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The clinical signs and lesions of Nubian goats and Desert sheep orally dosed with fresh and dry leaves and stems of Ipomoea carnea at 2.5, 5 and 10 g/kg/day were studied. The signs of Ipomoea poisoning were inappetence, depression, weakness of the hind limbs, dyspnea, staggering, and pallor of the

Patient case: An 18-year-old male patient with homozygous hemoglobin SS disease was evaluated for progressive dyspnea and elevated tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity (TRV) on echocardiography. The patient's case is described in detail in Lancet1 He had been treated with regular transfusions since

A growing body of evidence has demonstrated that reperfusion injury may be mediated, in part, by mitochondrial Ca2+ overload that promotes non-selective permeability of the inner membrane. In this regard it is known that mitochondria from hypothyroid rats are resistant to membrane damage as induced

An 8-week, randomized, double-blind study comparing the efficacy and tolerability of policosanol and acipimox was conducted in patients with type II hypercholesterolemia. Prior to entry into active treatment, all patients followed a standard cholesterol-lowering diet for 12 weeks. Sixty-three

Drug-related hepatotoxicity is now the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States, especially among patients who have no prior liver disease. Nicardipine is the only IV calcium channel blocker available for the short-term treatment of hypertension with a considerably good safety

OBJECTIVE To determine the prognostic factors for adverse maternal outcomes in women with complete HELLP syndrome. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was carried out by searching the hospital data for the diagnosis of HELLP syndrome according to Tennessee classification from January 2007 to

BACKGROUND Costus afer Ker Gawl is an indigenous tropical African medicinal plant used as therapy in the treatment of inflammatory ailments such as rheumatoid arthritis. This study was designed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of the hexane fraction of C. afer leaves

This investigation explored the nilotinib action in the management of acute pancreatitis (AP) and AP-induced lung and liver injury. AP was induced in Sprague Dawley (SD) rats with L-arginine. Treatment with nilotinib with or without L-arginine was applied for 7 days. Marked deterioration in serum