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Bansal RP, Joshi RC, Chandra U, Sharma B. Detection of rinderpest antigen by latex agglutination test. Acta Virol 1988; 32:275-7. [PMID: 2902777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A slightly modified latex agglutination test was applied for detection of rinderpest antigen. The antigen was added to sensitized latex particles in the presence of hyperimmune antiserum to facilitate agglutination. Out of 129 samples tested by latex agglutination (LA), solid phase aggregation of coated erythrocytes (SPACE), reverse phase passive haemagglutination (RPHA) and counter immunoelectrophoresis (CIE) test, 86.0, 86.8, 84.4 and 79.8 per cent, respectively, were found positive.
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Sharma B, Negi BS, Pandey AB, Bandyopadhyay SK, Shankar H, Yadav MP. Detection of goat pox antigen and antibody by the counter immunoelectrophoresis test. Trop Anim Health Prod 1988; 20:109-13. [PMID: 2840760 DOI: 10.1007/bf02242237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) test was standardised for the detection of goat pox antigen and antibody using inactivated antigens. The chloroform inactivated and live antigens were equally sensitive for detection of goat pox precipitins. The precipitinogens of goat pox virus (GPV) were found to be soluble in nature. The CIE test was quick as well as more sensitive than the agar gel precipitation test for detection of GPV antibody/antigen. The CIE employing inactivated antigen has been used for the first time in the detection of GPV antibodies/antigens.
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Sharma B, Wyeth RP. Six-year survival of patients with and without painless myocardial ischemia and out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation. Am J Cardiol 1988; 61:9F-15F. [PMID: 3358359 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(88)90047-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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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Out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation (OHVF) is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death. Of 1,070 patients with OHVF who entered this study, 150 were discharged alive. Of this group, 120 were free of anoxic brain damage. Of these survivors, 67 (57%) had no previously demonstrated anginal symptoms. Treadmill stress testing revealed painless ST depression in 76% of these neurologically intact patients. Exercise ventriculography in a subset of 9 patients without angina before OHVF and in 6 patients with typical anginal symptoms revealed marked left ventricular dysfunction with ST depression in the absence of chest pain in all 15 patients. Sublingual nitroglycerin reversed this evidence of ischemia in the asymptomatic patients. Patients were followed for 6 years after discharge. No statistical difference in mortality could be demonstrated for patients who had previous anginal symptoms vs those who did not, nor was age a predictor of mortality. Women had the same risk of death as men at 2 years after OHVF, but a significantly higher risk by year 6. Myocardial infarction associated with OHVF did not predict lower mortality throughout the study.
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Sharma B, Wyeth RP, Kolath GS, Gimenez HJ, Franciosa JA. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of one vessel for refractory unstable angina pectoris: efficacy in single and multivessel disease. Heart 1988; 59:280-6. [PMID: 2965594 PMCID: PMC1216460 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.59.3.280] [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: 01/03/2023] Open
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Forty patients with unstable angina refractory to medical treatment had one vessel percutaneous transluminal angioplasty to the most stenotic lesion in a major coronary artery. The procedure was successful in 35 patients, and the remaining five patients underwent emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The initial success rate (84%) for the 16 patients with single or the 19 patients with multivessel disease (90%) was similar. At early follow up (average nine days) all patients with successful angioplasty remained symptomatically improved; 10 patients (83%) with single and 10 patients (63%) with multivessel disease had negative treadmill stress tests. Five of six cardiac events occurred within the intermediate (average 11 months) follow up period; two patients had recurrent refractory unstable angina, two had angioplasty for progression of disease in a vessel not previously treated by angioplasty, and one had bypass graft surgery. During late (average 26 months) follow up one patient had a non-fatal myocardial infarction while seven patients (58%) with single vessel disease and nine patients (75%) with multivessel disease had negative stress tests; 29 of 40 patients showed long term improvement.
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The stability of five batches of oral polio vaccine stored at -20, 4-8, 22 and 36 degrees C for 7, 14 and 21 days was studied. The virus titrations were performed by the standard macro-method. There was little loss in virus titre when samples were kept at -20 and 4-8 degrees C for 21 days, whereas the samples exposed to 36 degrees C for 21 days showed almost complete loss in virus titre. The average loss in virus titre in a year (log TCID50) was 0.47 at -20 degrees C and 0.65 at 4-8 degrees C when various samples were stored at these temperatures. At 22 degrees C the average loss in virus titre after 21 days was about 1.50. The samples subjected to ten cycles of freezing and thawing did not show any loss in virus titre. Likewise there was not much loss in virus titre in three samples stored at 4-8 degrees C for a year. Oral polio vaccine stabilized with magnesium chloride is quite a stable vaccine and maintenance of a proper cold chain is recommended for the delivery of a potent vaccine in countries with high ambient temperature.
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Sharma B, Negi BS, Yadav MP, Shankar H, Pandey AB. Application of ELISA in the detection of goat pox antigen and antibodies. Acta Virol 1988; 32:65-9. [PMID: 2897774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was standardized for detection of goat pox virus (GPV) antibodies and antigen using live and inactivated antigens and hyperimmune serum (HIS), convalescent, post-vaccinal, as also post-challenge sera. The ELISA was most sensitive in detection of antibody when compared with agar gel precipitation (AGP) and counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) tests. There was no complete correlation between the antibody status of vaccinated goats and protective immunity as animals having detectable seroconversion were also solidly immune to virulent challenge. The application of ELISA in pox infections of goats has been discussed.
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The correlation between the presence of areas of jeopardized myocardium and the electrocardiographic patterns of anterior and inferior Q-wave and non-Q-wave infarctions was studied in 486 patients who had had stable symptoms for at least six months after a single myocardial infarction. Myocardial jeopardy was identified on a ventriculogram in the right anterior oblique position if normal or hypokinetic wall motion was seen in all segments distal to a lesion that caused stenosis of greater than 50% and less than 100% in the proximal or mid left anterior descending coronary artery (anterior jeopardy), or in the proximal or mid right coronary artery or proximal circumflex coronary artery in a left dominant circulation (inferior jeopardy). Patients with non-Q-wave anterior infarctions had a significant increase in the frequency of jeopardized myocardium when compared with patients with Q-wave inferior or anterior infarctions. The group with non-Q-wave anterior infarction also had a significantly lower percentage of myocardial segments with absent wall motion in the area of infarction than all other groups. This combination of coronary narrowing with retained wall motion may contribute to the increased frequency of reinfarction seen in some studies of non-Q-wave infarction.
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Bansal RP, Sharma B, Joshi RC, Chandra U. Application of solid phase aggregation of coated erythrocytes technique for detection of rinderpest antigen. J Virol Methods 1987; 16:317-21. [PMID: 3667851 DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(87)90016-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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A solid phase aggregation of coated erythrocytes (SPACE) technique was standardized and used for the detection of rinderpest antigen in 129 samples of 9 visceral organs; from 50 clinical samples such as gum scraping, tongue scraping, faeces, urine, nasal swabs; blood from 18 rinderpest infected cattle and 2 field samples. The comparative sensitivity of SPACE, reverse phase passive haemagglutination and counter-immuno-electrophoresis tests was found to be 86.8, 84.5 and 79.8%, respectively.
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Liu GC, Shah HR, Sharma B, Reifsteck JE, Ferris EJ. Aortic dissection, a diagnostic dilemma: case report. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 1987; 10:138-41. [PMID: 3111694 DOI: 10.1007/bf02577988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A case of type I (type A) aortic dissection proved by postmortem examination could not be fully delineated relative to the type of dissection by dynamic CT as well as three positive contrast aortograms. Small tears in the ascending aorta and their strategic locations can escape even intensive radiologic evaluation. We present a case in which medical therapy was provided and, inappropriately, surgery was not performed.
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Swarup D, Pachauri SP, Sharma B, Bandhopadhyay SK. Serodiagnosis of Fasciola gigantica infection in buffaloes. Vet Parasitol 1987; 24:67-74. [PMID: 3109111 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(87)90131-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The agar gel precipitation test (AGPT), counter immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP) and indirect haemagglutination (IHA) were evaluated for the diagnosis of fascioliasis due to Fasciola gigantica in buffaloes. The sensitivity of these tests varied with the intensity of infection; and was greatest when the fluke burden in liver exceeded 100. CIEP detected 76.06% of infected sera and was most sensitive, followed by IHA which detected 68.37% of the infected sera. The AGPT was found to be least sensitive, detecting only 57.4% of the infected sera. Although these tests were limited by the occurrence of false-positive reactions, their use may be an aid for effective diagnosis of fascioliasis in buffaloes.
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Sharma B, Asinger R, Francis GS, Hodges M, Wyeth RP. Demonstration of exercise-induced painless myocardial ischemia in survivors of out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation. Am J Cardiol 1987; 59:740-5. [PMID: 3825932 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(87)91084-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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To ascertain if myocardial ischemia is the mechanism of out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation (VF), left ventricular (LV) function was assessed at rest and during submaximal exercise in 15 patients who survived out-of-hospital VF. They were separated into asymptomatic (9 patients, group A) and symptomatic (6 patients, group S) groups for a history of angina or myocardial infarction. Both groups had significant (at least 70% diameter stenosis) coronary artery disease. At catheterization no patient had angina during exercise, but 12 of 15 had ST depression or increased ST depression (group A, 1.9 +/- 1.4 mm; group S, 1.1 +/- 1.2 mm) and 11 had abnormal wall motion. From rest to exercise, patients in group S had increased LV end-diastolic pressure (from 21 +/- 9 to 37 +/- 11 mm Hg, p = 0.009) and volume (from 100 +/- 25 to 107 +/- 26 ml/m2, p = 0.006), with no significant change in LV ejection fraction (from 40 +/- 13 to 42 +/- 12%). In group A LV end-diastolic pressure increased from 19 +/- 4 to 31 +/- 8 mm Hg (p = 0.001), but neither end-diastolic volume nor ejection fraction changed significantly (from 83 +/- 13 to 92 +/- 23 ml/m2 and from 55 +/- 13% to 46 +/- 13%, respectively). Thus, patients with coronary artery disease who survive out-of-hospital VF may have evidence of myocardial ischemia during exercise without pain. Painless ischemia may have a role in out-of-hospital VF.
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Misra PK, Gulati A, Mahesh AK, Sharma B, Malik GK, Dhawan KN. Maturity of blood brain barrier in children. Indian J Med Res 1987; 85:401-3. [PMID: 3623649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Sharma B, Axelson M, Pounder RP, Lundborg P, Ohman M, Santana A, Talbot M, Cederberg C. Acid secretory capacity and plasma gastrin concentration after administration of omeprazole to normal subjects. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 1987; 1:67-76. [PMID: 2979214 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.1987.tb00608.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In a randomized double-blind study, two groups of eight healthy volunteers received either placebo or omeprazole 40 mg o.m. for 14 days. Fasting plasma gastrin concentration and peak acid output in response to a maximal intravenous dose of pentagastrin were measured before, during and after the 14 days of treatment. Omeprazole caused a 68% (mean) decrease in the peak acid output when measured 24 hours after the last dose, with a simultaneous increase in the fasting plasma gastrin concentration. When measured 1, 2, 3 and 8 weeks after cessation of treatment, there was no significant difference in the peak acid output between the two groups. The study demonstrates that there is no increase in the acid production capacity after 2 weeks of treatment with omeprazole. Thus it would appear that the rise in the plasma gastrin concentration during short-term treatment with omeprazole does not induce parietal cell hypertrophy or hyperplasia.
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Bansal RP, Joshi RC, Sharma B, Chandra U. Reverse phase passive haemagglutination test for the detection of rinderpest antigen. Trop Anim Health Prod 1987; 19:53-5. [PMID: 3299936 DOI: 10.1007/bf02250847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Reverse phase passive haemagglutination [RPHA] test was applied for the detection of rinderpest antigen in various organs of rinderpest infected cattle. The results of RPHA were compared with counter immunoelectrophoresis [CIE] and single radial haemolysis [SRH] test. RPHA was as sensitive as CIE and SRH in detecting rinderpest antigen.
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Somvanshi R, Biswas JC, Sharma B, Koul GL. Haematological studies on Indian pashmina goats. Res Vet Sci 1987; 42:124-6. [PMID: 3823626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Haematological studies were conducted on 61 clinically normal pashmina producing goats of the Cheghu breed, acclimatised to the temperate, humid climatic condition of Mukteswar, about 2400 m above sea level. The experimental goats comprised four age groups (birth to one month, six to nine months, three to five years and six to 10 years) of both sexes. The overall values, irrespective of age and sex, for the parameters examined were: red blood cells, 14.17 +/- 1.96 X 10(12) litre-1; haemoglobin, 7.46 +/- 0.79 g dl-1; packed cell volume, 0.31 +/- 0.04 litres litre-1; mean corpuscular volume, 21.62 +/- 2.46 fl; mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, 23.72 +/- 1.80 g dl-1; mean corpuscular haemoglobin, 5.11 +/- 0.67 pg; erythrocyte sedimentation rate, 0.00 mm at one hour; plasma protein 6.58 +/- 0.78 g dl-1; icterus index, 9.15 +/- 2.92 units; white blood cells 12.26 +/- 2.66 X 10(9) litre-1; absolute count of lymphocytes, 4.62 +/- 1.40; neutrophils, 5.91 +/- 2.84; monocytes, 0.38 +/- 0.15; eosinophils, 0.32 +/- 0.17 and basophils, 0.05 +/- 0.05 (X 10(9) litre-1). The sex of the animal did not affect the haematological parameters but the effect of age was evident. In newborn kids the haemoglobin, mean corpuscular haemoglobin and packed cell volume values were higher and the total leucocyte count was lower than in other age groups. As the kids grew older lymphocyte numbers decreased while neutrophils increased.
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Swarup D, Pachauri SP, Sharma B. Serodiagnosis of fascioliasis in buffaloes by immunoprecipitation using adult Fasciola gigantica antigens. Res Vet Sci 1987; 42:130. [PMID: 3547527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Partial purification of a saline extract of adult Fasciola gigantica by chromatography on Sephadex G200 gave four peaks, of which only the first two contained material which gave a precipitation reaction with sera from infected buffaloes. None of these gave false reactions with sera from uninfected animals but even the first and most sensitive fraction only reacted with 57.5 per cent of sera from animals known to be infected with moderate numbers of F gigantica.
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Sharma B, Wyeth RP, Gimenez HJ, Franciosa JA. Intracoronary prostaglandin E1 plus streptokinase in acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 1986; 58:1161-6. [PMID: 3788802 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(86)90375-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Fourteen patients with acute myocardial infarction (duration of chest pain 5 +/- 2 hours) received intracoronary infusion of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) and streptokinase. Intracoronary PGE1 was followed by intracoronary streptokinase in 10 patients (group A), with successful recanalization in all patients. Of 4 patients in whom recanalization failed with intracoronary streptokinase given first (group B), 2 had successful recanalization after addition of intracoronary PGE1. Immediately after successful recanalization, left ventricular ejection fraction increased from 50 +/- 9% to 62 +/- 10% (p less than 0.0008), left ventricular end-diastolic pressure decreased from 20 +/- 10 to 16 +/- 10 mm Hg (p less than 0.05) and stroke volume index increased from 34 +/- 10 to 44 +/- 12 ml/m2 (p less than 0.02). Infarct segment shortening improved from 9 +/- 5 to 18 +/- 4% (p less than 0.0002). Transient hypotension in 1 patient was the only complication. Follow-up catheterization in recanalized patients at 2 to 10 days showed maintained improvement in left ventricular global and infarct segment function. Reocclusion occurred in 1 patient. Thus, intracoronary infusion of PGE1 was effective in establishing reperfusion in all patients when followed by streptokinase and was associated with immediately improved left ventricular global and regional function. PGE1 deserves further evaluation in acute myocardial infarction.
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Yu R, Sharma B, Franciosa JA. Acquired coronary artery fistula to the left ventricle after acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 1986; 58:557-8. [PMID: 3751920 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(86)90036-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Bansal RP, Joshi RC, Sharma B, Bandyopadhyay SK, Chandra U. Single radial hemolysis test for the detection of rinderpest antibody. Trop Anim Health Prod 1986; 18:133-6. [PMID: 3532467 DOI: 10.1007/bf02359521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The single radial hemolysis [SRH] test was employed for detection of rinderpest antibodies in post-vaccinated serum samples as also in serum samples from animals recovered from rinderpest infection. The results were compared with counterimmunoelectrophoresis [CIE] and serum neutralisation [SN] tests. The CIE test was found to be more sensitive than SRH but because of ease and simplicity SRH can also be used for monitoring antibody development after vaccination.
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Malik GK, Goel GK, Vishwanathan PN, Misra PK, Sharma B. Free and erythrocyte-bound bilirubin in neonatal jaundice. ACTA PAEDIATRICA SCANDINAVICA 1986; 75:545-9. [PMID: 3751548 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1986.tb10247.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Serum free bilirubin and erythrocyte-bound bilirubin concentrations were estimated in 53 jaundiced neonates with a total serum bilirubin concentration of 227.4 +/- 80.4 mumol/l. The serum free bilirubin and erythrocyte-bound bilirubin concentrations were 8.7 +/- 5.6 nmol/l and 23.8 +/- 6.0 mumol/l, respectively. Both, the serum free bilirubin (r = 0.741, p less than 0.001) and erythrocyte-bound bilirubin (r = 0.754, p less than 0.001) correlated directly with bilirubin-albumin molar ratio. There was a direct correlation between free and erythrocyte-bound bilirubin concentration (r = +0.657, p less than 0.001). The prediction of serum free bilirubin concentrations from the known erythrocyte-bound bilirubin value was unreliable.
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Malik GK, Goel GK, Vishwanathan PN, Misra PK, Sharma B. Bilirubin binding capacity in newborns. Indian Pediatr 1986; 23:433-7. [PMID: 3744523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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This is the first reported case of an acute myocardial infarction probably secondary to DF-2 bacterial septicemia and presumed endocarditis. Selective coronary arteriography revealed a long filling defect causing 95% stenosis of the second diagonal branch of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Multiple blood cultures revealed Decarboxylase Fermentor-2 (DF-2) septicemia that responded to penicillin therapy. Two months status after myocardial infarction recatheterization revealed complete recanalization with slight irregularity of the vessel lumen at the site of previous obstruction.
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Sharma B, Gupta CK, Rao GL, Maheshwari SC, Gupta RK, Singh H. Sero-immunity to poliomyelitis in Himachal Pradesh. INDIAN J PATHOL MICR 1986; 29:101-7. [PMID: 3817940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Sharma SK, Sharma B. Mutagen sensitivity and mutability in lentil. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 1986; 71:820-825. [PMID: 24247709 DOI: 10.1007/bf00276424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/1984] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Seeds of two cultivars, each of 'macrosperma' and 'microsperma' varietal groups of lentil were mutagenised with gamma-rays and NMU to determine their mutagen sensitivity and mutability. The increasing doeses of gamma-rays and NMU decreased germination, root and shoot length, pollen fertility and plant survival, but increased the occurrence of leaf spots. The root system was found to be more sensitive to both mutagens than the shoot. The 'macrosperma' varietal group was more sensitive to both the mutagens than 'microsperma' group. In 'microsperma' group, variety 'Pusa-1' was more sensitive to both the mutagens than 'L-259', while in the 'macrosperma' group 'L-1491' showed more sensitivity to the mutagens than 'L-1492'. Radio-sensitivity corresponded positively with chemosensitivity in both varietal groups. There was a positive relationship between radio- and chemo-sensitivity of the genotypes and their mutability. The results also revealed the existence of a parallelism between radiomutability and chemo-mutability. Due to saturation in the mutational events and vigour of both diplontic and haplontic selection in the biological material, the mutation frequency either decreased or remained constant at higher doses of the mutagens.
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Good DC, Frank S, Verhulst S, Sharma B. Cardiac abnormalities in stroke patients with negative arteriograms. Stroke 1986; 17:6-11. [PMID: 3945985 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.17.1.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Sixty-five consecutive patients with recent unequivocal TIA (33) or stroke (32), but nondiagnostic arteriograms, had two-dimensional echocardiograms (2DE) and electrocardiograms (ECG) to determine the incidence of cardiac abnormalities which could cause embolic stroke. Abnormalities were classified according to increasing probability of causing an embolic event: non-specific, possible emboligenic abnormality (PEA) or definite emboligenic abnormality (EA). Although 2DE was abnormal in 33 patients (51%), and ECG in 38 (59%), many abnormalities were nonspecific. Only four patients (6%) had EA on ECG and two (3%) on 2DE. Since one patient had EA on both tests, 2DE identified only one patient (mitral valve prolapse) not already identified by ECG. All patients with EA had a prior history of cardiac disease. PEA was present on ECG in 11 patients (17%), and on 2DE in 25 (38%). There was no correlation between age, CT results, or neurologic symptoms commonly associated with embolic stroke and the presence of EA or PEA on ECG or 2DE. Although TIA and stroke patients with negative arteriograms have a high incidence of abnormalities on ECG and 2DE, the percentage of patients with EA is low, and cardiac history and ECG identify most patients. 2DE provides little additional information.
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