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2. American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 91st Annual Convention Podium and Poster abstracts: June 7–12, 1992 San Francisco, CA

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Lechner, P., Lind, P., Binter, G., Golub, R. W., Kerner, B. A., Wise, Jr., W. E., Meesig, D. M., Hartmann, R. F., Khanduja, K. S., Sayre, J. W., Aguilar, P. S., Guillem, J. G., Forde, K. A., Treat, M. R., Neugut, A. I., O'Toole, K. M., Diamond, B. E., Kewenter, J., Brevinge, H., Haglind, E., Limberg, B., Elles, C. N., Boggs, W. H., Slagle, G. H., Cole, P. A., Coyle, D. J., Smith, L. E., Orkin, B., Saclarides, T. J., Sheridan, W. G., Lowndes, R. H., Young, H. L., Wong, W. D., Rothenberger, D. A., Bartolo, D. C. C., Wexner, S. D., Ger, G. C., Jorge, J. M. N., Lee, E., Nogueras, J. J., Jagelman, D. G., McKenna, K., Koltun, W. A., Bute, B., Lichliter, W., Le, T., Timmcke, A., Gathright, J. B., Mascagni, D., Hojo, K., Moriya, Y., Sugihara, K., Di, G., Zenni, G. C., Abraham, K., Dobrin, P. B., Harford, F. J., Suzuki, K., Gunderson, L., Devine, R. M., Dozois, R. R., Cavaliere, F., Pemberton, J. H., Fazio, V., Cosimelli, M., Beart, R. W., Giannarelli, D., Moran, M., Ramos, A., Rothenberger, D., Goldberg, S., Antonenko, D., Heymen, S., Gulledge, A. D., Jakate, S., Saclarides, T., Heine, J. A., Williams, J. G., VanBergen, E. H., Buie, W. D., Goldberg, S. M., Davies, N., Yates, J., Jenkins, S. A., Taylor, B. A., Bapat, B., Stern, H., Berk, T., Parker, J., Ray, P. N., McLeod, R., Cohen, Z., Rowe, J. K., Zera, R. T., Madoff, R. D., Bubrick, M. P., Roberts, J. C., Johnston, G. R., Fenney, D. A., Farouk, R., Duthie, G. S., McCue, J. L., Phillips, R. K. S., Viamonte, M., Cole, J., Gottesman, L., Solomon, M. J., McLeod, R. S., Kern, K., Jensen, L. L., Lowry, A. C., Vernava, III, A. M., Longo, W. E., Daniel, G. L., Ehrenpreis, E., Stone, J. M., Cosman, B. C., Wolfe, V. A., Nino-Murcia, M., Perkash, I., Marcello, P. W., Roberts, P. L., Schoetz, Jr., D. J., Murray, J. J., Coller, J. A., Veidenheimer, M. C., Keighley, M. R. B., Grobler, S. P., Hosie, K. B., Schmitt, S. L., James, K., Lucas, F., Peck, Donald A., Ferrara, A., Grotz, R. L., Perry, R. E., Hanson, R. B., Lewis, W. G., Holdsworth, P. J., Sagar, P. M., Johnston, D., Perry, T. G., Strong, S. A., Fazio, V. W., Lavery, I. C., Oakley, J. R., Church, J. M., Milsom, J. W., Fozard, J. B. J., Nelson, H., Schneebaum, S., Arnold, M. W., Young, D., LaValle, G. J., Petty, L., Berens, A., Mojizisik, C., Martin, E. W., Hase, K., Shatney, C. H., Trollope, M., Johnson, D., Vierra, M., Deutsch, A. A., Tulchinsky, H., Nudelman, I., Gutman, H., Reiss, R., Taylor, Brian M., Araujo, A., Bleday, R., Jessurun, J., Heine, J., Rosen, Les, Sipe, Paul, Riether, Robert, Stasik, John, Sheets, James, Khubchandani, Indru, Reiter, W., Friedberg, G., Morey, G., Goldstein, E., Williamson, P., Larach, S., Senagore, A. J., Luchtefeld, M. A., MacKeigen, J. M., Mazier, W. P., Wengert, T., Ott, M. T., Bailey, H. R., Hartendorp, P., Dailey, T. H., Church, J. C., Johansen, O. B., Daniel, N., Korst, M., Kuijpers, H. C., Pena, J. P., Christenson, C. E., Balcos, E. G., Lewis, W., Mitchell, C., MacFie, J., Hildebrandt, U., Ecker, K. W., Kraus, J., Schmid, T., Feifel, G., Tjandra, J. J., Scoggin, Steve, Frazee, Richard C., Ambroze, Jr., W. L., Nezhat, C., Pennington, E., Nezhat, F., Stolfi, V. M., Thorson, A. G., Falk, P. M., Fitzgibbons, Jr, R. J., Luukkonen, P., Järvinen, H. J., James, E., Paty, P. B., Enker, W. E., Cohen, A. M., Lauwers, G. Y., Saad, R., Birnbaum, E., DeVos, W., Fry, R., Kodner, I., Fleshman, J., Cali, R. L., Pitsch, R. M., Blatchford, G. J., Christensen, M. A., Schroeder, T. K., Easley, K. A., Ellis, C. N., Cheape, J. D., Hull, T. L., Salanga, V., Kokoszka, Joseph, Andrianopoulos, Georgia, Nelson, Richard, Abcarian, Herand, Kumar, D., Benson, M. J., Roberts, J., Martin, J. E., Swash, M., Wingate, D. L., Williams, N. S., Orkin, B. A., Emsellem, H., Dent, John, Tissaw, M. A., Shafik, A., Abel, M. E., Chiu, Y. S. Y., Russell, T. R., Volpe, P. A., Casillas, G. L., Mashas, W. E., Eastman, D. A., Grace, R. H., Anderson, J. M., Hacker, K., Heryer, J., Conner, W., Rubin, R., Eisenstat, T., Salvati, E., Oliver, G., Duberman, E., Simmang, C. L., Fry, R. D., Kodner, I. J., Fleshman, J. W., Corman, M. L., Galandiuk, S., Weiner, G. J., Kahn, D., Mitchell, E., Abdel-Nabi, H., Block, G. E., Mannella, E., Tedesco, M., Anza, M., Civalleri, D., Di Tora, P., Capussotti, L., Morandi, G. B., Tirelli, C., Da Pian, P. P., Cortesi, E., Ruggeri, E., Fitzgerald, S. D., Davis, Faith, Bowen, Phyllis, Sutter, Eileen, Kikendall, Walter, McGannon, E., Brantley, P. A., Czyrko, C., Falardeau, C., Trepashko, Don, Skosey, John, Michelassi, F., Staniunas, R. J., Vignati, P. V., Beck, D. E., Karulf, R., Roettger, R., Braidt, J., Ruoff, K., Ackroyd, F., Shellito, P., Goh, H. S., Lin, L. W., Edwards, E., Farmer, J., Walters, C. A., Hyman, N. H., Hebert, J. C., Richman, Irving M., Staren, E. D., Sessions, S. C., Scoma, R. S., Clements, B., Smink, Jr., R. D., Arai, K., Sugita, A., Yamazaki, Y., Harada, H., Fukushima, T., Armstrong, D. N., Ballantyne, G. H., Sillin, L. F., Davie, R. J., Harding, L. K., Birch, N. J., Yamanouchi, T., Bayer, I., Mitmaker, B., Gordon, P. H., Wang, E., Kynaston, H., Edelstein, P. S., Thompson, S. M., Davies, R. J., Farmer, K. C. R., Oliver, S. E., Spigelman, A. D., Bennett, P., O'Kelly, T. J., Brading, A. F., Mortensen, N. J., Paul, P., McGannon, E. M., Huth, P., Hull-Boiner, S., Pezim, M. E., Johnson, H. W., Gillespie, K. D., Willard, P., Owen, D. A., Ramsey, P. S., Leu, S. Y., Hsu, H., Al-Humadi, Adil H., Eisman, E., Tries, J., Gupta, N. C., Frick, M. P., Boman, B. M., Franceschi, D., Eckhauser, M. L., Pritchard, T., Konsten, J., Baeten, C. G. M. I., Havenith, M. G., Soeters, P. B., Lau, P. W. K., Lorentz, T. G., Wong, J., and The III In-CYT-103 Immunoscintigraphy Study Group

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1992
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3. 90th Annual Convention Poster Presentations and Abstracts

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Ellis, C. N., Coyle, D. J., Boggs, H. W., Slagle, G. W., Cole, P. A., Kuramoto, S., Ihara, O., Oohara, T., Nichols, J., Opelka, F., Gathright, J. B., Green, J. B., Poulard, J. B., Ott, A., Bank, S., Margolis, I. B., Meagher, A., Stuart, M., Heine, J. A., Rothenberger, D. A., Nemer, F. D., Christenson, C. E., Saad, R. C., Church, J. M., Fazio, V. W., Lavery, I. C., Oakley, J. R., Milsom, J. W., Schroeder, T. K., Påhlman, L., Frykholm, G., Glimelius, B., Kashtan, H., Papa, M., Wilson, B., Stern, H., Zelnick, R., Haas, P., Ajlouni, M., Fox, T., Szilagy, E., Cummings, B. J., Fleshman, J. W., Dreznick, Z., Fry, R. D., Kodner, I. J., Perry, R. E., Pemberton, J. H., Litchy, W. L., Ferrara, A., Levin, K. E., Hanson, R. B., Cali, R. L., Blatchford, G. J., Thorson, A. G., Christenson, M. A., Pitsch, R. M., Jensen, L. L., Lowry, A. C., Keighley, M. R. B., Oya, M., Oritz, J., Pinho, M., Asperer, J., Chattaphaday, G., Baeten, C., Konsten, J., Spaans, F., Soeters, P., Habets, A., Schouten, W. R., Ruseler van Embden, J. G. H., Auwerda, J. J. A., Sagar, P. M., Goodwin, P., Holdsworth, P. J., Johnston, D., Bundy, C. A., Jacobs, D. M., Bubrick, M. P., Kashiwagi, H., Konishi, F., Kanazawa, K., Woodland, D. O., Saclarides, T. J., Bapna, M. S., Kubota, Y., Sunouchi, K., Ono, M., Muto, T., Masaki, T., Suzuki, K., Adachi, M., Wong, W. D., Goldberg, S. M., Wexner, S. D., Daniel, N., Jagelman, D. G., Christiansen, J., Rasmussen, O., Zhu, B. -W., Williams, J. G., Schottler, J. L., Heyman, S., Marchetti, F., Timmcke, A. E., Hicks, T. C., Ray, J. E., Bernstein, M. A., Madoff, R. D., Caushaj, P. F., Zarbo, R. J., Ma, C. K., Shida, H., Yamamoto, T., Machida, T., Imanari, T., Wang, J. Y., You, Y. T., Tang, R. P., Chen, J. S., Chang-Chien, C. R., Sugihara, K., Hojo, K., Moriya, Y., Hasegawa, H., Krueger, B., Warren, W., Faber, L. P., Abel, M. E., Chiu, Y. S. Y., Russell, T. R., Volpe, P. A., Frazee, R. C., Roberts, J., Symmonds, S., Snyder, S., Hendricks, J., Smith, R., Merchant, N., Hashmi, H., Scalea, T., Whelan, R., Longo, W. E., Gusberg, B. J., Ballantyne, G. H., Davidson, T., Allen-Mersh, T. G., Gazzard, B., Miles, A. J. G., Wastell, C., Viponde, M., Stotter, A., Miller, R. F., Fieldman, N., Slack, W. W., Tjandra, J., Savoca, P. E., Flannery, J. T., Modlin, I. M., Tsukada, K., Tazawa, K., Lavery, E. C., Voeller, G. R., Bunch, G., Britt, L. G., Neto, J. A. Reis, Quilici, F. A., Cordeiro, F., Reis, Jr, J. A., Wojcik, J. B., Banerjee, S. R., Walters, D. L., Cherry, D. A., Bleday, R., Pena, J. P., Buls, J. G., Pascual, R., Tripodi, G., Padmanabhan, A., Schouter, W. R., Blankensteijn, J. D., Moenning, S., Huber, P., Simonton, C., Odom, C., Kaplan, E., Nightengale, S., Shah, P. C., Hashami, H. F., Kottmeier, P., Velcek, F., Klotz, D., Whelan, R. L., Sher, M. E., Bauer, J. J., Gelernt, I., Launer, D. P., Gerber, A., Nogueras, J. J., Finne, C. O., Sohn, N., Weinstein, M. A., Lugo, R. N., Eisenberg, M. M., Tsao, J., Galandiuk, S., Tuckson, W. B., Strong, S., Oakey, J. R., Ambroze, W. L., Dozois, R. R., Carpenter, H. A., Kartheuser, A. H., LaRusso, N. F., Wiesner, R. H., Ilstrup, D. M., Schleck, C. D., Ambroze, W., Beart, R., Dozois, R., Wolff, B., Pemberton, J., Kelly, K., Devine, R., Nivatvongs, S., Metzger, P., Phillips, S. F., Zinmeister, A. R., Pezim, M. E., Vignati, P., Cohen, J., Stahl, T. J., Roberts, P. L., Schoetz, Jr., D. J., Murray, J. J., Coller, J. A., Veidenheimer, M. C., Yamazaki, Y., Ribeiro, M. B., Sachar, D., Heimann, T. M., Aufses, A. H., Greenstein, A. J., Stryker, S. J., Green, D., McLeod, R. S., Cohen, Z., Cullen, J., Greenberg, G. R., Ho, C. S., Reznick, R., Wolff, B. G., Cangemi, J., Carryer, P., Jeejeebhoy, K. N., MacCarty, R., Weilland, L., Senagore, A. J., MacKeigan, J. M., Guillem, J., Ondrula, D. P., Prasad, M. L., Nelson, R. L., Abcarian, H., Coughlin, R. J., Corman, M. L., Prager, E. D., Borison, D. I., Bloom, A. D., Pritchard, T. J., McGannon, E., Sivak, M. V., van Stolk, R., Hull-Boiner, S., Milson, J. W., Sullivan, M., Rosato, G. O., Jorge, J. M., Durdey, P., Kennedy, M. J., Oster, M., Murray, J., Cirocco, W. C., Rusin, L. C., Brown, A. C., Reilly, J. C., Cataldo, P., Luchtefeld, M. A., Mazier, W. P., Wolkomir, A. F., Ruiz-Moreno, F., Alvarado-Cerna, R., Rodriguez, U., Amaro, J., Kerner, B. A., Oliver, G. C., Eisenstat, T. E., Rubin, R. J., Salvati, E. P., Dominguez, J. M., Coon, J. S., Weinstein, R. S., Kameyama, M., Fukuda, I., Imaoka, S., Iwanga, T., Kyzer, S., Mitmaker, B., Gordon, P. H., Wang, E., Grace, R. H., Gibbons, P., Scott, K. M. W., Berger, A., Mischinger, H. J., Arian-Schad, K., Davis, M., Miller, D., Fielding, L. P., Begin, L. R., Bell, A. M., Shafik, A., Abdel-Moneim, K., Khalid, A., Devine, R. M., Beart, Jr., R. W., Melton, L. J., Ngoi, S. S., Chia, J., Goh, P., Sim, E., Godwin, P., Quirke, P., Barrett, R. C., Koltun, W. A., Smith, R. J., Loehner, D., Roberts, P., Veidenheimer, M., Schoetz, D., Chattopadhyay, G., Kumar, D., Hosie, K., Kmiot, W., Mostaf, A., Tulley, N., Harding, I., Falcone, R. E., Wanamaker, S., Santanello, S. A., Carey, L. C., Rivera, D. E., Durdley, P., Gross, P. T., Sarles, J. C., Arnaud, A., Sielezneff, I., Orsoni, P., Joly, A., Limberg, B., Stolfi, V. M., Lavery, I., Oakley, J., Church, J., Fazio, V., Asbun, H. J., Castellanos, H., Asbun, J., Franko, E. R., Ivatury, R. R., Schwalb, D., Saad, R., Schroeder, T., Reis, Jr., J. A., Dziki, A. J., Duncan, M. D., Harmon, J. W., Saini, N., Malthaner, R. A., Fernicola, M. T., Hakki, F. Z., Trad, K. S., Ugarte, R. M., Ryan, P., Chang, H. R., Chavoshan, B., Barsoum, G., Bonardi, R., Scaramelo, A., Possebon, A., Peres, C., Röhrig, C., Kappas, A. M., Ortiz, J., Fan, H. A., Milsom, J., Lechner, P., Lind, P., Cesnik, H., Venkatesh, K. S., Larson, D. M., Morrison, D. N., Ramanujam, P. J., Rubbini, M., Mascoli, F., Mari, C., Bresadola, V., and Donini, I.

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1991
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7. Lanceolate hair-J (lahJ): A mouse model for human hair disorders.

Author

Sundberg, J. P., Boggess, D., Bascom, C., Limberg, B. J., Shultz, L. D., Sundberg, B. A., King, Jr, L. E., and Montagutelli, X.

Subjects
HAIR diseases, ANIMAL models in research
Abstract

Lanceolate hair-J (lahJ) arose spontaneously in 1994 on the DBA/1LacJ inbred background at The Jackson Laboratory. Mutant mice were runted, alopecic, and lacked vibrissae. As they aged, their skin wrinkled. Affected mice developed a noninflammatory, proliferative skin disease with follicular dystrophy. Hair fibers developed a number of abnormalities including periodic nodules along the shaft (trichorrhexis nodosa), compaction resembling trichorrhexis invaginata, spiral fractures, broken tips, and lance-shaped tips. This mutation exhibits some characteristics that resemble an autosomal recessive ichthyosiform disease that occurs in humans characterized in part by peculiar, invaginating, multinodal, hair shaft abnormalities known as Netherton's syndrome. Periodic nodules also resemble the human genetic based disease monilethrix. This autosomal recessive mouse mutation, allelic with lanceolate hair (lah), based on breeding studies, is located on mouse Chromosome 18, within a cluster of genes coding for adhesion molecules. Homozygotes for either of these allelic mouse mutations have elevated serum IgE levels, a feature also common with human Netherton's syndrome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2000
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12. Histologic differential diagnosis of focal liver lesions by ultrasonically guided fine needle biopsy.

Author

Limberg, B, Höpker, W W, and Kommerell, B

Abstract

Ultrasonically guided fine needle biopsies were carried out in 84 patients with focal liver lesions and were subsequently evaluated histologically. A correct diagnosis of malignancy was made in 46 of 52 patients with proven hepatic malignancy, showing an overall accuracy of 93%. The specificity of the procedure was 100%. Such histological examination not only enables the differentiation between primary and secondary hepatic malignancy; it has the additional advantage of making a more precise tumour description and at the same time it pinpoints the primary site of the tumour. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
1987

13. Correction of altered plasma amino acid pattern in cirrhosis of the liver by somatostatin.

Author

Limberg, B and Kommerell, B

Abstract

The purpose of our study was to evaluate the effect of somatostatin (500 microgram/h intravenously) upon insulin, c-peptide, glucagon and plasma amino acids concentrations in patients with and without cirrhosis of the liver. The typical plasma amino acid pattern in cirrhosis is characterised by increased concentrations of the aromatic amino acids and decreased concentrations of the branched chain amino acids and of alanine and glycine. After administration of somatostatin insulin, c-peptide and glucagon concentrations decreased and those of the branched chain amino acids in both groups increased; in addition in patients with cirrhosis the plasma concentrations of threonine, serine, glycine, alanine, lysine, and arginine increased also. Infusion of somatostatin plus insulin in patients with cirrhosis succeeded in preventing the increase in the branched chain amino acid concentrations, while the infusion of somatostatin plus glucagon decreased threonine, serine, glycine, alinine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, lysine and arginine concentrations. It is therefore suggested that the effect of somatostatin on the plasma amino acids may be because of the reduction of insulin and glucagon concentrations; however, other effects of somatostatin cannot be excluded at present. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
1984

19. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 and neuropilin-1 form a receptor complex that is responsible for the differential signaling potency of VEGF(165) and VEGF(121).

Author

Whitaker GB, Limberg BJ, and Rosenbaum JS

Subjects
Affinity Labels, Animals, Binding, Competitive, COS Cells, Cells, Cultured, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Endothelium, Vascular metabolism, Humans, Macromolecular Substances, Neuropilin-1, Phosphorylation, Placenta Growth Factor, Pregnancy Proteins metabolism, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors, Endothelial Growth Factors metabolism, Lymphokines metabolism, Nerve Tissue Proteins metabolism, Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases metabolism, Receptors, Growth Factor metabolism, Signal Transduction
Abstract

The two most abundant secreted isoforms of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF(165) and VEGF(121)) are formed as a result of differential splicing of the VEGF-A gene. VEGF(165) and VEGF(121) share similar affinities at the isolated VEGF receptor (VEGFR)-2 but have been previously demonstrated to have differential ability to activate VEGFR-2-mediated effects on endothelial cells. Herein we investigate whether the recently described VEGF(165) isoform-specific receptor neuropilin-1 (Npn-1) is responsible for the difference in potency observed for these ligands. We demonstrate that although VEGFR-2 and Npn-1 form a complex, this complex does not result in an increase in VEGF(165) binding affinity. Therefore, the differential activity of VEGF(165) and VEGF(121) cannot be explained by a differential binding affinity for the complex. Using an antagonist that competes for VEGF(165) binding at the VEGFR-2.Npn-1 complex, we observe specific antagonism of VEGF(165)-meditated phosphorylation of VEGFR-2 without affecting the VEGF(121) response. These data indicate that the formation of the complex is responsible for the increased potency of VEGF(165) versus VEGF(121). Taken together, these data suggest a receptor-clustering role for Npn-1, as opposed to Npn-1 behaving as an affinity-converting subunit.

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2001
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20. Lanceolate hair-J (lahJ): a mouse model for human hair disorders.

Author

Sundberg JP, Boggess D, Bascom C, Limberg BJ, Shultz LD, Sundberg BA, King LE Jr, and Montagutelli X

Subjects
Alleles, Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Genes, Recessive, Hair Diseases immunology, Hair Diseases pathology, Homozygote, Humans, Immunoglobulin E blood, In Situ Hybridization, Male, Mice, Mice, Mutant Strains, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Phenotype, Species Specificity, Syndrome, Hair Diseases genetics
Abstract

Lanceolate hair-J (lahJ) arose spontaneously in 1994 on the DBA/1LacJ inbred background at The Jackson Laboratory. Mutant mice were runted, alopecic, and lacked vibrissae. As they aged, their skin wrinkled. Affected mice developed a noninflammatory, proliferative skin disease with follicular dystrophy. Hair fibers developed a number of abnormalities including periodic nodules along the shaft (trichorrhexis nodosa), compaction resembling trichorrhexis invaginata, spiral fractures, broken tips, and lance-shaped tips. This mutation exhibits some characteristics that resemble an autosomal recessive ichthyosiform disease that occurs in humans characterized in part by peculiar, invaginating, multinodal, hair shaft abnormalities known as Netherton's syndrome. Periodic nodules also resemble the human genetic based disease monilethrix. This autosomal recessive mouse mutation, allelic with lanceolate hair (lah), based on breeding studies, is located on mouse Chromosome 18, within a cluster of genes coding for adhesion molecules. Homozygotes for either of these allelic mouse mutations have elevated serum IgE levels, a feature also common with human Netherton's syndrome.

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2000
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21. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease by hydrocolonic sonography.

Author

Limberg B and Osswald B

Subjects
Abdomen diagnostic imaging, Adult, Colitis, Ulcerative diagnosis, Colonoscopy, Crohn Disease diagnosis, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Sensitivity and Specificity, Ultrasonography, Colitis, Ulcerative diagnostic imaging, Colon diagnostic imaging, Crohn Disease diagnostic imaging
Abstract

Objectives: The entire length of the colon, starting at the rectosigmoid junction and ending at the cecum, can be visualized by transabdominal sonography after retrograde water instillation into the colon. By this method, termed hydrocolonic sonography, it is possible to evaluate in detail the lumen, the colon wall, and the surrounding tissue. Five layers of different echogenicity can be differentiated within the colon wall., Methods: In a prospective study of 440 patients, we compared the value of conventional abdominal sonography and hydrocolonic sonography with that of colonoscopy, in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of ulcerative colitis and colonic Crohn's disease., Results: In 93% of patients with Crohn's disease, the normal five-layer structure of the colonic wall was no longer in evidence, and the wall appeared hypoechogenic and clearly thickened. In contrast, in patients with ulcerative colitis, the five-layer structure could clearly be discerned, and although the colon wall remained hypoechogenic, it was only moderately thickened. Colonic Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis were detectable by hydrocolonic sonography, with a sensitivity of 96% and 91%, respectively, whereas the sensitivity achieved by conventional abdominal sonography was only 71% and 62%, respectively. Furthermore, hydrocolonic sonography made possible the differentiation of Crohn's disease from ulcerative colitis in 93% of the cases., Conclusion: This new diagnostic procedure could thus advantageously be introduced for the diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and follow-up of patients with chronic inflammatory large bowel diseases.

Published
1994

22. Diagnosis and staging of colonic tumors by conventional abdominal sonography as compared with hydrocolonic sonography.

Author

Limberg B

Subjects
Colonic Polyps diagnostic imaging, Humans, Methods, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Ultrasonography, Abdomen diagnostic imaging, Colonic Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Neoplasm Staging methods
Abstract

Background: Ultrasonic examination has become increasingly important in the diagnosis of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. In neoplastic diseases of the large intestine, however, the diagnostic value of conventional transabdominal sonography is limited. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether the evaluation and staging of colonic tumors would be improved by the retrograde instillation of water into the colon in a procedure called hydrocolonic sonography., Methods: Three hundred patients were examined in a prospective study in which both conventional transabdominal sonography and transabdominal hydrocolonic sonography were performed before the diagnosis was verified by colonoscopy. The indication for the examinations was abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, or the presence of occult blood in a stool specimen., Results: With the instillation of water into the colon, it was possible to display the colon sonographically from the rectosigmoid transition to the cecum in 97 percent of the patients examined. In addition to permitting the evaluation of the colonic lumen, the procedure allowed the five layers of the colonic wall and the connective tissue surrounding the colon to be examined in detail. Only 9 of 29 carcinomas were diagnosed by conventional abdominal sonography (31 percent), whereas hydrocolonic sonography permitted the diagnosis of 28 (97 percent). No polyps could be detected by conventional abdominal sonography, whereas hydrocolonic sonography permitted the diagnosis of 38 of 42 polyps greater than or equal to 7 mm (91 percent) and 3 of 12 polyps less than 7 mm (25 percent). In addition, detailed evaluation of the structure of the bowel wall with hydrocolonic sonography permitted a more precise staging of colonic tumors., Conclusions: Hydrocolonic sonography, a new diagnostic procedure, can facilitate the diagnosis and staging of colonic tumors.

Published
1992
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23. Why decreased serum branched-chain amino acids in cirrhosis.

Author

Limberg B and Kommerell B

Subjects
Animals, Humans, Infusions, Parenteral, Insulin blood, Liver Circulation, Liver Cirrhosis physiopathology, Rats, Somatostatin pharmacology, Amino Acids, Branched-Chain blood, Liver Cirrhosis blood
Published
1981

27. Beneficial effect of somatostatin on galactosamine induced liver injury.

Author

Limberg B and Kommerell B

Subjects
Alanine Transaminase blood, Animals, Aspartate Aminotransferases blood, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury pathology, Disease Models, Animal, Galactosamine, Male, Rats, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury drug therapy, Somatostatin therapeutic use
Abstract

The purpose of our investigation was to study the effect of somatostatin on acute experimental liver injury induced in rats by galactosamine (1.2 g/100 g body wt.). Somatostatin (125 micrograms/100 g body wt.) was administered subcutaneously in a protamine sulphate/ZnCl2 suspension either 2 h prior to the injection of galactosamine or 2 h and again 12 h following the injection. Serum transaminases (GOT, GPT) and serum concentrations of triiodothyronine and thyroxine were determined 28 h after the injection of galactosamine. Histology of the liver was performed by light microscopy. Our results showed that the administration of somatostatin significantly (P less than 0.02) reduced the elevation of GOT and GPT activity and diminished the degree of necrosis, and that although the administration of dibutyryl-cAMP (5 mg/100 g body wt.) intensified galactosamine induced liver injury, this effect of dibutyryl-cAMP could be completely prevented by somatostatin treatment. There was no difference in the serum concentrations of triiodothyronine and thyroxine in controls as compared to galactosamine and galactosamine plus somatostatin treated rats. At present the mechanism of this cytoprotection by somatostatin is unknown.

Published
1983
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28. Influence of somatostatin on galactosamine-induced liver injury.

Author

Limberg B and Kommerell B

Subjects
Alanine Transaminase blood, Animals, Aspartate Aminotransferases blood, Liver Diseases therapy, Male, Octreotide, Rats, Somatostatin therapeutic use, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Galactosamine antagonists & inhibitors, Liver drug effects, Somatostatin analogs & derivatives
Published
1986

29. Somatostatin bleeding esophageal varices: peer review, anyone?

Author

Limberg B and Kommerell B

Subjects
Esophageal and Gastric Varices drug therapy, Gastric Juice drug effects, Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage etiology, Humans, Infusions, Parenteral, Esophageal and Gastric Varices complications, Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage drug therapy, Somatostatin administration & dosage
Published
1980

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