Experiments on the absorption of cumene and the excretion of dimethylphenylcarbinol were made on 10 healthy volunteers, five men and five women aged between 20 and 35 years. They were exposed to cumene vapours 240, 480, 720 mg/m3 under controlled conditions. It was found that the average retention of cumene vapours was about 50% which tended to diminish at the end of each exposure. Based on the...

A one-year-old otherwise healthy girl presented with a progressively enlarging patch on the lateral aspect of her right ankle. Her parents stated that the lesion was not remarkable at birth but became more apparent with aging. There was no history of trauma or bleeding and family history for similar lesions was unremarkable. Physical examination showed an erythematous patch of superficial telan...

Although originally described as a potent T cell growth factor in vitro, the main non redundant role of interleukin-2 (IL-2) in vivo is now known to be the maintenance of peripheral T cell tolerance. As well as promoting the proliferation and survival of recently activated effector T cells, IL-2 also plays a critical role in regulatory T cell (Treg) homeostasis and has been variously described ...