Changes in the serum creatine kinase (CK) level according to the disease course were regressed to an exponential function Y = A e-ex in each case of 28 Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) through a long-term follow-up study. The regression to this formula implies that DMD muscle would decay by the leaking of a certain amount of CK into the circulation in proportion to the existing muscle. The dim...

The Ca-ATPase activity of plasma membranes from human trophoblast is diminished in about 50% in preeclamptic women, as compared to normotensive pregnant women. This diminution is not due to changes in the behavior of the enzyme towards the free calcium concentration, the pH or the temperature of the incubation medium. Neither does it appear to be due to the presence of some condensing factor in...

POCUS, ou point of care ultrasound, signifie échographie au lit du patient, cet outil est donc utilisé par un médecin non radiologue. Le pédiatre qui fait face à une question clinique utilise l’échographie diagnostique pour y répondre de manière binaire oui afin d’affiner sa prise en charge et ceci étant le plus rapide (diminution la durée séjour des patients) sécure possible (l’ultrason irradi...

1. Subcutaneous injections of benzol in rabbits produce marked destructive changes in the hematopoietic organs, especially in the myeloid tissue. 2. Benzol poisoning registers a change not only in the formed elements of the blood, but also in the factors of coagulation. 3. The circulating prothrombin is considerably reduced in amount and in most instances animals in which such a diminution occu...