Hyperhomocysteinemia and cardiovascular disease: The nutritional perspectivesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 15 - Trang 20-30 - 2000
Rajesh Pandey, Seema Gupta, Harbans Lal, H. C. Mehta, S. K. Aggarwal
Several members of the vitamin B-complex family are known to participate in the normal metabolism of homocysteine (Hcy). Leaving aside the genetic determinants of hyperhomocysteinemia (HHC), the deficiencies of these vitamins can also result in HHC. The situation of sustained and long standing HHC is likely to be prevalent in population groups with low/average socio-economic status, geriatric popu...... hiện toàn bộ
Glucometers-need for external quality controlSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 15 - Trang 128-133 - 2000
D. Suhasini
We performed a pilot accuracy study on glucometers from three sources: “Advantage” from Boehringer Mannheim (A), “Glucometer* 4” from Bayer (B) and “One Touch Basic” from Life Scan (C) and compared these results with the results on autoanalyzers-Dimension RxL (1) and Hitachi 704 (2). Each glucometer was tested with venous blood in duplicate, from three different groups of 20 patients each, at rand...... hiện toàn bộ
Correlation study of Carcino Embryonic Antigen & Cancer Antigen 15.3 in pretreated female breast cancer patientsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 22 - Trang 57-60 - 2007
K. Thriveni, Lakshmi Krishnamoorthy, Girija Ramaswamy
Carcino Embryonic Antigen (CEA) and Cancer Antigen 15.3 (CA15.3) are the most common tumor markers in breast cancer patients. Measurement of circulating tumor markers is a non-invasive quantitative method. Serum levels of CEA and CA 15.3 were studied in female breast cancer patients prior to treatment. To evaluate the utility of these markers, 207 Breast carcinoma patients belonging to all the sta...... hiện toàn bộ
A Study on Omentin-1 and Prostate Specific Antigen in Women on Treatment for Polycystic Ovary SyndromeSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 34 - Trang 108-114 - 2017
Anbalagan Anithasri, Palghat Harihara Ananthanarayanan, P. Veena
Omentin-1 and prostate specific antigen (PSA) are known to be markers of insulin resistance and hyperandrogenism respectively in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). This study aimed to assess the changes in serum omentin-1 and PSA levels in PCOS patients while on treatment. Serum omentin-1, PSA, BMI and Ferriman gallwey score (FG score) were measured in 80 women with PCOS. The subjects were treated ...... hiện toàn bộ
SARS-CoV-2 IgG Antibody and its Clinical Correlates in Convalescent Plasma Donors: An Indian ExperienceSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 37 - Trang 423-431 - 2021
PVSN Kiran Kumar, Mithu Banerjee, Archana Bajpayee, Saptarishi Mandal, Prasenjit Mitra, Praveen Sharma, Sanjeev Misra, Pankaj Bhardwaj
SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus, emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China causing a new pandemic. Convalescent plasma therapy has been applied previously to many infectious diseases and has shown a successful result. This study was planned to assess the Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody levels in convalescent COVID-19 patients. In this study, serum samples from 210 persons infected by SARS-CoV-2, treated and...... hiện toàn bộ
Effect of methionine and vitamin C supplementation on pulmonary glutathione-s-transferase and glutathione levels in ageing ratsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 8 - Trang 33-35 - 1993
Harbans Lal, Kiran Chugh, Varinder Saini, Jasbinder Kaur, A. S. Saini
Glutathione-5-transferase (GST) and glutathione (GSH) levels were estimated in the lungs of 3 and 30 months old rats. GST activity was found to be significantly reduced in the old rats (30 months age) compared to the young rats (3 months age). In old rats, with methionine supplementation GST activity was increased whereas with vitamin C supplementation GSH levels were increased. The data show that...... hiện toàn bộ
Effect of n-3 fatty acid supplementation on blood glucose, lipid profile and cytokines in humans: A pilot studySpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 23 - Trang 85-88 - 2008
B. Raghu, P. Venkatesan
This study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of n-3 fatty acid supplementation on blood glucose, lipid profile and cytokines in humans. Twenty adult healthy subjects were supplemented with 1g/day fish oil concentrate capsules for 2 weeks. Fasting blood samples were taken at baseline and again after 2 week intervention. Fish oil supplementation significantly lowered fasting serum concentration...... hiện toàn bộ
Investigating Investigation (Ab)Use: Thyroid Function Test Audit in a Tertiary Care Teaching Institute in Eastern IndiaSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 37 - Trang 499-503 - 2021
Suchanda Sahu, Joseph John
An essential component of contemporary health care is laboratory testing. As the utilization of diagnostic tests grow, there is also an increase in the scrutiny of such tests for its effectiveness, balance of cost and over- utilization. Thyroid dysfunction is common across all age groups and is associated with a number of comorbid states. The thyroid function tests (TFTs) are very important for th...... hiện toàn bộ