PURPOSE In patients with short-term exposure to the sulfur mustard gas, the delayed cellular effects on lungs have not been well understood yet. The lung pathology shows a dominant feature consistent with obliterative bronchiolitis, in which fibroblasts play a central role. This study aims to characterize alterations to lung fibroblasts, at the cellular level, in patients with delayed respirato...

E. coli B and Staphylococcus muscae rendered non-viable by aqueous solutions of mustard gas at pH 7.5 to 8 can still produce phage.

In the title compound, [CoCl(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2)S)(2)](n), the Co(II) atom is located on an inversion centre and is six-coordinated by four N atoms of four symmetry-related di-4-pyridyl sulfide ligands, and two Cl atoms in trans positions, in a distorted octa-hedral geometry. The bridging bidentate di-4-pyridyl sulfide ligands link the Co(II) centres into a three-dimensional network. The four coor...

Weyl semimetals are of great interest because they provide the first realization of the Weyl fermion, exhibit exotic quantum anomalies, and host Fermi arc surface states. The separation between Weyl nodes of opposite chirality gives a measure of the robustness of the Weyl semimetal state. To exploit the novel phenomena that arise from Weyl fermions in applications, it is crucially important to ...

This report describes a case of burn injury following exposure to sulfur mustard, a chemical agent used in war. A review of the diagnostic characteristics, clinical manifestations, and therapeutic measures used to treat this uncommon, yet extremely toxic, entity is presented. The aim of this report is to highlight the importance of considering this diagnosis in any war victim, especially during...

Unambiguous and sensitive methods based on gas chromatography-chemical ionization mass spectrometry have been developed to quantitate Cyclophosphamide and two alkylating and cytotoxic metabolites, phosphoramide mustard and nornitrogen mustard. The levels of these materials have been determined in the plasma and urine of five patients receiving Cyclophosphamide, 60 or 75 mg/kg i.v. Peak plasma l...

objective(s) considering fair response to inhaled corticosteroids and reports of severe air way hyper responsiveness in chemical warfare victims (cwv), a role for eosinophilic inflammation (i.e. asthma) was postulated. the objective of this study was to determine the presence of eosinophilic inflammation in cwv by evaluation of sputum cellularity and eosinophil cationic protein (ecp). materials...

purpose: to report the clinical findings and compare the outcomes of different surgical techniques evolved over time in a large series of patients with delayed-onset mustard gas keratitis (mgk). methods: this interventional retrospective case series includes patients with complications of delayed mgk. medical and surgical interventions to address dry eye, limbal ischemia and limbal stem cell de...

exposure to high dosages of sulfur mustard (sm) can cause bone marrow depression, immune system suppression, impairment of the immune functions, and eventually results in diseases due to secondary immune disorders. in this article, we have studied the effects of this poison on iranian veterans by analysis of related published studies. in a systematic search, the effects of sm gas on iranian vic...

background: sulfur mustard (sm) is an alkylating agent that has been used as a chemical warfare gas during world war ii and by iraqi army in the iran-iraq conflict between 1983 and 1988. sm can cause serious organ damages especially ocular, neurologic, coetaneous, bone marrow and pulmonary complications. on the other hand dexmedetomidine is a α2 agonist with sedative and analgesic effect with a...