Alterations in thyroid function tests are very common in patients with NTI. Multiple, complex, and incompletely understood mechanisms are involved in these abnormalities. Knowledge of these abnormalities is necessary to avoid errors in the diagnosis of thyroid disease. Measurement of serum TSH, free T4, and free T3 levels by direct equilibrium dialysis/RIA methods probably yield most useful (ac...

A mino acids (AAs) 3 are organic compounds that contain amino and acid groups (1). Based on the configuration of glyceraldehyde (Lor D-isomers as introduced by Emil Fischer in 1908), AAs (except for Gly, taurine, b-alanine, and g-aminobutyrate, which have no asymmetric carbon) exist as either Lor D-AAs. L-AAs are much more abundant than D-AAs in nature and are the physiologic isomers in animal ...

Abstract The term “military” within the Nigerian context tends to be a misnomer for Army, with Navy and Air Force often at scholarship margins. This article presents corrective: it shifts emphasis from Army historical discourse on politics its impact military in Nigeria. paper instead examines Cold War political origins of ( NAF ) as an under-researched service branch military. In 1962, after t...

PURPOSE A progressive decrease in androgen production is common in males after middle age. The resulting clinical picture has been erroneously named male menopause or andropause. A more appropriate designation is androgen decline in the aging male (ADAM). The syndrome is characterized by alterations in the physical and intellectual domains that correlate with and can be corrected by manipulatio...