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  • 1
    ISSN: 1365-2133
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Gamma-linolenic acid in the form of a particular variety of evening primrose oil (Epogam) has been reported of value in the treatment of atopic eczema. Nine controlled trials of evening primrose oil were performed in eight centres. Four of the trials were parallel and five cross-over. Doctors and patients assessed the severity of eczema by scoring measures of inflammation, dryness, scaliness, pruritus and overall skin involvement. Individual symptom scores were combined to give a single global score at each assessment point. In the analysis of the parallel studies, both patient and doctor scores showed a highly significant improvement over baseline (P 〈 0.0001) due to Epogam: for both scores the effect of Epogam was significantly better than placebo. Similar results were obtained on analysis of the cross-over trials, but in this case the difference between Epogam and placebo in the doctors’global score, although in favour of Epogam, failed to reach significance. The effects on itch were particularly striking. There was no placebo response to this symptom, whereas there was a substantial and highly significant response to Epogam (P 〈 0.0001). When the improvements, or otherwise, in clinical condition were related to changes in plasma levels of dihomogammalinolenic and arachidonic acids, it was found that there was a positive correlation between an improvement in clinical score and a rise in the fatty acid levels.
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  • 2
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    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    FEBS Letters 9 (1970), S. 11-14 
    ISSN: 0014-5793
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Diarrhoea ; Colostrum-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ; Human immunodeficiency virus ; Cryptosporidiosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Diarrhoea and weight loss are found in more than 50% of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In some patients the symptoms can be very severe, leading to death even in the absence of opportunistic infections. In 30% of these patients, enteric pathogens cannot be identified, and approximately only half of the identifiable aetiologic agents of diarrhoea in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were treatable with antibiotics. Immunoglobulins from bovine colostrum (Lactobin, Biotest, Dreieich, FRG) contain high titers of antibodies against a wide range of bacterial, viral and protozoal pathogens as well as against various bacterial toxins. Lactobin (LIG) is quite resistant to 24-h incubation with gastric juice. In a multi-center pilot study 37 immunodeficiency patients with chronic diarrhoea [29 HIV-infected patients, 2 patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), one unidentified immunodeficiency, five patients with graft versus host disease (GvHD) following bone marrow transplantation] were treated with oral LIG (10 g/day for 10 days). Good therapeutic effects were observed. Out of 31 treatment periods in 29 HIV-infected patients 21 gave good results leading to transient (10 days) or long-lasting (more than 4 weeks) normalisation of the stool frequency. The mean daily stool frequency decreased from 7.4 to 2.2 at the end of the treatment. Eight HIV-infected patients showed no response. The diarrhoea recurred in 12 patients within 4 weeks (32.4%), while 19 patients were free of diarrhoea for at least 4 weeks (51.3%). In 5 patients intestinal cryptosporidiosis disappeared following oral LIG treatment. LIG treatment was also beneficial in 4 out of 5 GvHD patients. No serious side effects were recorded in any of the treated patients.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: AIDS ; Diarrhea ; Bovine colostrum ; Cryptosporidiosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary In a prospective, open, uncontrolled study 25 patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus with chronic refractory diarrhea and either confirmed cryptosporidiosis (n=7) or absence of demonstrable pathogenic organisms (n =18) were treated with a daily oral dose of 10 g of an immunoglobulin preparation from bovine colostrum over a period of 10 days. Among the 7 patients with cryptosporidiosis, this treatment led to complete remission in 3 and partial remission in 2. Among the 18 patients with diarrhea and negative stool culture, complete remission of diarrhea was obtained in 7 and partial remission in 4. In the remaining 2 patients with cryptosporidiosis and the 7 patients with diarrhea but no demonstrable pathogens treatment produced no significant improvement of the diarrhea. Subsequent doubling of the Lactobin dose (2 × 10 g daily) in 8 of the nonresponders led to complete remission in one case and at least partial remission in a further 4 patients. Treatment of refractory diarrhea with 10 g immunoglobulins from bovine colostrum per day constitutes an important therapeutic approach and led to complete (40%) or partial (24%) remission of diarrhea in 64% of the patients described here.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: AIDS ; LAS ; CVLP ; T-lymphocytes ; Neopterin concentration
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Coronavirus-like particles were identified by electronmicroscopy in the feces of homosexual men. The particles banded at a density of 1.21 g/ml after cesium chloride density gradient centrifugation. To determine whether the presence of this virus might be related to clinical symptoms, several patient groups were studied prospectively. In 8 of 16 (50%) homosexual males with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or unexplained lymphadenopathy syndrome (LAS), coronavirus particles were found. In contrast, such particles were found in none of 18 heterosexual controls and in only 3 of 20 homosexual males without AIDS or LAS. Thus, coronavirus excretion correlated significantly (2α〈0.01) with the clinical diagnosis of AIDS or with syndromes belonging to the AIDS-related complex. In addition, such particles identified in the serum of one patient with LAS and diarrhea suggest invasion and systemic spread of the agent and underline that this virus behaves differently from “common cold” human coronaviruses.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-069X
    Keywords: Pharmacology model (contact dermatitis) ; Anti-inflammatory substances ; Leukotriene antagonists
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 7
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    Der Hautarzt 50 (1999), S. 141-142 
    ISSN: 1432-1173
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: Cellular immunodeficiency ; Graft-versus-host reaction ; Blood transfusion ; HLA-typing
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract A patient with an inborn cellular immunodeficiency syndrome developed a graft-versus-host reaction after a transfusion with packed red cells. This diagnosis was confirmed by skin biopsy and finally proved by tissue typing.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Constitutional connective tissue disorder ; fibroblast cultures ; collagen biosynthesis ; Konstitutionelle Bindegewebserkrankung ; Fibroblastenkulturen ; Kollagenbiosynthese
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Es wird über eine konstitutionelle Bindegewebserkrankung bei dem 10 Jahre alten Sohn blutsverwandter Eltern berichtet. Das klinische und röntgenologische Befundmuster unterscheidet sich von bisher bekannten Syndromen, insbesondere der Osteogenesis imperfecta und dem Marfan-Syndrom, mit denen gewisse Ähnlichkeiten bestehen. In Fibroblastenkulturen aus Hautbiopsien wurde die Kollagenbiosynthese untersucht. Dabei zeigte sich, daß die Fibroblasten unterschiedliche Typen von α1-Ketten synthetisieren, während α2-Ketten weder im Kulturmedium noch in Zellextrakten nachgewiesen werden konnten. Es wird vermutet, daß die Störung der Kollagenbiosynthese mit den klinischen und röntgenologischen Befunden der Erkrankung in Verbindung steht.
    Notes: Summary An apparently “new” connective tissue disorder is described in the 10 year old son of consanguineous parents. The patient showed clinical and radiographic abnormalities reminiscent of both osteogenesis imperfecta and Marfan syndrome. Collagen biosynthesis was analysed in fibroblast cultures from skin biopsies. Fibroblasts of the patient synthesized different types ofα1 chains. No α2 chains could be detected in cell extracts or in culture media suggesting a defect in the synthesis of these compounds. The peculiar pattern of clinical abnormalities may be causally related to the apparent defect in collagen synthesis.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1439-0973
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung In einer offenen Phase-III-Studie wurden 103 HIV-positive Patienten mit oraler Candidiasis mit Fluconazol, 100 mg/Tag p. o. über 7–21 Tage (Mittel 12,2±6,1 Tage) behandelt. Bei 90% der Patienten lag das klinische Vollbild von Aids vor, bei 83% lagen die CD4-Lymphozyten unter 100 pro mm3. Klinische und mykologische Untersuchungen (Abstrich und Mundspülung) wurden vor Beginn der Therapie sowie nach 1, 2 und 3 Wochen durchgeführt. Klinisch ließ sich mit Fluconazol bei 71% der Patienten ein Therapieerfolg erzielen, zu einer Besserung kam es bei 16% der Patienten. Die Rate der Therapieversager betrug 13%. In 57% der Fälle kam es zu einer Elimination und bei 23% zu einer patiellen Elimination der Pilze. Nach mykologischen Kriterien lag in 20% der Fälle ein Therapieversagen vor. Nebenwirkungen traten bei 26% der Patienten auf, wobei der kausale Zusammenhang mit der Studienmedikation in 20 Fällen als unwahrscheinlich, in 17 Fällen als fraglich und in drei Fällen als wahrscheinlich beurteilt wurde. Bei sieben Patienten wurde die Fluconazol-Behandlung vorzeitig beendet, bei drei Patienten aufgrund von Nebenwirkungen von Fluconazol. Insgesamt stellt Fluconazol auch bei Patienten mit HIV-Infektion im fortgeschrittenen Stadium und entsprechend schwerer Abwehrschwäche eine wesentliche Bereicherung des therapeutischen Spektrums dar.
    Notes: Summary In an open phase-III study 103 HIV-positive patients with oral candidiasis were treated with oral fluconazole 100 mg/day for 7–21 days (mean 12.2 ± 6.1 days). Ninety per cent of the patients presented with the full clinical picture of AIDS, in 83% CD4-lymphocytes were 〈100/mm3. Clinical and mycological (smear and mouth rinsing) examinations were performed at the start of therapy, after weeks 1, 2, and 3, and at the end of therapy. The clinical findings showed fluconazole therapy to have achieved cure in 71% of the patients and improvement in 16%. Therapy failed in 13%. Mycological tests revealed elimination in 57% and reduction in colony counts in 23% of patients. Therapy failure according to mycological criteria was observed in 20% of all subjects. Adverse events were recorded for 26% of all patients. A causal connection with study therapy was considered as “unlikely” in 20 cases, “questionable” in 17 cases, and “likely” in three cases. Premature discontinuation of fluconazole therapy was required in seven patients, in three of them because of adverse events due to fluconazole. Even in patients with advanced HIV infection and consequently severe immunodeficiency, fluconazole is an important improvement of the therapeutic spectrum.
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