Purpose To investigate clinicopathologic fea-tures of sacral cellular schwanoma and the difference from sacral conventional schwanoma.Methods Eight cases of sacral cellular schwanoma were collected.Microscopic examination and immunohistochemistry were performed for studying the clinical feature,radiologic appearance,pathologic characteristic,immunophenotyping,differential diagnosis and postoperative prognosis.Results There were 5 females and 3 males,whose mean age was 46.4 years.The majority of patients complained of pain in sacrococcygeal region.Radiographically,there was an endosacral or endosacral and presacal mass.Histologically,cellular schwannoma was composed of spindle cells,arranged in interlacing fascicles without nuclear palisading and Verocay bodies.Antoni A and Antoni B were not seen overtly.The destruction of bone was found.Immunohistochemically,tumor cells were diffusely and strongly positive for S-100 protein and vimentin.The mean of Ki-67 index was 6％.Tumor recurrence of 4 cases occurred several years after initial surgical resection.The mean interval to recurrence was 6.5 years.Conclusion Sacral cellular schwanoma is a rare tumor.Compared with sacral conventional schwanoma,it shows different growth pattern and pathologic features.So pathological diagnosis of the tumor should be noted for clinical follow-up and treatment.

Objective To evaluate the relationship between intraplaque hemorrhage of cerebral arteries and acute cerebral infarcts. Methods 35 patients with severe stenosis in M1 segment of middle cerebral arteries (MCA)were included in this study.Intracranial TOF MRA (time of flight MR angiography)was performed to detect the stenosis in MCA,and DWI (diffusion weighted imaging) was performed to detect cerebral acute infarcts.T1 MPRAGE sequence was positioned on the stenosis in M1 segment of MCA,and intraplaque hemorrhage was determined according to high signal on T1 MRRAGE images.35 patients were divided into two groups:one group with intraplaque hemorrhage and the other group without intraplaque hemorrhage.Whether there was significant differ-ence in the incidences of acute cerebral infarcts between the two groups were determined byχ2 test.Results Intraplaque hemorrhage was detected in 1 5 patients,in which 12 patients had acute cerebral infarcts.There were no intraplaque hemorrhage in 20 patients,in which 9 patients had acute cerebral infarcts.There was significant difference in the incidences of acute cerebral infarcts between the two groups (P =0.046 <0.05).Conclusion There is a higher incidence of acute cerebral infarcts in patients with intraplaque hem-orrhage than those without intraplaque hemorrhage.Intraplaque hemorrhage in severe stenosis of cerebral arteries is a high-risk indi-cation for acute cerebral infarction.

Objective: To explore the effects of early intervention on functional outcome and the repair mechanisms in rats with hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD). Methods: A HIBD rat model was established by ligating either uterine vessel of one pregnant horn. The way of intervention was the neonatal handling and enriched environment. One trial passive avoidance response, brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) and NGF levels in the brain were used as assessment index. Results:(1) In the one trial passive avoidance response test, the medial step-through latency (STL) of intervention group (n=18) was much longer than that of non-intervention group (n=15) (P

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Objective To explore the application of event related potentials (ERPs) in the comprehensive intervention for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. Methods P 300 of ERPs and Conners' measuring scale were tested in 31 children with ADHD before and 6 months after comprehensive intervention. At the same time, P 300 was tested in 36 healthy children as control. Results In the children with ADHD, the P 300 latency was longer and amplitude was lower than those in the healthy children before comprehensive intervention (P

Objective To investigate the physiological responses of healthy youth to doing chest compression as a feedback of quality of CPR after their rapid ascent to high altitude and to evaluate the feedback in the intervention effects of CPR.Methods Prospective,single sample,before-after comparison method was used in this study.Fifteen young adults from plains natives were enrolled as trial subjects in this study.All of them received basic life support training course in advance.In Chongqing (259 m above sea level),subjects performed empiric chest compressions on the model body for 4 minutes followed by feedback compressions for 4 minutes after at least 30 minutes rest.Compression depth,rate and other compression quality parameters were measured and recorded at each turn of compressions with an AED PLUS device.Subjects performed empiric compressions based on their knowledge and experiences,and practiced feedback compressions according to the audiovisual guidance of AED PLUS device.Blood pressure,heart rate and SpO2 were taken before and after each turn of compressions.One week after arrival to Lhasa (3658 m above sea level) by flight,all subjects were asked to do the same procedure as did in Chongqing to see their physiological response to.Paired t tests or Wilcoxon matched pair rank test were used for comparisons of measurements before and after trials.Results Systolic pressures,diastolic pressures,heart rates at baseline in Lhasa were significant different from those in Chongqing,including systolic pressure (125.9 ±9.5) mmHg vs.(112.7 ±13.4) mmHg,diastolic pressure (75.3 ±7.7) mmHg vs.(64.2 ±7.3) mmHg,heart rate (86.3 ± 13.0) beat/min vs.(72.7 ± 11.6) beat/min,SpO2 (90.4 ± 1.7)％ vs.(97.8 ±0.9)％,all P ＜ 0.01.In Lhasa,empiric compressions only caused an increase in heart rate (91.1 ± 14.9) beat/min vs.(86.3 ± 13.0) beat/min,P ＜ 0.01.However,feedback compressions resulted in a significant decrease in SpO2 [(88.3 ± 3.4) ％ vs.(90.6 ± 1.9) ％,P ＜ 0.01] as well as change of systolic pressure [(130.9 ± 11.7) mmHg vs.(120.1 ± 11.9) mmHg,P ＜0.05] and heart rate [(87.9 ± 17.5) beat/min vs.(80.9 ± 11.7) beat/min,P ＜0.05].In Lhasa,the compression quality during feedback compressions was closer to guideline recommendation than that during empiric compressions.The median (interquartile range) of composite qualification rate was 43.6％ (55.9％) vs.0.6％ (5.3％) during feedback compressions and empiric compressions respectively,P ＜ 0.01.Conclusions Compression quality decreased significantly among youth after rapid ascent to high altitude.Feedback techniques for CPR could effectively guide the rescuer to improve their CPR quality,but it may be at the expense of more physical consumption.

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of allergen specific immunotherapy (SIT) in the treatment of allergic rhinitis. Methods A total of 132 patients with seasonal ragweed allergic rhinitis were enrolled in this study. The patients were randomly divided into two groups. SIT group, in which 68 patients were treated with ragweed SIT for six months before July for 3 years. ST (symptomatic therapy) group, in which 64 patients were treated with ST during seasonal symptomatic period. The healthy control group included 40 subjects. The levels of serum total IgE (tIgE), specific IgE (sIgE), ECP, IgG and IL-4, IL-5, IFN-? were measured, and eosinophil numbers were counted. The symptom score, lung-function test and skin prick test were performed before and after the treatment. Results The elevated levels of tIgE, ECP, IL-4, IL-5 in the sera and eosinophil counts in peripheral blood of the patients were significantly reduced, whereas the levels of IgG and IFN-? were increased following SIT. The levels of serum sIgE were not changed in both SIT and ST groups. 30.88% of the patients were clinically cured, the effective rate was 41.18%, the improvement rate was 20.59% after SIT, and only in 7.39% of patients there was no clinical improvement. In 16.18% of patients there were mild side effects to SIT. In the ST group, there was on change in all the laboratory results and clinical symptoms, and 25% of the patients developed asthma. Conclusion SIT was able to improve the symptoms and laboratory results of the patients with allergic rhinitis. The results indicated that SIT may be an effective and safe therapy for patients with allergic rhinitis.

DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 43 (DDX43) plays an important role in the malignant proliferation,drug resistance of tumor cells as well as neoplasm immunotherapy.The overexpression of DDX43 has been found in various solid tumors and some hematologic malignancies.The hypomethylation of DDX43 gene promoter is identified in chronic myeloid leukemia,acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome,which is correlated with DDX43 overexpression and the prognosis of these diseases.

Trypsin was purified from crude material of pig pancreas by AOT/isooctane reversed micellar system.The influence of the main operating parameters such as ethanol concentration in forward and backward extraction,pH,KCl and AOT concentration,temperature were investigated.Forward and backward extraction recovery of trypsin reached almost 90% and neared 100%,respectively.Finally,about 88% of total yield was obtained,and the specific activity of trypsin was increased to over 1800U/mg with purification factor of 5 folds more.In AOT-isooctane reverse micellar extraction system,denaturation or precipitation of proteins always occured due to strong electrostatic interaction between AOT-proteins molecules.It had been resolved by adding ethanol into reverse micellar system,and no denaturation was observed.Otherwise,the phase separation time was shortened significantly because of ethanol added.It was only 10 minutes or less to reach phases separation after forward and backward extraction.If this method can be applied in industry,efficiency will be greatly improved.

Objective To review retrospectively the clinical experience in surgical treatment of congenital subaortic stenosis in 21 cases. Methods A total of 21 cases of congenital subaortic stenosis, including 12 cases of diaphragmatic type of stenosis and 9 cases of cast constriction, underwent intracardiac surgery from January 1999 to June 2003. Simple resection of stenosis membrane was performed in 12 cases, simple resection of stenosis membrane plus resection of myocardium of left ventricle outflow tract in 9 cases, simple resection of stenosis membrane plus resection of myocardium of left ventricle outflow tract plus treatment of united cardiac monstrosity in 16 case. Results No operative death and complications were found in all patients. Disappearance of cardiac murmur was found in 15 cases and diminishment of cardiac murmur in the rest of the patients after operation. A follow up time for 6 months to 2 years revealed that there were no obvious clinical symptoms, and the surgical outcomes were satisfactory. The cardiac ultrasound suggested that the left ventricular outflow tract was fluent without recurrent constriction. Conclusion Early treatment of congenital subaortic stenosis should be conducted when the disease was diagnosed. Better knowledge of pathological anatomy, proper operation, and prevention of complications are essential.