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Aubert B, Barate R, Boutigny D, Couderc F, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Day CT, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kukartsev G, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Ford K, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, Morgan SE, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Goetzen K, Held T, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Pelizaeus M, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Cottingham WN, Kelly MP, Latham TE, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Cuhadar-Donszelmann T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Kyberd P, McKemey AK, Teodorescu L, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Yushkov AN, Best D, Bruinsma M, Chao M, Eschrich I, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, Mommsen RK, Roethel W, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Hartfiel BL, Gary JW, Layter J, Shen BC, Wang K, del Re D, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar HP, Rahatlou S, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beck TW, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Spradlin P, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Albert J, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Erwin RJ, Hitlin DG, Narsky I, Piatenko T, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Abe T, Blanc F, Bloom P, Chen S, Clark PJ, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamelde Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, Legendre M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Hauke A, Lacker HM, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Nogowski R, Otto S, Schubert J, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Grenier P, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Andreotti M, Azzolini V, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Luppi E, Negrini M, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, De Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Zallo A, Buzzo A, Capra R, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Morii M, Won E, Dubitzky RS, Bhimji W, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Gaillard JR, Morton GW, Nash JA, Taylor GP, Grenier GJ, Lee SJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Prell S, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Biasini M, Pioppi M, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Laplace S, Diberder FL, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Wormser G, Brigljević V, Cheng CH, Lange DJ, Simani MC, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Coleman JP, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, Kay M, Parry RJ, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Back JJ, Cormack CM, Harrison PF, Shorthouse HW, Vidal PB, Brown CL, Cowan G, Flack RL, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow NR, Barlow RJ, Hart PA, Hodgkinson MC, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Hulsbergen WD, Jawahery A, Kovalskyi D, Lae CK, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Saremi S, Staengle H, Willocq S, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Mangeol DJJ, Patel PM, Robertson SH, Lazzaro A, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Godang R, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Zhao HW, Brunet S, Cote-Ahern D, Taras P, Nicholson H, Raven G, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Gabriel TA, Brau B, Gan KK, Honscheid K, Hufnagel D, Kagan H, Kass R, Pulliam T, Ter-Antonyan R, Wong QK, Brau J, Frey R, Igonkina O, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Tiozzo G, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, De la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, John MJJ, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, T'Jampens S, Therin G, Manfredi PF, Re V, Behera PK, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Carpinelli M, Del Gamba V, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Wagoner DE, Cavoto G, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Bellini F, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Pierini M, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Olaiya EO, Xella SM, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Aston D, Bartoldus R, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Buchmueller OL, Convery MR, Cristinziani M, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dujmic D, Dunwoodie W, Elsen EE, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Hadig T, Halyo V, Hryn'ova T, Innes WR, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Libby J, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Edwards AJ, Meyer TI, Petersen BA, Roat C, Ahmed M, Ahmed S, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Saeed MA, Saleem M, Wappler FR, Bugg W, Krishnamurthy M, Spanier SM, Eckmann R, Kim H, Ritchie JL, Satpathy A, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Ye S, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gallo F, Gamba D, Borean C, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Grancagnolo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee S, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Johnson JR, Kutter PE, Li H, Liu R, Lodovico FD, Mihalyi A, Mohapatra AK, Pan Y, Prepost R, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries in B meson decays to charmless two-body states containing a K(0). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 92:201802. [PMID: 15169340 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.201802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries in decays of B mesons to two-body final states containing a K0. The results are based on a data sample of approximately 88 x 10(6) Upsilon(4S)-->BB decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. We measure B(B+-->K(0)pi(+))=(22.3+/-1.7+/-1.1)x10(-6), B(B0-->K(0)pi(0)=(11.4+/-1.7+/-0.8)x10(-6), B(B+-->K(0)K+)<2.5 x 10(-6), and B(B0-->K(0)K(0)<1.8 x 10(-6), where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic, and the upper limits are at the 90% confidence level. In addition, the following CP-violating asymmetries have been measured: A(CP)(B+-->K(0)pi(+))=-0.05+/-0.08+/-0.01 and A(CP)(B0-->K(0)pi(0)=0.03+/-0.36+/-0.11.
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Aubert B, Barate R, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Day CT, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, Kukartsev G, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Ford K, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, Morgan SE, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Held T, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Pelizaeus M, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Cottingham WN, Kelly MP, Latham TE, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Cuhadar-Donszelmann T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Kyberd P, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Yushkov AN, Best D, Bruinsma M, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, Mommsen RK, Roethel W, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Hartfiel BL, Shen BC, del Re D, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar HP, Rahatlou S, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beck TW, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Albert J, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Narsky I, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Abe T, Blanc F, Bloom P, Chen S, Clark PJ, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Lacker HM, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Nogowski R, Otto S, Schubert J, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Grenier P, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Andreotti M, Azzolini V, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Luppi E, Negrini M, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Biasini M, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Pioppi M, Zallo A, Buzzo A, Capra R, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Morii M, Won E, Bhimji W, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Gaillard JR, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Taylor GP, Grenier GJ, Lee SJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Prell S, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Wormser G, Brigljević V, Cheng CH, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Coleman JP, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, Kay M, Parry RJ, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Back JJ, Harrison PF, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Brown CL, Cowan G, Flack RL, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Forti AC, Hart PA, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Kovalskyi D, Lae CK, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Saremi S, Staengle H, Willocq S, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Mangeol DJJ, Milek M, Patel PM, Lazzaro A, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Godang R, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Zhao HW, Brunet S, Cote-Ahern D, Hast C, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, Baak MA, Raven G, LoSecco JM, Gabriel TA, Brau B, Gan KK, Honscheid K, Hufnagel D, Kagan H, Kass R, Pulliam T, Wong QK, Brau J, Frey R, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Tiozzo G, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, John MJJ, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, T'Jampens S, Therin G, Manfredi PF, Re V, Behera PK, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Wagoner DE, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Tanaka HA, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Pierini M, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Olaiya EO, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, Legendre M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Aston D, Bartoldus R, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Buchmueller OL, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dujmic D, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Granges-Pous E, Hadig T, Halyo V, Hryn'ova T, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Edwards AJ, Meyer TI, Petersen BA, Roat C, Ahmed M, Ahmed S, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Saleem M, Wappler FR, Bugg W, Krishnamurthy M, Spanier SM, Eckmann R, Kim H, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Ye S, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gallo F, Gamba D, Borean C, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Grancagnolo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee S, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Johnson JR, Kutter PE, Li H, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mihalyi A, Mohapatra AK, Pan Y, Prepost R, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Limits on the decay-rate difference of neutral B mesons and on CP, T, and CPT violation in B(0-0)B oscillations. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 92:181801. [PMID: 15169483 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.181801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Using events in which one of two neutral B mesons from the decay of an Upsilon(4S) meson is fully reconstructed, we determine parameters governing decay (DeltaGamma(d)/Gamma(d)), CP, and T violation (|q/p|), and CP and CPT violation (Re z,Im z). The results, obtained from an analysis of 88 x 10(6) Upsilon(4S) decays recorded by BABAR, are sgn(Re lambda(CP))DeltaGamma(d)/Gamma(d)=-0.008+/-0.037(stat)+/-0.018(syst)[-0.084,0.068],|q/p|=1.029+/-0.013(stat)+/-0.011(syst)[1.001,1.057],(Re lambda(CP)/|lambda(CP)|) Re z=0.014+/-0.035(stat)+/-0.034(syst)[-0.072,0.101],Im z=0.038+/-0.029(stat)+/-0.025(syst)[-0.028,0.104]. The values inside the square brackets indicate the 90% confidence-level intervals. These results are consistent with standard model expectations.
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Kentsch M, Rodemerk U, Gitt AK, Schiele R, Wienbergen H, Schubert J, Müller-Esch G, Ittel TH, Mitusch R, Tschoepe D, Senges J. Angina intensity is not different in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 92:817-24. [PMID: 14579045 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-003-0965-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2003] [Accepted: 05/09/2003] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may have diminished pain or a higher frequency of asymptomatic infarctions. This appears to be a common clinical perception. METHODS Data from two registries of AMI patients presenting in hospital (MITRA PLUS with 18786 patients; North German Registry, NGR, 1042 patients with detailed symptom interviews) were analyzed concerning symptoms of acute myocardial infarction in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and without diabetes (non-DM). RESULTS DM patients were significantly older and more often female than non-DM. There were no differences in the frequency of pre-infarction angina between DM and non-DM (Mitra Plus). In NGR, severe angina during AMI occurred in 49.8% of DM and 46.3% of non-DM (n. s.). No chest pain was reported in 16.9% of DM and 15.0% of non-DM (n. s.). Extra-thoracic pain, dizziness, nausea, sweating, palpitations, radiation of angina and localization of radiating pain was not different between DM and non-DM patients. Severe dyspnea occurred in 29.5% of DM and 19.5% of non-DM patients (p = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS Apart from a higher frequency of severe dyspnea in diabetics, there appears to be no difference in the clinical symptoms of AMI patients with and without diabetes mellitus. AMI with little or no angina was also frequently found in non-diabetics. In the hospital, diabetics with suspected AMI do not appear to need a special judgement of symptoms. This could accelerate access of diabetics to standard therapeutic procedures.
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Aubert B, Barate R, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Day CT, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, Kukartsev G, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Ford K, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, Morgan SE, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Goetzen K, Held T, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Pelizaeus M, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Cottingham WN, Kelly MP, Latham TE, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Cuhadar-Donszelmann T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Kyberd P, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Yushkov AN, Best D, Bruinsma M, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, Mommsen RK, Roethel W, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Hartfiel BL, Shen BC, del Re D, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar HP, Rahatlou S, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beck TW, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Albert J, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Narsky I, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Abe T, Blanc F, Bloom P, Chen S, Clark PJ, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Lacker HM, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Nogowski R, Otto S, Schubert J, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Grenier P, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Andreotti M, Azzolini V, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Luppi E, Negrini M, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Biasini M, Calcaterra A, De Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Pioppi M, Zallo A, Buzzo A, Capra R, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Morii M, Won E, Bhimji W, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Gaillard JR, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Taylor GP, Grenier GJ, Lee SJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Prell S, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Wormser G, Brigljević V, Cheng CH, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Coleman JP, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, Kay M, Parry RJ, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Back JJ, Harrison PF, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Brown CL, Cowan G, Flack RL, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Forti AC, Hart PA, Hodgkinson MC, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Kovalskyi D, Lae CK, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Saremi S, Staengle H, Willocq S, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Mangeol DJJ, Patel PM, Lazzaro A, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Godang R, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Zhao HW, Brunet S, Cote-Ahern D, Hast C, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, Baak MA, Raven G, LoSecco JM, Gabriel TA, Brau B, Gan KK, Honscheid K, Hufnagel D, Kagan H, Kass R, Pulliam T, Wong QK, Brau J, Frey R, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Tiozzo G, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, John MJJ, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, T'Jampens S, Therin G, Manfredi PF, Re V, Behera PK, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Carpinelli M, Del Gamba V, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Wagoner DE, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Tanaka HA, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Pierini M, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Olaiya EO, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, Legendre M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Aston D, Bartoldus R, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Buchmueller OL, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dujmic D, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Grauges-Pous E, Hadig T, Halyo V, Hryn'ova T, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Edwards AJ, Meyer TI, Petersen BA, Roat C, Ahmed S, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Saleem M, Wappler FR, Bugg W, Krishnamurthy M, Spanier SM, Eckmann R, Kim H, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Ye S, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gallo F, Gamba D, Borean C, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Grancagnolo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee S, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Johnson JR, Kutter PE, Li H, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mihalyi A, Mohapatra AK, Pan Y, Prepost R, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Measurement of the branching fraction and polarization for the decay B--->D*0K*-. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 92:141801. [PMID: 15089528 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.141801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present a study of the decay B--->D(*0)K(*-) based on a sample of 86 x 10(6) Upsilon(4S)-->BBmacr; decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. We measure the branching fraction B(B--->D(*0)K(*-))=(8.3+/-1.1(stat)+/-1.0(syst)) x 10(-4), and the fraction of longitudinal polarization in this decay to be Gamma(L)/Gamma=0.86+/-0.06(stat)+/-0.03(syst).
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Aubert B, Barate R, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Day CT, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, Kukartsev G, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Ford K, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, Morgan SE, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Deppermann T, Goetzen K, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Pelizaeus M, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Cottingham WN, Kelly MP, Latham TE, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Cuhadar-Donszelmann T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Kyberd P, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Yushkov AN, Best D, Bruinsma M, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, Mommsen RK, Roethel W, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Hartfiel BL, Shen BC, Del Re D, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar HP, Rahatlou S, Schwanke U, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beck TW, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Albert J, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Narsky I, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Abe T, Blanc F, Bloom P, Chen S, Clark PJ, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, Van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Lacker HM, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Nogowski R, Otto S, Schubert J, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Grenier P, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Tinslay J, Andreotti M, Azzolini V, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Luppi E, Negrini M, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Biasini M, Calcaterra A, De Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Pioppi M, Zallo A, Buzzo A, Capra R, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Morii M, Won E, Bhimji W, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Gaillard JR, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Taylor GP, Grenier GJ, Lee SJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Prell S, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Wormser G, Brigljević V, Cheng CH, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Coleman JP, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, Kay M, Parry RJ, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Back JJ, Harrison PF, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Brown CL, Cowan G, Flack RL, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Forti AC, Hart PA, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Kovalskyi D, Lae CK, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Saremi S, Staengle H, Willocq S, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Mangeol DJJ, Milek M, Patel PM, Lazzaro A, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Godang R, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Zhao HW, Brunet S, Cote-Ahern D, Hast C, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, Baak MA, Raven G, LoSecco JM, Gabriel TA, Brau B, Gan KK, Honscheid K, Hufnagel D, Kagan H, Kass R, Pulliam T, Wong QK, Brau J, Frey R, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Tiozzo G, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, John MJJ, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, T'Jampens S, Therin G, Manfredi PF, Re V, Behera PK, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Carpinelli M, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Wagoner DE, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Tanaka HA, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Pierini M, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Olaiya EO, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, Legendre M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Aston D, Bartoldus R, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Buchmueller OL, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dujmic D, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Grauges-Pous E, Hadig T, Halyo V, Hryn'ova T, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Edwards AJ, Meyer TI, Petersen BA, Roat C, Ahmed S, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Saleem M, Wappler FR, Bugg W, Krishnamurthy M, Spanier SM, Eckmann R, Kim H, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Ye S, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gallo F, Gamba D, Borean C, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Grancagnolo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee S, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Johnson JR, Kutter PE, Li H, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mihalyi A, Mohapatra AK, Pan Y, Prepost R, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Measurements of the mass and width of the eta(c) meson and of an eta(c)(2S) candidate. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 92:142002. [PMID: 15089530 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.142002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The mass m(eta(c)) and total width Gamma(eta(c))(tot) of the eta(c) meson have been measured in two-photon interactions at the SLAC e(+)e(-) asymmetric B Factory with the BABAR detector. With a sample of approximately 2500 reconstructed eta(c)-->K(0)(S)K+/-pi(-/+) decays in 88 fb(-1) of data, the results are m(eta(c))=2982.5+/-1.1(stat)+/-0.9(syst) MeV/c(2) and Gamma(eta(c))(tot)=34.3+/-2.3(stat)+/-0.9(syst) MeV/c(2). Using the same decay mode, a second resonance with 112+/-24 events is observed with a mass of 3630.8+/-3.4(stat)+/-1.0(syst) MeV/c(2) and width of 17.0+/-8.3(stat)+/-2.5(syst) MeV/c(2). This observation is consistent with expectations for the eta(c)(2S) state.
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Aubert B, Barate R, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Day CT, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kukartsev G, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Ford K, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, Morgan SE, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Goetzen K, Held T, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Pelizaeus M, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Cottingham WN, Kelly MP, Latham TE, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Cuhadar-Donszelmann T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Kyberd P, McKemey AK, Teodorescu L, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Yushkov AN, Best D, Bruinsma M, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, Mommsen RK, Roethel W, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Hartfiel BL, Gary JW, Layter J, Shen BC, Wang K, del Re D, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar HP, Rahatlou S, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Rozen Y, Verkerke W, Beck TW, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Albert J, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Erwin RJ, Hitlin DG, Narsky I, Piatenko T, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Abe T, Blanc F, Bloom P, Chen S, Clark PJ, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Lacker HM, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Nogowski R, Otto S, Schubert J, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Grenier P, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Andreotti M, Azzolini V, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Luppi E, Negrini M, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Biasini M, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Pioppi M, Zallo A, Buzzo A, Capra R, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Morii M, Won E, Bhimji W, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Gaillard JR, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Taylor GP, Grenier GJ, Lee SJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Prell S, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Wormser G, Brigljević V, Cheng CH, Lange DJ, Simani MC, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Coleman JP, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, Kay M, Parry RJ, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Back JJ, Cormack CM, Harrison PF, Shorthouse HW, Vidal PB, Brown CL, Cowan G, Flack RL, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow NR, Barlow RJ, Hart PA, Hodgkinson MC, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Kovalskyi D, Lae CK, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Saremi S, Staengle H, Willocq S, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Mangeol DJJ, Patel PM, Robertson SH, Lazzaro A, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Godang R, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Zhao HW, Brunet S, Cote-Ahern D, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, Baak MA, Raven G, LoSecco JM, Gabriel TA, Brau B, Gan KK, Honscheid K, Hufnagel D, Kagan H, Kass R, Pulliam T, Wong QK, Brau J, Frey R, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Tiozzo G, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, John MJJ, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, T’Jampens S, Therin G, Manfredi PF, Re V, Behera PK, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Carpinelli M, Del Gamba V, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Wagoner DE, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Tanaka HA, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Pierini M, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Olaiya EO, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, Legendre M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Aston D, Bartoldus R, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Buchmueller OL, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dujmic D, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Grauges-Pous E, Hadig T, Halyo V, Hryn’ova T, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Libby J, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Messner R, Muller DR, O’Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Va’vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Edwards AJ, Meyer TI, Petersen BA, Roat C, Ahmed M, Ahmed S, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Saeed MA, Saleem M, Wappler FR, Bugg W, Krishnamurthy M, Spanier SM, Eckmann R, Kim H, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Ye S, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gallo F, Gamba D, Borean C, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Grancagnolo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee S, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Johnson JR, Kutter PE, Li H, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mihalyi A, Mohapatra AK, Pan Y, Prepost R, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Measurement of the average φ multiplicity inBmeson decay. Int J Clin Exp Med 2004. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.69.052005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Aubert B, Barate R, Boutigny D, Couderc F, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Day CT, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kukartsev G, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Ford K, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Morgan SE, Watson AT, Watson NK, Fritsch M, Goetzen K, Held T, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Pelizaeus M, Steinke M, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Cottingham WN, Kelly MP, Latham TE, Wilson FF, Abe K, Cuhadar-Donszelmann T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Kyberd P, Teodorescu L, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Druzhinin VP, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Yushkov AN, Best D, Bruinsma M, Chao M, Eschrich I, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, Mommsen RK, Roethel W, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Hartfiel BL, Gary JW, Shen BC, Wang K, Del Re D, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar HP, Rahatlou S, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beck TW, Eisner AM, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Spradlin P, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Albert J, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Narsky I, Piatenko T, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Abe T, Blanc F, Bloom P, Chen S, Clark PJ, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Smith JG, Van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Feltresi E, Hauke A, Lacker HM, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Nogowski R, Otto S, Schubert J, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Grenier P, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Bard DJ, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Andreotti M, Azzolini V, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Luppi E, Negrini M, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, De Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Piccolo M, Zallo A, Buzzo A, Capra R, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Brandenburg G, Morii M, Won E, Dubitzky RS, Langenegger U, Bhimji W, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Gaillard JR, Morton GW, Nash JA, Taylor GP, Grenier GJ, Lee SJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Prell S, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Wormser G, Cheng CH, Lange DJ, Simani MC, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Coleman JP, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, Kay M, Parry RJ, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Back JJ, Harrison PF, Mohanty GB, Brown CL, Cowan G, Flack RL, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow NR, Barlow RJ, Hart PA, Hodgkinson MC, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Williams JC, Farbin A, Hulsbergen WD, Jawahery A, Kovalskyi D, Lae CK, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Saremi S, Staengle H, Willocq S, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Mangeol DJJ, Patel PM, Robertson SH, Lazzaro A, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Godang R, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Zhao HW, Brunet S, Côté D, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Monorchio D, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, Baak M, Raven G, Wilden L, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Gabriel TA, Allmendinger T, Brau B, Gan KK, Honscheid K, Hufnagel D, Kagan H, Kass R, Pulliam T, Ter-Antonyan R, Wong QK, Brau J, Frey R, Igonkina O, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Tiozzo G, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, John MJJ, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, T'Jampens S, Therin G, Manfredi PF, Re V, Behera PK, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Anulli F, Biasini M, Peruzzi IM, Pioppi M, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Carpinelli M, Del Gamba V, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Wagoner DE, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Li Gioi L, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Pierini M, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Olaiya EO, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, Legendre M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Vasseur G, Yèche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Aston D, Bartoldus R, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Buchmueller OL, Convery MR, Cristinziani M, De Nardo G, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dujmic D, Dunwoodie W, Elsen EE, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Hadig T, Halyo V, Hryn'ova T, Innes WR, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Leith DWGS, Libby J, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wittgen M, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Edwards AJ, Meyer TI, Petersen BA, Roat C, Ahmed S, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Saeed MA, Saleem M, Wappler FR, Bugg W, Krishnamurthy M, Spanier SM, Eckmann R, Kim H, Ritchie JL, Satpathy A, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Ye S, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gallo F, Gamba D, Borean C, Bosisio L, Cossutti F, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Grancagnolo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee S, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Hollar JJ, Johnson JR, Kutter PE, Li H, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mihalyi A, Mohapatra AK, Pan Y, Prepost R, Sekula SJ, Tan P, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Search for lepton-flavor violation in the decay tau- --> l- l+ l-. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 92:121801. [PMID: 15089664 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.121801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A search for the lepton-flavor-violating decay of the tau into three charged leptons has been performed using 91.5 fb(-1) of data collected at an e(+)e(-)center-of-mass energy around 10.58 GeV with the BABAR detector at the SLAC storage ring PEP-II. In all six decay modes considered, the numbers of events found in data are compatible with the background expectations. Upper limits on the branching fractions are set in the range (1-3)x10(-7) at 90% confidence level.
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Aubert B, Barate R, Boutigny D, Couderc F, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Day CT, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kukartsev G, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Ford K, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, Morgan SE, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Goetzen K, Held T, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Pelizaeus M, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Cottingham WN, Kelly MP, Latham TE, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Cuhadar-Donszelmann T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Kyberd P, McKemey AK, Teodorescu L, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Yushkov AN, Best D, Bruinsma M, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, Mommsen RK, Roethel W, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Hartfiel BL, Gary JW, Layter J, Shen BC, Wang K, del Re D, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar HP, Rahatlou S, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beck TW, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Spradlin P, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Albert J, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Erwin RJ, Hitlin DG, Narsky I, Piatenko T, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Abe T, Blanc F, Bloom P, Chen S, Clark PJ, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Lacker HM, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Nogowski R, Otto S, Schubert J, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Grenier P, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Andreotti M, Azzolini V, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Luppi E, Negrini M, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Piccolo M, Zallo A, Buzzo A, Capra R, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Morii M, Won E, Bhimji W, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Gaillard JR, Morton GW, Nash JA, Taylor GP, Grenier GJ, Lee SJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Prell S, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Wormser G, Brigljević V, Cheng CH, Lange DJ, Simani MC, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Coleman JP, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, Kay M, Parry RJ, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Back JJ, Harrison PF, Shorthouse HW, Vidal PB, Brown CL, Cowan G, Flack RL, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow NR, Barlow RJ, Hart PA, Hodgkinson MC, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Kovalskyi D, Lae CK, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Saremi S, Staengle H, Willocq S, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Mangeol DJJ, Patel PM, Robertson SH, Lazzaro A, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Godang R, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Zhao HW, Brunet S, Cote-Ahern D, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, Baak MA, Raven G, LoSecco JM, Gabriel TA, Brau B, Gan KK, Honscheid K, Hufnagel D, Kagan H, Kass R, Pulliam T, Wong QK, Brau J, Frey R, Igonkina O, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Tiozzo G, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, John MJJ, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, T’Jampens S, Therin G, Manfredi PF, Re V, Behera PK, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Anulli F, Biasini M, Peruzzi IM, Pioppi M, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Carpinelli M, Del Gamba V, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Wagoner DE, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Tanaka HA, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Pierini M, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Olaiya EO, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, Legendre M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Aston D, Bartoldus R, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Buchmueller OL, Convery MR, Cristinziani M, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dujmic D, Dunwoodie W, Elsen EE, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Grauges-Pous E, Hadig T, Halyo V, Hryn’ova T, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Libby J, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Messner R, Muller DR, O’Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Va’vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Edwards AJ, Meyer TI, Petersen BA, Roat C, Ahmed M, Ahmed S, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Saeed MA, Saleem M, Wappler FR, Bugg W, Krishnamurthy M, Spanier SM, Eckmann R, Kim H, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Ye S, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gallo F, Gamba D, Borean C, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Grancagnolo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee S, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Johnson JR, Kutter PE, Li H, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mihalyi A, Mohapatra AK, Pan Y, Prepost R, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Measurement of the branching fraction forB−→D0K*−. Int J Clin Exp Med 2004. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.69.051101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Wunderlich H, Dreihaupt M, Schlichter A, Kosmehl H, Reichelt O, Schubert J. New Cut-Off Point between T1 and T2 Renal Cell Carcinoma – Necessary for a Better Discriminatory Power of the TNM Classification. Urol Int 2004; 72:123-8. [PMID: 14963352 DOI: 10.1159/000075965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2002] [Accepted: 06/10/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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PURPOSE We evaluated the pathological features of tumor size, lymph node and distant metastases, cell type, growth pattern, infiltration pattern, histological grade, local invasion and venous involvement of organ-confined renal carcinomas. The aim of this study was the re-evaluation of the TNM classification and the tumor cut-off point between T1 and T2 for renal cell carcinomas from the 1987 to the 1997 versions. MATERIALS AND METHODS (1) Patients with renal cell carcinoma who had been operated between October 1992 and August 2001 were evaluated. 437 of 691 patients showed T1 and T2 tumors. These organ-confined tumors have been divided into five groups: group 1: tumor-size of 20 mm or less (n = 16), group 2: 21-30 mm (n = 79); group 3: 31-40 mm (n = 83; group 4: 41-70 mm (n = 184), and group 5: more than 70 mm in diameter (only T2, n = 75). Follow-up ranged from 0 to 100 months (average 28.63 months). (2) Of 15,347 autopsies performed in Jena between 1985 and 1996, 272 renal cell carcinomas were revealed. In 145 of these 272 cases renal cell carcinomas were limited to the kidney. These 145 tumors were divided accordingly into 5 groups: group 1: 20 mm or less (n = 33), group 2: 21- 30 mm (n = 31); group 3: 31-40 mm (n = 29); group 4: 41-70 mm (n = 42), and group 5: T2 (n = 10). Clinicopathological criteria examined were lymph node and distant metastases, cell type, growth pattern, infiltration pattern, histological grade, local invasion and venous involvement. To identify the optimal cut-off point between T1 and T2 disease the chi2 test was used. RESULTS (1) In the clinical series only 1.8% (n = 8) of all cases showed lymph node metastases. Distant metastases were shown in 57 cases (13.04%); within group 1: 0%, group 2: 7.59%, group 3: 1.20%, group 4: 15.76%, group 5: 28%. The tumor grading was statistically correlated with tumor size. (2) In the pathological series 94 of the evaluated 145 patients were downstaged from T2(1987) to T1(1997). Lymph node and distant metastases were well correlated with tumor size. Lymph node metastases were seen in 0, 12.9, 31, 29.3 and 40% (group 1 to group 5) and distant metastases in 12.1, 25.8, 41.4, 47.7 and 60%. There were no statistically significant differences between T2(1997) and T1(3-7 cm). The tumor grading was statistically correlated with tumor size (grade 1: in 66.7, 25.8, 17.2, 9.5 and 0%). CONCLUSION Our data suggest that the current cut-off diameter between T1 and T2 renal cell carcinomas (7 cm) is too high. Lowering the cut-off level will result in better discriminatory power of the TNM classification. From our data, we conclude that the cut-off diameter should be lowered to 3.5 cm (p < 0.001).
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Aubert B, Barate R, Boutigny D, Couderc F, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Day CT, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kukartsev G, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Ford K, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Morgan SE, Watson AT, Watson NK, Fritsch M, Goetzen K, Held T, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Pelizaeus M, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Cottingham WN, Kelly MP, Latham TE, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Cuhadar-Donszelmann T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Kyberd P, McKemey AK, Teodorescu L, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Yushkov AN, Best D, Bruinsma M, Chao M, Eschrich I, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, Mommsen RK, Roethel W, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Hartfiel BL, Gary JW, Layter J, Shen BC, Wang K, del Re D, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar HP, Rahatlou S, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beck TW, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Spradlin P, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Albert J, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Erwin RJ, Hitlin DG, Narsky I, Piatenko T, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Abe T, Blanc F, Bloom P, Chen S, Clark PJ, Ford WT, Lee CL, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Feltresi E, Hauke A, Lacker HM, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Nogowski R, Otto S, Schubert J, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Grenier P, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Bard DJ, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Andreotti M, Azzolini V, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Luppi E, Negrini M, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Baldini-Ferroli R, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Piccolo M, Zallo A, Buzzo A, Capra R, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Morii M, Won E, Dubitzky RS, Langenegger U, Bhimji W, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Gaillard JR, Morton GW, Nash JA, Taylor GP, Grenier GJ, Lee SJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Prell S, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Wormser G, Brigljević V, Cheng CH, Lange DJ, Simani MC, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Coleman JP, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, Kay M, Parry RJ, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Back JJ, Harrison PF, Mohanty GB, Brown CL, Cowan G, Flack RL, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow NR, Barlow RJ, Hart PA, Hodgkinson MC, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Williams JC, Farbin A, Hulsbergen WD, Jawahery A, Kovalskyi D, Lae CK, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Saremi S, Staengle H, Willocq S, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Mangeol DJJ, Patel PM, Robertson SH, Lazzaro A, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Godang R, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Zhao HW, Brunet S, Cote-Ahern D, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, Baak MA, Raven G, Wilden L, Jessop CP, LoSecco JM, Gabriel TA, Allmendinger T, Brau B, Gan KK, Honscheid K, Hufnagel D, Kagan H, Kass R, Pulliam T, Ter-Antonyan R, Wong QK, Brau J, Frey R, Igonkina O, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Tiozzo G, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, John MJJ, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, T'Jampens S, Therin G, Manfredi PF, Re V, Behera PK, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Anulli F, Biasini M, Peruzzi IM, Pioppi M, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Carpinelli M, Del Gamba V, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Wagoner DE, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Pierini M, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Olaiya EO, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, Legendre M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Aston D, Bartoldus R, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Buchmueller OL, Convery MR, Cristinziani M, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dujmic D, Dunwoodie W, Elsen EE, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Hadig T, Halyo V, Hryn'ova T, Innes WR, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Leith DWGS, Libby J, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Ratcliff BN, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Edwards AJ, Meyer TI, Petersen BA, Roat C, Ahmed M, Ahmed S, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Saeed MA, Saleem M, Wappler FR, Bugg W, Krishnamurthy M, Spanier SM, Eckmann R, Kim H, Ritchie JL, Satpathy A, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Ye S, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gallo F, Gamba D, Borean C, Bosisio L, Cossutti F, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Grancagnolo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee S, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Johnson JR, Kutter PE, Li H, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mihalyi A, Mohapatra AK, Pan Y, Prepost R, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Observation of B0-->omega K0, B+-->eta pi+, and B+-->eta K+ and study of related decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2004; 92:061801. [PMID: 14995230 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.061801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present measurements of branching fractions and charge asymmetries for seven B-meson decays with an eta, eta', or omega meson in the final state. The data sample corresponds to 89x10(6) BB pairs produced from e(+)e(-) annihilation at the Upsilon(4S) resonance. We measure the following branching fractions in units of 10(-6): B(B+-->eta pi(+))=5.3+/-1.0+/-0.3, B(B+-->eta K+)=3.4+/-0.8+/-0.2, B(B0-->eta K0)=2.9+/-1.0+/-0.2 (<5.2, 90% C.L.), B(B+-->eta(')pi(+))=2.7+/-1.2+/-0.3 (<4.5, 90% C.L.), B(B+-->omega pi(+))=5.5+/-0.9+/-0.5, B(B+-->omega K+)=4.8+/-0.8+/-0.4, and B(B0-->omega K0)=5.9(+1.6)(-1.3)+/-0.5. The charge asymmetries are A(ch)(B+-->eta pi(+))=-0.44+/-0.18+/-0.01, A(ch)(B+-->eta K+)=-0.52+/-0.24+/-0.01, A(ch)(B+-->omega pi(+))=0.03+/-0.16+/-0.01, and A(ch)(B+-->omega K+)=-0.09+/-0.17+/-0.01.
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Schubert J, Pradel H, Berrouschot J. CIDP bei einem Patienten mit Neurofibromatose Typ 1 (Morbus Recklinghausen). AKTUELLE NEUROLOGIE 2004. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-833433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Petraru A, Schubert J, Schmid M, Trithaveesak O, Buchal C. Integrated optical Mach-Zehnder modulator based on polycrystalline BaTiO3. OPTICS LETTERS 2003; 28:2527-2529. [PMID: 14690136 DOI: 10.1364/ol.28.002527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Good-quality polycrystalline BaTiO3 thin films are deposited on MgO substrates by pulsed laserdeposition. The deposition parameters are optimized to achieve optical-quality films with an attenuation coefficient of 4 dB/cm at the 633-nm wavelength. Thin-film electro-optic Mach-Zehnder modulators are fabricated with standard lithography and ion-beam etching. The waveguides patterned by lithography are the ridge type, and they ensure single-mode propagation in the wavelength range of 633-1550 nm. An electro-optic coefficient of 22 pm/V is estimated for the polycrystalline BaTiO3 films.
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Aubert B, Barate R, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Day CT, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, Kukartsev G, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Ford K, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, Morgan SE, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Goetzen K, Held T, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Pelizaeus M, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Cottingham WN, Kelly MP, Latham TE, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Cuhadar-Donszelmann T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Kyberd P, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Yushkov AN, Best D, Bruinsma M, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, Mommsen RK, Roethel W, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Hartfiel BL, Shen BC, Del Re D, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar HP, Rahatlou S, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beck TW, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Albert J, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Narsky I, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Abe T, Blanc F, Bloom P, Chen S, Clark PJ, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, Van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Lacker HM, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Nogowski R, Otto S, Schubert J, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Grenier P, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Andreotti M, Azzolini V, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Luppi E, Negrini M, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Biasini M, Calcaterra A, De Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Pioppi M, Zallo A, Buzzo A, Capra R, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Morii M, Won E, Bhimji W, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Gaillard JR, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Taylor GP, Grenier GJ, Lee SJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Prell S, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Wormser G, Brigljević V, Cheng CH, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Coleman JP, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, Kay M, Parry RJ, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Back JJ, Harrison PF, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Brown CL, Cowan G, Flack RL, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Forti AC, Hart PA, Hodgkinson MC, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Kovalskyi D, Lae CK, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Saremi S, Staengle H, Willocq S, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Mangeol DJJ, Patel PM, Lazzaro A, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Godang R, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Zhao HW, Brunet S, Cote-Ahern D, Hast C, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, Baak MA, Raven G, LoSecco JM, Gabriel TA, Brau B, Gan KK, Honscheid K, Hufnagel D, Kagan H, Kass R, Pulliam T, Wong QK, Brau J, Frey R, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Tiozzo G, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, De La Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, John MJJ, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, T'Jampens S, Therin G, Manfredi PF, Re V, Behera PK, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Carpinelli M, Del Gamba V, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Wagoner DE, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Tanaka HA, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Pierini M, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Olaiya EO, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, Legendre M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Aston D, Bartoldus R, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Buchmueller OL, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dujmic D, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Grauges-Pous E, Hadig T, Halyo V, Hryn'ova T, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Edwards AJ, Meyer TI, Petersen BA, Roat C, Ahmed S, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Saleem M, Wappler FR, Bugg W, Krishnamurthy M, Spanier SM, Eckmann R, Kim H, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Ye S, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gallo F, Gamba D, Borean C, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Grancagnolo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee S, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Johnson JR, Kutter PE, Li H, Liu R, Di Lodovico F, Mihalyi A, Mohapatra AK, Pan Y, Prepost R, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Observation of a significant excess of pi0pi0 events in B meson decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2003; 91:241801. [PMID: 14683107 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.241801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present a study of the decay B0-->pi(0)pi(0) based on a sample of 124 x 10(6) BB pairs recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. We observe 46+/-13+/-3 events, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic, corresponding to a significance of 4.2 standard deviations including systematic uncertainties. We measure the branching fraction B(B0-->pi(0)pi(0))=(2.1+/-0.6+/-0.3)x10(-6), averaged over B0 and B(0) decays.
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Winzer R, Langmann P, Zilly M, Tollmann F, Schubert J, Klinker H, Weissbrich B. No influence of the P-glycoprotein genotype (MDR1 C3435T) on plasma levels of lopinavir and efavirenz during antiretroviral treatment. Eur J Med Res 2003; 8:531-4. [PMID: 14711599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In a retrospective study of HIV patients under antiretroviral therapy, we investigated the influence of the MDR1 genotype (C3435T) on plasma levels of lopinavir (LPV) and efavirenz (EFV). METHODS The MDR1 genotype was analysed from 67 patients who were treated with LPV (n = 32; mean treatment period 53 weeks) and/or EFV (n = 43, mean treatment period 105 weeks) between 1999 and 2003. Plasma levels of LPV (trough levels) and EFV (12-h-levels) were determined every three months. Data were analysed by the Kruskal-Wallis test. RESULTS There were no significant differences in the LPV and EFV plasma levels with respect to the MDR1 3435 genotype. CONCLUSIONS We did not find evidence for an influence of the MDR1 3435 genotype on plasma levels of LPV and EFV.
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Aubert B, Barate R, Boutigny D, Gaillard JM, Hicheur A, Karyotakis Y, Lees JP, Robbe P, Tisserand V, Zghiche A, Palano A, Pompili A, Chen JC, Qi ND, Rong G, Wang P, Zhu YS, Eigen G, Ofte I, Stugu B, Abrams GS, Borgland AW, Breon AB, Brown DN, Button-Shafer J, Cahn RN, Charles E, Day CT, Gill MS, Gritsan AV, Groysman Y, Jacobsen RG, Kadel RW, Kadyk J, Kerth LT, Kolomensky YG, Kral JF, Kukartsev G, LeClerc C, Levi ME, Lynch G, Mir LM, Oddone PJ, Orimoto TJ, Pripstein M, Roe NA, Romosan A, Ronan MT, Shelkov VG, Telnov AV, Wenzel WA, Ford K, Harrison TJ, Hawkes CM, Knowles DJ, Morgan SE, Penny RC, Watson AT, Watson NK, Goetzen K, Held T, Koch H, Lewandowski B, Pelizaeus M, Peters K, Schmuecker H, Steinke M, Barlow NR, Boyd JT, Chevalier N, Cottingham WN, Kelly MP, Latham TE, Mackay C, Wilson FF, Abe K, Cuhadar-Donszelmann T, Hearty C, Mattison TS, McKenna JA, Thiessen D, Kyberd P, McKemey AK, Blinov VE, Bukin AD, Golubev VB, Ivanchenko VN, Kravchenko EA, Onuchin AP, Serednyakov SI, Skovpen YI, Solodov EP, Yushkov AN, Best D, Bruinsma M, Chao M, Kirkby D, Lankford AJ, Mandelkern M, Mommsen RK, Roethel W, Stoker DP, Buchanan C, Hartfiel BL, Shen BC, del Re D, Hadavand HK, Hill EJ, MacFarlane DB, Paar HP, Rahatlou S, Sharma V, Berryhill JW, Campagnari C, Dahmes B, Kuznetsova N, Levy SL, Long O, Lu A, Mazur MA, Richman JD, Verkerke W, Beck TW, Beringer J, Eisner AM, Heusch CA, Lockman WS, Schalk T, Schmitz RE, Schumm BA, Seiden A, Turri M, Walkowiak W, Williams DC, Wilson MG, Albert J, Chen E, Dubois-Felsmann GP, Dvoretskii A, Hitlin DG, Narsky I, Porter FC, Ryd A, Samuel A, Yang S, Jayatilleke S, Mancinelli G, Meadows BT, Sokoloff MD, Abe T, Blanc F, Bloom P, Chen S, Clark PJ, Ford WT, Nauenberg U, Olivas A, Rankin P, Roy J, Smith JG, van Hoek WC, Zhang L, Harton JL, Hu T, Soffer A, Toki WH, Wilson RJ, Zhang J, Altenburg D, Brandt T, Brose J, Colberg T, Dickopp M, Dubitzky RS, Hauke A, Lacker HM, Maly E, Müller-Pfefferkorn R, Nogowski R, Otto S, Schubert J, Schubert KR, Schwierz R, Spaan B, Wilden L, Bernard D, Bonneaud GR, Brochard F, Cohen-Tanugi J, Grenier P, Thiebaux C, Vasileiadis G, Verderi M, Khan A, Lavin D, Muheim F, Playfer S, Swain JE, Andreotti M, Azzolini V, Bettoni D, Bozzi C, Calabrese R, Cibinetto G, Luppi E, Negrini M, Piemontese L, Sarti A, Treadwell E, Anulli F, Baldini-Ferroli R, Biasini M, Calcaterra A, de Sangro R, Falciai D, Finocchiaro G, Patteri P, Peruzzi IM, Piccolo M, Pioppi M, Zallo A, Buzzo A, Capra R, Contri R, Crosetti G, Lo Vetere M, Macri M, Monge MR, Passaggio S, Patrignani C, Robutti E, Santroni A, Tosi S, Bailey S, Morii M, Won E, Bhimji W, Bowerman DA, Dauncey PD, Egede U, Eschrich I, Gaillard JR, Morton GW, Nash JA, Sanders P, Taylor GP, Grenier GJ, Lee SJ, Mallik U, Cochran J, Crawley HB, Lamsa J, Meyer WT, Prell S, Rosenberg EI, Yi J, Davier M, Grosdidier G, Höcker A, Laplace S, Le Diberder F, Lepeltier V, Lutz AM, Petersen TC, Plaszczynski S, Schune MH, Tantot L, Wormser G, Brigljević V, Cheng CH, Lange DJ, Wright DM, Bevan AJ, Coleman JP, Fry JR, Gabathuler E, Gamet R, Kay M, Parry RJ, Payne DJ, Sloane RJ, Touramanis C, Back JJ, Harrison PF, Shorthouse HW, Strother P, Vidal PB, Brown CL, Cowan G, Flack RL, Flaecher HU, George S, Green MG, Kurup A, Marker CE, McMahon TR, Ricciardi S, Salvatore F, Vaitsas G, Winter MA, Brown D, Davis CL, Allison J, Barlow RJ, Forti AC, Hart PA, Hodgkinson MC, Jackson F, Lafferty GD, Lyon AJ, Weatherall JH, Williams JC, Farbin A, Jawahery A, Kovalskyi D, Lae CK, Lillard V, Roberts DA, Blaylock G, Dallapiccola C, Flood KT, Hertzbach SS, Kofler R, Koptchev VB, Moore TB, Saremi S, Staengle H, Willocq S, Cowan R, Sciolla G, Taylor F, Yamamoto RK, Mangeol DJJ, Patel PM, Lazzaro A, Palombo F, Bauer JM, Cremaldi L, Eschenburg V, Godang R, Kroeger R, Reidy J, Sanders DA, Summers DJ, Zhao HW, Brunet S, Cote-Ahern D, Hast C, Taras P, Nicholson H, Cartaro C, Cavallo N, De Nardo G, Fabozzi F, Gatto C, Lista L, Paolucci P, Piccolo D, Sciacca C, Baak MA, Raven G, LoSecco JM, Gabriel TA, Brau B, Gan KK, Honscheid K, Hufnagel D, Kagan H, Kass R, Pulliam T, Wong QK, Brau J, Frey R, Potter CT, Sinev NB, Strom D, Torrence E, Colecchia F, Dorigo A, Galeazzi F, Margoni M, Morandin M, Posocco M, Rotondo M, Simonetto F, Stroili R, Tiozzo G, Voci C, Benayoun M, Briand H, Chauveau J, David P, de la Vaissière C, Del Buono L, Hamon O, John MJJ, Leruste P, Ocariz J, Pivk M, Roos L, Stark J, T'Jampens S, Therin G, Manfredi PF, Re V, Behera PK, Gladney L, Guo QH, Panetta J, Angelini C, Batignani G, Bettarini S, Bondioli M, Bucci F, Calderini G, Carpinelli M, Del Gamba V, Forti F, Giorgi MA, Lusiani A, Marchiori G, Martinez-Vidal F, Morganti M, Neri N, Paoloni E, Rama M, Rizzo G, Sandrelli F, Walsh J, Haire M, Judd D, Paick K, Wagoner DE, Danielson N, Elmer P, Lu C, Miftakov V, Olsen J, Smith AJS, Tanaka HA, Varnes EW, Bellini F, Cavoto G, Faccini R, Ferrarotto F, Ferroni F, Gaspero M, Mazzoni MA, Morganti S, Pierini M, Piredda G, Safai Tehrani F, Voena C, Christ S, Wagner G, Waldi R, Adye T, De Groot N, Franek B, Geddes NI, Gopal GP, Olaiya EO, Xella SM, Aleksan R, Emery S, Gaidot A, Ganzhur SF, Giraud PF, Hamel de Monchenault G, Kozanecki W, Langer M, Legendre M, London GW, Mayer B, Schott G, Vasseur G, Yeche C, Zito M, Purohit MV, Weidemann AW, Yumiceva FX, Aston D, Bartoldus R, Berger N, Boyarski AM, Buchmueller OL, Convery MR, Coupal DP, Dong D, Dorfan J, Dujmic D, Dunwoodie W, Field RC, Glanzman T, Gowdy SJ, Grauges-Pous E, Hadig T, Halyo V, Hryn'ova T, Innes WR, Jessop CP, Kelsey MH, Kim P, Kocian ML, Langenegger U, Leith DWGS, Luitz S, Luth V, Lynch HL, Marsiske H, Messner R, Muller DR, O'Grady CP, Ozcan VE, Perazzo A, Perl M, Petrak S, Ratcliff BN, Robertson SH, Roodman A, Salnikov AA, Schindler RH, Schwiening J, Simi G, Snyder A, Soha A, Stelzer J, Su D, Sullivan MK, Va'vra J, Wagner SR, Weaver M, Weinstein AJR, Wisniewski WJ, Wright DH, Young CC, Burchat PR, Edwards AJ, Meyer TI, Petersen BA, Roat C, Ahmed S, Alam MS, Ernst JA, Saleem M, Wappler FR, Bugg W, Krishnamurthy M, Spanier SM, Eckmann R, Kim H, Ritchie JL, Schwitters RF, Izen JM, Kitayama I, Lou XC, Ye S, Bianchi F, Bona M, Gallo F, Gamba D, Borean C, Bosisio L, Della Ricca G, Dittongo S, Grancagnolo S, Lanceri L, Poropat P, Vitale L, Vuagnin G, Panvini RS, Banerjee S, Brown CM, Fortin D, Jackson PD, Kowalewski R, Roney JM, Band HR, Dasu S, Datta M, Eichenbaum AM, Johnson JR, Kutter PE, Li H, Liu R, Lodovico FD, Mihalyi A, Mohapatra AK, Pan Y, Prepost R, Sekula SJ, von Wimmersperg-Toeller JH, Wu J, Wu SL, Yu Z, Neal H. Evidence for the rare decay B-->K*l+l- and measurement of the B-->Kl+l- branching fraction. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2003; 91:221802. [PMID: 14683229 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.221802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present evidence for the flavor-changing neutral current decay B-->K*l+l- and a measurement of the branching fraction for the related process B-->K l+l-, where l+l- is either an epsilon+epsilon- or a mu+mu- pair. These decays are highly suppressed in the standard model, and they are sensitive to contributions from new particles in the intermediate state. The data sample comprises 123 x 10(6) Upsilon(4S)-->B(-)B decays collected with the BABAR detector at the SLAC PEP-II epsilon+epsilon- storage ring. Averaging over K(*) isospin and lepton flavor, we obtain the branching fractions B(B-->Kl+l-)=(0.65(+0.14)(-0.13)+/-0.04)x10(-6) and B(B-->K*l+l-)=(0.88(+0.33)(-0.29)+/-0.10)x10(-6), where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively. The significance of the B-->Kl+l- signal is over 8sigma, while for B-->K*l+l- it is 3.3sigma.
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Weissbrich B, Langmann P, Schubert J, Jassoy C, Klinker H. Resolution of HCV infection in a HIV-infected patient under HAART after several hepatitis flare-ups. Eur J Med Res 2003; 8:495-8. [PMID: 14644704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been shown to have a beneficial effect on several opportunistic and other coinfections of HIV infected individuals. The effect of HAART on HCV coinfections is controversial. We describe the case of a patient, in whom a close temporal relationship between changes in HIV viremia, HCV viremia and ALT levels was observed. Longterm suppression of HIV replication by HAART was associated with a normalization of ALT levels and finally clearance of the HCV infection. Our data suggest that improved immune functions due to reductions of the HIV load led to a better control and finally resolution of the HCV infection in this patient.
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Maurer P, Bock JJ, Otto C, Eckert AW, Schubert J. Temporomandibuläre Funktionsbefunde nach Dysgnathieoperationen im Vergleich zu einer bevölkerungsrepräsentativen Studie. MUND-, KIEFER- UND GESICHTSCHIRURGIE 2003; 7:356-60. [PMID: 14648252 DOI: 10.1007/s10006-003-0505-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM The temporomandibular function of patients after orthognathic surgery was evaluated with the Helkimo index (D 0-III) and compared with a normal population. PATIENTS AND METHODS Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) were evaluated with the Helkimo index (D 0-III) in a group of patients (n=105, F=69, M=36) after osteotomies. The average follow-up time was 47 months (9-141 months). The osteotomies performed were as follows: 58 bilateral sagittal split osteotomies, 12 Le Fort I osteotomies, 22 bimaxillary osteotomies, and 13 segment-osteotomies. A control group (n=202, F=114, M=88, age 20-39 years) was examined in an epidemiological study. The statistical analysis was performed using Windows software SPSS 10.0. RESULT In 82.8% of the patients no symptoms or mild dysfunction were found. The comparison between the patient group (31.4%) and the control group (31.7%) revealed a similar frequency. The most frequent dysfunction was a reduced mobility of the mandible, which determined the statistical significance (p<0,05) between the patients and the control group for the dysfunction group D II and D III. The chi-square test could not detect any difference between sex and the kind of osteotomy with regard to dysfunction.
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Knobloch K, Lichtenberg A, Gohrbandt B, Leyh RG, Schubert J. Aortenklappenersatz und koronare Revaskularisation bei einem Patienten mit paroxysmaler n�chtlicher H�moglobinurie. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR HERZ THORAX UND GEFASSCHIRURGIE 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/s00398-003-0405-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Lutz M, Maurer P, Eckert A, Schubert J. Measurement of oxygen tension in bone. a new method and preliminary results. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0278-2391(03)00516-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Eckert AW, Maurer P, Wilhelms D, Schubert J. Poster 26. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0278-2391(03)00628-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Surgical techniques in renal transplantation are standardized and have remained basically unchanged for the last 50 years. A limited pool of donor organs is still an unsolved problem. Therefore, marginal organs are also used. Sophisticated techniques are used in children and in cases with vascular problems or complications. Laparoscopic techniques are emerging in renal transplantation. The article provides an overview on current technical standards of renal transplantation and potential surgical and urological complications. We report the results of our own renal transplantation program with special emphasis on vascular techniques, pediatric transplantation, and the management of complications. Special case reports are included.
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Werner W, Wilhelm S, Pöschel K, Börner R, Schubert J. [Follow-up in kidney transplantation. Which complications are likely?]. MMW Fortschr Med 2003; 145:36-9. [PMID: 12638437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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Kidney transplantations are being performed in every increasing numbers, and, in addition to specialist centres, nephrologists, general practitioners and urologists are more frequently being involved in the provision of aftercare. The major urological complications seen after transplantation include ureteral stenosis and necrosis, incontinence and impotence, lymphoceles, arterial stenosis, infections of the urinary tract and adnexa, as well as--the most serious complication--malignant tumours. In addition, the immunosuppression required by these patients is often associated with secondary disorders such as hypertension, steroid-related diabetes, hyperlipidemia and infections. Against the background of progressive organic deficiency it is of particular importance to identify such complications and to treat them adequately, or to prevent them from occurring, thus ensuring the longest possible survival of transplant and patient and improved quality of life.
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Steiner T, Traue C, Schubert J. [Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in transperitoneal tumor nephrectomy: does it lower the rate of clinically significant postoperative infections?]. Urologe A 2003; 42:34-7. [PMID: 12574881 DOI: 10.1007/s00120-002-0263-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This monocentric prospective randomized study was designed to determine the efficacy of single-shot perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis with 1 g ceftriaxone i.v. in transperitoneal tumor nephrectomy. Eighty-three patients were randomized either into a prophylaxis or a control group: 39 patients received 1 g ceftriaxone i.v. 30 min preoperatively and 44 no study medication. Characteristics of the two groups showed no statistical differences. Postoperative overall infection rates were 7.7% and 27.3% (p=0.007), respectively. Postoperative assessment revealed overall 0 (0%)/7 (15.9%) wound infections, 0 (0%)/2 (4.5%) deep wound infections, 1 (2.6%)/2 (4.5%) pneumoniae, and 2 (5.2%)/3 (6.8%) significant urinary tract infections. In 4 (10.3%)/4 (9.1%) patients, postoperative antibiosis was started without detection of an infectious focus. Overall antibiotic treatment was carried out in 7 (17.9%)/12 (27.3%) patients postoperatively. Costs of antibiotic prophylaxis and/or treatment resulted in 23.60/30.10ZZZ;EUR per patient. Perioperative prophylaxis with 1 g ceftriaxone i.v. decreases postoperative infection rates. Although not all infections have to be treated with antibiotics, there are pharmacoeconomic advantages of such prophylaxis.
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Obermann EC, Junker K, Stoehr R, Dietmaier W, Zaak D, Schubert J, Hofstaedter F, Knuechel R, Hartmann A. Frequent genetic alterations in flat urothelial hyperplasias and concomitant papillary bladder cancer as detected by CGH, LOH, and FISH analyses. J Pathol 2003; 199:50-7. [PMID: 12474226 DOI: 10.1002/path.1259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Flat urothelial hyperplasia, defined as markedly thickened urothelium without cytological atypia, is regarded in the new WHO classification as a urothelial lesion without malignant potential. Frequent deletions of chromosome 9 detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) have been previously reported in flat urothelial hyperplasias found in patients with papillary bladder cancer. Using comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and microsatellite analysis, these hyperplasias and concomitant papillary tumours of the same patients were screened for other genetic alterations to validate and extend the previous findings. Eleven flat hyperplasias detected by 5-ALA-induced fluorescence endoscopy and ten papillary urothelial carcinomas (pTaG1-G2) from ten patients were investigated. After microdissection, the DNA of the lesions was pre-amplified using whole genome amplification (I-PEP-PCR). Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) analyses were performed with five microsatellite markers at chromosomes 9p, 9q, and 17p. CGH was performed using standard protocols. In 6 of 11 hyperplasias and 7 of 10 papillary tumours, deletions at chromosome 9 were simultaneously shown by FISH, LOH, and CGH analyses. There was a good correlation between FISH, LOH, and CGH analyses, with identical results in 6 of 10 patients. In addition to deletions at chromosome 9, further genetic alterations were detected by CGH in 9 of 10 investigated hyperplasias, including changes frequently found in invasive papillary bladder cancer (loss of chromosomes 2q, 4, 8p, and 11p; gain of chromosome 17; and amplification at 11q12q13). There was considerable genetic heterogeneity between hyperplasias and papillary tumours, but a clonal relationship was suggested by LOH and/or CGH analyses in 5 of 10 cases. These data support the hypothesis that flat urothelial hyperplasias can display many genetic alterations commonly found in bladder cancer and could therefore be an early neoplastic lesion in the multistep development of invasive urothelial carcinoma.
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Maurer P, Schubert J, Holweg S. Finite element analysis of a tandem screw configuration in sagittal split osteotomy using biodegradable osteosynthesis screws. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADULT ORTHODONTICS AND ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY 2002; 16:300-4. [PMID: 12390008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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The goal of the present study was to determine the mechanical stability of selected osteosynthesis screws in a paired linear configuration in cases of bilateral sagittal split osteotomy of the mandible. A mandible model was created that consisted of 22,846 elements and 4,879 nodes. The following screws were tested in the tandem screw configuration: the poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) in accordance with Harada and Enomoto, the Isosorb screw (Aesculap, Germany), the BioSorbFX screw (Bionix Implants, Finland), and the Lactosorb screw (WL. Lorenz, USA). The mechanical parameters of the materials studied were adopted from the literature or were based on manufacturer information. With the precondition that the materials each be stressed to the ultimate tensile strength, the following chewing forces could be neutralized: 100 N by 2.0-mm titanium mini-screws, 117.5 N by PLLA screws in accordance with Harada and Enomoto, 90.0 N by Isosorb screws, 89.0 N by BioSorbFX screws, and 35.0 N by Lactosorb screws. Here the peri-implant bone was stressed within limiting values with the titanium miniscrew, and the PLLA screw according to Harada and Enomoto, but not the osteosynthesis material itself. The finite element method (FEM) appears suitable for simulating complex mechanical stress situations in the maxillofacial area. As a result, significant time and materials (animal tests) can be saved when developing new or modified materials
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