(1) These factors might account for the lower systemic bioavailability of these compounds.
(2) The effect of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) on growth of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines was studied.
(3) It is supposed that delta-sleep peptide along with other oligopeptides is one of the factors determining individual animal resistance to emotional stress, which is supported by significant delta-sleep peptide increase in hypothalamus in stable rats.
(4) We attribute this in part to early diagnosis by computed tomography (CT), but a contributory factor may be earlier referrals from country centres to a paediatric trauma centre and rapid transfer, by air or road, by medical retrieval teams.
(5) After stimulation with lipopolysaccharide and calcium ionophore A23187, culture supernatants of clones c18A and c29A showed cytotoxic activity against human melanoma A375 Met-Mix and other cell lines which were resistant to the tumor necrosis factor, lymphotoxin and interleukin 1.
(6) Perinatal mortality is strongly associated with obstetrical factors, respiratory distress syndrome, and prematurity.
(7) Technical factors that account for increased difficulty in these patients include: problems with guide catheter impaction and ostial trauma; inability to inflate the balloon with adequate guide catheter support; and need for increased intracoronary manipulation.
(8) A study of factors influencing genetic counseling attendance rate has been conducted in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, in the south of France.
(9) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
(10) The major treatable risk factors in thromboembolic stroke are hypertension and transient ischemic attacks (TIA).
(11) In this study, the role of psychological make-up was assessed as a risk factor in the etiology of vasospasm in variant angina (VA) using the Cornell Medical Index (CMI).
(12) The vascular endothelium is capable of regulating tissue perfusion by the release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor to modulate vasomotor tone of the resistance vasculature.
(13) The observed relationship between prorenin and renin substrate concentrations might be a consequence of their regulation by common factors.
(14) Under blood preservation conditions the difference of the rates of ATP-production and -consumption is the most important factor for a high ATP-level over long periods.
(15) Male sex, age under 19 or over 45, few social supports, and a history of previous suicide attempts are all factors associated with increased suicide rates.
(16) In addition to their involvement in thrombosis, activated platelets release growth factors, most notably a platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) which may be the principal mediator of smooth muscle cell migration from the media into the intima and of smooth muscle cell proliferation in the intima as well as of vasoconstriction.
(17) It was concluded that the significant factors affecting outcome are tumor cell type and presence or absence or mitoses.
(18) Bradykinin also stimulated arachidonic acid release in decidual fibroblasts, an effect which was potentiated in the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF), but which was not accompanied by an increase in PGF2 alpha production.
(19) In choosing between various scanning techniques the factors to be considered include availability, cost, the type of equipment, the expertise of the medical and technical staff, and the inherent capabilities of the system.
(20) Nutritional factors or environmental toxins have important effects on CNS degenerative changes.
Irreducible
Definition:
(a.) Incapable of being reduced, or brought into a different state; incapable of restoration to its proper or normal condition; as, an irreducible hernia.
(a.) Incapable of being reduced to a simpler form of expression; as, an irreducible formula.
Example Sentences:
(1) This, in principle, is similar to creating an irreducible hernia.
(2) Three infants presented with acute scrotal swelling, erythema, and a tender irreducible firm mass within the scrotum.
(3) IVP in both the cases of irreducible prolapse and retention of urine revealed hydroureter and hydronephrosis bilaterally.
(4) Among the problems that have arisen in testing for pregnancy by hCG determination are the interference of proteinuria with urine pregnancy tests, an irreducible level of technical error, the tendency of certain drugs to produce a false-positive result, and quality control.
(5) The authors present a case report of a 65-year-old male with a two-day history of a painful irreducible right inguinal mass; he denied abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, or chills.
(6) This severe spasticity was associated with irreducible flexion contracture in 49 cases and hyperextension in 3 others.
(7) An exact understanding of the damaged structures and causes of irreducibility frequently makes this an injury often requiring open reduction and selective repair of damaged soft tissue structures.
(8) The case is different from the classic picture in that it is revealed late, by its cardiac manifestations which dominate the clinical picture and lead to an irreducible cardiac insufficiency requiring a heart transplant.
(9) This essay argues that gender is an irreducible category of clinical observation and theorizing, as crucial to the family therapy paradigm as the concept of "generation."
(10) A case of irreducible complete dorsoulnar dislocation of the proximal phalanx of the thumb is presented.
(11) In the paper, the errors in diagnosis of strangulated irreducible hernias are analysed.
(12) The second neurovascular glaucoma, an irreducible complication of the ischemic capillaropathy was for 22% of the studied cases.
(13) Operation was reserved, in general, for patients with irreducible dislocations and incomplete neurological lesions, open reduction and internal fixation being the commonest procedure.
(14) An irreducible sacroiliac dislocation of the pelvic ring with resultant caudal displacement of the injured hemipelvis occurred in a 15-year-old female.
(15) These lesions progress slowly and may eventually result in complete and irreducible trismus.
(16) Of the 50 joints assessed, arthrography demonstrated 39 (78%) with irreducible meniscal displacement and 11 (22%) with reducible displacement.
(17) Irreducible intussusceptions were created in eight adult mongrel dogs.
(18) We report a case of an irreducible volar dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint following open anatomic reduction of the radius.
(19) Four patients in the enteric group had resection; one for neoplasm and three for irreducibility.
(20) As far as irreducible tinnitus are concerned, as anxiety is the most pejorative parameter, not discouraging the patient is very important.