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Drug resistance in newly discovered untreated tuberculosis patients in Poland, 1974-1977. | Between March 1974 and November 1977 altogether 2568 strains from 509 newly discovered, previously untreated tuberculosis patients from many areas of Poland were tested for susceptibility to 4 antituberculosis drugs: isoniazid (INH), streptomycin (SM), ethambutol (EMB) and rifampicin (RMP). Twenty seven patients (5.3 %) were infected with tubercle bacilli resistant to 1 (4.1 %) or 2 drugs (1.2 %). Sixteen patients (3.1 %) were infected with strains resistant to INH alone; t (1.0 %) to SM alone and 6 (1.2 %) to both INH and SM. Twenty two cases (4.3 %) were resistant to INH and 11 cases (2.1 %) to SM. No bacilli resistant to EMB or RMP, alone or in combination, were found. No relationship was found between sex or age and primary resistance rates. | 120,628 | [
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[Decarboxylase activity study of Pasteurella multocida]. | Ornithine-, lysine- and arginine-decarboxylase activity of 218 P. multocida strains, isolated from birds of varying disease symptoms in Bulgaria and CSSR, and from pigs, rabbits and birds in Cuba, USSR and CSSR, was studied after the method of Moller. Positive ornithine decarboxylase activity was established in 211 strains, low -- in 2, and negative -- in 5 strains. Low arginine decarboxylase activity was observed in 12 Pasteurella strains, while in 14 -- low lysine decarboxylase activity. The presence of ornithine decarboxylase activity can be used, along with the cultural and biochemical properties and with lyzation by a specific bacteriophage, as a taxonomic character for the species. All Pasteurella strains pathogenic for white mice, produce ornithine-decarboxylase. Lines of the strain X 73 obtained following gamma-irradiation having lost their ornithine-decarboxylase are pathogenic for white mice. | 120,631 | [
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[Effect of varying amounts of lysine in the ration on chickens]. | The effect of varying lysine quantities given in the daily ration to 20 day-old chickens was studied for a 40 day-period. Highest body gain (157% as compared to the control group) was observed in group I (0.20% lysine). Two and four per cent of lysine in the ration reduced the basic body gain by 69.7% and 66.9% respectively. The level of calcium, blood sugar, carotene and vitamin A rose considerably, while phosphorus and magnesium content was reduced. SGOT and SGTP values remained without significant changes. The relative kidney weight increased. | 120,632 | [
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[Plasma testosterone, free testosterone fraction LH and FSH in males during the early stage of acute myocardial infarction (author's transl)]. | In 18 males (age 49--79 yrs) without endocrine diseases, testosterone, free testosterone fraction, LH, FSH and cortisol (as indicator for stress) were determined in the early stage of an acute myocardia infarction. Blood was taken on admission as well as every 4 hours up to meanly 43 hours. The patients were separated in 2 groups for proving whether alterations of the parameters may depend on the severity of the myocardial infarction (group A=severe infarction; group B=not severe infarction). Testosterone showed a rapid decrease in the first 11 hours after admission, which continued less striking to the end of the investigation. Testosterone was significantly decreased in group A in comparison to group B. LH and FSH in both groups together were remarkably reduced during the whole time. Whereas group A demonstrated a tendency to decreased values in comparison to group B for LH, there were not any essential differences between the two groups for FSH. The free testosterone fraction was not altered. Cortisol in group A was twice as high as in group B during the entire investigation. The systolic pressure in group A was generally lower than in group B during the whole time. The results demonstrate an important reduction of the secretion of testosterone, LH and FSH during the early stage of the acute myocardial infarction. The testosterone suppression seems to be dependent on the severity of the myocardial infarction. These alterations may be caused by a general impaired perfusion as a consequence of myocardial infarction and a suppressive effect of increased cortisol values on testosterone levels. | 120,643 | [
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[Examinations about the mutual influence of bacteria in aqueous medium with minimal nutritive substances (author's transl)]. | Experiments were done about the behaviour of 5 different strains of St. aureus (= St), E. coli (= Ec), Se. marcescens (= Se) and P. aeruginosa (= Pa) in aqua bidest. at 30 degress C and 40 degrees C. In the first part the smallest quantities of Standard-I-broth (Merck) were evaluated where the diverse bacteria-species are able to grow; it was found at 30 degrees C (in parenthesis at 40 degrees C): St. aureus 1750 (3750) microgram/dl, E. coli 1000 (1750) microgram/dl, Se. marcescens 2.5 (125) microgram/dl and P. aeruginosa 1250 (2000) microgram/dl. In the second part mixed cultures were formed in the following groups: St/Ec, St/Se, St/Pa, Ec/Se, Ec/Pa, Se/Pa. In each case such quantities of broth were given into aqua bidest that the more fastidious bacteria was just able to grow. The initial colony count in both bacteria-species was log 3-4/ml. It was reduced to log 2-3/ml in one of these two species in a second part and in the other species in a third part of this experiment. Mixed cultures of St. aureus with gram negative bacteria resulted in reduced numbers of St. aureus; in case of reduced initial colony counts of E. coli, Se. marcescens or P. aeruginosa colony numbers of St. aureus were a little higher. In mixed cultures Ec/Se and Se/Pa at 30 degrees C colony numbers of E. coli and P. aeruginosa were reduced initial colony counts of Se. marcescens they were also a little higher. In a further part of this experiment such quantities of broth were given that the more fastidious bacterium was not able to grow. Here it died quickly; there were no differences to control groups with only one species. | 120,653 | [
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[Coronary lesions due to aortic valve disease. I -- Occurrence and clinical prognosis]. | A multicentre retrospective study of 467 cases of operated aortic valve disease was undertaken to define the indications of coronary arteriography in the pre-operative work-up. Significant coronary artery disease was present in 15% of all cases or, more precisely, in 17% of cases with angina and in 8% when investigation was only routine. Coronary artery disease was more frequent in males, in patients with clinical or electrical evidence of previous myocardial infarction, in patients with ST-T wave changes, and when angina was severe (more than one attack per day). None of these factors was specific. It is therefore difficult to limit coronary arteriography to these patients or there would be a risk of missing significant lesions in a small number of cases. It is important to give the surgeon all the necessary information before aortic valve replacement and so coronary arteriography should be widely practiced in this context. However exceptions may be made for young patients and also those in congestive cardiac failure in whom coronary arteriography represents an unnecessary risk before surgery. | 120,716 | [
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[Health insurance and hypertension. Review of current data]. | Medical insurance gives a very incomplete view of the spectrum of hypertensive disease, based only on the results of clinical examination of persons undergoing check-ups in the Medical Examination Centres: 39 850 in 1976, or on those examined by consulting physicians according to article L293: 23 308 in 1976, or being examined for invalidity allowance: 11 471 in 1976. The complications of hypertension do not appear in these statistics under the label of hypertension. They have been estimated and, when taken into account, increase the total number of hypertensive patients detected in 1976 by the Medical Insurance to 99 318, that is to say 0,25% of the covered population. An inquiry carried out on 130 male hypertensives in the Paris region tends to approach the medico-economic profile of the hypertensive patient with respect to age. | 120,722 | [
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Isolation of inner cell masses from mouse blastocysts by immunosurgery or exposure to the calcium ionophore A23187. | Two techniques have been evaluated for their use in routinely isolating inner cell masses from mouse blastocysts by destroying the trophectoderm. The most efficient method of immunosurgery was a 15-min incubation in a 1:50 dilution of rabbit anti-mouse spleen antiserum followed by a 30--60-min incubation in guinea pig complement (1:10). Alternatively, inner cell masses were isolated by incubating blastocysts in 10(-5) M calcium ionophore A23187 in medium devoid of calcium and magnesium ions. Inner cell masses re-exposed to immunosurgery or the ionophore were less susceptible to lysis than the trophectoderm had been. The presence of the zona pellucida reduced trophectoderm lysis by immunosurgery in antiserum dilutions greater than 1:100, but had no effect when in the presence of ionophore. Inner cell masses were consistently isolated from expanded blastocysts which had been collected 78 h after ovulation and cultured in vitro for 24 h before exposure to ionophore or immunosurgery, whereas blastocysts which had developed for the full 102 h in vivo were frequently unaffected. | 120,740 | [
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[Vitamin D and reproduction in Wistar rats]. | Females have received from weaning a semi-synthetic diet (0,35% Ca; 0,32% P; 0,03% Mg), with or without vitamin D (+/- D). Fertility of these females was not changed. At weaning, the young from mothers--D had lower weight, calcemia and phosphatemia, but the ash content of the femur was the same as for young from mothers + D. Young rats from mothers +/- D were given the diet with or without vitamin D. 19 days after weaning, the diet of the mother (+/- D) appears to be the principal factor for growth, calcemia and the ash content of the femur; the diet of the young (+/- D) produced only slight differences between ash contents. | 120,790 | [
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Providing saline reacting anti-D cell typing reagent. | Since 1969, when anti-D specific IgG was made available to protect recently delivered D negative women from sensitisation by fetal D positive cells, the supply of saline acting anti-D, suitable for reagent use has diminished. The same immunized male blood donors that provide the anti-D for the production of the specific IgG used for prophylaxis may, when bled up to fourteen days after restimulation, provide a source of saline anti-D suitable for reagent use. The results of such a procedure in 12 donors are described. | 120,796 | [
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Profile changes of bone and soft tissues following vestibular sulcus extension by the operation of Edlan and Mejchar. A 2-year follow-up study-II. | The progression of alveolar resorption and the alteration of the soft tissue profile of the chin were studied in 15 patients operated on by the vestibular sulcus extension technique of EDLAN & MEJCHAR. Lateral cephalograms and tracings exhibited an apparently accelerated bone resorption of the alveolar crest. Furthermore, a significant reduction of lower lip height and increase of mental soft tissue protrusion have been recorded. | 120,857 | [
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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for immunological diagnosis of human tularemia. | The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was applied for immunological diagnosis of human tularemia, using lipopolysaccharide from Francisella tularensis as antigen. Sera collected from patients, healthy individuals, and vaccinated volunteers were investigated for antibodies against F. tularensis by ELISA and tube agglutination. In ELISA all sera were titrated with a polyspecific anti-immunoglobulin enzyme conjugate. A limited number of consecutive sera from individual patients were also investigated for immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM antibodies by means of immunoglobulin class-specific conjugates. On an average ELISA was more than 10-fold as sensitive as tube agglutination. Two weeks after onset of disease, sera from patients had significantly higher titers in ELISA than sera from healthy controls. High titers persisted after more than 2 years. Significant amounts of both IgG and IgM antibodies were present within 1 to 2 weeks after infection. The antibody activity increased during the first month, without any significant change of the relation between IgG and IgM titers. After 2.5 years the IgG/IgM titer ratio of sera from patients was significantly increased. Within 6 weeks after vaccination sera from about half of the vaccinees had significantly elevated titers in ELISA. Titers observed after vaccination were generally lower than those found after infection. An elevated ELISA titer can be of diagnostic importance by the end of the first week of illness. A significant increase of titer in consecutive serum samples indicates a diagnosis of tularemia. Determination of IgG and IgM antibodies may be of value in determing whether a positive titer of a single serum sample is of longstanding or recent origin. | 120,873 | [
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Indirect hemagglutination test for detection of antibody to Rickettsia rickettsii in sera from humans and common laboratory animals. | Antibody production in humans and three species of laboratory animals infected with Rickettsia rickettsii was determined with the indirect hemagglutination test. Rabbits, guinea pigs, and mice were inoculated with R. rickettsii and bled at intervals. Antibody which agglutinated both fresh and glutaraldehyde-fixed sheep erythrocytes sensitized with antigen prepared either from purified rickettsiae or from infected yolk sacs was found in rabbit sera at all intervals tested (10 to 59 days postinfection). Antibody which agglutinated fresh but not glutaraldehyde-fixed erythrocytes sensitized with either of the above antigens was detected in guinea pig sera obtained 7, 14, and 28 days postinfection. Antibody was found in mice inoculated with 5.6 x 10(6) plaque-forming units of R. rickettsii but not in mice given 5.6 x 10(2) plaque-forming units. Peak indirect hemagglutination titers occurred in nonvaccinated human Rocky Mountain spotted fever patients about 3 weeks after onset of illness, and antibody was still detectable after 1 year. Both human immunoglobulin G and human immunoglobulin M antibodies agglutinated sensitized cells, but immunoglobulin M antibodies apparently were more efficient. The indirect hemagglutination test is useful for the titration of human, rabbit, guinea pig, and mouse antibodies when the appropriate erythrocytes are used. | 120,875 | [
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Synchronization of division in vitamin B12-starved Euglena gracilis. | Vitamin B12 deficiency arrests cell division in Euglena gracilis. B12 starvation for short periods made it possible to induce synchronous growth by addition of the vitamin. Culture conditions were established to optimize replenishment synchrony. The DNA content of E. gracilis in steady state culture and vitamin B12 deficiency culture was measured by flow cytofluorometry and was consistent with colorimetric determinations. The cell volume and DNA distributions of E. gracilis in synchronous culture were analyzed and the sequential changes during the division cycle were computed. Synchronous culture permits more definitive studies of shifts in cell volume and DNA distributions, in which the biochemical events required for cell division are presumably synchronized. | 120,896 | [
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7-Acetylcytochalasin B: differential effects on sugar transport and cell motility. | Cytochalasin B (CB) is a potent inhibitor of sugar transport and cell motility in animal cells. We have synthesized and characterized the CB derivative 7-acetylcytochalasin B (CBAc) and have found that it has differential effects on transport and motile processes in fibroblasts. The derivative inhibited sugar transport in human red cells, 3T3 cells, and chicken embryo fibroblasts at micromolar concentrations, although it was less potent than its parent compound. Unlike CB, which causes fibroblasts to round up and arborize at less than 10 microM, CBAc had no effect on fibroblast morphology and membrane ruffling at concentrations as high as 90 microM. Competitive binding experiments using [3H] CB showed that the affinity of CBAc for sites related to sugar transport in the red cell membrane is about one-fourth of that of CB. In contrast, similar experiments using [3H] dihydrocytochalasin B (a derivative which inhibits cell motility but not sugar transport) showed that the affinity of CBAc for sites associated with red cell spectrin and actin is only about 1/20 of that of dihydrocytochalasin B. This study demonstrates that acetylation of the C-7 hydroxyl group of CB reduces its effect on cell morphology and motility much more than its ability to inhibit sugar transport. This observation, together with our earlier work with dihydrocytochalasin B, establishes that the pharmacologic effects of CB on fibroblasts result from the binding of the drug to two distinct classes of receptors and that these receptors interact with different parts of the cytochalasin molecule. | 120,908 | [
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Effects of microwaves on organisms. Ptychodiscus brevis--Gomphosphaeria aponina interactions. | The two referenced organisms have been subjected to microwave irradiation (2,450 MHz CW). Initial experiments indicated no statistically significant loss of cell numbers as a result of simple temperature rise (6 degrees C) or experimental manipulation. Cell survival for P. brevis one week after irradiation was related to total energy absorbed, not power level used. Over a 48 h period, a first-order decrease in cell numbers was observed. All cells were destroyed at a threshold level of 0.1 kJ/cm3. In contrast, the blue-green alga G. aponina in log phase of growth showed no loss of cells. In the presence of G. aponina, P. brevis suffered cell lysis, though G. aponina thrived. Irradiation of the mixed cultures appeared to enhance the lysis effect. | 120,925 | [
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Neuroanastomosis of orthotopically transplanted palmaris longus muscles. | Palmaris longus (PML) muscles of rhesus monkeys were transplanted, with or without anastomosis of the median nerve, to the nerve stump of the autograft. Because PML autografts revascularize spontaneously, vascular anastomoses were not performed. Muscle fibers regenerated in all autografts with neuroanastomosis, but in only three of eight autografts without neuroanastomosis. Five autografts without neuroanastomosis were replaced by noncontractile connective tissue. Growth and differentiation of muscle fibers into three fiber types and development of capillarity were analyzed histochemically, and succinate oxidase activity of whole-muscle homogenates was determined. None of these measures reached values for control PML muscles within 100 days of transplantation. In comparison to control muscles, autografts had slower times to peak tension and less absolute tension, but similar tension per square centimeter of muscle fiber cross-sectional area. Monkey PML autografts with neuroanastomosis were similar in structure and function to cat extensor digitorum longus autografts that had not had neuroanastomosis. | 120,935 | [
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Antibodies to Candida species after operations on the large intestine: observations on the association with oral and faecal yeast colonization. | The occurrence of agglutinating and precipitating antibodies to Candida species was determined in 50 patients undergoing operations on the large intestine. The number of patients with oral or faecal yeast colonization and the amount of faecal colonization increased during the period after operation. No patient developed overt fungal infection but 15 patients developed precipitins to mannan antigens and 9 patients developed percipitins to cytoplasmic antigens during this period. The association between the formation of precipitins and the extent of faecal colonization is discussed. | 120,986 | [
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A simplified, cost-effective approach to the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. | Plasma catecholamines have been used for diagnosis and computerized tomography scanning for localization in 21 patients with proved pheochromocytoma. Blood catecholamines were obtained in 20 of the patients and were elevated significantly in every instance. Successful localization of the tumor was accomplished by excretory urography in only 47% of the cases, by selective angiography in 85% and by abdominal computerized tomography scanning in 88%. In 7 patients preoperative identification and localization of the tumor were determined correctly by computerized tomography scanning alone. Data in our series suggest that the diagnosis and localization of pheochromocytoma can be accomplished usually by a simple blood test and body scan. More elaborate and sometimes hazardous studies should be necessary only in exceptional cases, usually with tumors less than 3 cm. in diameter. | 120,992 | [
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[Verification of nosocomial infection chains with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (author's transl)]. | With all 3 typing methods (sero, lyso, pyocin type) errors can arise. The pyocin test following heat curing can be expected to give the least erroneous results. This was demonstrated by a test of 200 non-selected strains which were grown within 4 weeks. The possibility exists that a single patient discharges several different strains simultaneously or in succession. These results must be considered when efforts are made to detect infection chains in a hospital. | 121,005 | [
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Effect of short-term administration of cyproterone acetate on the reproductive tract histology, ovarian and serum cholesterol contents of female monkey (Presbytis entellus entellus). | Short courses of cyproterone acetate, a compound with progestational and antiandrogenic activities were administered to normally cycling female monkeys to investigate into the effects of cyproterone acetate on the reproductive tract. In little earlier follicular stage 20 mg of the drug daily for 30 days increased the cholesterol contents in the gonads. Serum cholesterol contents were slightly increased. When the reproductive tract was examined histologically, the gonads showed reduction in size, along with widespread degeneration of the young follicles as well as other growing follicles. Uterus showed progestational endometrial proliferation and sloughing of the vaginal productive tract. | 121,016 | [
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Cholesterol dynamics in macrophages implication for the bacteriology and pathology of leprosy. | M. leprae in the host multiplies abundantly in macrophages rich in cholesterol. Host-grown leprosy bacilli have an extremely high cholesterol content and in this respect they occupy a unique place among procariotic cells. M. leprae takes up cholesterol from the environment and it is not clear whether it can synthesize cholesterol and if so from which precursors. Mycobacteria can be grown from leprous tissues in primary cultures only in the presence of cholesterol. These strains quickly adapt to in vitro substrates and are able to synthesize cholesterol from still-unknown chemical entities, which are also sources of carbon and energy. These still unknown substrates will probably have to be discovered before cultivation of these elusive microorganisms is achieved and we approach a better understanding of the chemical mediators in the cellular defence and/or pathology of leprosy. | 121,019 | [
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The chemotactic, phagocytic, and microbial killing abilities of primate polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PML). | Functions of polymorphonuclear leukocytes including chemotaxis, phagocytosis, and microbial killing were investigated in baboons (Papio cynocephalus), cebus monkeys (Cebus apella), and marmosets (Saguinus oedipus). Cells from a group of normal adult human volunteers were also studied for comparison. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes from the three nonhuman primate species were comparable to each other and to humans in chemotactic activity using endotoxin activated serum. In addition, the ability of blood leukocytes to ingest and kill microorganisms was investigated using a new fluorochrome microassay. Leukocytes of all non-human primates were competent in phagocytosing bacteria, but leukocytes from cebus monkeys and marmosets ingested candida organisms poorly. Compared to humans, all nonhuman primates exhibited poor killing of the microbes. | 121,031 | [
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[Current tests for the "in vitro" immunologic exploration in man]. | Several "in vitro" methods are developed to study cellular immunity as same as study of antibodies in humoral immunity exploration. The more used in human pathologics are the enumeration of thymus-derived (T) lymphocytes by the formation of nonimmune rosettes E with sheep erythocytes and bone marrow (B) lymphocytes by the presence of membrane-bound immunglobulins; the detection of lymphocyte activation by measuring proliferation (lymphocyte transformation); the mixed lymphocyte reaction, the elaboration of biologically active mediators (lymphokines) and the lymphocyte-mediated cytoxicity. | 121,050 | [
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Critical density for protein-protein monoconjugation on a polysaccharide matrix. | The galactose binding toxin (RCAII) from Ricinus communis was affinity-immobilised at varying densities on a polysaccharide matrix and reacted with glutaraldehyde. The critical density below which inter-molecular cross-links were not formed was determined. At this density RCAII was monoconjugated to lysozyme. This approach could serve as a prototype for enzyme-lectin and enzyme-antipolysaccharide antibody monoconjugation. | 121,056 | [
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[Amino acid composition and chemical functional group modification of protease (TI-Ajl) inhibitor from Actinomyces janthinus 118]. | The amino acid composition of the protease (TI-Ajl) inhibitor from Actinomyces janthinus 118 has been determined. It was shown that the TI-Ajl, S-SI and plasminostreptin inhibitors of trypsin and subtilisin have a number of common features: number of double bonds, tryptophane and tyrosine residues, prevalence of the acidic amino acids over the basic ones, ets. The effect of chemical modification of amino groups, arginine, tyrosine and methionine residues on the inhibitory activity of TI-Ajl was studied. The data obtained are indicative of the presence of two active centers of the inhibitor. The antitrypsin center contains a lysine residue. | 121,060 | [
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Activity of precentral neurons during torque-triggered hand movements in awake primates. | In monkeys performing a handle-repositioning task involving primarily wrist flexion-extension (F-E) movements after a torque perturbation was delivered to the handle, single units were recorded extracellularly in the contralateral precentral cortex. Precentral neurons were identified by passive somatosensory stimulation, and were classified into five somatotopically organized populations. Based on electromyographic recordings, it was observed that flexors and extensors about the wrist joint were specifically involved in the repositioning of the handle, while many other muscles which act at the wrist and other forelimb joints were involved in the task in a supportive role. In precentral cortex, all neuronal responses observed were temporally correlated to both the sensory stimuli and the motor responses. Visual stimuli, presented simultaneously with torque perturbations, did not affect the early portion of cortical responses to such torque perturbations. In each of the five somatotopically organized neuronal populations, task-related neurons as well as task-unrelated ones were observed. A significantly larger proportion of wrist (F-E) neurons was related to the task, as compared with the other, nonwrist (F-E) populations. The above findings were discussed in the context of a hypothesis for the function of precentral cortex during voluntary limb movement in awake primates. This hypothesis incorporates a relationship between activities of populations of precentral neurons, defined with respect to their responses to peripheral events at or about single joints, and movements about the same joint. | 121,062 | [
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[Some peculiarities of the kinetics of DNA structural transition after thermal jump registered by hyperchromic effect]. | Structural transition of DNA is characterized by complex optical kinetic curve. The kinetic version of Felsenfeld's method is used for estimation of concentrations of "denatured" AT- and GC-base pairs in DNA molecules, and the rate constants of the accumulation of "denatured" AT as well as GC pairs have been estimated. The possible interpretation of the kinetic data obtained may be done by assumption that the fast stage of the process reflects the accumulation of the "denatured" AT pairs, which is due to the melting of AT-rich regions in the DNA molecules, whereas the slow stage of the process is limited by the melting of GC-rich regions. In contrast to the fast stage, slow stage takes place at conditions, when unwinded AT-rich regions (loops) may exist in DNA molecules and cause the delay in the process of denaturation. | 121,149 | [
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Resistance of Mycoplasma pneumoniae to macrolide and analogous antibiotics. | 1. The susceptibility of M. pneumoniae to antibiotics can be determined by the microtiter method. The adequate technique requires that the final volume of broth medium in a well is 0.2 ml and that the dilution is made after the parent solution of antibiotic in the test tube is dropped into a well every fifth wells. 2. M. pneumoniae was cultured on agar media containing two-fold concentrations of macrolide and analogous antibiotics, and the following results were obtained. 1) The growth of eight strains of M. pneumoniae on agar media containing two-fold concentrations of the antibiotics revealed that, in six strains, one CFU (colony forming unit) per 10(5) to 10(6) CFU of an inoculum dose was resistant to the antibiotics. 2) The MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) of erythromycin for the subculture of thet strains of M. pneumoniae on agar media containing two-fold concentrations of the antibiotics revealed that, in six strains, one CFU (colony forming unit) per 10(5) to 10(6) CFU of an inoculum dose was resistant to the antibiotics. 2) The MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) of erythromycin for the subculture of thet strains of M. pneumoniae on agar media containing two-fold concentrations of the antibiotics revealed that, in six strains, one CFU (colony forming unit) per 10(5) to 10(6) CFU of an inoculum dose was resistant to the antibiotics. 2) The MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) of erythromycin for the subculture of the colony grown as an average of 0.5 to eight on agar media containing erythromycin in four strains was 0.1 to 1.6 micrograms/ml in some colonies, and 400 to 800 micrograms/ml in most colonies. The results disclosed that the broth culture contains a small number of mycoplasma cells with a definite, high degree of resistance to the antibiotics, but no cells with intermediate degrees of resistance. 3) The FH strain was made resistant to erythromycin, oleandomycin, midecamycin, acetylspiramycin, leucomycin, josamycin, tylosin, lincomycin, or clindamycin by subculture in broth medium from the colony grown at the highest concentrations of each of the antibiotics in agar media. The degree of the resistance developed was 16 to 128,000 in the MIC radio and showed high values of MIC in most strains. The resistance developed was not lost by subculturing the resistant strain in broth medium without antibiotic. 4) The FH strain made resistant to the antibiotics had cross resistance to other macrolides. Strains resistant to some of the antibiotics had cross resistance to lincomycin and clindamycin, and strains resistant to others did not. Some strains made resistant to macrolides with cross resistance to lincomycin and clindaymycin and strains made resistant to lincomycin or clindamycin had no cross resistance to vernamycin B alpha, while all the resistant strains without cross resistance to lincomycin and clindamycin had cross resistance to vernamycin B alpha. No strain had cross resistance to vernamycin A... | 121,168 | [
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[Treatment with carbamazepine of epilepsy with behavioral trouble in mentally retarded children in a medicopedagogic institution (author's transl)]. | Thirty five mentally retarded girls, with epilepsy associated with behavioral troubles, were treated with carbamazepine in a medicopedagogic institution for 4 months to 7 years. Fifty percent got better, thirty percent showed a disappearance of the epileptic spells and 67% showed an aggravation of the EEG. Improvement of behavior and absence of spells are more frequent in primary generalized epilepsy as in secondary generalized epilepsy and even less frequent in secondary generalized epilepsy. Results are better in epileptics only showing tonicoclonic crises than in those with absences. They are also better in dementia epileptica than in epilepsy without dementia. The aggravation of EEG, consistent with the disappearance of epileptic crises and behavioral improvement, is most often observed in patients with epileptic absences or progressive dementia. | 121,194 | [
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In vivo activation of murine peritoneal macrophages by Nocardia water soluble mitogen (NWSM). | In vitro NWSM has been shown to be a B cell mitogen and a polyclonal activator. Although NWSM has been also shown to be adjuvant active in vivo, motogenicity and polyclonal activation are not observed when this fraction has been administered to mice. In contrast, the experiments reported here demonstrate that after in vivo administration several effects of NWSM on mouse peritoneal macrophages can be observed: NWSM was able to induce an important increase in the ability of peritoneal macrophages to inhibit in vitro growth of tumor cells, to increase their phagocytic activity and to enhance their ability to induce an immune response, following the incubation with an antigen NWSM was able to stimulate phagocytic activity of macrophages of C3H/He Orl. mice (LPS-resistant strain). Those findings suggest that the adjuvant activity of NWSM in vivo can be related to its capacity to activate macrophages. | 121,200 | [
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A comparison of four methods for the serotyping of group B streptococci. | Group B streptococci are implicated in a wide range of clinical conditions in human adults and neonates. The Group is subdivided into five serotypes Ia, Ib, Ic, II and III, which are differentiated on the basis of capsular polysaccharides. In the interests of epidemiology and efficiency a cheap, rapid method which is easily interpreted would be advantageous. In this study four methods of serotyping, namely, counter-immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP), microimmunodiffusion (MID), coagglutination (COA), and the Lancefield capillary precipitin (CP) test were compared in terms of ease of operation and interpretation, accuracy and rapidity. Todd Hewitt Broth (THB) cultures and acid extracts of the group B streptococcal strains were used as antigens for these methods. It was concluded that COA using THB cultures allows cheap and rapid screening for presumptive serotyping, having a 93-96% correlation with the CP test. MID gives an accurate (100% correlation with the CP test) and unambiguous confirmatory diagnosis of serotype. | 121,235 | [
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[Preventive action of phenylalanine on acute intoxication of ochratoxin-A]. | Ochratoxin-A, a mycotoxin causing kidney and liver damage, inhibits protein synthesis by competition with phenylalanine in the phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase catalysed reaction. A dose of 0,8 mg ochratoxine per Mouse is 100% lethal within 24 hrs, when injected intraperitoneally. When phenylalanine is injected simultaneously with ochratoxine-A, the survival of the animals was 100% for 1 mg of phenylalanine per Mouse. Ten times higher doses of phenylalanine are necessary to obtain a 85% survival if the amino acid is injected 30 min. after the mycotoxin. Phenylalanine gives a very low protection if injected 1 hr or more ochratoxine-A. | 121,251 | [
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Phonation, emotion, cognition, with reference to the brain mechanisms involved. | Phylogenetic steps in the evolution of vocal communication have a bearing on the brain mechanisms involved in the emergence of human language and speech. A schema of the neuronal organization of voicing in a hierarchical manner is presented. At the lowest mesencephalic level the movements of the vocal apparatus are coordinated and integrated into species-specific vocal gestures. At the middle level these signals are controlled by the anterior limbic cortex, which serves this function in primates only, and only in the human species is the highest level around the cortical larynx and facial area actively involved in the vocal signalling process. This functional schema is used to explain the sequential stages in the ontogenetic process of phonemicization in the human infant, and special emphasis is placed on vocal-auditory feedback mechanisms which come into play from the lowest to the highest level of the central nervous system during maturation. Even feedback loops of the lowest level enable the distinction to be made between self-produced vocalizations and those produced by others. These mechanisms are thought to be an early means for the development of self-awareness. If one grants that the human infant possesses self-awareness, one must concede that such stages of the mind were developed before the emergence of the human species. | 121,283 | [
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Non-Mendelian female sterility in Drosophila melanogaster: influence of aging and thermic treatments. III. Cumulative effects induced by these factors. | Crosses between various strains of Drosophila melanogaster may give rise to a female sterility of non-Mendelian determination. Reduced fertility is observed in females, known as SF females, bred from crosses between females of "reactive" strains and males of "inducer" strains. The reduced fertility of the SF females is the result of an interaction between an extrachromosomal property varies considerably in its ability to reduce fertility. The fertility reduction of the SF females corresponds to what is known as the reactivity level of their reactive mothers. Two nongenetic factors can modify the level of reactivity: aging and temperature. The action of aging is cumulative. When the flies of a reactive strain are submitted at each generation to the action of this factor, the level of reactivity of this strain is gradually modified. The modifications induced are reversible. Indeed, when such a modified strain is returned to standard breeding conditions, the reactivity returns progressively to its initial level. The effect of thermic treatments also seems to be cumulative and reversible. | 121,289 | [
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The ultrastructural features of laser trabeculopuncture and cyclodialysis. Problems related to successful treatment of chronic simple glaucoma. | Microexplosions induced by a Q-switched Nd:glass laser working above optical breakdown power density levels are able to destroy the inner wall of Schlemm's canal and to tear open both the supraciliary and suprachoroidal space. Furthermore, the ciliary muscles bundles may be disrupted, becoming subsequently permeable to the aqueous and thus also acting as a new outflow route. However, whereas breaks of the inner wall of Schlemm's canals are sealed in the monkey by the activity of endothelial cells forming a new Descemet membrane over the impact site, the supraciliary and suprachoroidal spaces remain open over an observation period of up to 480 days. Perfusion experiments with a HgS tracer substance have shown that these newly created, potential outflow routes may be considered as real additional filtration areas. | 121,373 | [
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PSRO impact: are the statements valid? | The generation of PSRO impact statements cannot simply be a "fill in the formula" routine. A health care system is not a simple environment, and narrow approaches to documenting change usually will not suffice. Instead, one would hope that future PSRO impact studies will take into consideration at least the concerns discussed here, as well as many others. As demonstrated in the New Mexico PSRO experiment, PSROs may not be able to demonstrate cost savings given the enormity and fragmentation of the health care environment. Such a conclusion should not result in a declaration of the PSRO program's failure but, instead, should serve to redirect the program's emphasis toward quality assurance, for which even the OPEL study noted impact. | 121,381 | [
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[A control trial of home I.P.P.B. therapy in patients with chronic obstructive respiratory insufficiency. Protocol and state of the study (author's transl)]. | Because a previous retrospective study did not allow any conclusion as to the efficacy of home IPPB therapy in patients with chronic airflow obstruction, a control trial has been started. The protocol includes definition of patients, modalities of treatment, criteria for evaluation. Among criteria for a patient to enter the trial is a chronic hypercapnia (with PaCO2 greater than or equal to 48 mmHg) observed over a preliminary period of 4 months. At the end of this period patients are allocated at random into two groups with and without IPPB at home (at least 1 to 2 hours daily through a mouthpiece); medical prescriptions are same in the 2 groups so as surveillance which is planned for 2 years. Evaluation should be based upon 5 predetermined criteria. This trial is in progress. | 121,483 | [
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[Neurohormonal regulation of male gonad function]. | In a survey the neurohormonal regulatory mechanisms are discussed which control the incretory and spermiogenetic function of the testicles in adulthood. The central position of LH-RH and the factors influencing its secretion, the negative feedback between the testicular hormones including inhibin and the hypophyseal gonadotropins as well as the periodic changes superimposed to the basal secretion of the sexual hormones are explained. Finally, the present knowledge is summarized on the cooperation of the different hormones and mechanisms in the regulation of the incretory and excretory testicular functions. | 121,496 | [
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[Non-amyloid nephrotic syndrome: first isolated manifestation of a kappa light chain myeloma (author's transl)]. | The authors describe a case which demonstrates that nephrotic syndromes occuring during the course of a myeloma are not always of the amyloid type. They emphasize the possibility of a dysglobulinemia being involved in a glomerular nephropathy syndrome, especially when there are histological lesions of a glomerulosclerosis. The published literature is reviewed and the possible pathogenesis of these nephropathies briefly discussed: either protein deposits, the nature of which has not been fully determined, or mesangial modifications induced by the filtered light chains. | 121,516 | [
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Taurine in development and nutrition. | Taurine is an amino acid that is widely distributed in the fluids and tissues of man. In mammals, taurine is a major end-product of methionine metabolism. Taurine is found in most mammalian tissues but is only present in trace amounts in many plants. During fetal development of the brain in man and other mammals taurine is present in high concentrations and declines to lower, adult concentrations during neonatal life. However, during this time there is a net accumulation of taurine when the amount per brain rather than per gram of tissue is calculated. In man, taurine is apparently an essential nutrient, unlike in other animals which have a much greater capacity to synthesize this compound. The human infant, is particular, needs a dietary supply of taurine to synthesize the bile salt taurocholate. Thus, taurine appears to be an important component of the developing brain and must be supplied to man in the diet. | 121,570 | [
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First tuberculosis prevalence survey in KwaZulu. | The results of a prevalence survey undertaken during 1974 are presented. A stratified 3-stage sampling technique was used to select 3 789 people from 10 randomly chosen sites in KwaZulu. One Heaf test and 2 Mantoux tests were performed on each of 1 769 children under 18 years of age, of whom 28,7% were found to have BCG scars. Of the radiographs taken of persons 15 years of age and older, 893 were found to be negative, 25 (2,7%) disclosed active tuberculosis (TB) and 3 (0,3%) miliary TB. Of the 1 136 sputum specimens collected and examined by fluorescence microscopy, 15 (1,3%) were found to be positive and 9 of them were confirmed by culture. Culture of 1 149 specimens yielded 9 (0,8%) isolations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and 17 strains of other mycobacteria. The annual rate of infection was calculated at 1,4% by applying Styblo's epidemiological model, and a downward trend was indicated. A follow-up survey after 5 years is needed to confirm this trend. | 121,637 | [
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Role of serum factors and adherent cells in cloning of human T lymphocytes in agar culture. | In the presence of serum, 2-mercaptoethanol-treated bovine serum albumin enhances T cell colony formation as does 2-mercaptoethanol. The factor only partially substitutes for FCS, but neither for the mitogen phytohemagglutinin nor for conditioned medium derived from cultures of adherent cells. | 121,677 | [
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Jaundice in preterm infants with hypoxia of various severity. | Maximum serum bilirubin concentration and the possible influencing factors were studied in three groups of preterm infants suffering from hyaline membrane disease. The groups were selected according to the severity of hypoxia, estimated on clinical grounds. It was found that the severity of hypoxia per se did not influence the peak bilirubin level. From among the parameters studied, only caloric intake correlated significantly and negatively with maximum bilirubin concentration in the total patient material, and more strongly in the surviving infants. | 121,679 | [
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Classification of hereditary cataracts in children by linkage analysis. | A total of 12-different types of hereditary cataracts have been positively assigned to the gene map. They are located on autosomes as well as on the X chromosome. This establishes several kinds of cataracts as distinct diseases caused by different mutations. In selected cases the information may be helpful for prenatal diagnosis. | 121,767 | [
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Distribution of blood groups and secretor status in schistosomiasis. | Urine and stool specimens from 425 school children in Swaziland were examined for evidence of Schistosoma mansoni or Schistosoma haematobium infection. Concurrently, saliva collections were analysed for ABH secretory ability and blood samples were typed for ABO, Rh and Lewis groups. Among individuals infected with S. mansoni, the frequency of blood group B was significantly increased (P < 0.001), and there was a greater prevalence of positive secretor status (P < 0.05). In contrast, the presence and severity of S. haematobium infection did not correlate with any of the variables tested. | 121,770 | [
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The longitudinal approach to the pathogenesis of respiratory disease. | Longitudinal observations were made of a well-defined population of children at a day care center in an investigation of the pathogenesis of infections due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and Mycoplasma pneumoniae. A single RSV infection induced a modest but significant degree of resistance to further RSV infection in these children. Age and immunity seemed to interact to decrease the intensity of the clinical expression of illness associated with RSV infection. Infants and young children had asymptomatic or mild infections with M. pneumoniae; some of these children also became reinfected. A rise in titer of antibody to M. pneumoniae was demonstrated frequently in children of all ages. However, stimulation of peripheral lymphocytes by M. pneumoniae antigen was demonstrated infrequently in children younger than four years of age but frequently in children older than four years of age. It is speculated that the clinical expression of disease due to M. pneumoniae is modulated by immune responses; this hypothesis would explain the greater severity of illness in older children and young adults than in younger children. It is also speculated that RSV vaccines will not prevent RSV infection but may be expected to lessen the severity of clinical disease that follows such infections. M. pneumoniae vaccines probably should not be used in children because these vaccines may enhance immunity and increase the sevrity of illness. | 121,783 | [
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Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy as a natural model of childhood epilepsy. | Fukuyama type Congenital Muscular Dystrophy, inherited autosomal-recessively, is characterized by muscular dystrophy associated with severe mental retardation and epileptic convulsions. By examining 56 cases, followed for more than three years, 75 EEG records from 40 patients and visual evoked potentials from 11 patients with reference to autopsied materials, the authors aimed at clarifying the causative relationship between congenital central nervous system (CNS) lesions and childhood epilepsy. In 36 out of 56 cases diffuse epileptic seizures were observed with onset at 1.64 +/- 1.01 years average. In 32/36 cases seizures developed before 3 years of age. In 51/75 EEGs focal paroxysmal discharges (FPD), fronto-contro-parietal in younger and centro-occipital in older cases, were observed. Abnormal basic activities (ABA), diffuse-alpha-activity and/or abundant or extreme spindles, were observed more often in older than younger cases. The incidence of FPD was similar between convulsive and non-convulsive cases, but ABA predominated in the former, VEP revealed abnormal findings in 64% of 11 cases examined. Of the CNS pathology, consisting of cerebral and cerebellar gyral abnormalities and a hypoplastic corticospinal tract, the gyral lesions (verrucous polymicrogyria with adhesions of adjacent gyri and cellular disarrangement) were thought to be lesions causing epilepsy. Cortical nonprogressive gyral lesions occurring around the second trimester could cause FPD and clinical diffuse epileptic seizures develop with other factors concerned with ABA. | 121,866 | [
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Adult type GMl-gangliosidosis: a complementation study on somatic cell hybrids. | Two adult siblings with progressive pyramidal and extrapyramidal lesions, and generalized muscle atrophy had a profound deficiency of beta-galactosidase in all the cells and body fluids examined. Neuraminidase activity was normal in fibroblasts. The fused fibroblasts of infantile GMl-gangliosidosis and each of these adult patients had beta-galactosidase activity as expected for the average value in a mixture of equal numbers of parental cells. However, there was a remarkable increase in the activity of beta-galactosidase when the cells from each of these cases were fused with those from the beta-galactosidase-deficient adult with cherry-red spots, cerebellar ataxia, myoclonus and neuraminidase deficiency in fibroblasts. It was concluded that the two siblings represent a new genetic variant (adult type) of GMl-gangliosidosis. | 121,869 | [
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Synthesis and studies of transferrin. | Combination of the usual techniques yielded 70-80 p.c. pure apo- and iron-transferrin preparations, whose analysis revealed the presence of antigenically identical transferrin fractions differing from one another in respect of electrophoretic motility and sedimentation contrast. No similar modifications of transferrin have previously been reported. | 121,874 | [
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13C NMR analysis of methionine sulfoxide in protein. | The 13C epsilon NMR signal of methionine sulfoxide is 22.6 ppm downfield from that of methionine. This affords a method by which the extent of methionine oxidation can be determined in intact protein. We demonstrate the utility of this approach with beta-galactosidase enriched with 13C in its methionine methyls. | 121,887 | [
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Comparative evaluation of some methods for detection of M. pneumoniae antibodies. | Various methods of detection are available for measuring antibodies specific to M. pneumoniae. We examined over 600 sera of patients with clinical diagnosis of M. pneumoniae infection using complement fixation (CF) test. 91 gave positive reaction and were therefore selected for a comparative analysis with other methods such as metabolic inhibition (MI), mycoplasmocidal (MC) and radioimmunoprecipitation (RIP) methods. MC and RIP test gave antibody titers comparatively higher than MI and CF. Comparative studies on the sensitivity of the various methods considered were also carried out on 6 paired sera collected from the same patients at 10 days intervals. The increase in antibody titers were much higher when MC and RIP tests were considered. When RIP and MC methods were compared, the first appeared more sensitive in all cases studied. | 121,958 | [
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[Analysis of flexion energy variations of a human red blood cell, of ellipsoid form, in the process of deformation imposed by turbulent tangential flux]. | The purpose of the present, morphological analysis is to recognize a functional connection between shear stress tau, which Human Red Cells, treated with glutaraldehyde, are subjected and their energy of bending (U), during the shape transition, turbulent shear-flow dependent, under the hypothesis of "isoareal" transformation. The experimental basis of this analysis is the work of Sutera and Mehrjardi. | 121,961 | [
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[Lysine deficiency and carnitine biosynthesis in the rat]. | Male rats weanling fed 20% gluten diet for 90 days of demonstrate to have about one-third lower level of carnitine per gram of skeletal muscle and heart muscle than the group which received the same diet supplemented with 1% of lysine. The carnitine level of the liver, however, was significantly higher in the unsupplemented versus the lysine supplemented groups. | 121,965 | [
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Effects of parasitic infections in pregnant women. | This review focuses on the parasitic diseases which occur frequently in the tropics and which affect pregnant women. Clinical disease of the mother during pregnancy, vertical transmission of parasites and transplacental passage of soluble parasitic antigens are discussed in relation to their immunopathological significance for the fetus. The incidences of congenital malaria, African trypanosomiasis and Chagas' disease are reviewed, together with vertical transmission of filarial infection, involvement of the female genital tract in schistosomiasis, and fulminant colitis due to Entamoeba histolytica infection during pregnancy. | 121,975 | [
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A comparative study on the pretreatment methods for the cultivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on LJ medium. Part I. | The sputa of 303 cases who were admitted at Ojha Sanitaurium Karachi were studied for comparing the efficacy and reliability of the three pretreatment methods including the standard method, and those recommended by Nassau (1958) and Becker (1916). Out of the total 223 cases were found to be positive after cultivation on LJ medium out of which 142 were found positive with ZNCF staining while in 81 cases no AFB could be detected. The number of cases found to be positive with standard method, Becker's method and Nassau's method were 117,131, and 147 respectively. As to the contamination, 58 were encountered with standard method, 25 with Becker's method and 84 with Nassau's method. 128 negatives were observed with the standard method, and 147 and 72 with Becker's method and Nassau's method respectively. The merits and demerits of the three methods are discussed. | 121,981 | [
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[Interaction of cimetidine and metoclopramide on the lower esophageal sphincter in man]. | The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of Cimetidine and Metoclopramide on human lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure. Intravenous Metoclopramide in a bolus injection (0.3 mg/Kg or a maximal dose of 20 mg) produced an increase of LES pressure from 20,8 +/- 3,1 mmHg to a peak response of 42,0 +/- 5,0 mmHg. Intravenous Cimetidine in a bolus injection of 300 mg failed to alter basal LES pressure and LES response to Metoclopramide. Cimetidine in continuous infusion (100 mg/h) also failed to alter basal LES pressure and LES response to intravenous Metoclopramide. These studies suggest that: (1) Human LES pressure increases in response to intravenous Metoclopramide; (2) H2-Antagonism with Cimetidine has no effect on the human LES basal pressure; and (3) The H-2 receptors have no apparent role in the human LES response to Metoclopramide. | 121,985 | [
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[Carbon dioxide laser and gynaecological surgery (author's transl)]. | The authors describe their one year's experience with a CO2 Laser in gynaecology. They emphasise the ease of use of the equipment. Three major divisions of gynaecology can benefit from the CO2 Laser: benign or precancerous lesions of the vulva and of the vagina, dysplasia of the cervix, surgery of the fallopian tubes. In the future, technical progress will enable the CO2 Laser to be used in laparoscopy and its indications will certainly be extended to laparoscopic surgery. | 121,998 | [
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Modulation of erythropoietin concentrations by manipulation of hypercarbia. | The present studies were done to determine whether preventing the respiratory alkalosis, which is known to occur with acute "hypoxic" stimuli, would lead to alterations in plasma concentrations of erythropoietin (Ep). Rats were subjected to two acute stresses, hypoxia and blood loss, separately and in combination, with and without the added stress of hypercarbia. Hypercarbia in all experimental groups was associated with a decrease in plasma concentrations of Ep. This reduction in plasma Ep with hypercarbia could not be fully explained by the higher arterial pO2S or p50S of the hypercarbic rats. Hypercarbia may have indirectly suppressed Ep production by increasing blood flow to the site of Ep production. Alternatively, the cell of origin of Ep could be sensitive to changes in pH and/or PCO2. It was further demonstrated that neither the onset nor the degree of reticulocytosis could be predicted by the plasma Ep concentrations. It is likely that the removal of red blood cells led to a decrease in marrow transit time with the early emergence of reticulocytes after acute blood loss. | 122,167 | [
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Aldose reductase inhibition: studies with alrestatin. | Studies with the aldose reductase inhibitor alrestatin in animal models have suggested that the sorbitol pathway may be of etiologic significance in the pathogenesis of peripheral neuropathy in diabetes. In normal subjects and in highly selected diabetic patients with severe peripheral neuropathy, alrestatin given either intravenously (50 mg/kg body weight) or orally (1 gm q.i.d.) produced no acute toxicity. The serum half-life of alrestatin was approximately 1 hr, and 99% was recovered in the urine within 24 hr. Two diabetic patients receiving alrestatin intravenously reported subjective improvements in clinical symptoms 2 days following the start of infusions. These improvements lasted approximately 3 wk after infusions were discontinued. However, there were no significant objective changes in peripheral nerve condition velocities, or on neurologic examination. In a 30-day oral trial with alrestatin in 4 diabetics, there were no subjective improvements in clinical symptoms nor were there objective improvements on neurologic examination or in peripheral nerve conduction velocities. In this study, peak serum levels of alrestatin were approximately 3 times lower than those obtained on intravenous administration, and it is possible that a high peak serum level is critical to the attainment of adequate tissue drug concentrations. Furthermore, the patients were suffering from severe clinical peripheral neuropathy, which could represent a stage of permanent irreversible nerve damage. Studies with alrestatin in newly diagnosed diabetics with peripheral nerve conduction velocity deficits but without clinical neuropathy might provide a better test of the sorbitol pathway hypothesis. | 122,298 | [
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Serum immunoconglutinin levels in healthy subjects, malaria nephrosis and other conditions. | Serum immunoconglutinin (I-K) levels were estimated and compared in 189 normal school children, ninety blood donors, eight-seven nephrotic children, twenty-eight nephrotic adults, twenty-five falciparum malaria children and 126 miscellaneous patients. Low levels (1/32 or less) were recorded in 75.1% of normal school children and 68.9% of blood donors. Similarly 95.4% of nephrotic children and 71.4% of nephrotic adults had low titres. The trend was the same in other disease groups in which 88.0% of falciparum malaria children and 65.1% miscellaneous patients had low titres. The relevance of the I-K levels obtained in the study groups is discussed. | 122,318 | [
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Roentgenological measurement of skull size in Nigerian children. | The maximal internal length L, height H, and width W, were measured on normal A.P. and lateral skull radiographs on 352 Nigerian children whose age range was from birth to 12 years. The distance between the necks of the mandibles M, was also measured. Based on the above measurements the Cronqvist cranial indices (Formula: see text) and a simple summation index, L + W + H were determined. Normal mean values and standard deviation for Nigerian children were then calculated. The mean Cronqvist index (Formula: see text) was found to be 57.3, at birth, 53.3 at 5 years and 50.3 at 10 years. The simple summation index was 340 mm at birth and 495 mm at 10 years. There is a striking similarity in head size and growth pattern to those of North American children. There was little to choose between the various indices in the first year of life. The simple summation index seemed most sensitive after 2 years. | 122,321 | [
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Haemoglobin DIbadan in a haemoglobin S endemic population. | Haemoglobin DIbadan (beta 87 threonine leads to lysine) was originally found in Ibadan, an area with a high incidence of sickle cell haemoglobin (HbS). Since haemoglobin D and S are indistinguishable by most common conventional methods, the geographical coincidence of the two haemoglobin poses a serious screening problem which was investigated in the propositus who is heterozygous for S and D, his wife who is heterozygous for A and S, and their six children. The combined techniques of haemoglobin solubility, sickling rate, shaking test and routine electrophoresis have yielded an unequivocal diagnosis of the haemoglobin types of the family both for identification and quantitative estimation of the percentage of haemoglobins in the heterozygotes. HbD was found to be slightly less soluble than HbA but otherwise normal blood from S+D individuals was found to contain 57-60% HbD suggesting an increased systhesis of HbD relative to S, whereas A+D heterozygote has 41% HbD suggesting a diminished synthesis of HbD relative to HbA. The physicochemical characteristic of HbD and the haematological data in simple heterozygotes are normal. | 122,322 | [
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A double-blind comparative study of cimetidine and placebo in adult Nigerian duodenal ulcer patients with special reference to gastroduodenal mucosal morphology and intestinal bacterial activity. | Twenty-seven adult Nigerian patients with endoscopically proven active duodenal ulcers have received in a double-blind trial either the histamine H2 - receptor antagonist cimetidine 1g daily or placebo tablets of identical appearance for 4 weeks. Fifty-six per cent of the cimetidine patients and 18% of those receiving placebo had endoscopically completely healed ulcers and total pain relief at the completion of trial. This response amounted to clinical cure. An additional 19% of patients in the cimetidine group experienced clinical improvement either in endoscopic or symptomatic reassessment but not in both, thus leading to a disparity between clinical cure rate (56%), healing rate (69%), and pain relief (64%). Though therefore significantly better than placebo, this less favourable response to cimetidine in this study may be due to the short trial period, the disparity between healing and pain relief rates or to co-existing and persistent antroduodenitis in ulcer patients as shown on gastroduodenal mucosal biopsies taken at the time of the clinical investigation. There were no untoward clinical laboratory side effects with the exception of the one cimetidine patient who experienced diarrhoea and a small number who showed slight, asymptomatic rise in plasma creatinine level. Of particular interest to the reported occurrence of diarrhoea with cimetidine therapy is the finding in the bacteriological studies of intestinal aspirates and biochemistry estimations for indicanuria in the consenting patients which showed that orally administered cimetidine 1g daily for 4 weeks neither produced demonstratable alterations in the bacterial content of the small bowel not pathological indicanuria, thereby excluding bacterial overgrowth syndrome as a therapeutic hazard in the clinical application of cimetidine. | 122,333 | [
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Principles of intravenous nutrition. | In my view intravenous feeding represents a substantial advance in the management of critically ill patients. It is no longer tenable that patients should die as a result of complications of malnutrition simply because they cannot or are unable to take adequate oral nutrition. Intravenous feeding is a challenge both in concept and application. With it, however, the outcome for many patients, who formerly would have died, has considerably improved. | 122,354 | [
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Inhibition of gonadotropin and prolactin release by dopamine: effect of endogenous estradiol levels. | The influence of endogenous estradiol (E2) levels on gonadotropin and PRL sensitivity to dopamine (DA) infusion (4 micrograms/kg/min) was assessed at different stages of the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle. Basal LH and FSH levels were comparable in day 2 and day 12 subjects, and despite a 4-fold increase in E2 concentration, the inhibition of LH by DA was small and quantitatively similar and there was no discernible effect on FSH in either group. In marked contrast, day 14 subjects with an elevated basal LH level exhibited a dramatic increase in the sensitivity of LH and FSH to DA inhibition. Further, a remarkable rebound release for LH but not FSH occurred on the termination of DA infusion. There was a significant correlation between basal LH and response to DA (r = 0.979). This unique increase in response to DA at a time when hypothalamic LRF secretion is assumed to be elevated suggests that DA may exert its effect by inhibiting LRF release. The inhibition of PRL release by DA is correlated with endogenous E2 levels (r equal 0.685) as well as basal PRL levels (r = 0.878). Rebound release of PRL occurs in all three groups of women on termination of the DA infusion, but the magnitude was greatest in Day 14 subjects with the highest endogenous E2 levels. These data suggest that while E2 seems to augment the sensitivity of PRL inhibition by DA, its does not seem to directly influence gonadotropin sensitivity to DA inhibition. The selective hypersensitivity of both LH and FSH to DA observed on the day before midcycle LH peak is consistent with a reduction in LRF neuronal inhibition by tuberoinfundibular DA neurons at this time. | 122,409 | [
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Progesterone induced acute release of prolactin in estrogen primed ovariectomized women. | Progesterone (10 mg) administered intramuscularly induces a concurrent release of prolactin as well as gonadotropin in estrogen-primed women. The time course of pituitary release of all three of these hormones appears to include a latent phase of 4 hrs and is maintained for at least 5 hrs. It is considered that this effect of progesterone may be mediated through a reduction of hypothalamic dopamine. | 122,417 | [
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The relationship of changes in serum estradiol and progesterone during the menstrual cycle to the thyrotropin and prolactin responses to thyrotropin-releasing hormone. | The responses of serum TSH and PRL to TRH (500 microgram) were studied in normal young women in the early follicular, periovulatory, and midluteal phases of the menstrual cycle in order to examine the relationship of these responses to the levels of estradiol relationship of these responses to the levels of estradiol (E2) and progesterone. Each woman was studied twice in each phase in order to assess intraindividual variability. There was no significant difference in either the TSH or PRL responses among the phases of the menstrual cycle nor was either response affected by the periovulatory rise in E2 or by the luteal rise in both E2 and progesterone. Thus, the interpretation of the TSH and PRL responses to TRH in normal women is not affected by the menstrual cycle although both responses are greater in women that in men. Both the peak TSH and peak PRL after TRH were highly correlated with the basal levels of TSH (r = 0.85; P less than 0.01) and PRL (r = 0.67; P less than 0.01), respectively, indicating that the TSH and PRL responses to TRH in women are directly proportionate to the basal levels of the respective hormones, as previously shown for the TSH response in men. The mean intraindividual variability (coefficient of variation) of the TSH response to TRH was 18%, but ranged as high as 56%, while that of the PRL response was 16% and ranged up to 31%; variability was not affected by the phase of the menstrual cycle. The normal range of the peak TSH after TRH in women is 7-33 microU/ml (mean +/- 2 SD); however, because of the variability, a normal woman may sometimes have a peak TSH after TRH as low as 4 microU/ml. Repeating the test will result in a normal value if the woman is truly normal. Similarly, the normal peak PRL after TRH in women is 22-111 ng/ml (mean +/- 2 SD); usually, however, the lower limit is 30 ng/ml with lower values due to intraindividual variation. The data suggest that the higher average level of E2 in women compared to women, but that the cyclic changes in serum E2 or progesterone in women have little or no additional effect. | 122,427 | [
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[Extreme psychogenic shock states in childhood]. | An attempt is made in this paper to describe a syndrome consequent upon extreme psychogenic shock situations, which has been observed in a number of children. This syndrome is characterized by panic, flight, and anxiety during the actual event, which are followed by a relatively prolonged period of exclusion from consciousness of painful memories. Besides, there may be observed neurotic symptoms manifesting themselves in a decrease in proficiency level, refusal to establish contacts with other people, and mental digestion of the events. Assimilation of the events by intensive psychotherapy seems to be possible within about six months. Also discussed in this paper is the problem of actual neurosis and the origin of preconscious repression. | 122,472 | [
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[Follow-up studies of high-risk children at the time of entering school in comparison with a normal group]. | Somatic, neurological and psychological follow-up examinations performed on 54 high-risk children for school enrollment gave no significant differences in comparison with a randomized equal number of normal control children, with regard to physical development and maturation as indicated by carporadiograms. So far as neurological development was concerned, there was a slightly more frequent occurrence of minimal defects and, anamnestically, a marked retardation in the mastering of static functions (running) and speech development in the high-risk group. The results were in correlation with the psychological test findings. Here, too, a more frequent occurrence of impaired intellectual functions was found, which led to a greater number of deferments, conditional enrollments and transfers to special schools. Prospective examinations afford better opportunities of etiologically classifying and registering defects, including light forms. In this connection problems of screening are also discussed. | 122,486 | [
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[Neurogenic disorders of bladder emptying in children]. | Disturbed micturition of the neurogenic type is found in children suffering from spinal tumors and anomalies of the vertebral column. The most frequent cause is the so-called myelomeningocele. Myelodysplasia can occur in 1-2 out of every 1,000 new-born babies. Operative treatment is available today (closing the celes immediately after birth and drainage of the associated hydrocephalus) so that these children survive and their fate essentially depends on the early diagnosis and therapy of the neurogenic micturition disturbance. Urodynamic examinations and the determination of the urethra pressure profile are vital for diagnosis. Using the results four different groups can be established each requiring a specific therapy. Individual therapies must also be selected for each individual case. Apart from operative treatment, drugs and electrostimulation can be used on a large scale. The authors present their own experience and results with regard to diagnosis and therapy. | 122,496 | [
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[Initial reports on experiences in working with special groups in child day care centers]. | A decisive condition for advancement at an early stage is the detection of physical damage. In this connection the GDR Ministry of Public Health has published guidelines for the establishment of special groups for infants suffering from physical damage, at ordinary creches (Verfügungen und Mitteilungen 15/1976). In 1976/77 a total of eight special groups with 64 children were set up at creches in the city of Erfurt. The criteria for assigning children to such groups were age and the type/degree of damage, with the aim of having homogeneous group structures. Advancement was through an all-day teaching process, in which parents were involved by giving them guidance, inviting them for discussion evenings and calling on their homes. A description is given of the approach to teaching and methods and planning (written timetables for specific months, weeks and days), all of which are essential in creating adequate educational conditions taking into account individual differences in the level of performance and the prevailing primary damage (e.g. disablement, impaired hearing, marked milieu damage). | 122,506 | [
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Analysis of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid in a cariogenic strain of Streptococcus faecalis: an approach to identifying genetic determinants on cryptic plasmids. | Streptococcus faecalis strains ND539 and OG1 have been previously shown to be cariogenic in gnotobiotic animals. Deoxyribonucleic acid analyses have revealed the presence of a single 26-megadalton plasmid designated pAM539 in the former strain, whereas the latter strain was found to be plasmid-free. By gene transfer experiments, it was possible to construct isogenic pairs of strains that differed only with regard to the presence or absence of pAM539. Comparative studies of isogenic pairs showed that the presence of pAM539 conferred bacterial sensitivity to a bacteriocin produced by S. faecalis strain 5952. | 122,512 | [
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Influence of R-plasmid RP1 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on cell wall composition, drug resistance, and sensitivity to cold shock. | R-plasmid RP1 was transferred to Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells, as indicated by their resistance to carbenicillin, ampicillin, cephaloridine, kanamycin, and tetracycline, and by the presence of a periplasmic beta-lactamase. The wild-type cells (RP1-) were lysed by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid but not by ethylene-glycol-bis(2-aminoethyl ether)-N,N-tetraacetic acid, whereas cells carrying the plasmid (RP1+) were resistant to both these chelating agents. RP1+ and RP1- strains were both sensitive to the lytic action of polymyxin B and the lethal action of cold shock, but the effect was less marked in the RP1+ cultures. A proportion of the RP1+ cells surviving cold shock lost resistance to carbenicillin, tetracycline, and kanamycin. The chemical composition of whole cells and cell walls of RP1+ differed from that RP1- in the content of cation, phospholipid, and markers for lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan. Differences in cell wall composition, response to ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and polymyxin B, and the effects of cold shock are all compatible with the hypothesis that RP1 confers changes in the cell envelope, probably in the outer membrane, of P. aeruginosa. | 122,523 | [
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Vitamin E deficiency and seizures in animals and man. | Study of 100 children with grand mal convulsive disorders and 100 medically healthy children of matching age showed significantly lower plasma levels of vitamin E in the former (means 632.2 +/- 17.3 and 822.5 +/- 21.8 micrograms/dl respectively; p less than 0.001). This finding accords with the ability to prevent seizures in rodents by giving alpha-tocopherol before exposing them to a convulsion-inducing environment. | 122,540 | [
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Hormonal regulation of trehalose metabolism in the blowfly Phormia Regina Meig.: effects of cardiacectomy and allatectomy at the subcellular level. | 1. Kinetic properties of adult Phormia fat body glycogen synthetase were studied and compared to other animals. The KM for UDPG is 2.82 mM, decreasing to 0.58 mM in the presence of G-6-P. 2. The specific activity of fat body glycogen synthetase shows a reduction of 30% within 2 days after allatectomy. 3. Fat body T-6-P synthetase activity decreases to 70% of the control value after cardiacectomy. 4. Corpus cardiacum homogenate fails to induce higher T-6-P synthetase activity in cell-free preparations from cardiacectomized flies. 5. Interactions between corpus cardiacum and corpus allatum in regulating carbohydrate metabolism are discussed. | 122,562 | [
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Purine nucleoside phosphorylase from bovine liver. | 1. Purine nucleoside phosphorylase (purine nucleoside:orthophosphate ribosyltransferase, E.C. 2.4.2.1) from liver of cattle, Bos taurus, was purified to homogeneity. Some properties of the enzymes from three different bovine tissues were compared and discussed. 2. The enzyme has a molecular weight of 83,000, a sedimentation coefficient of 5.3 S, a Stokes' radius of 3.71 nm, a frictional ratio of 1.30 and a subunit molecular weight of 30,000. 3. Optimal pH for xanthosine degradation is around 5.5, whereas a broad pH activity profile for inosine degradation was observed between 5.0 and 7.5. Lineweaver-Burk plots curved downward at high concentrations of substrates, inosine, phosphate and arsenate. | 122,568 | [
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Glycolytic end products of the adult dog heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis. | 1. Adult dog heartworms remained alive and motile for 24 hr without oxygen present and with only glucose available as a substrate. 2. Lactate accounted for 55% of the carbon from the 1-14C-glucose utilized in 1 hr and 14CO2 for 1.9%. 3. Only traces of 14C were found in glycogen and no net accumulation of acetate was demonstrated. 4. Dirofilaria immitis resembles Litomosoides carinii in the percent of utilized glucose appearing as lactate but is more akin to Brugia pahangi and Dipetalonema viteae in survival under anaerobic conditions and in negligible acetate production. | 122,581 | [
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Growth of school children with polychlorinated biphenyl poisoning or yusho. | In 1968, a mass poisoning due to polychlorinated biphenyls or yusho occurred in Japan. It was reported that poor growth in school children with yusho was observed 1 year after the poisoning. This study was intended to ascertain whether or not the unfavorable effect of the polychlorinated biphenyl poisoning on growth among the school children with yusho is still appreciable. Data from the physical examinations made in 1970 and 1971 were collected and analyzed. The result obtained was that growth in yusho cases was suppressed temporarily and thereafter increments tended to be close to the average value in the control group. | 122,586 | [
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The effect of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) antiserum administration on gonadotropin secretion in the rhesus monkey. | Single iv injections of a rabbit antiserum to synthetic LHRH promptly suppressed serum LH and FSH concentrations in ovariectomized rhesus monkeys. Gonadotropin levels remained depressed for 10-21 days, the approximate duration of enhanced LHRH binding activity in the circulation. Doses of LHRH antiserum sufficient to reduce tonic gonadotropin secretion did not modify the time course or magnitude of estrogen-induced gonadotropin surges. These negative findings, however, cannot be interpreted to signify that such surges are not caused by a release of LHRH. | 122,596 | [
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Effect of progesterone and its 5 alpha-reduced metabolites on gonadotropin levels in estrogen-primed ovariectomized rats. | In an effort to determine whether the metabolic conversion of progestrone may be important in the feedback effects of this steroid, serum LH and FSH levels were measured after administration of progesterone, 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone or 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one to estrogen-primed ovariectomized rats. A single injection of 2 or 4 mg progesterone, 4 mg 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone, or 4 mg 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one 72 h (Day 3) after estrogen pretreatment induced a highly significant increase in serum LH and FSH 6 h later (1800 h). Although serum gonadotropin levels had begun to decrease 12 h after administration of the progestins, they were still significantly higher than control values and did not return to baseline levels until noon on Day 4. When either progesterone or 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one was administered at noon on Days 3 and 4, there was a significant reduction in LH levels 6 h after the second injection. In contrast, serum LH levels were slightly elevated 3 to 6 h (1500 to 1800 h) after the second injection of 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone and did not decrease until 2100 h. There was no effect on FSH concentrations after a second injection of any of the progestins. Loss of uterine luminal fluid was observed within 24 h after a single injection of progesterone. Neither of the 5 alpha-reduced metabolites had an effect on uterine ballooning until after the second injection, and, even then, nonfluid-filled uteri were observed in only 20 to 30% of the animals. The results suggest that the conversion of progesterone to 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone and 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one by neuroendocrine tissues may be necessary for the positive and negative feedback effects of progesterone on gonadotropin secretion. Thus, the diverse effects of progesterone may be due to progesterone per se (e.g., in the uterus) and/or its metabolites (e.g., in the hypothalamus and pituitary). | 122,598 | [
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Miconazole in coccidioidomycosis. | The epidemiology of Coccidioides immitis is described with respect to annual infection rates and differing ethnic susceptibilities to the infection. A trial of miconazole in infected mice produced 100% survival in conditions which normally kill 100% of animals, probably by drastically reducing the rate of fungal multiplication in the lung. The fungal endospore, the form of the dimorphic fungus found predominantly in host tissue is more sensitive to miconazole than is the mycelial form. Data are presented from 14 human patients, some moribund and comatose, all of whom had failed to respond to existing therapy. There was objective evidence of improvement in eight, and a subjective impression of improvement in the majority. One patient failed to respond and three have equivocal results. | 122,639 | [
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Therapy for deep mycoses: an introduction. | A classification of mycoses, depending upon the depth of penetration of the organism is discussed, as is the need to distinguish the true from the 'pseudo' mycoses. The development of antifungal agents is described from the first antibiotics to amphotericin B and 5-fluorocytosine. Attention is particularly focussed on the question of safety and effectiveness. Finally, it is stressed that successful antifungal treatment must depend upon determination of the exact pathological status of the patient and examples are given which relate to such clinical assessments. | 122,641 | [
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Clinical and experimental evidence on miconazole for the treatment of systemic mycoses: a review. | Intravenous treatment with miconazole brought about the recovery of 90% of patients with gastrointestinal or systemic candidosis. Miconazole given by the same route has also been found effective in the treatment of cryptococcosis, coccidioidomycosis, and paracoccidioidomycosis. Cryptococcal and coccidioidal meningitis have been cured by combined intravenous and intrathecal instillation, although treatment of aspergillosis has presented difficulty. Oral treatment was effective in curing dermatophyte skin infections and systemic mycoses caused by sensitive organisms such as paracoccidioides, blastomyces and histoplasma. The question of blood levels following oral and intravenous administration is discussed. Side effects of the drug were few, and included chills, dizziness, skin rash, itching and diarrhoea. Thus miconazole can safely be given to seriously ill patients. Its behaviour in the body is not influenced by renal insufficiency and no drug induced resistance has been reported. | 122,647 | [
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Penicillamine treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: relationship of proteinuria and autoantibodies to immune status. | Thirty-seven patients were studied before and during treatment with respect to immune status, clinical response and development of adverse effects and autoantibodies. The baseline immune status was not predictive in terms of the above features, apart from the fact that the group of 7 patients developing proteinuria had a tendency to low or subnormal IgG levels. The most marked clinical improvement was recorded in the group who had augmented skin test responses sometime during the treatment period. These patients also had the largest falls in the IgG, IgA and rheumatoid factor. Antinuclear antibody persisted or increased in titre in 38% of patients, but was not associated with poor prognosis or liability to side-effects. Autoantibodies to striational or smooth muscle occurred in 20% of patients, and there was a much higher incidence of proteinuria in this group. We have previously suggested that penicillamine may act by depressing humoral function, leading to augmentation of cell-mediated immunity. Although the present findings suggest that penicillamine does cause humoral depression in some cases, it is not clear how the drug induces the side-effects described. | 122,657 | [
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The effect of penicillamine on growth as height in juvenile chronic polyarthritis. | When the disease state improves during penicillamine therapy, resumption of growth occurs; if activity persists despite therapy, the expected fall-off in growth due to active Still's disease continues. Penicillamine does not interfere with the growth spurt after withdrawal of corticosteroid therapy or with the maintained slow growth during alternate-day steroid therapy. | 122,658 | [
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[A technic to prepare fixed ground sections for a quantitative microradiography study of the dentin]. | The preparation of ground sections for the quantitative microradiographic study of dentine was carried out either by hand or by machine using a new technique of fixing the sections to the holder by a soluble adhesive. After setting up a method of control for the plano-parallelism of the sections, the times of preparation and the quality of the sections obtained with both methods were compared: engine grinding gave the best results in terms of both quantity and quality. | 122,698 | [
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Lithium metabolism and intracellular electrolytes. | Lithium chloride was administered orally to swine and two different types of sheep, HK and LK. There was a pre-lithium 16-fold variation in intracellular sodium (LK greater than HK greater than swine) and a 6.5-fold variation in the intracellular potassium (swine greater than HK greater than LK). Collected plasma and erythrocytes were analyzed for lithium, sodium and potassium. The ratio of erythrocyte lithium/plasma lithium was directly related to the pre-lithium erythrocyte sodium concentration and inversely related to the pre-lithium erythrocyte potassium concentration. | 122,706 | [
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Disulfiram alters dopamine metabolism at sites in rat's forebrain as detected by push-pull perfusions. | The effect of tetraethylthiuramdisulfide (disulfiram) on the catabolism of dopamine within discrete regions of the brain was investigated in the unrestrained rat. After a guide cannula had been implanted stereotaxically, a given subcortical site was radiolabeled with 14C-dopamine (DA) by microinjecting 2.0 mu Ci in 2.0 microliters. Successive push-pull perfusates collected from each tissue were assayed by paper electrophoresis for the separation of DA metabolites. When disulfiram, a potent aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) inhibitor, was given intragastrically in a clinically efficacious dose of 200 mg, the formation of the acids DOPAC and HVA was inhibited within perfusates of the caudate nucleus and nucleus accumbens. However, following disulfiram treatment, the proportion of alcohol metabolites did not differ from the control level in the untreated rat. The level of ALDH decreased by approximately 50% in these subcortical nuclei following the inhibition of the enzyme by disulfiram. Conversely, in samples of perfusate obtained from 14C-labeled sites within inferofrontal cortex, periform cortex, diagonal band of Broca, lateral-posterior caudate nucleus, tuberculum olfactorium, lateral olfactory tract or the olfactory nuclear complex, the proportion of DA metabolites remained stable. Generally, a low rate of deamination of the exogenously injected DA occurred within perfusion sites in the ventrobasal forebrain, whereas an intermediate rate of deamination was noted in samples collected at more dorsal loci. Thus, clearcut regional differences in DA catabolism occur in the brain of the living animal, which may depend upon the characteristics of the dopaminergic-rich area of the rat's brain. | 122,719 | [
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Biological activity of neurotensin and its C-terminal partial sequences. | A hypothalamic tridecapeptide, neurotensin, and its C-terminal partial sequences down to the dipeptide were synthesized. These peptides were assayed for smooth muscle contracting and blood pressure lowering properties using preparations of isolated stomach fundus, uterus and duodenum of the rat, isolated guinea pig ileum and rabbit carotid artery. Sequences of 6 or more terminal amino acids produced a strong stomach fundus contracting effect, the potencies of the fragments being approximately equivalent to or slightly more than that of the parent tridecapeptide. These fragments also elicited the ileum contracting activity, but the potencies were only one fifth to one tenth that of neurotensin. The tetra- or dipeptide hardly stimulated either the fundus or the ileum. The stimulating effect on the uterus or relaxing effect on the duodenum of neurotensin was not consistent. Rabbit blood pressure was lowered markedly by neurotensin and weakly by its dodecapeptide. From these results, the arginine or arginine-arginine residue down to the C-terminal leucine appears to be essential for the smooth muscle contracting activity of neurotensin. The full length sequence may be needed for the hypotensive effect. | 122,721 | [
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Determination of group specific component phenotypes in dried bloodstains by immunofixation on cellulose acetate. | Group specific phenotypes in dried bloodstains can be rapidly and reliably determined by immunofixation on cellulose acetate membranes. Up to 16 samples, can be analyzed simultaneously in less than 60 min, and the cellulose acetate electrophoretogram is retained as a permanent record. | 122,746 | [
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Influences of clinical factors on marginal adaptation and residual mercury content of amalgam. | Clinical factors affecting residual mercury and marginal adaptations of amalgam restorations in a private practice environment were investigated. Findings, converted to ridit values, indicated that influencing factors are the training level of the dental assistants, type of amalgamator, accuracy of the timing device, and method of condensation. | 122,832 | [
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Parotid saliva enzymes in Down's syndrome. | The parotid saliva in persons with Down's syndrome was analyzed for three enzymes: acid phosphatase, nonspecific esterase, and amylase. The results have shown a statistically significant elevation of esterase activity in persons with Down's syndrome whereas no statistical differences were observed with the other enzymes. The current investigation has provided further insight into salivary gland metabolism and may have yielded some information pertaining to the genetic control of the processes regulating the electrolyte concentration of human saliva. | 122,833 | [
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Patent ductus arteriosus complicating the respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants. | In 46 preterm infants with RDS the patency of the ductus arteriosus was established by single film aortography or by clinical diagnosis and confirmation at surgery. The estimated left-to-right shunt through the PDA by aortogram correlated well with the heart size and the clinical diagnosis of heart failure. In 14 infants massive cardiomegaly and heart failure with a PDA occurred before the appearance of a heart murmur. Twelve infants had severe RDS and 34 had mild or moderate RDS. Massive cardiomegaly occurred significantly earlier in infants with severe RDS. It is suggested that ductal ligation is indicated when an infant with massive cardiomegaly requires IPPV and whose aortagram shows that all of the contrast material is in the pulmonary arteries and none in the aortic arch. A heart murmur may or may not be present. | 122,840 | [
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Surgical aspects of regional myocardial blood flow and myocardial pressure. | The surgical technique of cardiopulmonary bypass with either an empty beating or an empty fibrillating ventricle produces marked changes in the regional blood flow and oxygen demand of the left ventricle. This paper describes the changes which occurred in the regional perfusion of both the normal and the hypertrophied left ventricle during these conditions and relates them to the known changes in oxygen demand. It also correlates the changes in flow with the measurable changes in myocardial tissue pressure-systolic when the heart is beating and continuous when fibrillating. The various types of filbrillation had identical effects on both regional tissue pressure and regional flow. The subendocardial blood supply was adequate or more than adequate under each of these conditions so long as the coronary perfusion pressure was maintained at an adequate level. A low perfusion pressure during ventricular fibrillation of any type led to a marked reduction in flow to the subendocardial portion of the left ventricle: The presence of ventricular hypertrophy accentuated this danger. | 122,850 | [
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Effects of streptozotocin on glucose metabolism, insulin response, and adiposity in ob/ob mice. | To determine whether hyperglycemia in the obese hyperglycemic (ob/ob) mouse is related to enhanced activity of the pancreatic beta cell, streptozotocin (175 mg/kg) was injected into lean and ob/ob mice at 8 wk of age. The influence of this injection upon glucose metabolism, adipose cellularity, pancreatic morphology and immunoreactive insulin (IRI) release from isolated pancreatic islets was measured. The plasma glucose levels before and after an oral glucose load were elevated in lean and decreased in ob/ob mice 2 wk after treatment with streptozotocin. By 5 wk after this treatment, a reduced pancreatic islet size, beta cell number and a decreased pancreatic islet IRI release were present in both lean and ob/ob mice. At this time, plasma glucose was still elevated in lean, but depressed in ob/ob mice and the insulin responsiveness in muscle and adipocytes was unchanged. Hyperglycemia abates in the ob/ob mouse as hypersecretion of insulin is diminished, but these observations may not be directly related, since streptozotocin affects key metabolic activities of the livers as well as the pancreatic beta cell. The progression of obesity and status of adipose cellularity are not directly related to hyper-insulinemia, since they are not altered following streptozotocin treatment. | 122,852 | [
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Train-of-four nerve stimulation in the management of prolonged neuromuscular blockade following succinylcholine. | Four patients, all possessing an atypical form of plasma cholinesterase, developed prolonged paralysis following succinylcholine administration. The clinical management of all four cases was facilitated by monitoring the train-of-four stimulus. All patients showed marked "fade" of the train-of-four ratio, the initial ratios of the fourth to the first twitches being 50 per cent or less, indicating variable degrees of nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade. Reversal of paralysis with anticholinesterase agents was completely successful in three cases, but only partially effective in the fourth because of the probable presence of a mixture of both depolarizing block and nondepolarizing block. In such a situation, caution in the interpretation of the train-of-four ratio is necessary, since this test measures only the nondepolarizing component of the block. Whether or not reversal with anticholinesterase drugs is attempted, clinical estimates of neuromuscular function, such as head lift, vital capacity, and inspiratory force, must be carefully correlated with train-of-four values. If reversal is attempted, the brief action of edrophonium provides a useful clinical trial. | 122,883 | [
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Managing the complications of plasma cell myeloma. | Management of some diverse complications of plasma cell myeloma is reviewed with respect to prevention when possible and prompt treatment when necessary. A series of 102 patients from the Duke University Medical Center was surveyed to ascertain the approximate frequency with which renal failure, hypercalcemia, infection, hyperviscosity syndrome, and neurologic disorders occur. Selected patient studies and additional data from the literature emphasize aspects of these complications amenable to therapy aside from that directed at plasma cell growth. | 122,891 | [
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[The angiographic demonstration of a primary sarcoma of the pulmonary artery]. | Following the findings of a primary sarcoma of the pulmonary artery and its angiographic demonstration, a search was made of the literature for this rare condition. Angiography is usually performed because a pulmonary embolism is suspected. It is best to inject contrast medium into the right atrium or ventricle. If an unusually large defect is demonstrated in the pulmonary artery, a primary malignant neoplasm should be considered in the differential diagnosis, particularly if the mass projects into the outflow tract of the right ventricle. | 122,957 | [
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