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Computed tomography (CT) in a group of 70 black patients with epilepsy showed cerebral cysticercosis in 30%, with signs of activity in 12.9%. The possibility of effective treatment in active cysticercosis makes CT an important investigation of epilepsy in this population. Electro-encephalography is of some practical value in patients in whom CT is negative.
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Brain Diseases/diagnosis , Cysticercosis/diagnosis , Epilepsy/etiology , Adolescent , Adult , Brain/diagnostic imaging , Brain Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Child , Child, Preschool , Cysticercosis/complications , Cysticercosis/diagnostic imaging , Electroencephalography , Epilepsy/diagnostic imaging , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Nuclear and cytoplasmic oestrogen receptors (REN and REC) were sought in 5 normal cervices and in 43 specimens of squamous carcinoma of the cervix. All 3 tissues components of the 5 normal cervices contained both REN and REC. Thirty-five (81%) of the tumours contained receptors, but in only 9 (21%) were they found in both subcellular compartments. Twenty-four tumours (56%) had only REC and 2 had only REN. The potential therapeutic significance of these findings is not yet known, but it seems possible that tumours with an intact receptor mechanism might benefit from oestrogen therapy and have a more favourable prognosis.
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/metabolism , Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/metabolism , Cell Nucleus/metabolism , Cytoplasm/metabolism , Estradiol/metabolism , Female , Humans , In Vitro Techniques , Kinetics , Uterus/metabolismABSTRACT
During a survey of all pregnant patients seen during 1 month at the King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, the prevalence of hypertension in pregnancy proved to be 11,4%. The incidence in primigravidas was 17,8%, twice the figure in multigravid patients. The perinatal mortality rate for both groups of patients was increased, especially when proteinuria was also present. The infants born to the multigravid patient with hypertension and proteinuria not only have a higher risk of perinatal mortality (5 - 6-fold increase) but a significantly lower birth weight than the infant born to the primiparous patient.
