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A Zahra

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PubMed1990

[Some analytical aspects of mescaline].

Mescaline was extracted from a vegetal powder, seazed on the "Côte d'Azur", then analyzed by several techniques (thin layer chromatography, infra-red spectrometry, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry) and determined by high performance liquid chromatography with methyl-amphetamine as internal standard. The powder contained 0.76% of mescaline. The presence of a possible isomer was noted in the powder as well as in a "old" sample of mescaline.

Chromatography, Thin Layer↗
PubMed1987

Acanthosis palmaris in a patient with bullous pemphigoid.

Acanthosis palmaris, a recently described dermatologic entity, is often associated with internal malignancy. We report the development, disappearance, and reappearance of this condition in a patient with bullous pemphigoid. Relevant screening tests did not reveal any internal malignant neoplasm. The significance of the appearance and disappearance of the condition is discussed.

Female↗
PubMed1985

Dermatoglyphics in vitiligo.

One hundred probands of vitiligo were studied for palmar dermatoglyphics, both qualitatively and quantitatively, and were compared with those of 100 phenotypically normal control subjects. Ulnar loop pattern was the most common digital pattern observed in both probands and controls. An increased incidence of whorls and arches in men and women probands, respectively, was found to be statistically significant when compared with those of controls. Simian crease and Sydney line also have been observed in the present study, which has not been previously reported. A statistically highly significant reduction has been observed in total finger ridge count (TFRC) and a-b ridge count in both sexes of vitiligo cases when compared with those of controls. No significant changes was observed in the values of atd angle and position of axial triradius.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1981

Multi-drug treatment for reactions in leprosy.

Thirty three leprosy patients in reaction were treated with a combination of Metronidazole--Diethyl carbamazine citrate--Chloroquin which was reinforced either with prednisolone and/or Clofazimine in some, depending on the clinical state. The results were quite encouraging as to recommend the combination alone to be the first choice while encountering leprosy patients in reaction early during the maiden spell--at no time in any case was Dapsone withdrawn.

Adolescent↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Yaws in Southeast Asia: an overview.

A summary is presented of yaws control programs, from their initiation up to the present, in India, Indonesia, and Thailand. In all three countries, the prevalence was spectacularly reduced. From 1950 to 1961, in Java and Bali the rates fell from 11.34% to 0.72%, and comparable results were achieved in India and Thailand. In all programs, resurveys were carried out after the original mass treatment campaigns, and quite successful efforts were made to integrate the yaws control activities into more general health services. Although a small number of active cases of yaws in localized foci are still found, with the rapid expansion of primary health services and continuing surveillance for yaws and the appropriate use of selective or juvenile mass treatment approaches, it should be possible to achieve eradication in the foreseeable future.

Asia, Southeastern↗