To the Editor: Notable for mimicry of other arthritides ( I ) , pseudogout (PsG) may resemble rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the hands and wrists, sharing features such as narrowed radiocarpal and metacarpophalangeal joints (2), synovial swelling at the wrists (3-5), interosseous atrophy (6 ) , and ulnar deviation (6 ) . Tenosynovial swelling at the wrist, however, was not observed in one reporte...

background and aim: it is well - known that sex hormones regulate bone metabolism. sex steroids increase osteoblasts activities and affect growth, remodeling and bone homeostasis. the aim of this study was to examine the effects of sex hormones deficiency on craniofacial growth in rats. methods & materials: fifty, thirty–day–old wistar rats comprised the sample in this experimental study. 25 ma...

microbial steroid biotransformation have found wide-reaching application for the production of more precious and functionalized compounds due to their high regio-and stereoselectivity. in this study, the possibility of using filamentous fungi aspergillus brasiliensis cells in the biotransformation of progesterone (i), a c-21 steroid hormone was studied for the first time.the fungal strain was i...

Their treatment results with megadose methylprednisolone (MDMP) support fairly closely our complete remission results, though theirs was a retrospective evaluation. In our prospective, comparative study, antiplatelet antibodies were also determined3. Their 80% complete remission rate (mistakenly written as 66% in the text) with MDMP administration was much better than other therapeutic approach...

Interest in mismatched transplantation arises from the fact that a suitable one-haplotype mismatched donor is immediately available for virtually all patients, particularly for those who urgently need an allogenic transplant. Work on one haplotype-mismatched transplants has been proceeding for over 20 years all over the world and novel transplant techniques have been developed. Some centres hav...

patients and methods medical records of patients were analyzed retrospectively. results of the six patients, 83.3% (n = 5) were male and 16.7% (n = 1) were female, with a mean age of 2.1 ± 0.49 years. the most common clinical signs were dyspnea (83.3%), fever (66.6%), and vomiting (66.6%). owing to supportive treatments and the combined steroid treatment, respiratory distress diminished and the...

Microbial steroid biotransformation have found wide-reaching application for the production of more precious and functionalized compounds due to their high regio-and stereoselectivity. In this study, the possibility of using filamentous fungi Aspergillus brasiliensis cells in the biotransformation of progesterone (I), a C-21 steroid hormone was studied for the first time.The fungal strain was i...

Introduction: Sandfish (Holothuria scabra) is a marine species generally sold as a raw material that has been dried even though the meat contains steroid hormone with high economic value, which has the potential to become a source of safe natural steroid hormone. This study was aimed to look at the potency of sandfish as an anti-aging for menopausal women. Sandfish could become a source of natu...