Although the nature of the relationship between the thyroid gland and the gonads is undetermined (Spence 1953) it is well recognized that the incidence of clinical subthyroidism and myxoedema is far greater in women than men, and highest at or after themeno pause*. Green (1951), however, says that the demand of the body for thyroid hormone is greatest in women at puberty and during pregnancy an...

A 70-year-old man presented with complaints of difficult urination, perineal pain and lassitude. An enlarged, hard and nodular prostate was palpable on digital rectal examination. Needle biopsy of the prostate was performed, which revealed diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma by immunohistochemical studies. Right internal and external iliac nodes were swollen on computed tomographic scan...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Residual alcohol effects on physiological and psychological symptoms are commonly experienced the morning after alcohol consumption. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of L-ornithine on subjective feelings and salivary stress markers the morning after alcohol consumption and to investigate whether L-ornithine acutely accelerates ethanol metabolism. ME...

Congenital reovirus, type 2 infections were produced after intraperitoneal inoculations of brood mothers on the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 10th, and 15th day of gestation. The offspring presented with a varied syndrome. About a quarter of a total of over 200 mice showed symptoms within the first 14 days of life; namely, lassitude, retarded growth, and roughening of fur. Some died, apparently of respiratory...

Several authors have suggested that rheumatic diseases are prevalent in families of patient's with Reiter's disease (RD) (14). Moreover, RD has occasionally affected more than one member of a family (1, 2, 5-14). Preliminary results of a family study of relatives of patients with RD have disclosed evidence of a link between RD and psoriasis and also between RD and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) (1...

BACKGROUND Clinical assessment of depression is an important part of pre-surgical assessment among individuals with morbid obesity. However, there is no agreed-upon instrument to identify mood psychopathology in this population. We examined the reliability and criterion validity of the clinician-administered Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and the utility of a short version fo...

BACKGROUND Brain metastasis is a common disease with a poor prognosis. The purpose of this study is to test feasibility and safety of the animal models for brain metastases and to use dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) to enhance detection of brain metastases. METHODS With approval from the institutional animal ethics committee, 18 New Zealand rabbits were randomly...

BACKGROUND/AIM Comorbidity of the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression is often recognized in the clinical practice. The aim of the paper was to determine the severity of depression and the group of symptoms which are the most prominent in clinical depression comorbid with PTSD. METHODS Totally 60 patients were assessed and divided into the experimental and control group using ...

introduction: hcl is a rare malignant condition that is curable if diagnosed early. hcl can present with reduced blood cells and splenomegaly which maybe misdiagnosed with other conditions. the aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of early clinical and laboratory findings as well as the response rate of patients to the standard treatment regimen of cladribine. methods: the st...