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preliminary study included 63 adults with headache (migraine with aura [n = 14], migraine without aura [n = 24], transformed migraine [n = 6], and tension headache [n = 19]) and 35 matched healthy subjects. The following vascular risks were assessed: body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressures (DBP), serum levels of C-reactive protein, fasting glucose, fasting insulin, total cholesterol, and triglycerides. Plasma endothelin (ET)-1, a vasoactive peptide produced by vascular smooth muscle cells and marker for endothelial injury and atherosclerosis, was measured. Endothelial-dependent vasoreactivity was assessed using brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation (FMD)

NVP-AUY922 cell line in response to hyperemia. CA-IMT, structural marker of early atherosclerosis, was measured. Compared with control subjects, SBP, DBP, glucose, insulin, ET-1, and CA-IMT were elevated with migraine. FMD% was inversely correlated with SBP (P < .001), DBP (P < .01), glucose (P < .001), and insulin levels (P < .01). CA-IMT HSP990 molecular weight was correlated with BMI (P < .05), SBP (P < .01), total cholesterol (P < .01), triglycerides (P < .001), glucose (P < .001), insulin (P < .01), and FMD% (P < .05). In multivariate analysis, ET-1 was correlated with duration of illness, SBP, DBP, glucose, insulin, IMT, and FMD%. We conclude that endothelial injury, impaired endothelial vasoreactivity, and increased CA-IMT occur with migraine www.selleckchem.com/products/sbc-115076.html and are associated with vascular risk factors that strongly suggest that migraine could be a risk for atherosclerosis.”
“P>Testes do ascend, but for unknown reasons. A testis may ascend through a patent processus vaginalis (PV). However, data for PV patency in acquired undescended testes (aUDT) are inconclusive. In this article, we aim to assess the sonographic

PV diameter in boys with aUDT in comparison with normal group boys (obliterated PV) and boys with hydrocele or inguinal hernia (patent PVs). This retrospective study included 43 boys operated unilaterally for aUDT (n = 16), communicating hydrocele (n = 11) and inguinal hernia (n = 16). All selected patients had a preoperative measurement of the ipsilateral PV diameter. In addition, 17 boys with phimosis (normal group boys) were prospectively included, and underwent a sonographic examination of the inguinoscrotal area of a randomly selected side to measure the diameter of the respective PV. In total, 60 sides were examined. An aUDT was defined as a testis that had been identified at least twice previously in scrotal position. The results indicated that in normal group boys, PV could not be detected by sonography. In contrast, PVs ipsilateral to aUDT were visualized as hypoechoic tubules connecting the peritoneal cavity with the scrotum, similar to patent PVs in hydroceles.