Morphine inhibits the expression of antigenic markers for T-helper cells and also the respiratory burst of these cells.[6] This drug suppresses antibody production in response to the T cell-dependent antigens.[6] It also leads to elevated plasma levels of corticotropinreleasing hormone (CRH), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and glucocorticoids.[6] Therefore, through suppression of the immune...

The rise in hepatic DNA synthesis in response to partial hepatectomy was accelerated in rats subjected to surgery 4.5 to 8 hr or 3 days before hepatectomy. Bovine growth hor mone, in doses from 0.03 to 2.0 mg, also accelerated the response to hepatectomy, but cortisone, hydrocortisone, and adrenocorticotropic hormone were ineffective. Neither surgery nor growth hormone stimulated DNA synthesis ...

Objective: To determine neurodevelopmental and seizure prognoses in our patients with West syndrome receiving adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) therapy, to identify the factors affecting these. Materials methods: We determined demographic factors, previous histories, ACTH use response times, etiological of 34 diagnosed clinic at 3-24 months therapy. also investigated their neurological develop...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although resection of a tumor by trans-sphenoidal surgery is considered the criterion standard for successful surgical treatment of functional pituitary microadenoma, MR imaging occasionally fails to visualize and identify the tumor and supplementary imaging modalities are necessary. We tested the possibility of dynamic contrast-enhanced multisection CT of the pituitary g...