(1) The peptides vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin are derived from preprohormone precursers encoded by highly homologous linked genes that are expressed in discrete groups of hypothalamic neurons.
(2) New methods are applied treating endocrine active tumors by labelled hormone precursers.
(3) The results of this study suggest that giant cells of GCT are derived from stromal cells of mononuclear phagocyte lineage, and that the stromal precurser cells lose some, but not all, MP-associated antigens as they mature into giant cells.
(4) The same precursive stigmata exist in persons subject ot coronary attacks whether or not immediately fatal.
(5) The role of prostaglandins, their precursers and intermediates in prostaglandin synthesis, in the pathogenesis of asthma is indeed complex.
(6) Nevertheless further informations with regard to precursing AR can be obtained, which may lead to therapeutic consequences in some patients.
(7) Many of the factors regulating the rate of production of this last steroid from its precurser have been evaluated, and the concept that vitamin D functions as a steroid hormone seems to be well established.
(8) The effects of therapy with essential amino acids and their nitrogen-free hydroxy and keto precursers on nitrogen and amino acid metabolism of patients with chronic renal failure were examined.
(9) The availability of cloned tRNA genes and a variety of eukaryotic in vitro transcription systems allowed rapid progress during the past few years in the characterization of signals in the DNA-controlling gene transcription and in the processing of the precurser RNAs formed.
(10) The precurser lesion to such "early carcinoids", as well as to infiltrating carcinoids, is probably hyperplasia of endocrine cells in the atrophic fundic mucosa.
(11) This leads to the conclusion that the pathological activity of the liver cell is reduced more quickly by the constituents of Hepavis than without suitable therapy, and that a more favorable prognosis for the fatty liver as a potential precurser of cirrhosis is to be attained.
(12) Furthermore, precursing palmitoleate, linoleate and oleate permitted the direct biosynthesis of components A, B and C, respectively.
(13) As the (+ anti)-diol-epoxides are thought to be the initiatory compounds for carcinogenesis, the common binding characteristics for the three hydrocarbons may be significant in understanding the molecular interactions precursive to cancer.
(14) Fusion results in the loss of some surface receptors which in turn interferes with the phagocytic performance of polykarya, which is generally less pronounced than their mononuclear precurses.
(15) On the basis of observations that the precursers of the steroidogenic cells differentiate within the sex cords (first proliferation) and separate from them, falling into the stroma, the authors adopt the concept of the mesothelial (epithelial) origin of those cells.
(16) Delayed development of reading skills suggests that precursers of illness may appear early in life before psychosis is evident.
(17) In fasting rats 1,2-propandiol is utilized as a precurser in the synthesis of glycogen and when introduced by the intraperitoneal route it does not influence the rate of the liver glycogen synthesis from glucose.
(18) The results show that there is no precurser pool of outer membrane proteins in the cytoplasmic membrane because first, the incorporation of a [35S]methionine pulse into outer membrane proteins completely parallels its incorporation into cytoplasmic membrane proteins, and second, under optimal isolation conditions, no outer membrane proteins are found in the cytoplasmic membrane, even when the membranes are analysed after being labeled for only 15 s. The [35S]methionine present in the outer membrane after a pulse of 15 s was found in protein fragments of varying sizes rather than in specific outer membrane proteins.
(19) The influence of precursing and concomitant illnesses on the acute signs and sequels of the meningo-encephalitis is stressed upon.
(20) The age at the outbreak of the disease, infection immunity, precursing and concomitant illnesses as well as the onset of medication influence the outcome of the meningo-encephalitis.
Prognostication
Definition:
(n.) The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.
(n.) That which foreshows; a foretoken.
Example Sentences:
(1) Furthermore, it had early diagnostic (seven days) as well as prognostic value, as revealed by response to therapy and decrease in COA titer.
(2) The data from this experience as well as others previously reported can yield prognostic indicators of survival in cases of accidental hypothermia.
(3) In the 12 prognostically most favourable ears the cavity was repneumatized.
(4) There was also no significant correlation when prognostic factors were compared to uptake in the individual organ systems except that T cell disease was associated with a significantly greater propensity for lymph node uptake.
(5) Second, is it possible - by combining the two technologies of endoscopy and computers - to provide an individual patient with a short-term prognostic prediction sufficiently accurate to affect patient management.
(6) In the univariate life-table analysis, recurrence-free survival was significantly related to age, pTNM category, tumour size, presence of certain growth patterns, tumour necrosis, tumour infiltration in surrounding thyroid tissue and thyroid gland capsule, lymph node metastases, presence of extra-nodal tumour growth and number of positive lymph nodes, whereas only tumour diameter, thyroid gland capsular infiltration and presence of extra-nodal tumour growth remained as significant prognostic factors in the multivariate analysis.
(7) The data obtained give evidence in favour of reflexometry to be used for early prognostic assessment of post-operative hypothyrosis.
(8) Contrary to expectations, it was found that psychological variables had some prognostic significance for outcome assessed by medical measures of illness severity.
(9) Urinary incontinence present between 7 and 10 days after stroke was the most important adverse prognostic factor both for survival and for recovery of function.
(10) These findings indicate the cytogenetic correlation with clinical and morphological picture, which consequently implicates the diagnostic and prognostic significance of chromosomal aspects.
(11) On the other hand, histological involvement of the internal mammary nodes appeared to be an important and independent prognostic factor.
(12) The most important single prognostic factor was the degree of displacement of the fracture at the time of injury.
(13) HSP-27 expression is one of the rare prognostic markers in this tumor type.
(14) Factors of negligible importance prognostically were: complete sterilization at mammary and axillary level after radiotherapy, persistence of florid cancer tissue at mammary level and histiocytosis of the axillary lymph nodes.
(15) Poor prognostic indicators included oligohydramnios (20 of 21 subsequently died), absence of caliectasis (20 of 24 died), a large amount of urine ascites (five of six died), and dystrophic bladder wall or peritoneal calcification (five of five subsequently died).
(16) M1 and M2 levels of marrow involvement were not prognostic among children with lymphoblastic disease.
(17) The literature is reviewed with respect to treatment options and prognostic factors.
(18) The information compiled in the computers as databases together with its capability to handle complex statistical analysis also enables dermatologists and computer scientists to develop expert systems to assist the dermatologist in the diagnosis and prognostication of diseases and to predict disease trends.
(19) This study analyzed the impact of prognostic variables of age, sex, histopathological diagnosis, extent of disease at diagnosis, and surgical intervention on well differentiated thyroid carcinoma and how surgical treatment, radioactive iodine, and radiotherapy influence the patients' outcomes.
(20) In addition, preliminary evidence needs to be confirmed that quantitative analysis of anti-p24 might be of prognostic value in the course of HIV infection.