NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION.

Nomenclature and Classification of Eczema

The prevalence of atopic eczema (AE) has risen over the past few decades. There is a paucity of data on the prevalence of AE in South Africa. The ISAAC phase 1 study reported a prevalence of 5 10% in Cape Town schoolchildren. A recent study by Todd et al. conducted among Xhosa children demonstrated a point prevalence (dermatologist-diagnosed) of 0.7%, 1.1% and 3.7% in rural, peri-urban and urba...

Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses

VI. Nomenclature and Classification of Purinoceptors*

“Receptors recognize a distinct chemical entity and translate information from that entity into a form that the cell can read to alter its state” (Kenakin et al., 1992). Even though the receptors are often pharmacologically defined on the basis of synthetic compounds, they are assumed to have developed to respond to endogenous molecules. Therefore, receptors are generally named on the basis of ...

Nomenclature and classification of temporomandibular joint disorders.

Currently, there are basically two approaches to classification, one based on structural and one on positional changes occurring within the joint. Despite the increase in knowledge of pathologic changes occurring within the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), the disc still seems to be a central issue in nomenclature and classifications of TMJ disorders. Basic pathologies of the TMJ involve inflamma...

Actin-related protein nomenclature and classification

Departments of Biology and *Cell Biology and Anatomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218; ¢Departments of Cell Biology and Physiology and of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63310; § Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724; and II Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California at Los Angeles School o...