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    Protection of Mumps in Children with Various Underlying Diseases : Application of a Live Attenuated Mumps and Trivalent Measles-Rubella-Mumps (MRM) Vaccines in these Children

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    Assessment of the intrapulmonary ventilation-perfusion distribution after the Fontan procedure for complex cardiac anomalies: Relation to pulmonary hemodynamics

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    AbstractIn 12 patients who underwent the Fontan procedure for complex cardiac anomalies, lung scanning with xenon-133 was performed to assess the intrapulmonary ventilation-perfusion distribution, and comparison was made with a control group. All data were then analyzed in relation to either pre- or postoperative pulmonary hemodynamic data. In ventilation scans, the intrapulmonary distribution in the right lung was almost normal.In perfusion scans, an abnormal increased upper to lower lobe perfusion ratio greater than the normal value found in the control group was noted in seven patients (58.3%). There was a significant correlation (p < 0.02) between the upper to lower lobe perfusion ratio and postoperative pulmonary vascular resistance. Furthermore, this perfusion ratio correlated inversely with the preoperative (p < 0.005) and postoperative (p < 0.02) right pulmonary artery area index, defined as the ratio of cross-sectional area to the normal value. Of five patients with < 90% arterial oxygen saturation, four showed an abnormal distribution of pulmonary blood flow greater than the normal perfusion ratio. No patient had evidence of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula by the echocardiographic contrast study.These results suggest that abnormal distribution of pulmonary blood flow to the upper lung segment may develop in patients after the Fontan procedure, and that insufficient size of the pulmonary artery before operation and the consequent postoperative elevation of pulmonary vascular resistance may be responsible for this perfusion abnormality

    Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Serum Antibody in Children Vaccinated with Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine

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    A Simplified Immunofluorescence Technique for Antibody to Varicella-Zoster Membrane Antigen (FAMA)

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    Prevention of Varicella in Urgent Cases by Passive Transfer of Vaccine-Induced Immunity

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    Comparison of 4 Serological Tests-Complement Fixation, Neutralization, Fluorescent Antibody to Membrane Antigen and Immune Adherence Hemagglutination-for Assay of Antibody to Varicella-Zoster (V-Z) Virus

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    Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Serum Antibody in Children Vaccinated with Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine

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