Background Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) is the main treatment for corneal endothelial dysfunction.But the visual outcome after operation varies depending on the difference of corneal diseases.Objective This study was to evaluate and compare the visual outcomes following DSAEK in different keratopathy.Methods The clinical data of 72 eyes of 67 patients with endothelial dysfunction underwent DSAEK from December 2007 to December 2009 at Peking University Third Hospital were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were divided into Fuchs endothelial dystrophy (FED) group (22 eyes of 19 cases),cataract surgeryinduced bullous keratopathy group (37 eyes of 36 eases) and other endothelial keratopathy group (12 eyes of 12 cases).The distribution of visual acuity and LogMAR acuities were compared and evaluation among the 3 groups before operation and 1 day,3,7,30,90 and 180 days after operation.Results Preoperatively,the vision was lower than 0.1 in 71.83％ patients,and all the patients had the visual acuity less than 0.3.No significant difference was found in the preoperative acuity among the FED group,cataract surgery-induced bullous keratopathy group and other endothelial keratopathy group(x2 =3.427,P＞0.05).The visual acuity was ≥ 0.4 in 40 eyes (56.34％) and ≥ 0.1 in 65 eyes (91.55％),and the percentage of vision ≥0.8 was 22.73％ in the FED group,10.81％ in the cataract surgery-induced bullous keratopathy group and 8.33％ in the other endothelial keratopathy group,and no significant difference was found in the percentage of eyes in different visual acuities 180 days after operation (x2 =0.330,P＞ 0.05).In the 3 groups,LogMAR values were gradually decreased with the lapse of the time,showing a significant difference (Ftime =88.000,P ＜ 0.01).In the seventh day after operation,LogMAR value was 1.29 ± 0.57 in the cataract surgery-induced bullous keratopathy group,which was significantly higher than that of the FED group (0.82± 0.43) or other endothelial keratopathy group (0.91 ±0.39) (both at P＜0.05).Ninety days after operation,LogMAR value was 0.40 ±0.28 in the FED group and was significantly declined in comparison with the cataract surgeryinduced bullous keratopathy group (0.64±0.44) and other endothelial keratopathy group (0.73±0.54) (both at P＜0.05).However,no significant differences was seen in the LogMAR values among the three groups 180 days after operation (all at P＞0.05).The vision was stable 3 months after operation in the FED group,however,the vision was still changed over 3 months in the cataract surgery-induced bullous keratopathy group and other endothelial keratopathy group.Conclusions DSAEK is available for corneal endothelial diseases.Visual acuity improves more rapid in FED patients than other keratopathies.

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Objective To investigate the training methods decreasing parrot speech and producing active speech for autistic children.MethodsOne autistic child with parrot speech was trained with methods of closure, stress, rhyme and tongue antitheses.ResultsAfter 5 months training, the parrot speech of the child decreased and active speech increased significantly.ConclusionThe parrot speech of autistic children can be improved with educational training and multi-sensory input.

BACKGROUND: Obesity is serious complex disease determined by multiple genetic factors. Body mass index (BMI) is a common phenotype for obesity. Although some candidate genes have been shown to be related with BMI variation, the underlying substantial relationship remains poorly understood.OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether estrogen receptor-α (ER-α) Pvull genetic polymorphism is associated with BMI variation.METHODS: In total 390 premenopausal women from a local population of Nanchang City in Jiangxi Province People's Hospital.Body weight and height were measured. All participants were genotyped at the ER-α Pvull locus using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The ER-α Pvull genotype frequencies of PP, Pp and pp were 0.133, 0.485 and 0.382,respectively. The distribution of ER-Pvull genotypes was in accordance with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE) (P ＞ 0.05).There was no significant correlation between ER-α Pvull genetic polymorphism and BMI variation (P = 0.338). These findings indicate that ER-α Pvull genetic polymorphism does not greatly affect BMI variation of premenopausal women in Nanchang region.

Objective To approach the neurobiochemical mechanism of chronic central pain (CCP) after spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods 28 SD rats were divided into four groups, the normal group (group A), the pseudosurgery group (group B), and groups with CCP (group C) and without CCP (group D) after L1 spinal cord section injured with WADE method. T13 and L2 segments of rats' spinal cord were took and concentration changes of substance P (SP) in the spinal dorsal horn between two sections were examined by immunofluorescence histochemistry staining combined with confocal laser scanning microscope. Results Concentration of SP in the group D was decreased significantly compared with groups C,A and B (P<0.05-0.01), that of the group C was less than that of group A and B (P<0.05). Conclusion The rat model established by WADE method is proper to study CCP after SCI. SP in dorsal horn of spinal cord may inhibit the CCP after SCI in some degrees.

Objective:To investigate the changes of blood pressure and heart rate in patients aged over 80 years undergoing intravitreal injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)drugs under topical anesthesia without anesthetic monitoring in ophthalmology surgery, and to analyze the potential risk for surgery-induced acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events.Methods:This was a prospective observational cohort study.A total of 100 patients(aged 80 to 95 years, 47 males and 53 females)included 85 cases of wet age-related macular degeneration, 14 cases of retinal vein occlusion with macular edema, and 1 case of diabetic macular edema.These patients received anti-VEGF drugs injection, with accumulated injections of 1 to 36 times per patient.Blood pressure and heart rate were measured at visit to a medical clinic(as baseline), before operation, 0 min and 30 min after operation.The operation anxiety and pain scores were investigated by questionnaires.Comparison of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and heart rate among four different time points was performed by Wilcoxon symbol rank test.Results:At four different time points i. e.at the baseline, before injection, 0 min and 30 min after injection, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and heart rate showed an important regularity.The median systolic blood pressure at the four time points was 130(120-140)mmHg(1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), 142(129-149)mmHg, 153(139-164)mmHg and 143(130-151)mmHg, with ranges of 100-160 mmHg, 106-176 mmHg, 118-197 mmHg and 115-187 mmHg, respectively.The median diastolic blood pressure at the four time points was 70(65-75)mmHg, 76(69-83)mmHg, 81(73-87)mmHg and 75(69~81)mmHg, with ranges of 45-90 mmHg, 55-98 mmHg, 58-99 mmHg and 50-93 mmHg, respectively.The median heart rate at the four time-points was 70(65-80)beats/min, 72.5(65-81)beats/min, 73(66-80)beats/min and 70(65-76)times/min, with ranges of 50-95 beats/min, 48-101 beats/min, 51-93 beats/min and 50-87 beats/min, respectively.Systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure were significantly increased from preoperative time to 0 min and 30 min after operation( P<0.01). Compared to the baseline, heart rate was increased before operation( P<0.01)and was decreased at 30 minutes after operation( P<0.01). Conclusions:Blood pressure fluctuation may exceed the safe range with an obvious increase of systolic blood pressure during the current intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF drugs in the patients aged over 80 years.Systolic blood pressure rises significantly before operation and falls back after operation, but it may last till 30 minutes after operation.The range of heart rate change is relatively small.Perioperative management and monitoring measures should be strengthened to reduce the risk of acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events.

Objective To study the content of volatile oil from old leaves, tender leaves, fallen leaves and seeds of cinnamomum camphora tree in Hunan, China. To prepare and identify the volatile oil of its β-cycoldextrin inclusion compound. Methods The volatile oil was extracted by water-steam distillation. With inclusion rate as the index, trituration method, saturated water solution method and ultrasound method were compared. The optimum conditions were investigated by the orthogonal test. The inclusion compound was identified by thin-layer chromatography (TLC), ultraviolet visible spectrum (UV-Vis) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Results From June to July, the average content of volatile oil extracted from old leaves, tender leaves, fallen leaves and seeds were 1.58%, 1.52%, 0.84% and 1.39%, respectively. The optimum preparation conditions were as follows:the ratio of β-cyclodextrin and volatile oil was 10∶1, the adding water was 4 times and inclusing time was 2 h. Before and after inclusion, the spectrum of TLC and UV-Vis of volatile oil showed no obvious change. The DSC of inclusion compound,β-cycoldextrin, volatile oil and the mixture had significant differences. Conclusion The amount of the volatile oil from old leaves is higher. The optimized condition of inclusion is stable and reasonable.

Aged ; Anthracosis ; complications ; pathology ; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic ; pathology ; Edema ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Myocardium ; pathology ; Pulmonary Heart Disease ; etiology ; pathology

β-Amyrin synthase (β-AS) genes of Glycyrrhiza uralensis from 6 different regions were analyzed by PCR-SSCP and sequenced, then the correlationship between β-AS SNP and regions of Glycyrrhiza uralensis were determined. According to the 1 coding single nucleotide polymorphism on the first exon of β-AS gene at 94 bp site, Glycyrrhiza uralensis could be divided into 3 genotypes. In these genotypes, the percentage of 94A type in genuine regions was much higher, and it had significant differences with the percentage in non-genuine regions (P < 0.001). The results of the experiment proved that different β-AS genotypes at 94 bp site from different regions may be one of the important reasons to result in the genuineness of Glycyrrhiza uralensis.
Exons ; Genotype ; Glycyrrhiza uralensis ; classification ; enzymology ; genetics ; Intramolecular Transferases ; genetics ; Plant Proteins ; genetics ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational

BACKGROUND: Body mass index(BMI)is a commonly used phenotype for obesity,which is determined by multiple genetic factors.OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether osteocalcin(also known as bone Gla protein,BGP)Hind Ⅲ genetic polymorphism is associated with BMI variation.METHODS: A total of 390 premenopausal women from a local population of Nanchang City were selected.Body weight and height were measured.All participants were genotyped at the BGP Hind Ⅲ locus using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR-RFLP).RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The BGP genotype frequencies of HH,Hh and hh were 0.077,0.408 and 0.515,respectively.The distribution of BGP Hind Ⅲ genotypes was consistent with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium(P > 0.05).The BGP Hind Ⅲ were significantly associated with BMI(P=0.002),which could explain about 5.47% of BMI variation.On average,BMI of individuals with HH genotype was the highest[(22.81±0.73)kg/m2],individuals with Hh genotype was intermediate[(21.50±0.53)kg/m2],while individuals with hh genotype was the lowest[(20.23±0.63)kg/m2].Therefore,carriers of HH and Hh genotypes had,respectively,approximately 12.75% and 6.28% higher BMI than carriers of the hh genotype.To our best knowledge,this is the first study reporting the association of BGP Hind Ⅲ genetic polymorphism and BMI in healthy premenopausal women.