Objective To study the optimal time of MRI follow-up after transsphenoidal surgery in patients with nonfunctional pituitary macroadenoma. Methods MRI records of 50 patients before surgery,within 1 postoperative week (early stage),at 3 months (intermediate stage) and 1 year after surgery (late stage),respectively,were retrospectively analyzed.Dynamic changes in the sella turcica were observed and the degrees of tumor excision were studied before and after MRI T 1-weighted enhanced scans at different postoperative stages. Results In the early stage MRI images showed that the size of sellar contents decreased by 8%～32%,tumor disappeared in 22 cases,and suspected residual tumor was found in 28 cases.At 3 months after surgery,MRI scans revealed that sellar contents decreased by 11%～85% in size.On coronal position MRI scans,the size of sellar contents decreased more than 50% in 11 cases,30%～50% in 9 cases,less than 30% in 8 cases.Out of the 28 cases that were suspected of residual tumor in the early stage,confirmation of residual tumor in the sella turcica was made in 23 cases.MRI findings 1 year after surgery showed no change in the sella turcica in 46 cases and continuing to decrease in 4 cases. Conclusions Re-examination of MRI in intermediate stage after transsphenoidal surgery in patients with nonfunctional pituitary macroadenoma facilitates the detection of residual tumor and recurrence.

0.05). The NAA/Cr and NAA/Cho in the Group A were significantly higher than those in the Group B (t=4.235, P=0.011; t=2.832, P=0.031), and the Cho/Cr in the Group A was significantly lower than that in the Group B (t=-2.323, P=0.042). Conclusions ~1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy can improve the diagnostic accuracy of glioma.

The quail model of hyperuricemia combined with abdominal obesity was induced by high purine diet.Body weight in model group showed no change.Serum uric acid level in model group was increased significantly on 7,14,21,and 28 d( P＜0.05 or P＜0.01 ).Abdominal fat index in model group increased significantly on 28d.On 7 d and 28 d,serum free fatty acid level was increased significantly.Acetyl-CoA carboxylase( ACC ) protein expression in the liver of model quail was increased as shown by ELISA and immunohistochemisty ( P＜0.05 or P＜0.01 ),suggesting that the alteration of ACC expression contributes to the pathogenesis of hyperuricemia combined with abdominal obesity.

The personnel training is one of the core tasks of clinical Chinese pharmacy.Since the professional training of clinical Chinese pharmacy has started relatively late in China,the teaching contents and curriculum still need further improvements.This paper is aiming at analyzing the post tasks of personnel of clinical Chinese pharmacy,defining the knowledge structure of them,and learning from the characteristics of clinical Chinese pharmacy teaching systems of the foreign and domestic universities.On such basis,the paper proposes the ideas about constructing the curriculum system of clinical Chinese pharmacy,to provide a reference for the higher educational personnel training of clinical Chinese pharmacy.

Objective To reconstruct caudate nucleus,lentiform nucleus and thalamus three-dimensionally,fuse these neural structures with (patient's) radiological images and provide anatomical data for diagnosis and treatment of neurosurgical diseases. Methods Chinese Virtual Human dataset was segmented using image-transparency method at first and each image was smoothed by eroding and dilating, then fused neural structures with MRI,the neural structures and brain in MRI were reconstructed and displayed using surface rendering and volume rendering lastly. Results The reconstructed neural structures were smooth,natural and realistic.Their shapes and positions was clearly displayed and could be rotated, observed in any direction.On the fused images,the neural structures and tumor could be seen at the same time.Conclusion The reconstructed structures and fused images have great reference value to teaching and learning and diagnosis and treatment of neurosurgical diseases.

Objective To evaluate the role of radiotherapy in the management of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. Methods Between 1995 and 1999, 18 patients with pathologically confirmed dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans were retrospectively analyzed. Nine patients were referred to our hospital for primary treatment and the remaining 9 patients came with recurrent disease. Fifteen of 18 patients received surgery followed by radiotherapy. Among them, 14 patients underwent complete resection and 1 partial resection. Majority of patients received 50～60 ?Gy. One patient received 37.5 ?Gy because he refrained from further treatment. Two patients received 52 ?Gy and 50 ?Gy due to unresectable extensive lesion. One of 18 patients was treated by total resection alone.Results The median of follow up time was 26 months with a range of 0.5～5 years. Sixteen patients (8.9%) are disease free. One patient developed local recurrence and one died of malignant progression. These two patients were treated with radiotherapy alone or surgery only. The local control rates were 100% (15/15) for patients who were treated with surgery and radiotherapy. Conclusions Postoperative radiotherapy is able to decrease the local recurrence rate in dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.

Objective To study the effects of enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) on the diastolic heart failure in hypertensive patients.Methods 104 hypertensive patients with diastolic heart failure were randomly divided into treatment group and control group,52 patients were given 36 hours of treatment EECP.After 6 months,Doppler ultrasound recordings were obtained from all patients to determine the left ventrlcular diastolic function.Resuits Left ventricular diastolic function index and the left ventrich mass weight index (LVMI) wero impmved after treatment in both groups(P＜0.01),and EECP treated group was better than control group(P＜0.05).Conduslon For hypertensive patients with diastolic heart failure,EECP could not only improve heart diastolic function,but also reverse reconstruction of the left ventricuhr.

Objective To study the effect of stromal cell-derived factor-1(SDF-1)/CXCR4 on the proliferation of CD34+ hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells(HSPCs) supported by bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs).Methods Rat bone marrow MSCs were plated as feeder layer in long-term cultures(LTC) with bone marrow CD34+ cells in vitro.Cultures were weekly supplemented with SDF-1,anti-SDF-1 antibody,or anti-CXCR4 antibody separately for 5 weeks.The hematopoietic-supporting activity was evaluated by the number of CD34+ cells and colony forming cell(CFC).To assess the effect of SDF-1/CXCR4 on CD34+ cell proliferation cycle,killing assays were carried out and proliferation indexes were calculated.Expression of SDF-1 and CXCR4 in MSCs and CD34+ cells were determined by flow cytometry.SDF-1 in MSC-and CD34+ cell-conditioned medium was also measured by ELISA.Results The number of CD34+ cells,CFC and proliferation indexes were significantly increased in treat-ment with SDF-1(P

Objective To investigate the relationship between resting heart rate(RHR) and prognosis of acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation.Methods 167 patients of ACS without ST-segment elevation admitted to hospitals consecutively from Oct. 2001 to Oct. 2004 were divided into five groups according to the levels of RHR[RHR 1 group:RHR

Objective: To investigate the effects of selenium enriched yeast on antioxidative activities and immune functions in pregnant dairy cows. Methods: Twenty-four healthy Holstein-Friesian dairy cows were used for the experiment. All of them were pregnant as comfirmed by rectal palpation and divided into 4 groups, of which 3 were assigned for test groups(TI, T2, T3) and one served as control (C). Three different selenium (Se) sources namely Se-yeast (Sel Plex50, from Alltech ), mixture of Se compounds (70% Sel Plex 50 + 30% Na selenite ) and Na selenite were respectively supplemented to 3 test groups. Whole feeding experiment lasted for 168 days. During the experiment, the blood GSH-Px activity, serum Se concentration, erythrocyte superoxide dismutase(SOD) activity, malonaldehyde(MDA) level in serum, lymphocyte transformation rate and T cell count were determined. Results: Blood GSH-Px ,serum Se concentration and erythrocyte SOD activity,T1, T2 and T3 were higher (P