Sentences with phrase «of abnormal findings»

What is the prevalence of abnormal findings on selected medical screening tests commonly recommended as standard components of an evaluation of a child with suspected ADHD?

Assesses health status by completing a nursing assessment then notifies physician of abnormal findings.

Urine specimens from cats with FLUTD may show a variety of abnormal findings, such as the presence of red blood cells, white blood cells, bacteria or crystals.

Many diseases are defined by a classical set of symptoms, a pattern of abnormal findings on laboratory tests, a known cause or physiological...

All of these abnormal findings indicate that the worn kidneys are unable to efficiently carry out their function of filtering wastes and toxins from your pet's bloodstream.

In the event of any abnormal findings an echocardiogram may be indicated for followup, but it need not be used as a primary screening tool.

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Using a differences - in - differences methodology, we find that politically active firms saw an increase in their stock's volatility along with negative long - term abnormal stock returns upon the release of the NCR.

From brain scans, Schwartz found that certain regions in the brain of OCD patients (the caudate nucleus in particular) exhibited abnormal patterns of activity.

By itself this finding is consistent with a materialist view of mind (if, as materialism requires, the brain enables the mind, then abnormal patterns of brain activity are likely to be correlated with dysfunctional mental states).

The term originally derives, however, from the title of an Austrian Novel, Masoch, written in the nineteenth century by von Sacher, and describing in detail the case of one whose abnormal sexual appetite and passion find satisfaction in exquisite abuse by his partner.

Ironically, it did not help that one of my classes that term was abnormal psychology; I found myself psychoanalyzing these changes and wondered if maybe I was going insane.

In Chapter 2 we found that this 6 percent seems to be people who, because of inner conflict and anxiety, have an abnormal craving for the anesthetic effects of alcohol.

But when I looked up Xylitol this is what I found; The side effects of xylitol, a low - calorie sweetener and alternative to sugar, include gas, diarrhea, low blood sugar and possible abnormal liver function tests.

Nitrates are chemicals found in certain foods and it is linked to causing abnormal types of anemia in babies.

In an interview, the Glasgow - based neurologist described how he had examined sections of brain tissue in a retired rugby player and found abnormal proteins associated with head injuries and dementia.

She found that milestone achievement was abnormal in these monkeys: at six to eight weeks they were slow in starting to manipulate, and at ten months the increase in «motor disturbance behaviors» that normally occurs was prolonged.101 The author concludes, «These effects could occur as a result of effects on vulnerable brain processes during a sensitive period, interference with programming of [normal] brain development by endogenous [internal] agents or alteration in early experiences.»

We've found it can be helpful to see examples of a normal head shape before looking at abnormal ones.

Two markedly different oxygenation levels in the 2 limbs would be an abnormal finding and require a follow up echocardiogram (ultrasound imagery of the heart) and a consult with a cardiologist.

A recent study in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology found, «extreme efforts to control weight coupled with the undue influence of weight or shape on self - evaluation,» was a strong indicator of those with purging disorder.

In the teen cortisol study, Roisman's team found that maternal sensitivity was an independent predictor of abnormal cortisol patterns: Teens with low morning cortisol levels were more likely to have had moms who were emotionally unsupportive, hostile, or disrespectful of their children's needs for autonomy and independent exploration.

Their analysis of data in previous studies done by The Cancer Genome Atlas group have shown that the types of abnormal methylation levels they found are lower in smokers who have quit for more than 10 years than those who have not quit.

In 2004, Looy and her former Ph.D. advisor Henk Visscher proposed one way this might have played out, bases on fossilized abnormal plant spores found worldwide: volcanic gases — halocarbons like methyl chloride and methyl bromide — destroyed much or all of Earth's ozone layer, boosting UV - B exposure that would have affected life and potentially increased the genetic mutation rates in pollen and spores of plants worldwide.

«Although further studies are needed to examine whether specific pathways or lipid subtypes are implicated, our findings inform potential expected downstream consequences of interventions affecting lipid traits and provide cautionary evidence that therapeutics that lower LDL - C and TG levels may have dysglycemic [abnormal blood sugar levels] effects,» the authors write.

Abnormal methylation patterns have been found in many cancers of the colon, stomach, cervix, prostate, thyroid, and breast.

They only found high abnormal levels of in a few chemicals in some samples.

Two protein molecules that fit together as lock and key seem to promote the abnormal formation of blood vessels in joints affected by rheumatoid arthritis, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, who found that the substances are present at higher levels in the joints of patients affected by the disease.

The researchers found that HAND2 methylation is already increased in premalignant endometrial lesions (cancer - prone, abnormal - looking tissue) compared to normal endometrium, and that a high level of methylation predicted a poor response to progesterone treatment (which stops the growth of some pre-cancerous endometrial lesions).

«If we can find ways to block or inhibit CD11b early on, we should be able reduce or limit the amount of abnormal leukocyte trafficking, inflammation, and the resulting demyelination and loss of axons in AIDP,» he said.

Using RNA sequencing, the researchers found multiple genes whose abnormal expression could lead to the high rate of death for cloned embryos, including failure to implant in the uterus and failure to develop a normal placenta.

«We don't find consistent immunological abnormalities, nor do we find an abnormal sense of smell.»

«What our findings show is that the problems with iPS cells don't just involve one or two or a few abnormal iPS cells escaping into the body and forming tumors, but that the whole population of cells is screwed up,» Lanza says.

They found a two - way association between IBD, notably Crohn's disease, and neoplastic lesions, or abnormal tissue growth, of the uterine cervix.

Coeliac disease is caused by an abnormal reaction to gliadin, a gluten protein found in wheat (and similar proteins of the tribe Triticeae which includes other cultivars such as barley and rye).

Although such abnormal tau clusters are found in brain diseases including Alzheimer's, their location in CTE is unique — near small blood vessels, and most often near the bottom of sulci, the deep folds in the brain's cortex.

Approximately 42 % of children in the study with MRI findings of MS developed the first clinical symptoms of the disease about two years after the abnormal MRI, which shows a faster development of the disease than has been reported in adults.

The researchers found that a common cleft lip and palate gene mutation resulted in abnormal development of salivary gland ducts such that they could not properly pump the buffering liquid and protective immune compounds into the mouth.

In this study, we found that chloroquine not only has an effect on the growth of the cancer cells, but also makes the tumor environment less aggressive by normalizing the abnormal blood vessels in the tumor,» says Patrizia Agostinis.

In earlier studies, Ruggero found that myc not only drives protein production, but also that myc - driven cancer cells become absolutely dependent upon this ability to make abnormal amounts of protein.

In October researchers in Canada found that the depressed who commit suicide have an abnormal distribution of receptors for the chemical GABA, one of the most abundant neurotransmitters in the brain.

The latest study of a new at - home test kit, published today in Science Translational Medicine, found that even untrained users were able to measure sperm count and concentration as well as motility (the percentage of actively moving sperm), detecting abnormal semen with 97 percent accuracy compared with traditional lab testing.

Recent neuroimaging findings have notably suggested the existence of abnormal cortical folding (the formation of convolutions on the surface of the brain).

The other five were conducted in mice; they found that, after being exposed to the blood of young mice, old mice had less abnormal thickening of their heart, grew more nervous tissue, and saw improved cognitive function, among other changes.

The researchers say their findings also shed new light on how kidney disease leads to an abnormal thickening of heart muscle tissue called hypertrophy, which is a leading cause of death in people with kidney disease caused by high blood pressure, diabetes, and other illnesses.

Once they found that the OTULIN gene was abnormal in the sick children, they studied the immune pathway in order to understand the mechanisms of disease and to improve treatment of these patients.

Published in the March 31 advance online issue of Cell, their findings reveal that circular RNAs — like their protein counterparts — are also affected by genomic rearrangements in cancer, resulting in abnormal fusions.

Although abnormal ALK is found in only about 5 percent of NSCLC cases, that translates into more than 5,000 new patients annually who could potentially benefit from crizotinib therapy, the study authors state.

The researchers then treated animal models with rapamycin, an approved anti-cancer drug, and found it halted the abnormal signaling process and prevented the excessive division of HSCs lacking ItpkB.

«The findings provide new insight into how cells faithfully transmit this organizational information as embryos develop, and into what goes wrong when cellular development goes awry, thereby giving rise to abnormal cell development and diseases such as cancer,» says senior study investigator Danny Reinberg, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular pharmacology at NYU Langone and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.

Studies in mice specially bred to have features of the disease found that DHA reduces beta - amyloid plaques, abnormal protein deposits in the brain that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's, although a clinical trial of DHA showed no impact on people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

As predicted, the concentration of abnormal prions detected in the nasal samples was several orders of magnitude higher than those found in CSF, the group reports online today in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).