The establishment and perfection of the assessment system for chronic liver diseases have a guiding significance for clinical diag-nosis and treatment.Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG)is of great significance in the progression of chronic liver diseases,and it is the only pathophysiological index for treatment independent of etiology.The current methods for evaluation of chronic liver diseases are sim-ply described,and the application of HVPG in evaluation of chronic liver diseases is systematically summarized,including predicting the se-verity of liver cirrhosis,variceal bleeding risk and outcome of portal hypertension,development of cirrhotic ascites,efficacy of drugs for re-ducing portal hypertension and antiviral drugs,and postoperative outcome of liver cancer.It is thought that HVPG measurement plays an im-portant role in the assessment of the progression and prognosis of chronic liver diseases and is an effective predictor of outcome.

Endothelium, Vascular ; cytology ; Humans ; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome ; complications ; pathology ; Neovascularization, Pathologic ; Stem Cells ; cytology

Objective To observe the serum estradiol level in newborns at different gestational age and the infants with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), and explore the relationship between these changes and ROP. Methods A total of 178 newborns hospitalized in the Children's Hospital of Fudan University were enrolled in the study. They were divided into three groups based on the gestational age, ＜ 32 weeks group, 32-37 weeks group and term group. The three groups were further divided into non-oxygen and oxygen subgroups. Infants with birth weight less than 2000 g were evaluated for ROP and those diagnosed as ROP were under ROP group (n=6). Serum estradiol levels were measured every week from birth to discharge with radioimmunoassay. Results Serum estradiol levels of newborns quickly declined after birth. In the non-oxygen subgroups, serum estradiol levels in 32 ～ 37 weeks group were remarkably higher than those of term group in the first week [(3506±1376) pmol/L vs (1717±179) pmol/L,P＜0. 05] and the third week [(1431±92) pmol/L vs (996±102) pmol/L, P＜0. 05]; Serum estradiol levels in ＜32 weeks group was only remarkably higher than those of term group in the first week [(3173± 1369) pmol/L vs (1717± 179) pmol/L,P＜0. 05]; Serum estradiol level in the ＜32 week group was (560±355) pmol/L, lower than that in the 32-37 weeks group [( 1124 ± 128) pmol/L] (P＜0. 05). There was no difference of serum estradiol levels in the oxygen and non-oxygen subgroups of the same group. There was no significant difference of serum estradiol levels between the ROP group and ＜32 weeks group. Serum estradiol levels in ROP group was lower than that of premature group without ROP at 29 and 32-36 weeks of corrected gestational age, but no statistical difference was shown. Conclusions Very low serum estradiol level in premature infants may be related to the development of ROP, but further clinical studies are required.

32 cases of insomniacs were treated by using EMG biofeedback. The total efficierky was 84.4%. The result indicated that the curative effect of the therapy was satisfactory. Furthermore this paper mentioned the advantages of the therapy and points for attention. Also the principle of the treatment was discussed.

0.05).Conclusion: Modified RPI clasp with clinically acceptable retentive force and better cosmetic effcts is feasible for clinical application.

Normal perfusion pressure breakthrough is a serious complication that may occur in the treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations. This article reviews the progress in research on normal perfusion pressure breakthrough in recent years. It mainly investigates its pathogeneses, predictive methods and prevention and treatment strategies.

Objective The aim of the study is to investigate whether the progressive incremental exercise can induce the change in bone maximum force.Methods One hundred and seventy healthy SD rats,aged 3 months,were used as samples after adaptive exercise for one week,and then they were divided to a basic control group(C_0),8 control groups and 8 exercise groups according to the training duration(2W,4W,6W,8W,9W,11W,13W and 15W).Based on Bedford and our pre-study.the longest training duration of the rats was 15 weeks.The maximum force(F) of femoral bone and the 2nd lumbar vertebrae(L_2)were tested by three-point bending test and compressive test separately.Results It was shown that there was no pronounced difference in F of femoral bone between con trol groups and exercise groups.But significant differences in F of L_2 were found between the control groups and exercise groups(P<0.001).Conclusions Changes in different degree were found in the F of femoral bone and L_2 during the process of growth.The differential effects of incremental exercise on F were caused by the difference in training intensities and in the bone types.

Objective Early clinical symptoms of esophageal cancer are often not obvious , so a deeper insight into tumor markers is very important for the early diagnosis of esophageal cancer .This study was to investigate the expressions of Rock 2 and Wnt11 in the specific esophageal cancer cell lines Eca-109 and HEEC and the relationship of the signal transduction pathway of proteins with the development of esophageal cancer . Methods Esophageal cancer cell lines Eca-109 and HEEC were cultured and the expression levels of Rock2 and Wnt11 in the cell lines were determined by real-time quantitative PCR and Western blot . Results The mRNA expressions of Rock2 and Wnt11 were significantly increased in the Eca-109 as compared with those in the HEEC cell line (4.955± 0.539 vs 1.000±0.000, P<0.01;2.925±0.230 vs 1.000±0.000, P<0.01), and so were the protein expressions of Rock 2 and Wnt11 (955.000±21.628 vs 778.844±102.193, P<0.05;2175.316±145.623 vs 1312.233±50.734, P<0.05). Conclusion The up-regula-ted expressions of Rock 2 and Wint11 may be the markers of the metastasis of esophageal squamous cancer .

0.05).Conclusion:It suggests that HPDLFs exposured to static magnetic field produced by magnetic attachment have little mutagenic effects on chromosomes and DNA.