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C L Heaton

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PubMed1993

The revival of nitric acid for the treatment of anogenital warts.

The destruction of small lesions by tissue denaturation (fixation) rather than erosion (acid hydrolysis) is accomplished by nitric acid of moderate strength in which nitric acid reduction products are generated by nitric acid oxidation of added organic acids. Such solutions show a temperature-dependent increase or loss of nitrite during storage, with loss of therapeutic activity when nitrite levels decrease after storage at cooler temperatures. Use of a preparation technique that completely consumes all the oxidizable organic components added to generate nitrite results in a stable preparation that is effective, well tolerated, and convenient in the treatment of anogenital warts (condylomata acuminata). Of 50 patients monitored after treatment with a 6.6 mol/L nitric acid preparation with no residual oxidizable organic agents, results were good in 39 patients, satisfactory in four patients, and unsatisfactory in seven patients. These observations lead to a simplified stable preparation of modest nitric acid concentration with adequate nitrate reduction products for efficacy in the topical ablation of small skin lesions such as condylomata acuminata.

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PubMed1988

The metabolic clearance rate of osteocalcin in sheep.

Plasma osteocalcin has been proposed as a useful and convenient biochemical marker of bone formation. However, the effect on plasma osteocalcin due to variations in the rate of its removal from the circulation has been little investigated. We have measured the metabolic clearance rate of plasma osteocalcin in adult oophorectomized sheep. Two methods were used: intravenous bolus injection (six animals) and 6 hour constant intravenous infusion (four animals) of 125I-ovine osteocalcin. Using the bolus injection method, the plasma clearance of osteocalcin was found to be 3.3 liters/h. With the constant infusion method, the calculated value was 2.8 liters/h; based on this value and the mean ovine plasma osteocalcin concentration of 26.9 ng/ml (N = 29), a plasma production rate of 1.8 mg/day was derived. Osteocalcin clearance was relatively constant among animals in a basal state. Hence, the present approach should permit us to evaluate the relative contributions to changes in circulating osteocalcin levels from altered osteocalcin plasma clearance and production under various physiological and pathological conditions.

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PubMed1979

Perifollicular fibroma.

Perifollicular fibroma is a very unusual lesion and infrequently seen. The present report describes a thirty-two year old white man with unusual manifestations of this condition which usually presents as a small number of lesions on the head and neck, most often in adults. It has a characteristic pathologic picture of perifollicular fibrosis. The origin of this lesion is uncertain, but most probably represents a tumor of the connective tissue sheath of the follicle.

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PubMed1976

Pathogenesis of solar urticaria. Sweat droplet in testing for photosensitivity.

It was impossible to replicate solar urticaria lesions by irradiation in the laboratory, until the role of sweating was recognized. We found that the sweat droplet, acting as a lens, serves as a photointensifier. As such, sweat would appear to play a meaningful role in the pathogenesis of cutaneous photosensitivity reactions, as well as be an adjuvant in phototesting.

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