In this and the previous volume on lipids, Vol. XXXIV, Lowenstein has assembled two of the stronger recent volumes in this series. The first volume dealt with the enzymes of lipid synthesis and degradation, general analytical methods, and the preparation of substrates. This new volume is divided into the same sections, although the bulk of the book is concerned with enzymes. I think this is the...

A 49-year-old man with a long-standing history of alcohol abuse was admitted to the Nephrology Department because acute kidney injury. Previous medical unremarkable. Physical examination revealed severe dehydration and large (15 × 25 cm) verrucous mass (Figure 1A ) an associated ulceration localized in anal region. Small lesions were also on lower abdomen scrotum 1B). Testing for human immunode...

Buschke-Lowenstein tumor is a relatively rare sexually transmitted disease. It is a neoplasm of the anogenital region which has benign appearance on histopathology but is locally destructive. It carries a high recurrence rate and a significant potential for malignant transformation. Human papilloma virus has been implicated as an etiologic agent for this tumor. Since this disease is rare and no...

stimulates glutamine release at the expense of tissue glutamate while decreasing or having little effect on alanine release (Ruderman & Lund, 1972; Chang & Goldberg, 1978). In the perfused rat hindlimb total glutamine production by resting muscle is over 4-fold greater than ammonia production, but the addition of methionine sulphoximine (a glutamine synthetase inhibitor) reverses this pattern (...

Experimental data of Levaditi, Hariver, Nicolau, Doer, Vchting, Lowenstein et al. testify according to Rosenthal that 1) virus this disease belongs the category filtering; 2) by inoculation cerebral substance affected human brain (worse - cerebrospinal fluid) under dura mater animal best all rabbit it is possible, though not always, cause corresponding disease; 3) in many its properties encepha...