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M E Pearson

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PubMed1992

Group caregiver language checklist.

Because young children with language disabilities frequently are placed in group-care settings, there is a need to make judgments concerning the language environment of those settings. The GCLC is offered as one procedure for assessment of the language environment provided by the caregiver(s) in a group setting. The assessment provides information that may assist in matching the environment to a particular child's needs and may provide a basis for assisting caregivers in improving the language environment and addressing a child's needs. The authors welcome comments from the readers.

Caregivers↗
PubMed1988

Immunologic dysfunction in scleroderma: evidence for increased mast cell releasability and HLA-DR positivity in the dermis.

To investigate the role of mast cells and cell-mediated immunity in the pathogenesis of scleroderma, we studied wheal size after skin testing with compound 48/80, a liberator of mast cell histamine, and demonstrated increased mast cell releasability in skin that appeared normal, adjacent to involved skin. Immunofluorescent staining for HLA-DR showed dermal positivity in 12 of 13 involved- and 9 of 13 uninvolved-skin biopsy specimens from scleroderma patients, compared with only 1 of 10 controls. By immunoperoxidase staining, most of the DR positivity was found in fibroblast-like cells. These findings further support the notion of immunologic dysfunction in scleroderma.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1987

Rheumatoid nodules of the spine: case report and review of the literature.

We present the case of a patient who had rheumatoid nodules of the vertebrae, which had resulted in bony destruction of the spine at 3 levels. Although there have been only 3 previous reports of such findings with confirmation by histologic analysis, we believe the condition is more common than has been thought. From a review of the literature, we found that similar clinical and radiographic features, as well as descriptions of rheumatoid granulation tissue invading the disc spaces, have been described in several subjects.

Aged↗