Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is an extraintestinal manifestation of coeliac disease. The burden of illness in untreated coeliac disease is known to be considerable, but corresponding evidence for DH is lacking. In this study the burden of DH was evaluated prospectively in 52 patients newly diagnosed with DH using a study questionnaire and a validated Psychological General Well-Being (PGWB) que...

Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is a cutaneous manifestation of coeliac disease. Increased bone fracture risk is known to associate with coeliac disease, but this has been only scantly studied in DH. In this study, self-reported fractures and fracture-associated factors in DH were investigated and compared to coeliac disease. Altogether, 222 DH patients and 129 coeliac disease-suffering controls ...

Introduction: Several lunar highland meteorites were found in the Dhofar region of Oman. Here we report the first data on the petrography and mineralogy of four new lunar stones, Dhofar 304, 305, 306 and 307. Dh-304 was found close to Dh-025 and 301, whereas Dh-305, 306 and 307 were recovered nearby Dh-081, 280, 302 and 303. The new meteorites are moderately weathered, impact-melt breccias. No ...

INTRODUCTION Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic in Ceará, disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) has often been detected among AIDS patients. METHODS In order to investigate the clinical and laboratory characteristics, evolution and survival of cases of DH/AIDS coinfection, the medical records on 134 cases of DH admitted to a reference hospital in Ceará between 1999 and 2005 were analyzed. R...

In this paper, second law analysis for calculations of the entropy generation due to the flow andheat transfer of water-Al2O3 and ethylene glycol-Al2O3 nanofluids inside annuli is presented. Thephysical properties of the nanofluids are calculated using empirical correlations. Constant heatfluxes at inner surface of the annuli are considered and fully developed condition for fluid flowand heat t...

PURPOSE To investigate the topographic characteristics of optic disc hemorrhage (DH) and the factors associated with DH area in POAG. METHODS We enrolled 128 POAG eyes (with DH) of 128 patients consecutively. Digital red-free retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) photographs and digital color stereo disc photographs of the enrolled eyes were reviewed, and the DH locations were measured. The DH are...

Crystal structures are presented for two dihydrate polymorphs (DH-I and DH-II) of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug sodium (S)-naproxen. The structure of DH-I is determined from twinned single crystals obtained by solution crystallization. DH-II is obtained by solid-state routes, and its structure is derived using powder X-ray diffraction, solid-state (13)C and (23)Na MAS NMR, and molecu...

Gene expression is controlled by the complex interaction of transcription factors binding to promoters and other regulatory DNA elements. One common characteristic of the genomic regions associated with regulatory proteins is a pronounced sensitivity to DNase I digestion. We generated genome-wide high-resolution maps of DNase I hypersensitive (DH) sites from both seedling and callus tissues of ...

Xiexin decoction (XXD), a classic pyretolysis formula, is composed of Rhei Rhizoma (DH), Radix Scutellaria (HQ) and Coptis Chinensis (HL) and is commonly used in the clinical setting. The aim of this study was to investigate the pharmacokinetic differences of the five anthraquinones in rats after oral administration of XXD and different combinations of its constituent herbs. Twenty rats were ra...