Case presentation: Boy, 4 years old. Born term, cesarean for oligohydramnios, without consanguinity. Mother with hypothyroidism, maternal uncle autism, cousin epilepsy and paternal cerebral palsy. Adequate neuropsychomotor up to 2 of age. At this age, started ataxic gait, refractory epilepsy, spasticity, language loss dysphagia. Multiple hospitalizations due bronchoaspiration pneumonia. Gastros...

Department of A 21-year-old man presented with increased frequency of intermittent tonic spasms of 3 weeks’ Endocrinology and duration. There was also history of fever and extensive cutaneous lesions involving the body, scalp *Neurological Sciences, and nails of 6 weeks’ duration. From the age of 17 years, he experienced spontaneous paroxysmal Christian Medical tonic spasms involving extremitie...

We describe a gas-chromatographic micromethod, with use of a solid injection system and an electron capture detector, for determination of underivatized clonazepam in serum. Vigorous mixing of 100 microliter of serum with 20 microliter of borate buffer (pH 9.0) and 100 microliter of a cyclohexane/dichloromethane mixture (4/6 by vol) containing methyl nitrazepam as internal standard suffices to ...

Xenobiotic metabolism involves the biochemical modification of drugs and phytochemicals in living organisms, including humans and other animals. In the intestine, the gut microbiota catalyzes the conversion of hydrophilic drugs into absorbable, hydrophobic compounds through hydroxyzation and reduction. Drugs and phytochemicals are transformed into bioactive (sulfasalazine, lovastatin, and ginse...