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T Coton

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PubMed1995

[Niger: nutritional recuperation and education in a sub-Saharan urban area].

Located in Niamey, capital of Niger, a Sub-Saharian country where the rate of acute malnutrition in children is estimated at 16.8 percent, the National Armed Forces Center for Nutritional Rehabilitation and Education has been expanding its activities since 1986. The center offers curative and educational services to the children of military personnel and the population in neighboring districts. These services are regularly scheduled two and a half or three hours each morning five days a week. In 1990 our center received 115 malnourished children detected either during consultations or infant weighing sessions. Twenty-seven presented moderate protein-caloric malnutrition and 28 serious malnutrition. Medium age at admission was 11 months 16 days and medium length of stay was 9.5 days. Long-term recovery was confirmed in 30.5% while 69.5% were lost from follow-up. Keeping a healthbook throughout the weight control period, enforcing coercive measures for military families, organizing a permanent campaign to maintain awareness of nutritional problems, prolonging opening hours to improve access to the center, and above all improving the level of women's education are necessary to improve these results. Primary prevention requires better family planning with a longer interval between births.

Child Nutrition Disorders↗
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[Cryoglobulinemia].

Cryoglobulins are immunoglobulins or immune complexes which precipitate at a temperature lower than 37 degrees C and redissolve when rewarmed. Cryoglobulins can be asymptomatic. When not, clinical features are in most cases cutaneous, renal or neurological. Cryoglobulinemia are associated with malignant haematological disorder, connective tissue disease or infection process especially infection with hepatitis C virus. In some case, no aetiology can be found, in theses cases cryoglobulinemia are called primary or essential cryoglobulinemia. For the last ten years it has been widely demonstrated that virus C infection causes the most part of essential cryoglobulinemia.

Cryoglobulinemia↗
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[Cryoglobulins: detection, type determination and quantitation. A study of healthy subjects and patients with chronic hepatitis C].

Cryoglobulins are immunoglobulins or immune complexes which precipitate at a temperature lower than 37 degrees C and re-dissolve when rewarmed. So their collection and processing are critical. We describe the methodology used in the biochemical laboratory of Military hospital Laveran (Marseille) for detection determination of type and quantitation of cryoglobulins. In this study, we have found cryoglobulins in 53% of healthy subjects and in 77% of patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Cryoglobulins↗
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[The prevention of neonatal herpes encephalitis: characteristics in a tropical area].

Neonatal herpes infection virus is rare but of poor prognosis. The only way to prevent it, is to practice a prophylactic caesarean section. In medically undeveloped countries, indication of caesarean section should be very prudent because of subsequent risks of uterine rupture. After a short recall about herpes illness, a precise and simple behaviour is proposed.

Encephalitis↗