(1) The most striking finding was the increased percentage of CD4+CD29-, CD4+CD45R- and CD8+CD45R- cells and the decreased percentage of CD4-CDw29+ and CD8- CDw29+ subsets in MSa patients compared to OND and MSs populations.
(2) IL-2 receptor expression on cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytes (CSF-L) either unstimulated or MBP-stimulated was, however, significantly higher in both MS groups when compared to OND patients.
(3) Thirty nine MS patients (twenty four being "definite", according to McDonald and Halliday's classification), twenty nine patients with Other Neurological Diseases (OND), thirty six patients with Inflammatory diseases (ID) and forty healthy controls were tested.
(4) But the Office for Nuclear Development (OND) – an arm of the Department of Energy and Climate Change – said: "On this occasion ministers and officials have decided not to attend."
(5) Ond infection resulted in minimal cytopathic changes and intracytoplasmic inclusions.
(6) Interleukin-6 (IL-6) activity was measured in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients at different stages of human immunodeficiency (HIV) virus infection and of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) or other inflammatory (OID) and noninflammatory neurological diseases (OND).
(7) Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 50 neurological patients (24 multiple sclerosis (MS), ten acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and 16 other neurological diseases (OND)) and ten controls were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for IgG subclass quantification and for the calculation of intrathecal synthesis (ITS).
(8) Smaller increases in sIL-2R levels occurred in OND patients compared to healthy subjects.
(9) Cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) and sera from patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), other neurological diseases (ONDs) and healthy controls were tested for antibodies to myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) by several different assays.
(10) Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 221 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and 85 patients with other neurological disorders (OND) was examined using a competitive radioimmunoassay for myelin basic protein (MBP) immunoreactivity.
(11) OND, a selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonist which is used as an anti-emetic during chemotherapy, was not found to be cytotoxic in the co-cultures at concentrations as high as 100 microM.
(12) Long-term peripheral blood mononuclear cell (MNC) cultures stimulated with interleukin 2 (IL-2) or IL-2 + phytohemagglutinin were established from 33 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, 9 with other neurological diseases (OND), and 24 normal controls (C).
(13) In view of these findings, we undertook a systematic search for autonomously proliferating cells in the spinal fluids of MS patients and those with other neurologic diseases (OND).
(14) It was used to examine lymphocytes from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and peripheral blood (PB) in 23 patients with clinically definite multiple sclerosis (MS), nine patients with other neurological diseases (OND), and eight healthy individuals.
(15) In MS patients, the prevalence of both organ-specific and non-organ-specific antibodies was significantly higher (p less than 0.05) than in OND patients.
(16) The CSF and serum levels of beta-2-m in MS patients were not significantly different from those of OND patients.
(17) A technique whereby immune complexes (ICs) are detected in the CSF and serum from their inhibitory effect on the agglutination of IgG-coated latex particles by rheumatoid factor (RF) has been applied to patients with the following neurological diseases: multiple sclerosis (MS), inflammatory diseases, extradural peripheral neuropathies (EPN), CNS tumors, dementia, and a control group of other neurological diseases (OND).
(18) In these experimental conditions, we have not been able to detect any fixation of CSF Ig from MS (or OND) patients to rat or human GalC+ oligodendrocytes.
(19) The results of this study revealed that intracellular R252 accumulated more slowly than either SH or Ond.
(20) These principles were used to evaluate the specificity and MHC restriction of 14 human MBP-reactive T cell lines selected from normal individuals and patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological diseases (OND).
Sonde
Definition:
(v. t.) That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sonde type enteroscopes can be passed to the ileum in most cases.
(2) Because sonde-type enteroscopes are not readily available, the clinician must decide at this point whether to refer the patient to an enteroscopist or consider surgery and intraoperative endoscopy.
(3) We used the sonde-type enteroscope (Olympus Corp.) that migrates distally responding to peristaltic activity.
(4) The presented vaginal sonde can be brought up to the investigated tissue at minimal distance and the patient can be sonographed without special preparation (e.g.
(5) The sonde type enteroscopes (SSIF, Olympus) are long, slender, flexible instruments which resemble the Miller-Abbott or Cantor tube.
(6) Peroral small intestinal enteroscopy was performed in 35 consecutive patients with gastrointestinal bleeding of unknown origin by using a prototypic Sonde-type enteroscope.
(7) Biosensors, sondes, and transducer elements are reviewed with respect to the application for fermentation processes of animal cells.
(8) By using a sond placed either in the tympanic bulla or in the Eustachian tube in the rat, the middle ear can be insufflated or aspirated with exact volumes of air.
(9) We believe that endoscopic examinations particularly of the upper and the lower digestive tracts will become much easier to perform with this new endoscopic sonde.
(10) Molecular biology allowed considerable improvements in diagnostic procedures by production of new and more specific sonds for the detection of traces of viruses, both on the nucleic acid and protein levels, and by determining the immune response of the host to specific antigens.
(11) The protocol consisted of the simultaneous monitoring of the following intra-atrial points: high right atrium, low lateral right atrium, left atrium and the His-bundle electrogram (HBE), which accompanied the detecting sonde placed as a loop in the superior vena cava, with the electrodes facing the sinus nodal area.
(12) The authors have treated 6 cases of childhood ingestion of disk batteries with bowel irrigation by nasogastric sonde.
(13) 1 g ADS in a 2% solution was infused during 1 h into jejunum in six healthy volunteers via a three lumen sond.
(14) to five healthy volunteers and the bile was collected during 3-4.5 h with the same type of three lumen sond as used in the first experiment.
(15) Endoscopic examination using a specially designed sonde-type small intestinal fiberscope (SSIF, Olympus) was performed in 37 patients of our clinic.
(16) A new technique of small bowel enteroscopy with a prototypic sonde-type enteroscope 9 ft in length was used to examine 60 patients referred to the hospital with gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure origin.
(17) Replacing the palpating hand by a sonde of an ultrasonic detector gave substantial precision to examinations in the test modification.
(18) Using a balloon driven sonde enteroscope (SIF-SW) extended views of the small bowel were obtained as far as the distal ileum.
(19) On Sonde Boulevard in the capital, Copenhagen, Lars Christensen is among a team of horticulturalists responsible for the city's landscaping.
(20) The serum cholesterol levels after 10 d were lower for rats eating oatmeal as compared to a commercial product, Biosorb Sond.