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C J Muller

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PubMed1976

[Radiology in cases of trauma--an obligatory investigation].

The radiology of trauma is of increasing importance in South Africa, where the treatment of victims of motor accidents forms a major part of emergency medical practice. All practitioners should be aware of the medical and legal obligations that they have to fulfil in this investigation, which nowadays is regarded as part of clinical medicine. The most important principles in the radiology of trauma are briefly discussed.

Emergency Service, Hospital↗
PubMed1975

[Radiological service at Tygerberg Hospital].

The Tygerberg Hospital, of the Medical Faculty of the University of Stellenbosch, has a decentralised radiological service where 50% of the radiology forms part of specialised departments. This obviates patient traffic and ensures an efficient technical service and close collaboration between the radiologist and the specialist concerned. The main department, when finally completed in a few years' time, will have 24 diagnostic rooms for general and special purposes and about 30 decentralised rooms.

Angiography↗
PubMed1975

[Clinical characteristics and genetic identity of the basal cell nevus syndrome (Gorlin-Goltz syndrome)].

The clinical, genetic, radiological, dental and dermatological aspects of 3 patients with the autosomal dominant basal cell naevus syndrome are reported. An analysis of the phenotypic features of 72 cases described in the literature is presented and compared with a previous analysis. Ash leaf hypopigmentation similar to that found in tuberous sclerosis represents a unique finding in this syndrome. Other similarities to the phacomatoses are discussed. We were able to support a previous report that patients with the basal cell naevus syndrome have a normal end-organ response to parathormone stimulation, and that it is most probably not related to pseudohypoparathyroidism, as earlier reports suggested.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

The diagnosis of vitamin D deficiency rickets.

A clinical, radiological and biochemical study of 300 Cape coloured out-patients in order to clarify the diagnosis of rickets and to establish its incidence in the specific ethnic group selected, is presented. 95 Cases (31.6%) were diagnosed as suffering from rickets. Analysis of the results indicates that radiological examination is necessary to confirm or exclude the clinical diagnosis. The most useful biochemical parameter is the serum level of alkaline phosphatase.

Alkaline Phosphatase↗
PubMed1966

Effect of gamma radiation on the ripening of bartlett pears.

Gamma radiation at doses of 300 Krad or more inhibits the ripening of Bartlett pears (Pyrus communis L.). Immediately after irradiation there is a transitory burst of C(2)H(4), which subsequently declines in fruits subjected to inhibitory doses. Ethylene production associated with ripening begins at the same time in unirradiated fruits and those subjected to noninhibitory doses, but the latter produces much more C(2)H(4) at the climacteric peak. Fruits subjected to inhibitory doses produce low levels of C(2)H(4) unless subjected to exogenously applied C(2)H(4), whereupon they produce enough of the gas to induce ripening in unirradiated fruits.Pears subjected to 300 and 400 Krad of gamma rays did not ripen even when held in a flowing atmosphere containing 1000 ppm of C(2)H(4) for 8 days at 20 degrees . It is concluded that the action of gamma rays on Bartlett pears involves both an inhibition of C(2)H(4) production and a decreased sensitivity of the fruit to the ripening action of the gas. Ripening of Bartlett pears is inhibited by gamma radiation only when applied to preclimacteric fruit.

Journal Article↗