Objective:To observe the clinical effect and safety of desloratadine citrate disodium in the treatment of allergic rhinitis ( AR) . Methods:Totally 80 patients were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group with 40 ones in each. There was no difference in gender, age, duration of allergic rhinitis, classification of serological specificity IgE between the two groups (P>0. 05). The observation group was treated with desloratadine citrate disodium tablets 8. 8mg, po, qd. The control group was given loratadine 10mg, po, qd. The treatment course was 12 days. All the patients were not given corticosteroids and other antihistamines. The clinical symptoms and signs integral, curative effect and adverse drug reactions during the treatment were observed. Results: In the observation group, 23 cases were markedly effective, 13 cases were effective, 3 cases were ineffective, one case didn’ t finish the study, and the total effective rate was 92. 30%. In the control group, the above index was 10 cases, 18 cases, 10 cases, 2 cases and 73. 68%, respectively. There was statistically significant difference in the total effective rate between the two groups (P<0. 05). The symptoms and signs integral after the treatment in the observation group was significantly decreased compared with that in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0. 05). The incidence of adverse drug reactions in the observed group was obviously lower than that in the control group. Conclusion:Compared with that of loratadine, the clinical efficacy of desloratadine cit-rate disodium tablets is better in the treatment of AR with good safety.

Objective:To discuss the value of fetal malformations by nasal bone measurement with Ultrasound.Methods:Retrospective diagnostic analysis of ultrasound data of the five years, 41 cases of Down syndrome (DS) with pathological and chromosomal diagnosis, with double-blind method by two experienced deputy chief physician, statistical analysis by spss17.0, used the linear regression equation to describe the relationship of the nasal bone and ultrasound gestational age.Results: Normal fetal nasal bone length increased with increasing maternal gestational age, the nasal bone with ultrasound gestational age regression equation Y=0.238 +0.0246 X, F=78.65, fetal nasal bone length and gestational age were both straight-line linear correlation (r=0.801,P=0.038), with a statistically significant (P<0.05).Nasal bone was short in the corresponding gestational age and the healthy control group, 11-14-week (t=-5.378,P=0.000), 15-18 weeks (t=-2.369,P=0.029),19-22 weeks (t=-2.195,P=0.042), significant differences in the results, with a statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion: Scanning the fetal nasal bone in prenatal screening, accurately grasp the specific section, can find the abnormal development of the nasal bone. The developmental of nasal bone can effective response to the gestational age of the fetus; comprehensive ultrasound screening can effectively diagnose the fetal malformations.

Objective:To prepare minocycline hydrochloride sustained release tablets and optimize the formula .Methods: The method of dry granulation tabletting was used to prepare minocycline hydrochloride sustained release tablets .With the cumulative re-lease rate in 1, 2, 4 and 8 h as the index, the amount of HPMC E50 and HPMC K100LV was studied by central composite design re-sponse surface methodology .The in vitro release similarity of the sustained-release tablets and the reference tablets was compared .Re-sults:The optimized formula contained 35 mg HPMC E50 and 70 mg HPMC K100LV.The f2 for the sustained release tablets and the reference tablets in the different dissolution media was 79.06, 84.62, 75.46 and 72.95, respectively.Conclusion: Minocycline hydrochloride sustained release tablets with the formula optimized by central composite design response surface methodology meet the requirements.The results can provide evidence for the next industrial production .

Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of moving cupping on the back for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)-related sleep disorders. Methods: A total of 60 patients with CFS-related sleep disorders were randomized into a control group and an observation group, with 30 cases in each group. The control group was treated with oral administration of fluoxetine hydrochloride capsule. The observation group was treated with moving cupping on the back, once every other day. The efficacy was observed after 4 weeks of treatment. The fatigue scale-14 (FS-14) and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) were assessed before and after the treatment to evaluate the clinical efficacy. Results: The total effective rate was 93.3％ in the observation group, and 73.3％ in the control group. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). After treatment, the improvement of physical fatigue value, mental fatigue value, and the total score of FS-14 in the observation group were statistically different from those in the control group (all P<0.05). The scores of subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, habitual sleep efficiency, use of sleeping medication, daytime dysfunction of PSQI and the total score in the observation group were improved more significantly than those in the control group (all P<0.05). Conclusion: Moving cupping on the back can significantly improve sleep disorders in CFS patients, and it has a better curative effect than oral fluoxetine hydrochloride capsules.

To discuss the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), we summarized the mechanisms of treating AD animal models by acupuncture from literatures in recent years as follows. Senile dementia rats' cognitive capabilities and memory could be improved by reduction of beta-amyloid protein, attenuation of excessive phosphorylation of tau protein, regulation of center neurotransmitter dysmetabolism, oxidation of anti-free radicals, reduction of neuron apoptosis in the cortex and the hippocampus, inhibition of glial cells' differentiation, adjustment of G protein signaling transduction, and improvement of the mitochondrial dysfunction, thus providing experimental evidence for treating AD by acupuncture.
Acupuncture Therapy ; Alzheimer Disease ; therapy ; Animals ; Disease Models, Animal

AIM: To establish chromatography fingerprint of Radix Ophiopogonis. METHODS: HPLC was applied on a Kromasil C_(18) column(5 ?m,4.6 mm?250 mm) with CH_3CN-0.01%H_3PO_4 solution by gradient elution,flow-rate of 1.0 mL/min,and the UV absorbance was monitored at 297 nm. RESULTS: 30 common peaks were picked up. CONCLUSION: This method is reliable,simple and provides a reference standard for the quality control of Radix Ophiopogonis.

Objective To develop a double antibody sandwich ELISA for quantitatively detecting Japanese encephalitis virus(JEV) antigen.Methods The anti-JEV polyclonal antibodies were used to coat ELISA plates.Anti-JEV monoclonal antibodies were used as enzyme-labeled conjugate.A standard curve based on known amounts of JEP antigen was established by the ELISA.Various parameters of the assay were analyzed.Results The optimal linear range was 12.5～200 U/ml(r=0.9989).The quantitation limit was 12.5 U/ml.The recovery rate for the accuracy test was 85.0%～103.3%.The coefficients of variation for intra-assay and inter-assay precision were 4.3%and 5.5%respectively.No cross-reaction was observed with HAV vaccine,influenza vaccine,Vero cell Iysates,newborn bovine serum,or human albumin.Conclusions The data indicate that the ELISA developed in this study has high specificity,precision, accuracy,and stability.The assay should be suitable for quantitative determination of JEV antigen in various vaccine products.

Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Tongqiao Biyan granules in the treatment of sinusitis. Meth-ods:Totally 240 cases of sinusitis were randomly divided into two groups, each group had 120 cases. The patients in observation group were treated with 1 bag of Tongqiao Biyuan granules, 3 times a day, while the patients in control group were treated with busesonide nasal spray 100 μg each side nasal cavity, once a day. After 3 weeks,curative effect and adverse drug reaction of the two groups were observed. Results:After the treatment, nasal congestion, runny nose, headache, cough and other signs and symptoms were improved more significantly in the observation group than those in the control group (P<0. 05), the total effective rate of the observation group was 92. 5%, while that of the control group was 79. 2%, the difference was significant (P<0. 05). During the treatment, the two groups showed no obvous adverse drug reactions. Conclusion: The effect of Tongqiao Biyuan granules in the treatment of sinusitis is significant with no obvious adverse drug reactions, which should be recommended to use in clinic.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between vocabulary understanding ability and performance of theory-of-mind tests of children and to confirm the applicability of Chinese revision of Theory of Mind Tests in China. Methods: 100 children aged from 3 to 5 years in Harbin City in China completed the Chinese revision of Theory of Mind Tests and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test(PPVT). Results:The pass rates of 'expression recognition' tests from 3 to 5 years groups were 100%, and that of 'expression reasoning' tests were 76%,97%,97%. There were 36%,76%,93% of children passed the 'place change' false belief tests and 15%,42%,59% of children passed the 'content change' false belief tests. From 3 to 5 years groups, significant differences of PPVT IQ were found between groups divided depending on different performances of false belief tests, such as that of children passed place change or not were 104.9?16.9 vs 97.0?15.8,106.7?17.6 vs 99.7?15.9(t=2.22,2.07, P

BACKGROUND: Some studies have demonstrated that the degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM), which matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) participates in, plays a key step in the corneal neovascularization (CNV). Tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 (TFPI-2), a new type serine proteinase inhibitor found recently, can effectively inhibit the activity of MMPs. Whether TFPI-2 gene transfection can influence CNV is unclear.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of TFPI-2 gene transfection on CNV.DESIGN: Randomized controlled experiment.SETTING: Laboratory for Department of Surgery, Wuhan Union Hospital; Central Laboratory, the Affiliated Third Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.MATERIALS: This study was carried out in the laboratory for Department of Surgery of Wuhan Union Hospital and State Central Laboratory of the Third Hospital Affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University between June 2004 and March 2006. Sixty healthy purebred adult New Zealand rabbits of either gender, weighing 2.5 to 3.0 kg, were involved. Preoperatively, no obvious anterior segment ocular lesion was found by slit-lamp examination. pBos-Cite-neo/TFPl-2 was kindly gifted by Dr. Zhong Ren (Department of Hematology, Union Hospital). Peroxydase blocking agent, nonimmune goat serum,mouse anti-human MMP-1, 2 and 3 monoclonal antibodies, biotin labeled goat-anti-mouse IgG second antibody (Santa cruz Company) were used in this study.METHODS: Experimental intervention: Experimental rabbit models of CNV were created in each group by silver nitrate cautery. Then, the rabbit models were randomized into 3 groups and 20 rabbits for each group. Different reagents were subconjunctivally injected via many points in each group: saline in the group Ⅰ, empty vector in the group Ⅱ, plasmid encoding TFPI-2 in the group Ⅲ. Experimental evaluation: CNV growth was observed under the slit-lamp biomicroscope.The expression of TFPI-2 in each rabbit model was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method 2 weeks after modeling; the expression of MMPs in corneal tissue was detected by immunohistochemical method at 3,5,7,9 and 14 days after modeling.TFPI-2 gene expression was significantly higher in the group Ⅲ than in the group Ⅱ and group Ⅰ (P ＜ 0.01); The MMP-1, 2, 3 expressions in the corneal tissue were significantly lower in the group Ⅲ than in the group Ⅱ and group Ⅰ,respectively, especially MMP-1, 3.