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Estrogens* ; Progesterone* ; Receptors, Progesterone*

No abstract available.
Chondromatosis, Synovial* ; Knee Joint* ; Knee* ; Osteoarthritis*

No abstract available.
Humans* ; Papilloma* ; Polymerase Chain Reaction* ; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms*

This study was undertaken to know the extent of apoptosis, expression of bcl-2 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in uterine cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN; 15 cases) and invasive carcinoma (27 cases) and to evaluate them as a prognostic marker. Apoptosis was analysed by using the in situ apoptosis detection kit and bcl-2 and PCNA were detected by the immunohistochemical method. The results were as follows: Apoptotic indices (AI) in the invasive carcinoma (mean: 4.3) were 10-times higher than that in the CIN (mean: 0.43). Bcl-2 was expressed 60% of the cases in the dysplastic cells of the CIN II and CIN III, 33.3% of cases in the invasive carcinoma and not expressed in the CIN I except basal cells. The expression of the PCNA was increased by the grades of CIN and was strong in invasive carcinoma. The mean survival time of the patient with invasive carcinoma was significantly decreased in the higher AI index (above 4.3) than in the lower AI index (below 4.3). There was no significant correlation between the extent of apoptosis and the expression of bcl-2. According to the above results, AI are able to be used as an independent prognostic marker in the invasive cervical carcinoma, and bcl-2 and PCNA have an important role in the tumorigenesis of uterine cervical carcinoma.
Apoptosis* ; Carcinogenesis ; Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia* ; Humans ; Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen* ; Survival Rate

No abstract available.
Intussusception*

PURPOSE: This study was performed to evaluate the use of preserved scleral and amniotic membrane transplantation in the treatment of scleromalacia. METHODS: This surgical treatment were used to reconstruct scleromalacia in 8 eyes of 8 patients who had painful, non-infectious scleromalacia with impending perforation. Although a variety of graft material such as cartilage, fascia lata, and tibial periosteum on sclera has been used in the surgical treatment of scleromalacia, these tissues must be covered by conjunctiva to prevent necrosis of the grafted material. But in this study, the glycerin preserved sclera had been grafted and then covered by amniotic membrane with thick basement membrane instead of conjunctival flap. RESULTS: Postoperatively, all the patients showed loss of ocular pain and inflammation, fast reepitheliza-tion of ocular surface, and marked improvement in visual acuity. CONCLUSION: This surgical method seemed to be simple, fast and effective. Especially, it was more advantageous in case of large scleral defect or conjunctival scarring. Therefore, amniotic membrane transplantation with preserved scleral graft may be utilized as a new treatment modality for scleromalacia.
Amnion* ; Basement Membrane ; Cartilage ; Cicatrix ; Conjunctiva ; Fascia Lata ; Glycerol ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Necrosis ; Periosteum ; Sclera ; Transplants ; Visual Acuity

No abstract available.
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip*

Hair takes a great role in featuring man's appearance and absence of hair can causes troubles in physical and psychological aspects. Many efforts have been made to treat male pattern baldness, including medical therapy and surgical correction, but there is not a definite and eternal method of treatment. Even though the diagnosis of male pattern baldness can be made with its characteristic clinical manifestations, histopathological study must be done for definite diagnosis. Author obtained biopsy material from the frontal progressive baldness area and the occipital non-baldness area with punch biopsy in 20 patients who were diagnosed to be Type II and III male pattern baldness according to the Norwood classification. A comparative study was done in the basis of histopathology using serial vertical section of the biopsy materia with the aid of light microscope and the results are as follows : 1. The average number of total hair in the frontal area was on third than that of occipital area and the number of anagen hair was less in the frontal area. The number of telogen hair in the frontal area was seven times more than that of occipital area. 2. The thickness of epidermis and dermis in the frontal area was thinner than that of occipital area. 3. The infiltration of inflammatory cells in the periadnexal field like blood vessels, hair follicles, sebaceous glands, eccrine glands was more prominent in the frontal area than in the occipatal area. 4. Perifollicular fibrosis and hypertrophy of arrector pilli muscle were more remarkable in the frontal area compared with that of occipital area. 5. There was no difference between the frontal and occipiral area in the number of lobules of sebaceous glands.
Alopecia* ; Biopsy ; Blood Vessels ; Classification ; Dermis ; Diagnosis ; Eccrine Glands ; Epidermis ; Fibrosis ; Hair ; Hair Follicle ; Humans ; Hypertrophy ; Male* ; Sebaceous Glands

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Knee* ; Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular*