hepatoblastoma (hb) is a rare tumor of infancy and childhood manifesting with hepatomegaly and abdominal distention. it is seen with increased frequency in association with congenital hemihypertrophy and renal anomalies. metastases to other organs, including the lungs, lymph nodes and even ovaries is well known. but cerebral metastasis of this tumor, especially in the absence of metastasis to o...

Flavonoids in plate glass leaves (Gardenia jasminoides J. Ellis) can inhibit the cyclooxygenase enzyme, especially cyclooxygenase-2, which plays a role prostaglandin biosynthesis so that process of fever is inhibited. In addition, flavonoids and paracetamol have similar structure. The aim this research was to test syrup extract G. antipyretic effectiveness against male mice (Mus musculus) induc...

A proportion of healthy neonates and adults fail to develop a protective antibody response to recombinant hepatitis B (HB) vaccine. Unresponsiveness to vaccination could be attributed to defect in a number of immunological regulatory mechanisms. In this study, IL-12 was quantitated in culture supernatant following in vitro stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from a group ...

To the Editor—It was with interest that we read the study by Frey et al. [1], which describes a randomized trial in which 3 manufacturing consistency lots of a combined hepatitis A and B vaccine were compared with the corresponding monovalent vaccines. The authors observed a nonsatisfactory response to the hepatitis B component in the combined vaccine. We are concerned that this report may be m...

congenital methemoglobinemia is a rare cause of cyanosis. we report a case of a girl, 17 years old with peripheral cyanosis and normal cardio-pulmonary system. she was diagnosed as a case of methemoglobinemia based on findings of polycythemia and hbm band on hemoglobin electrophoresis. we emphasize the importance of this rare entity in the differential diagnosis of cyanosis.

rotection rate was higher in i.d. than in i.m. group (30 vs 0%, P=0.2). At month 20, the median anti-HBs Background. It has been calculated that 30% of chronic uraemic patients fail to produce antibodies to HBsAg titres in i.d. patients were 21 mUI/ml, and GMT (95% CI) were 20.9 (2–54) mUI/ml. No important general antigen after hepatitis B (HB) vaccination. Low-dose intradermal (i.d.) inoculati...