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Symington GR, Mackay IR, Whittingham S, White J, Buckley JD. A 'profile' of immune responsiveness in multiple sclerosis. Clin Exp Immunol 1978; 31:141-9. [PMID: 306322 PMCID: PMC1541226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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An 'immunological profile' of various indices of B-cell function and T-cell function was developed for the 'early' case of multiple sclerosis (MS). This was compared against two groups of controls comprising age and sex-matched healthy subjects, and patients with other disabling neurological diseases (CNS controls) who were matched for age, sex, and type and duration of disability. Some indices of humoral immune responsiveness, such as the induced primary response to monomeric flagellin and the 'resting' levels of antibody to measles and rubella viruses, showed significant augmentation. Cellular immune deficits were attributed to an illness effect per se because (a) cell-mediated immunity was depressed, but only when compared with that of healthy subjects and not when compared with that of the CNS controls, and (b) transformation responses of lymphocytes to viral antigens were inversely related to disability status. The abnormalities in humoral immune responses demonstrable in this study do not provide an explanation for this disease; if there is a relevant 'immunological fault', the nature of this needs to be sought from within the neuraxis rather than from the systemic circulation.
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White J. The King's Lynn gonad shield. Radiography (Lond) 1977; 43:137-8. [PMID: 877245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Gerritsen SM, Akkerman JW, Nijmeijer B, Sixma JJ, Witkop CJ, White J. The Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome. Evidence for a lowered 5-hydroxytryptamine content in platelets of heterozygotes. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY 1977; 18:249-56. [PMID: 847398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A Dutch kindred with the Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is described. We show for the first time evidence of a lowered platelet 5-hydroxytryptamine content in obligate heterozygotes. Platelet ATP and ADP levels and ATP/ADP ratio were normal in these patients. Platelet aggregation with ADP, collagen and adrenaline was within the normal range. In contrast to the homozygous HPS patients the heterozygotes are normally pigmented and none has diaphanous irides, nystagmus or a bleeding tendency. All homozygous HPS patients have the typical triad of oculocutaneous albinism, pigmented macrophages in the bone marrow and a bleeding disorder, based on a platelet dysfunction. The platelets showed the typical characteristics of a storage pool deficiency. Their platelet factor 3 availability was decreased and the aggregation patterns showed an absent second wave with ADP, adrenaline and absent collagen aggregation. Platelet ADP levels were strongly decreased in all homozygous HPS patients, whereas ATP was lowered only in 3 out of 6 HPS patients. The 5-hydroxytryptamine content of their platelets was very low (15-20% of normal).
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Berger M, White J, Travis LB, Brouhard BH, Cunningham RJ, Patnode R, Petrusick T. Toxic psychosis due to cyproheptadine in a child on hemodialysis: a case report. Clin Nephrol 1977; 7:43-4. [PMID: 264413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In 1971 Simmons et al. presented evidence that children receiving regular dialysis therapy required approximately seventy percent of recommended caloric intake to achieve normal growth. Since that time, pediatric nephrologists and dietitians have strived to meet that requirement. In an effort to attain adequate caloric intake, cyproheptadine, a known appetite stimulant, was prescribed to a child on chronic hemodialysis. The following reports the unexpected complication of toxic psychosis that resulted.
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White J. "Because we care.". AMERICAN EDUCATION 1976; 12:26-8. [PMID: 10243759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Doherty RL, Carley JG, Filippich C, White J, Gust ID. Murray Valley encephalitis in Australia, 1974: antibody response in cases and community. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 1976; 6:446-53. [PMID: 1071876 DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1976.tb03033.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Fifty-three patients accepted on clinical grounds as cases of Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE) in Australia in 1974 were examined for antibody to MVE virus. Only one (who died early in the disease and whose diagnosis was confirmed by virus isolation) did not develop antibody; 13 patients showed stationary or single convalescent titres not diagnostic of recent infection, but other evidence that infection was recent was obtained in eight; 39 showed significant rise or fall in titre confirming recent infection. Haemagglutination-inhibition (HI) was more effective in establishing a diagnosis than complement-fixation (CF) although both tests were of value. Patients varied widely in timing and magnitude of rise and fall of titre. Two showed late rises in antibody titre which raises the possibility of recrudescent persisting infection. CF titres were enhanced in some sera by increase in the number of units of antigen used and by inactivation at 56 degrees C rather than 60 degrees C. Five patients with clinically-acceptable diagnoses of MVE (and one with minor illness) showed higher HI titres to Kunjin than to MVE virus. The results in several cases suggest that Kunjin virus was the infecting agent. In others it is possible that MVE infection had occurred in patients with pre-existing Kunjin antibody. HI reactivity to MVE virus was found in IgM fractions of sera taken for at least 40 days and in some cases for over 100 days after onset of symptoms. IgM fractions gave similar titres to MVE and Alfuy virus but clearly distinguished MVE-Alfuy and Kunjin viruses. HI antibody to MVE virus was found in about 10% of sera from family contacts or neighbours of patients with encephalitis, and in a similar proportion of patients in Victoria with various febrile illnesses not accepted as MVE. One patient with minor illness had antibody response to Kunjin virus. 2589 sera from pathology laboratories in towns in the Murray Valley gave additional evidence of community immunity to flaviviruses and suggested some increase in the proportion reactive between January and May 1974. HI and plaque reduction tests on these sera also gave evidence of antibody to Kunjin virus in the Murray Valley.
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Yawata Y, Jacob HS, Matsumoto N, White J. A possible role for cyclic nucleotides in the regulation of erythrocyte shape and permeability. THE JOURNAL OF LABORATORY AND CLINICAL MEDICINE 1976; 88:555-62. [PMID: 184218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Erythrocytes treated with vinblastine or colchicine become spheroidal, more permeable to sodium, and of diminished deformability; upon reinjection they are rapidly sequestered and destroyed in the spleen. These deleterious effects are competitively inhibited by the cyclic nucleotides, guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate or adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate. The data suggest that cyclic nucleotides may be involved in normal erythrocyte shape and survival by interacting with membrane components that also react with vinblastine and colchicine. Similar interactions have been noted previously in diverse proliferating cells as well.
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Wilson A, Davidson WJ, White J. Disulfiram implantation: placebo, psychological deterrent, and pharmacological deterrent effects. Br J Psychiatry 1976; 129:277-80. [PMID: 786421 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.129.3.277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In an effort to examine the placebo, psychological deterrent, and pharmacological deterrent effects associated with implanted disulfiram, subjects were given either disulfiram implants or sham operations. Ethanol challenges elicited no disulfiram-ethanol reactions (DERs), indicating that at the time of the challenge neither a pharmacological deterrent nor a placebo effect was operating. Of the patients who resumed drinking, only those with disulfiram implants experienced DERs. Sham operation subjects continued to drink after their first post-challenge drink; four of five disulfiram implant recidivists remained abstinent following their experience of a DER. It is concluded that the pharmacological deterrent effect of the disulfiram implant may have been underestimated in previous reports.
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Wilson A, Davidson WJ, White J. Disulfiram-ethanol reaction to implanted disulfiram. CANADIAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 1976; 21:217-20. [PMID: 61064 DOI: 10.1177/070674377602100408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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It is postulated that a recent suggestion that the disulfiram implant technique is not pharmacologically effective may be premature. Some literature is cited in support of this contention, and three case histories of disulfiram implant patients who experienced disulfiram-ethanol reactions when they recommenced drinking are reported. It is suggested that the disulfiram-ethanol reactions to implanted disulfiram may be delayed in onset and of longer duration than those obtained from orally-administered disulfiram. Possible mechanisms are discussed.
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White J. Stimulus box for the profoundly mentally retarded. Am J Occup Ther 1976; 30:167. [PMID: 1266941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Lee S, Gratz P, White J. Computer-stored faculty publication file using the MT/ST in a medium-sized medical center library. BULLETIN OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 1976; 64:25-31. [PMID: 1247706 PMCID: PMC198973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The Bowman Gray School of Medicine Library has implemented a computerized faculty publication file adapted from an existing system that utilized a Magnetic Tape/Selectric Typewriter for catalog card production and computer storage. The faculty publication file has provided printouts for the school's annual report and monthly faculty bulletins. After the data for all faculty bibliographies have been stored in the file, it will be possible to retrieve complete author and departmental listings. The file will be continuously updated by adding current citations and the bibliographies of new faculty members and by deleting data when faculty members leave the staff.
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White J, Malik V, Nelson VM, Cooper T, Rogers PG, Caghan S, Dale R, Edwards M, Jank PT, Wagner P, Demeyer R, Prestwood MF, McNeill J, Crosby EO, Jones S, Miller P, Ebersole P, Weiss R, Schuh M, Meador BC, Truglio M, Chiamulera DN, Anthony ML, Wood N, Sollman EM, Reza B, Boudeau E, Leischner D, Demeyer R. Letters. Am J Nurs 1976. [DOI: 10.2307/3423727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We performed bimanual, bipolar intraocular diathermy by using a No. 22 disposable needle and a vitrectomy instrument. The technique required a smaller wound than unimanual bipolar cautery and was combined with membrane peeling techniques. The bipolar technique limited the extent of coagulation effects better than unipolar diathermy methods.
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White J, Rossmann MG, Forg GC. A 5 A x-ray diffraction study of coenzyme-deficient lactate dehydrogenase: NAD-pyruvate ternary complex. J Mol Biol 1975; 98:259-64. [PMID: 172643 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(75)80114-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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White J. Abortion (Amendment) Bill. West J Med 1975. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.3.5978.306-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Burns WA, Zimmerman HJ, Hammond J, Howatson A, Katz A, White J. The clinician's view of diagnostic electron microscopy. Hum Pathol 1975; 6:467-78. [PMID: 50262 DOI: 10.1016/s0046-8177(75)80064-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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From the clinician's standpoint, it has become increasingly evident that use of the electron microscope should no longer be confined to research institutes, but should be applied as an adjunct to clinical diagnosis, a guide to therapy, and a means of elucidating pathogenetic mechanisms. The usefulness of electron microscopy is stressed in relation to hematology, nephrology, virology, gastroenterology, and the study of miscellaneous metabolic conditions such as the storage diseases.
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Johnson D, White J, Lim L, Davison AN. The effect of experimental hyperphenylalaninaemia on polyribosomes of the developing rat brain. Biochem Soc Trans 1975; 3:93-4. [PMID: 1126548 DOI: 10.1042/bst0030093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A middle aged man presented reluctantly to his General Practitioner with the complaint of offensive body odour and he was referred for a dermatological opinion. On examination a malignant looking ulcer emitting a foul odour was found in the site of his penis.
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Gentile P, White J, Haddad S. The crystal and molecular structure of pentakis(diacetamide)barium(II) perchlorate. Inorganica Chim Acta 1975. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1693(00)90191-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hay MC, Nash P, Rochfort J, White J. Letter: The dangers of diving. Med J Aust 1974; 2:642. [PMID: 4444613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Jebson, P., Dewar, J., and White, J. (1974).Thorax, 29, 371-376. An oxygen enrichment attachment for use with humidified air. An oxygen enrichment attachment is described which fulfils the basic requirements for intubated patients. Using values for tidal volume and inspiratory time found in the type of patients for whom the attachment is intended, a range of mean inspired oxygen concentration has been given for 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 1/min oxygen flow.
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Monath TP, Calisher CH, Davis M, Bowen GS, White J. Experimental studies of rhesus monkeys infected with epizootic and enzootic subtypes of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus. J Infect Dis 1974; 129:194-200. [PMID: 4204239 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/129.2.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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White J. Friedel-crafts reactions catalyzed by arenetricarbonylmolybdenum. J Organomet Chem 1974. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-328x(00)84281-3] [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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Moore CF, Phillips GW, St-Laurent R, Hopkins F, White J, Richard P. Chemical analysis of heavy elements by identification of fission fragments through X-ray coincidence measurements. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 1972. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02520993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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