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J Bailey

Publications and source records attributed to J Bailey.

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Mianserin hydrochloride: a novel antidepressant.

The antidepressant activities of mianserin hydrochloride were investigated and compared with those of amitriptyline. The therapeutic efficacy of the two drugs appeared similar, but the incidence of side-effects was significantly higher with amitriptyline. Plasma levels of mianserin were determined during the trial and were not related to the therapeutic activity of the drug.

Adjustment Disorders↗

Fertility and contraceptive practice: Bogota, 1964-74.

The results of a 1974 survey of 6,692 Bogota women aged 15-49 conducted by the Colombian Association for Population Studies show that, in the last decade, approval of family planning practice increased 34 percent, contraceptive practice nearly doubled, and fertility declined by over 45 percent. Life-table analysis shows unusually high continuation rates for Bogota women. Data concerning crossovers between Bogota's three family planning programs and the commercial sector indicate that the manufacturers of contraceptives benefit from program activities. The study demonstrates, for the first time in Latin America, the feasibility of using a probability sample of the general female population to evaluate family planning programs.

Adolescent↗

Asymmetric hindquarter syndrome (AHQS) in the pig.

Outbreaks of the asymmetric hindquarter syndrome (AHQS) in two pig herds are reported together with the results of test matings and dissection studies on affected pigs. The condition (apparently identical with that described in Germany in 1967), is characterised by a variable asymmetry of the hindquarters and particularly of individual muscles of the posterior, lateral and medial aspects of the thigh. It does not noticeably interfere with locomotion but can adversely affect carcase conformation and may detract from the usefulness of carcase dissection studies as a basis for genetic selection. AHQS has a familial incidence and is usually first detected clinically after weaning. A variety of degenerative and dystrophic changes have been seen in the muscles of AHQS pigs but these are not constantly present in nor confined to 'undersized' muscles. The precise aetiology of AHQS is still unresolved but it is concluded that it probably occurs post-natally and that some pigs have a genetic liability to develop the condition.

Animals↗

Beta blockade in lithium tremor.

Practolol, propranolol, and placebo have been tested on an objective test of lithium induced tremor. Both beta-blocking agents produced significantly more tremor than the placebo. It is argued that lithium induced tremor is closer to essential than to physiological tremor.

Affective Symptoms↗