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T Sugana

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PubMed1984

[Effect of an anabolic steroid on the cellular immunity and postoperative evaluation of uterine cervical cancer].

The effects of an anabolic steroid on the immune activity and clinical condition of patients with cancer of the uterine cervix were studied. The effects of the steroid on tumor growth were also studied in animals. The results obtained demonstrated that the anabolic steroid (1) enhanced the activity of macrophages and cell-mediated immune activity, (2) reduced the incidence of post-operative infection, (3) reduced pose-operative loss of weight of patients due to the intrinsic anabolic activity of the steroid, and (4) did not exert any influence on tumor growth. Judging from these results, administration of the anabolic steroid would appear to be effective for the improvement of the general condition of cancer patients following surgery or in terminal cases.

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PubMed1982

Corneal xerophthalmia and keratomalacia.

Detailed examinations were conducted on 162 consecutive children with nutritional keratopathy. Surface changes ranged from mild haziness through generalized xerosis and formation of thickened keratinized plaques. Diffuse stromal edema occured early in the disease. Stromal loss took two forms: relatively small, sharply demarcated, eccentric, noninfiltrated cylindrical ulcers of varying depth; and localized or generalized, usually full-thickness necrosis. All forms of involvement were sometimes present in the same individual or even the same eye. Traumatic separation of a keratinized plaque, or decompensation of a dellen, accounted for some instances of stromal baring. In other cases, stromal melting appeared to progress below an intact epithelium. Focal areas of necrosis healed rapidly, as adherent leukomas; larger lesions sloughed, forming extensive descemetoceles. With therapy, the vast majority of children retained central corneal clarity.

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