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C Masala

Publications and source records attributed to C Masala.

At least 55 records · Page 3Linked to original sources
PubMed1978

Apomorphine hydrochloride-induced improvement in Huntington's chorea: stimulation of dopamine receptor.

Four patients affected by Huntington's chorea (HC) with a well defined family history of the disease were injected intramuscularly with apomorphine hydrochloride in nonemetic doses, ranging from 1 to 4 mg. Soon after treatment, all patients showed a marked decrease in abnormal involuntary movements. Pretreatment with haloperidol (2 mg intramuscularly) or sulpiride (100 mg intramuscularly) 30 minutes prior to apomorphine treatment, prevented the therapeutic effect of this compound. It is suggested that apomorphine-induced improvement in Huntington's Chorea is mediated by the stimulation of a special kind of dopamine receptor, leading to inhibition of the activity of dopaminergic neurons.

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PubMed1978

Late appearance of an IgA (kappa) monoclonal protein in a patient with IgG (kappa) multiple myeloma: sharing of idiotypic specificities between the two serum proteins.

A patient with an IgG(chi) monoclonal serum protein developed in the course of the disease a second monoclonal spike of the same light chain type and of the IgA class. The latter monoclonal protein progressively increased and eventually exceeded the first IgG(chi) protein. Antigenic analysis of the two myeloma proteins demonstrated that they shared idiotypic determinants. Immunofluorescence studies, carried out with anti gamma and anti alpha reagents tagged with different fluorochromes revealed that the two isotypes were produced by different plasma cells. The data are discussed in the prospect of a possible transitional mechanism from IgG to IgA synthesis within a single B cell clone.

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PubMed1977

Platelet antibodies in different forms of chronic thrombocytopenia.

Three techniques have been employed for the in vitro detection of circulating platelet antibodies in thrombocytopenic patients affected by 'idiopathic' form or by lupus erythematosus (SLE), the complement fixation test, the platelet factor 3 availability test and the serotonin release test. 29 of the 35 sera tested (82.8%) gave positive results for antiplatelet activity. In particular the serotonin release test allows to distinguish 4 groups of patients: a first group affected by idiopathic form; two groups with autoimmune thrombocytopenia and various degrees of serotonin release, and finally a fourth group which comprises subjects affected by SLE, with circulating immunocomplexes.

Autoimmune Diseases↗
PubMed1976

Mucus antibodies in pulmonary tuberculosis and chronic obstructive lung disease.

An indirect immunofluorescence technique and an indirect immunoperoxidase technique were used on cryostat sections of human group-O submaxillary salivary gland and rat stomach. Circulating antibodies reacting with mucus antigen(s) were found in sera from 52-7% of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis and in 21-8% of patients with chronic obstructive lung disease. Among hospital patients with other diseases and healthy controls, mucus antibodies were found in 7-2 and 5.4% respectively. The mucus antibodies were not absorbed by an excess of red blood-cells derived from group AD+ healthy subjects or from the rat donor of the stomach, while the fluorescence and the immunoperoxidase reactions were almost completely abolished after the absorption of positive sera with human dried bronchial secretion. It is postulated that mucus antibody may be a new and important serological marker of disorders accompanied by mucus accumulation in the lung and possibly other organs and/or by severe changes of the anatomical structures which act as a barrier to the reabsorption of abnormal amounts of mucus.

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[Use of stereotaxic surgery in the treatment of hepatolenticular degeneration].

The utility and the limits of stereotactic surgery in the treatment of neurological disorders of D.E.L. are discussed in relation to literature data and three personal observations. The operatory results are often unsatisfactory and side-effects and sequelae are frequent as well as relapses. Therefore, the operation must be performed only on those patients, who, in spite of a good general prognosis, are strongly disabled.

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