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fat loss rather than diminution in non-fat body mass as indicated by different means: impedance measure-ments, waist, hip and thigh measurements, and sub-cutaneous fat measurements. Earlier, Udani et al. [20] reported reduced body weights and serum triglyc-erides in 14 obese adults receiving 1500 mg[r]

A group of 16 females, aged 80-93 years old, was divided into 2 groups according to their baseline DHEA-S lev-els: Lower Halves (N = 8) and Upper Halves (N = 8), and participated in a 4-month exercise intervention trial. Insulin response with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), chol[r]

virus. In this study, HCVRNA was detected more frequently in patients with anti-HCV positive (90.7% of 130) than in patients with HBsAg/anti-HCV positive (65.2% of 69, p<0.001). 5. Antivirus Therapy Few data exist on treatment of double infection. Some preliminary studies [45,46] showed that[r]

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recipients. Clinical Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005; 10:S125-31 19. Lee W, Dieterich D. Challenges in the management of HIV and hepatitis C virus infection. Drugs. 2004;64(7):693-700 20. Bica I, McGovern B, Dhar R, et al. Increasing mortality due to end-stage liver disease in patients with Human Immuno[r]

exclude opportunistic brain infection, however of the eight lumbar punctures that were performed, no op-portunistic infections were found. Similarly, even though HIV-1-infected subjects had advanced immu-nosuppression, there were no individuals who had any history of any opportunistic infections, in[r]

12. Stuyver L, et al. Hepatitis C virus genotyping by means of 5'-UR/core line probe assays and molecular analysis of untypeable samples. Virus Res 1995, 38: 137-57. 13. Zheng X, et al. Direct comparison of hepatitis C virus genotypes tested by INNO-LiPA HCV II and TRUGENE HCV genotyping methods. J[r]

there is data suggesting that obesity accelerating fibrosis. 6. Research Direction Although significant advances in therapeutic options have improved the outcome in the management of HCV infection, many challenges remain ahead. The proportion of chronic HCV not responding to the available drugs is f[r]

immunosuppression on recurrent HCV [1,4]. However, this is extremely difficult to achieve in most patients. In the post-liver transplant setting the differential diagnosis of elevated liver chemistry tests is broad and includes acute cellular or chronic ductopenic rejection, bacterial or viral (CMV[r]

unstable chronic condition including dementia, alcoholism, dialysis, retinal hemorrhage or detachment, or current participation in resistance training. Written informed consent was given in Spanish, as approved by the Institutional Review Board at Tufts University-New England Medical Center. Interve[r]

immunosuppression on recurrent HCV [1,4]. However, this is extremely difficult to achieve in most patients. In the post-liver transplant setting the differential diagnosis of elevated liver chemistry tests is broad and includes acute cellular or chronic ductopenic rejection, bacterial or viral (CMV[r]

during the medication and succeeded in H. pylori eradication. Since the smokers during the medication were four at most, eradication rate for smokers could not be estimated with an enough statistical power. In conclusion, the present study confirmed the low eradication rate among the RM who were tre[r]

it possible to collect a large number of pregnancies where the women used a drug (prescription or over-the counter) and to study offspring for various characteristics, including congenital malformations. Outcome is based on the recording of the attending paediatrician. It is known that[r]

of general populations [8, 9], and as high as 30% of the population aged 65 and older in the Framingham Heart Study (tHcy > 14 nmol/ml) [10]. Increasing tHcy concentrations accelerate cardiovascular diseases by promoting vascular inflammation, endothelial dys-function, and hypercoagulability[r]

purchased from Charles River Laboratories Inc. (Wilmington, MA, USA). The culture medium was DMEM/F12 supplemented with 20% (vol/vol) Knockout (KO) serum replacement, 1mM L-glutamine, 1% nonessential amino acid, 100mM β-mercaptoethanol and 4ng/ml bFGF. All cell cultures were carried out on 6-well cu[r]

to compute intake of red meat (pork, beef, lamb, organ meat), poultry (chicken, duck, goose), and total unprocessed meat (red meat and poultry combined). We also obtained information on the frequency of consumption of processed meat. Processed meats included smoked meat/bacon, salted meat/preserved[r]

highly significant association between the rare C allele and lower plasma HDL concentrations in female subjects. The effect remained significant after correcting for multiparametric testing according to Bonferoni and was seen only in subjects with a BMI below the median. In addition, the non-[r]

and severity of disease. Am J Gastroenterol 2001; 96:2957. 10. Pagano G, Pacini G, Musso G, et al. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome: Further evidence for an etiologic association. Hepatology 2002; 35:367. 11. Marchesini G, Brizi M, Morselli-Labate AM, et al. A[r]