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R Michalski

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[Course of chronic lymphatic leukemia in 2 age groups: older and younger patients].

The authors analysed 202 cases of chronic lymphatic leukaemia comparing the course of this disease in patients above and below 60 years of age. The observation included patients with various forms of this disease--with morphological and clinical findings compatible with mild disease and cases with severe course with complications. It was observed that in severe form of lymphatic leukaemia the course of the disease is similar in both groups of patients and the shorter survival of patients in the older group is frequently due to coexistence of other diseases impairing the general condition and changes connected age. On the other hand, a mild, oligosymptomatic course of the disease was observed more frequently in older patients who did not require intense treatment in hospitals.

Adult↗

[Detection of Hemophilia A carrier state].

Factor VIII biological activity and factor-VIII-related antigen were measured in the plasma of 78 definite, probable or potential carriers of haemophilia A and in a control group of 74 normal women. Low values of factor VIII activity could be detected in 11 of 24 definite carriers, in 11 of 26 probable carriers and, in 10 of 28 potential carriers. On the other hand, the ratio of factor VIII activity to factor-VIII-related antigen was significantly lowered in 79 percent of definite carriers, in 50 percent of probable carriers and, in 21 percent of potential carriers. These studies indicate that determinations of both factor VIII activity and antigen is more reliable procedure in the detection of the carrier state for haemophilia A than determinations of factor VIII activity alone.

Adolescent↗

[Isolation and some properties of factor VIII (antihemophilic factor)].

A method for isolation of factor VIII from cryoprecipitate fraction of human plasma has been elaborated. The isolation procedure involves precipitation with dextran, removal of fibrinogen by means of defibrase, precipitation with ammonium sulfate, polyethylene glycol fractionation, and Sepharose 6B gel filtration step. Factor VIII has been purified 7000- to 13,000 -- fold.. The preparation is homogenous by ultracentrifugal examination and it has an S20,w value of 19.4. It also shows a single precipitin line when subjected to immunoelectrophoresis employing rabbit antibodies against factor VIII. The preparation did not enter a 7.5% polyacrylamide gel containing sodium dodecyl sulfate even in the presence of 8 M urea. After reduction of the protein with 2-mercaptoethanol, subunits were formed which migrated as one band in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

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