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Objective To investigate the changes of serum vitamin E in pregnant women with autoimmune thyroid diseases and provide evidence for clinical prevention of adverse pregnancy caused by oxidative stress. Methods Randomly selecting 221 cases of obstetrics and gynecology pregnant women in outpatient clinics in Chancheng District Central Hospital. A double antibody one-step sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect vitamin E concentration. Results The results of 221 subjects were normally distributed. The vitamin E concentration in the disease group was (353. 93 ± 141. 28) mmol/L, and the control group was (310. 49 ± 105. 49) mmol/L. There was a significant difference between the two groups (P＜0. 05). The concentration of vitamin E in different gestational weeks gradually decreased with the increase of pregnancy, and the difference between them was statistically significant (F = 8. 417, P＜0. 05). Conclusion The presence of oxidative stress during pregnancy in women with autoimmune thyroid diseases should be valued by clinicians.
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Objective To investigate the status of iodine nutrition and variations of thyroid hormone levels in pregnant women in Foshan and to provide the science theory on the clinical diet supplement rational .Methods The samples were collected from 442 ca‐ses of pregnant women in Chancheng district center hospital from June 2013 to November 2014 .Free triiodothyronine(FT3) ,free thyroxine(FT4) and thyroid stimulating hormone(TSH) were determined by method of electrochemiluminescence .The urinary io‐dine content in pregnant women was measured by using cold digestion method according to iodine catalytic effect of Arsenic‐Ceri‐um .Results The median urinary iodine in 442 cases of pregnant women was 174μg/L .The percentage of midrange iodine deficien‐cy ,mild iodine deficiency ,iodine sufficiency and iodine overdose in 442 cases of pregnant women were respectively 4 .30% ,29 .86% , 39 .59% and 26 .24% .First trimester ,second trimester ,third trimester with abnormal level of urine iodine was respectively 72 .41% ,45 .89% ,62 .91% .The different gestational age with abnormal level of urine iodine and normal level of urine iodine was significant differences(P<0 .05) .The urine iodine sufficient group of FT3 ,TSH were lower than the urine iodine deficiency groups and the urine iodine excess group ,The FT4 of urine iodine sufficient group compare with iodine deficiency groups was significant differences(P<0 .05) .TSH in urine iodine sufficient group to compared urine iodine excess group ,with significant differences(P<0 .05) .Conclusion The abnormal rate of the level of iodine nutrition and the prevalence of thyroid diseases of pregnant women in FoShan are relatively high .The pregnant women should be screening and intervention in time to raise healthier .
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Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of serum human epididymis protein 4 (HE4 ) for ovarian cancer . Methods Electrochemiluminescence immunoassay was employed to detect the serum HE 4 of 91 patients with ovarian cancer (ovari-an cancer group) ,69 patients with benign ovarian disease(benign group) and 60 healthy people(control group) .Area under the curve(AUC ) of receiver operator characteristic (ROC ) curve for HE4 was calculated .Results Serum HE4 level [(146 .81 ± 81 .29)pmol/L] of patients in ovarian cancer group was significantly higher than those in control group [(43 .16 ± 25 .64) pmol/L] and benign group[(59 .86 ± 39 .87) pmol/L](P<0 .01) .Set serum HE4≥140 pmol/L as positive cutoff value ,the diagnostic sensi-tivity of serum HE4 detection for ovarian cancer was 82 .4% (75/91) ,specificity 89 .9% (62/69) and diagnostic efficiency 85 .6% . Serum HE4 levels of patients with serous adenocarcinoma ,endometrial adenocarcinoma or other ovarian cancer were markedly high-er than that with mucinous adenocarcinoma (P<0 .01) .Serum HE4 levels of patients with stage Ⅲ ,Ⅳ ovarian cancer were obvious-ly higher than those with Ⅰ ,Ⅱ stage(P<0 .01) .Conclusion HE4 detection has clinical value for the auxiliary diagnosis of ovarian cancer .
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Objective To explore the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) and Survivin in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Methods Immunohistochemical method staining for the paraffin sections(SP method) were used to assess the expression of VECF and Survivin expression in 80 cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma tissues and 24 cases of nasopharyngeal chronic inflammation tissues.Results The overexpression rate of VEGF protein was 75.76% (61/80) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma tissues,and 25.00% (6/80) in nasopharyngeal chronic inflammation tissues(P<0.01) ;The overexpression rate of Survivin protein was 67.50% (54/80) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma tissues,and 16.67% (4/80) in nasopharyngeal chronic inflammation tissues(P<0.01).The expression of VEGF was related to TNM stage,T stage,lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis (P<0.05) ,and there was a close relation between the expression of Survivin and TNM stage,T stage,lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis (P<0.05).Conclusion Detecting the expression levels of VEGF and Survivin proteins simultaneously in nasopharyngeal carcinoma had certain reference value for judging biological behavior and evaluating prognosis of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
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Objective To study the dose rate distribution on cultured cell plane and establish a reference dose rate table of in vitro cell line ~(125)I seed irradiator.Methods Thermoluminescence dosimetry(TLD) was used to measure the irradiation dose rate of a single 6711 model(~(125) I) seed with apparent activity of 10.323 MBq in water at point P.Meanwhile,the theoretic value of the irradiation dose rate at point P was calculated with theoretic formula.The difference between the calculated and observed values within 10% was set as standard to analyze the accuracy of the measurement.The irradiation dose rate of a single 6711 model(~(125) I) seed was measured in 1mm-thick polystyrene + water medium at point P.The value was applied to differential or non-differential proof along with the value from water medium to study the effect of 1 mm thick polystyrene on distribution of irradiation dose in water.Finally,by simulating the(~(125) I) seed plane irradiator with nine(~(125) I) seeds,the distribution table of irradiation dose rate on the cultured cell plane was calculated with theoretical formula.Results The observed value(n= 10) of irradiation dose rate with one(~(125) I) seed in water at point P was(0.359?0.023)cGy/h and the calculated value was 0.347cGy/h,the difference was within 10%.The observed value(n=10) of irradiation dose of one(~(125) I) seed in 1mm-thick polystyrene + water medium at point P was (0.350?0.027)cGy/h,which showed no statistical difference from the observed value in water under differential and non-differential proof.The reference table on dose rate distribution for cells exposed to(~(125) I) seed irradiation in vitro was developed.Conclusions 1mm-thick polystyrene gives no significant effect on irradiation dose rate distribution from(~(125) I) seeds in water.A reference table on the dose rate distribution for cells exposed to(~(125) I) seed irradiation in vitro has been developed,which can be used to determine an optimal irradiating strategy for future work.
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Objective To calibrate and assess the dose distribution of 125 I seed brachytherapy. Methods Twenty 125 I seeds, each with activity of 12.2 MBq, were implanted on the circumference of a circle 15mm across in a phantom. Into a designed prostate model, 70 125 I seeds were implanted in four planes. The absorbed dose rate of the target volume was monitored by Farmar 2570 dosimeter and thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLD) with the isodose curves drawn on Kodak films. Results The central dose rates of the circular target volume assessed by Farmar 2570 and TLD were 8.4, 7.9 cGy/h in the phantom and 12.0, 11.1 cGy/h in the prostate model. For the target volume of the prostate model, the total absorbed dose was 24?219 cGy. The dose rate 4 cm from the prostate cancer as shown by the isodose curves was only 10% of the central dose rate. Conclusion The central dose rate of target volume measured by the two methods are similar.