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The authors after a review of the international literature, analyzed 50 cases of gastroduodenal pathology submitted to endoscopy and biopsy. The biopsy was analyzed with the CP test. The analysis of results of CP test and local endoscopic status offers useful indications for therapy. The authors consider and assess the data of this epidemiological study.
The large diffusion of minimally invasive surgery offers to surgeons and anaesthesiologists the opportunity of controlling new technologies and different problems. The goal of this paper is assess the physiological modifications during the operation with minimally invasive laparoscopic technique in references to risks and complications.
In Italy the incidence of oesophageal cancer is very low: 4 cases every 100,000. More than 60% of patients are observed with dysphagia and oesophageal stenosis. For these patients their is no surgical indication and prognosis is less than 1 year. We have applied the recanalization of oesophagus with laser in 137 patients (range 47-88 years). One year survival was 53.1%, three years 5.8%. The aim of this paper is to describe our techniques and analyze 5 years of activity.
OBJECTIVE: To study the specificity of antibodies reactive with renal antigens in mixed cryoglobulinemia. METHODS: Sera from mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) patients were tested on human kidney extracts by immunoblot. A partially purified renal antigen was subjected to N-terminal sequencing. RESULTS: Antibodies reactive with a renal antigen of 48 kD were detected in 7 out of 11 patients with MC and renal involvement. N-terminal sequencing of this antigen showed that it was identical with alpha-enolase. This result was confirmed by the reactivity of the renal antigen with a rabbit anti-serum specific for alpha-enolase. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that antibodies specific for alpha-enolase are frequently produced by mixed cryoglobulinemia patients with renal involvement.