The study aimed at evaluating the effects of calcitriol and of its analogues on the proliferation of TT and rMTC cells (human and rat line tumour cells originating from thyroid medullary carcinoma) and at examining the effects of the substances on the secretion of the principal hormones of the cells, calcitonin (CT) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). Cells of thyroid medullary carcinom...

SIR,?Seeing Major Gabbett's record of such a case in the Indian Medical Gazette for August 1906, I thought the following similar case might be of interest Patient, aged 48, admitted to Neyoor Mission Hospital, March 27th, 1906. History.?He said that twelve years ago he noticed something coming down into his scrotum and going up into his abdomen. Native treatment failing to give relief, he came to

INTRA-OCULAR parasites have been referred to as ophthalmological curiosities (Costi, 1934; Duke-Elder, 1940). Larvae of Filaria loa, Filaria bancrofti, Dracunculus medinensis, and Taenia solium have been observed only infrequently inside the eyeball. Taenia echinococcus infestation is by far the rarest of the parasitic diseases of the eye, only eleven cases having so far been reported in the li...

INTRODUCTION Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is an X-linked genodermatosis in which skin changes are combined with dental, eye and central nervous system anomalies. OBJECTIVE The goal of the study was to analyze ocular findings, IP minor criteria in available literature concerning IP cases published until now. METHODS We have done meta-analysis of 1931 IP patients found in 302 references publis...

Commentary on the life achievements of Albert Hofmann (1906−2008), one of UZH's most honored alumni

INTRA-OCULAR parasites have been referred to as ophthalmological curiosities (Costi, 1934; Duke-Elder, 1940). Larvae of Filaria loa, Filaria bancrofti, Dracunculus medinensis, and Taenia solium have been observed only infrequently inside the eyeball. Taenia echinococcus infestation is by far the rarest of the parasitic diseases of the eye, only eleven cases having so far been reported in the li...