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Corey JJ, Shirazipour CH, Fricke M, Evans B. Physiotherapists' role in physical activity promotion: Qualitative reflections of patients and providers. Physiother Theory Pract 2023; 39:814-826. [PMID: 35129059 DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2022.2031361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Physiotherapists are often important figures in the lives of people with physical disabilities and chronic conditions, yet gaps in understanding remain regarding how therapists promote physical activity and leverage existing community-based recreation programs. PURPOSE We used qualitative methods to explore experiences of physiotherapists as well as individuals with disabilities and chronic conditions receiving physiotherapy, with a focus on strategies to promote physical activity and the extent that therapists leverage community-based resources and programs. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were completed with nine physiotherapists (six American and three Canadian) and eight individuals with a physical disability (all Americans). RESULTS Participants reflected on the salience of physical activity promotion throughout physiotherapy but also highlighted barriers. Three themes explored idealized and problematic experiences with physical activity promotion in therapy: 1) individualized promotion of physical activity; 2) increasing physical activity options for patients via engagement with the community; and 3) options for physical activity in the community. Differences were also noted between therapist and patient participants and when contrasting across countries (i.e. funding models). For instance, physiotherapists in publicly funded contexts relied more heavily on engagement with accessible community-based programming than privately funded counterparts. CONCLUSION Therapists should further integrate patient perspectives when considering physical activity promotion. Additional research is needed to explore how therapists incorporate community-based programs into health promotion while further understanding the extent that these strategies align with the scope of physiotherapy practice in varying contexts.
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- Jacob J Corey
- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
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- Cancer Research Center for Health Equity, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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Giesbrecht E, Major ME, Fricke M, Wener P, van Egmond M, Aarden JJ, Brown CL, Pol M, van der Schaaf M. Telerehabilitation Delivery in Canada and the Netherlands: Results of a Survey Study. JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol 2023; 10:e45448. [PMID: 36806194 PMCID: PMC9989917 DOI: 10.2196/45448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, telerehabilitation (TR) has been expanding to address the challenges and risks of in-person delivery. It is likely that a level of TR delivery will continue after the pandemic because of its advantages, such as reducing geographical barriers to service. Many pandemic-related TR initiatives were put in place quickly. Therefore, we have little understanding of current TR delivery, barriers and facilitators, and how therapists anticipate integrating TR into current practice. Knowing this information will allow the incorporation of competencies specifically related to the use and provision of TR into professional profiles and entry-to-practice education, thereby promoting high-quality TR care. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to obtain a descriptive overview of current TR practice among rehabilitation therapists in Canada and the Netherlands and identify perceived barriers to and facilitators of practice. METHODS A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted with occupational, physical, and respiratory therapists and dietitians in Canada (in French and English) and the Netherlands (in Dutch and English) between November 2021 and March 2022. Recruitment was conducted through advertisements on social media platforms and email invitations facilitated by regulatory and professional bodies. The survey included demographic and practice setting information; whether respondents delivered TR, and if so, components of delivery; confidence and satisfaction ratings with delivery; and barriers to and facilitators of use. TR satisfaction and uptake were measured using the Telehealth Usability Questionnaire and modified Technology Acceptance Model. Data were first summarized descriptively, and then, comparisons were conducted between professions. RESULTS Overall, 723 survey responses were received, mostly from Canada (n=666, 92.1%) and occupational therapists (n=434, 60%). Only 28.1% (203/723) reported receiving specific training in TR, with 1.2% (9/723) indicating that it was part of their professional education. Approximately 19.5% (139/712) reported not using TR at all, whereas most participants (366/712, 51.4%) had been using this approach for 1 to 2 years. Services delivered were primarily teleconsultation and teletreatment with individuals. Respondents offering TR were moderately satisfied with their service delivery and found it to be effective; 90.1% (498/553) indicated that they were likely to continue offering TR after the pandemic. Technology access, confidence, and setup were rated the highest as facilitators, whereas technology issues and the clinical need for physical contact were the most common barriers. CONCLUSIONS Professional practice and experience with TR were similar in both countries, suggesting the potential for common strategic approaches. The high prevalence of current practice and strong indicators of TR uptake suggest that therapists are likely to continue TR delivery after the pandemic; however, most therapists (461/712, 64.7%) felt ill prepared for practice, and the need to target TR competencies during professional and postprofessional education is critical. Future studies should explore best practice for preparatory and continuing education.
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- Edward Giesbrecht
- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Research Group Occupational Therapy: Participation and Environment, Center of Expertise Urban Vitality, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Ageing and Vitality, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Research Group Occupational Therapy: Participation and Environment, Center of Expertise Urban Vitality, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Ageing and Vitality, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,European School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Research Group Occupational Therapy: Participation and Environment, Center of Expertise Urban Vitality, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Ageing and Vitality, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,European School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Research Group Occupational Therapy: Participation and Environment, Center of Expertise Urban Vitality, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Medicine for Older People, Amsterdam UMC, location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Amsterdam Public Health, Aging & Later Life, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Research Group Occupational Therapy: Participation and Environment, Center of Expertise Urban Vitality, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Ageing and Vitality, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Rehabilitation Medicine, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam UMC, location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Fricke M, Beach Ducharme D, Beavis A, Flett P, Oosman S. Addressing racism in the workplace through simulation: So much to unlearn. Front Rehabil Sci 2023; 4:1126085. [PMID: 37064598 PMCID: PMC10097889 DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2023.1126085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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Introduction Racism exists in the healthcare system and is a root cause of health inequities among Indigenous Peoples. When microaggressions of racism are carried out by healthcare providers, therapeutic trust may be broken and quality of care may be impacted. Anti-racism response training is considered best practice in recognizing and addressing racism. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a virtual (synchronous) anti-racism response training workshop among a group of rehabilitation therapists from across Canada. Methods A 90-minute virtual anti-racism simulation workshop for rehabilitation therapists was developed and delivered virtually four times across Canada between 2020 and 2021. Following an introduction and pre-briefing, role-playing among participants was used to address microaggressive Indigenous-specific racism, followed by an in-depth debriefing with trained facilitators. A post-workshop survey was conducted to evaluate this anti-racism simulation workshop and assess the impact on participating occupational therapists (OTs) and physiotherapists (PTs). Following each simulation workshop, participants were invited to complete an anonymous post-activity survey (n = 20; 50% OTs, 45% PTs). Open text responses were analyzed thematically from the perspective of critical race theory. Results The majority of the participants self-identified as women (95%); white (90%); mid-career (52%); and had never personally experienced racism (70%). All participants agreed that the workshop gave them ideas on how to start dismantling racism in their workplace. Thematic analysis resulted in four themes: so much to unlearn, remain humble, resist the silence, and discomfort is okay. Discussion Despite feelings of discomfort, OTs and PTs appreciated anti-racism skills-based training and recognized the importance of taking action on racism in the workplace. Findings from this study support online (synchronous) anti-racism training as a viable and effective means of creating space for rehabilitation professionals to lean into brave conversations that are necessary for developing strategies to address racial microaggressions impacting Indigenous persons in the workplace. We believe that these small steps of preparing and practicing anti-racism strategies among rehabilitation therapists are essential to achieving a collective goal of dismantling racism in the health system.
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- Moni Fricke
- College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Global Health Division, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Correspondence: Moni Fricke
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- Ongomiizwin Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Global Health Division, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Community Therapy Services Inc., Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Global Health Division, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Global Health Division, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- School of Rehabilitation Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Fricke M. Clinician's Commentary on Zaccagnini and Miller 1. Physiother Can 2022; 74:340-341. [PMID: 37324604 PMCID: PMC10262723 DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2021-0029-cc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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- Moni Fricke
- Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;
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Wener P, Leclair L, Fricke M, Brown C. Interprofessional Collaborative Relationship-Building Model in Action in Primary Care: A Secondary Analysis. Front Rehabilit Sci 2022; 3:890001. [PMID: 36189054 PMCID: PMC9397922 DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2022.890001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Introduction Team-based care has been integrated into primary care (PC) across Canada because it improves patient safety, effectiveness, efficiency, person-centredness, and equity. However, this integration in and of itself may not lead to improved patient care without effective interpersonal relationships amongst team members. Currently, teams have few tools to guide the development of collaborative relationships. The Interprofessional Collaborative Relationship-building Model (ICRB) was developed to be a tool for understanding the stages of development of the interprofessional team's relationship-building. Purpose This qualitative secondary data analysis illuminates a PC team's experiences of their developing interprofessional relationships with occupational therapists and physical therapists who joined the PC team. Method Eleven team member interviews of one primary care team from a family medicine teaching clinic affiliated with a training university and the health region in central Canada were analyzed using secondary data analysis. The team included family physicians (n = 4), nurses (n = 2), a social worker (n = 1), a mental health counselor (n = 1), occupational therapists (n = 2), and a physical therapist (n = 1). We used the ICRB for directed content analysis using the phased approach that includes the three main steps of data preparation, data organization and data presentation. Results This team experienced the ICRB stages of Looking For Help, Fitting-In, and Growing Reciprocity thereby learning about one another to better understand what OT and PT may bring to the PC setting. However, contrary to the ICRB, co-location, was the context within which the collaborative relationship-building took place rather than a distinct developmental stage. Although team members did experience some level of Growing Reciprocity, this developing team had not yet established collaborative leadership processes. As the ICRB originally posited, communication and patient focus facilitated all stages of the relationship-building process and helped the team develop shared values and role clarity that establish how different team members contribute to improving quality care. Conclusions The context of co-location with a patient focus and open communication facilitated the team's development with the occupational therapists and physical therapist. Collaborative leadership is a worthy goal for future research and clinical focus as it has implications for improving overall patient quality care and team member work satisfaction.
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- Pamela Wener
- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- *Correspondence: Pamela Wener
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Crawford T, Parsons J, Webber S, Fricke M, Thille P. Strategies to Increase Access to Outpatient Physiotherapy Services: A Scoping Review. Physiother Can 2022; 74:197-207. [PMID: 37323714 PMCID: PMC10262743 DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2020-0119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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Purpose: Multiple Canadian jurisdictions have curtailed public funding for outpatient physiotherapy services, impacting access and potentially creating or worsening inequities in access. We sought to identify evaluated organizational strategies that aimed to improve access to physiotherapy services for community-dwelling persons. Method: We used Arksey and O'Malley's scoping review methods, including a systematic search of CINAHL, MEDLINE, and Embase for relevant peer-reviewed texts published in English, French, or German, and we performed a qualitative content analysis of included articles. Results: Fifty-one peer-reviewed articles met inclusion criteria. Most studies of interventions or system changes to improve access took place in the United Kingdom (17), the United States (12), Australia (9), and Canada (8). Twenty-nine studies aimed to improve access for patients with musculoskeletal conditions; only five studies examined interventions to improve equitable access for underserved populations. The most common interventions and system changes studied were expanded physiotherapy roles, direct access, rapid access systems, telerehabilitation, and new community settings. Conclusions: Studies evaluating interventions and health system changes to improve access to physiotherapy services have been limited in focus, and most have neglected to address inequities in access. To improve equitable access to physiotherapy services in Canada, physiotherapy providers in local settings can implement and evaluate transferable patient-centred access strategies, particularly telerehabilitation and primary care integration.
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- Tory Crawford
- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Smirnova I, Gurikov P, Weinrich D, Movahhed S, Vogelsang V, Fricke M, Lölsberg W. Entwicklung organischer Aerogele: der Weg von der Akademia in die Praxis. CHEM-ING-TECH 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201855365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- I. Smirnova
- TU Hamburg; Institut für Termische Verfahrenstechnik; Eissendorferstraße 38 21073 Hamburg Deutschland
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- TU Hamburg; Institut für Termische Verfahrenstechnik; Eissendorferstraße 38 21073 Hamburg Deutschland
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- BASF Polyurethanes; Lemförde; Elastogranstraße 60 49448 Lemförde Deutschland
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- BASF Polyurethanes; Lemförde; Elastogranstraße 60 49448 Lemförde Deutschland
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- BASF Polyurethanes; Lemförde; Elastogranstraße 60 49448 Lemförde Deutschland
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- BASF Polyurethanes; Lemförde; Elastogranstraße 60 49448 Lemförde Deutschland
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- BASF SE; Marketing Construction - High Performance Insulation Materials; Carl-Bosch-Straße 38 67056 Ludwigshafen Deutschland
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Coronaviruses have exceptionally large RNA genomes of approximately 30 kilobases. Genome replication and transcription is mediated by a multisubunit protein complex comprised of more than a dozen virus-encoded proteins. The protein complex is thought to bind specific cis-acting RNA elements primarily located in the 5′- and 3′-terminal genome regions and upstream of the open reading frames located in the 3′-proximal one-third of the genome. Here, we review our current understanding of coronavirus cis-acting RNA elements, focusing on elements required for genome replication and packaging. Recent bioinformatic, biochemical, and genetic studies suggest a previously unknown level of conservation of cis-acting RNA structures among different coronavirus genera and, in some cases, even beyond genus boundaries. Also, there is increasing evidence to suggest that individual cis-acting elements may be part of higher-order RNA structures involving long-range and dynamic RNA–RNA interactions between RNA structural elements separated by thousands of nucleotides in the viral genome. We discuss the structural and functional features of these cis-acting RNA elements and their specific functions in coronavirus RNA synthesis.
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- R Madhugiri
- Institute of Medical Virology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany; FLI Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Virology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
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Fricke M, Voigt A, Sundmacher K. Shaping without Touching: ZnO Nanoparticle Production in Miniemulsions. CHEM-ING-TECH 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201650457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Gasparelli K, Crowley H, Fricke M, McKenzie B, Oosman S, Nixon SA. La réconciliation en action : les implications du rapport de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation pour la physiothérapie au Canada. Physiother Can 2016. [DOI: 10.3138/ptc.68.3.gef] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Katie Gasparelli
- Sous-comité sur la santé des Autochtones, division de la santé holistique, Association canadienne de physiothérapie, Ottawa
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- Sous-comité sur la santé des Autochtones, division de la santé holistique, Association canadienne de physiothérapie, Ottawa
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- Sous-comité sur la santé des Autochtones, division de la santé holistique, Association canadienne de physiothérapie, Ottawa
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- Sous-comité sur la santé des Autochtones, division de la santé holistique, Association canadienne de physiothérapie, Ottawa
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- Sous-comité sur la santé des Autochtones, division de la santé holistique, Association canadienne de physiothérapie, Ottawa
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- Sous-comité sur la santé des Autochtones, division de la santé holistique, Association canadienne de physiothérapie, Ottawa
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Gasparelli K, Crowley H, Fricke M, McKenzie B, Oosman S, Nixon SA. Mobilizing Reconciliation: Implications of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report for Physiotherapy in Canada. Physiother Can 2016; 68:211-215. [PMID: 27909369 DOI: 10.3138/ptc.68.3.gee] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Katie Gasparelli
- Indigenous Health Subcommittee, Global Health Division, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Ottawa
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- Indigenous Health Subcommittee, Global Health Division, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Ottawa
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- Indigenous Health Subcommittee, Global Health Division, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Ottawa
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- Indigenous Health Subcommittee, Global Health Division, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Ottawa
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- Indigenous Health Subcommittee, Global Health Division, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Ottawa
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- Indigenous Health Subcommittee, Global Health Division, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Ottawa
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Harvey E, Fricke M, Pereira G. Facilitating a student-led code of ethics: a framework for educators. Physiotherapy 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.3347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A novel process, carbon dioxide induced gelation, opens new pathways towards hydrogels and can be coupled with supercritical drying to produce aerogels.
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- P. Gurikov
- Hamburg University of Technology
- Institute of Thermal Separation Processes
- 21073 Hamburg
- Germany
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- Hamburg University of Technology
- Institute of Thermal Separation Processes
- 21073 Hamburg
- Germany
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- BASF Polyurethanes GmbH
- 49448 Lemfoerde
- Germany
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- BASF Polyurethanes GmbH
- 49448 Lemfoerde
- Germany
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- Hamburg University of Technology
- Institute of Thermal Separation Processes
- 21073 Hamburg
- Germany
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Böhrnsen F, Fricke M, Sander C, Leha A, Schliephake H, Kramer FJ. Interactions of human MSC with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell line PCI-13 reduce markers of epithelia-mesenchymal transition. Clin Oral Investig 2014; 19:1121-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00784-014-1338-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ateah CA, Snow W, Wener P, MacDonald L, Metge C, Davis P, Fricke M, Ludwig S, Anderson J. Stereotyping as a barrier to collaboration: Does interprofessional education make a difference? Nurse Educ Today 2011; 31:208-13. [PMID: 20655633 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2009] [Revised: 04/12/2010] [Accepted: 06/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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This research was part of a Health Canada funded initiative developed to provide evidence about the effectiveness of interprofessional education (IPE) interventions to promote collaborative patient-centred care. Health professional students' ratings of health professions and the effect of IPE on those ratings were examined. Participants were divided into three groups (N=51); control, education, and practice site immersion. Utilizing the Student Stereotypes Rating Questionnaire (SSRQ) which consists of a five point Likert-type scale each group rated health professionals on nine characteristics: academic ability, interpersonal skills, professional competence, leadership, practical skills, independence, confidence, decision-making, and being a team player (Hean, Macleod-Clark, Adams, and Humphris, 2006). Data were collected at four time points; prior to an IPE classroom intervention, following an IPE classroom intervention, following the IPE immersion experience, and four months post IPE immersion experience. Overall, perceptions of other health professions were more positive following the 2.5day interprofessional education session and immersion experience. Student ratings of the seven professions among the nine characteristics will be presented, highlighting similarities and differences across professional groups. Findings support the incorporation of IPE curricula that address the role and functions of other health care professions to facilitate the development collaborative patient-centred care health care teams.
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Fricke M. Gekreuzte Nierendystopie mit retrovasal verlaufendem Ureter. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1229969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Fricke M. CT des Herzens – Patientenvorbereitung und Durchführung. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1221670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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MacDonald L, Fricke M, Wener P, Nelson M, Schönwetter DJ, Anderson JE, The Manitoba Initiative For Interpr. De novo learning in creating a graduate studies course on Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Patient-Centred Practice (IECPCP). J Interprof Care 2009; 23:195-7. [DOI: 10.1080/13561820802293071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wener P, Nelson M, Fricke M, MacDonald L, Anderson JE, Schönwetter DJ. Contributing to the sustainability of Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Patient-Centred Practice (IECPCP): a teaching resource manual. J Interprof Care 2008; 23:201-3. [PMID: 19085268 DOI: 10.1080/13561820802293105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Sundmacher K, Fricke M, Niemann B, Voigt A. Synthese maßgeschneiderter Feststoffpartikel in Emulsionen: Status und Entwicklungstrends. CHEM-ING-TECH 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.200750224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Maix RK, Bagnato V, Fricke M, Heyn K, Kluck T, Lange F, Riße K, Sborchia C, Valle N. Design, Production and QA Test Results of the NbTi CIC Conductors for the W7-X Magnet System. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/43/1/184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Hönig J, Fricke M. [Soft tissue enhancement with injectable fillers for correction of age related folds and wrinkles]. Zentralbl Chir 2005; 130:514-25. [PMID: 16382398 DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-918196] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Injectable fillers for facial soft tissue enhancement have been developed and used for decades for the correction of age related folds and wrinkles. Many of the disadvantages of xenogenic and prior exogenous materials have been overcome with the advent of autologous and synthetic alternative materials. Autologous and synthetic injectable fillers herald a new era in the treatment of the aging face. Therefore this article will give an in-depth look at the implant choice, surgical approach, and possible complications and will provide a review of current injectable fillers for age related facial soft tissue augmentation.
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- J Hönig
- Abt. für Gesichts- und Plastische-Chirurgie, Martin Fricke Universitätsklinikum Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
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Fricke M, Achtemichuk M, Cooper J, Martin B, Macaulay A, Durcan A. Development of a community-based medical rehabilitation programme in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada. Int J Circumpolar Health 2005; 63 Suppl 2:101-6. [PMID: 15736631 DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v63i0.17867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE In 2000, the University of Manitoba and the Department of Health and Social Services of Nunavut, Canada, jointly embarked upon the development of a community-based medical rehabilitation programme in the Kivalliq Region of Canada's central Arctic. Two main objectives were identified in moving forward with the implementation of a rehabilitation programme. Firstly, to conduct a region wide community needs assessment for rehabilitation services for all age groups of all residents of the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut. Secondly, to provide information from which a community-based rehabilitation therapy programme could be developed. METHODS A community needs assessment of the Kivalliq Region was carried out to guide the implementation of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech language pathology services. RESULTS There are now two physiotherapists, one occupational therapist, and one speech language pathologist providing rehabilitation services to the residents of the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut. The results of this needs assessment, the challenges and successes of this medical rehabilitation programme are discussed. CONCLUSION The total population of the service area is approximately 8,000 people, the significant majority of whom self-report as Inuit, and are widely dispersed over eight communities. Despite the challenges in terms of culture, geography and recruitment of introducing a rehabilitation program in Canada's north, the residents of the Kivalliq Region now have a viable model of receiving rehabilitative intervention in their home communities.
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- M Fricke
- JA Hildes Northern Medical Unit, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
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Loughery S, Macaulay A, Fricke M, Durcan A, Cooper J. Speech language pathology services in Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada. Int J Circumpolar Health 2005; 63 Suppl 2:120-3. [PMID: 15736634 DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v63i0.17870] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To provide a review of Speech Language Pathology services in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada, since its inception. Referral sources, reasons for referral and discharge will also be shown for seven of the communities in the Kivalliq Region. STUDY DESIGN A quantitative and qualitative survey of the services received for the 26-month time period from January 2001 to February 28th, 2003. METHODS A record review of Speech Language Pathology services was conducted. Referral sources in each community, the rate of referrals, reasons for discharge and changes in abilities of three clients were examined. RESULTS The rate of referrals increased as the service became more familiar. Small increases in client abilities were noted over the specified time period. CONCLUSION Speech Language Pathology services are being utilized more effectively as the referral sources become more familiar with the program.
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- S Loughery
- J.A. Hildes Northern Medical Unit, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
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Achtemichuk M, McKenzie B, Fricke M, Cooper J, Macaulay A, Durcan A. Community based physiotherapy services in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada. Int J Circumpolar Health 2005; 63 Suppl 2:98-100. [PMID: 15736630 DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v63i0.17866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Community based physiotherapy services are an integral component of the recent implementation of a medical rehabilitation program in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut. Since the year 2000, the Inuit people of Canada's central Arctic have had direct access to physiotherapy in their home communities. STUDY DESIGN A quantitative review of physiotherapy services from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002. METHODS Workload measurement data gathered by the physiotherapists in the field will be utilized to present information on referral sources, location of services provided, client diagnoses and average duration of treatment provided. Administrative data will provide information on staffing complements and challenges to date. The need for physiotherapy referrals out of the Kivalliq Region will be reviewed. RESULTS Referral sources to physiotherapy services are varied, the majority of diagnoses are musculoskeletal in nature, followed by neurological and cardiovascular. Recruitment of the physiotherapy positions has been successful to date. Referrals out of the region for physiotherapy services have been rare since community based services have begun. CONCLUSIONS Access to physiotherapy services by the residents of the Kivalliq Region has been significantly enhanced since the implementation of the medical rehabilitation program.
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- M Achtemichuk
- JA Hildes Northern Medical Unit, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Fainerman VB, Vollhardt D, Roth A, Fricke M, Volkmer D. Dynamics and Equilibrium of the Penetration of Soluble Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide into Langmuir Monolayers of Arachidic Acid under Different pH Conditions. J Phys Chem B 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp040070i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- V. B. Fainerman
- Medical Physicochemical Centre, Donetsk Medical University, 16 Ilych Avenue, Donetsk 83003, Ukraine, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, D-14424 Potsdam/Golm, Germany, and Faculty of Chemistry (AC1), University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 100 131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Medical Physicochemical Centre, Donetsk Medical University, 16 Ilych Avenue, Donetsk 83003, Ukraine, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, D-14424 Potsdam/Golm, Germany, and Faculty of Chemistry (AC1), University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 100 131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Medical Physicochemical Centre, Donetsk Medical University, 16 Ilych Avenue, Donetsk 83003, Ukraine, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, D-14424 Potsdam/Golm, Germany, and Faculty of Chemistry (AC1), University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 100 131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Medical Physicochemical Centre, Donetsk Medical University, 16 Ilych Avenue, Donetsk 83003, Ukraine, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, D-14424 Potsdam/Golm, Germany, and Faculty of Chemistry (AC1), University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 100 131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Medical Physicochemical Centre, Donetsk Medical University, 16 Ilych Avenue, Donetsk 83003, Ukraine, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, D-14424 Potsdam/Golm, Germany, and Faculty of Chemistry (AC1), University of Bielefeld, P.O. Box 100 131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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In this article we present the development of a multibeam two-photon laser scanning microscope. A new type of beam splitter to create the multitude of laser beams is described. This type of beam splitter has higher transmission and generates more uniform beams than can be achieved with the microlens approach used by other groups. No crosstalk exists between the different foci due to small temporal delays between the individual beams. The importance of dispersion compensation to obtain maximum efficiency of the microscope is discussed. With optimum compensation the fluorescence signal was raised by a factor of 14. Different modes of detecting the fluorescence signals and their effect on imaging speed and resolution are discussed.
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- T Nielsen
- Angewandte Laserphysik, Universitaet Bielefeld, Universitaetsstrasse 25, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
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Witte T, Hartung K, Sachse C, Matthias T, Fricke M, Kalden JR, Lakomek HJ, Peter HH, Schmidt RE. Rheumatoid factors in systemic lupus erythematosus: association with clinical and laboratory parameters. SLE study group. Rheumatol Int 2000; 19:107-11. [PMID: 10776689 DOI: 10.1007/s002960050112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The prevalence and clinical and laboratory associations of IgM, IgG and IgA rheumatoid factors (RF) were determined in 352 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). IgM, IgG, and IgA class RF were detected in 17.9%, 20.5%, and 20.5% of the sera, respectively. RF were associated with sicca syndrome, hypergammaglobulinemia, high titer of antinuclear antibodies, anemia, SSA- and SSB-antibodies, and with the presence of HLA-DR3. RF correlated negatively with nephritis and livedo racemosa. Moreover, we observed an association of RF and parameters of inflammatory activity such as elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and leukopenia. Analysis of immunoglobulin classes revealed that laboratory parameters of inflammatory activity, SSA- and SSB-antibodies and HLA-DR3 correlated with IgA RF only. IgA RF define a subgroup of SLE patients characterized by distinct autoimmune phenomena and high disease activity in the absence of nephritis.
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- T Witte
- Abteilung Klinische Immunologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany.
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Witte T, Hartung K, Sachse C, Fricke M, Buyny S, Deicher H, Kalden JR, Lakomek HJ, Peter HH, Schmidt RE. Thrombomodulin in systemic lupus erythematosus: association with clinical and laboratory parameters. Rheumatol Int 2000; 19:15-8. [PMID: 10651075 DOI: 10.1007/s002960050092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Thrombomodulin is an endothelial cell membrane glycoprotein and is detected in plasma and serum after endothelial injury. In our study comprising 311 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) clinical and laboratory associations of elevated thrombomodulin serum concentrations were examined. Elevated thrombomodulin concentrations were detected in 7.1% of the SLE patients and were associated with nephritis including the laboratory parameters proteinuria and erythrocyte casts, vasculitis and neurological involvement of the central nervous system. These correlations remained significant after consideration of the influence of renal function. In SLE, the serum thrombomodulin concentration may become a marker to monitor damage of endothelial cells and involvement of the central nervous system.
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- T Witte
- Abteilung Klinische Immunologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany.
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Fricke M. Self-determination: the panacea for Canadian aboriginal people with disabilities? Int J Circumpolar Health 1999; 57 Suppl 1:719-24. [PMID: 10093377] [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: 02/11/2023] Open
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Equal access and participation issues are at the forefront of the current disability advocacy movement. Disabled people worldwide are demanding a change in attitudes and policies reflecting their inherent right as citizens to full participation in society. The inequalities faced by the Canadian Aboriginal community with disabilities are magnified by unique socioeconomic, political, environmental, and cultural barriers. The current rate of disability in the Canadian Aboriginal population (31%) is double the national rate. The existing system available to Aboriginal people with special needs has often resulted in an unaccountable and ineffective web of service delivery. This paper documents various aspects of the existing structure of service delivery and the potential barriers to independent living for adults with disabilities living in remote First Nations communities in Northern Manitoba, Canada. Possible advantages and drawbacks to service provision in health transfer from the federal government to First Nation control are explored.
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- M Fricke
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Witte T, Hartung K, Sachse C, Matthias T, Fricke M, Deicher H, Kalden JR, Lakomek HJ, Peter HH, Schmidt RE. IgM anti-dsDNA antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus: negative association with nephritis. SLE Study Group. Rheumatol Int 1998; 18:85-91. [PMID: 9833247 DOI: 10.1007/s002960050063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Antibodies against dsDNA of the IgM class were measured in sera of 352 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, 81 blood donors and 189 patients with rheumatoid arthritis using a new ELISA based on human recombinant dsDNA as antigen. IgM anti-dsDNA antibodies were found in 52.3% of the sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, but in none of the sera from 81 normal controls and 189 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The association of these autoantibodies with 31 clinical and 37 laboratory parameters was calculated. There was a highly significant negative correlation between IgM anti-dsDNA antibodies and nephritis as well as all the laboratory parameters indicating renal disease (elevated serum creatinine concentration, proteinuria, erythrocyte casts in the urine). IgM anti-dsDNA antibodies indicate protection of lupus patients against the development of lupus nephritis. Further experiments will show whether application of IgM anti-dsDNA antibodies is effective in treating lupus nephritis.
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- T Witte
- Abteilung Klinische Immunologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany.
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Witte T, Hartung K, Matthias T, Sachse C, Fricke M, Deicher H, Kalden JR, Lakomek HJ, Peter HH, Schmidt RE. Association of IgA anti-dsDNA antibodies with vasculitis and disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus. SLE Study Group. Rheumatol Int 1998; 18:63-9. [PMID: 9782535 DOI: 10.1007/s002960050059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Previously it has been suggested that the presence of antibodies against dsDNA of the IgA class may define a subset of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients suffering from nephritis and arthritis. Therefore, these autoantibodies were measured in sera of 352 patients with SLE, 81 blood donors, and 189 patients with rheumatoid arthritis using a new ELISA based on human recombinant dsDNA as antigen. IgA anti-dsDNA antibodies were found in 19.9% of the sera from patients with SLE, but in none of the sera from 81 normal controls and 189 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The association of these autoantibodies with 31 clinical and 36 laboratory parameters was calculated. IgA anti-dsDNA antibodies were found to be associated with parameters of disease activity such as elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and consumption of complement component C3, and the clinical parameters vasculitis, with necrosis and erythema, but not with nephritis and arthritis. Therefore, IgA anti-dsDNA antibodies define a subset of SLE patients, and monitoring of IgA anti-dsDNA antibodies may be helpful as a prognostic parameter in patients with SLE.
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- T Witte
- Abteilung Klinische Immunologie, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany.
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Köhler T, Fricke M, Ritz T, Scherbaum N. Psychophysiological reactivity of borderline hypertensives and their recovery after mental stress. Psychother Psychosom 1997; 66:261-7. [PMID: 9311031 DOI: 10.1159/000289145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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UNLABELLED The question of psychophysiological reactivity of borderline hypertensives is still controversial. METHODS Young males with borderline blood pressure levels and normotensive controls were recruited during a routine examination. Samples of study I comprised 19 subjects, samples of study II 18 subjects. Two stressors were presented (distressing movie, mental arithmetic), each followed by a recovery phase. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, and electrodermal parameters were assessed repeatedly. RESULTS Borderline hypertensives showed greater reactions to stressors in systolic blood pressure only. Changes in percentage of baseline levels were essentially the same. Recovery after stress did not differ between groups. CONCLUSION Only moderate support is given to the hypothesis that borderline hypertensives show increased and slowly recovering psychophysiological responses.
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- T Köhler
- Institute of Psychology III, University of Hamburg, Germany
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Doth M, Fricke M, Nicoletti F, Garotta G, Van Velthuysen ML, Bruijn JA, Gleichmann E. Genetic differences in immune reactivity to mercuric chloride (HgCl2): immunosuppression of H-2d mice is mediated by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). Clin Exp Immunol 1997; 109:149-56. [PMID: 9218838 PMCID: PMC1904708 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.4041300.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Upon treatment with HgCl2, H-2s mice, such as B10.S, develop an activation of B lymphocytes that depends, at least partially, on activation of T helper type 2 (Th2) cells and results in increased serum levels of IgG1 and IgE, appearance of IgG autoantibodies, and development of immune glomerulonephritis and vasculitis. Results of previous studies and of experiments presented here indicate that the B cell activation and systemic autoimmune disease fail to develop in MHC-congenic B10.D2 (H-2d) and B10.BR (H-2k) mice treated with HgCl2, although B10.D2 T cells showed signs of activation by and specificity for HgCl2 comparable to those seen in strain B10.S. Here, we report that following HgCl2 injections the antibody response to sheep erythrocytes is normal in B10.S, but suppressed in B10.D2 mice. This suppression was prevented by MoAb to mouse IFN-gamma. Conversely, treatment of B10.D2 mice with murine recombinant IFN-gamma (rIFN-gamma) was able to reproduce the immunosuppression seen after HgCl2 treatment. In B10.S mice, it took administration of both rIFN-gamma and HgCl2 to suppress the anti-sheep erythrocyte response. Although rIFN-gamma diminished the increase in IgE serum levels of HgCl2-treated B10.S mice, it failed to prevent their autoantibody production and immune glomerulonephritis. These findings further strengthen the concept that B10.S mice react to HgCl2 by preferential activation of their Th2 cells producing IL-4, whereas B10.D2 mice react to HgCl2 by preferential activation of their Th1 cells, which produce IFN-gamma and thus suppress antibody responses.
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- M Doth
- Division of Immunology, Medical Institute of Environmental Hygiene at Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
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Sachse C, Lüthke K, Hartung K, Fricke M, Liedvogel B, Kalden JR, Peter HH, Lakomek HJ, Henkel E, Deicher H. Significance of antibodies to cardiolipin in unselected patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: clinical and laboratory associations. The SLE Study Group. Rheumatol Int 1995; 15:23-9. [PMID: 7652462 DOI: 10.1007/bf00286765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In a multicentre study anticardiolipin antibodies of the IgG and IgM isotypes were measured by a solid phase enzyme immunoassay in 368 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who were not selected on the basis of features of antiphospholipid syndrome. Clinical and laboratory associations of increased levels of anticardiolipin antibodies were evaluated. IgG and IgM antibodies to cardiolipin were documented in 224 (60.9%) and 128 (34.8%) patients, respectively. Regarding the symptoms of antiphospholipid syndrome, elevated amounts of anticardiolipin IgG were significantly associated with spontaneous abortion (P < 0.001), thrombocytopenia (P < 0.01), livedo reticularis (P < 0.01) and a positive direct Coombs test (P < 0.05), but not with thrombosis or central nervous system diseases such as epilepsy and psychosis. IgM antibodies to cardiolipin were associated with a positive direct Coombs test (P < 0.01), but with no other symptom of antiphospholipid syndrome. The predictive values of anticardiolipin antibody determinations in unselected SLE patients were poor for all features of antiphospholipid syndrome because of high proportions of false-positive and false-negative results. As for other manifestations of SLE, positive correlations between raised antibodies to double-stranded DNA and the occurrence of anticardiolipin antibodies of the IgG isotype were observed, and anticardiolipin IgM was negatively associated with nephritis.
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- C Sachse
- Institut für Klinische Chemie II, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
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Neu E, von Mikecz AH, Hemmerich PH, Peter HH, Fricke M, Deicher H, Genth E, Krawinkel U. Autoantibodies against eukaryotic protein L7 in patients suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus and progressive systemic sclerosis: frequency and correlation with clinical, serological and genetic parameters. The SLE Study Group. Clin Exp Immunol 1995; 100:198-204. [PMID: 7743655 PMCID: PMC1534346 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1995.tb03653.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Recent studies have shown that sera of patients suffering from systemic autoimmune diseases contain autoantibodies directed against the eukaryotic ribosomal protein L7 [1]. In the present study we screened a large panel of sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) for the presence of anti-L7 autoantibodies and their relationship to clinical, serological and genetic parameters of SLE. By means of an ELISA employing recombinant protein L7 as antigen we detected anti-L7 autoantobodies in 172 of 506 SLE sera (34%). Negative correlations were observed between the presence of anti-L7 autoantibodies, serum IgG levels and proteinuria; a potentially positive relationship existed with lung fibrosis. In order to analyse further this possibility we screened sera of 129 patients suffering from progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) for anti-L7 reactivity; 45 of these patients had lung fibrosis. Of the PSS patients, 41% exhibited anti-L7 autoantibodies, but positive reactions were evenly distributed among patients with and without lung fibrosis. Protein L7 thus represents a major autoantigen of systemic autoimmune diseases, but does not so far define a distinct subpopulation of patients.
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- E Neu
- Lehrstuhl für Immunologie, Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Freiburg, Germany
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Vieten G, Hadam MR, De Boer H, Olp A, Fricke M, Hartung K. Expanded macrophage precursor populations in BXSB mice: possible reason for the increasing monocytosis in male mice. Clin Immunol Immunopathol 1992; 65:212-8. [PMID: 1451327 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(92)90149-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The BXSB mouse spontaneously develops an autoimmune disease that resembles human systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). During their lifetime, male BXSB mice show an increasing monocytosis in the peripheral blood as opposed to their female littermates. This monocytosis is unique among autoimmune-prone mice. To test the hypothesis that alterations at the stem cell level may be responsible for this monocytosis, myeloid bone marrow precursor cells were examined in both male and female BXSB mice from 4 to 40 weeks of age. The number of M-CSF responding stem cells (CFU-M) and the number of GM-CSF responding stem cells (CFU-GM) were higher than in all other inbred mouse strains tested. In addition, male BXSB mice developed a progressive increase of CFU-M and CFU-GM in the bone marrow during their lifetime, which paralleled the peripheral blood monocytosis. The monocytosis in male BXSB mice is the result of a further expansion of the strain-specific high number of macrophage precursors by intrinsic factors, which may be attributed to the influence of the Yaa factor. The sex-specific expanded mononuclear phagocyte system may promote the autoimmune process and may be one reason for the dramatic course of murine SLE in male BXSB mice.
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- G Vieten
- Department of Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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Hartung K, Baur MP, Coldewey R, Fricke M, Kalden JR, Lakomek HJ, Peter HH, Schendel D, Schneider PM, Seuchter SA. Major histocompatibility complex haplotypes and complement C4 alleles in systemic lupus erythematosus. Results of a multicenter study. J Clin Invest 1992; 90:1346-51. [PMID: 1401069 PMCID: PMC443179 DOI: 10.1172/jci116000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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In a multicenter study more than 300 central European systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients were examined for HLA-B, HLA-DR, and complement C4 phenotypes. For 174 SLE patients MHC haplotypes were determined by family segregation analysis, and for 155 patients C4 gene deletions were determined by TaqI restriction fragment length polymorphism. Two haplotypes, B8-C4AQ0-C4B1-DR3 and B7-C4A3-C4B1-DR2, were identified as risk factors for SLE. These findings were confirmed by applying the haplotype frequency difference (HFD) method, which uses nontransmitted haplotypes from the family study as internal controls. Furthermore, only HLA-DR2, but not DR3, B7, or B8, was significantly increased in SLE patients independently of the two risk haplotypes. C4A gene deletions, but not silent C4AQ0 alleles, were increased in SLE patients and neither C4BQ0 alleles nor C4B gene deletions were increased. The observed frequencies of homozygosity and heterozygosity for the two haplotypes and the frequencies of homozygotes for C4AQ0 and C4A deletions did not differ from the expected values, indicating that the risk for SLE is conveyed by single allele effects. In conclusion, there are two MHC-linked susceptibility factors for Caucasian SLE patients carried by the haplotypes B7-DR2 and B8-DR3. The results argue against C4Q0 alleles being the decisive factors increasing susceptibility to SLE.
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Ehrfeld H, Hartung K, Renz M, Coldewey R, Deicher H, Fricke M, Kalden JR, Lakomek J, Peter HH, Schendel D. MHC associations of autoantibodies against recombinant Ro and La proteins in systemic lupus erythematosus. Results of a multicenter study. SLE Study Group. Rheumatol Int 1992; 12:169-73. [PMID: 1290018 DOI: 10.1007/bf00302148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Antibodies against recombinant 52 kD-Ro, recombinant 60 kD-Ro and recombinant La protein were determined by ELISA in over 300 central European patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A strong association with HLA-DR3 was found for antibodies against 52 kD-Ro and La, but not for recombinant 60 kD-Ro antibodies in the absence of antibodies against 52 kD-Ro or La. Ro/La negative SLE patients still showed an increased frequency of HLA-DR3 as compared to healthy controls. These results indicated that the preferential formation of Ro and La antibodies was not due to an unspecific stimulatory effect of HLA-DR3 but that the antibody response to certain defined proteins (52 kD-Ro and La) was influenced by MHC genes in SLE. Furthermore, the association of SLE with HLA-DR3 was independent of the effects of DR3 on the formation of 52 kD-Ro and La antibodies.
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- H Ehrfeld
- Department of Medicine, University of Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany
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Krapf F, Renger D, Schedel I, Fricke M, Kemper A, Deicher H. Circulating immune complexes in malignant diseases increased detection rate by simultaneous use of three assay methods. Cancer Immunol Immunother 1983; 15:138-43. [PMID: 6603263 PMCID: PMC11039225 DOI: 10.1007/bf00199705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/1982] [Accepted: 03/08/1983] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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By using three different assay methods, circulating immune complexes have been detected in 85% of sera from patients with malignant melanoma, and in 77% of sera from patients with breast cancer. These methods were a C1q-binding assay, a double-antibody conglutinin-binding ELISA, and a polyethylene glycol 6000 precipitation technique followed by quantitative determination of immunoglobulins in the redissolved precipitate. Detection rates of circulating immune complexes using any one of these methods separately ranged from 33% to 56%, indicating the presence of different types of circulating immune complexes in cancer patients' sera. The combined use of the three methods mentioned resulted in an increased diagnostic sensitivity and a doubling of the predictive value. However, tests for circulating immune complexes cannot be considered as useful parameters for early diagnosis of cancer, since the comparatively low incidence of malignancies in the population at large, together with the presence of circulating immune complexes in other, nonmalignant, diseases of considerable prevalence, appears to preclude effective application of any nonspecific method for early diagnosis of cancer in general.
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Vorbeck A, Liman W, Fricke M, Peter HH, Schedel I, Deicher H. [(Fab')2-antiglobulins in serum and synovial fluid in patients with chronic polyarthritis]. Z Rheumatol 1981; 40:171-8. [PMID: 6974932] [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: 01/22/2023]
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In addition to the well-known rheumatoid factors or antiglobulins belonging to different immunoglobulin classes, a new type of antiglobulin has been found in serum and synovial fluid from patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 15/20 sera and 6/6 synovial fluids contained serologically active material with a molecular weight of approximately 95.000 Daltons. Using chromatographic and affinity chromatographic methods as well as specific precipitation techniques, the (Fab')2 character of these antiglobulins could be ascertained. These antiglobulins may arise through enzymatic degradation of IgG or monomeric IgM antiglobulins, or may be the product of partial intracellular degradation of phagocytosed immune complexes with subsequent extrusion of such material. An in vitro blocking effect of (Fab')2 type antiglobulins on SCMC or ADCC reactions was not found.
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Description of a 68-year-old woman with intermittent exophthalmus produced by valves in the orbital veins, which have not been described hitherto.
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Driessen A, Mauer W, Fricke M, Kossmann B, Schleinzer W. [Prospective studies on the pathologic mechanism of post-spinal headache in a select group of patients (author's transl)]. Anaesthesist 1980; 29:38-41. [PMID: 7425265] [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: 01/25/2023]
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In this prospective study 613 patients on whom a total of 783 spinal anaesthetics had been performed, all for urological operations, were questioned and examined. Subjective complaints occured in 102 cases (13%) and were found to be more frequent amongst the female patients. 23 cases (2.9%) developed a typical post-spinal headache, this being more likely to occur if the patient was a woman, was young, and if a 22-Gauge needle was used. The headache usually began on getting up on the day of operation or the first post-operative day, and rarely lasted longer than four days. The pathophysiological changes indicate that the headache is caused by a fall in CSF pressure. The therapy and various methods of preventing this complication are discussed, and the other potential neurological symptoms and signs mentioned.
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Schedel I, Peest D, Stünkel K, Fricke M, Eckert G, Deicher H. Idiotype-bearing peripheral blood lymphocytes in human multiple myeloma and Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia. Scand J Immunol 1980; 11:437-44. [PMID: 6155689 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1980.tb00010.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Antisera raised against idiotypic determinants (ID) of myeloma proteins and macroglobulins have been used to differentiate peripheral blood lymphocyte (PBL) populations from individual patients. ID-positive lymphocytes not resembling plasma cells have been regularly found in peripheral blood in these diseases. For further characterization ID-positive lymphocytes were enriched from the peripheral blood by affinity chromatography using heterologous anti-idiotypic sera. Two patients with IgG myeloma, one patient with Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia and two persons with benign monoclonal hyperglobulinaemia (BMH) were examined by this technique. The ID-positive PBL population was shown to be heterogeneous with respect to non-tumour-specific surface markers, such as sheep erythrocytes (SRBC), Fc and C receptors. Tumour-specific idiotypic determinants will thus allow a more correct recognition of the total tumour cell compartment in these diseases.
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Zick R, Fricke M, Gebel M, Mitzkat HJ. [Computerized tomographic localization of insulinomas (author's transl)]. Med Klin 1979; 74:1447-50. [PMID: 226852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Computerized tomographic localization of insulinomas utilises the differences in radiodensity between the tumor and the adjacent pancreatic tissue. With the aid of this new technique four insulinomas have been localized preoperatively. All of the tumors had the same radiodensity. Firm, well encapsulated beta-islet-cell tumors were detected with the same ease as an insulinoma, which was soft and almost without encapsulation. The smallest tumor detected was 1.0 cm in diameter. Of the four insulinomas, localized by computer tomography of the body, only one was also detected angiographically and only two were detected sonographically.
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Fricke M, Aust W. [Intermittent exophthalmos due to "valves" in the vena ophthalmica superior]. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 1979; 130:119-21. [PMID: 153301 DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1231239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Schedel I, Beck P, Peest D, Schneider KD, Fricke M, Eckert G, Deicher H. Peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations in multiple myeloma. Adv Exp Med Biol 1979; 114:833-9. [PMID: 463673 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-9101-6_137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Antisera raised against idiotypic determinants of myeloma proteins and macroglobulins have been used to differentiate peripheral blood lymphocytes populations from individual patients. I.D.-positive lymphocytes not resembling plasma cells have been regularly found in peripheral blood in these diseases. This lymphocyte population is heterogeneous with respect to non-tumor-specific surface markers, such as SRBC-, Fc- and C-receptors. Tumor specific idiotypic determinants will thus allow a more correct recognition of the total tumor cell compartment in these diseases.
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Dennhardt R, Fricke M, Stöckert G. [Metabolism and distribution of bupivacaine-experiments in rats. II. Distribution and elimination (author's transl)]. Anaesthesist 1978; 27:86-92. [PMID: 717764] [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: 12/24/2022]
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To avoid the influence of general anaesthetics on the functions of most organ systems, the present experiments were carried out in unanaesthetized rats. Blood concentrations in the aorta, V. portae and Vv. hepaticae as well as urinary and biliary excretions of bupivacaine were studied after either intravenous or enteral administration. From the course of the aortic bupivacaine concentrations after i.v. injection the following pharmacokinetic data were derived: t1/2 = 24,7 min; k2 = 1,467 h; V = 1,492 1. Absorption of bupivacaine from the jejunum is rapid. The hepatic clearance of bupivacaine in the rat is 12 ml/kg b.w..min-1. The biliary excretion of bupivacaine in the rat is very small; therefore the enterohepatic circulation of this substance may be considered neglible.
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