Ouabain has recently been reported to be an endogenous mammalian substance released
by the adrenal cortex and present in normal plasma. We have attempted to confirm and …

Patients with tako‐tsubo cardiomyopathy have unusual characteristics, including a
disproportionate occurrence in postmenopausal women and a strong association with mental and …

Behçet's disease is a rare chronic autoimmune vasculitis with characteristic skin findings.
Vascular involvement generally affects veins more than arteries, and coronary arterial …

Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a syndrome of transient cardiac dysfunction with no clear
pathophysiology. It is thought to be secondary to catecholamine surge. The mechanism by …

We used confocal Ca 2+ imaging and the patch‐clamp technique to investigate the interplay
between Ca 2+ entries through L‐type Ca 2+ channels (LCCs) and reverse‐mode Na + –…

We present the first results of an XMM–Newton EPIC observation of the luminous X-ray
source population in the face-on supergiant spiral galaxy M101. We have studied the spectral …

We present the global X-ray properties of the point source population in the grand-design
spiral galaxy M101, as seen with XMM–Newton. 108 X-ray sources are detected within the D …

In their recently published article on nitric oxide (NO) synthesis in patients with peripheral
arterial occlusive disease Böger et al1 based their conclusions among others on urinary …

The etiology of thrombocytosis can be classified into reactive and essential forms. The rate
of thromboembolic events is higher in essential thrombocytosis, and these events include …

We present XMM-Newton X-ray observations of the interacting galaxy pairs NGC 7771/7770
and NGC 2342/2341. In NGC 7771, for the first time we are able to resolve the X-ray …