AIM To evaluate cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in type 1 Diabetics and to detect its relation to coronary artery calcification. PATIENTS AND METHODS It is a cross sectional study included 62 diabetics and 30 controls. Clinical, laboratory assessment and 24 Hr holter were done for all patients and controls and coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring by multisclice CT was done for all ...

Protection against diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the main targets in diabetes treatment and present study evaluates the nephroprotective effect of Carica papaya L. in streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats. DN rats were treated with 1.5 and 2.5 gm/dl C. papaya leaf extract for 6 weeks to determine its nephroprotective effect with different parameters. Pimagedine (1 ml/mg) served as a ...

Alpha thalassemia (α-thal) is relatively common worldwide. Most carriers are defective in either one or two alpha globin genes out of four functional ones, with deletions being more common than point mutations. The hematologic features are very important for the selection of the appropriate molecular tests while determining the genotype. The aim of this study was to compare hematologic features...

Preconceptional diabetes management is an important prerequisite for pregnancy planning and its value has been well-documented. Glucose control and the outcome of pregnancy, managed in the preconceptional period, with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy to those receiving insulin injections are compared. Fifty-two juvenile onset insulin dependent diabetic women contemplating pregna...

Aflatoxins, produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus, contaminate maize grain and threaten human food and feed safety. Plant resistance is considered the best strategy for reducing aflatoxin accumulation. Six maize germplasm lines, TZAR101–TZAR106, were released by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-Southern Regional Research Center (IITA-SRRC) maize breeding collaboration for...

The role of platelets in hemostasis and thrombosis is clearly established; however, the mechanisms by which platelets mediate inflammatory and immune pathways are less well understood. Platelets interact and modulate the function of blood and vascular cells by releasing bioactive molecules. Although the platelet is anucleate, it contains transcripts that may mirror disease. Platelet mRNA is onl...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the comparable risk of developing proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) in African-Americans and whites with type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Using a cohort design with the sample drawn from medical records, the sample consisted of 312 people with type 1 diabetes (97 African-Americans, 215 whites) having at least two visits to a Model Demonstration Unit...

© Japi • January 2014 • Vol. 62  9 I n o r m a l h u m a n e r y t h r o c y t e s , HbA comprises > 90% of the total haemoglobin. Besides HbA, human erythrocytes contain other haemoglobin components that are of considerable interest. Some of these, such as HbA2 and foetal haemoglobin (HbF), like s i c k l e c e l l h a e m o g l o b i n , a r e t h e products of al ternate globin chain genes ...

CONTEXT Patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) are frequently transfused with red blood cells (RBC). Recently we reported that the calculated risk of RBC alloimmunization per transfussed unit in Brazilian patients with SCA is 1.15%. We describe a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction (DHTR) presenting as a painful crisis in a patient with SCA. CASE REPORT A 35-year-old Brazilian female with ...

Hemoglobin (Hb) Adana [HBA2: c179G>A (or HBA1); p.Gly60Asp] is a non-deletional α-thalassemia variant found in Malaysia. An improvement in the molecular techniques in recent years has made identification of Hb Adana much easier. For this study, a total of 26 Hb Adana α-thalassemia intermedia and 10 Hb Adana trait blood samples were collected from patients. Common deletional and non-deletional α...