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Mokhtar AS, Braima KAO, Peng Chin H, Jeffery J, Mohd Zain SN, Rohela M, Lau YL, Jamaiah I, Wilson JJ, Abdul-Aziz NM. Intestinal Myiasis in a Malaysian Patient Caused by Larvae of Clogmia albipunctatus (Diptera: Psychodidae). J Med Entomol 2016; 53:957-960. [PMID: 27113101 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report a case of human intestinal myiasis in a 41-yr-old female patient presented at a clinic in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia. Larvae passed out in the patient's feces were sent to the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. DNA barcoding confirmed the second case of intestinal myiasis in Malaysia involving the larvae of Clogmia albipunctatus (Duckhouse) (Diptera: Psychodidae). We review reported cases of myiasis and discuss the present case of intestinal myiasis in an urban patient.
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- Aida Syafinaz Mokhtar
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (; ; ; ; ; ; )
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (; ; ; ; ; ; )
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- Klinik Hope, 29-1, Jalan 4/1, Taman Bukit Serdang, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (; ; ; ; ; ; )
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (; ; ; ; ; ; )
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (; ; ; ; ; ; )
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (; ; ; ; ; ; )
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- Museum of Zoology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Ecology and Biodiversity Program, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (; ; ; ; ; ; ),
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The authors conducted a national survey to investigate the current status of psychiatric training in primary care/internal medicine residencies. Fifty-four residency training directors completed and returned the survey. The survey results show that an average of 99 hours (69.5 hours clinical plus 29.8 hours didactics) is devoted to psychiatric training during the 3 years of primary care/internal medicine residency training. Responding residency training directors indicated that psychiatric training is important (an average of 7 out of 10 on a 10-point rating scale), and 63% of respondents indicated that more training in psychiatry is needed.
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- H P Chin
- Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco School of Medicine, California, USA
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Gray DS, Sharma RC, Chin HP, Jiao Q, Kramsch DM. Body fat and fat distribution by anthropometry and the response to high-fat cholesterol-containing diet in monkeys. Exp Mol Pathol 1993; 58:53-60. [PMID: 8454036 DOI: 10.1006/exmp.1993.1005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Considerable variability exists among individuals in the response of plasma cholesterol to changes in dietary fat and cholesterol, and obesity is one variable reported to affect this response. This study was performed to determine the relationship between body fat and changes in plasma cholesterol in cynomolgus monkeys fed a high-fat cholesterol-containing diet for 12 months. The animals gained significant body weight (body mass index increased from 30.5 +/- 0.5 to 35.7 +/- 2.8 kg/m2) and skinfold parameters of body fat increased as well. Total cholesterol increased from 109 +/- 4 to 390 +/- 25 mg/dl (P < 0.001), and there were also significant increases in LDL- and HDL-cholesterol and triglyceride. While there was very little relationship between body fat and plasma lipids before the diet, after 12 months, there were significant negative correlations between total and LDL-cholesterol and anthropometric measures of body fat (r ranged from -0.37 to -0.55, P < 0.01). The correlations were not affected when the effects of baseline body mass index and serum cholesterol and total food intake were controlled by partial correlation analysis. In this sample of animals, the acquisition of greater body fat appeared to protect against rises in cholesterol in response to consumption of a high-fat cholesterol-containing diet.
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- D S Gray
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033
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Gray DS, Sharma RC, Chin HP, Kramsch DM. Body fat distribution affects responses to high fat cholesterol containing diet in male cynomolgus monkeys. Atherosclerosis 1991; 88:93-5. [PMID: 1878014 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(91)90261-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Chin HP, Liu CR, Liu CH, Blankenhorn DH. Very early aortic responses during atherosclerosis induction in rabbits: measurement by duplex ultrasound. I. Non-invasive study of aortic hyperresponsiveness to serotonin. Atherosclerosis 1990; 83:1-8. [PMID: 2202316 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(90)90123-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We report the use of a non-invasive ultrasound method to visualize and measure changes in serotonin reactivity of the abdominal aorta during the early stages of atherosclerosis development. Studies were performed at 0, 4, 8, and 14 weeks in New Zealand white rabbits fed a diet enriched with 0.5% cholesterol. Change in systolic vessel diameter at each examination was compared with changes in rabbits fed a control diet or rabbits on a diet enriched with cholesterol plus a concentrated marine lipid. After 4 weeks on the diets, the abdominal aortae of rabbit fed the cholesterol-rich diet displayed an enhanced vasoconstriction to serotonin (P less than 0.01). The enhanced vasoconstriction was observed prior to visible morphologic changes, and progressed when restudied at succeeding examinations. Morphologic abnormalities became evident at 8 weeks in cholesterol-fed animals. Dietary supplementation with marine lipid, rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, diminished the effect of the atherogenic diet on aortic vasoconstriction.
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- H P Chin
- University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Atherosclerosis Research Institute, Los Angeles 90033
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Blankenhorn DH, Alaupovic P, Wickham E, Chin HP, Azen SP. Prediction of angiographic change in native human coronary arteries and aortocoronary bypass grafts. Lipid and nonlipid factors. Circulation 1990; 81:470-6. [PMID: 2404631 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.81.2.470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A within-group risk factor analysis was conducted to predict angiographic change in the Cholesterol Lowering Atherosclerosis Study, a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of colestipol plus niacin therapy in men with previous coronary bypass surgery. Global angiographic change, including both native coronary arteries and bypass grafts after 2 treatment years, was the end point. Risk factors included on-trial clinical measures, plasma lipids, lipoproteins, and apolipoproteins. Univariate analysis indicated that risk factors previously observed by others in epidemiologic investigation of ischemic heart disease--total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, apolipoprotein B, and diastolic blood pressure--had significant effects in the placebo-treated group. Univariate analysis indicated significant effects of apolipoprotein C-III in drug- and placebo-treated groups. Multivariate analysis indicated the predominant risk factor predicting the probability of global coronary progression was non-HDL cholesterol in placebo-treated subjects and the content of apolipoprotein C-III in high density lipoproteins of drug-treated subjects. Both drug- and placebo-treated group findings point to an important role for triglyceride-rich lipoproteins in progression and regression of human atherosclerosis.
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- D H Blankenhorn
- Department of Medicine and Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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Barth JD, Blankenhorn DH, Wickham E, Lai JY, Chin HP, Selzer RH. Quantitative ultrasound pulsation study in human carotid artery disease. Arteriosclerosis 1988; 8:778-81. [PMID: 3058103 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.8.6.778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Pulsation in the human carotid artery during two complete cardiac cycles was studied by using computer digitized video-frames from B-mode ultrasound images. Eight patients with identifiable atherosclerotic lesions in the common carotid immediately proximal to the bulb area were studied. Diameter, strain, and elastic modulus were compared between lesion site and an adjacent reference segment 1 or 2 cm proximal to the bulb. As controls, nine patients without identifiable lesions were analyzed. The results indicate a significantly wider diameter (p less than 0.01) at the proximal reference site in patients with lesions as compared to comparable segments in control patients. The strain was significantly lower (p less than 0.05), whereas the elastic modulus was significantly higher (p less than 0.05), at the lesion site as compared to the proximal reference sites in patients with lesions. These results may indicate that an initial dilation of the carotid artery followed by loss of wall flexibility may be associated with atherosclerotic lesion formation.
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- J D Barth
- Biomedical Image Processing Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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Atkins CE, LeCompte PM, Chin HP, Hill JR, Ownby CL, Brownfield MS. Morphologic and immunocytochemical study of young dogs with diabetes mellitus associated with pancreatic islet hypoplasia. Am J Vet Res 1988; 49:1577-81. [PMID: 3066245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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In 11 dogs (7 males, 4 females; 10 purebred, 1 mixed breed), diagnosed as having diabetes mellitus before the age of 6 months, the pancreas was evaluated histologically; in 6, the pancreas also was examined by use of electron microscopy and/or immunocytochemical methods. Each dog was placed in 1 of 3 groups (A through C) on the basis of pancreatic histopathologic findings: Group A (n = 3)--no recognizable islets, but the pancreas in 2 dogs contained scattered endocrine cells detectable by use of immunoperoxidase staining or electron microscopy; Group B (n = 4)--no recognizable islets, but the pancreas had severe vacuolation of ducts and acini, as well as acinar atrophy; Group C (n = 4)--scant shrunken islets; 1 pancreas had reduced numbers of recognizable islets, hydropic beta-cell vacuolation attributable to glycogen deposition, and islet and nonislet endocrine cells in expected proportions. Insulitis was not observed in any pancreas, although scattered lymphocytes were seen in the pancreatic interstitial fibrous tissue of 3 dogs. Histologic pancreatic lesions in these young dogs were distinct from those of type-I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in human beings, as well as from those of diabetes mellitus in aged dogs, but were similar to those described in other young diabetic dogs. This uncommon syndrome is distinct from commonly recognized canine diabetes mellitus, on the basis of age of onset, predisposition for purebred dogs, lack of predisposing endocrinopathies or obesity, and pancreatic histologic features. The cause(s) is unknown, but is related to pancreatic endocrine hypoplasia and not to insulitis or to exocrine pancreatic inflammation. The term pancreatic islet hypoplasia is chosen as best describing this disorder.
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- C E Atkins
- Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706
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Cashin-Hemphill L, Spencer CA, Nicoloff JT, Blankenhorn DH, Nessim SA, Chin HP, Lee NA. Alterations in serum thyroid hormonal indices with colestipol-niacin therapy. Ann Intern Med 1987; 107:324-9. [PMID: 3113309 DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-107-2-324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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A serial blood-lipid-lowering study at the University of Southern California yielded unexpected findings on routine thyroid function monitoring. After 1 year of combined colestipol and niacin therapy, patients had reduced total serum thyroxine (T4) levels and increased triiodothyronine uptake ratios, an indicator of apparent decreases in thyroxine-binding globulin levels. Calculation of the free T4 index partially but not completely corrected for the apparent decrease in thyroxine-binding globulin, as determined by a relatively small decrease in the free T4 index compared with a large decrease in T4. Sequential sampling, using three separate methods, showed reduced thyroxine-binding globulin levels. The mechanism for these changes is unknown, but the fact that these patients were essentially euthyroid needs emphasis because the use of combined colestipol and niacin therapy is becoming more widespread.
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Chin HP, Curry P, Lo G, Nessim S, Blankenhorn DH. Autopsy calibration of carotid artery B-mode ultrasound imaging: effects of pressure on residual lumen size. J Lab Clin Med 1985; 105:120-3. [PMID: 3968460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The accuracy of B-mode ultrasound (9 MHz) vascular imaging was studied on seven carotid arteries obtained at autopsy. Parallel cross-sectional images on five serial planes of each artery were compared with readings on corresponding sections of silicone rubber replicas of the vessel lumens and with histologic sections. A close correlation between ultrasound and cast measurements was observed (r = 0.88, p less than 0.01), and both corresponded well with histologic measurements. Longitudinal ultrasound views of the arteries were employed to determine changes of normal vessel diameter (maximum lumen diameter) and residual lumen diameter with increasing arterial pressure. In the specimens studied, compression of lesions occurred in addition to circumferential vessel enlargement, and the rate of compression of lesions exceeded that of circumferential vessel diameter enlargement.
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Nessim SA, Chin HP, Alaupovic P, Blankenhorn DH. Combined therapy of niacin, colestipol, and fat-controlled diet in men with coronary bypass. Effect on blood lipids and apolipoproteins. Arteriosclerosis 1983; 3:568-73. [PMID: 6651612 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.3.6.568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The effects of colestipol (30 grams/day), niacin (7.3 grams/day), and diet on blood lipids and apolipoproteins after one year of therapy are reported. Men selected on the basis of previous coronary artery bypass surgery were randomly assigned to drug or control treatments in an angiographic study of atherosclerosis progression and regression. In 14 men, drugs and diet produced the following changes: Baseline total cholesterol 245 mg/dl, triglyceride 189 mg/dl, and LDL cholesterol 164 mg/dl were decreased by 73 mg/dl (29%), 83 mg/dl (41%) and 69 mg/dl (40%) respectively. Baseline HDL cholesterol, 44 mg/dl was increased 13 mg/dl (33%). Baseline apolipoprotein B, 124 mg/dl and apolipoprotein C-III (heparin precipitate) 5.6 mg/dl were decreased 40 mg/dl (31%) and 2.4 mg/dl (41%) respectively. All these changes are significant, p less than 0.01. Apolipoprotein A-I and apolipoprotein C-III (heparin supernate) were not significantly changed. In the controls, placebo and diet produced no significant decrease in blood lipid or lipoproteins, with the exception that baseline apolipoprotein B, 111 mg/dl increased 18 mg/dl (12%), p less than 0.05.
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Blankenhorn DH, Chin HP, Strikwerda S, Bamberger J, Hestenes JD. Work in progress: common carotid artery contours reconstructed in three dimensions from parallel ultrasonic images. Radiology 1983; 148:533-7. [PMID: 6867354 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.148.2.6867354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Three-dimensional sonograms of the common carotid artery were obtained using a device which takes images in parallel planes. Tests in phantoms simulating atherosclerotic vessels the same size as the common carotid artery indicated that the coefficient of variation of a single luminal measurement was 2-5%.
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Atkins CE, Chin HP. Insulin kinetics in juvenile canine diabetics after glucose loading. Am J Vet Res 1983; 44:596-600. [PMID: 6346965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Glucose and insulin kinetics were studied in 4 juvenile canine diabetics and 6 healthy controls. Diabetic dogs were glucose intolerant with delayed insulin response after glucose challenge. Total insulin secretion was near that of the controls, but was inadequate when compared with corresponding plasma glucose concentrations.
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Rooney JA, Gammell PM, Hestenes JD, Chin HP, Blankenhorn DH. Velocity and attenuation of sound in arterial tissues. J Acoust Soc Am 1982; 71:462-466. [PMID: 7069061 DOI: 10.1121/1.387468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The velocity and attenuation of sound has been determined for freshly excised human and canine arterial tissues using a time delay spectrometer (TDS) technique. Frequency was swept from 0 to 10 MHz with data being taken in the range from 2 to 10 MHz. The velocity was determined using a comparison of the time delay for the received signal between a water path and a sample tissue of measured thickness. The velocity of sound was measured for various pathologies and related to biochemical assays of tissue. It was found to increase with increasing ultrasound attenuation of the tissue. The velocity was shown to increase with increased collagen, C, expressed as a percentage of wet weight of the tissue, [V = 17.8* C + 1561 m/s at 37 degrees C, r = 0.77] but was strongly dependent on tissue cholesterol or low levels of calcium. For highly calcified lesions, the velocity of sound was found to be approximately 2000 m/s at 37 degrees C.
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Insulin secretion after intravenous administration of glucose was studied in fourteen dogs, twelve of which were four years of age or older. Based on several characteristics of insulin secretion kinetics, normal and impaired insulin responses were defined in the experimental subjects. Among those, five exhibited a marked depression of the initial stage of insulin release which was followed by a stage of relative hyperinsulinemia. Similarities between canine and human insulin secretion patterns were noted, and the potential usefulness of the procedure for the early detection of canine diabetes mellitus discussed.
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Brooks SH, Blankenhorn DH, Chin HP, Sanmarco ME, Hanashiro PK, Selzer RH, Selvester RH. Design of human atherosclerosis studies by serial angiography. J Chronic Dis 1980; 33:347-57. [PMID: 7372770 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9681(80)90044-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Chatterjee SN, Chin HP, Azen SP, Blankenhorn DH, Boothe S, Massry SG. Abnormal serum lipid patterns in primary renal allograft recipients. Surgery 1977; 82:655-9. [PMID: 335552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The blood lipids profile was determined in 59 patients with successful primary renal allografts, who were followed for an average period of 31.8 months (range, 6 to 80 months). Elevated levels of cholesterol (greater than 250 mg/100 ml) were found in 51% of the patients, elevated levels of triglycerides were found in 56%, and elevated levels of phospholipids in all but one of the patients who were studied (45 of 46). Correlation analysis revealed significant relationships among the systolic blood pressure with total cholesterol (r equals 0.36, P less than 0.01), triglycerides (r equals 0.56, p is less than 0.001), and phospholipids (r equals 0.40, P is less than 0.001). No significant correlations were found between the lipid levels and daily prednisone dosage or with the duration of the period following transplantation. The most significant finding in our study was an elevation of serum phospholipid level--a pattern unreported previously in transplant recipients but which has been reported to be associated with hepatic derangement in nontransplant population. Of 32 patients who had elevated levels of serum phospholipids, the liver function tests were abnormal in 22 patients (69%).
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Blankenhorn DH, Brooks SH, Selzer RH, Crawford DW, Chin HP. Assessment of atherosclerosis from angiographic images. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1974; 145:1298-300. [PMID: 4827741 DOI: 10.3181/00379727-145-38000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Moacanin J, Lawson DD, Chin HP, Harrison EC, Blankenhorn DH. Prediction of lipid uptake by prosthetic heart valve poppets from solubility parameters. Biomater Med Devices Artif Organs 1973; 1:183-90. [PMID: 4766636 DOI: 10.3109/10731197309118872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Fourteen prosthetic valves were obtained from human recipients at autopsy or valve replacement surgery. The silicone rubber poppets were extracted with lipid solvent and examined by thin-layer chromatography, infrared absorption spectroscopy, and phosphorus analysis. The significant findings were: (1) No phospholipid was present in any of the valves; neither was there any protein. (2) The relative content of cholesterol, cholesteryl ester, fatty acid, and triglyceride varied widely. (3) Residual uncured silicone polymers were found in all valves; in one patient these appeared to combine with lipid and form a component with unusual chromatographic behavior.
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Blankenhorn DH, Chin HP, Jensen J. Endogenous hypertriglyceridemia in type II hyperlipoproteinemia. Am J Hum Genet 1970; 22:493-504. [PMID: 5516234 PMCID: PMC1706607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Chin HP, Blankenhorn DH. On the precision of lipoprotein electrophoresis on cellulose acetate and its use in the diagnosis of hyperlipoproteinemia. Clin Chim Acta 1969; 23:239-40. [PMID: 5762131 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(69)90032-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Blankenhorn DH, Chin HP, Lau FY. Ischemic heart disease in young adults. Metabolic and angiographic diagnosis and the prevalence of type IV hyperlipoproteinemia. Ann Intern Med 1968; 69:21-33. [PMID: 5658366 DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-69-1-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Chin HP, Blankenhorn DH. Separation and quantitative analysis of serum lipoproteins by means of electrophoresis on cellulose acetate. Clin Chim Acta 1968; 20:305-14. [PMID: 4172874 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(68)90165-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Blankenhorn DH, Jensen J, Sturgeon P, Chin HP, Armstrong BW, Engelman L. Effect of blood group on blood lipids in monozygotic twins. Nature 1967; 215:1499-500. [PMID: 6070017 DOI: 10.1038/2151499a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Chin HP, Blankenhorn DH, Chin TJ. Altered partition of serum cholesterol and cholesteryl ester in a petroleum ether-ethanol-water system after incubation. Lipids 1966; 1:285-6. [PMID: 17805632 DOI: 10.1007/bf02531618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/1966] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- H P Chin
- Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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