The prevalence rate of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been increasing year by year.However,since the complex pathogenesis of NAFLD has not been fully clarified,there still lacks a gold standard for the diagnosis and treatment of NAFLD.5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) can affect the development and progression of NAFLD via several links and thus change the course of NAFLD.This article introduces the association between 5-HT and NAFLD,the role of 5-HT in the pathogenesis of NAFLD,and its future application in treatment.

Clinical manifestation of hemangioma of liver is unspecific,and its diagnosis mainly depends on imageology.Surgery is the most common and important treatment for hemangioma of liver.There is much controversy on the timing of operation,indication and surgical procedures of hemangioma of liver because of little evidences from laboratory and clinical analysis.In this paper,the current situation and progress of diagnosis and treatment for hemangioma of liver were summarized,and our experiences were introduced.

Shanghanlun contains the theory of stagnation,though which is concealed among the treating system.This theory is great important to clinical practice.When we have a whole understanding to the theory of stagnation,it is easy to analyze the obstruction-removing therapy.Though this principle hasn't clearly definition,it is connected closely with other regular treating methods.Based on it,the dissertation analyzes all kinds of obstruction-removing therapy in Shanghanlun.That will be very helpful for readers to understand this theory and its significance in clinical practice.

Objective:To study the effect of controllable abdominal breath in treatment of migraine.Method:20 patients(10 male,10 female,aged 20-30 years)with migraine according to international diagnostic standard published 1990 were randomly divided into study group and control group.The study group received training of controllable abdominal breath.All subjects were followed for 3 months.Changes of symptoms and hemorhelogy were recorded.Result:Study group improved in both symptom and index of hemorheology after treatment,and the results were better than that of control.Conclusion:Controllable abdominal breath is effective in treatment of migraine.

BACKGROUND:Clinical treatment of tibiofibular syndesmosis separation of unstable ankle fractures can be treated by surgical internal fixation method. The internal fixation process can choose different materials, in the past, most of the operations used metal pul ing nail, but there may be broken nails and other risks. OBJECTIVE:To explore the application effect of traditional metal pul ing nail and macromolecule absorbable screw fixation in tibiofibular syndesmosis separation of unstable ankle fracture. METHODS:The clinical data of 63 patients with tibiofibular syndesmosis separation of unstable ankle fractures who received surgical internal fixation treatment in Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine from February 2013 to February 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into metal pul ing nail group (n=32) and absorbable screw group (n=31) according to the use of different materials. The fracture end was reset by cutting from the outside of the lower section of the fibula. The steel plate was used for fixation. The traditional metal pul screws and macromolecule absorbable screw were used for fixation. During the 12 months of fol ow-up after internal fixation, the ankle function scores of two groups (Baird-Jackson), clinical effect and the incidence of adverse events were observed and compared. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The average ambulation time and hospital stay of patients after internal fixation in absorbable screw group were significantly less than those of metal pul ing nail group (P<0.05). The ankle joint function scores (Baird-Jackson) in these two groups were increased compared with those before surgery, but the difference was not significant (P>0.05). The excel ent and good rate of patients in absorbable screw group was significantly higher than that in the metal pul ing nail group (P<0.05). During 12 months of fol ow-up after internal fixation, one patient had screw breakage in metal pul ing nail group. There was no wound infection among patients in these two groups. These results confirm that the use of macromolecule absorbable screw fixation for the treatment of tibiofibular syndesmosis separation of unstable ankle fractures can obtain better application effect compared with the traditional metal pul ing nails.

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In order to estimate the relationship between iron and the Alzheimer's disease, the behavioral and pathological changes were observed by Morris water maze and immunohistochemical staining respectively after injecting FeC13 into brain ventricle of rats. The apoptosis was tested by flow cytometry and the electron microscopy was used to observe ultrastructural changes. There were significant differences in escape latency of time and distance between normal animals and iron treated rats. Percentage and fluorescence intension (FI) of AnnexinV FITC loaded cells undergoing apoptosis were higher in iron treated rats compared with normal animals. Fawn-coloured products of β amyloid protein were interspersedly distributed in extensive areas of cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Under electron microscope, vacuolate degeneration of neuronal processes with mitochondria degeneration and accumulation of microtubule near vacuolar nucleus were observed in iron treated rats. These results suggest that a local higher concentration of iron in brain may induce Alzheimer-like impairment of intelligence and pathological changes.

Objective To investigate the changes of plasma adrenodullin(ADM) and C-type natriuretic peptide(CNP) level in children with chronic heart failure(CHF) and its clinical implications.Methods Forty-two children with CHF were collected.The patients suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy,congenital heart defects,and other heart diseases.According to a modified scoring system described by Ross and Reithman,16 patients were classified as class Ⅱ,14 as class Ⅲ,and 12 as class Ⅳ.Plasma levels of ADM and CNP were measured by radioimmunoassay assay in these patients and 11 healthy children.Echocardiography was performed to measure left ventricular function and the ratio of E/A.Results Plasma ADM and CNP levels of CHF patients were significantly elevated as compared with those of the control subjects [(218.27?106.53) ng/L vs(74.39?53.99) ng/L,P=0;(190.27?108.38) ng/L vs(92.59?(59.46) ng/L),P0.05).ADM levels were elevated with the advancing severity of CHF determined by a modified scoring system described by Ross.However,the plasma CNP levels in the normal state wasn′t significantly different from those observed in class Ⅱ.Likewise,the plasma CNP level in the class Ⅲ was not significantly different from that observed in class Ⅱ.Conclusions ADM and CNP might play a compensatory and defensive roles in the pathophysiology of the pediatric CHF.ADM may be a biochemical marker for evaluation the severity of the chronic heart failure in children,but also a new prognostic indicator of this syndrome.

Objective To discover the role of interleukin-18(IL-18) and CD_(54) in congestive heart failure(CHF),and evaluate the diagnostic value of IL-18 and CD_(54) in CHF.Methods Blood samples were collected from 52 children with CHF,included 18 cases in classⅡ,17 cases in class Ⅲand 17 cases in class Ⅳ.Fifteen healthy children were normal control group.The levels of IL-18 was(detec-)ted by ELISA method and the expression of CD_(54) was examined by flow cytometry.Results The levels of IL-18 and CD_(54) in CHF were significantly higher than those of control subjects(P0.05),but the levels were respectively significantly higher than that of control subjects(P

Objective To evaluate the reliability of a rat model of acute cerebral ischemia and reperfusion by using cerebral perfusion functional CT.Methods A stable and reversible focal ischemia model with unilateral middle cerebral artery occlusion was established and evaluated by CT perfusion imaging and TTC staining.Results Artificial Occlusion of the MCA resulted in ipsilateral cerebral infarcts in all study animals.Hypoperfusion was definitely recorded in all CT perfusion images obtained after MCA occlusion and was significantly correlated with the final lesion size.Blood flow was restored after pulling the thread out of the artery.Conclusions The method of establishing an acute focal cerebral ischemia and reperfusion model by thread insertion in our study is simple and stable.If we can screen the stroke model with CT perfusion examination,the error caused by variance of model can be reduced.Thereby it provides a platform for researchers to investigate acute cerebral ischemia and recirculation.