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Preziosi NA, Rizvi AH, Feerick JD, Mandelia C. De Novo Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Triggered by SARS-CoV-2 Infection: a Tale of 2 Sisters. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2022; 28:1623-1625. [PMID: 35762665 PMCID: PMC9384334 DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izac142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Lay Summary
We present a report of 2 sisters who developed acute onset hematochezia concurrently with SARS-CoV-2 infection. One patient recovered completely, whereas the sibling developed chronic symptoms leading to a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis requiring biologic therapy.
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- Nicholas A Preziosi
- Department of Pediatrics, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA
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- Address correspondence to: Chetan Mandelia, MD, 600 Moye Blvd, Mail Stop 632, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA ()
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Younes AI, Mohamed A, Rizvi AH, Prenshaw K. Primary malignant melanoma of the gastric antrum: A case report. Clin Case Rep 2021; 9:e04495. [PMID: 34188931 PMCID: PMC8218325 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.4495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Primary melanoma of the antrum is a rare and aggressive disease. Diagnosis requires a correlation between the patient's history, tumor histopathology, and immunohistochemistry. Surgery and mutation-targeted treatments may improve overall survival.
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- Ahmed I. Younes
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineEast Carolina University/Vidant Medical CenterGreenvilleNCUSA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineEast Carolina University/Vidant Medical CenterGreenvilleNCUSA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineEast Carolina University/Vidant Medical CenterGreenvilleNCUSA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineEast Carolina University/Vidant Medical CenterGreenvilleNCUSA
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Aslam MN, McClintock SD, Attili D, Pandya S, Rehman H, Nadeem DM, Jawad-Makki MAH, Rizvi AH, Berner MM, Dame MK, Turgeon DK, Varani J. Ulcerative Colitis-Derived Colonoid Culture: A Multi-Mineral-Approach to Improve Barrier Protein Expression. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:577221. [PMID: 33330453 PMCID: PMC7719760 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.577221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent studies demonstrated that Aquamin®, a calcium-, magnesium-rich, multi-mineral natural product, improves barrier structure and function in colonoids obtained from the tissue of healthy subjects. The goal of the present study was to determine if the colonic barrier could be improved in tissue from subjects with ulcerative colitis (UC). METHODS Colonoid cultures were established with colon biopsies from 9 individuals with UC. The colonoids were then incubated for a 2-week period under control conditions (in culture medium with a final calcium concentration of 0.25 mM) or in the same medium supplemented with Aquamin® to provide 1.5 - 4.5 mM calcium. Effects on differentiation and barrier protein expression were determined using several approaches: phase-contrast and scanning electron microscopy, quantitative histology and immunohistology, mass spectrometry-based proteome assessment and transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS Although there were no gross changes in colonoid appearance, there was an increase in lumen diameter and wall thickness on histology and greater expression of cytokeratin 20 (CK20) along with reduced expression of Ki67 by quantitative immunohistology observed with intervention. In parallel, upregulation of several differentiation-related proteins was seen in a proteomic screen with the intervention. Aquamin®-treated colonoids demonstrated a modest up-regulation of tight junctional proteins but stronger induction of adherens junction and desmosomal proteins. Increased desmosomes were seen at the ultrastructural level. Proteomic analysis demonstrated increased expression of several basement membrane proteins and hemidesmosomal components. Proteins expressed at the apical surface (mucins and trefoils) were also increased as were several additional proteins with anti-microbial activity or that modulate inflammation. Finally, several transporter proteins that affect electrolyte balance (and, thereby affect water resorption) were increased. At the same time, growth and cell cycle regulatory proteins (Ki67, nucleophosmin, and stathmin) were significantly down-regulated. Laminin interactions, matrix formation and extracellular matrix organization were the top three up-regulated pathways with the intervention. CONCLUSION A majority of individuals including patients with UC do not reach the recommended daily intake for calcium and other minerals. To the extent that such deficiencies might contribute to the weakening of the colonic barrier, the findings employing UC tissue-derived colonoids here suggest that adequate mineral intake might improve the colonic barrier.
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- Muhammad N. Aslam
- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine (The Division of Gastroenterology), The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine (The Division of Gastroenterology), The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine (The Division of Gastroenterology), The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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Attili D, McClintock SD, Rizvi AH, Pandya S, Rehman H, Nadeem DM, Richter A, Thomas D, Dame MK, Turgeon DK, Varani J, Aslam MN. Calcium-induced differentiation in normal human colonoid cultures: Cell-cell / cell-matrix adhesion, barrier formation and tissue integrity. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0215122. [PMID: 30995271 PMCID: PMC6469792 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background and aims The goal of the study was to assess calcium alone and Aquamin, a multi-mineral natural product that contains magnesium and detectable levels of 72 trace elements in addition to calcium, for capacity to affect growth and differentiation in colonoid cultures derived from histologically-normal human colon tissue. Methods Colonoid cultures were maintained in a low-calcium (0.25 mM) medium or in medium supplemented with an amount of calcium (1.5–3.0 mM), either from calcium alone or Aquamin for a period of two weeks. This was shown in a previous study to induce differentiation in colonoids derived from large adenomas. Changes in growth, morphological features and protein expression profile were assessed at the end of the incubation period using a combination of phase-contrast and scanning electron microscopy, histology and immunohistology, proteomic assessment and transmission electron microscopy. Results Unlike the previously-studied tumor-derived colonoids (which remained un-differentiated in the absence of calcium-supplementation), normal tissue colonoids underwent differentiation as indicated by gross and microscopic appearance, a low proliferative index and high-level expression of cytokeratin 20 in the absence of intervention (i.e., in control condition). Only modest additional changes were seen in these parameters with either calcium alone or Aquamin (providing up to 3.0 mM calcium). In spite of this, proteomic analysis and immunohistochemistry revealed that both interventions induced strong up-regulation of proteins that promote cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesive functions, barrier formation and tissue integrity. Transmission electron microscopy revealed an increase in desmosomes in response to intervention. Conclusions These findings demonstrate that colonoids derived from histologically normal human tissue can undergo differentiation in the presence of a low ambient calcium concentration. However, higher calcium levels induce elaboration of proteins that promote cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion. These changes could lead to improved barrier function and improved colon tissue health.
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- Durga Attili
- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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McClintock SD, Colacino JA, Attili D, Dame MK, Rizvi AH, Richter A, Reddy AR, Basrur V, Turgeon DK, Varani J, Aslam MN. Abstract 1276: Differentiation of human colon adenomas in an enteroid culture: A treatment comparison. Cancer Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2018-1276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction: Previous murine studies have demonstrated that dietary Aquamin®, a calcium-rich, multi-mineral natural product, suppressed colon polyp formation and transition to invasive tumors more effectively than calcium alone when provided over the lifespan of the animals.
Methods: In the present study, we compared Aquamin® to calcium for modulation of growth and differentiation in human colon adenomas in enteroid culture. Adenoma growth and differentiation were assessed at the light and electron microscopic levels and by immunostaining. Image quantitation of immunohistochemical markers was performed using Aperio Imagescope to compare these interventions. A proteomic assessment was done to compare protein expression patterns in treated cultures as compared to cultures maintained under control conditions (calcium 0.15 mM). Enteroids established from normal colonic tissue were examined in parallel.
Results: Both calcium and Aquamin® provided at 1.5 mM calcium fostered differentiation in the adenoma enteroid cultures as compared to control, but Aquamin® was more effective. Even at a concentration providing only 0.15 mM calcium, Aquamin® induced differentiation in some individual enteroids. Aquamin® was more effective than calcium in inducing upregulation of proteins. There were 35 proteins upregulated with Aquamin as compared to 20 with calcium 1.5mM at 1.8-fold change or above (in 3 colonic adenomas) with less than 2% FDR. Both calcium and Aquamin® induced differences in the expression pattern of proteins known to be involved in differentiation (table). In addition, several keratins and histones, as well as merlin and Olfactomedin-4 were upregulated.
Conclusion: These findings support that i) calcium (1.5 mM) has the capacity to modulate growth and differentiation in large human colon adenomas and ii) the additional trace elements provided along with calcium in Aquamin® can have effects on proliferation and differentiation at lower levels than observed with calcium at 1.5mM.
Expression of Immunohistochemical Markers in enteroid cultures of Human Adenomas (Fold-Changes)IHC MarkersCalcium 0.15mMAquamin 0.15mMCalcium 1.5mMAquamin 1.5mMKi6710.750.59*0.49*CK2012.13*2.36*2.35*E-Cadherin11.051.57*1.57*NF2 (Merlin)12.44*#1.012.56*#Occludin11.23*1.25*1.29**reflects significance as compared to Ca 0.15mM. #reflects significance as compared to Ca 1.5mM
Citation Format: Shannon D. McClintock, Justin A. Colacino, Durga Attili, Michael K. Dame, Areeba H. Rizvi, Aliah Richter, Anusha R. Reddy, Venkatesha Basrur, D. Kim Turgeon, James Varani, Muhammad N. Aslam. Differentiation of human colon adenomas in an enteroid culture: A treatment comparison [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 1276.
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McClintock SD, Colacino JA, Attili D, Dame MK, Richter A, Reddy AR, Basrur V, Rizvi AH, Turgeon DK, Varani J, Aslam MN. Calcium-Induced Differentiation of Human Colon Adenomas in Colonoid Culture: Calcium Alone versus Calcium with Additional Trace Elements. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2018; 11:413-428. [PMID: 29636350 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-17-0308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Revised: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Previous murine studies have demonstrated that dietary Aquamin, a calcium-rich, multi-mineral natural product, suppressed colon polyp formation and transition to invasive tumors more effectively than calcium alone when provided over the lifespan of the animals. In the current study, we compared calcium alone to Aquamin for modulation of growth and differentiation in human colon adenomas in colonoid culture. Colonoids established from normal colonic tissue were examined in parallel. Both calcium alone at 1.5 mmol/L and Aquamin (provided at 1.5 mmol/L calcium) fostered differentiation in the adenoma colonoid cultures as compared with control (calcium at 0.15 mmol/L). When Aquamin was provided at an amount delivering 0.15 mmol/L calcium, adenoma differentiation also occurred, but was not as complete. Characteristic of colonoids undergoing differentiation was a reduction in the number of small, highly proliferative buds and their replacement by fewer but larger buds with smoother surface. Proliferation marker (Ki67) expression was reduced and markers of differentiation (CK20 and occludin) were increased along with E-cadherin translocalization to the cell surface. Additional proteins associated with differentiation/growth control [including histone-1 family members, certain keratins, NF2 (merlin), olfactomedin-4 and metallothioneins] were altered as assessed by proteomics. Immunohistologic expression of NF2 was higher with Aquamin as compared with calcium at either concentration. These findings support the conclusions that (i) calcium (1.5 mmol/L) has the capacity to modulate growth and differentiation in large human colon adenomas and (ii) Aquamin delivering 0.15 mmol/L calcium has effects on proliferation and differentiation not observed when calcium is used alone at this concentration. Cancer Prev Res; 11(7); 413-28. ©2018 AACR.
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- Shannon D McClintock
- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences and Nutritional Sciences, The University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Sorkhabi O, Qi F, Rizvi AH, Suits AG. The ultraviolet photochemistry of phenylacetylene and the enthalpy of formation of 1,3,5-hexatriyne. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:671-6. [PMID: 11456579 DOI: 10.1021/ja0017312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The ultraviolet photochemistry of phenylacetylene was studied in a molecular beam at 193 nm. The only primary photofragments observed were HCCH (acetylene) and C(6)H(4). Some of the C(6)H(4) molecules were found to decompose to 1,3,5-hexatriyne and molecular hydrogen. An enthalpy of formation of DeltaH(f) < or = 160 +/- 4 kcal mol(-1) was determined for 1,3,5-hexatriyne from the energetic threshold for this process. This experimentally determined value agrees well with our ab initio calculations performed at the G2 level of theory. Angular distribution measurements for the HCCH + C(6)H(4) channel yielded an isotropic distribution and were attributed to a long-lived intermediate and ground-state dissociation. An exhaustive search yielded no evidence for the phenyl + ethynyl or the atomic hydrogen elimination channels even though these were observed in the pyrolytic studies of phenylacetylene [Hofmann, J.; Zimmermann, G.; Guthier, K.; Hebgen, P.; Homann, K. H. Liebigs Ann. 1995, 631, 1995. Guthier, K.; Hebgen, P.; Hofmann, K. H.; Zimmermann, G. Liebigs Ann. 1995, 637, 1995].
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- O Sorkhabi
- Chemical Sciences Division, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Hashmi AH, Naqvi AA, Rizvi AH. Analysis of known risk factors for bladder cancer in Pakistani population. J PAK MED ASSOC 1995; 45:41-2. [PMID: 7602742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The association of aetiological agents incriminated for bladder cancer are well recognised. They are divided into two groups, occupational and non-occupational. The commonest occupational agents are 2-naphthylamine, benzidine, aminobiphenyl, dichlorobenzidine, orthodianisidine and orthotolidine. Recognised non-occupational agents include tobacco, recurrent chronic bladder infection/infestation, coffee and drugs. This study was conducted to evaluate these factors in patients with bladder cancer in our population. Of 250 cases studied, 203 were males and 47 females with a male to female ratio of 4.3:1. In 13.6% cases occupational factors were established with an average duration of exposure of 12 years. Majority (68%) of patients had smoking as the predominant non-occupational factor. In this group average cigarettes smoked per day was 23 with a range of 15 to 90. The duration of smoking ranged between 5 to 55 years with an average of 26 years. Sixty patients (24%) were neither smokers nor had any associated high risk occupation.
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- A H Hashmi
- Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Dow Medical College, Karachi
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Ather MH, Rana TA, Naqvi AA, Rizvi AH. Unusual presentation of acute bacterial focal nephronia. J PAK MED ASSOC 1994; 44:97-8. [PMID: 8072135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- M H Ather
- Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Dow Medical College, Karachi
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Rizvi AH, Karetzky MS. Action myoclonus after cerebral anoxia. N J Med 1993; 90:918-20. [PMID: 8309643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Intention or kinesogenic myoclonus is uniquely one of many different movement disorders that if recognized and treated, early or late, responds to treatment. Posthypoxic intention myoclonus appears to be a syndrome associated with a variety of interacting biochemical mechanisms.
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- A H Rizvi
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, NJ 07112
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Haq I, Zainulabdin F, Naqvi A, Rizvi AH, Ahmed SH. Psychosocial aspects of dialysis and renal transplant. J PAK MED ASSOC 1991; 41:99-100. [PMID: 1861361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Keeping in view our socio cultural millieu, the psychological aspects of twenty renal transplants recipients and equal number of patients on dialysis were studied. Socio psychiatric profile in the dialysis and transplanted patients revealed that the frequency of anxiety, depression and hypochondriasis was significantly less (P less than 0.01) in the transplanted group. On Bender Gestalt Scale the transplanted group achieved normal status in significantly higher (P less than 0.05) number compared to the dialysis patients. It was concluded that transplanted patients showed marked improvement in social functioning, psychological symptoms and enduring personality traits compared to patients on maintenance dialysis.
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- I Haq
- Department of Urology, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital
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