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We report four cases of Cockayne Syndrome in a family of seven children. Apart from the usual clinical and laboratory features, sparse eye lashes and high arched palate in two patients, conjunctival and corneal edema in one, and proximal muscle weakness in one patient were noticed as additional findings.
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Cockayne Syndrome/diagnosis , Cockayne Syndrome/genetics , Pedigree , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Child, Preschool , Disease Progression , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , India , MaleSubject(s)
Tinea/epidemiology , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , India , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Tinea/microbiology , Tinea Capitis/epidemiology , Tinea Capitis/microbiology , Tinea Pedis/epidemiology , Tinea Pedis/microbiologyABSTRACT
A case of Plica neuropathica is reported. This condition is uncommon and.
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555 clinically suspected cases of dermatomycoses were studied for causative fungi and their detailed clinical manifestations. The fungi were demonstrated on routine KOH mount and/or by culture in 464 cases (83.6%). Tinea corporis was the predominant fungal infection (30.6%) and T. rubrum was the main etiologic agent. Favus (T. schoenleini) was found only in cases from Jammu and Kashmir valleys. There was a high incidence of tinea capitis among children. Trichophyton tonsurans was isolated in cases of tinea corporis, tinea cruris, and tinea pedis. Trichophyton ferrugineum and T. verrucosum were isolated from cases of tinea capitis; and Microsporum gypseum was isolated from tinea cruris infections.
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Dermatomycoses/microbiology , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , India , Infant , Male , Middle Aged , Sex Factors , Tinea/epidemiology , Tinea/microbiology , Tinea Capitis/epidemiology , Trichophyton/isolation & purificationABSTRACT
Serum 8-glatamyl transpeptidase activity was measured in normal persons and persons with psoriasis by Sigma-Naftlin calorimetric procedure. It was found that activity in normal Kashmiri males was lower than that reported for normal males in USA. The activity in sera of patients with psoriasis did not differ significantly from that of normal persons. The findings we discussed.
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Sodium, potassium and glycogen content was- measured in psoriatic plaques of patients receiving photochemotherapy. Glycogen levels decreased 48 hours after photochemotherapy but again rose to the original level 7 days after therapy. The significance of this change could not be evaluated. Sodium and potassium levels of psoriatic plaques did not show any significant change either ' 48 hours or 7 days after photochemotherapy.
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A detailed study of blood chemistry of psoriatic patients under photochemothempy was undertaken. No significant changes were observed in any of the parameters studied.
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Skin sugar levels were measured in twenty psoriatic patients and normal controls. No sighificant difference was fmA in their levels in involved and skin from die nomw skin.
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Results of treatment of 50 psoriatic patients with psoralen and ultraviolet radiation are reported. A detailed analysis of the data is also given. None of the patients was resistant to treatment. Complete clearing of all lesions occurred in 22% of the patients in 16 days, in 96% of the patients in 40 days and in 100% of the patients in 45 days. It is concluded that photo chemotherapy with psoralen and ultraviolet radiation from conventional uv radiation therapy lamps is a safe and effective treatment for patients with psoriasis in this country.
