100 000 quinacrine nonsurgical female sterilizations have been completed over the past decade involving transcervical insertion of quinacrine (252 mg) as pellets by one, two or three monthly insertions. No deaths have been reported and serious complications are far fewer than for surgical sterilization. Sideeffects are mild and transient. Efficacy has improved from 3 pregnancy failures per 100 ...

A 67-year-old man was noted to have new-onset leukocytosis (white blood cell [WBC] count, 13.1 3 10 /mL) and thrombocytosis (platelets [PLT], 670 000/mL). The peripheral blood smear revealed granulocytes at all stages of maturation. A bone marrow (BM) biopsy revealed hypercellularity with an elevated M:E ratio. Megakaryocytes were predominantly small and hypolobated (panel A). Molecular studies...

BACKGROUND West Nile virus (WNV) molecular detection is being conducted by a growing number of laboratories, but the degree of proficiency may vary between them. External quality control is needed. METHODS We have conducted an international quality assurance study on WNV molecular detection. Participating laboratories tested noninfectious samples inactivated by heat and gamma irradiation. Par...

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of intradetrusor Dysport (a type of botulinum toxin type A) injection in patients with idiopathic or neurogenic detrusor overactivity, who were refractory to antimuscarinic drugs, and to compare the efficacy of Dysport injection in both groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twelve patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) and 18 patients with idiopathic det...

Correspondência: Vera D. Aiello • InCor Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44 05403-000 São Paulo, SP E-mail: [email protected] Section Editor: Alfredo José Mansur ([email protected]) Associated Editors: Desidério Favarato ([email protected]) Vera Demarchi Aiello ([email protected]) Laboratory assessment (March 8, 2001) showed hemoglobin = 14.4 g/dL, hematocrit = 43%, uric acid ...

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A 30-year-old male presented with headache and acral enlargement ( fi gure 1 ).On examination, he had bitemporal hemianopia, acanthosis nigricans, skin tags and cutis verticis gyrata (CVG) from which he was asymptomatic ( fi gure 2 ). On investigation, serum growth hormone (GH) after 75 g glucose load was 26.8 ng/ml (N, <1 ng/ml) with insulinlike growth factor 1 (IGF-1) of 11...

INTRODUCTION Lamotrigine is licensed for treatment of epilepsy and prevention or at least delay of depressive episodes in bipolar disorder. The accepted therapeutic reference range (TRR) of lamotrigine for anticonvulsant treatment is 3 000-14 000 ng/ml. This TRR is often used for the therapy of bipolar disorders as well. This work presents serious doubts about this approach. METHODS KONBEST, ...

Background: Players regularly use cetirizine HCL for the prevention and treatment of various symptoms allergy while playing in unfamiliar environments. &#x0D; Objective: This research study was carried out to examine effect on liver function (ALT, ALP AST) among players.&#x0D; Methods: A descriptive at Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan from January 2019 June 2019.Twenty male subjects 10 player...