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Dastur FD, Rodrigues C, Mehta A, Mayekar K, Swaroop VS. Hepatitis B in hospitals--meeting the challenge. THE JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA 1990; 38:461-2. [PMID: 2149849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Salazar de Sousa J, Magalhães Ramalho P, Soares J, Rodrigues C, Costa MV, da Silva A. Reaction of rectal mucosa of celiac patients to direct contact with gluten. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1988; 7:403-5. [PMID: 3385553 DOI: 10.1097/00005176-198805000-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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It is assumed that the colonic mucosa of celiac patients is not sensitive to gluten. This assumption has been supported by the absence of clinical manifestations of colonic involvement in patients with active celiac disease which, by itself, does not confirm insensitivity to gluten. Eight children, aged from 11 to 25 months, with an initial diagnosis of celiac disease were studied: in five children a definite diagnosis has already been confirmed. Rectal gluten challenge was done by means of retention enemas. A volume of 100 ml of a 10% gluten suspension in water was introduced into the rectum three times per day for 8 days; each enema was retained at least 1 h. Rectosigmoidoscopies and rectal biopsies were done before and at the end of the challenge period. The endoscopic appearance of rectal mucosa was normal in all the children either before or after gluten challenge. The means of total mucosal thickness, intraepithelial lymphocyte counts, mitotic crypt cell activity, and cellular infiltration of lamina propria increased after challenge; the mean of goblet cell/epithelial cell ratio in the surface epithelium decreased. The differences between each pair of means (before and after challenge), however, were not significant except for total mucosal thickness (p less than 0.05), the meaning of which is unclear. This study did not definitely demonstrate that the rectal mucosa of celiacs is insensitive to gluten. For practical clinical purposes, however, it behaves as such. This makes the rectal mucosa a useless tool for the final diagnosis of celiac disease.
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Chao LP, Steele J, Rodrigues C, Lennard-Jones J, Stanford JL, Spiliadis C, Rook GA. Specificity of antibodies secreted by hybridomas generated from activated B cells in the mesenteric lymph nodes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Gut 1988; 29:35-40. [PMID: 3257742 PMCID: PMC1433249 DOI: 10.1136/gut.29.1.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Hybridomas have been prepared from active B cells in lymphoid tissue draining lesions of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), by fusion of fresh mesenteric lymph node suspensions with the murine JK myeloma. Two hundred and fifty nine immunoglobulin secreting hybridomas have been obtained from nine patients. The antibodies have been screened for binding to food antigens, sections of human gut, and bacteria including two unidentified acid fast isolates from CD lymph nodes. Autoantibodies, and antibodies to food antigens implicated by others in the aetiology of CD were rare, comprising 1.2%, and 2.5% respectively. Most donors yielded none of these. Thus neither food antigens nor autoantigens are major antigenic stimuli in nodes draining inflammatory bowel disease. On the other hand between 19% and 83% of supernatants from different donors bound to one or more bacterial genus. The mycobacteria and the CD isolates were amongst the genera to which most antibodies bound, though binding to E coli was more frequent. Significantly more CD than UC derived supernatants bound to BCG. As mycobacteria are not though to be part of the normal bowel flora, the high percentage of hybridomas secreting antibodies which bind to this genus is surprising.
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Rodrigues C, Lennard-Jones JE, English J, Parsons DG. Systemic absorption from prednisolone rectal foam in ulcerative colitis. Lancet 1987; 1:1497. [PMID: 2885491 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(87)92253-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Clayson DB, Iverson F, Nera E, Lok E, Rogers C, Rodrigues C, Page D, Karpinski K. Histopathological and radioautographical studies on the forestomach of F344 rats treated with butylated hydroxyanisole and related chemicals. Food Chem Toxicol 1986; 24:1171-82. [PMID: 3804119 DOI: 10.1016/0278-6915(86)90305-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Butylated hydroxyanisole, when fed to male Fischer 344 rats for periods of 9 days or more, led to forestomach epithelial cell necrosis and regeneration. Both the induced proliferation and the histopathological changes were considerably more prevalent in the prefundic region of the forestomach than in the mid-region. Using [Me-3H]thymidine, a specific DNA precursor, and radioautography it was shown that the effect of the antioxidant was apparently threshold at 0.25% in the diet after both 9 days and 3 months of treatment and that the proliferation was dependent on the continuous presence of the antioxidant in the diet at 3 and 6 months. Some other phenols and acids were investigated after 9-27 days' feeding; most induced some degree of epithelial cell proliferation in the rat forestomach, although some had a greater effect on the mid-region than on the prefundic region. These observations are discussed in terms of the likely relevance of butylated hydroxyanisole-induced forestomach tumours to the possibility that the antioxidant may lead to cancer in humans exposed to lower levels in their diet.
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Rodrigues C, Lok E, Nera E, Iverson F, Page D, Karpinski K, Clayson DB. Short-term effects of various phenols and acids on the Fischer 344 male rat forestomach epithelium. Toxicology 1986; 38:103-17. [PMID: 3942006 DOI: 10.1016/0300-483x(86)90176-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A series of phenols and acids was fed to rats for 9 days to determine effects on the [methyl-3H]thymidine labelling index and the histological appearance of the forestomach. A variety of proliferative effects in the rat forestomach were observed which paralleled changes in the [methyl-3H] thymidine labelling index. The 3-tert-butyl isomer of butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) was as effective as the food grade mixture. In the 4-hydroxybenzoic acid ester series, activity was not found either with the free acid or the methyl ester. With the ethyl, n-propyl and n-butyl esters activity in the perfundic region of the forestomach increased with alkyl chain length, the n-butyl ester being nearly as effective as BHA. In contrast, 4-methoxyyphenol and propionic acid demonstrated their greatest effects in the midregion of the forestomach, the action of propionic acid not being apparent until 21 or 27 days of treatment. It was also found that after a 9-day treatment involving coadministration of BHA and acetylsalicyclic acid, the overall effect of the antioxidant on the forestomach was greatly reduced.
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Rodrigues C, Singh PM, Gupta AN. Kielland's forceps for deep transverse arrest. ASIA-OCEANIA JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY 1983; 9:159-62. [PMID: 6615328 DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1983.tb00615.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Singh PM, Rodrigues C, Majumdar S. Maternal serum alkaline phosphatase in foetal distress. Indian J Med Res 1982; 76:700-1. [PMID: 7166365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Rodrigues C, Dhall K, Nair CR, Anand S. Assessment of foetal pulmonary maturity by amniotic fluid optical density. Indian J Med Res 1982; 75:245-7. [PMID: 7085022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Singh PM, Rodrigues C, Gupta AN. Neonatal risks in postdate pregnancy. Indian J Med Res 1981; 74:258-60. [PMID: 7309186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Rodrigues L, Rodrigues C. [The importance of research in nursing]. ENFOQUE 1981; 9:5-6. [PMID: 6912814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In a retrospective analysis over the six year period, January, 1973 to December, 1978, the incidence of placenta previa in cases with previous cesarean section (C.S.) was found to be 3.9 per cent as compared to an overall incidence of 1.9 per cent (p less than 0.01). The risk of placenta previa was greater in the pregnancy immediately following the cesarean section. The incidence of a morbidy adherent placenta was also significantly higher in these cases.
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Dhall K, Rodrigues C, Bhakoo ON, Nair CR, Anand S. Foetal pulmonary maturation in abnormal pregnancy. Indian J Med Res 1980; 72:670-6. [PMID: 7203568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Gupta I, Rodrigues C, Jain S, Gupta AN, Devi PK. Comparative morbidity following tubal ligation by abdominal and vaginal routes. Indian J Med Res 1980; 72:231-5. [PMID: 7228161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Rodrigues C, Dhall K, Bhakoo ON, Kumar M. Evaluation of the rapid bubble test in assessing foetal pulmonary maturity. Indian J Med Res 1979; 70:756-61. [PMID: 583415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Rodrigues C, Dhall K, Bhakoo ON, Kumar M. Foetal pulmonary maturity in North West India. Indian J Med Res 1979; 70:762-6. [PMID: 583416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Pina-Cabral JM, Rodrigues C. Blood catecholamine levels, factor VIII and fibrinolysis after therapeutic electroshock. Br J Haematol 1974; 28:371-80. [PMID: 4441466 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1974.tb00818.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Allsopp R, Baldry DA, Rodrigues C. The influence of game animals on the distribution and feeding habits of glossina pallidipes in the Lambwe Valley. Bull World Health Organ 1972; 47:795-809. [PMID: 4544832 PMCID: PMC2480922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The role of game animals as important hosts of some species of tsetse, including Glossina pallidipes, has been studied in detail in the Lambwe Valley area of Kenya. A large population of G. pallidipes existed in association with a varied community of game animals in the study area, and the investigation was designed to determine which of the hosts available to G. pallidipes were actively selected and whether the preferred hosts influenced the distribution of the tsetse population. Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) was found to be the preferred host of G. pallidipes and there was a positive correlation between the distribution of these two species. Buffalo and roan antelope were also selected for food but, because of their behavioural characteristics, neither was continually available to the tsetse population and they had no influence on its distribution.
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Rodrigues C, Baldry DA. A technique for the bioassay of insecticide deposits on leaf and bark samples in relation to tsetse control operations. Bull World Health Organ 1972; 47:811-3. [PMID: 4544833 PMCID: PMC2480924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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During tsetse control operations it may be necessary to determine the effective toxicity and persistence of insecticide residues on vegetation. A simple method for preparing samples of twig bark for bioassay and an exposure apparatus that has been found very satisfactory for exposing tsetse flies to residues on leaves and bark are described. The apparatus is easily manipulated and involves little handling of the test material.
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Previgliano H, Challu A, Junemann A, Rodano J, Marchand M, Taype E, Gonzalez Ortiz R, Lammirato G, Rodrigues C, Gallardo R, De Felipe C, De la Riestra N. [Use of St 155 in chronic renal insufficiency with arterial hypertension]. PRENSA MEDICA ARGENTINA 1971; 58:1117-9. [PMID: 5097755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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