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T Oshio

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Spatial differences of chemical features of atmospheric deposition between rainy season and winter in the areas facing to the Japan Sea, Japan

Atmospheric deposition was collected using filtrating bulk samplers at 32 sites in the areas facing to the Japan Sea (AFJS) from April 1991 to March 1994. The data were analyzed for winter (January and February) and the rainy season (June and July) when the climate is just the opposite. The AFJS was geographically divided into five areas, that is western Tohoku (WT), Hokuriku (HR), eastern San-in (ES), western San-in (WS) and northern Kyushu (NK). WT, HR and ES receive more precipitation than other regions in winter. H+ depositions increase in winter except NK. This is mainly due to high winter H+ concentrations. In spite of large amounts of precipitation in WT, HR and ES in winter, nss-SO4(2-) concentration was nearly equal to the average throughout Japan. Namely, nss-SO4(2-) depositions in these areas were nearly twice the national mean. In WT, HR and ES, nss-Ca2+ concentrations in winter are lower than the average of the whole country (less than the half). This may be the cause of the lower potentials of neutralization and the higher remaining acid concentrations in WT, HR and ES than NK and WS.

Journal Article↗

Urologic abnormalities in Menkes' kinky hair disease: report of three cases.

Menkes' kinky hair disease is a rare congenital disorder of copper metabolism with X-linked recessive inheritance. It is well known that it is frequently associated with urologic abnormalities. The authors experienced three such cases, but each of them was different. Multiple bladder diverticula, right vesico-ureteral reflux, and right hydronephrosis were noted on the first baby boy. In the second case, hematomas in the left kidney, pelvis, ureter and the adipose capsule, which were thought to be the abnormality of vessels, were noted in the neonatal period. In the third body, multiple bladder diverticular were noted at the age of 1 year. One year, 10 months later, a spontaneous rupture at the huge diverticulum occurred.

Abnormalities, Multiple↗

Recurrent perforations of viscus due to ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a hydrocephalic child.

In this report, we describe the first case of recurrent perforations of viscus due to ventriculoperitoneal shunt for the treatment of hydrocephalus. Based on our own experience and a survey of literature, we suggest that perforation of the gastrointestinal tract should be suspected in patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunt, particularly when abdominal symptoms or ventriculitis are presented. To manage this complication, at the first perforation in the present case, a fibrin sealant was effective for closure of the perforated stomach wall. At the second perforation, when laparotomy was performed, we could not find any abnormality in the abdominal cavity except for a sheath and slight omental adhesions near it.

Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts↗

Intragastric migration of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter.

A child developed bacterial meningitis and shunt dysfunction 2 years after the insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for posttraumatic hydrocephalus. The distal end of the shunt catheter had penetrated the gastric wall. We found no other report of intragastric shunt catheter migration with successful treatment.

Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts↗

Study of drug-protein binding by affinity chromatography: interaction of bovine serum albumin and salicylic acid.

The affinity chromatographic technique was used to study the interaction of bovine serum albumin and salicylic acid at 3.3 +/- 1.1 degrees. Beaded agarose gel, on which the albumin was immobilized by covalent linkage, was packed in a column as an affinity adsorbent. Frontal analysis was performed on this column to evaluate the binding parameters for the interaction. The effect of albumin immobilization on drug binding was investigated by comparing the binding parameters of two affinity adsorbents, directly coupled albumin and albumin coupled through a spacer arm. The latter mode of attachment gave binding characteristics comparable to those of the soluble albumin. The method is simple and precise. The affinity adsorbent can be used repeatedly for many months for various drugs, including those that do not diffuse through dialysis membranes.

Chromatography, Affinity↗