Clinical and Metabolic Studies in Thyroid Disease-I E. J. WAYNE, M.D., F.R.C.P. ...........1........ Reversal of Antibiotic Resistance in Hospital Staphylococcal Infection MARY BARBER, M.D., A. A. C. DUTTON, B.M., B.Ch., M. A. BEARD, B.SC., P. C. ELMES, M.D., M.R.C.P., and RoGER WILLIAMS, M.B., M.R.C.P.. 11 Open Lung Biopsy for Diffuse Pulmonary Lesions L. J. GRANT, M.B., M.R.C.P., and S. A. TR...

Aims: The study was carried out to determine whether there is any possible association between ABH secretor status, ABO blood group and diabetes mellitus. Study design: Prospective study: Experimental and Structured Questionnaires Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in endocrinology clinic of University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria, bet...

BACKGROUND The pulmonary phenotype in cystic fibrosis (CF) is variable; thus, environmental and genetic factors likely contribute to clinical heterogeneity. We hypothesized that genetically determined ABO histo-blood group antigen (ABH) differences in glycosylation may lead to differences in microbial binding by airway mucus, and thus predispose to early lung infection and more severe lung dise...