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J Handa

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[Toxicological studies on pepleomycin sulfate (NK 631) II. Subacute toxicity of pepleomycin sulfate in rats (author's transl)].

Studies on subactute toxicity and its recovery of pepleomycin sulfate (NK631) were carried out in both sexes of rats. NK 631 was administered intraperitoneally in dose levels of 0.3, 0.9, 2.7. 8.1 and 24.3 mg/kg/day for 30 days. After finishing administration of NK 631 for 30 days, 5 animals of each group were proceeded to recovery test for 35 days. During the course of the experiment, the body weight gains were suppressed in all dose levels except in 0.3 mg/kg group of male rats. The deaths were found in the animals treated with doses over 24.3 mg/kg during treatment period and in those over 2.7 mg/kg during recovery period. In biochemical and urinary analysis, the increases of serum GPT, BUN, Mg, Ca and urine glucose were moderately recognized in 8.1 mg/kg group. Additionally, in macroscopical and histopathological findings, bone damage was found in the animals treated with doses over 2.7 mg/kg during treatment and recovery periods. From these results, the maximum safety dose of NK 631 in subacute toxicity using rats were estimated to be about 0.3 mg/kg.

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[Toxicological studies on pepleomycin sulfate (NK631). III. Subacute toxicity of pepleomycin in dogs (author's transl)].

Subacute toxicity and its recovery of pepleomycin sulfate was studied in both sexes of beagle dogs. At dose levels of 2.4, 1.2 and 0.6 mg/kg, pepleomycin was administered intramuscularly to dogs for 30 successive days. Two dogs of the 1.2 mg/kg dose group were used for recovery test for 35 days. As general symptoms, the decrease of food intake, the loss of body weight, ulceration of foot pad, nail root necrosis and onychoptosic, ulcer of tongue and labia, and alopecia, dermatitis and necrosis at friction sites were observed the more severely in high dose groups, as those in bleomycin were. The death occurred in the 2.4 mg/kg dose group of both sexes. The lesions of liver and kidney were recognized in the 2.4 and 1.2 mg/kg dose groups of both sexes on biochemical, histopathological or urinary findings. Additionally slight fibrous change of lung was observed in all dose groups. Generally subacute toxicity of pepleomycin was revealed approximately in the same as or in a little stronger degree than that of bleomycin, and its recovery was hardly recognized during its period. The maximum safety dose in this studies is estimated to be between 0.3 and 0.6 mg/kg in dogs.

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[Toxicological studies on pepleomycin sulfate (NK631), IV. Chronic toxicity of pepleomycin sulfate in rats (author's transl)].

Studies on chronic toxicity and its recovery of pepleomycin sulfate (NK 631) were carried out in both sexes of rats. NK 631 was administered intraperitoneally in dose levels of 0.15, 0.3, 0.6, 1.2 and 2.4 mg/kg/day for 180 days. After finishing administration of NK 631 for 180 days, animals of each group were proceeded for 35 days recovery test. During the course of the experiment, the body weight gains were suppressed in all dose levels except for 0.15 mg/kg group of female. The deaths were found in all dose levels except for 0.15 mg/kg level of male during treatment and recovery periods. In biochemical and urinary findings, the increase of serum BUN, Mg, inorganic P. and urine glucose were slightly recognized in the animals treated with doses over 0.6 mg/kg. Additionally, in macroscopical and histopathological findings, bone damage and renal lesions were found in the animals treated with doses over 0.6 mg/kg during treatment and recovery periods. From these results, the maximum safety dose of NK 631 in chronic toxicity study using rats were estimated to be at less than 0.15 mg/kg.

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CT cisternography with intracranial arachnoidal cysts.

Four patients with an intracranial arachnoidal cyst studied by computed tomography are reported. On the routine CT scan, arachnoid cysts are well defined lesions with the same density as cerebrospinal fluid and are not enhanced with contrast. Metrizamide CT cisternography further provides precise anatomic and physiologic information which may be difficult to obtain by angiography or air encephalography.

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Surgical treatment of intracranial hematoma and hydrocephalus in an infant with hemophilia A.

A seven-month0old hemophiliac infant developed intracerebral, subdural and intraventricular hematomas and hydrocephalus. Removal of hematomas and placement of ventriculoperitoneal shunt could be performed quite safely even in an infant under the cover of highly potent human antihemophilic factor concentrate. Computerized tomography is very useful for neurosurgical care of the hemophiliac patients as a noninvasive and atraumatic method of examination. Intracranial bleeding is listed as the most common cause of death among hemophiliacs. The literature of intracranial operations on the patients with hemophilia A is reviewed.

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Computerized tomography in Moyamoya syndrome.

Twelve patients with Moyamoya syndrome were examined by computerized tomography (CT); nine children and three adults. In one patient, CT was normal. Significant abnormalities on the precontrast CT in the remaining 11 patients were: cortical atrophy with or without varying degree of ventricular dilatation, and irregularly shaped, various sized, often multiple or bilateral lucent foci in the cortex, subcortical white matter and the central gray matter. After contrast enhancement, no significant increase in the attenuation number was observed in and around the lucent foci except in one patient. In three patients, there was a slight increase in density in the central gray matter, however the increase in density was slight when the dense angiographic vascular networks in the basal ganglia were considered.

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