Conjugated 3,4 dihydroxy phenyl acetic acid (DOPAC) in human and monkey cerebrospinal fluid and rat brain and the effects of probenecid treatment.
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A characteristic electron microscopic lesion-longitudinal splitting of the glomerular basement membranes with accumulation of dark particles-was found in some cases of hereditary nephritis, especially in Alport syndrome. A somewhat similar but less specific alteration was present in the tubular basement membranes and in the Bowman capsule. The lesions tended to exhibit a familial segregation. The possible pathogenesis of the lesions and their relation to physiologic abnormalities are briefly discussed.
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Because there is mounting evidence that localized intravascular coagulation may contribute to tissue injury following a variety of immunologic events, including immune complex diseases, fibrinogen catabolism was studied in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus to determine factors correlating with accelerated coagulation. 125I-fibrinogen half-life in controls was 90.1+/- 11 hours and the mean SLE half-life was 60.5 +/- 12. SLE patients in complete clinical remission had normal half-lives, but patients with symptomatic clinical disease, including renal disease, had significantly reduced fibrinogen survival. Accelerated fibrinogen consumption also correlated with positive tests for anti-DNA antibodies, but not with hypocomplementemia. These observations support the hypothesis that the coagulation system is activated in patients with immune complex diseases. Further studies are required to define the role, if any, that coagulation may play in causing tissue injury.
Three patients with spontaneous (idiopathic) spinal epidural hematomas were diagnosed with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Magnetic resonance is an accurate, rapid method of localizing and characterizing the hematomas. We believe that MR (where available) should be the primary method of diagnosis in cases in which spinal epidural hematoma is suspected.
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Parturients in whom meperidine HCl, propiomazine HCl, and scopolamine were used for analgesia and amnesia in labor and delivery were studied to determine the efficacy and safety of physostigmine reversal after delivery. Of a total of 120 patients, 108 received physostigmine salicylate at the completion of episiotomy closure, awakening in an average of 7.5 minutes compared with 137.8 in 12 controls. Physostigmine appears to be a safe, rapidly effective agent for reversing the prolonged somnolence of this sedation regimen.