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Reddy AVR, Guleria S, Khazanchi RK, Bhardwaj M, Aggarwal S, Mandal S. Attitude of patients, the public, doctors, and nurses toward organ donation. Transplant Proc 2003; 35:18. [PMID: 12591287 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)03792-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ratan SK, Roychoudhary S, Bhardwaj M. Posttraumatic pseudocyst of the greater omentum: report of a case. Surg Today 2002; 31:719-21. [PMID: 11510611 DOI: 10.1007/s005950170078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Posttraumatic intra-abdominal cysts generally develop in relation to solid abdominal organs and most originate as a result of the organization of fluid or blood collection after trauma. They lack true endothelial lining and are hence called "pseudocysts." We report herein the rare case of a traumatic pseudocyst of the greater omentum in a 6-year-old child who was successfully treated by laparotomy and excision of the cyst.
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Ratan SK, Bhardwaj M, Gambhir A, Sen A. Chronic sialadenitis with pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid: coincidental or causal? Pediatr Surg Int 2002; 18:60-1. [PMID: 11793066 DOI: 10.1007/s003830200013] [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] [Accepted: 09/25/2000] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A 12-year-old boy with a pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid is reported. The excised gland specimen also showed evidence of chronic sialadenitis. The co-existence of these two entities has not been previously reported in the literature surveyed by us. The authors feel that the two conditions may have a common underlying etiology.
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Bhardwaj M, Eckert CG. Functional analysis of synchronous dichogamy in flowering rush, Butomus umbellatus (Butomaceae). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2001; 88:2204-2213. [PMID: 21669653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Dichogamy is one of the most widespread floral mechanisms in flowering plants and is thought to have evolved to reduce interference between pollen import and export within flowers, especially self-pollination. Self-pollination between flowers may also be reduced if dichogamy is synchronous among flowers on an inflorescence. The analysis of dichogamy at both levels requires that the sexual phases of individual flowers be defined functionally in terms of pollen deposition and removal. We conducted morphological and functional analyses to investigate the degree of dichogamy within flowers and the synchronicity of dichogamy between flowers within inflorescences in an emergent, aquatic monocot, flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus). Based on daily observations of the development of marked flowers, data on the schedule of anther dehiscence within flowers, and repeat surveys of floral sex ratios in three populations, individual flowers appear to be strictly protandrous. On average, each flower spends ∼1 d in each of male and female phases with an intervening 1-d neuter phase during which there is no available pollen in anthers and stigmas are not yet exposed to receive pollen. Morphological criteria used to delimit the beginning and end of each of these three sex phases were validated by quantifying the temporal schedule of pollen removal from anthers and pollen deposition on stigmas. Experimental pollinations showed that the morphological changes marking the end of female phase are hastened by pollen deposition. At the umbel level, synchronous development within sequential cohorts of flowers reduced overlap of male and female sexual phases between flowers. On average (±1 SE), 72 ± 3% of flowers completed their female phase while no other flowers on the same umbel were in male phase. Computer simulations of umbel development showed that this value is significantly higher than expected if the timing of flower development within umbels was random (30 ± 1%). Surveys of floral sex ratios in three populations revealed that 87% of umbels were either unisexual male or female at any given time. Pollinators usually visited more than one flower in sequence when foraging on umbels, suggesting that synchronous dichogamy may be an adaptation to avoid geitonogamy. The adaptiveness of both flower- and umbel-level dichogamy is also suggested because both traits are expressed to a lesser extent in obligately clonal, triploid populations, where flowers do not make seeds and hence floral adaptations are not maintained by natural selection.
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Sharma PK, Gautam RK, Bhardwaj M, Kar HK. Isonicotinic acid hydrazide induced anagen effluvium and associated lichenoid eruption. J Dermatol 2001; 28:737-41. [PMID: 11804071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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A 32 year-old woman developed generalised lichenoid eruptions on her body followed by diffuse loss of scalp hair of the anagen effluvium type. She was receiving several anti-tubercular drugs, including rifampicin, isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INH), pyrazinamide, and ethambutol, for abdominal tuberculosis. INH, which is a leading cause of drug eruptions in the above group of drugs was withdrawn. However, the other antitubercular drugs were continued along with 40 mg of prednisolone in a single daily morning dose. The latter was discontinued slowly over a period of 10 weeks. There was complete recovery of hair loss and the regrowth started after 12 weeks of alopecia. Such anagen effluvium with lichenoid eruption following INH therapy has not been observed previously. The complete recovery from anagen effluvium is difficult to explain, but it could have been because of the early initiation of corticosteroid.
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Kar HK, Jain RK, Sharma PK, Gautam RK, Kumar P, Bhardwaj M. Epidemic dropsy: a study of cutaneous manifestations with histopathological correlation. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2001; 67:178-9. [PMID: 17664732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Clinical and histopathological features of epidemic dropsy were studied in 19 patients. Bilateral pitting pedal oedema, erythrocyanosis and tachycardia without fever were the predominant clinical features. Histology revealed deposition of hyaline material on the walls of dermal blood vessels.
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Yadav TP, Singh R, Yadav R, Bhardwaj M, Satyanarayana L. Role of cetirizine in treatment of eosinophilia. Indian Pediatr 2000; 37:1098-101. [PMID: 11042709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Singh J, Balakrishnan N, Bhardwaj M, Amuthadevi P, George EG, Subramani K, Soundararajan K, Appavoo NC, Jain DC, Ichhpujani RL, Bhatia R, Sokhey J. Silent spread of dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever to Coimbatore and Erode districts in Tamil Nadu, India, 1998: need for effective surveillance to monitor and control the disease. Epidemiol Infect 2000; 125:195-200. [PMID: 11057977 PMCID: PMC2869587 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268899003866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Dengue fever (DF) or dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) has not previously been reported in Coimbatore and Erode districts in Tamil Nadu in India. In 1998, 20 hospitalized cases of fever tested positive for dengue virus IgM and/or IgG antibodies. All of them had dengue-compatible illness, and at least four had DHF. Two of them died. Sixteen cases were below 10 years of age. The cases were scattered in 15 distantly located villages and 5 urban localities that had a high Aedes aegypti population. Although the incidence of dengue-like illness has not increased recently, almost 89% (95/107) of samples from healthy persons in the community tested positive for dengue IgG antibodies. The study showed that dengue has been endemic in the area, but was not suspected earlier. A strong laboratory-based surveillance system is essential to monitor and control DF/DHF.
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Sharma R, Choudhary SK, Mohan MR, Padma MV, Jain S, Bhardwaj M, Bhan A, Kiran U, Saxena N, Venugopal P. Neurological evaluation and intelligence testing in the child with operated congenital heart disease. Ann Thorac Surg 2000; 70:575-81. [PMID: 10969683 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)01397-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The immediate and intermediate-term neurodevelopmental outcome in infants undergoing open heart procedures using deep hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass was assessed prospectively. METHODS One hundred consecutive infants (age 2 to 174 days) were operated on using either deep hypothermic bypass only (group A, n = 28), or with associated circulatory arrest (group B, n = 72). Early neurological outcome was recorded. Survivors underwent mental development evaluation after 31 to 55 months. Fifty other children of similar demographic profile but without heart disease were also tested as controls. RESULTS In group A, there were two neurological deaths. In group B, 5 patients had clinical seizures, 1 had monoparesis and 1 had hyperkinetic syndrome with decreased attention span. Mean mental performance quotient was 90.0+/-8.2 in group A, and 89.1+/-6.8 in group B, (group A vs. B, p = 0.60). Mean mental performance quotient in the control group was 101.4+/-8.4, which was significantly higher than the patient population (p << 0.001). No correlation was found between duration of circulatory arrest and postoperative mental performance quotient. CONCLUSIONS There was significant retardation of mental development in infants operated with deep hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. However, use of total circulatory arrest and its duration did not affect clinical outcome up to preschool age.
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Yadav TP, Bhardwaj M, Aggarwal S, Mohan B, Ndeswari A. Mediastinal enteric cyst infected with Salmonella typhi. Indian Pediatr 2000; 37:667-70. [PMID: 10869152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Three cases of unusual cervical fistulae are presented with a review of the literature to caution against labelling all lateral cervical fistulae as simple branchial fistulae or midline ones as dermoid cysts.
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Valeja R, Pal S, Mann MS, Hadke NS, Bhardwaj M. Isolated common bile duct tuberculosis. Indian J Gastroenterol 1999; 18:125-6. [PMID: 10407571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We report a patient with isolated involvement of common bile duct by tuberculosis. The diagnosis was established by histological examination of the resected specimen. Surgery and antitubercular chemotherapy resulted in complete recovery.
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Dhamija RK, Chugh S, Yadav RB, Bhardwaj M. Myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia due to tuberculosis. THE JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA 1998; 46:394. [PMID: 11273327] [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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Seghal S, Bhattacharya D, Bhardwaj M. Five-year longitudinal study of efficacy and safety of purified Vero cell rabies vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis of rabies in Indian population. THE JOURNAL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1997; 29:23-8. [PMID: 9282525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Three hundred and nine (309) persons, vaccinated against rabies with Purified Vero-cell Rabies (PVR) vaccine from 1991-1995, were included in this five-year longitudinal study. This study was conducted to observe the consistency, immunogenicity, inocuity, safety and efficacy of this vaccine under field conditions. All the 309 persons attended our centre after taking post-exposure vaccination following bites by suspected rabid animals or contact with hydrophobia patients for antirabies antibody titre estimation. The vaccine was very well tolerated by vaccinees with only 7 per cent, complaining of mild to moderate side reactions. On an average, every year 70-100 vaccinees reported at this centre after PVR vaccination. The epidemiological characteristics of rabies based on above data are also discussed in this paper. Serological response, i.e., antirabies antibody titre following vaccination in all these persons were found to be satisfactory with mean antibody titre of 4.25 I.U./ml.
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Jones JP, Lee D, Bhardwaj M, Vanderkam V, Achauer B. Non-Contact Ultrasonic Imaging for the Evaluation of Burn-Depth and other Biomedical Applications. ACOUSTICAL IMAGING 1997. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8588-0_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Gautam RK, Kar HK, Jain RK, Bagga GR, Sharma SK, Bhardwaj M. Isolated collagenoma: a case report with a review of connective tissue nevi of the collagen type. J Dermatol 1996; 23:476-8. [PMID: 8772028 DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1996.tb04059.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A 22-year-old male had had five skin colored tumorous growths on the mid-palm, ring and little fingers of the right hand for the last 15 years. Histopathological examination with hematoxylin and eosin and special stains confirmed the diagnosis of connective tissue nevi of collagen type. There were no associated cutaneous or systemic findings; thus the case was designated as isolated collagenoma. A review of connective tissue nevi of the collagen type is presented.
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Rao PN, Mehta SN, Guleria S, Bhardwaj M, Saxena S, Khazanchi RK, Aggarwal S, Tiwari SC, Dash SC. The quality of life in successful live-related renal allograft recipients in India. THE NATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL OF INDIA 1996; 9:118-9. [PMID: 8664821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND The high cost of maintenance of haemodialysis makes most patients in India and elsewhere opt for a renal transplant. The degree of rehabilitation can best be assessed by evaluating the quality of life in successful recipients. METHODS We studied vocational rehabilitation, social relations, sexual and married life, psychological status and life satisfaction in 51 successful live-related renal allograft recipients using Schwab's depressive scale, Bigot's life satisfaction index and the Kamofsky physical scale. RESULTS Eight-four per cent of our patients had returned to their original jobs. Ninety-eight per cent of patients had a Kamofsky scale of 90-100 and 81% were leading a normal married life. Ninety-four per cent of them led an active social life. CONCLUSION Successful live-related renal transplantation is associated with a good quality of life and should be the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease.
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Parsad D, Gautam RK, Kar HK, Jain RK, Bhardwaj M. Papuloerythroderma of ofuji. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 1995; 61:299-300. [PMID: 20952996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A 62-year old female had intensely pruritic eruption consisting of widespread coalescing sheets of uniform erythematous papules with characterstic sparing of body folds (deck-chair sign). Papuloerhthroderma of Ofuji is a rare disease of unknown aetiology.
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Yadav TP, Mishra S, Gupta VK, Gautam RK, Kar HK, Bhardwaj M. Odontotrichodysplasia: a case report with a review of conditions combining ectodermal dysplasia (subgroup 1-2) with skin manifestations. J Dermatol 1995; 22:606-10. [PMID: 7560461 DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1995.tb03883.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We report a 5-year-old girl with partial anodontia, hypotrichosis, hyperpigmentation of the skin, absence of pilosebaceous structures, and long thin fingers. There has as yet been, to the best of our knowledge, no report of such a combination of features. A review of conditions combining ectodermal dysplasia (subgroup 1-2) with skin manifestations is presented.
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Sehgal S, Bhattacharya D, Bhardwaj M. Ten year longitudinal study of efficacy and safety of purified chick embryo cell vaccine for pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis of rabies in Indian population. THE JOURNAL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1995; 27:36-43. [PMID: 7636151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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One thousand three hundred and seventy-five (1375) persons, who were vaccinated against Rabies with Purified Chick Embryo Cell (PCEC) vaccine from 1984 to 1993, were included in this ten-year longitudinal study, conducted to observe the consistency, immunogenicity, inocuity, safety and efficacy of PCEC vaccine under controlled trial and field conditions. The study period was divided into three phases. Phases I and II covered the premarketing controlled trial and Phase III the post-marketing serosurveillance study of the vaccine. During Phase I, fifteen healthy volunteers were given a pre-exposure regime of vaccine on Day 0, 7 and 21, and the rest 15, simulated post-exposure regime on Day 0, 3, 7, 14, 30 and 90. All the subjects had satisfactory antirabies antibody response with mean titres, of 7.08 and 5.72 I.U./ml respectively, and minimal side reactions. In the Phase II, from 1984-85, 56 persons with proven rabid animal bites were given post-exposure vaccination and all had satisfactory antibody titres with mean titre of 4.45 I.U./ml after 6th dose of vaccine and with minimal side reactions. 19 to 36 months follow up after vaccination revealed no vaccine failures. In the Phase III post-marketing field study conducted from 1985 to 1993, 1289 persons reported to our Centre for consulation and antirabies antibody titre estimation following PCEC vaccination. One thousand two hundred and fifty-two (1252) persons took post-exposure vaccination following bites by rabid animals, contact with an hydrophobia patient and 37 high risk personnel took pre-exposure vaccination.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Singh G, Malik AK, Bhardwaj M, Rodrigues P. Subcorneal pustular dermatosis. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 1995; 61:67-68. [PMID: 20952891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Bhardwaj M, Rohtagi M. Post-operative mental development in patients with hydrocephalus and craniosynostosis. Indian Pediatr 1994; 31:1301-4. [PMID: 7875803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Sehgal S, Bhattacharya D, Bhardwaj M. Clinical evaluation of purified vero-cell rabies vaccine in patients bitten by rabid animals in India. THE JOURNAL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 1994; 26:139-46. [PMID: 7868836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Fifty-five individuals bitten by rabid animals were administered purified vero-cell rabies vaccine (PVRV) at WHO Collaborative Centre for Rabies Epidemiology for South-East Asia at National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi to test its immunogenicity, inocuity, safety and clinical efficacy. Fifty-two (94.5 per cent) of these individuals underwent complete course of treatment. Sera samples collected prior to the commencement of treatment showed all these persons to be sero-negative for antibody against Rabies virus. However mean titre of 2.44 I.U./ml, 7.76 I.U./ml and 10.77 I.U./ml were detected after third, fourth and sixth injections, respectively of PVRV. Persistance of protective titres of this antibody could be demonstrated even after 15 months of treatment. Of 327 inoculations, local and general reactions were observed after 10.6 per cent inoculations. All these cases were followed up for periods between 7 and 25 months and were, alive and healthy till the end of observation period, thereby proving the efficacy of the vaccine in preventing rabies.
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Jaiswal AK, Bhardwaj M, Singh G, Pillai J, Badrinath S, Malik AK. Palmoplantar syphilides: an isolated and identical manifestation of conjugal infection in marital partners. Int J Dermatol 1994; 33:449-50. [PMID: 8056484 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1994.tb04052.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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