No abstract available.
Humans ; Inpatients*

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Herpesvirus 3, Human* ; Korea* ; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length*

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Birds* ; Orientia tsutsugamushi* ; Rickettsia*

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Bacteria* ; Bivalvia*

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Calcium* ; Estrogens* ; Female ; Metabolism* ; Ovulation Induction* ; Ovulation*

No abstract available.
Leiomyoma*

BACKGROUND: Brain acetylcholine is an important neurotransmitter in the control of blood pressure. Pharmacological activation of central cholinergic receptors by intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of choline resulted in a marked pressure response in hypotensive experimental models, and the pressure response was associated with an increase in plasma vasopressin levels. The aim of this study was to determine whether a unilateral cervical sympathectomy affects the pressure response induced by ICV choline. METHODS: Rats were prepared with a cervical sympathectomy or with a sham operation and a 23 G cannula was implanted into the lateral cerebral ventricle. They were divided into three groups according to the pre-treated condition and the solution injected into the lateral cerebral ventricle; group 1 (ICV saline after sham operation), group 2 (ICV choline after sham operation), group 3 (ICV choline after cervical sympathectomy). Following the recovery period, pressure response was monitored for 50 min after injecting ICV choline or saline and plasma vasopressin levels were also assessed with an EIA kit at preinjection time, 10 min, and 50 min after ICV injection. RESULTS: The baseline systolic blood pressure was 120.6 +/- 3.9 mmHg in group 3 and 121.7 +/- 9.0 mmHg in group 2 and there was no significant difference. The pressure response to ICV choline became evident within 1 min and reached a maximum magnitude in 10 min in both groups. Compared to the sham operated rats (group 2), the pressure response to ICV choline was significantly attenuated in sympathectomized rats (p < 0.05). However, the plasma vasopressin levels were not significantly affected by ICV choline or a cervical sympathectomy. CONCLUSIONS: While the unilateral cervical sympathectomy itself did not have any effect on bloodpressure, it attenuated the pressure response to ICV choline. A unilateral cervical sympathectomy may attenuate the hypertensive response which is caused by an increased central cholinergic neurotransmission.
Acetylcholine ; Animals ; Blood Pressure ; Brain ; Catheters ; Cerebral Ventricles ; Choline* ; Models, Theoretical ; Neurotransmitter Agents ; Plasma ; Rats* ; Receptors, Cholinergic ; Sympathectomy* ; Synaptic Transmission ; Vasopressins

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Anemia, Megaloblastic* ; Humans ; Megaloblasts* ; Methotrexate*

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiutetic hormone(SIADH) secretion is the most common cause of hyponatremia in clinical medicine. Before diagnosis of the SIADH is made, other causes for a decreased diluting capacity and nonosmotic stimuli for AVP release need to be rule out. Disorders associated with SIADH can be divided into 4 major etiologic groups: malignancies, pulmonary diseases, central nervous disorders, and drugs. A 45-year-old woman was admitted due to maculopapular skin eruption and fever after taking medications for fever and myalgia. Generalized tonic clonic seizure was developed nine days later, and laboratory results showed marked hyponatremia. During the evaluation, treatment, and subsequent follow-up, the diagnosis of SIADH was confirmed, but the definitive cause was obscure. With fluid restriction, sodium replacement and demeclocycline therapy, she recovered completely 6 months later. We suggest that the SIADH might be related to drug-induced generalized maculopapular rash via menmgitis-like reaction in CSF as one of systemic adverse side effects to drugs rather than direct effect of related drugs.
Clinical Medicine ; Demeclocycline ; Diagnosis ; Exanthema* ; Female ; Fever ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Hyponatremia ; Inappropriate ADH Syndrome* ; Lung Diseases ; Middle Aged ; Myalgia ; Seizures ; Skin ; Sodium

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Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone* ; Gonadotropins* ; Leiomyoma*