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| Bedside clinics in medicine S Varma May 2008, 127(5):509-509 Full text not available [PDF] |
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| Disease associations of mannose-binding lectin & potential of replacement therapy K Gupta, RK Gupta, K Hajela May 2008, 127(5):431-440 PMID:18653905Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is an important component of the immune defence able to bind to repeating mannose based structural patterns typical of microbial surface (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites) leading to opsonization and phagocytosis, and activation of the complement pathway resulting in lysis of the pathogen. MBL thus plays a very important role in the first line of host immune response. MBL deficiency has been implicated in susceptibility and modulating the severity in viral, bacterial, fungal, and protozoan infections. High MBL levels, on the contrary might be helpful to intracellular organisms, which take the advantage of C3 opsonization and C3 receptor on monocytes/macrophages to enter their host. MBL replacement therapy to help patients with MBL deficiency has undergone phase I clinical trials. Phase II and III trials and production of recombinant MBL for replacement therapy are currently underway. |
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| Tetany in kala azar patients treated with paromomycin CP Thakur May 2008, 127(5):489-493 PMID:18653914Paromomycin, an aminoglycoside, is known to cause several side effects like nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity like other aminoglycosides but tetany has not been reported. Three cases of tetany were detected in the patients of kala-azar treated with paromomycin. They were promptly treated with intravenous 10 per cent calcium gluconate and tetany was relieved immediately and treatment with paromomycin continued with oral calcium supplement. After completion of 21 days treatment with paromomycin patients' splenic aspirates were free of parasites. Paromomycin may cause temporary tubular damage leading to calcium wasting in urine and hypocalcaemia resulting in tetany. Prompt detection of symptoms and intravenous calcium gluconate treatment promptly reverse the situation. |
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| Pharmacodynamics & toxicological profile of PartySmart, a herbal preparation for alcohol hangover in Wistar rats MV Venkataranganna, S Gopumadhavan, R Sundaram, G Peer, SK Mitra May 2008, 127(5):460-466 PMID:18653909 |
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| Trend of antibiotic resistance of Vibrio cholerae strains from East Delhi S Das, R Saha, Iqbal R Kaur May 2008, 127(5):478-482 PMID:18653912 |
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| Estimation of faecal carriage of Clostridium difficile in patients with ulcerative colitis using real time polymerase chain reaction R Balamurugan, V Balaji, Balakrishnan S Ramakrishna May 2008, 127(5):472-477 PMID:18653911 |
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| Total body muscle mass estimation from bioelectrical impedance analysis & simple anthropometric measurements in Indian men R Kuriyan, T Thomas, AV Kurpad May 2008, 127(5):441-446 PMID:18653906 |
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| Comorbidities among HIV-infected injection drug users in Chennai, India SS Solomon, CS Hawcroft, P Narasimhan, R Subbaraman, AK Srikrishnan, AJ Cecelia, M Suresh Kumar, S Solomon, JE Gallant, DD Celentano May 2008, 127(5):447-452 PMID:18653907 |
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| In vitro effect of four herbal plants on the motility of Brugia malayi microfilariae KN Sahare, V Anandharaman, VG Meshram, SU Meshram, D Gajalakshmi, K Goswami, MV Reddy May 2008, 127(5):467-471 PMID:18653910 |
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| Hepatitis B in India : Systematic review & report of the 'IMA sub-committee on immunization' Jacob M Puliyel, P Rastogi, Joseph L Mathew May 2008, 127(5):494-497 PMID:18653915 |
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| Co-morbidities among injecting drug users with HIV in India--challenges in clinical management K Sarkar, S Chakrabarti May 2008, 127(5):428-430 PMID:18653904 |
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| Bioimpedance and the estimation of human skeletal muscle mass PS Shetty May 2008, 127(5):426-427 PMID:18653903 |
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| Evaluation of conventional & serological methods for rapid diagnosis of cryptococcosis DC Saha, I Xess, N Jain May 2008, 127(5):483-488 PMID:18653913 |
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| Who benefits from WHO recommendations on vaccines? JL Mathew May 2008, 127(5):504-505 PMID:18653918 |
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| Global age-friendly cities: A guide Damodar Suar May 2008, 127(5):507-508 Full text not available [PDF] |
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| N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 as a downregulated target gene of PTEN in the controlling of tumourigenesis in endometrioid carcinoma S Li, J Chen, Z Yang, G Lu, H Tang, H Hu May 2008, 127(5):453-459 PMID:18653908 |
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| Authors' response Ajit Avasthi, SC Varma, P Kulhara, R Nehra, S Grover, S Sharma May 2008, 127(5):506-506 Full text not available [PDF] |
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| The nexus & the ills afflicting the vaccination practices Vipin M Vashishtha May 2008, 127(5):502-503 PMID:18653917 |
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| The encouraging 'COURAGE' S Singh, VK Bahl May 2008, 127(5):423-425 PMID:18653902 |
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| PRIME-MD health questionnaire for diagnosis of common mental disorders R Jacob May 2008, 127(5):506-506 PMID:18653920 |
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| Vaccination policy for benefit and profit, public & private T Jacob John May 2008, 127(5):498-501 PMID:18653916 |
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| Some forthcoming scientific events
May 2008, 127(5):510-510 Full text not available [PDF] |
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| Announcement
May 2008, 127(5):510-510 Full text not available [PDF] |
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