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B Gabriel

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Art therapy with adult bone marrow transplant patients in isolation: a pilot study.

Psycho-social interventions for cancer patients in isolation for bone marrow transplant (BMT) have been advocated in the recent literature. It is not clear what type of interventions would be most appropriate. This study was conducted at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), with three aims. (1) To test the feasibility of introducing art therapy as a supportive intervention for adult BMT patients in isolation. Nine patients were seen in art therapy sessions twice a week while in isolation, and were helped to develop free personal images. The three art therapists used the same art therapy program as a model. (2) To assess how patients would use the program. Forty-two images were made by the nine patients during the art therapy sessions. A thematic analysis of the images showed that the patients used art therapy effectively in three ways: (a) to strengthen their positive feelings, (b) to alleviate their distress, and (c) to clarify their existential/spiritual issues. (3) The third aim was to identify which patients would most benefit from art therapy. Our results suggest that the non-verbal metaphorical modality of art therapy may be especially beneficial for patients who need to deal with emotional conflicts, and with feelings about life and death, in a safe setting.

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On the stability of sickle hemoglobin macrofibers: isolated layers of antiparallel double strands.

Sickle hemoglobin macrofibers consist of rows of antiparallel double strands twisted about the particle axis. Under appropriate conditions the outer two rows can dissociate from the particle. These structures retain the helical twist of the parent macrofiber and slowly dissociate to monomers over a period of several hours. Individual double strands or pairs of parallel double strands are never observed, suggesting that only the antiparallel pairing is energetically favorable.

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[Inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone: true and false Schwartz-Bartter syndrome. Apropos of 2 cases].

The authors report two cases and consider the various physiopathological mechanisms of inappropriate hypersecretion of antidiuretic hormone. An exploration including clearance of free water and, in some cases, estimation of ADH before and after a water load, then before and after administration of ethyl alcohol, permits one to determine the mechanism. It seems advisable to reserve the term Schwartz-Bartter syndrome to paraneoplasic syndromes linked to ectopic and autonomous secretion of ADH.

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