Objective To explore the relationship between HHIP gene with COPD patients in Xinjiang Uygur population. Methods DNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples. HHIP gene (rs1828591 and rs12504628)polymorphic loci was detected by iMLDR technique in 233 cases and 292 controls in Uygur. Results There was no significant difference in the genotype,allele frequencies distribution of 2 haplotypes of HHIP (rs1828591 and rs12504628)between the disease group and the control group(P > 0.05). There was no differ? ence in 2 haplotypes of HHIP gene between the disease group and the control group(P > 0.05). Rs1828591 and rs12504628 gene showed significance with predicted FEV1%(P < 0.05). Conclusion Rs1828591 and rs12504628 gene are related with predicted FEV1%.

AIM: To analyze the reasons of low vision and blindness in elderly patients and the application of optical aids in rehabilitation.METHODS: Totally 87 elderly patients which had 74 cases of low vision,13 cases of blind,including 53 males and 34 females.Routine internal and external eye examinations should be performed,and special removal examinations should be performed if necessary.Both refractive correction,and try with far and near optical aids,check after wearing a typoscope distant and near vision,distant vision ≥0.05 out the blindness,distant vision ≥0.3 out the disability.Near vision ≥ 0.5 was valid,<0.5 was invalid.RESULTS: Among 87 elderly patients with low vision,high myopia was the leading cause of blindness,followed by macular degeneration,cataracts,glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy.The visual acuity after refractive correction increased ≥ 2 lines in 62 cases (71%),visual acuity was not correct or corrected for ≤ 1 of 25 cases (29%).With aids,far visual was ≥0.3 of the 70 cases (80%),≥0.05 in 10 cases (11%),<0.05 in 7 cases (8%),residue removal rate of 92%.With reading glasses near and near visual acuity was >0.5 effective in 60 cases (69%),<0.5 ineffective in 27 cases (31%).Typoscope was often used in 58 cases,not often used 18 cases,11 cases rarely used or give up.CONCLUSION: High myopia is the leading cause of low vision and blindness in the elderly,followed by macular degeneration.The application of visual aids is still reliable and economical and effective treatment method,patients should be encouraged to use visual aids to improve the utilization rate of aids,so as to improve the quality of life of patients.

Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is a common clinical disease that seriously threatens human health and life. Accurate location of the upper airway obstruction is the key to the diagnosis and treatment of OSAHS. Acoustic pharyngometry uses sound reflection to quickly assess the cross-sectional area and volume of the upper airway. Acoustic pharyngometry represents a simple, quick, non-invasive method for measuring upper airway dimensions which could predict sleep apnea risk. In this article we sought to introduce the application of acoustic pharyngometry in the diagnosis and treatment of OSAHS.
Acoustics ; Humans ; Larynx ; Pharynx ; diagnostic imaging ; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Syndrome

Adult ; Aged ; Antigens, CD20 ; metabolism ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Leukocyte Common Antigens ; metabolism ; Lymphoma, B-Cell ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Lymphoma, Extranodal NK-T-Cell ; pathology ; Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Tonsillar Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Tonsillectomy ; Tonsillitis ; pathology ; Young Adult

Cartilage ; diagnostic imaging ; Ectodermal Dysplasia ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Radiography

Aged ; Humans ; Laryngectomy ; instrumentation ; Larynx, Artificial ; Male ; Middle Aged

Objective To investigate the relationship between polymorphism of IL-4-590C/T and susceptibility of asthma.Methods The case-control articles reporting the relationship between IL-4-590C/T polymorphism and susceptibility of asthma were collected by China National Knowledge Infrastructure,WanFang data,VIP citation databases,Pubmed,Baidu Scholar,time limits are retrieved from the building a database to January 2016.The Meta-analysis software RevMan5.0 and Stata 12.0 was applied for heterogeneity test and pooled OR calculation.Results Seven case-control studies were selected,including 1 167 cases in the asthma group and 1 101 cases in the control group.Meta-analysis showed that both-590C/T polymorphisms genotypes were significantly associated with asthma,five kinds of senotypes OR(95％ CI) were CT+CC vs.TT[0.7 (0.57-0.85)],CC vs.CT+ TT [0.56(0.43-0.72)],CC vs.TT[0.46(0.33-0.64)],CC vs.CT[0.64(0.48-0.85)],C vs.T[0.45(0.27-0.77)].From subgroup analysis,genotype CC vs.CT+TT[0.50(0.35-0.72)],CC vs.TT[0.50(0.27-0.95)],CT vs.TT[0.61(0.41-0.92)],C vs.T[0.47 (0.23-0.95)] with risk correlated in Asian children asthma(P value is 0.01,0.04,0.02,0.03).Genotype CC vs.CT+TT[0.63(0.44-0.90)],CC vs.TT[0.49(0.25-0.96)],CC vs.CT[0.67(0.45-0.98)] also indicated a significant correlation between-590C/T polymorphisms of IL-4 and asthma in non-Asian children(P value is 0.01,0.04,0.04).Conclusion Current evidence suggests that the-590C/T polymorphism of IL-4 gene is associated with children asthma.

Lymphangioma is a rare, benign mesenchymal neoplasm, which is characterized by nume-rous intercommunicating cystic spaces containing lymphatic fluid.It is considered a congenital disease resulting from the obstruction of regional lymph drainage during the developmental period.Lymphangioma frequently occurs in the cervical neck and axilla, also in the retroperitoneum, mediastinum, mesentery, omentum, colon, and pelvis, rarely in the perirenal space.These tumors usually present in childhood, but infrequently, these also present in adults.Patients often complain of hematuria, flank pain, or abdominal pain.Complications of lymphangioma have been reported to include infection, ruputure, or he-morrhage.There are three types of lymphangioma commonly identified: capillary, cavernous, and cystic.Cystic type is the one commonly found intra-abdominally or retroperitoneally, and may be uniloculated or multiloculated.All these perirenal tumors have a very low incidence, make it difficult to diagnose.Differential diagnosis must be performed with the primary renal lymphoma, urinoma, polycystic kidney, te-ratoma, both benign and malignant tumors, etc.Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration is recommended in some literatures, which may help make diagnosis and further guide subsequent therapeutic strategy.Regarding treatment, surgical excision can be performed via either laparotomy or laparoscopy.And injection of sclerosants into lympahgioma has been described in the literature in nonsurgical candidates.The optimal definitive treatment is total surgical excision.Despite being rare, the tumor has an excellent prognosis.Here, we report a case of a 48-year-old woman with a left renal mass found in an abdominal ultrasonography during a health checkup.In the case presented, abdominal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance urography (MRU) revealed an approximately 11.3 cm×10.6 cm×12.8 cm multilocular cystic mass in the left perirenal space.There was no history of bowel or bladder complaint, either previous illness episodes.Full blood count and kidney function tests were within normal limits.Laparoscopic surgical removal of the cyst was accomplished without incident.A benign cystic perirenal lymphangioma was diagnosed on histology and confirmed with immunohistochemical stains.One month after the surgery the ureteral stent was removed.The patient was free of disease after a 3-month follow-up pe-riod.We report the case and discuss the management of perirenal lymphangiomatosis with a literature review.

Objective To find out the cut-off value of rose bengal plate agglutination test(RBPT) in rapid diagnosis of brucellosis.Methods From May to June 2009,398 people who came to the outpatient department of Inner Mongolia Center for Endemic Disease Control and Research were diagnosed brucellosis by RBPT and tube agglutination test (SAT).Tube agglutination test as a gold standard,rose bengal plate agglutination test,its authenticity and reliability were evaluated.Results Taking positive predictive value 100.0％ as the selection standard,the cut-off value of RBPT was ++ which could be used to diagnose brucellosis.The sensitivity was 83.3％; the specificity was 100.0％; the Youden index was 0.832; and the compliance rote was 89.9％.Conclusion The cut-off value ++ of RBPT to diagnosis brucellosis is worthy of clinical promotion.

Objective To investigate the correlation of the anti-cardiolipin(aCL) antibodies and anti-β2 glycoprotein Ⅰ(anti-β2GPI) antibodies in missed abortion women.Methods Fourteen patients diagnosed missed abortion were chose as trial group,while 20 normal females received induced abortion in the same time as control group.Chemiluminescence method was used to measure the serum levels of IgG/IgM aCL and IgG/IgM anti-β2GPI antibodies in the two groups.Results The median levels of serum IgM aCL antibodies and serum IgM anti-β2GPI antibodies in trial group were significantly higher than those of control group(21.3(2.2-39.4)KU/L vs.6.0(1.5-10.7) KU/L,11.9(1.2-25.4) KU/L vs.1.9(1.1-4.0) KU/L;u=2.031,2.912;P ＜0.05).There were no significant differences in terms of the levels of serum IgG aCL antibodies and serum IgG anti-β2GPI antibodies between trial group and control group (P＞0.05).Conclusion There is correlation between IgM aCL as well as IgM anti-β2GPI antibodies and missed abortion,so in reducing the incidence of missed abortion,early and dynamic detection of anti-cardiolipin and anti-β2 glycoprotein I antibodies in childbearing women has a certain clinical significance.