PURE MUSTARD.

11 COPD Due to Sulfur Mustard ( Mustard Lung )

Sulfur Mustard (SM) is a potent toxic alkylating agent that has been used as a chemical warfare gas during the World War I and in the Iran-Iraq conflict between 1983 and 1988(1). SM can cause serious organ damages especially ocular, neurologic, cutaneous, bone marrow, and pulmonary complications (1). The previous studies have shown that the respiratory complications are the most common late com...

The Mustard Operation

The Mustard Operation is a surgical technique to correct a heart condition called the transposition of the great arteries (TGA). TGA is a birth defect in which the placement of the two arteries, the pulmonary artery, which supplies deoxygenated blood to the lungs, and the aorta, which takes oxygenated blood to the body are switched. William Thornton Mustard developed the operation later named f...

Poisoning by "Mustard" Gas

Pure Genes, Pure Genius

The 2012 Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award in Medical Science will be shared by Donald Brown and Tom Maniatis for their scientific work leading to the purification and study of single genes by physical and molecular biological methodologies. Brown and Maniatis are also recognized for their extraordinary commitment and generosity in promoting the careers of young scientists. The impact of ...

Anaphylaxis to mustard.

2. Reid, J.L., Dargie, J.H., Davies, D.S., Wing, L.M.H., Hamilton, C.A. & Dollery, C.T. Clonidine withdrawal in hypertension. Changes in blood-pressure and plasma and urinary catecholamines. Lancet 1977, i: 1171-1174. 3. Hansson, L., Hunyor, S.N., Julius, S. & Hoobler, S.W. Blood pressure crisis following withdrawal of clonidine with special reference to arterial and urinary catecholamine level...