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Pérez-García C, Martín YR, Del Hoyo AA, Rodríguez CM, Domínguez MC. Adams-Oliver Syndrome with Unusual Central Nervous System Findings and an Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt. Pediatr Rep 2017; 9:7211. [PMID: 28706620 PMCID: PMC5494440 DOI: 10.4081/pr.2017.7211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We report a case of a premature neonate girl with scalp and skull defects and brachydactyly of the feet consistent with an Adams-Oliver syndrome (AOS). The patient had central nervous system abnormalities, such as periventricular calcifications, hypoplastic corpus callosum, and bilateral hemispheric corticosubcortical hemorrhagic lesions. A muscular ventricular septal defect and a portosystemic shunt were diagnosed. To our knowledge, this is the first report of congenital supratentorial grey-white matter junction lesions without dural sinus thrombosis in association with AOS. Some of these lesions may be secondary to birth trauma (given the skull defect) whilst others have a watershed location, perhaps as further evidence of vascular disruption and decreased perfusion during critical periods of fetal brain development as the previously proposed pathogenesis of this syndrome.
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Pérez-García C, Rouxel J, Akcha F. Development of a comet-FISH assay for the detection of DNA damage in hemocytes of Crassostrea gigas. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2015; 161:189-195. [PMID: 25710447 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Revised: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this work, the DNA-damaging effect of hydrogen peroxide on the structural integrity of nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) was studied for the first time by comet-FISH in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Global DNA damage was assessed in hemocytes using an alkaline version of the comet assay. Next, NOR sensitivity was analyzed by mapping major rDNA repeat unit by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) on the same comet slides. Exposure of hemocytes to 100 μM of hydrogen peroxide induced a significant increase in both DNA damage and number of FISH-signals of major ribosomal genes versus the control. Moreover, a significant positive correlation was shown between DNA damage as measured by the comet assay (percentage of DNA in comet tail) and the number of signals present in comet tails. This study demonstrates the potential value of the comet-FISH assay for the study of DNA damage induced by genotoxicant exposure of target genes. It offers a perspective for better understanding the impact of genotoxicity on animal physiology and fitness.
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Herradón G, Pérez-García C. Targeting midkine and pleiotrophin signalling pathways in addiction and neurodegenerative disorders: recent progress and perspectives. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 171:837-48. [PMID: 23889475 PMCID: PMC3925022 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Revised: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 07/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Midkine (MK) and pleiotrophin (PTN) are two neurotrophic factors that are highly up-regulated in different brain regions after the administration of various drugs of abuse and in degenerative areas of the brain. A deficiency in both MK and PTN has been suggested to be an important genetic factor, which confers vulnerability to the development of the neurodegenerative disorders associated with drugs of abuse in humans. In this review, evidence demonstrating that MK and PTN limit the rewarding effects of drugs of abuse and, potentially, prevent drug relapse is compiled. There is also convincing evidence that MK and PTN have neuroprotective effects against the neurotoxicity and development of neurodegenerative disorders induced by drugs of abuse. Exogenous administration of MK and/or PTN into the CNS by means of non-invasive methods is proposed as a novel therapeutic strategy for addictive and neurodegenerative diseases. Identification of new molecular targets downstream of the MK and PTN signalling pathways or pharmacological modulation of those already known may also provide a more traditional, but probably effective, therapeutic strategy for treating addictive and neurodegenerative disorders. LINKED ARTICLES This article is part of a themed section on Midkine. To view the other articles in this section visit http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.2014.171.issue-4.
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Gramage E, Martín Y, Ramanah P, Pérez-García C, Herradón G. Midkine regulates amphetamine-induced astrocytosis in striatum but has no effects on amphetamine-induced striatal dopaminergic denervation and addictive effects: functional differences between pleiotrophin and midkine. Neuroscience 2011; 190:307-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2011] [Revised: 05/30/2011] [Accepted: 06/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Petrović V, Pérez-García C, Pasantes JJ, Satović E, Prats E, Plohl M. A GC-rich satellite DNA and karyology of the bivalve mollusk Donax trunculus: a dominance of GC-rich heterochromatin. Cytogenet Genome Res 2009; 124:63-71. [PMID: 19372670 DOI: 10.1159/000200089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We characterized the DTF2 satellite DNA family of the clam Donaxtrunculus and compared its chromosomal localization with cytogenetic data revealed by fluorochrome banding, C-banding, and 28S rDNA FISH. In contrast to the other satellites detected previously in this species, DTF2 is an abundant (2%) GC-rich satellite that exhibits CpG methylation. Sequence characteristics of DTF2 indicate that its evolution is not affected by constraints that might indicate some functional interactions. Fluorescence in situ hybridization revealed subtelomeric location of this satellite on a subset of 14 out of 19 D. trunculus chromosome pairs. The chromomycin A(3) (CMA) staining of GC-rich regions on D. trunculus chromosomes revealed a complex banding pattern that overlaps completely with C-bands. In total, only three bands show subtelomeric location, while 13 bands are located interstitially, one of them being coincident with the 28S rDNA hybridization signal. No bands, either CMA positive (GC-rich) or DAPI positive (AT-rich) were detected at centromeric chromosomal positions. Only two of the CMA-positive bands co-localize with the DTF2 satellite, showing a) the presence of small islands of GC-rich repetitive sequences that remained undetected by CMA/C-banding and b) the abundance of DTF2-divergent GC-rich sequences at interstitial chromosomal locations.
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Del Angel-Caraza J, Chávez-Moreno O, García-Navarro S, Pérez-García C. Mixed urolith (struvite and calcium oxalate) in a ferret (Mustela putorius furo). J Vet Diagn Invest 2008; 20:682-3. [PMID: 18776112 DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Urolithiasis has been reported in veterinary literature in some species of the Mustelidae family, including ferrets. In this species, the most common form of urolithiasis is that caused by struvite. The current study examined the case of mixed urolith in an 8-month-old female ferret (Mustela putorius furo) with antecedents of strangury and hematuria. A cystotomy was carried out to remove the urolith, which had a rough surface and a homogeneously porous interior and was formed by a mixture of struvite (60%) and calcium oxalate dehydrated (40%).
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Alguacil LF, Pérez-García C, Salas E, González-Martín C, Castillo C, Polanco MJ, Herradón G, Morales L. Subcutaneous tetrodotoxin and inflammatory pain. Br J Anaesth 2008; 100:729-30. [PMID: 18407950 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Torrente SV, Güerri RC, Pérez-García C, Benito P, Carbonell J. Amaurosis in patients with giant cell arteritis: treatment with anti-tumour necrosis factor-?;. Intern Med J 2007; 37:280-1. [PMID: 17388875 DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01299.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Pérez-García C, Maymo J, Lisbona Pérez MP, Almirall Bernabé M, Carbonell Abelló J. Drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus in ankylosing spondylitis associated with infliximab. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2005; 45:114-6. [PMID: 16319096 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kei220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Torrente Segarra V, Pérez-García C, Knobel Freud H. [Candida albicans acute septic arthritis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection]. Rev Clin Esp 2004; 204:119-20. [PMID: 15023314 DOI: 10.1157/13058810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Peña B, Pérez-García C, Sanz-Anchelergues A, Míguez DG, Muñuzuri AP. Transverse instabilities in chemical Turing patterns of stripes. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2003; 68:056206. [PMID: 14682870 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.68.056206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We present a theoretical and experimental study of the sideband instabilities in Turing patterns of stripes. We compare numerical computations of the Brusselator model with experiments in a chlorine dioxide-iodine-malonic acid (CDIMA) reaction in a thin gel layer reactor in contact with a continuously refreshed reservoir of reagents. Spontaneously evolving Turing structures in both systems typically exhibit many defects that break the symmetry of the pattern. Therefore, the study of sideband instabilities requires a method of forcing perfect, spatially periodic Turing patterns with the desired wave number. This is easily achieved in numerical simulations. In experiments, the photosensitivity of the CDIMA reaction permits control and modulation of Turing structures by periodic spatial illumination with a wave number outside the stability region. When a too big wave number is imposed on the pattern, the Eckhaus instability may arise, while for too small wave numbers an instability sets in forming zigzags. By means of the amplitude equation formalism we show that, close to the hexagon-stripe transitions, these sideband instabilities may be preceded by an amplitude instability that grows transient spots locally before reconnecting with stripes. This prediction is tested in both the reaction-diffusion model and the experiment.
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Madruga S, Pérez-García C, Lebon G. Convective instabilities in two superposed horizontal liquid layers heated laterally. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2003; 68:041607. [PMID: 14682953 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.68.041607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This work is devoted to the theoretical study of the stability of two superposed horizontal liquid layers bounded by two solid planes and subjected to a horizontal temperature gradient. The liquids are supposed to be immiscible with a nondeformable interface. The forces acting on the system are buoyancy and interfacial tension. Four different flow patterns and temperature profiles are found for the basic state. A linear perturbative analysis with respect to two- and three-dimensional perturbations reveals the existence of three kinds of patterns. Depending on the relative height of both liquids several situations are predicted: either wave propagation from cold to the hot regions, or waves propagating in the opposite direction or still stationary longitudinal rolls. The behavior of three different pairs of liquids which have been used in experiments on bilayers under vertical gradient by other authors have been examined. The instability mechanisms are discussed and a qualitative interpretation of the different behaviors exhibited by the system is provided. In some configurations it is possible to find a codimension-two point created by the interaction of two Hopf modes with different frequencies and wave numbers. These results suggest to consider two liquid layers as an interesting prototype for the study of propagation and interaction of waves in the context of the Bénard-Marangoni problem.
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Alguacil LF, Pérez-García C. Histamine H3 Receptor: A Potential Drug Target for the Treatment of Central Nervous System Disorders. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 2:303-13. [PMID: 14529362 DOI: 10.2174/1568007033482760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Histamine H(3) receptors were first described in the eighties but finally cloned four years ago. They are G-protein coupled, mostly presynaptic, and are involved in the control of the synthesis and/or release of different neurotransmitters both in the central nervous system and the periphery. The availabiliy of specific ligands has permitted the study of potential therapeutic applications of either stimulating or blocking the function of these receptors. There is experimental evidence that drugs targeted at histamine H(3) receptors could be beneficial for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer and Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, drug abuse and several affective, appetite and sleeping disorders, among others. This review presents recent advances in this field.
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Peña B, Pérez-García C. Stability of Turing patterns in the Brusselator model. PHYSICAL REVIEW E 2001; 64:056213. [PMID: 11736060 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.64.056213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2000] [Revised: 06/18/2001] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The selection and competition of Turing patterns in the Brusselator model are reviewed. The stability of stripes and hexagons towards spatial perturbations is studied using the amplitude equation formalism. For hexagonal patterns these equations include both linear and nonpotential spatial terms enabling distorted solutions. The latter modify substantially the stability diagrams and select patterns with wave numbers quite different from the critical value. The analytical results from the amplitude formalism agree with direct simulations of the model. Moreover, we show that slightly squeezed hexagons are locally stable in a full range of distortion angles. The stability regions resulting from the phase equation are similar to those obtained numerically by other authors and to those observed in experiments.
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Echebarria B, Pérez-García C. Stability of hexagonal patterns in Bénard-Marangoni convection. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2001; 63:066307. [PMID: 11415227 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.63.066307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Hexagonal patterns in Bénard-Marangoni (BM) convection are studied within the framework of amplitude equations. Near threshold they can be described with Ginzburg-Landau equations that include spatial quadratic terms. The planform selection problem between hexagons and rolls is investigated by explicitly calculating the coefficients of the Ginzburg-Landau equations in terms of the parameters of the fluid. The results are compared with previous studies and with recent experiments. In particular, steady hexagons that arise near onset can become unstable as a result of long-wave instabilities. Within weakly nonlinear theory, a two-dimensional phase equation for long-wave perturbations is derived. This equation allows us to find stability regions for hexagon patterns in BM convection.
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Pérez-García C, Morales L, Cano MV, Sancho I, Alguacil LF. Effects of histamine H3 receptor ligands in experimental models of anxiety and depression. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1999; 142:215-20. [PMID: 10102775 DOI: 10.1007/s002130050882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Histamine H3 receptor ligands have been proposed to be of potential therapeutic interest for the treatment of different central nervous system disorders; however, the psychopharmacological properties of these drugs have not been studied extensively. In this work, we investigated the possible involvement of histamine H3 receptor function in experimental models of anxiety (elevated plus-maze) and depression (forced swimming test). Male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated i.p. with the histamine H3 receptor agonist R-alpha-methylhistamine (10 mg/kg) or the histamine H3 receptor antagonist thioperamide (0.2, 2 and 10 mg/kg) and 30 min afterwards the time spent in the open arms of an elevated plus-maze was registered for 5 min. The immobility time of male OF1 mice in the forced swimming test was recorded for 6 min, 1 h after the i.p. administration of R-alpha-methylhistamine (10 and 20 mg/kg), thioperamide (0.2, 2, 10 and 20 mg/kg) or another histamine H3 receptor antagonist, clobenpropit (5 mg/kg). The locomotor activity of mice was checked in parallel by means of an activity meter. Both saline controls and active drug controls were used in all the paradigms. Neither thioperamide nor R-alpha-methylhistamine significantly changed animal behaviour in the elevated plus-maze. R-alpha-methylhistamine and the higher dose of thioperamide assayed (20 mg/kg) were also inactive in the forced swimming test. By contrast, thioperamide (0.2-10 mg/kg) dose-dependently decreased immobility, the effect being significant at 10 mg/kg (33% reduction of immobility); clobenpropit produced an effect qualitatively similar (24% reduction of immobility). None of these histamine H3 receptor antagonists affected locomotor activity. These preliminary results suggest that the histamine H3 receptor blockade could be devoid of anxiolytic potential but have antidepressant effects. Besides, the stimulation of these receptors does not seem to be followed by changes in the behavioural parameters studied.
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Pérez-García C, Morales L, Alguacil LF. Histamine H3 receptor desensitization in the guinea-pig ileum. Eur J Pharmacol 1998; 341:253-6. [PMID: 9543246 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(97)01446-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Histamine H3 receptor ligands are usually tested in guinea-pig intestine preparations. A possible desensitization of agonist-induced twitch inhibition was studied in longitudinal muscle-myenteric plexus from ileal segments. A cumulative concentration-response curve for R-alpha-methylhistamine was made; when a second curve was made 30 min afterwards, a marked decrease of pD2 and a more modest decrease of Emax were observed without changes in tissue sensitivity to electrical stimulation or morphine inhibition. At 120 min, pD2 and Emax were not different from those for the first curve. Receptor desensitization seems homologous and reversible and could interfere with repetitive testing of histamine H3 receptor ligands.
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Krmpotic D, Mindlin GB, Pérez-García C. Bénard-Marangoni convection in square containers. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL PHYSICS, PLASMAS, FLUIDS, AND RELATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS 1996; 54:3609-3613. [PMID: 9965508 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.54.3609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Kubstrup C, Herrero H, Pérez-García C. Fronts between hexagons and squares in a generalized Swift-Hohenberg equation. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL PHYSICS, PLASMAS, FLUIDS, AND RELATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS 1996; 54:1560-1569. [PMID: 9965228 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.54.1560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Millán-Rodríguez J, Bestehorn M, Pérez-García C, Friedrich R, Neufeld M. Defect Motion in Rotating Fluids. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1995; 74:530-533. [PMID: 10058781 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.74.530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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López-Ruiz R, Mindlin GB, Pérez-García C, Tredicce JR. Nonlinear interaction of transverse modes in a CO2 laser. PHYSICAL REVIEW. A, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 1994; 49:4916-4921. [PMID: 9910811 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.49.4916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Ezersky AB, Garcimartín A, Mancini HL, Pérez-García C. Spatiotemporal structure of hydrothermal waves in Marangoni convection. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL PHYSICS, PLASMAS, FLUIDS, AND RELATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS 1993; 48:4414-4422. [PMID: 9961122 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.48.4414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Ondarçuhu T, Millán-Rodríguez J, Mancini HL, Garcimartín A, Pérez-García C. Bénard-Marangoni convective patterns in small cylindrical layers. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL PHYSICS, PLASMAS, FLUIDS, AND RELATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS 1993; 48:1051-1057. [PMID: 9960689 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.48.1051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Rivero Puente A, Sánchez-Alvarez J, Pérez-García C, Acha Arrieta MV, García de Lucas MD, Rivero Marcotegui M. [Still's disease: atypical manifestations and potential markers of severe visceral disease]. ANALES DE MEDICINA INTERNA (MADRID, SPAIN : 1984) 1993; 10:283-6. [PMID: 8334206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We present two patients with Still's disease which, in addition to the typical clinical manifestations, showed rare visceral alterations. The first case referred abdominal pain and a sustained hyperamilasemia was detected. The second case suffered a severe multiple organic failure, characterized by hepatic failure, with electric signs of encephalopathy, hydroelectrolytic disorder, rhabdomyolysis and disseminated intravascular coagulation. During this episode, we detected hyponatremia, reduction of leukocytes and normalization of GSR, modifications already described by other authors in cases similar to these ones, although without considered relevant until now. We comment these results and their value as markers of visceral affectation.
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Ezersky AB, Garcimartín A, Burguete J, Mancini HL, Pérez-García C. Hydrothermal waves in Marangoni convection in a cylindrical container. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL PHYSICS, PLASMAS, FLUIDS, AND RELATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS 1993; 47:1126-1131. [PMID: 9960114 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.47.1126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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