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Bareis CJ, Bushnell DL, Kaufman GE, Sparagana M. Dosimetric determination of I-131 activity in the treatment of recurrent, nontoxic, multinodular goiter. Clin Nucl Med 1993; 18:491-4. [PMID: 8319402 DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199306000-00006] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Although surgical treatment of nontoxic multinodular goiter remains the most effective therapy, I-131 is a reasonable alternative in cases where thyroidectomy is not appropriate. Selection of I-131 activity in the management of nontoxic multinodular goiter has largely been empirical. The use of dosimetric measurements in guiding I-131 therapy in the treatment of a patient with a recurrent, nontoxic, multinodular goiter is described.
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- C J Bareis
- Department of General Internal Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
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Sparagana M. Late Recurrence of Benign Pheochromocytoma: The Necessity for Long Term Follow-Up. J Urol 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)41930-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- M. Sparagana
- Medical and Research Services, Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines
- Department of Medicine, Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois
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Sparagana M, Ackerman L. Positive iodine-131 6 beta-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol (NP-59) adrenal images can precede return of adrenocortical function after o,p' DDD treatment. Clin Nucl Med 1988; 13:348-51. [PMID: 3390980 DOI: 10.1097/00003072-198805000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A patient with bilateral adrenal hyperplasia, due to the ectopic adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) syndrome, received a 3-month course of treatment with 1,1 dichloro-2(o-chlorophenyl)-2-(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (o,p' DDD), which caused adrenal hypofunction requiring steroid therapy. Eleven months later, Cushing's syndrome recurred. His CT scan showed a left adrenal gland that was enlarged and a normal-sized right adrenal gland. However, the NP-59 image showed increased uptake by both glands. Venous effluent was sampled from each adrenal vein. The plasma cortisol level from the left gland was 1392 ng/ml, and that from the right gland was 667 ng/ml. The latter value was not significantly different from the values obtained at peripheral sites (517-744 ng/ml). In the course of recovery from o,p' DDD damage, the ability of the adrenal gland to take up NP-59 may be restored before the return of its biosynthetic and secretory functions. Serial NP-59 adrenal images can anticipate the recurrence of Cushing's syndrome after adrenolytic therapy, thereby permitting early retreatment.
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- M Sparagana
- Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois
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The etiology of the ectopic ACTH syndrome, associated with certain tumors, is unclear. The ectopic ACTH syndrome was diagnosed in our patient by the characteristic clinical and laboratory findings. Shortly after admission, pulmonary infarctions were documented by lung scans and computed tomography. After treatment with anticoagulants, his plasma ACTH level and its suppressibility became normal. There was no evidence of a tumor. The ectopic ACTH syndrome recurred one year later in conjunction with another episode of pulmonary infarctions. During anticoagulant therapy his infarctions cleared and his plasma ACTH level normalized. In the five years since the onset, no tumor has been found, and plasma ACTH level remains normal and suppressible. We propose that our patient's pulmonary infarctions stimulated pulmonary ACTH production, leading to Cushing's syndrome.
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- M Sparagana
- Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, IL 60141
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Two patients who had removal of seemingly benign pheochromocytomas had recurrences 10 and 14 years later despite normal catecholamine excretion for 7 and 9 years postoperatively. The first patient returned with a myocardial infarction and an apparently solitary recurrence; the second patient with a stroke and metastatic disease. Both patients had recurrence of hypertension and increased catecholamine excretion. They were given phenoxybenzamine and are doing satisfactorily 7 and 9 years after their recurrences. Such patients should be followed after surgery for 15 or more years for early detection of recurrences. Prompt therapy should reduce the risk of undesirable complications.
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- M Sparagana
- Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois
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Two patients with mesenchymal tumors had osteomalacia associated with marked hypophosphatemia and renal phosphate wasting. Their serum calcium and parathyroid hormone levels were normal. The first patient also had aminoaciduria and glucosuria in addition to phosphaturia. Both patients were treated with very large doses of vitamin D2 and phosphate without improvement in the osteomalacia or normalization of the serum phosphate. Complete removal of a low-grade fibrosarcoma in the second patient and removal of an ossifying fibroma in the first patient resulted in a cure in both patients despite no further therapy with vitamin D or phosphate. The excessive aminoaciduria and glucosuria of the first patient also remitted. During a 14-year follow-up period, there has been no evidence of tumor recurrence, hypophosphatemia, or osteomalacia in either patient. The levels of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol remain within the normal range in both patients.
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- M Sparagana
- Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois
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Sparagana M, Feldman JM, Molnar Z. An unusual pheochromocytoma associated with an androgen secreting adrenocortical adenoma. Evaluation of its polypeptide hormone, catecholamine, and enzyme characteristics. Cancer 1987. [PMID: 2885078 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19870715)60:2<223::aid-cncr2820600218>3.0.co;2-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Our patient had a left suprarenal mass. His blood pressure was normal, but his urinary catecholamines (CA), vanillylmandelic acid (VMA), total metanephrines (TMn) and 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5HIAA) were elevated. In addition, he had elevated, nonsuppressible urinary 17-ketosteroids (17KS) and androsterone, but his urinary 17-hydroxycorticoids (17OHCS) and free cortisol were normal, as were his plasma cortisol and ACTH. After resection of the suprarenal mass, the patient's urinary hormone values reverted to normal. The mass contained a pheochromocytoma and an adrenocortical adenoma. The pheochromocytoma was unusual in that it contained very little norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA) and an abundance of epinephrine (E) despite normal enzyme concentrations. Electron micrographs showed primarily E granules with few of the NE-type. The immunoperoxidase histochemical stains for vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and serotonin (S) were strongly positive. The patient's blood pressure may have been normal because his pheochromocytoma secreted E, VIP, or S. The associated adrenocortical adenoma produced no symptoms and was probably coincidental.
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Sparagana M, Feldman JM, Molnar Z. An unusual pheochromocytoma associated with an androgen secreting adrenocortical adenoma. Evaluation of its polypeptide hormone, catecholamine, and enzyme characteristics. Cancer 1987; 60:223-31. [PMID: 2885078 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19870715)60:2<223::aid-cncr2820600218>3.0.co;2-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Our patient had a left suprarenal mass. His blood pressure was normal, but his urinary catecholamines (CA), vanillylmandelic acid (VMA), total metanephrines (TMn) and 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5HIAA) were elevated. In addition, he had elevated, nonsuppressible urinary 17-ketosteroids (17KS) and androsterone, but his urinary 17-hydroxycorticoids (17OHCS) and free cortisol were normal, as were his plasma cortisol and ACTH. After resection of the suprarenal mass, the patient's urinary hormone values reverted to normal. The mass contained a pheochromocytoma and an adrenocortical adenoma. The pheochromocytoma was unusual in that it contained very little norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA) and an abundance of epinephrine (E) despite normal enzyme concentrations. Electron micrographs showed primarily E granules with few of the NE-type. The immunoperoxidase histochemical stains for vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and serotonin (S) were strongly positive. The patient's blood pressure may have been normal because his pheochromocytoma secreted E, VIP, or S. The associated adrenocortical adenoma produced no symptoms and was probably coincidental.
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Mitotane is a drug which is concentrated largely in adipose tissue and the adrenal glands. It has a remarkable specificity for the adrenal cortex and can produce necrosis of that organ; consequently, it has been used as a therapeutic agent for adrenocortical carcinoma. Because of the similarity between adrenocortical and testicular tissue, mitotane could be expected to cause testicular damage; however, there is sparse support for this in the literature. We recently studied a patient who developed impotency due to primary testicular failure at the time that he was treated with mitotane. A testicular biopsy, performed about four months after the drug was discontinued, showed normal appearing Leydig cells and atrophy of the seminiferous tubules with the picture of a maturation arrest. In the four and one half years since he last received mitotane, the patient's libido has slowly improved and his plasma testosterone, gonadotropins and LH response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone have become essentially normal. We propose that mitotane can be cytotoxic to the testis as it is to the adrenal cortex.
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- M Sparagana
- Medical and Research Services, Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois 60141
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Prinz RA, Brooks MH, Churchill R, Graner JL, Lawrence AM, Paloyan E, Sparagana M. Incidental asymptomatic adrenal masses detected by computed tomographic scanning. Is operation required? JAMA 1982; 248:701-4. [PMID: 7097921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Until recently, adrenal masses came to clinical attention either from local symptoms due to massive enlargement or from manifestations of excess hormones production. During the last year, an adrenal mass was identified as an incidental finding in nine patients undergoing abdominal computed tomographic (CT) scanning for unrelated problems. These five men and four women ranged in age from 41 to 73 years. Eight were hypertensive. After the CT scan, each was evaluated for catecholamine or steroid hypersecretion. Only one had clearly elevated urinary vanillylmandelic acid, metanephrine, and catecholamine levels. Equivocal evidence of catecholamine excess was seen in five patients who had slight elevation of one urinary metabolite or of plasma epinephrine or norepinephrine levels. Three patients had no evidence of medullary or cortical hyperfunction on repeated testing. Eight patients were good operative risks and underwent unilateral adrenalectomy without complication. Masses ranging in size from 1 to 4 cm were found in each. These included four cortical adenomas, two adrenal cysts, one adrenal lipoma, and one pheochromocytoma. The pheochromocytoma occurred in the patient with strong biochemical evidence of disease. With wider application of CT imaging, increasing numbers of asymptomatic adrenal masses will be detected. Care in interpreting the clinical significance of these masses and caution in recommending treatment are required.
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Prinz RA, Badrinath K, Banerji M, Sparagana M, Dorsch TR, Lawrence AM. Operative and chemotherapeutic management of malignant glucagon-producing tumors. Surgery 1981; 90:713-9. [PMID: 6269242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Glucagon-producing tumors of the pancreas are among the rarest forms of islet cell tumors. Two patients are described in whom the characteristic dermatitis, glucose intolerance, weight loss, and anemia of the glucagonoma syndrome were due to a metastasizing islet cell carcinoma. In both, removal of the primary tumor with a distal pancreatectomy brought marked relief of all clinical symptoms for 1- and 2-year periods. Because streptozocin, the usual chemotherapeutic agent for these tumors, is quite toxic and frequently unsuccessful dimethyltriazenoimidazole carboximide (DTIC) was used for recurrence after operation. The first patient began taking DTIC when his rash reappeared and his immunoreactive glucagon (IRG) level rose to 6,000 pg/ml (normal, less than 200 pg/ml). Within 3 months, his rash was gone, and IRG level was 75 pg/ml. The second patient developed a neoplastic gastrocolic fistula and was extremely emaciated. With DTIC, the fistula healed, and he gained weight and returned to work. His IRG level has decreased from 2,975 to 200 pg/ml. No side-effects were noted during chemotherapy. Temporary palliation of malignant glucagon-producing neoplasms can be achieved by cytoreductive surgery. When the life-threatening symptoms of this syndrome recur, DTIC chemotherapy seems indicated because of its safety and effectiveness.
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A phenotypically normal male was found to have a chromosomal complement of 45,X/46,XY/47,XY, +21. This mosaic pattern has been reported only twice before. Although the patient had apparently fathered two children, he now has progressive impotence, absence of sperm in the seminal fluid, atrophic testes, almost complete absence of germ cells in testicular biopsies, high plasma LH and FSH, and a low normal testosterone. There were no physical characteristics of Turner's or Down's syndromes except for dermatoglyphic features commonly associated with the latter. These observations in this patients emphasise the value of chromosomal studies in multiple tissues in cases of mosaicism with atypical clinical features.
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Robin AP, Ing TS, Lancaster GA, Soung LS, Sparagana M, Geis WP, Hano JE. Hyperglycemia-induced hyponatremia: a fresh look. Clin Chem 1979; 25:496-7. [PMID: 262202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Druyan ME, Sparagana M. The molecular structure of the free acid of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP). J Cyclic Nucleotide Res 1976; 2:373-7. [PMID: 187628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The structure of the free acid of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate has been determined from three dimensional x-ray diffraction data collected with a GE XRD-490 automated diffractiometer. The molecule crystallizes in the orthorhobic space group P212121 with a = 17.953(17), b = 7.530(7), and c = 12.755(12) and Z = 4. The structure was solved by direct methods. The 969 independent data were defined by full matrix least-squares to a final agreement factor, RF, of .050 for FO greater than sigma (FO). The compound exists as a switterion in the solid state. N(7) of the base is protonated. The structure of the free acid is similar to that of the sodium salt. Both have the syn conformation. The puckering of the sugar rings is also similar. Small differences exist in the bond angles of the cyclic phosphate and furanose rings.
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Sparagana M, Rubnitz ME, Brooks MH. Clinicopathologic conference: Hypothermia and lethargy. Postgrad Med 1975; 58:156-63. [PMID: 1161665 DOI: 10.1080/00325481.1975.11714177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A case of Klinefelter's syndrome and a simultaneous familial D/D translocation is described. The clinical, endocrine, and psychiatric features were typical of those found in Klinefelter's syndrome. Other family members showed no obvious abnormality despite presence of the D/D translocation.
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Sparagana M, Veatch R, Supan W, Kaplan E, Paloyan E. Preoperative localization of an insulinoma by external scanning with 131I-toluidine blue. J Nucl Med 1974; 15:1212-6. [PMID: 4372328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Sparagana M, Rubnitz ME, Chowdhry S, Pickleman JR, Gonzalez A, Littman A. Clinicopathologic conference: Hypercalcemia and severe pain in left hip. Postgrad Med 1974; 56:207-10, 212-3. [PMID: 4427857 DOI: 10.1080/00325481.1974.11713916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Sparagana M. Effect of arginine on the secretion of insulin and adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate in the pancreatic venous effluent of trained, nonanesthetized dog. Biochem Med 1974; 11:147-52. [PMID: 4376398 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2944(74)90107-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Sparagana M, Rubnitz ME, Zvetina J, Wood WS. Chronic productive cough and nodular lung densities in heavy smoker. Postgrad Med 1974; 56:153-6. [PMID: 4412444 DOI: 10.1080/00325481.1974.11713877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Sparagana M, Rubnitz ME, Ahmad N, Nemickas R, Sadiq R. A Clinicopathologic Conference from Veterans Administration Hospital Hines, Illinois: Nephritis-like symptoms progressing to congestive heart failure. Postgrad Med 1974; 56:185-9. [PMID: 4211769 DOI: 10.1080/00325481.1974.11713831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Sparagana M, Kucera L. Modification of the competitive protein-binding assay for corticosterone: serial measurements in the rat. Biochem Med 1974; 9:363-7. [PMID: 4832204 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2944(74)90071-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Sparagana M. Hypercalcemia, neck mass, and bone lesion. Postgrad Med 1972; 51:259-62. [PMID: 5018966 DOI: 10.1080/00325481.1972.11698184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Sparagana M. Rapid double-isotope dilution derivative assay of plasma testosterone. J Nucl Med 1971; 12:253-6. [PMID: 4931801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Sparagana M, Little A, Kaplan E. Rapid evaluation of thyroid nodules using 99mTc-pertechnetate scanning. J Nucl Med 1970; 11:224-5. [PMID: 5439112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Tentler RL, Barron KD, Sparagana M, Mayo CM, Fransioli M. Coma and hypothermia. Postgrad Med 1969; 46:183-7. [PMID: 5802717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Sparagana M, Phillips G, Kucera L. Serum thyroxine by competitive protein binding analysis: clinical, statistical and comparative evaluation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1969; 29:191-9. [PMID: 4884887 DOI: 10.1210/jcem-29-2-191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Sparagana M. Double isotope dilution derivative assay of plasma testosterone. J Nucl Med 1967; 8:341-2. [PMID: 5340317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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