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Carbon monoxide (CO) is neuroprotective in various models of brain injury, but the precise mechanisms for this are yet to be established. In the present study, using a rat model of recurrent febrile seizures (FSs), we found an increase in plasma CO, evidence of neuronal damage and apoptosis, an
Here, we report a case of a 15-year-old girl who presented to the emergency department with symptoms of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and seizures. She was diagnosed with acute intermittent porphyria. Treatment was started by removing all porphogenic drugs, providing high glucose intake (oral and
Endogenous CO, a product of heme oxygenase activity, has vasodilator and cytoprotective effects in the cerebral circulation of newborn pigs. CO-releasing molecule (CORM)-A1 (sodium boranocarbonate) is a novel, water-soluble, CO-releasing compound. We addressed the hypotheses that CORM-A1 1) can
1. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the interaction between hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) and carbon monoxide (CO) during recurrent febrile seizures (FS) 2.H(2)S and CO are important intra- and intercellular messengers, regulating various brain functions. Our recent studies showed that
BACKGROUND Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder that is part of a group of acute porphyria disorders usually found in females of reproductive age. Although clinically there is low penetrance, with 90% of genetically diagnosed individuals never experiencing an
OBJECTIVE
Assisted reproductive technology is commonly used for women with infertility. We report a case of acute intermittent porphyria associated with in vitro fertilization treatment.
METHODS
A 35-year-old woman with tubal factor infertility presented to our clinic with persistent low abdominal
Head trauma with cerebral contusion causes extravasation of red blood cells, followed by hemolysis and deposition of iron-containing blood products within the neuropil. Liberation of heme compounds is associated with deposition of hemosiderin, and with gliosis, neuronal loss and occasionally the
Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is a devastating disease that induces hematoma formation with poor neuronal outcome. Levetiracetam (LEV) has been approval for epilepsy seizures. In a previous study, LEV exerted protective effects on cerebral ischemia models; however, the detail effects and the
The porphyrias comprise a set of diseases, each representing an individual defect in one of the eight enzymes mediating the pathway of heme synthesis. The diseases are genetically distinct but have in common the overproduction of heme precursors. In the case of the acute (neurologic) porphyrias, the
Acute intermittent porphyria is a metabolic disorder rarely seen in prepubertal children. A delay in diagnosis of acute intermittent porphyria is common because of variable and nonspecific symptoms. We report an 8-year-old boy with right hemimegalencephaly and intractable seizures, who presented