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..trachomatis is increasingly being associated with long-term complications like infertility. The present study was undertaken to assess the role of C. trachomatis in female infertility as such data are lacking...

..Except Zn and Ni the metal concentrations exceeded the standard permissible limits in these canals also...

..Vascular thrombosis is a rare but well-recognized extraintestinal manifestation of ulcerative colitis. Thrombosis usually involves the peripheral veins and less commonly the cerebral veins and the arterial system...

..Filarial dance on colour Doppler imaging has not been reported earlier to the best of our knowledge...

..Given the potential severity of the reaction and increasing use of gatifloxacin, it is important to be aware of this phenomenon...

..A significant association of 2850C > T (P = 0.015) has been observed. Comparison between phenytoin toxic and others among patients showed no association of these polymorphisms with phenytoin toxicity...

..Proper pre-operative counselling, age of the women, assessment of marital stability, family size and age of children are important before advocating sterilisation as a method of contraception...

..Phenotypic analysis of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is presented to document the variations in disease expression...

..6%) had initial improvement followed by 'apparent' seizure worsening. Initial seizure worsening was noted to be significantly more in females when compared with males who worsened after initial improvement (P = 0.05)...

..CONCLUSION. Dystrophin staining may be useful in the differential diagnosis of patients with muscular dystrophies in India...

..The review, therefore, envisages forming and facilitating instant decision-making...

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..To investigate the contribution of hereditary factors in the causation of different epilepsy syndromes...

..CONCLUSION: Filariasis can be diagnosed on cytology by demonstrating microfilariae, a male or female worm, or eggs alone. It can be seen in association with neoplastic lesions and rarely with other parasitic infections...

..Iron-works and the electroplating, galvanizing & cycle industries, respectively. The status of heavy metal pollution of the river has been discussed with respect to possible impacts on human health and aquatic life...

..000), clearly indicating the presence of a common founder for SCA12 in the Indian population. This haplotype was not shared by the American pedigree with SCA12. Therefore, the SCA12 expansion appears to have originated at least twice...

..001 in both instances). The prevalence of DM was significantly, more than that of IGT (P < 0.001) within both the rural and urban populations. Type 2 diabetes is a major health problem is India...

..In conclusion, concomitant use of rofecoxib resulted in poor BP control by candesartan in L-NAME-hypertensive rats...

..The analysis emphasizes that the need of the hour is to decrease wheat thresher injuries through specific preventive approaches like improved designing, education, legislation, compensation and surveillance programmes...

..The lateralising significance of unidirectional whole body turning in patients with complex partial seizures (CPS) arising from the temporal lobe was evaluated...

..We hereby report a case of concurrent infection with Plasmodium falciparum malaria and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in a young male patient...

..The nationwide effects of smoking on mortality in India have not been assessed reliably...

..In addition, they set out to assess the concentration of MMP-9 in circulating monocytes before and after surgery...

..This article traces the history of psychiatry at one institution, which, at the micro level, is a mirror to the understanding of the historical trends of psychiatric services in India...

..2002); Mol Psychiatry 7(4):337-339; Craddock et al. (2005); J Med Genet 42(3):193-204]. Our findings provide an independent validation of the above reports, and suggest the presence of susceptibility loci for psychoses in this region...

..Salt iodine content could not be done due to non-availability of kit. Jabalpur city is not endemic for iodine deficiency both by clinical as well biochemical criteria. The observed goitre cases are of sporadic variety...

..This study aimed to assess plasma proteolysis after both open and closed colorectal resection and, if possible, to identify a protease/protease inhibitor system affected by surgery...

..This along with the discrepancies between subjects showing IGF or IGT could be a challenge to any prevention program...

..6%) and IFG (4.8%) in the urban population. The rural prevalence of IFG (2.5%) was significantly (P <0.001) more than the rural prevalence of DM (1.9%). Type 2 diabetes is a major health problem is India...

..All the patients were treated with therapy for brucellosis and followed up for 12 weeks and responded well without complications. CONCLUSION: In case of polyarthritis possibility of brucellosis should always be kept in mind...

..We believe our study is the first to demonstrate that SCA12 may not be as rare in some populations as previously thought...

..The utilisation of thiazides was an area requiring improvement. The cost of treatment of hypertension was substantial and imparted a significant economic burden on the patients...

..We observed a slightly higher occurrence of Juvenile HD. Functional disabilities in our patients correlate with worsening of motor rather than behavioral symptoms...

..This case represents the most severe cholestatic reaction reported to date, resulting in patient recovery without liver transplantation. A comprehensive literature review is provided...

..CONCLUSION: This classification helps identify mullerian anomalies in relation to obstructive cervix. It is useful in categorizing the disorders and determines management strategies and prognosis...

..We report the presence of microfilariae in routine cytology smears from one benign and four malignant tumours. Microfilariae could not be identified on histopathology available in four of these cases...

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..In addition, bilateral studies are recommended as there is bilateral involvement in 64 patients...

..QTc prolongation with the use of ciprofloxacin is yet to be reported in literature. A case report highlighting QTc prolongation by use of ciprofloxacin is being presented...

..The high incidence of reactions and nerve damage in children emphasizes the importance of early detection and treatment...

..Treatment for Gram negative or anaerobic organisms should be instituted, whenever indicated. Physicians should become more familiar with this potentially life threatening but curable infective disease entity...

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..An X-linked association with lissencephaly has recently been discovered and there are a few families described till now with this entity...

..Thus, the recognition of this entity is essential...

..CONCLUSION: NES is a disease of the young and can affect the student or professional. A wrong diagnosis can result in inappropriate treatment. Awareness of this entity is critical to ensuring prompt diagnosis and early intervention...

..To understand the population variation and haplotypes of Huntington's disease (HD) in India we have analysed CAG repeats at the HD locus together with closely linked polymorphisms in both HD patients and normal controls...

..An association between plasma homocysteine and essential hypertension and their non-hypertensive siblings is controversial...

..Am. J. Med. Genet. (Neuropsychiatr. Genet.) 96:744-748, 2000...