A suprasellar subarachnoid pouch; aetiological considerations.

Aetiological considerations of acquired aplastic anaemia.

BACKGROUND Acquired aplastic anaemia is one of the important causes of pancytopenia. This study was conducted to observe the mode of presentation of acquired aplastic anaemia and to find out its possible etiological factors. METHODS It is a hospital based descriptive study of 100 patients of acquired aplastic anaemia. RESULTS Out of 100 patients 60 were male and 40 female. Majority (44%) of...

Aetiological considerations and risk factors for multi-infarct dementia.

One hundred and seventy five multi-infarct dementia (MID) patients were evaluated for risk factors for stroke as well as for the types of cerebrovascular lesions that were present. The incidence of associated risk factors for stroke were as follows: hypertension (66%), heart disease (47%), cigarette smoking (37%), diabetes mellitus (20%), moderate alcohol consumption (19%) and hyperlipidaemia (...

Vitamin D and autoimmunity: new aetiological and therapeutic considerations.

Vitamin D is frequently prescribed by rheumatologists to prevent and treat osteoporosis. Several observations have shown that vitamin D inhibits proinflammatory processes by suppressing the enhanced activity of immune cells that take part in the autoimmune reaction. Moreover, recent evidence strongly suggests that vitamin D supplementation may be therapeutically beneficial, particularly for Th1...

Acute gastroenteritis in Malaysian children: aetiological and therapeutic considerations.

Despite these advances, there is still a group of infants with AGE who despite conventional treatment and exclusion of all carbohydrates from the diet INTRODUCTION In recent years there have been a number of advances facilitating our understanding of the pathogenesis of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in infancy and childhood. The discovery by Bishop et al. (1973) of the aetiological significance o...

Chest pain and the hyperventilation syndrome--some aetiological considerations.