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M Robertson

Publications and source records attributed to M Robertson.

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Cold injury caused by psychiatric illness: six case reports.

Six patients are reported in whom mental illness led to severe cold injury. The main contributory factors were cold surroundings, inactivity and neglect. The additional factor of impaired microcirculation in these patients may also be significant. In the winter of 1979 two instances of cold injury in patients with mental illness came to our attention. A search of the medical records at the Whittington Hospital revealed a further three cases over a period of 14 years. One patient was seen at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square.

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Sequence of chicken ovalbumin mRNA.

The complete sequence of chicken ovalbumin mRNA is presented; it is 1,859 residues long, excluding its terminal 'cap' and poly(A). The region coding for ovalbumin lies close to the 'cap' but is separated from the poly(A) by an extensive 3' noncoding region of 637 nucleotides which may have no function that is precisely dependent on its sequence.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Triiodothyronine receptors during maturation.

Capacity of rat liver nuclear triiodothyronine (T3) binding protein (NTBP) for T3 more than quadruples from birth through 50-120 days, whether related to DNA or weight of tissue. Ka for T3 doubles during this interval. T3 content of nuclei nearly parallels capacity. The proportion of receptors occupied by T3 is 0.3 at birth, falling to .16 in old rats. In contrast to these changes in liver content of T3-receptor complex, mitochondrial alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity changes relatively less during maturation. Administration of estrogen, testosterone, and dexamethasone to immature female rats did not alter NTBP capacity of affinity.

Aging↗