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N Berg

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PubMed2005

[Elderly abuse].

Elderly abuse is still far too much ignored. A better understanding of this problem allows us to a better answer proposing an appropriate coping as well as a preventing action. This article describe this society phenomenon with is worth looking at by every health professional. Identifying such situation as elderly abuse is a very tricky process, anyway, some risk factors bound to the victims, the authors or environment can lead us to watch situations that can need to be surrounded. Elderly abuse includes physical, psychological, financial, civilian, medical abuse and neglecting. One of the reasons of the taboo around the problem is the victim's silence connected to their fears and feelings and also the circle's attitude. An acute perception of this phenomenon can lead to adequate prevention and coping. In these conditions, the " Centre d'Aide aux Personnes Agées Maltraitées" (CAPAM) can develop its listening attitude as well as pluridisciplinar team actions.

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PubMed1986

Mapping of a second recombination hot spot within the I-E region of the mouse H-2 gene complex.

The crossover points of nine intra-I region recombinant mouse strains were determined by restriction fragment analysis. The recombinants were examined for the presence of k and p haplotype specific DNA restriction endonuclease sites. These restriction sites were a Sac I site between the E beta and E beta 2 genes, a Hpa I site within the E beta 2 gene, and a Rsa I site approximately 1 kb to the right of the E alpha gene. Seven of the recombinants were found to have crossovers between the Hpa I and the Rsa I site. This analysis suggests that a recombination hot spot exists within this segment. This segment is approximately 12-14 kb, and contains the E alpha gene and the intervening sequence between the E beta 2 and E alpha genes.

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PubMed1985

Tampon use in women with endometriosis.

This study examines the potential role of vaginal tampons in women with endometriosis. In light of the fact that some medical practitioners view an appliance worn internally as a form of medical device, and in light of the recent knowledge about tampons gained during the crisis surrounding Toxic Shock Syndrome, little published information about women's menstrual patterns and practices was found. The data used here were provided by 470 members of the Endometriosis Association. These respondents' medical, surgical, and fertility case histories are stored in the Association's Data Registry housed at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Cases in this study are white; the average age is 31 +/- 5.2 years and 82 percent report use of tampons routinely. In contrast, general rates of tampon use, derived historically from several published studies using control groups matched to cases of Toxic Shock Syndrome were used for comparison. Results showed that rates of tampon use for women with endometriosis were similar to rates reported for the general population, 75 to 83 percent. We did find that within this group of mature white women, initiation of tampon use varied by age. Supporting Irwin and Millstein's study of tampon use in adolescent girls, an analysis of variance showed these women initiated tampon use at progressively earlier ages (p less than 0.001).

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Effect of topical applications of silver sulfadiazine on the natural killer cell activity in a rat model of thermal injury.

The effect of topical application of silver sulfadiazine cream on the natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity was studied in a rat model of thermal injury. The rats were given a 30% total body surface area scald injury and the NK cell cytotoxicity was studied in rats at different days postinjury with or without treatment with silver sulfadiazine. The NK cell activity was observed to be significantly (P less than .0025) suppressed at day 7 postinjury in nontreated burned rats compared with control sham burned animals. Interestingly, in rats treated with silver sulfadiazine twice daily, no suppression in NK cell activity was observed. The application of base cream (without silver sulfadiazine) did not have any significant effect on the NK cell activity in burned rats. The data show that the effect of silver sulfadiazine on NK cell activity may be due to the sulfadiazine component, since the serum levels of sulfadiazine (33.7 +/- 1.9 micrograms/dL) were observed to be maximal at day 7 postinjury.

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