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F J Bermúdez

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PubMed2003

[Hepatic amyloidosis as cause of severe intrahepatic cholestasis].

The liver is frequently involved by amyloidosis, but hyperbilirubinemia and liver failure are uncommon features. A mild elevation of the serum alkaline phosphatase value and, less frequently, hepatomegaly are the most common findings. Usually the patients have no symptoms related with the liver involvement; the clinical manifestation and the long term prognosis depends on the renal and cardiac disease. We report an unusual clinical presentation of primary amyloidosis in a previously asymptomatic 65 years old woman who was admitted to the hospital because of ictericia and ascitis mimicking a drug induced acute hepatic failure.

Aged↗
PubMed1994

Variations in corneal sensitivity with hydrogel contact lenses.

Changes in corneal sensitivity were studied in two groups of healthy subjects who wore hydrogel contact lenses: 44 persons whose lenses contained 38% water, and 23 who wore lenses of 55% water content. Corneal sensitivity decreased in both groups during the first 8 h following insertion; the decrease was more marked in the group who wore 38% water lenses. Changes in corneal tactile sensitivity were greater in women than in men, and determinations in different corneal zones showed that the central zone was less affected in sensitivity than any of the peripheral zones. After lenses were removed, tactile sensitivity showed full recovery within 4 h.

Adolescent↗