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R D Dillon

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PubMed1986

'Digoxin-like' substance in serum of elderly patients.

The Amersham Amerlex Radio-immunoassay was used to detect 'digoxin-like' substance in the sera of 37 elderly subjects, nine with renal impairment, 14 with hepatobiliary disease and 14 over-65-years-old controls with no renal or hepatic impairment. In the patients with hepatobiliary disease, digoxin-like substance was detected in 11 out of 14, the level being closely correlated with serum bilirubin (P less than 5.5 X 10(-10)) and significantly but less closely with serum alkaline phosphatase activity (P less than 10(-3)). While serum digoxin-like substance was detectable in seven out of nine patients with renal impairment, there was no correlation between the degree of renal impairment as reflected by blood urea and serum creatinine and serum digoxin-like activity. We suggest that in elderly subjects with renal impairment or hepatobiliary disease these findings should be borne in mind especially when considering digoxin toxicity.

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PubMed1982

Interaction of selenium and lead on several aspects of thyroid function in Pekin ducklings.

Lead shot recovered at necropsy 2 and 3 weeks after being dropped down the throats of Pekin ducklings caused significant increases in thyroid gland weight and 24-hr thyroid uptake of 125I while serum PB125I levels were maintained at or above control values. Supplementation of lead shot with 1 ppm selenium in drinking water reduced these increases. Selenium in the drinking water incurred no increase in thyroid gland weight at 2 weeks but some goitrogenicity at 3 weeks and significant reductions in thyroid radioiodine uptake and serum PB125I levels at 2 and 3 weeks. Chromatographic analyses of thyroid hydrolysates demonstrated a depression in iodothyronine (T4 and T3) labeling in lead shot-treated and selenium-treated animals which was corrected by addition of selenium to lead shot-treated ducklings. These findings indicate that while either lead or selenium treatment, independently, exerts a selective toxic effect on thyroid function, selenium supplementation of lead-treated Pekin ducklings does protect against the toxicity of lead on thyroid function.

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PubMed1979

A technique for the conduct of nutritional balance experiments in horses.

Standardbred geldings were used in a number of nutritional balance experiments. These consisted of 28-day cycles each of an 18-day equilibration period in yards and a 10-day settling and collection period in metabolism crates. The crates were made of galvanised metal tubing over wooden flooring covered by rubber matting and rubber sheets. Total faeces were collected in trays at the rear of crates and total urine by canvas funnels slung beneath the sheath of each horse.

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