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Lipid and protein peroxidations were investigated in female patients with magnesium deficit (MD), fibromyalgia (FM) and age matched controls: malondialdehyde and protein carbonyls (PC), as well as serum, leucocyte and erythrocyte magnesium (EMg) were assessed in 20 controls, 25 FM and 16 MD patients. MDA are unchanged in MD and FM. PC are significantly increased (P < 0.01) in FM. EMg is significantly decreased in MD. There is a slight, but not significant, negative correlation between PC and EMg, in controls and MD. Protein peroxidations are demonstrated in FM. Further studies are needed in MD.
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Blood Proteins/metabolism , Fibromyalgia/blood , Magnesium Deficiency/blood , Adult , Erythrocytes/metabolism , Female , Humans , Lipid Peroxidation , Magnesium/blood , Malondialdehyde/blood , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Low back pains are very frequent in athletes by microtraumatisms and sudden efforts. The prolapse of the nucleus pulposus is created. After the failure of correct medical treatment, some new technics give good results: chemonucleolysis, trans-cutaneous nucleotomy, microdiscectomy. These techniques permit a faster and more active return to effort. The choice must be perfect: clinical examination and imagery manage this advance.
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Athletic Injuries/therapy , Back Pain/therapy , Lumbosacral Region/injuries , Humans , Intervertebral Disc Displacement/diagnosis , Intervertebral Disc Displacement/surgery , Lumbosacral Region/surgerySubject(s)
Bone Diseases, Developmental/pathology , Adolescent , Femur , Humans , Male , PaleontologyABSTRACT
Cases of Weismann-Netter and Stuhl disease reported in the literature usually involve stereotyped pictures characterized by the presence of tibio-fibular dysmorphism, most often the only abnormality. The authors present a current review of the literature on the basis of a new case of this tibio-fibular diaphyseal toxopachyosteosis.
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Bone Diseases, Developmental/diagnostic imaging , Fibula , Tibia , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , RadiographyABSTRACT
Results are reported of the use of new imaging methods, CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging, in 12 patients with algodystrophy of femoral head. During the early stages a CT scan can detect partial demineralizations, observed on MR images in sagittal sections. When the disease is installed the CT scan images show global demineralization, but the MR images with coupled T1-T2 study appear to be more pathognomonic (hyposignal extended in T1 with hypersignal in T2, associated with a more marked subchondral hyposignal in T1 as in T2) particularly in relation to the osteonecrosis of femoral head.
