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A Mossé

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[A comparative study of cephalometric variation of the skeletal and dentoalveolar structures after treatment with the Begg, Ricketts and edgewise technic in cases of Class I and Class II malocclusions treated with and without extractions].

Eliminating, in a first step, the growth effect on the modifications of the skeletal and alveolo-dental structures thanks to the cephalometric analysis of cases not treated, we study the therapeutic control of skeletal Classes I and II (treated with or without extraction) successively in the BEGG, RICKETTS and EDGEWISE technics. For that, we analyse statistically the cephalometrics variations comparing the differents angles and measurements of the RICKETTS, TWEED and STEINER analyses before and after treatment. Thus, we evaluate the bi-dimensionnals, antero-posterior and vertical modifications that an take place during the treatment respectively in the three technics.

Alveolar Process

[Improvement of the prognosis of Basedow's disease by using high doses of carbimazole].

The influence of synthetic antithyroid drug dosage on the course of Graves' disease was evaluated by comparing two groups of matched patients treated with carbimazole. Thirty-seven patients received a rapidly degressive treatment (60 mg/day initially rapidly reduced without replacement thyroid hormone therapy), and 36 patients received a prolonged treatment in high doses (60 mg daily for 6 months with progressive reduction of dosage over 5 months and replacement therapy). There was a highly significant difference in the actuarial curves of patients without relapse during 36 months: 82 per cent in patients with high doses, as against 38 per cent in patients with rapidly degressive treatment (log rank: chi 2 = 7.67, P less than 0.01). The anti-TSH receptor antibody titers decreased more rapidly in patients under prolonged treatment with high doses than in those with the rapidly degressive treatment. It is concluded that carbimazole in high doses is more immunosuppressive than in rapidly degressive doses and that it improves the prognosis of Graves' disease.

Adult

Thymulin (Zn-facteur thymique serique) activity in anorexia nervosa patients.

Thymulin (or FTS-Zn) a well-defined thymic hormone was studied in fifteen female patients hospitalized for anorexia nervosa. The circulating hormone was measured together with the plasma levels of thyroid hormones, cortisol and zinc. Thymulin activity determined by the rosette assay was significantly reduced in the anorexia nervosa patients compared to sex- and age-matched healthy control subjects. The patients were characterized by very depressed plasma levels of triiodothyronine (T3) but exhibited normal concentrations of thyroxine (T4), thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG), cortisol and zinc. The distribution of their peripheral lymphocyte cells into several subsets was not affected. The observed decrease of thymulin activity in this illness might be the consequence of thymic atrophy secondary to malnutrition and/or hormonal disturbances. Our results suggested that the fall in thymulin level might explain the variability of cellular immune responses in anorexia nervosa patients and occurrence of energy when their weight loss is far advanced.

Adolescent

[Hyperlipemias].

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Humans