Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: AEDs: Antiepileptic Drugs; ARBDs: AlcoholRelated Birth Defects; Cd: Cadmium; Dex: Dexamethasone; FAS: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; GA: Glatiramer Acetate; KT: Ketoconazole; MQ: Mefloquine; MS: Multiple Sclerosis; NO: Nitrous Oxide; NP: Nonylphenol; PTH: Sodium Phenytoin; RA; Retinoic Acid; RA; Rheumatoid Arthritis; SM: Sulfur Mustard; VPA:...

This report describes a case of burn injury following exposure to sulfur mustard, a chemical agent used in war. A review of the diagnostic characteristics, clinical manifestations, and therapeutic measures used to treat this uncommon, yet extremely toxic, entity is presented. The aim of this report is to highlight the importance of considering this diagnosis in any war victim, especially during...

In one event, Chinese male individuals accidentally exposed to unknown chemicals and emerged erythema or blisters on contacted organism derma, then hospitalized. To identify the causative agents, blood, urine and exudate samples were collected from the patients during the therapeutic course. Five established liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and gas chromatography (GC)-MS methods ...

CONTEXT Sulfur mustard (SM) was used during the Iraq-Iran war (1980-1988). Exposed veterans continue to suffer from its ocular, skin, and respiratory complications. OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate associations between early (at the time of acute exposure) and decades later skin manifestations in individuals with severe ophthalmologic complications secondary to sulfur mustard exposure. MATERI...

Incapacitating and irritating agents produce temporary disability persisting for hours to days after the exposure. One can be exposed to these agents occupationally in industrial or other working environments. Also general public can be exposed in special circumstances, like industrial accidents or riots. Incapacitating and irritating agents discussed in this review are chloropicrin and capsaic...

The FeMoco of nitrogenase is an iron-sulfur cluster with exceptional bond-reducing abilities. ENDOR studies have suggested that E4, the state that binds and reduces N2, contains bridging hydrides as part of the active-site iron-sulfide cluster. However, there are no examples of any isolable iron-sulfide cluster with a hydride, which would test the feasibility of such a species. Here, we describ...

Sulfur Mustard (SM) has been used as a chemical warfare agent, in the World War I and more recently during Iraq-Iran war in early 1980s’. Its biological poisoning effect could be local or systemic and its effect depends on environmental conditions, exposed organs, and the extent and duration of exposure. It is considered as a strong alkylating agent with known mutagenic, carcinogenic effects; a...

Recently a new process for the synthesis of the commercially important semi-crystalline, engineering thermoplastic poly(p-phenylene sulfide/disulfide), PPS/DS, was presented [1]. This process, based on the reaction of p-diiodobenzene (DIB) and sulfur at elevated temperatures (Figure 1), generates a polymeric material containing para-substituted aromatic groups connected by sulfide and disulfide...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate bronchial challenges using three different stimuli as screening tools for bronchial hyper-responsiveness in sulfur mustard gas-induced asthma. DESIGN Randomized, cross-over clinical study. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS Eighteen veterans with mustard gas-induced asthma and 18 normal veterans as the control group. INTERVENTION Pulmonary function tests and inh...