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S Mouton

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PubMed1993

Tobacco smoking by pregnant women. Disturbances in metabolism of branched chain amino acids and fetal growth.

Pregnancy alone lowered the plasma AA concentrations of ileu, leu, and val when compared to their concentrations in nonpregnant nonsmokers. Plasma concentrations of val, ileu, and leu were significantly higher in pregnant smokers than in pregnant nonsmokers. Therefore, the utilization of BCAA was more reduced in pregnant smokers than that which could be predicted from plasma AA concentrations of nonpregnant nonsmokers.

Amino Acids, Branched-Chain↗
PubMed1989

African Burkitt's lymphoma in the Cape province of South Africa and in Namibia.

The clinical features, incidence and pattern of jaw involvement, and seasonal occurrence in relation to 22 patients with Burkitt's lymphoma in the Cape province and Southwest Africa were analyzed. The mean age, male dominance, and pattern of organ involvement paralleled typical African Burkitt's lymphoma. Development of the patients' disease was more likely during the rainy season. The frequency and pattern of jaw involvement resembled typical African Burkitt's lymphoma. The frequency of jaw involvement was similar in white and nonwhite patients. Members of all racial groups had typical African Burkitt's lymphoma.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1988

Effect of preeclampsia on carboxyhemoglobin levels: a mechanism for a decrease in P50.

COHb levels were measured in 15 preeclamptic pregnant women and 15 normal pregnant women to investigate the cause for the decrease in P50 associated with preeclampsia. The authors also included six normal and six preeclamptic pregnant patients from the above groups in the determination of P50. Measurements of COHb levels were performed in a Radiometer OSM2 Hemoximeter. Determination of P50 was done using an IL 237 Tonometer, a Radiometer, OSM2 Hemoximeter, and a Corning 168 pH/Blood Gas Analyzer. Preeclamptic pregnant patients had a mean COHb level of 2.8%, whereas normal pregnant women had a mean COHb level of 0.7% (P less than 0.001). Preeclamptic patients also had a significantly lower (24.4 mmHg) P50 than normal pregnant women (P50 = 30.1 mmHg) (P less than 0.001). The authors conclude that a significant elevation of COHb in preeclamptic pregnant women is partly responsible for a significant decrease in P50 seen in preeclampsia.

Carboxyhemoglobin↗
PubMed1987

Effect of pre-eclampsia on plasma cholinesterase activity.

Plasma cholinesterase (PCHE) activity was determined using a colorimetric method in 11 healthy non-pregnant women, 11 healthy pregnant women at term, and 11 pre-eclamptic pregnant women at term. The mean plasma cholinesterase activities for healthy non-pregnant women, healthy pregnant women and pre-eclamptic pregnant women were 438 +/- 81,257 +/- 25 and 173 +/- 18 units . ml-1, respectively. Our data suggest that there is a significant reduction in plasma cholinesterase activity in preeclamptic pregnant women when compared to healthy non-pregnant (p less than 0.001) and healthy pregnant women (p less than 0.001).

Adolescent↗