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Contraceptives, Oral/adverse effects , Hormone Replacement Therapy/adverse effects , Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/chemically induced , Abortion, Legal/statistics & numerical data , Adult , Female , Humans , Incidence , Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/epidemiology , Middle Aged , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications/epidemiology , Risk FactorsSubject(s)
Breast Neoplasms/chemically induced , Contraceptives, Oral/adverse effects , Adult , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Risk FactorsSubject(s)
Estrogens/adverse effects , Neoplasms/epidemiology , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Neoplasms/chemically induced , United KingdomABSTRACT
The authors describe a child with Budd-Chiari syndrome secondary to membranous obstruction of the hepatic veins and a web in the inferior vena cava. Transhepatic catheter venography demonstrated the occlusion, which was recanalized and dilated percutaneously via a transhepatic approach. Hepatomegaly and ascites decreased promptly and the prothrombin time became normal.
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Angioplasty, Balloon , Budd-Chiari Syndrome/therapy , Hepatic Veins , Budd-Chiari Syndrome/etiology , Child , Constriction, Pathologic/complications , Constriction, Pathologic/diagnostic imaging , Female , Humans , Radiography , Vena Cava, Inferior/diagnostic imagingSubject(s)
Dyslexia/metabolism , Hair/analysis , Sweat/analysis , Trace Elements/analysis , Zinc/deficiency , Adolescent , Child , Humans , Zinc/analysisABSTRACT
Hair from dyslexic children, analyzed by flameless atomic absorption spectrometry, showed significantly higher concentrations of magnesium and copper than did hair from control subjects. The hair from dyslexic children also contained significantly higher concentrations of aluminum and cadmium than that from control children; the cadmium concentration exceeded the normal acceptable range. There were no significant differences in the case of lead, calcium, selenium, or mercury. Our results indicate that excessive cadmium burden could be implicated in this form of learning disorder.
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Dyslexia/metabolism , Hair/analysis , Metals/analysis , Trace Elements/analysis , Adolescent , Cadmium/analysis , Child , Copper/analysis , Humans , Lead/analysis , Magnesium/analysis , Reference Values , Spectrophotometry, AtomicABSTRACT
PIP: The latest report from the Royal College of General Practitioners Oral Contraceptive Study supersedes their 1977 paper and handles the intermittent pill users differently. The report concentrates on deaths from circulatory disorders and their relation to oral contraceptive (OC) use and to age and smoking habits. The yearly drop-out rate is said to average 6.4% in the ever-users and 6.6% in the controls. This represents a 54% loss to follow-up. Were the drop-out rates the same for the women who were new OC users when enrolled into the study? The RCGP study gives a relative risk of 1.5 for deaths due to accidents and violence, the numbers of such deaths being 34 in the ever users and 17 in the controls. Vessey et al. found admission rates for self-poisoning (per 1000 woman years) to be 0.83 for OC users, 0.21 for diaphragm users, and 0.40 for women fitted with an IUD. This sample was aged 25-39, thus excluding younger women who are more likely to take overdoses. The mental effects of OC use are too important to be ignored. For cancer deaths the relative risk was 1.0. There were 19 deaths due to breast cancer in the ever-users and 10 in the controls.^ieng