls = diphenylhydantoin greater than valproic acid, and a similar order was observed in the extent of reductive metabolism of halothane.
(2) Total and Cu,Zn-SOD activities significantly decreased and Mn-SOD activities significantly increased in both the active (with increased ALT levels) and the inactive phases (with normal ALT levels) for 36 children with chronic persistent hepatitis (CPH).
(3) Because while some of these alt-currencies show promise, many aren't worth the paper they're not printed on.
(4) ALT is recommended as an alternative to drainage surgery.
(5) Activities of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), creatine phosphokinase (CPK), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were determined in plasma, kidney, liver, and muscle from five species of captive birds.
(6) In an autoimmune CAH patient, elevation of the plasma levels of autoantibodies during the treatment apparently preceded the elevation of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).
(7) The first Jacques Monod Conference was held in Roscoff, Brittany on 1-5 June 1987 and dealt with the topic of 'Selection of Lymphocyte Repertoires' (organizers F. W. Alt, Columbia University, New York.
(8) At 9 months, serum HBV DNA had become negative and ALT levels normalized in 57% of interferon-treated patients.
(9) Diethyldithiocarbamate did not influence the effects of NiCl2 on TBA-chromogens in liver homogenates or on serum AST and ALT activities but acted synergistically with NiCl2 to diminish serum alkaline phosphatase activity and to increase serum bilirubin concentration.
(10) Male rats experienced some weight loss (15%) and slight increases of ALT and BUN, but there were no effects of either DCA or TCA on any of these responses.
(11) Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) measurements in blood donors has been advocated as a surrogate test for non-A, non-B hepatitis.
(12) Endogenous plasma levels of AST and ALT activity were measured in samples drawn from five swine before and after a 40% blood loss.
(13) Significant elevation during the postoperative period of AST and AP in study A, and AST, ALT, AP, LDH, and CK in study B were demonstrated in patients given LMW heparins in both studies.
(14) Five cases were persistently positive for HCV-RNA and showed continuously abnormal level of ALT.
(15) The hepatocellular pattern of disease is characterized by increases in leakage enzymes such as SDH, GLDH, and ALT and the cholestatic pattern by increases in induced enzymes (ALP and GGT).
(16) Among the 24 cases of HBV-HCV double infection, 10 were assayed for serum ALT level.
(17) PGF2 alpha, which in contrast to dmPGE2 does not act via cAMP, had no effect on TAA-induced changes in serum ALT or hepatic histology.
(18) GGT, AST and ALT activities were increased in all alcohol-abusing women, regardless whether the infant had FAE or not.
(19) However pulmonary artery wedge pressure, pulmonary vascular resistance, systemic vascular resistance, P(A-a)O2, Beef, Cr, UN, ALT, LDH, TB, DB, and MDA were markedly increased (P less than 0.05).
(20) Serum enzyme (ALT, AST, ICD) levels and histopathological examination indicated no observable evidence of toxicity among rats of any of the treatment groups.
Alto
Definition:
(n.) Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.
(n.) An alto singer.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Palo Alto, there are the people who do really well here, and everyone else is struggling to make ends meet,” said Vatche Bezdikian, an anesthesiologist on his way to lunch on University Avenue, the main street, where Facebook first rented office space.
(2) Selected medical faculty completed 1 month of facilitator training at the Stanford Faculty Development Program, Palo Alto, Calif.
(3) Detection of the bacteria was done by staining with fluorescein-conjugated monoclonal antibodies (Syva Microtrak, Palo Alto CA).
(4) Using a recently developed noninvasive telemetry device (model 8240A, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, California), we studied, under controlled conditions, the effects of maternal ambulation on the nonstress test patterns of 100 near-term high-risk pregnancies, randomly divided into two equal groups who underwent three alternating 30-minute periods of ambulation and bed rest, beginning either with ambulation (group 1) or bed rest (group 2).
(5) From now on, high vocal parts will be performed by altos breathing helium.
(6) Recent changes in the MicroTrak Chlamydia trachomatis Direct Specimen Test (Syva Company, Palo Alto, Calif.) have led to improved product performance.
(7) In Palo Alto, a crowd of 4,000 responded rapturously to the senator’s speech.
(8) For each patient, the probe, a tissue cell culture, and a direct immunofluorescent-antibody test (DFA; MicroTrak; Syva Co., Palo Alto, Calif.) were used.
(9) When injected into a splenectomized Saimiri monkey, the in vitro-derived Palo Alto population procured a long-lasting, low-grade parasitemia that was spontaneously resolved by the animal.
(10) All antigens were derived from P. falciparum K1, a Thai isolate, while the challenge strain was Palo Alto (from Uganda, Africa), which contains, with the exception of the N-terminal 375 amino acids, which are almost identical to the K1 sequence, essentially the MAD-20 allelic form of gp190.
(11) Examples include the suggestion that the 1% of women who do not respond to RU-486 with early abortion may be genetically distinct; that research of progesterone receptors in several types of cancer such an meningiomas and breast cancer are justified; and alto that use of RU-486 for local or systemic hypercorticism may be applicable.
(12) A pre-cytopathic effect (CPE) monoclonal antibody reagent (Syva Co., Palo Alto, Calif.) was evaluated in four laboratories for the rapid detection of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in shell vial cell cultures at 16 to 24 h and 40 to 48 h postinoculation.
(13) Casa Alto Vidigal looks like a squat transplanted from Dalston, east London, and offers rough-and-ready accommodation.
(14) These ideas had been developed by Alan Kay and other scientists at Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center).
(15) Immunization failed to induce protective immunity against the Uganda Palo Alto strain of P. falciparum as judged by maximum levels of parasitemia of immunized monkeys relative to those of controls.
(16) Using the principles of brief therapy as developed at the Mental Research Institute (MRI) in Palo Alto, this study examined how patients viewed psychiatrists' and significant others' attitudes toward the severity of their illness, as compared with their own attitude, and whether these views were related to outcome.
(17) The charts of 156 patients, identified by computer-assisted search as having undergone gastrostomy at Stanford University Hospital or Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital from 1984 to 1987, were reviewed.
(18) This is the first report of disseminated pelvic actinomycosis presenting as an external lesion of the abdominal wall and in which a Progestasert IUD (Alza, Palo Alto, CA) was present.
(19) Coleman’s alto, wailing through the melee, is as impassioned as ever.
(20) The purpose of this paper is to describe the process by which group cohesion emerged around the task of developing a psychiatric nursing seminar at the Palo Alto (California) V.A.