Miyake, Friedman, Emerson, Witzki, Howerter and Wager (2000) have argued that the
central executive is fractionated consisting of at least three separable component processes: …

OBJECTIVES: Our purpose was to confirm the elevation of vaginal pH expected in patients
with bacterial pathogens in premenopausal women and to examine the relationship of serum …

The effect of an acute elevation of the serum magnesium concentration on the concentrations
of serum immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (IPTH) were studed in hypocalcemic …

Paraquat was administered to Sprague-Dawley and Wistar rats po and iv. Death generally
occurred in 2–5 days, but some rats survived for up to 12.5 days. Loss of body weight …

Objective. CTD-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) often fails to respond to conventional
immunomodulatory agents. There is now considerable interest in the use of rituximab in …

The clinical syndrome of acute lung injury (ALI) occurs as a result of an initial acute systemic
inflammatory response. This can be consequent to a plethora of insults, either direct to the …

Background A large subgroup of people with interstitial lung disease (ILD) are normoxic at
rest, but rapidly desaturate on exertion. This can limit exercise capacity and worsen dyspnoea…

Purpose: Pirfenidone and nintedanib are two novel antifibrotic agents licensed for the
treatment IPF. Prior to being approved for use in England for patients with FVC >50% and <80%, …

Parathyrin (parathyroid hormone; PTH) was measured with three immunoassays: a two-site
immunochemiluminometric (ICMA) and a two-site immunoradiometric (IRMA) method for …

Measurement and interpretation of serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) have been difficult
because of complexities in the physiology and measurement of this hormone. An increased …