This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …

PURPOSE: To compare the clinical efficacy and treatment costs of plastic versus metal biliary
stents. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a randomized trial, 101 patients with malignant …

A portion of the water contained in the pores of a shaly sand is closely associated with the
clay mineral as hydration or bound water. Anions are assumed to be substantially excluded …

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of endovascular occlusion of true renal artery
aneurysms (RAAs) with conventional non‐detachable microcoils (NDCs) and Guglielmi …

Background and Purpose— Stenting is increasingly used as an adjunct to medical therapy
in symptomatic intracranial stenoses. High periprocedural adverse event rates are one of the …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Stent-like, self-expandable devices, the so-called flow
diverters, are increasingly used for the treatment of wide-neck cerebral aneurysms. The …

Expandable metal endoprostheses were implanted transhepatically in 61 patients with
obstructive jaundice. Fifty-three patients had malignant and eight had benign obstructions. …

Histologic analysis was performed of bile duct tissue from 15 patients who underwent
treatment for malignant obstructive jaundice with a self-expandable stent. Stents were in place …

The structure of nepheline has been determined by the implication method followed by
Fourier synthesis. The dense atoms were all located with the aid of Harker syntheses and …

Importance Approximately 23 700 US children undergo invasive mechanical ventilation for
acute respiratory failure annually, with unknown long-term effects on neurocognitive function. …