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G Mayer

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Failure of naloxone to alter exercise-induced growth hormone and prolactin release in normal men.

Growth hormone and prolactin levels during standardized exercise tests were measured in ten normal male volunteers, with and without previous intravenous administration of 4 mg naloxone. No significant influence of naloxone on hormone release could be observed. The lack of effect indicates that an opioid pathway is not involved in exercise-induced growth hormone and prolactin release in humans, in contrast to that in rats.

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[Heavy haematuria as the presentation of attenuated haemophilia B (author's transl)].

The authors report a rare case of eosinophilic cystitis presenting with heavy haematuria which led to the discovery of attenuated haemophilia B. Bleeding and clotting times in this patient, with no past history of haemorrhage, were normal. Complete coagulation studies led to the diagnosis in the presence of poor plasma prothrombin consumption and a moderate deficit in clotting factor IX, defining haemophilia B. Despite two partial cystectomies for haemorrhagic lesions of the dome of the bladder (eosinophilic cystitis), carried out with transfusion cover and the administration of P.P.S.B., recurrence of haematuria made it necessary to "rest" the bladder by a cutaneous ureterostomy. Subsequently, the restoration of urinary continuity was possible by uretero-ileo-cystoplasty, without any haemorrhagic complications by virtue of the use of P.P.S.B. The value of the association of epsilon amino-caproic acid with P.P.S.B. is emphasised in the prevention of haemorrhagic complications during surgery in haemokphilia B patients. In attenuated forms of haemophilia B (factor IX level between 5 and 15%) haemorrhages may be only occasional and occur only late in life.

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[The use of a wire strain-gauge for experimental stress analysis of bones].

The tension under sagittal and frontal bend was measured experimentally by means of a wire strain gauge in isolated corpse tibiae. The findings were compared with a mathematically analytical method. The agreement of both methods was placed in the statistical confidence range. The analysis of tension in bone can carry out therefore with the wire strain gauge technique in an authentic manner.

Bone and Bones↗

Micropuncture studies on the renal handling of 2,4-diamino-6,7-dimethylpteridine.

The excretion of the diuretic substance DADMP (I,4-diamino-6.7-dimethylpteridine) and of DMP (6.7-dimethylpterin) was studied on single nephrons of the rat kidney using microperfusion and microinjection techniques. In the proximal tubule only DADMP was reabsorbed to a significant degree. Fractional reabsorption rate was independent of the load applied and the permeability constant was found to be 2.2 . 10(-4) cm . s-1. Similar results were obtained in nephrons in which the substances, with inulin, were injected from middle proximal tubular puncture sites and recovered in the urine. DMP appeared in the urine quantitatively and simultaneously with the injected inulin. DADMP recovery, however, was only 20--30% of the injected load during the injection period and after 2 h some 70% was recovered from the urine of both kidneys. The reabsorbed fractions were independent of the loads applied, which varied between 2 . 10(-13) mol . min-1 and 10(-9) mol . min-1. A comparison of the microperfusion and the microinfusion data suggests that the reabsorption of DADMP occurs predominantly in the proximal convolution, and it appears that the differences between the renal handling of DMP and DADMP are explicable by their different lipid solubilities.

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[Hereditary antithrombin III deficiency causing recurrent thrombo-embolic problems (author's transl)].

A marked deficiency in antithrombin III (AT III) was demonstrated in a 39-year-old man suffering from recurrent thrombo-embolic problems. The patient's father had died following a thrombo-embolic disorder. A certain number of members of the family also showed evidence of a marked decrease in AT III levels. Although it was not possible to study the patient's parents, it would seem reasonable to conclude that the diagnosis was one of hereditary deficiency in AT III. The various aspects of this disorder discovered by Egeberg are reviewed: early onset, in several members of the same family, or recurrent thrombo-embolic problems, accompanied by a decrease in functional activity of one of the principal inhibitors of thrombin (AT III), with autosomal dominant transmission and treatment based upon anti-vitamin K agents.

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[Effect of synthetic ACTH (beta 1-23 corticotropin) on gestation and parturition in rats].

Daily administration of synthetic ACTH (betaI-23 corticotrophine) from day 15 of pregnancy induces delay or inhibition of parturition in normal or ovariectomized Rats injected or not with estradiol. Parturition takes place at approximatively normal time, when ACTH is stopped and estradiol continued. Radio-immunological assays show an increase of blood progesterone level after ACTH administration in castrated, but not in castrated and adrenalectomized Rats. Mechanisms of ACTH action are discussed.

Adrenalectomy↗