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J Simeon

Publications and source records attributed to J Simeon.

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PubMed1977

Modifications of factor VIII related antigen in hemophiliacs with acute hepatitis and sub-clinical liver disease.

Modifications of Factor VIII related antigen (F, VIII R. A.) were investigated in three hemophilic patients during the course of post transfusion hepatitis. F. VIII R. A. was found to be elevated and correlated with the increase of the S.G.P.T. During the acute phase of the disease the Factor VIII related protein was tested for its ristocetin cofactor activity, its electrophoretic mobility on crossed antigen-antibody electrophoresis and its elution pattern on Sepharose 4B columns; all these properties proved to be abnormal. Liver function tests and F. VIII R. A. were measured in 36 multitransfused hemophiliacs. There was a significant increase of the F. VIII R. A. in the plasma of patients with abnormal liver function tests. Only a few of the multitransfused hemophiliacs had clinical symptoms of hepatitis, although 72% had elevated transaminase levels.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1976

Immunologic studies in von Willebrand's disease: alteration of factor VIII/von Willebrand protein after transfusion with plasma concentrates in patients with von Willebrand's disease.

Two patients with a severe von Willebrand's disease characterized by no detectable factor VIII related antigen in their plasma received transfusions of cryoprecipitate. The bleeding time was corrected for a short period of time and returned to its pretransfusional value although the other parameters of the disease were still corrected. Electrophoretic and immunologic properties of factor VIII related antigen infused were determined serially after transfusion. Modifications of these properties occurred progressively after transfusion. The half disappearance time of F. VIII R.A. was determined and found to be considerably shorter than in hemophilic recipients. This study suggests an alteration in vivo of F. VIII R.A. infused into von Willebrand recipients.

Adult↗
PubMed1976

Electrophoretic heterogeneity of normal factor VIII/Von Willebrand protein, and abnormal electrophoretic mobility in patients with Von Willebrand's disease.

Crossed antigen-antibody electrophoresis was used to determine the electrophoretic properties of factor VIII/Von Willebrand (F. VIII/VW) protein in normal plasma using a specific rabbit antiserum against purified human factor VIII. The electrohoretic patterns in seven patients with severe Von Willebrand's disease in two different families were studied. In these patients the prolonged bleeding time was related to a functionally abnormal F. VIII/VW protein which was unable to induce platelet aggregation in presence of ristocetin. F. VIII/VW protein had an increased electrophoretic mobility in all the patients. The electrophoretic pattern was similar in different members of the same family but differed from one family to the other. Plasma samples collected after transfusion of normal cryoprecipitate to one member of the first family showed an increasing amount of F. VIII/VW protein, but even one hour after transfusion only one peak migration in an abnormal position was found. However, when mixed in vitro with normal plasma, the plasmas of the same patient showed two peaks, one in position of normal F. VIII/VW protein and one with increased electrophoretic mobility. These results suggest that normal F. VIII/VW protein transfused to recipients with Von Willebrand's disease synthesizing a functionally deficient factor undergoes a rapid alteration.

Antigen-Antibody Reactions↗
PubMed1976

Qualitative and quantitative EEG in psychotic children.

The EEGs of hospitalized psychotic boys were analyzed quantitatively by means of visual evaluation, analog frequency analysis, and digital computer period analysis and were compared with those of age- and sex-matched normals. Visual evaluation of the records demonstrated that psychotic children have significantly more beta activity as well as fewer alpha bursts than normal controls. EEG analog frequency analysis showed that psychotic children have a greater percentage of total voltage in the 3-5 cps and 13-33 cps bands, while they show less voltage in the 6-12 cps bands as compared with normal controls. Digital computer period analysis demonstrated more slow, less alpha, and more fast activity, as well as a greater average frequency and frequency deviation in both the primary wave and first derivative measurements in psychotic children than normals, while normals showed a trend towards higher amplitude and amplitude variability. The similarity of the EEG differences between psychotic and normal children to those differences observed between adult chronic schizophrenics and normals, as well as to those between children of "high risk" for becoming schizophrenic and controls, suggests that the above described findings are characteristic for the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Computerized Electroencephalogram. A model of understanding the brain function in childhood psychosis and its treatment.

Computer analysis of the electroencephalogram (CEEG) in psychotic children before and after pharmacotherapy, normal children of schizophrenic mothers, and matched normal children of normal parents indicated significant intergroup differences. The psychotic children had more slow, as well as very fast, EEG waves. With drug therapy the EEG showed a partial "normalization," as fast EEG activity decreased. The EEG and auditory evoked potential of children of schizophrenic mothers were strikingly similar to those of psychotic children and schizophrenic adults, with significant decreases of the average EEG amplitude and the evoked potential latencies. Psychotic children were distinctly differentiated from the normal children by discriminant function analysis of the EEG and EP. Quantitative analysis of brain functions in the mentally ill can help determine the neurophysiological correlates of behavior, a more scientific diagnostic classification, prognosis, and selection of therapy.

Acoustic Stimulation↗
PubMed1975

Detection of heterozygotes in both parents of homozygous patients with Von Willebrand's disease.

Three patients with severe Von Willebrand's disease are shown to be homozygotes. They were born from unaffected parents. New techniques using a factor-VIII-related antigen assay by the Laurell method and a ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation assay demonstrated abnormalities in these two tests in both parents of the probands. Factor-VIII-related of heterogotes could not be differentiated from normal factor-VIII-related antigen by the immunodiffusion technique, crossed immunoelectrophoresis, and filtration on a sepharose 4b column.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Comparative symptomatological and evoked potential studies with d-amphetamine, thioridazine, and placebo in hyperkinetic children.

In a double-blind study, 62 hyperkinetic children were randomly assigned to 8 weeks of treatment with either placebo, thioridazine, or d-amphetamine. The overall clinical symptomatology improved with all three substances, although d-amphetamine was significantly superior to placebo and thioridazine. Out of eight symptom clusters rated by the parents, two improved significantly with placebo, one with thioridazine, and six with d-amphetamine. The d-amphetamine was superior to placebo in reducing muscular tension and superior to thioridazine in decreasing hyperactive-impulsive behavior, psychosomatic problems, and muscular tension. Out of four teachers' symptom clusters, inattentive-passive behavior was significantly improved by thioridazine (which was also superior to placebo), while hyperactivity was reduced by d-amphetamine. Quantitative evaluation of visual evoked potentials (VEPs) revealed an increase in latencies and decrease in amplitudes during thioridazine treatment. Paradoxically, d-amphetamine also increased latencies, while tending to augment amplitudes. Regression and correlation analysis of clinical symptomatology with VEP variables showed that the shorter the pretreatment latencies and the higher the amplitudes, the more disturbed was the child. Short latencies and small amplitudes in the pretreatment period were predictors of good therapeutic outcome with subsequent thioridazine treatment, while short latencies and high amplitudes were indicative of such with d-amphetamine treatment. During therapy, the greater the drug-induced augmentation of latencies, the greater the clinical improvement. Finally, VEP differences between therapy-responsive and -resistant patients were explored and discussed.

Administration, Oral↗