Biomedical subjects

J Argemi

Publications and source records attributed to J Argemi.

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PubMed1997

A new computerised method for the assessment of skeletal maturity in the newborn infant.

Of the existing methods for assessment of skeletal maturity in children over 1 year of age none is particularly suited to the newborn infant. We describe a computerised method by which area, perimeter and progression in the shape of ossification centres of talus and calcaneus are evaluated separately. From single lateral radiographs of the left ankle of 302 normal term and preterm infants whose birth weights were appropriate for gestational age we constructed reference curves of areas and perimeters at different gestational ages, as well as frequency distributions of each morphological maturity stage. This method may be applicable in assessing skeletal maturity in pathological conditions, such as intrauterine growth retardation and congenital hypothyroidism.

Age Determination by Skeleton↗

PubMed1994

Evaluation of serum zinc-binding capacity during childbirth, in newborn infants and during the menstrual cycle.

This is a study of the value of total serum zinc, serum zinc per g of protein, serum zinc-binding capacity and serum zinc-binding capacity per g of protein in 102 pregnant women during childbirth and in the cord blood of their newborn infants. A control group is established by analyzing these parameters in 10 healthy non-pregnant women on the first day of menstruation and on the day of ovulation during two consecutive menstrual cycles. The total serum zinc and serum zinc per g of protein values found were significantly higher in cord blood than in maternal blood, and the binding capacity of zinc and of zinc per g protein were significantly higher in maternal blood. There is a negative correlation between total zinc and binding capacity and total zinc and binding capacity per g protein both in maternal and in cord blood. In the control group, the values of total zinc and zinc per g protein vary from one menstrual cycle to the next and between the different phases of each cycle. Zinc-binding capacity per g protein during ovulation is significantly lower than during menstruation. These results allow us to conclude that the rise of zinc-binding capacity and zinc-binding capacity per g protein in maternal blood during childbirth, and during menstruation in the control group, can be due to the effect of progesterone. The fact that zinc-binding capacity and zinc-binding capacity per g of protein are higher in maternal blood than in cord blood would confirm the existence of mechanisms which tend to increase binding of zinc in the fetus.

Adult↗

PubMed1984

[Dyssegmental dysplasia. Apropos of 2 familial cases with fatal development].

The authors report the cases of 2 sisters presenting with dyssegmental dwarfism. There were 2 other girls in the siblings, one of which was most probably also concerned. These cases favor a recessive transmission of the disease which, thereby, should not be confused with Kniest's disease, as suggested by some authors.

Dwarfism↗

PubMed1983

[Psychological changes in adolescence].

The concept of adolescence refers to the psychological changes beginning with the first puberal transformations and ending with the maturity of the individual. Adolescence is divided into three phases: Early adolescence coincides with the period of major somatic transformations. It is characterized by maladjustment to the new situation, manifested by attitude of rebellion, great intellectual avidity, affective inestability, relative sexual ambivalence and, socially, by a tendency towards gregariousness. Middle adolescence is characterized by great intellectual capacity, replanting on philosophic, religious, etc., principles, and tendency to introversion. The final phase usually includes the sedimentation of the earlier process with progressive acquisitions of the characteristics of maturity. These three classical stages are influenced by the unifying role of mediums of communication, difficult social and economical conditions, which provoke loss of values.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1979

Candida infections.

The authors present a review of the epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment of candidiasis in the child. Their studies on the favoring factors in cutaneous forms as well as their experiences in pulmonary forms are emphasized.

Amphotericin B↗