ObjectiveTo determine the diurnal variation,moon phase,and seasonal variation in the onset of stroke. MethodsThe time parameters,including the time,the moon phase and the season of the stroke occurrence for 905 in-patients from 1989-2001 were investigated.ResultsThere was a significant difference (D=0.155,P<0.01) for circadian rhythm in the onset of 321 cases with cerebral infarction,and the incidence frequency at dawn was much higher than that at other time,but the difference of the moon phase and seasonal rhythm in the onset of cerebral infarction were not significant(P>0.05).There were not diurnal variation,moon phase and seasonal rhythms in the onset for cerebral haemorrhage(P>0.05).ConclusionsThe cerebral infarction occur more frequently at dawn time.

OBJECTIVE:To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of cinepazide maleate combined with oxiracetam in the treat-ment of vascular dementia. METHODS:62 patients with vascular dementia were randomly divided into treatment group and control group,with 31 patients in each group. Patients in control group were treated with Oxiracetam injection 4g/d for 3weeks. Patients in treat-ment group were treated with cinepazide maleate 160 mg/d for 3 weeks on the basis of control group. The patients of 2 groups were exam-ined with Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE)and Activity of Daily Living Scale (ADL)before and after treatment. RESULTS:There was statistically significant difference in MMSE and ADL scores of 2 groups before and after treatment(P<0.05);MMSE score and ADL score of treatment group was better than that of control group,with statistical significance(P<0.05);Obvious ADR was not found in both groups. CONCLUSIONS:Cinepazide maleate combined with oxiracetam can significantly improve ADL and MMSE score in patients with vascular dementia,improve the quality of life,showing significant and good clinical efficacy.

Tumor marker is a hot subject of research in oncology field,which would promote the diagnosis and treatment in clinic.Tumor markers of children's germ cell tumor include α-fetoprotein,glypican 3,SALL4,glial cell line-derived neurotropic factor receptorα-1(GFRα-1),Ki-67,octamer-binding transcription factor4,CD117,D2-40 and CD30.SALL4 would be used as a new tumor marker for germ cell tumor,specially for yolk sac tumor.GFRα-1 can be helpful for the diagnosis of immature teratoma.

ObjectiveTo study the effect of Xiangdan point injection in upper limb spasticity after stroke. Methods56 cases were divided into two groups: 28 cases for treatment group were treated with point injection Xiangdan, combined with routine therapy. Another 28 cases for control were only routinely therapy. ResultsThe cure rate of the treatment group was 29% ,the effective rates was 100%, while that of control group was 11% and 25% respectively (P<0.01).Conclusions Xiangdan point injection is more effective in upper limb spasticity after stroke than only routine therapy.

112 cases with hemiplegia were randomly divided into three groups,training,acupuncture,and integrated training and acupuncture.Their effects were observed for three monthes.Results:the effect of the integrated training and acupuncture group was significantly better than the other two groups(P＜0.01).The results comfirmed that the motor function of the hemiplegic limbs was enhanced effectively with the integrated training and acupuncture.

OBJECTIVE:To develop the data processing program of Digoxin blood drug concentration(DBDP)and to determine the range of effective blood concentration of Digoxin.METHODS:The DBDP program was developed by VISUAL BASIC6.0and run in Windows95system.The data of blood drug concentration,which was determined with flurescence polarization immunoassay(FPIA)in our hospital,was analyzed with DBDP program and effective blood drug concentration range of Digoxin was set up.RESULTS:The DBDP program integrated functions including pharmacokinetic parameter estimation,establishment of the effective blood drug concentration range,management of the data of the blood drug concentration moni?toring,automatic addition of patient's file,multifunctional fuzzy searching,retrospective analysis and clinical query about drug use.The effective blood drug concentration range of Digoxin was0.58～2.01ng/ml.CONCLUSION:The DBDP program is a very practical tool for the development of therapeutic drug monitoring and it is very necessary to develop blood drug concen?tration monitoring and establish the effective blood drug concentration range.

Bone marrow stroma provides the microenvironment for hematopoiesis and is also the source of mesenchymal stem cells. Marrow mesenchymal stem cells are capable of self-renewal and differentiation into all mesodermal cell types and neuro-ectodermal cells, such as osteoblast, chondrocyte, myoblast, T/L fibroblast, stromal cell, adipocytes, neuron, astrocytes, and so on. These abilities make the mesenchymal stem cells as an excellent target cell of tissue engineering, cell transplantation and gene therapy.

AIM: To investigate whether berberine can ind uce rat mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to differentiate into neuron -like cells in vitro. METHODS: MSCs were separated from young rat femurs marrow and expanded in culture medium. MSCs were induced to di fferentiate by berberine. The morphological changes of MSCs were evaluated by li g ht microscope.Neuron-spcific enolase (NSE), neurofilament (NF), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) were detected by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: Induced by be rberine for 8 hours,MSCs exhibited neurotype . The expression of NSE and NF in the neuron-like cells was positive, but the glial astrocyte marker GFAP didn't express. CONCLUSION: Berberine may induce adult rat MSCs to differe ntiate into neuron-like cells in vitro.

OBJECTIVE :To give sonic references for improving the quality of drug use and the regulations of pharmacy in China. METHODS: In this paper. OBRA - 90 and the situation of drug use review in America are introduced and analyzed,and inadequate insurance in drug use in China is pointed out.RESULTS & CONCLUSION :The drug use review system in USA is quite successful in ensuring the safety of drug use in public, and we can learn something from it to improve the quality of medication in China.

Objective To study the pathogenic molecular mechanism of H.pylori through analyzing its effect of on MMP-9 expression. Methods BGC-823 cells were cocultured with ATCC49503(CagA +)and HP 030811 (CagA -) H.pylori strains respectively, then the total cellelar RNA was extracted. The MMP-9 mRNA expression in BGC-823 cells, 9 cases of H.pylori-positive and 9 cases of H.pylori-negative gastric ulcer biopsy tissues was detected by RT-PCR. The MMP-9 protein expression on the paraffin-imbedded tissue sections of 17 cases of H.pylori-positive and 14 cases of H.pylori-negative gastric ulcer tissues was detected with immunohistochemical technique, and was quantified by image quantitative analysis. Results H.pylori induced MMP-9 expression in BGC-823, and the level of MMP-9 expression induced by CagA -postive H.pylori strain was higher than that by CagA -negative one. MMP-9 expression level was higher in the H.pylori-positive gastric ulcer tissues than that in the H.pylori-negative ones. Conclusion H.pylori-induced MMP-9 expression may play an important role in gastric ulcer formation and gastric carcinogenesis.