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Ben Slama L, Boisnic S, Samson J, Vaillant L, Fontès V, Francès C. [Buccal lichen planus]. REVUE DE STOMATOLOGIE ET DE CHIRURGIE MAXILLO-FACIALE 2002; 103:297-303. [PMID: 12461466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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Lombardi T, Samson J, Kuffer R. [Solitary circumscribed neuroma (palisaded encapsulated neuroma) of the oral mucosa]. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2002; 129:229-32. [PMID: 11937964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND The solitary circumscribed neuroma or "Palisaded Encapsulated Neuroma" is an infrequent benign tumor of the skin of adults, often localised on the face, around the orifices. The involvement of the oral mucosa or of the vermilion border of the lips is rare. CASE REPORTS In our 5 cases, a small painless and more or less protruding nodule had been present for years on the mucosa of the hard palate (50 year-old man, 43 year-old woman), the soft palate (63 year-old woman), the vermilion border of the lower lip (48 year-old woman), and the gingiva (26 year-old man). The non specific clinical aspect did not permit a correct diagnosis. DISCUSSION Histologically, the solitary circumscribed neuroma is formed by a proliferation of Schwann cells arranged in interlacing bundles, featuring one or several well-limited nodules, sometimes surrounded by a thin capsule. At first sight, this aspect might sometimes mimic schwannoma or neurofibroma. The lesion is interspersed with a variable amount of axons. An association with neurofibromatosis or MEN syndrome type IIb has never been found. Even after incomplete excision the solitary circumscribed neuroma does not recur, a fact supporting a reactive rather than a neoplastic origin.
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Samson J, Stelmach H, Tomasiak M. The importance of Na+/H+ exchanger for the generation of procoagulant activity by porcine blood platelets. Platelets 2001; 12:436-42. [PMID: 11674862 DOI: 10.1080/09537100120078395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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This study addresses the role of the Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE) in the generation of procoagulant activity in blood platelets. It was found that monensin (simulating the action of NHE) and gramicidin (causing sodium influx without concomitant H+ efflux) produced a dose- and time-dependent increase in platelet procoagulant activity. Alkalinization of platelet cytosol by NH(4)Cl failed to evoke a procoagulant response. Collagen-induced procoagulant response was diminished in the absence of external Na+ and in the presence of EIPA (NHE inhibitor) or GF 109203X (protein kinase C inhibitor). Phorbol ester (PMA) produced a dose- and time-dependent generation of procoagulant response which was inhibited in the absence of the external Na+ and in the presence of EIPA. Platelets stimulated by collagen and PMA accumulated (22)Na+, a phenomenon inhibited in the presence of EIPA. The data indicate that development of procoagulant activity in platelets may occur as a result of Na+ influx via Na+/H+ exchanger.
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Lombardi T, Philippeaux MM, Hadengue A, Samson J, Borisch B, Rubbia-Brandt L. Absence of leukocyte microchimerism in oral lichen planus (OLP): an in situ hybridisation study. J Oral Pathol Med 2001; 30:398-401. [PMID: 11488416 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2001.300703.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a relatively common chronic inflammatory disease. The majority of patients are between 30 and 50 years of age with a higher incidence in females. The aetiology is unknown and various hypotheses on the pathogenic mechanisms, including autoimmunity, have been proposed over the years. In the present study, we investigated whether leukocyte microchimerism, a biological situation implicated in the aetiology of some autoimmune diseases, might play a role in the pathogenesis of OLP. We used in situ hybridisation to identify Y chromosome DNA in a series of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded oral mucosa biopsies of women with established clinical and histological disease who had given birth to a male child. The positive control, two mucosal specimens from a man with OLP, showed over 90% of keratinocytes and cells within the inflammatory infiltrate, a positive nuclear signal. The negative control, biopsies from three women having carried only female foetuses and one nulliparous woman, all with OLP, did not show any nuclear signal. In the fifteen selected cases of OLP biopsies from women who had only male offspring, nucleated cells containing the Y chromosome were not detected within the chronic inflammatory infiltrate. These results suggest that unlike some other immunologically mediated diseases, leukocyte microchimerism does not seems to be involved in the pathogenesis of OLP.
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de Courten A, Irle C, Samson J, Lombardi T. Metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder presenting as a mandibular gingival swelling. J Periodontol 2001; 72:688-90. [PMID: 11394406 DOI: 10.1902/jop.2001.72.5.688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Oral cavity metastases mostly originate from the breasts, lungs, or kidneys. Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), the most frequent malignant tumor of the urinary bladder, rarely metastasizes to the jaws. To the best of our knowledge, only 8 cases of bladder carcinoma have been reported in the English literature to metastasize to the jawbones. A new case of mandibular metastasis of urinary bladder TCC with extension to the gingiva is presented in a 64-year-old white man. The patient was referred for a periodontal infection of the upper right first molar. The clinical examination also showed a gingival swelling located in the lower left premolar region with a hypoasthesia of the left side of the lower lip. The gingival mass was biopsied, and the microscopy showed a mandibular metastatic TCC of the urinary bladder extending to the gingiva. Periodontists should be aware that, although gingival metastases are rare, when they occur they may mimic other local benign pathological conditions.
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Borradori L, Lombardi T, Samson J, Girardet C, Saurat JH, Hügli A. Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody (rituximab) for refractory erosive stomatitis secondary to CD20(+) follicular lymphoma-associated paraneoplastic pemphigus. ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY 2001; 137:269-72. [PMID: 11255323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Maleux G, Samson J, Stockx L. Lumbar Artery Hemorhage Complicating Surgical Spine Intervention: Treatment by Transcatheter Embolization. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2000. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-4652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Samson J. [Quality standards: the GHZ takes a position. Helvetische Gesellschaft der Zahnärzte (Helvetian Society of Dentists)]. SCHWEIZER MONATSSCHRIFT FUR ZAHNMEDIZIN = REVUE MENSUELLE SUISSE D'ODONTO-STOMATOLOGIE = RIVISTA MENSILE SVIZZERA DI ODONTOLOGIA E STOMATOLOGIA 2000; 110:73, 105-6. [PMID: 10702082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Soudeyns H, Champagne P, Holloway CL, Silvestri GU, Ringuette N, Samson J, Lapointe N, Sékaly RP. Transient T cell receptor beta-chain variable region-specific expansions of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells during the early phase of pediatric human immunodeficiency virus infection: characterization of expanded cell populations by T cell receptor phenotyping. J Infect Dis 2000; 181:107-20. [PMID: 10608757 DOI: 10.1086/315181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire perturbations are commonly detected in CD8+ T cells during adult primary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and have been associated with HIV-specific cytotoxic T cell responses. By use of flow cytometry, transient high-level TCR beta-chain variable region-specific expansions of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were observed more frequently in HIV-infected children than in children exposed to HIV who remained uninfected. TCR beta-chain diversity analysis and diversity-specific polymerase chain reaction were used to study the clonality of expanded CD4+ and CD8+ subsets. In CD8+ T cells, structural features of the complement-determining regions 3 were altered during the course of the expansion, and persistent TCR clonotypes were observed, consistent with antigen-driven selection. In contrast, TCR beta-chain variable region-specific expansions without clonotypic overrepresentation or persistence were observed in CD4+ T cells, possibly related to HIV-specific helper T cell responses or to the progressive destruction of the CD4+ cell compartment.
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- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Child, Preschool
- Genes, T-Cell Receptor beta
- HIV Infections/immunology
- HIV Infections/transmission
- HIV-1/immunology
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
- Longitudinal Studies
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/classification
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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Lombardi T, Küffer R, Di Felice R, Samson J. Epithelial odontogenic ghost cell tumour of the mandibular gingiva. Oral Oncol 1999; 35:439-42. [PMID: 10645413 DOI: 10.1016/s1368-8375(98)00128-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The epithelial odontogenic ghost cell tumour (EOGCT) is considered as a solid 'neoplastic' variant of the calcifying odontogenic cyst and is an uncommon lesion for which various names have been proposed over the years. We describe here an extraosseous case occurring on the edentulous mandibular gingiva in the right bicuspid area of a 70-year-old woman. The lesion was a painless nodule that appeared clinically as a hyperplastic mass, which was considered to be of reactive nature. Radiographic examination showed a localised resorption of the underlying mandibular bone. The tumour was excised; there was no recurrence at a 2-year follow-up examination.
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Gabioud F, Carrel JP, Samson J. [Stomatological manifestations of Crohn's disease]. LA REVUE DU PRATICIEN 1999; 49:1258-60. [PMID: 10488655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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de Courten A, Küffer R, Samson J, Lombardi T. Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia of the mouth: report of six cases and literature review. Oral Dis 1999; 5:175-8. [PMID: 10522218 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.1999.tb00086.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Oral intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (IPEH) is an uncommon, reactive vascular lesion with no specific clinical features. Microscopically two subtypes have been described: a pure and a mixed form. The importance of IPEH is in its resemblance to angiosarcoma. The aim of this study was to evaluate both the prevalence of IPEH in a consecutive series of oral vascular malformations and the clinico-pathological features. MATERIALS AND METHODS Histological sections of 103 consecutive cases filed as vascular malformations were reviewed for histopathological criteria of IPEH. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION We found six cases of oral IPEH, of which three were diagnosed previously. Five of these cases were in males, and the mean age was 58 years. It was usually described as a blue or reddish nodule. The lower lip mucosa was the most common site followed by the tongue and the upper lip. Histologically, thrombi were always present and five out of the six lesions appeared in a mixed form, while only one was in a pure form. Three cases were diagnosed at an early stage and in the other three, the lesions were well-established. In this series, IPEH associated with vascular malformation was more common than reported in previous studies. Lesions at early stages, especially in the mixed form, may be unnoticed.
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Hankins C, Coutlée F, Lapointe N, Simard P, Tran T, Samson J, Hum L. Prevalence of risk factors associated with human papillomavirus infection in women living with HIV. Canadian Women's HIV Study Group. CMAJ 1999; 160:185-91. [PMID: 9951439 PMCID: PMC1229988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Concurrent infection with HIV and human papillomavirus (HPV) in women is associated with increased rates of cervical dysplasia and shorter survival following the development of cervical cancer. The authors examined risk factors for HPV infection at study entry in HIV-positive women enrolled in the Canadian Women's HIV Study, a prospective open cohort study. METHODS Subjects eligible for this analysis included the 375 HIV-positive women in the Canadian Women's HIV Study for whom HPV test results were available. Questionnaires on behavioural and clinical information, Pap smears, cervicovaginal lavage specimens and vaginal tampon specimens for HPV detection and typing by polymerase chain reaction were obtained at study entry. RESULTS Overall, 67.2% (252/375) of the women were HPV-positive; the global prevalence of intermediate- and high-risk oncogenic HPV types was 49.1% (184/375). Women with squamous cell dysplasia (32/294) were more likely to have HPV infection than those without dysplasia (90.6% v. 62.6%; p = 0.002). Multivariate logistic regression analysis, with adjustment for number of lifetime partners and history of STD, revealed that the following risk factors were independently associated with HPV infection: CD4 count of less than 0.20 x 10(9)/L (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 1.99 [95% confidence interval (Cl) 1.17-3.37 (p = 0.011)]), non-white race (adjusted OR 2.00 [95% Cl 1.17-3.42 (p = 0.011)]), inconsistent condom use in the 6 months before study entry (adjusted OR 2.02 [95% Cl 1.16-3.50 (p = 0.013)]), and lower age, with women age 30-39 years (adjusted OR 0.51 [95% Cl 0.30-0.87 (p = 0.013)]) and age 40 years or older (adjusted OR 0.52 [95% Cl 0.26-1.01 (p = 0.052)]) compared with women less than 30 years of age. INTERPRETATION Close monitoring for HPV-related effects is warranted in all HIV-positive women, particularly younger, non-white women who do not always use condoms. Counselling for women living with HIV, particularly younger women, should emphasize the importance of regular cytological screening, with increasing frequency as the CD4 count falls.
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Pedneault L, Lapointe N, Alfieri C, Ghadirian P, Carpentier L, Samson J, Joncas J. Natural history of Epstein-Barr virus infection in a prospective pediatric cohort born to human immunodeficiency virus-infected mothers. J Infect Dis 1998; 177:1087-90. [PMID: 9534989 DOI: 10.1086/517401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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To determine whether Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) constitutes a contributing factor in AIDS and, conversely, whether the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) alters the course of primary EBV infection in a pediatric population, 62 children born to HIV-infected mothers and prospectively followed were evaluated. EBV infection was documented by EBV-specific serology and polymerase chain reaction and by clinical history. HIV infection status was determined according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pediatric classification system. Demographics from HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children were comparable. The data suggest that HIV-infected children may acquire primary EBV infection earlier in life. The incidence of accompanying splenomegaly or hepatomegaly (or both) around the time of EBV seroconversion was higher among HIV-infected children than among HIV-uninfected children. In contrast, HIV disease progression and HIV-1 RNA load did not seem to be influenced by primary EBV infection.
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- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/epidemiology
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/virology
- Antibodies, Viral/analysis
- Antibodies, Viral/immunology
- Capsid/immunology
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- DNA, Viral/isolation & purification
- Female
- HIV-1/genetics
- HIV-1/immunology
- HIV-1/isolation & purification
- Hepatomegaly/diagnosis
- Hepatomegaly/epidemiology
- Herpesviridae Infections/diagnosis
- Herpesviridae Infections/epidemiology
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/immunology
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/isolation & purification
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/virology
- Prospective Studies
- RNA, Viral/isolation & purification
- Splenomegaly/diagnosis
- Splenomegaly/epidemiology
- Tumor Virus Infections/diagnosis
- Tumor Virus Infections/epidemiology
- Viral Load
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Carrel JP, Gebran G, Samson J. [Infectious endocarditis and antibiotic prophylaxis before dental treatments]. REVUE MEDICALE DE LA SUISSE ROMANDE 1998; 118:37-45. [PMID: 9528320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Samson J, Carrel JP, Pessotto S. [Oral candidiasis]. REVUE MEDICALE DE LA SUISSE ROMANDE 1998; 118:51-6. [PMID: 9528322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Samson J, Carrel JP, Gabioud F. [Oral lichen planus]. REVUE MEDICALE DE LA SUISSE ROMANDE 1998; 118:57-60. [PMID: 9528323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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González CM, López-Longo FJ, Samson J, Monteagudo I, Grau R, Rodríguez-Mahou M, St-Cyr C, Lapointe N, Carreño L. Antiribonucleoprotein antibodies in children with HIV infection: a comparative study with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. AIDS Patient Care STDS 1998; 12:21-8. [PMID: 11361881 DOI: 10.1089/apc.1998.12.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A number of clinical and laboratory features of HIV infection are found in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The objective of this study was to analyze the presence of circulating antibodies to small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNP) in both diseases. Sera from 44 HIV-infected children, from 22 patients with childhood-onset SLE, and from 50 healthy children were studied. Anti-snRNP antibodies were detected by ELISA using recombinant and affinity-purified nuclear antigens, by counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE), and by immunoblotting using extractable nuclear antigens. Results included the detection of anti-snRNP antibodies by ELISA in 30 HIV-infected patients (68.1%) and 19 SLE patients (86.3%). These antibodies were directed against U1-RNP (61.3% and 77.2%, respectively), Sm (29.5% and 54.5%, respectively), 60 kDa Ro/SS-A (47.7% and 50%, respectively), and La/SS-B proteins (18.1% and 9%, respectively). None of the HIV-infected children and 11 SLE patients (50%) showed anti-snRNP antibodies by CIE. None of the HIV-infected patients showed anti-70 kDa U1-RNP or anti-D-Sm antibodies by immunoblotting. No differences between the two groups were noted on the presence of nonprecipitating anti-snRNP antibodies. No such reactivities were observed among the normal sera tested. The authors concluded that nonprecipitating anti-snRNP antibodies in HIV-infected children are as frequent as in childhood-onset SLE. The significance of these antibodies is not clear at present. Although polyreactive and low-affinity antibodies and a mechanism of molecular mimicry may explain these results, a specific stimulation of B cells by nuclear antigens could not be excluded.
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Samson J. Prevalent diseases of ostrich chicks farmed in Canada. THE CANADIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL = LA REVUE VETERINAIRE CANADIENNE 1997; 38:425-8. [PMID: 9220131 PMCID: PMC1576738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In Canada, ostriches are now slaughtered for their meat and hides. The mortality rate in ostrich farming is highest in chick units. An increased chick survival rate impacts positively on production and profit. This paper will focus on common health disorders that affect chick production costs. These are discussed under the following categories: digestive, orthopedic, respiratory, and integumentary disorders. Methods for elimination or reduction of these mortality factors are also discussed.
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Nedir R, Lombardi T, Samson J. Recurrent peripheral giant cell granuloma associated with cervical resorption. J Periodontol 1997; 68:381-4. [PMID: 9150044 DOI: 10.1902/jop.1997.68.4.381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A case of recurrent peripheral giant cell granuloma in a 38-year-old man is reported. The lesion was localized on the attached gingiva of the lower left second premolar (tooth #35). The surgical excision of the lesion revealed a superficial resorption of the cervical region of the involved tooth. The resorption was smoothed out, and there was no sign of recurrence or further resorption after 14 months. Root resorption, although extremely rare, may be associated with peripheral giant cell granuloma.
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Cohen ST, Welch G, Jacobson AM, De Groot M, Samson J. The association of lifetime psychiatric illness and increased retinopathy in patients with type I diabetes mellitus. PSYCHOSOMATICS 1997; 38:98-108. [PMID: 9063039 DOI: 10.1016/s0033-3182(97)71477-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Forty-nine patients with Type I diabetes mellitus were assessed to examine the relationship between lifetime prevalence of psychiatric illness and retinopathy severity. The subjects with a history of psychiatric illness had significantly worse retinopathy than the subjects without psychiatric illness. Eighty-nine percent of the subjects with severe nonproliferative retinopathy or proliferative retinopathy had a history of psychiatric illness, predominantly affective illness. In addition, the subjects with a history of psychiatric illness had significantly higher current glycohemoglobin levels than those with no psychiatric history. This study's findings suggest that psychiatric illness may be a risk factor for development of retinopathy in Type I diabetic patients.
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Pedneault L, Lapointe N, Alfieri C, Ghadirian P, Carpentier L, Samson J, Joncas J. Antibody responses to two Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigens (EBNA-1 and EBNA-2) during EBV primary infection in children born to mothers infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Clin Infect Dis 1996; 23:806-8. [PMID: 8909848 DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.4.806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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A variety of antibody response patterns to the latent Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen (EBNA) family have been described in different groups of subjects infected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The purpose of this study was to characterize the immune response to two EBNA proteins, EBNA-1 and EBNA-2, in a population of children who were born to mothers infected with HIV and who underwent EBV seroconversion. Serial serum specimens from 33 children (nine were infected with HIV, and 24 were not infected) were evaluated for the presence of antibodies to EBNA-1 and EBNA-2 by anticomplement immunofluorescence. All the EBNA serology profiles observed for children in our study who were not infected with HIV were consistent with those described for immunocompetent hosts with acute EBV infection, i.e., development of antibodies to EBNA-1, often preceded by the appearance of a humoral immune response to EBNA-2. In contrast, following EBV primary infection in HIV-infected children, antibodies to EBNA-2 arose after antibodies to EBNA-1 and tended to persist. Further studies are needed to investigate the role of EBNA-2 serology as a prognostic marker in HIV-infected children.
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de Courten A, Lombardi T, Samson J. Pleomorphic adenoma of the palate in a child: 9-year follow-up. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1996; 25:293-5. [PMID: 8910116 DOI: 10.1016/s0901-5027(06)80060-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Pleomorphic adenoma (PA), the most common of the benign salivary gland tumors, is an extremely rare entity in children before the age of 14 years. Until now, only five cases arising in the palate have been reported in detail. A case of PA of the hard palate in a 10-year-old girl is presented. After a 9-year follow-up period, no recurrence was observed.
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Samson J. Behavioral problems of farmed ostriches in Canada. THE CANADIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL = LA REVUE VETERINAIRE CANADIENNE 1996; 37:412-4. [PMID: 8809393 PMCID: PMC1576451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Ostriches farmed in Canada often have particular behavioral problems that are brought about by periods of extreme confinement during winter months. Although they still perform normal species specific behaviors such as twirling, kanteling, and kicking, abnormal behaviors become prominent when excessively confined. They include for all age groups of ostriches, feather-picking, behavioral stargazing, dietary indiscretion, pica, anorexia and adipsia, and aggression. These abnormal behaviors initiated by inadequate husbandry techniques, eventually become medical problems because of their severity.
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Silvestri G, Soudeyns H, Samson J, Denis F, Lapointe N, Sékaly RP. T-cell receptor V beta-specific expansions in children from HIV-infected mothers. AIDS 1996; 10:549-51. [PMID: 8724051 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199605000-00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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