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Seasonal Affective Disorder* ; Seasons*

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Animals ; Hypokinesia* ; Immobilization* ; Muscle, Skeletal* ; Rats*

No abstract available.
Hemorrhage*

OBJECTIVE: Pfirrmann disc grade is a useful scoring tool for evaluating disc degeneration, but normal values according to aging process has not been elucidated. This study was conducted to identify the prevalence and pattern of whole spine disc degeneration according to ages and gender differences. METHODS: Total 653 patients (336 male and 317 female patients, 48.1±58.7 years old) who took whole spine magnetic resonance images were enrolled in this study. There were 19 cases in their 2nd decades and 74 cases in 3rd decades, 141 cases in 4th decades, 129 cases in 5th decades, 139 cases in 6th decades, and 93 cases in 7th decades, 58 cases in over 8th decades. Pfirrmann disc grades were measured according to sex and ages by 2 neurosurgeons that were blind to this study. RESULTS: All spinal disc degeneration grades were correlated with ageing. The Pfirrmann disc grades of degeneration in all spine levels showed the statistically significant difference according to the ages (p < 0.001). The common Pfirrmann disc grades according to the ages were grade 3 among 2nd to 5th decades, and grade 4 was more common than 6th decades. The lower cervical level (C2–3 to C4–5) and lumbar level (L1–2 to L5–S1) were happened relatively early severe disc degeneration compared to other levels. The intersexual differences were increased after 6th decades. CONCLUSION: Disc degeneration is natural course after one’s 2nd decades. And its incidence and grade were increased with age, and more affected by sexual difference after 6th decades.
Aging ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration* ; Male ; Neurosurgeons ; Prevalence ; Reference Values ; Spine*

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Brain* ; Hemangioendothelioma* ; Lung* ; Mediastinum*

This paper deals with a case of linear IgA bullous dermatosis (LABD). The patient was a 58-year-old woman who had multiple pruritic vesicles on the trunk, buttocks, thighs, tongue and buccal mucosa. A biopsy of a lesion revealed subepidermal vesicles. Direct immunofluorescence examination of the perilesional skin showed a linear deposition of IgA along the basement membrane zone (BMZ). Indirect immunofluorescence examination, using NaCl split skin as substrate, showed antiBMZ IgA antibodies bound only to the epidermal side. The skin lesions responded well to oral dapsone therapy.
Antibodies ; Basement Membrane ; Biopsy ; Buttocks ; Dapsone ; Female ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin A ; Linear IgA Bullous Dermatosis* ; Middle Aged ; Mouth Mucosa ; Skin ; Thigh ; Tongue

This paper deals with a case of linear IgA bullous dermatosis (LABD). The patient was a 58-year-old woman who had multiple pruritic vesicles on the trunk, buttocks, thighs, tongue and buccal mucosa. A biopsy of a lesion revealed subepidermal vesicles. Direct immunofluorescence examination of the perilesional skin showed a linear deposition of IgA along the basement membrane zone (BMZ). Indirect immunofluorescence examination, using NaCl split skin as substrate, showed antiBMZ IgA antibodies bound only to the epidermal side. The skin lesions responded well to oral dapsone therapy.
Antibodies ; Basement Membrane ; Biopsy ; Buttocks ; Dapsone ; Female ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct ; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin A ; Linear IgA Bullous Dermatosis* ; Middle Aged ; Mouth Mucosa ; Skin ; Thigh ; Tongue

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Animals ; Cattle ; DNA* ; Enzootic Bovine Leukosis* ; Polymerase Chain Reaction*

No abstract available.
Autonomic Pathways* ; Rectal Neoplasms* ; Urodynamics*

No abstract available.
Melanoma* ; Mucous Membrane* ; Palate, Hard*