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Decrease of erythrocyte cholinesterase in pesticide factory workers
Background&Objective: Two enzymes have the ability to hydrolyze acetylcholine. One is acetylcholinesterase, which is called true cholinesterase, it is found in erythrocytes. The other cholinesterase is pseudocholinesterase, it is found in serum.
Joshaghani HR, Ahmadi AR, Behnampour N
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Objectives: Cholinesterase is recognized as a marker for nutritional status and associated with inflammatory conditions. The present study aims to evaluate the association between cholinesterase and postoperative complications in patients with lower ...
Masahisa Ohkuma +9 more
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Changes in neuromuscular structure and functions of human colon during ageing are region-dependent [PDF]
Objective: To determine if human colonic neuromuscular functions decline with increasing age.Design: Looking for non-specific changes in neuromuscular function, a standard burst of electrical field stimulation (EFS) was used to evoke neuronally mediated (
Ahmed, Shafi +13 more
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Prescribing cascades occur when medication is prescribed to prevent/treat the adverse effects of another medication and may be intentional/unintentional. This study examines the prevalence of nine prescribing cascades (ThinkCascades) in The Irish Longitudinal StuDy on Ageing (TILDA).
Ann Sinéad Doherty +7 more
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Histochemical Studies on the Nervous and Humoral Regulation of Lipids and Carbohydrate Metabolism [PDF]
The purpose of the present study is to reveal the precise mechanism of nervous and humoral regulations of lipid and carbohydrate metabolisms in the adipose tissues.
Awai, Michiyasu +3 more
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Abstract Large clinical data underscore that heart failure is independently associated to an increased risk of negative cognitive outcome and dementia. Emerging evidence suggests that cerebral hypoperfusion, stemming from reduced cardiac output and vascular pathology, may contribute to the largely overlapping vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease ...
Mauro Massussi +6 more
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Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by parasitic blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma, which kills 300,000 people every year in developing countries, and there is no vaccine. Recently, we have shown that cholinesterases (ChEs)—enzymes
Bemnet A. Tedla +4 more
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Dried blood spots in toxicology : from the cradle to the grave? [PDF]
About a century after its first described application by Ivar Bang, the potential of sampling via dried blood spots (DBS) as an alternative for classical venous blood sampling is increasingly recognized.
De Kesel, Pieter +3 more
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ABSTRACT Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common neurological disorders affecting older adults, with approximately 7.2 million cases only in the United States. This number is projected to increase to 13.8 million in the United States by 2060, leading to increased expenditures for healthcare, long‐term care and hospice services. Consequently,
Valentina Zecca +3 more
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Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 is a group of conditions which is defined by persistent hyperglycemia along with various metabolic disturbances in carbohydrate, protein, and lipid metabolism. This condition is characterized by variable levels
Avijit Saha +4 more
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