OBJECTIVES: The main neuropathological feature in Parkinson's disease is a severe
degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra resulting in a loss of dopamine (…

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Epiphora, or tearing due to primary acquired nasolacrimal
duct obstruction (PANDO), is increasingly being treated with balloon dilatation. The cause of …

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) can at present only be diagnosed with certainty by
neuropathological examination. Diagnosis during life remains at best probable, based on the …

PURPOSE: To evaluate treatment of epiphora due to acquired stenotic obstruction of the
nasolacrimal duct system with dacryocystoplasty (DCP), in which balloon dilation is used to …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the long-term results of balloon dacryocystoplasty in the treatment
of epiphora due to obstruction of the nasolacrimal ducts. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One …

In metastatic breast cancer, the estrogen receptor (ER) is a well-known prognostic factor
predictive of response to hormonal treatment in most, but not all, patients. Recently, a receptor-…

Stents were placed temporarily in 10 obstructed lacrimal systems in patients with a chronic
or subacute lacrimal abscess that did not respond to conventional antibiotic therapy. In all 10 …

PURPOSE To evaluate the feasibility of noninvasive imaging of estrogen receptors (ERs) in
primary and metastatic breast cancer with the iodine-123-labeled ER-specific ligand cis-…

PURPOSE: To determine the sensitivity of iodine 123 ( 123 I)–labeled cis-11β-methoxy-17α-iodovinyl
estradiol (Z-MIVE) scintigraphy for the detection of estrogen receptors in patients …

Experiments on the influence of divinylbenzene on the polymerization of styrene were carried
out sex'eral years ago by Staudinger ct al.(4,) and simi-lar studies were recently published …