{"title":"Clinical experience with human proinsulin in eighteen patients with type I and type II diabetes mellitus.","authors":"V A Thomas, R P Lamberton, D S Krauss, C B Kahn","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21256,"journal":{"name":"Rhode Island medical journal","volume":"74 10","pages":"463-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13114458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The mode of presentation of breast cancer at Rhode Island Hospital: a two-year retrospective analysis.","authors":"J Rost, J Ho, J Stern, K Wagner, T Wachtel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21256,"journal":{"name":"Rhode Island medical journal","volume":"74 10","pages":"469-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13114459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a radioimmunoassay to bradykinin using monoclonal antibodies.","authors":"M S Weinberg, R J Solomon, M Posner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report here our success in the preparation of monoclonal antibody directed against bradykinin. We further demonstrate that the preparation is easier and less time-consuming compared to the preparation of polyclonal antibodies. The polyclonal antibody provides a ready source of the reagent very much required in the performance of the kinin radioimmunoassay. Limitation of this reagent was in the fact that it did not attain the desired specificity to distinguish between the kinin peptides. Nevertheless, it is interesting to note that the domains of recognition sites can be very similar for monoclonal or polyclonal response, particularly when the antigen is smaller (molecular size of about 1 Kd) as is the case with bradykinin. Our laboratory produced the first monoclonal antibodies at Brown University. These antibodies were directed to bradykinin in BALB-C mice and could recognize bradykinin, lysyl-bradykinin and met-lysyl-bradykinin. Using this reagent it is possible to develop and validate an RIA which can be utilized to measure total kinins in tissues and body fluids. Although this antibody shows similar specificity as found with the polyclonal antibody, the ease and shorter duration of this preparation may make it a reagent of choice.</p>","PeriodicalId":21256,"journal":{"name":"Rhode Island medical journal","volume":"74 10","pages":"477-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13114460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The language of epidemiology (IV): Rate.","authors":"S M Aronson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21256,"journal":{"name":"Rhode Island medical journal","volume":"74 10","pages":"451-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13114454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What you need to know about diabetic retinopathy.","authors":"C W Smith, J P Feldman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21256,"journal":{"name":"Rhode Island medical journal","volume":"74 10","pages":"459-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13114457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Hippocratic Oath.","authors":"S M Aronson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21256,"journal":{"name":"Rhode Island medical journal","volume":"74 10","pages":"449-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13114453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Our Scriptural roots.","authors":"S M Aronson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21256,"journal":{"name":"Rhode Island medical journal","volume":"74 9","pages":"402"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13106428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Back from the Gulf: an interview with Joseph L. Pfeifer, III, MD. Interview by Margaret Coloian.","authors":"J L Pfeifer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21256,"journal":{"name":"Rhode Island medical journal","volume":"74 9","pages":"428-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13105602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P Kilmarx, Y F Chen, C McGrath, J Porro, A Ross, K Wagner, T Wachtel
{"title":"The effect of race on waiting time in two urban emergency departments.","authors":"P Kilmarx, Y F Chen, C McGrath, J Porro, A Ross, K Wagner, T Wachtel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the relation between patient race and waiting time in two urban Emergency Departments, located in the northeastern United States. Consecutive patients presenting with lacerations make up the subjects in the study. In order to control for the effect of disease severity, we restricted the sample to patients presenting with small, single lacerations requiring sutures. Patients who were intoxicated, had experienced syncope, had been involved in motor vehicle accidents, or who required tests or consultation were excluded. Taking socio-demographic (age, sex, insurance status) and clinical variables (location of laceration, time of day, day of week) into account, we found no substantial difference in total time spent in the Emergency Departments between whites and non-whites.</p>","PeriodicalId":21256,"journal":{"name":"Rhode Island medical journal","volume":"74 9","pages":"415-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13105600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"STOMACHS: a mnemonic for mental health referral.","authors":"S Cooper","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21256,"journal":{"name":"Rhode Island medical journal","volume":"74 9","pages":"431-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13105603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}