Volume 3, Number 4 Fall 2003

Table of Contents

340 Lactobacillus acidophilus, Strain NAS (H2O2 Positive), in Reduction of Recurrent Candidal Vulvovaginitis
Julius Metts, MD, Thomas R. Famula, PhD,,Natasha Trenev, Roger A. Clemens, DrPH

349 The Relation of Gastrointestinal Symptoms to Duration of Levo-dopa Treatment and Severity of Parkinson’s Disease
Aynur Özge, MD, Resul Bugdayci, MD, Eedem Togrol, MD, Mehmet Saraçoglu, MD,

356 Use and Tolerability of Cabergoline in Young and Older People with Parkinson’s Disease: A Multi-Center Observational Study
Linda S Appiah-Kubi, MBBS, Angus Nisbet, PhD, MRCP, David J Burn, MD, FRCP, Alison Forbes, RGN, Una Brechany, RGN, Frauke Stegie, RGN, Andrea Stutt, RGN, K Ray Chaudhuri, MD, FRCP

363 The Effects of an Oxygen-Generating Dressing on Tissue Infection and Wound Healing
Terry E. Wright, MD, Wyatt G. Payne, MD, Francis Ko, BS, Daniel Ladizinsky, MD, Neil Bowlby, PhD, Roy Neeley, MD, Brian Mannari, Martin C. Robson, MD

371 Purine Levels and Cytokine Release with Diuretic Administration in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Caroline M. Forrest, PhD, Gillian Harman, Rosalind B. McMillan, Chand Rana, PhD, S. Shaw, MRCPG, Trevor W. Stone, PhD, DSc, Nick Stoy, MRCP, L. Gail Darlington, FRCP, MD

380 In Vitro Evaluation of Side-Branch Creation in Metal Stents by Balloon Dilatation
David Kirsch, MD, Jorge Lopera, MD, Zhong Qian, MD, Awarat Janchai, MD, Arturo Gonzales, MD, Augusto Brazzini, MD, Wilfrido Castaneda, MD

388 Transcription Levels and Sequence Analysis of tonB Gene in Haemophilus parainfluenzae versus Haemophilus influenzae Isolates from Patients Undergoing Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy
Ghassan M. Matar, PhD, Youmna Kfoury, MS, Usamah Hadi, MS, MD

394 Aerobic Training During Abdominal Exercise With a Portable Abdominal Machine
Jerrold S. Petrofsky, PhD, JD, Amy Morris, BS, Rachel Jorritsma, BS, Julie Bonacci, BS, Trinidad Bonilla, BS

402 Comparison Between an Abdominal Curl with Timed Curls on a Portable Abdominal Machine
Jerrold S. Petrofsky, PhD, JD, Julie Bonacci, BS, Trinidad Bonilla, BS, Rachel Jorritsma, BS, Amy Morris, BS, Abdul-Majeed Al-Malty, MS, PT

416 Reversible and Irreversible Pulmonary Toxicity Associated with Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors
John K. S. Chia, MD, John A. Ohara, MD, Michael N. Nakata, MD, Robert S. Y. Chang, MD

420 Risk Factors for Sleep Bruxism in Japanese Dental Students
Rosa Izela Gonzalez Flores, DDS, Kazuyoshi Baba, DDS, PhD, Tadasu Haketa, DDS, PhD, Yoshiyuki Sasaki, DDS, PhD, Koji Kino, DDS, PhD, Takashi Ohyama, DDS, PhD

429 Coadministration of Lidocaine and Recombinant Human Erythropoietin-Beta: Effect on Pain and of Erythropoietin Pharmacokinetics
Shigeki Yamada, Isao Muraoka, PhD, Kana Kato, Rie Hiramatsu, Hiroko Ida, Hirohisa Kawahara, MD, PhD, Toshitaka Nabeshima, PhD

434 Ticlopidine Treatment Before Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Stable Angina Pectoris
Josef Veselka, MD, PhD, FESC Sárka Procházková, MD, Radka Duchonová, MD,
Ingrid Bolomová, MD, Lenka Fedorová, MD, David Tesar, MD, PhD

441 Gene Transfer for the Esophagus—an Ex Vivo Study Demonstrating Transfected Gene Expression in the Human Esophagus
Elizabeth Pohler, PhD, Gavin K O’Neill, MB, ChB, Gillian E Scobie, BSc,
David A Johnston, MD, Frank A. Carey, MD, Ted R Hupp, PhD,
David Hopwood, MD, Peter E Ross, PhD, John F Dillon, MD

449 Postprandial Glucose Dynamics and Associated Symptoms in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Boris Kovatchev, PhD, Daniel J. Cox, PhD, Kent H. Summers, PhD, Linda Gonder-Frederick, PhD, William L. Clarke, MD

459 Topical Proxymetacaine Eyedrops in Fluorescein Angiography: A Randomized, Double-blind Placebo-Controlled Trial
Simon N. Madge, MA, MRCP, Meon Lamont, MBBS, Vincent J-P. Dubois, MBBS,
Simon Tutty , Sally Webber, MRCP, FRCOphth

464 A Brief Review of Traumatic Shock Leading to a New Theory and a New Treatment
Robert M. Hardaway, MD, FACS, FAAST

470 The Effect of Guideline Implementation Strategies on Akathisia Outcomes in Schizophrenia
D. Keith Williams, PhD, Carol R. Thrush, MA, Tracey L. Armitage, MS, Richard R. Owen, MD, Teresa J. Hudson, PharmD, Purushottham Thapa, MD

483 Immune and Neuroendocrine Alterations in Marathon Runners
Peter N. Uchakin, PhD, Elena P. Gotovtseva, PhD, Jim Stray-Gundersen, MD

495 Methodological Aspects of Flow Cytometry to Measure Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor Expression on Peripheral Monocytes
Oliver Selberg, MD, Ute Alheid, Bertha Gutierrez, Christopher Sachse, MD,
Andrea Schneider, MD, Norbert F. Rath, MD, Hartmut H. J. Schmidt, MD

505 Transmucosal Permeation of Topically Applied Diclofenac
and Piroxicam
Pieter van der Bijl, BChD, BSc (Hons) (Pharmacol), PhD, DSc, Armorel D. van Eyk, PhD, Heiner I. Seifart, Dr rer nat, Ianda Viljoen, BSc (Hons) (Pharmacol), Marli Jooste, BSc (Hons) (Pharmacol)

512 A Random Approach to the Determination of Amino Acid Pairs in Von Hippel-Lindau Disease Tumor Suppressor (G7 Protein)
G. Wu, MD, PhD, S-M. Yan, MD, PhD