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B Sebök

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[Alkaptonuria-ochronosis].

The authors describe the case of a 40-year old female patient. Since her childhood she realised of her urine the black discoloration of the underwear. For about a year, without subjective complaints, blue-black color of the skin involved the axillae and pinnae. For a year appeared the increased pain of thoracal and lumbal spine column and the limitation of motion of these parts. The examination of urine, histological and electron microscopical findings, the X-ray photograph of the spinal column confirmed the diagnosis of alkaptonuria or rather congenital ochronosis.

Adult

[A rare metabolic disease: alkaptonuria--ochronosis].

The authors describe the case of a 40-year-old female patient. Since childhood her urine had caused black discoloration on her underwear. For about a year the skin of the axillae and pinnae had been bluish-black without subjective complaints. One year before admission, pain in the thoracic and lumbar spine began, with limitation of motion. Examination of the urine, histological and electron microscopical findings, and X-ray examination of the spinal column confirmed the diagnosis of alkaptonuria and congenital ochronosis.

Adult

[Acne fulminans].

The authors describe the case of a 12 year-old boy suffering from acne fulminans. Typical clinical findings were observed. The disease responded to treatment with prednisolon and antibiotics.

Acne Vulgaris

Indirect evidence for the inhibition of enteric substance P neurones by opiate agonists but not by capsaicin.

There is good evidence indicating that hyoscine-resistant contractions of the guinea-pig ileum evoked by stimulation of the intramural nerves are mediated by substance P (SP). In the present experiments, non-cholinergic neurogenic ileum contractions to field stimulation (100 imp., 5-50 Hz) were inhibited by the opiate agonists morphine and [D-Met2,Pro5]enkephalinamide (10(-6) M) in a naloxone-reversible manner. Neither morphine nor naloxone influenced the musculodirect contracting effect of histamine. Capsaicin, a drug that has been shown to deplete SP from primary afferent neurones, exerted no long-lasting effect on non-cholinergic contractions to field stimulation. Repeated administration of long trains of stimuli (900 impulses) resulted in a progressive decrease of the contractions evoked. Addition of naloxone (3 X 10(-7) M) restored the original height of the responses. The above inhibitory action of opiate agonists and of repeated long-train stimulation was 3-6 times greater at 5 Hz than at 50 Hz. It is concluded that opiate agonists inhibit the release of SP from intramural neurones of the guinea-pit ileum. The decrease in responses to repeated long-train stimulations is mediated, at least in part, by the release of endogenous opioid substance(s).

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