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J Sanchez

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[A survey through the sponsoring bodies of the handicapped in the Saône-et-Loire region].

How can we identify comprehensively the disabled people in the population? A survey carried out in the French "département" of Saône et Loire addressed the issue by questioning the sponsoring bodies: municipalities, humanitarian associates, institutions caring for the disabled, etc... On the basis of the survey, it was possible to build up a data base from which prospective and/or longitudinal studies could be undertaken.

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Chimerism analysis in long-term survivor patients after bone marrow transplantation for severe aplastic anemia.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is the most common treatment for young patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA). Late graft failure represents one of the possible unfavorable outcomes in this setting. Mixed chimerism might represent a risk factor for late graft failure. We examined this relationship by studying chimerism in long-term survivor SAA patients after allogeneic BMT. METHODS: We analyzed long-term hematopoietic chimerism in 15 patients who received BMTs for SAA: 9 with an irradiation-based conditioning regimen and 6 with ATG. We used a PCR method targeting VNTR loci. Sensitivity of the technique ranged between 0.5 and 1.5%. RESULTS: All patients conditioned with radiation-based schemes showed complete donor chimerism. Conversely, out of six patients who received cyclophosphamide and ATG as a conditioning regimen, only one of them had late graft failure (day +168). In this patient, durable mixed chimera status was first detected two months after BMT. INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that in long-term survivors of SAA after BMT there is almost always complete donor chimerism in both irradiated and ATG-conditioned recipients. Mixed chimerism might predict graft failure in these patients.

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Analysis of DNA methylation processes related to the inhibition of DNA synthesis by 5-azacytidine in Streptomyces antibioticus ETH 7451.

5-Azacytidine inhibits DNA synthesis and to a lesser proportion RNA synthesis in S. antibioticus. The biosynthesis of proteins is not affected. The main inhibitory effect of 5-azacytidine on DNA and RNA synthesis is probably caused by its incorporation into newly synthesized DNA or RNA and the formation of covalent complexes between cytosine-specific methyltransferases and the modified DNA or RNA templates. To analyze whether such effects could occur at the oriC region of S. antibioticus we analyzed the methylation status of this region using the bisulphite assisted genomic sequencing method. One of the cytosine residues found to be partially methylated was contained within an unique NaeI sequence (GCCGGC) in oriC. Subsequent analysis shows chromosomal DNA from S. antibioticus to be resistant to R.NaeI restriction indicating that this strain contains a NaeI-specific cytosine C5-methyltransferase activity. Following 5-azacytidine treatment the NaeI site within the oriC region becomes partially demethylated. Our results suggest that some of the 5-azacytidine effects on DNA and RNA synthesis might indeed be related to the complex formation and inhibition of a cytosine-specific DNA methyltransferase.

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Ophthalmoplegic migraine: reversible enhancement and thickening of the cisternal segment of the oculomotor nerve on contrast-enhanced MR images.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Ophthalmoplegic migraine is a rare condition characterized by the association of headaches and an oculomotor nerve palsy. We report six patients with typical clinical features of this disorder in whom enhancement of the cisternal segment of the oculomotor nerve developed during the acute phase, followed by resolution of enhancement over several weeks as the symptoms resolved. METHODS: Six patients, ages 3 to 27 years, underwent MR imaging during the acute phase of ophthalmoplegic migraine and at the time of recovery several weeks later. The MR studies, performed on a 1.5-T MR unit, included noncontrast and contrast-enhanced axial and coronal T1-weighted sequences. Sagittal images were obtained in two patients, with and without contrast enhancement. RESULTS: Enhancement of the cisternal segment of the oculomotor nerve was seen in all patients at initial presentation. Contrast-enhanced studies also showed focal thickening at the exit of the nerve in the interpeduncular cistern in five of six patients. No patient had enhancement of the cavernous sinus or adjacent dura. Enhancement was almost completely resolved on follow-up studies 7 to 9 weeks later. CONCLUSION: Our findings confirm an intrinsic transient abnormality in the cisternal segment of the third nerve in patients with a typical clinical presentation of ophthalmoplegic migraine.

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