24 cases of congenital cerebral malformations were detected by CT scan from 3/1995 to 6/1996, at MEDIC Medical Center. CT scan is a simple method with great value for exploration of CNS pathology, especially congenital pathology and in the childhood. The cases of disorders of organogenesis were usually observed in the infant, manifested by epilepsy, psychomotor retardation. On the other hand, those of disordersof histogenesis were observed in the adolescent or the adult, presented by epilepsy, hemiparesis/hemiplegia, disorder of the sesibility of the hemibody, skin abnomalities or incidentally defected.
Abnormalities ; Cerebral Arterial Diseases ; diagnosis

The author analyzed the imaging features of 13 cases of the cervical trauma with suspected lesions in C1-C2 based on clinical findings and conventional X-rays. The technical is very simple: continuous axial slices of 2 mm thickness in C1-C2, double window, sagital and coronal reconstructions. With CT, we can confirm the diagnosis (including 5 cases of rotary subluxation of C1 on C2, 5 of rotary subluxation of C1 on C2 associated with fracture of the atlas or fracture of the dens, 1 fracture only of the dens associated with lateral mass fracture of the atlas, 1 of Hangman’s fracture), evaluate the severity of the instability of the cervical spine as well as the spinal cord lesion and guide of the treament. Conclusion: CT imaging is helpful and characteristic in the C1- C2 trauma
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Wounds and Injuries

Background: Heparansulfate Interacting Protein (HIP) is a protein that belongs to a novel class of heparin and heparansulfate binding protein. It plays an important role in extracellular matrix structure and function, cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix adhesion, growth and differentiation. HIP was shown to be expressed in normal epithelia and epithelial cell lines at both mRNA and protein levels. Especially, HIP was found to be up-regulated in some cancer cell lines and related to different status and metastasis.\r\n', u'Objectives: To determinate HIP transcript level of mRNA in breast cancer tissues in comparison with normal tissues; to compare HIP transcript level at different cancer stages and cancer cell types. \r\n', u'Subjects and method: Total RNA was isolated from 62 tissue samples (47 breast cancer and 15 normal tissues); cDNA synthesis by reverse transcript \u2013polymerase chain reaction (RT \u2013 PCR); determination of HIP transcript using semi-quantitative RT \u2013 PCR. \r\n', u'Results: HIP transcript was particularly up \u2013 regulated in breast cancer tissues compared to normal tissues, especially this up-regulated in cancer tissues at different stages of development and cancer cell types. \r\n', u'Conclusion: These results show that the HIP transcript level was different between breast cancer and normal tissues and its expression was related to different status and metastasis in human cancer cell lines. HIP may be used as a prognostic marker for breast cancer.\r\n', u'
Heparansulfate Interacting Protein (HIP) ; breast cancer

Background: Vietnamese herbs are considered as a botanical resource, a precious medicinal source of our country, and are widely used in the residential community in general. Phu Vang district is a coastal plain and lagoon in Thua Thien Hue province, where people’s living standards are not high, health facilities lack equipment. Therefore, the needs for primary health care are necessary to be strengthened, especially in the treatment of common diseases using Vietnamese herbs to reduce costs and improve health for the people. However, the knowledge of the local residents about Vietnamese herbs preventing and treating common diseases at home has not been surveyed. Objectives: (1) To describe the knowledge, attitude and practice on the use of Vietnamese herbs used in the treatment of common diseases of residents in some communes of Phu Vang district. (2) To determine some factors related to the use of Vietnamese herbs in the treatment of common diseases among the residents. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 residents representing the heads of households in three communes of Phu Vang district, Thua Thien Hue province, Thua Thien Hue province. Descriptive statistical analysis and multivariable logistic regression were performed with SPSS software. Results: Knowledge: Good: 45.2%; Fair: 30.8%; Average: 9.0%; Poor: 2.0%. Attitude: 97.0% of residents preferred using Vietnamese herbs in the treatment of common diseases, and 96.6% of residents agreed to continue using Vietnamese herbs to treat similar diseases later. Practice: Good: 7.8%; Fair: 16.7%; Average: 25.3%; Poor: 50.2%. Receiving information about Vietnamese herbs and growing them at home gardens were two factors related to the use of Vietnamese herbs to treat common diseases (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The practice of using Vietnamese herbs to treat common diseases of the residents in Phu Vang district is still low, it is necessary to strengthen educational propaganda to raise the awareness and practice among residents on the prevention and treatment of diseases with Vietnamese herbs at home.