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  • 1
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    Pancreatic beta-cell secretory defect associated with mitochondrial point mutation of the tRNALEU(UUR) gene: a study in seven families with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) (1994)
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    Diabetologia 37 (1994), S. 818-825 
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    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: C-peptide ; diabetes mellitus ; insulin secretion ; MELAS ; mitochondrial gene mutation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Recent evidence suggests possible linkage between diabetes mellitus and mitochondrial gene mutation. We surveyed mitochondrial tRNALEU(UUR) (3243) mutation in 7 mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episode (MELAS) families and identified 24 mutated subjects (7 MELAS probands and 17 non-MELAS relatives) as well as 11 non-mutant family members. An OGTT in the 24 mutant relatives revealed 14 diabetic subjects, 3 with impaired glucose tolerance and 7 with normal glucose tolerance and all non-mutant family members as having normal glucose tolerance. Insulinogenic index was significantly reduced in the mutant diabetic subjects and those with impaired and normal glucose tolerance in comparison with the normal control subjects and the non-mutant members. Urinary 24-h C-peptide immunoreactivity excretion was markedly reduced in the mutant diabetic subjects and those with normal and impaired glucose tolerance, compared with the control subjects and the non-mutant family members. Plasma C-peptide immunoreactivity 6 min after glucagon injection was markedly reduced in the mutant diabetic subjects and those with normal and impaired glucose tolerance compared with the control subjects and the non-mutant family members. Si, an index of insulin sensitivity of the four mutant subjects was within normal range. Islet cell antibodies were negative in sera of eight mutated diabetic subjects, 2 and 6 with impaired and normal glucose tolerance, respectively. Diabetic retinopathy and nephropathy were demonstrated in 7 (50%) and 12 (85.7%) of 14 mutant diabetic subjects, respectively. Neurosensory deafness was demonstrated in 12 (85.7%) of 14 mutated diabetic subjects, (66.7%) of 3 mutated impaired glucose tolerant subjects, but not detected in 6 mutated normal glucose tolerant subjects and 11 non-mutant family members. These findings suggest that the tRNALEU(UUR) mutation is associated with pancreatic beta-cell secretory defect of insulin.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00404339
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    Pancreatic beta-cell secretory defect associated with mitochondrial point mutation of the tRNA L E U ( U U R ) gene: a study in seven families with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) (1994)
    Springer
    Diabetologia 37 (1994), S. 818-825 
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    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Key words C-peptide, diabetes mellitus, insulin secretion, MELAS, mitochondrial gene mutation.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Recent evidence suggests possible linkage between diabetes mellitus and mitochondrial gene mutation. We surveyed mitochondrial tRNALEU(UUR) (3243) mutation in 7 mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episode (MELAS) families and identified 24 mutated subjects (7 MELAS probands and 17 non-MELAS relatives) as well as 11 non-mutant family members. An OGTT in the 24 mutant relatives revealed 14 diabetic subjects, 3 with impaired glucose tolerance and 7 with normal glucose tolerance and all non-mutant family members as having normal glucose tolerance. Insulinogenic index was significantly reduced in the mutant diabetic subjects and those with impaired and normal glucose tolerance in comparison with the normal control subjects and the non-mutant members. Urinary 24-h C-peptide immunoreactivity excretion was markedly reduced in the mutant diabetic subjects and those with normal and impaired glucose tolerance, compared with the control subjects and the non-mutant family members. Plasma C-peptide immunoreactivity 6 min after glucagon injection was markedly reduced in the mutant diabetic subjects and those with normal and impaired glucose tolerance compared with the control subjects and the non-mutant family members. Si, an index of insulin sensitivity of the four mutant subjects was within normal range. Islet cell antibodies were negative in sera of eight mutated diabetic subjects, 2 and 6 with impaired and normal glucose tolerance, respectively. Diabetic retinopathy and nephropathy were demonstrated in 7 (50 %) and 12 (85.7 %) of 14 mutant diabetic subjects, respectively. Neurosensory deafness was demonstrated in 12 (85.7 %) of 14 mutated diabetic subjects, (66.7 %) of 3 mutated impaired glucose tolerant subjects, but not detected in 6 mutated normal glucose tolerant subjects and 11 non-mutant family members. These findings suggest that the tRNALEU(UUR) mutation is associated with pancreatic beta-cell secretory defect of insulin. [Diabetologia (1994) 37: 818–825]
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00404339
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    Functional morphology and significance of the circulatory system of Ostracoda, exemplified by Vargula hilgendorfii (Myodocopida) (1995)
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    Marine biology 124 (1995), S. 51-58 
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    ISSN: 1432-1793
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Combined high-resolution video-recordings of live specimens, SEM and serial microtome sections were used to document the morphofunctional aspects of blood (hemolymph) circulation in Ostracoda, exemplified by the nektobenthic myodocopid Vargula hilgendorfii from Japan. The circulatory system is comprised of a single-chambered dorsal heart (pericardium, myocardium with two ostia), efferent vessels (aorta and secondary arteries) and an integumental afferent network of sinuses radiating from the adductor muscle area to a peripheral channel leading to heart. The heartbeat and the linear velocity of hemolymph in sinuses range from 0.5 to 6 times s-1 and 200 to 1000 μm s-1, respectively. Hemocytes (10 to 17 μm) of irregular shapes occur within the circulating hemolymph. This typical open circulatory system is found in most myodocope ostracodes and other crustaceans. It is totally absent in small (mostly 〈2 mm) ostracodes such as Podocopa. We conclude that the fluid convection of hemolymph augments the diffusion process of O2 in larger animals. Oxygen uptake is assumed to occur preferentially through the inner (posterior) surface of the carapace where hemolymph sinuses are best developed and in close contact with sea water. Hemocytes may be involved in coagulation processes as in other crustaceans (e.g. Decapoda). Integumental circulation, preserved as anastomosing features in fossil Ostracoda, is known from the early Palaeozoic through to the Recent.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00349146
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    Feeding in myodocopid ostracods: functional morphology and laboratory observations from videos (1998)
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    Marine biology 132 (1998), S. 391-408 
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    ISSN: 1432-1793
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract High-resolution videos, scanning electron microscopy and histology were used to study the feeding mechanism of myodocopid ostracods from the Pacific Coast of Japan, as exemplified by Vargula hilgendorfii (Müller, 1890) and a few other cypridinid species. Ostracods observed in the laboratory were attracted to a wide spectrum of natural food sources, behaving as predators of living prey (e.g. polychaete annelids), as opportunistic scavengers on dead animals (e.g. annelids, fishes, squid), and also consuming artificial food. Food sources may be detected by chemoreception. The fourth limb (endopodites with strong sclerotized setae) and the furcal lamellae (claws with teeth) act in coordination to abrade and eventually tear open the protective integument of living/dead prey such as annelids. The mandibular palps are used mainly to hold the food. Food sections and soft-body contents are transferred to the mouth by the fourth limb (endopodial “rake”) and fifth limb (exopodite with pectinate setae) and are passed to the oesophagus by the endites (mandibles, fourth and fifth limbs). Food is subsequently pumped up to the stomach by peristaltic contractions of the oesophagus (ring muscles) and stored in the stomach pouch. The upper lip of bioluminescent (V. hilgendorfii) and non-bioluminescent species of Cypridinidae often contact food, suggesting that some of the glands housed in this organ may emit digestive enzymes prior to ingestion. Ostracods are able to ingest massive quantities of food within a few minutes and to survive starvation for several weeks. In V. hilgendorfii, the midgut is a huge sac-like organ with no partition and is lined with a single layer of columnar epithelial cells. No differentiated hepatopancreas is present. The cypridinid produces a single faecal pellet wrapped in a thin reticulated, peritrophic membrane. Myodocopid ostracods exhibit a wide range of feeding strategies (detritus-feeding, comb-feeding, scavenging, predation, ectoparasitism) in both benthic and pelagic niches, and constitute a substantial source of food for many zooplankters. Adaptation of cypridinids to scavenging/predation is reflected in the morphology of their furcae, mandibles, fourth and fifth limbs, and their digestive system. Palaeontological data suggest that early Triassic cypridinids and possible late Ordovician myodocopids may have been carnivorous scavengers feeding on carcasses of cephalopods (ammonoids or orthoconic nautiloids), thus playing the same role of “recyclers” as modern representatives of the group.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002270050406
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    Erythrocytosis in pseudohypoparathyroidism type I (1994)
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    Journal of molecular medicine 72 (1994), S. 341-342 
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    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Erythrocytosis ; Pseudohypoparathyroidism ; Erythropoietin
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00252824
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    The time course of renal function and bone turnover in parathyroid crisis due to intratumoral hemorrhage (1994)
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    Journal of molecular medicine 72 (1994), S. 448-450 
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    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Parathyroid ; Crisis ; Kidney ; Bone ; Turnover
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Parathyroid crisis occurring in primary hyperparathyroidism is characteized by extremely high circulating levels of parathyroid hormone and acute onset of severe hypercalcemia. We describe a 62-year-old woman with parathyroid crisis probably due to an intraturnoral hemorrhage. Renal dysfunction reduced the effectiveness of preoperative management and continued to deteriorate for 5 days after parathyroidectomy. The normalization of serum calcium after parathyroidectomy delayed and it took 6 days. Maintenance of renal function is important for pre- and postoperative courses of the present case. The rapid decrease in serum parathyroid hormone after parathyroidectomy was followed by a rapid and transient (about fivefold) increase in serum alkaline phosphatase with peak value on the 10th postoperative day. This indicated that reversal phase from bone resorption (accelerated by parathyroid hormone) to bone formation lasted about 10 days under the conditions of the present case.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00180519
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    Pseudomyxoma retroperitonei (1999)
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    European radiology 9 (1999), S. 457-459 
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    ISSN: 1432-1084
    Keywords: Key words: Retroperitoneal neoplasms ; Retroperitoneal space ; Computed tomography ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Ultrasonography
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract. We report a rare case of pseudomyxoma retroperitonei in a 58-year-old woman with a past history of severe appendicitis. The imaging showed a multicystic mass similar to pseudomyxoma peritonei, but the tumor was located in the retroperitoneal space.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003300050692
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    Phenytoin elimination kinetics in two children with drug intoxication (1980)
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    European journal of pediatrics 135 (1980), S. 69-71 
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    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: Phenytoin toxicity ; Michaelis-Menten kinetics
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Two girls aged 6 and 10 years treated with anticonvulsants developed nystagmus and ataxia. The peak plasma concentrations of phenytoin were 42.6 and 46.6 μg/ml, respectively, compatible with phenytoin toxicity. The decline in plasma phenytoin levels did not fit first order kinetics, but followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00445896
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    Prolactin response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone in children with Turner's syndrome and hyperthyroidism (1982)
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    European journal of pediatrics 138 (1982), S. 176-178 
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    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Keywords: TRH ; Prolactin ; Hyperthyroidism ; Turner syndrome
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Plasma prolactin (PRL) response to synthetic thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) was studied in 26 prepubertal and 19 pubertal children with constitutional short stature, 7 patients with Turner's syndrome and 10 patients with hyperthyroidism. The mean basal concentrations of plasma PRL did not differ among groups. In prepubertal children PRL responses to TRH were comparable in both sexes, while pubertal children plasma PRL levels after TRH in females were significantly higher (P〈0.05) than those in age-matched males. Plasma PRL levels after TRH in patients with Turner's syndrome were significantly higher (P〈0.05) than those in age-matched males, but were not significantly different from those in age-matched females. Plasma PRL response to TRH was markedly suppressed in patients with hyperthyroidism before treatment, but it returned to normal after treatment when patients became euthyroid. A significant correlation (P〈0.05) between peak concentrations of plasma PRL after TRH stimulation and plasma T3 but not T4 levels was observed. These data suggest that a sex difference in TRH-stimulated PRL secretion appears around puberty and that plasma PRL response to TRH is suppressed in children with hyperthyroidism. The magnitude of plasma PRL response to TRH is closely correlated with the severity of hyperthyroidism when judged by plasma T3 but not T4 concentrations.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00441149
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    Muscle cramps and elevated serum creatine phosphokinase levels induced by β-adrenoceptor blockers (1995)
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 48 (1995), S. 29-34 
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    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: β-Adrenoceptor blocker ; intrinsic sympathomimetic action ; muscle cramps ; CPK ; CPK-MB ; propanolol ; carteolol ; metoprolol ; arotinolol
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract We have assessed the propensity of β-adrenoceptor blockers to cause muscle cramps and to raise the serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) level in 78 patients with essential hypertension. After a control period, a β-adrenoceptor blocker without intrinsic sympathomimetic activity (ISA; propranolol, metoprolol or arotinolol) was administered for three months. Thereafter, the patients were randomised to receive a β-adrenoceptor blocker with ISA (pindolol or carteolol) for three months or a β-adrenoceptor blocker without ISA for a further three months. This pattern was continued until all β-adrenoceptor blockers had been given. At the end of each period, CPK and CPK-MB levels were measured. Of the 78 subjects, muscle cramps occurred in 27 during treatment with pindolol and 32 during treatment with carteolol. No complaints were made by subjects treated with propranolol and arotinolol, but muscle cramps were reported in 2 treated with metoprolol. While muscle cramps were caused both by pindolol and carteolol in 16 subjects, they were caused by either of these drugs in the remainder of the subjects. Muscle cramp occurred mainly in the calves when the patients were in bed at night. Serum CPK and CPK-MB levels increased significantly during treatment with pindolol (control period vs pindolol, CPK=96 vs 133 IU · ml−1, CPK-MB=14 vs 18 IU · ml−1) or carteolol (CPK=117 IU · ml−1, CPK-MB=18 IU · ml−1) while the levels during treatment with propranolol, arotinolol and metoprolol did not change from those in the control period. The change in serum CPK during treatment with carteolol or pindolol was significantly correlated with the control serum CPK level. No correlation was observed between muscle cramps and serum CPK level. There were individual differences in the severity of muscle cramps, with some subjects complaining frequently of severe muscle cramps. Because muscle cramps are frequently experienced at night, they disturb sleep and lower the quality of life in patients. This problem should be considered during treatment with β-adrenoceptor blockers with ISA.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00202168
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