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Discoidal
Definition:
(a.) Disk-shaped; discoid.
Example Sentences:
(1) A patient previously reported to have discoid lupus erythematosus as a neonate eventually developed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at age 19 years.
(2) In these discoidal complexes, the alpha-helical content was estimated to be 65%, with the rest of the structure being essentially unordered.
(3) Squamous-cell carcinoma may arise in scars of chronic discoid lupus erythematosus.
(4) Complete and incomplete discoid menisci normally require treatment only when a tear occurs.
(5) This study evaluates the structural organization of the cytoskeleton within unactivated, discoid platelets.
(6) Twenty minutes after rewarming at 37 degrees C, chilled cells began to return toward normal resistance to aspiration when only 6% had recovered discoid shape.
(7) 88, 543--555] have shown that these derivatives act as partial agonists at the platelet ADP receptor inducing only the transition from discoid to globular morphology ('shape change').
(8) Feline immunodeficiency, virus infection, cryptococcosis, dermatophyte pseudomycetomas, demodicosis, Sézary-like syndrome, and discoid lupus erythematosus in cats are reviewed.
(9) Discoid LE patients who have not developed clinically significant SLE manifestations within the first 2 years of the appearance of their skin lesions have a very low risk for suffering from severe SLE complications later in their disease course.
(10) Cytochemical examinations of the activity of the lymphocyte and neutrophil acid phosphatase (AP), a lysosomal marker enzyme, was carried out in patients with discoid lupus erythematosus to assess the function of the cellular lysosomal system.
(11) Patients with localized scleroderma (n = 16) and discoid LE (n = 38) had antinuclear antibodies in 31 and 21% of cases, respectively.
(12) The most appropriate initial treatment for lateral discoid menisci in cases without tear should be observation of the clinical course with minimal treatment using diagnostic arthroscopy.
(13) We report on a 37-year-old white female with a 13-year follow-up of chronic discoid lupus erythematosus, which suffered massive bilateral visual loss coincident with the systemic exacerbation of her disease (proteinuria, pneumonia, serositis, leucopenia).
(14) Discoidal substrates for purified human lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase were prepared with human apolipoprotein A-I, cholesterol, and egg phosphatidylcholine (PC) or dipalmitoyl PC, including dihexadecyl PC in various proportions as an enzymatically inert dilutor of the interfacial PC substrate.
(15) The treatment of the discoid meniscus is based on total or partial meniscectomy, achieved by the percutaneous or arthrometric technique.
(16) The digestion of bacterial DNA by peripheral blood monocytes was impaired both in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE).
(17) Skin biopsy specimens obtained from involved skin from sixteen patients with systemic and discoid lupus erythematosus were studied.
(18) In contrast, no enhancement of cholesteryl ester transfer was observed upon addition of LCAT to either the discoidal bilayer particle preparations (containing phosphatidylcholine, cholesterol, cholesteryl ester, and apo-A-I at the molar ratio of 90:30:1.2:1.0) or high density lipoprotein 2 (HDL2).
(19) Platelets concentrated in presence of MPG were significantly better with respect to yield, maintenance of discoid shape, aggregability, and hypotonic shock response compared with control platelets concentrated in absence of MPG.
(20) We tried to establish the width of partial meniscectomy of a discoid meniscus that would prevent new tears.