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P De Nicola

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[Anisakiasis presenting as perforated ulcer of the cecum].

A case of cecal anisakiasis is presented. Symptoms were compatible with appendicitis. The patient was operated and a perforated ulcer of the cecum was found. Ileocolic resection was performed. The histologic result showed the presence of Anisakis simplex larva in the muscle of the cecum. The patient was discharged the fifth day without complications. At present he is asymptomatic. He had eaten uncooked anchovies some days before the onset of the disease.

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[Changes in the in vitro antibody formation in B lymphoproliferative diseases].

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from three patients with multiple myelomas (M.M.), four patients with Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinaemia (E.M.C.) and four normal adults as controls were cultivated with or without poke weed mitogen (PWM); in vitro immunoglobulin (Ig) production was measured after seven days using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method (ELISA). No significant differences in Ig production were noted between patients and controls: E.M.C. patients, on the other hand, displayed considerable spontaneous IgM production (without appreciable differences, however, between spontaneous and PWM-stimulated production). M.M. patients, on the other hand, displayed only scanty spontaneous IgM production and in two cases the PWM response was completely lacking. These results were then integrated and correlated with a parallel study of similar groups of patients and controls carried out with the aim of investigating modifications in the distribution of B and T lymphocyte subpopulations. Possible interpretations of the results are discussed.

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Segregation analysis of hemophilia A and B.

We analyzed a sample of 1,485 families with hemophilia A and B and with unknown diagnosis. The frequency of sporadic cases was estimated to be .166 and .078 for the two types of hemophilia, respectively. The sex ratio of mutation rates did not differ significantly from unity. The average age of maternal grandfathers of probands at birth of mothers with a single child, affected by hemophilia B, and of maternal grandfathers of probands at birth of mothers with more than one child affected by hemophilia B, was higher than the age in appropriate control groups.

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Serum glucagon after arginine infusion in aged and young subjects.

In 12 aged nondiabetic subjects, 10 aged diabetic subjects, and 6 young nondiabetic subjects the glucose, insulin, glucagon and growth hormone responses to the intravenous administration of arginine were studied. A prompt increase in the levels of blood glucose, serum insulin and serum glucagon was observed, but the glucose and glucagon peaks were significantly higher in the aged nondiabetic and diabetic subjects. Growth hormone secretion did not differ between the nondiabetic aged and young subjects. These findings suggest the hypothesis that glucose intolerance in old age is due to increased release of glucagon.

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Myocardial contractility in aged rats.

The elastic and mechanical behaviour of isolated papillar muscle was studied in aged and in young rats. The spontaneous fall in tension (stress relaxation phenomenon) and the duration of the active state of the contractile element during the isometric and isotonic contraction were greater in aged than in young rats. The elastic properties of the elements in parallel and in series and the intensity of the active state in the contractile elements, on the contrary, did not exhibit any significant difference between aged and young rats.

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Sex in the aged.

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