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Rosa N, Lidon FC, Rodrigues AP, Pais IP, Scotti-Campos P, Asín L, Oliveira CM, Ramalho JC. Implications of nighttime temperature on metamitron impacts on the photosynthetic machinery functioning of Malus x domestica Borkh. J Plant Physiol 2021; 261:153427. [PMID: 33940557 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Metamitron (MET) is a fruitlet thinning compound for apple trees, needing better understanding of its action on leaf energy metabolism, depending on nighttime temperature. A trial under environmental controlled conditions was set with 'Golden Reinders' potted trees, under 25/7.5 and 25/15 °C (diurnal/nighttime temperature), with (MET, 247.5 ppm) or without (CTR) application, and considering the monitoring of photosynthetic and respiration components from day 1 (D1) to 14 (D14). Net photosynthesis (Pn) decline promoted by MET after D1 was not stomatal related. Instead, non-stomatal constraints, reflected on the photosynthetic capacity (Amax), included a clear photosystem (PS) II inhibition (but barely of PSI), as shown by severe reductions in thylakoid electron transport at PSII level, maximal (Fv/Fm) and actual (Fv'/Fm') PSII photochemical efficiencies, estimate of quantum yield of linear electron transport (Y(II)), and the rise in PSII photoinhibition status (Fs/Fm' and PIChr) and uncontrolled energy dissipation (Y(NO)). To Pn inhibition also contributed the impact in RuBisCO along the entire experiment, regardless of night temperature, here reported for the first time. Globally, MET impact on the photosynthetic parameters was usually greater under 7.5 °C, with maximal impacts between D4 and D7, probably associated to a less active metabolism at lower temperature. Cellular energy metabolism was further impaired under 7.5 °C, through moderate inhibition of NADH-dependent malate dehydrogenase (MDH) and pyruvate kinase (PK) enzymes involved in respiration, in contrast with the increase of dark respiration in MET 7.5 until D7. The lower impact on PK and MDH under 15 °C and a likely global higher active metabolism at that temperature would agree with the lowest sucrose levels in MET 15 at D4 and D7. Our findings showed that MET alters the cell energy machinery in a temperature dependent manner, affecting the sucrose balance mainly at 15 °C, justifying the observed greater thinning potential.
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- Nídia Rosa
- Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-017, Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Unidade de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal
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- PlantStress & Biodiversity Lab, Centro de Estudos Florestais (CEF), Instituto Superior Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa, 2784-505, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Unidade de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal; Unidade de Investigação em Biotecnologia e Recursos Genéticos (UIBRG), Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), 2784-505, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Unidade de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal; Unidade de Investigação em Biotecnologia e Recursos Genéticos (UIBRG), Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), 2784-505, Oeiras, Portugal
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- IRTA Fruitcentre, PCiTAL, Park of Gardeny, Fruitcentre Building, 25003, Lleida, Spain.
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- Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-017, Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Unidade de Geobiociências, Geoengenharias e Geotecnologias (GeoBioTec), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal; Unidade de Investigação em Biotecnologia e Recursos Genéticos (UIBRG), Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV), 2784-505, Oeiras, Portugal.
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Vitiello L, Politano L, De Bernardo M, Rosa N. Implicación ocular en pacientes con distrofia miotónica. Neurologia 2020; 35:674-675. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2019.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Vitiello L, Politano L, De Bernardo M, Rosa N. Eye involvement in patients with myotonic dystrophy. Neurología (English Edition) 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2020.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Elliott J, Chui K, Rosa N, Reffell L, Jemec B. Hidradenitis suppurativa: A review of post-operative outcomes. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2020; 74:644-710. [PMID: 32868233 PMCID: PMC7437485 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2020.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/01/2020] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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- J Elliott
- University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom.
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- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
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- University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
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- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- M De Bernardo
- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry Scuola Medica Salernitana University of Salerno Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry Scuola Medica Salernitana University of Salerno Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry Scuola Medica Salernitana University of Salerno Salerno, Italy
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De Bernardo M, Rosa N. Optic nerve sheath diameter measurement in patients with idiopathic normal‐pressure hydrocephalus. Eur J Neurol 2018; 25:e24. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.13530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- M. De Bernardo
- Department of Medicine Surgery and Dentistry University of Salerno Baronissi Italy
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- Department of Medicine Surgery and Dentistry University of Salerno Baronissi Italy
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Rosa N, Abreu Â, Barroso T. Effect of brief interventions in reducing hazardous alcohol consumption in users receiving methadone treatment. Rev Enf Ref 2015. [DOI: 10.12707/riv14082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Gonçalves M, Vieira P, Resende L, Durães J, Rosa N, Teixeira J, Silva G. Metabolic Profile and Cardiovascular Risk in a Population of Renal Transplant Recipients. Transplant Proc 2015; 47:985-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gallo A, Esposito F, Sacco R, Docimo R, Bisecco A, Della Corte M, D'Ambrosio A, Corbo D, Rosa N, Lanza M, Cirillo S, Bonavita S, Tedeschi G. Visual resting-state network in relapsing-remitting MS with and without previous optic neuritis. Neurology 2012; 79:1458-65. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e31826d5eea] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Echography is crucial in making a diagnosis of malignant melanoma when ocular media are opaque. Even with clear ocular media, standardized echography is important to confirm or to rule out a malignant melanoma in the eye. In this study the reflectivity in 27 cases of malignant melanomas has been evaluated and compared to cell type, pigmentation and number and size of blood vessels. No significant correlations have been found.
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- N Rosa
- University Eye Institute, Napoli, Italy
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The potential of making differential diagnosis in optic nerve disease with standardized A-Scan echography has been well established. With this technique it is possible to differentiate 'solid' and 'fluid' thickening. A few years ago a new standardized A-scan equipment was built: The Mini A. With this equipment, it is possible to distinguish spikes coming from the pia, the arachnoid, and the dura around the optic nerve, and to measure the thickness of these structures with a precision of 0.03 mm. We found dura distance 4.0-5.3 mm, arachnoid 3.2-4.0 mm, an pial diameter 2.8-3.4 mm. In this paper the authors discuss their preliminary findings in a normal population.
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- G Cennamo
- University Eye Institute, Napoli, Italy
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Duarte AS, Rosa N, Duarte EP, Pires E, Barros MT. Cardosins: A new and efficient plant enzymatic tool to dissociate neuronal cells for the establishment of cell cultures. Biotechnol Bioeng 2006; 97:991-6. [PMID: 17099909 DOI: 10.1002/bit.21259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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In the present work, we examined the feasibility of using cardosins, plant aspartic-proteinases from Cynara cardunculus L., to isolate cells from rat embryonic brain. Using morphological and functional assays, we compared cell cultures obtained with cardosins with those prepared with a well-established trypsin protocol. Cardosins and trypsin dissociation produced cells with similar yield, viability, and GABA release in response to a depolarizing stimulus. However, cardosins-dissociated cells appeared to recover faster in culture, as assessed by the MTT-test and by the number and length of neurtites, suggesting that cardosins are less aggressive to neurons than trypsin. This feature might be helpful for research and medical purposes requiring fast manipulations of cells.
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- A S Duarte
- CESAM and Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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Laccarino GF, Forte R, Tranfa F, Cennamo G, Rosa N. [Intracorneal invasion of the ciliary body by melanoma]. J Fr Ophtalmol 2006; 29:e3. [PMID: 16523149 DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(06)73771-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The authors report a case of a slow reduction of vision in the left eye of a 69-year-old woman. The slit-lamp examination of the eye showed a vascularized achromic subconjunctival mass close to the nasal limbus, invading the inferonasal corneal quadrant. At B-scan and standardized A-scan echography, the mass was shown to be localized to the ciliary body, with characteristics of a malignant melanoma. The patient did not want to undergo conservative treatment. Therefore, enucleation was performed and light microscopy revealed a pigmented malignant melanoma of the ciliary body with extrascleral growth and infiltration of the anterior third of the corneal stroma. No alteration of Bowman's membrane was present. The corneal infiltration, limited to the anterior third of the stroma, could be due to the fact that at this level the collagen fibers are disposed less regularly than those of the posterior two-thirds, with this different disposition responsible for the weak resistance opposed to the tumoral invasion.
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- G F Laccarino
- Service d'Ophtalmologie, Deuxième Université, Naples, Italie
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Lanza M, Rosa N, Capasso L, Iaccarino G, Rossi S, Romano A. Can We Utilize Photorefractive Keratectomy to Improve Visual Acuity in Adult Amblyopic Eyes? Ophthalmology 2005; 112:1684-91. [PMID: 16199266 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2004] [Accepted: 05/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To report the results of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in adult amblyopic patients. DESIGN Noncomparative case series. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-eight amblyopic eyes of 36 adult patients who had undergone PRK ranging from -14.63 diopters (D) to +3.75 D (mean, -6.38+/-4.10) were analyzed. METHODS Preoperative and postoperative (1, 3, and 6 months) refractions and measurements of the best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) were reviewed. Statistical evaluation was performed using a paired Student's t test. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Best-corrected visual acuity before and after PRK. RESULTS Before PRK, BSCVA ranged between 0.2 and 0.7 lines (mean, 0.60+/-0.13). One month after PRK, BSCVA ranged between 0.2 and 1.2 lines (mean, 0.77+/-0.24), with a significant difference (P = 3x10(-5)). Three months after PRK, BSCVA ranged between 0.15 and 1.15 lines (mean, 0.84+/-0.23), with a significant difference (P = 5x10(-7)). Six months after PRK, BSCVA ranged between 0.25 and 1.3 lines (mean, 0.88+/-0.25), with a significant difference (P = 8x10(-8)). CONCLUSIONS Our study does not imply that refractive surgery should or may be performed in young children but, rather, that adults wishing to undergo refractive surgery may undertake such procedures despite an amblyopic eye thought to be refractory to visual rehabilitation by conventional methods, such as spectacles and contact lenses.
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- M Lanza
- Eye Department, 2nd University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Foddai A, Idini G, Fusco M, Rosa N, de la Fe C, Zinellu S, Corona L, Tola S. Rapid differential diagnosis of Mycoplasma agalactiae and Mycoplasma bovis based on a multiplex-PCR and a PCR-RFLP. Mol Cell Probes 2005; 19:207-12. [PMID: 15797822 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2004.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2004] [Revised: 10/27/2004] [Accepted: 11/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The membrane-protein 81 gene (mb-mp81) of Mycoplasma bovis was cloned, sequenced and compared to membrane-protein 81 gene (ma-mp81) of Mycoplasma agalactiae. After alignment of both sequences, specific primers pairs were designed from variable or unchanging nucleotide segments. In this study, we describe the development and optimization of a multiplex-PCR (MPCR) for the rapid detection of M. agalactiae and M. bovis strains. In addition, a simple and rapid PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay, using the restriction enzymes AluI, DraI, RsaI and XbaI, is described to distinguish between both species. The results suggest that MPCR and PCR-RFLP assays could be used as an alternative method in routine diagnosis for rapid and specific simultaneous detection of M. agalactiae and M. bovis.
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- A Foddai
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna G.Pegreffi, Via Duca degli Abruzzi 8, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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PURPOSE To describe further findings in the Parry-Romberg syndrome that might contribute towards a better understanding of the disease. DESIGN Case report. METHODS The clinical history of a patient with the Parry-Romberg syndrome was studied, and fluorangiography and echography were carried out. RESULTS Clinical observation revealed classic hemifacial atrophy; fluorescein angiography showed telangiectasis, light staining of the retina, and leakage from the largest telangiectasis and the optic disc vessels; echography showed shrinkage of the eyeball and thinning of the extraocular muscles. CONCLUSIONS Enophthalmos in this disease is caused not only by progressive fat atrophy but also by shrinkage of the eyeball and thinning of the extraocular muscles; the shrinkage of the eyeball helps explain the presence of choroidal and retinal folding and hyperopia, confirming the primary involvement of connective tissue in this disease.
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- F Bandello
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Udine, Italy.
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Bandello F, Incorvaia C, Rosa N, Parmeggiani F, Costagliola C, Sebastiani A. Bilateral central serous chorioretinopathy in a patient treated with systemic cortico-steroids for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Eur J Ophthalmol 2002; 12:123-6. [PMID: 12022284 DOI: 10.1177/112067210201200208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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PURPOSE To describe the concomitant occurrence of systemic cortico-steroid treatment and the development of bilateral central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC), which promptly regressed after the reduction of the drug dosage, up to its scheduled withdrawal. METHODS Case report. RESULTS A 46-year-old white male, with a history of monolateral CSC, had a non-Hodgkin lymphoma on his right cheek. Soon after surgical excision of the tumoral lesion, he received a standard post-operative regimen of decreasing intramuscular betamethasone for 25 days, followed by 10 day's withdrawal, then cycles of intravenous cyclophosphamide and vincristine, followed by 7-day oral prednisone, repeated monthly for three months. Fluorescein angiographies at the end of the first oral cortico-steroid cycle and before starting the second, documented the occurrence of bilateral CSC and its regression, which were chronologically related respectively to the cortico-steroid administration and withdrawal. CONCLUSIONS This case further demonstrates that systemic cortico-steroids can be responsible for the occurrence of CSC. The patient's history should always be checked for any previous CSC episodes. In these subjects, periodical ophthalmoscopic examination is essential to discover early or asymptomatic steroid-related CSC patterns, to prevent complications of the disease.
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- F Bandello
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ferrara, Italy.
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PURPOSE To compare videokeratographic and refractive data obtained before and after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for myopia. METHODS Seventy-four eyes underwent PRK for myopia ranging from -2.50 to -17.00 D (mean, -7.76 +/- 3.17 D). All patients had videokeratography with the EyeSys instrument before, and 1 and 6 months after PRK, and the changes in three corneal power measurements (center of the ablation, apex, and effective refractive power) were compared with refractive changes. RESULTS Changes obtained in the three corneal power measurements at 1 and 6 months were well correlated with manifest refraction (Pearson's coefficient ranged from 0.71 to 0.84). CONCLUSION Power measurements obtained with corneal topography, as described above, are a reliable and objective method for the evaluation and follow-up of PRK, provided addition of an approximate 25% correcting factor.
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- N Rosa
- Eye Department, Second University of Naples, Italy.
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Rosa N, Rinaldi M. Detection of choroidal calcium by CT scan. Ophthalmology 2000; 107:1802-3. [PMID: 11013169 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-6420(00)00139-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND So far, intravenously injected echographic contrast agents have not been able to overcome the lung circle, and their use was confined to the study of right-sided heart abnormalities. A new agent that is able to pass the pulmonary barrier has been manufactured, and it is currently under investigation in ophthalmology. METHODS A saccharide-based contrast agent (SHU 454) that is not able to overcome the lung filter has been compared in vitro with a new saccharide-based contrast agent (SHU 508 A) that is able to overcome the pulmonary barrier. They have been diluted in saline solution, and the reflectivity of the solution and the eventual sound attenuation have been studied with standardized A scan and a tissue model. RESULTS The solution with SHU 508 showed a higher reflectivity that lasted longer, without significant sound attenuation. CONCLUSIONS The long-lasting period of the increased reflectivity will allow to better evaluate the normal and pathological vascular network in the eye and orbit, such as the evaluation of the effectiveness of conservative treatment in cases of malignant melanoma with a spread of the indications of standardized echography to other fields of ophthalmology.
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- G Cennamo
- Eye Department, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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PURPOSE The authors present a preliminary report to test the usefulness of a new technique called power Doppler ultrasonography (PD) in the study of orbital vessels. MATERIAL AND METHODS The ophthalmic artery and vein as well as the central retinal artery and vein have been examined in 10 patients with a General Electric Logiq 5000 that allows the examination with both color Doppler ultrasonography (CD) and PD. RESULTS PD does not alias, is relatively angle independent and is able to better detect the pathways of these vessels. CONCLUSIONS PD is a new promising technique that may be superior to CD in detecting orbital and ocular vessels.
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- N Rosa
- Eye Department, University of Naples Frederico II, Naples, Italy
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PURPOSE To determine the accuracy of applanation tonometry in patients with corneas thinned by photorefractive keratectomy, and to correlate corneal changes with tonometric readings. METHODS The intraocular pressure was measured with Goldmann applanation tonometry in 87 patients who underwent photorefractive keratectomy before and 1, 6 and 12 months after treatment. The treatments ranged from -1.5 to -14 diopters (mean=-7.6+/-4.1 diopters) and the fellow eyes were used as controls. RESULTS In the treated eyes the intraocular pressure before surgery ranged from 11 to 26 mmHg (mean=17.7+/-2.8 mmHg). One month after surgery it ranged from 5 to 22 mmHg (mean=11.9+/-2.7 mmHg) with a significant underestimation (P=1x10(-33)). Six months after surgery it ranged from 6 to 22 mmHg (mean=12+/-3 mmHg) with a significant underestimation (P=5x10(-30)). Twelve months after surgery it ranged from 8 to 22 mmHg (mean=12.7+/-2.7 mmHg) with a significant underestimation (P=5x10(-31)). CONCLUSIONS A correcting factor should be applied when using applanation tonometry to measure intraocular pressure in patients who have undergone PRK.
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- Eye Department, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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To determine the accuracy of non-contact tonometry in patients with corneas thinned by photorefractive keratectomy, the authors measured the intraocular pressure with a non-contact tonometer and the corneal thickness with an ultrasonic pachymeter in 47 patients before and 9 months after photorefractive keratectomy. The patients were divided into three groups according to the degree of treatment: group I between 1 and 5 diopters (14 eyes), group II between 6 and 10 diopters (18 eyes), group III between 11 and 15 diopters (15 eyes). In the first group of patients mean intraocular pressure was 16.1 (+/-3.85) mm Hg before surgery, and 13.2 (+/-3.14) mm Hg after surgery with a significant difference (p = 0.0027). In the second group of patients mean intraocular pressure was 16.0 (+/-4.13) mm Hg before surgery and 13.0 (+/-3.0) mm Hg after surgery with a significant difference (p = 0.0045). In the third group of patients mean intraocular pressure was 17.7 (+/-3.8) mm Hg before surgery and 12.4 (+/-2.6) mm Hg after surgery, with a significant difference (p = 0.0005). In conclusion, according to our results, non-contact tonometry needs a correcting factor for measuring the intraocular pressure in patients that underwent photorefractive keratectomy, related to the degree of refractive treatment.
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- G Cennamo
- Eye Department, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Cennamo G, Rosa N, Del Prete A, Breve MA, Sebastiani A. The corneal endothelium 12 months after photorefractive keratectomy in high myopia. Acta Ophthalmol Scand 1997; 75:128-30. [PMID: 9197555 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00106.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To determine if photorefractive keratectomy with a 193 nm excimer laser could cause human corneal endothelial changes, mainly in high dioptric treatments. METHODS 18 patients underwent a treatment ranging from 7 to 13 diopters at the corneal apex (mean 10.3 +/- 1.4 SD) with an estimated corneal thinning ranging from 62 to 116 microns (mean 90.7 +/- 12 SD). In these patients a comparison between the number and shape of the corneal endothelial cells has been performed before and 12 months after PRK. RESULTS The mean cell density was 2818 +/- 337 mm2, before surgery, and 2894 +/- 301 mm2 after 12 months. The polymorphic index was 79.0 +/- 2.3, before surgery, and 81.0 +/- 5.0 after 12 months with no significant changes (p = 0.16 and P = 0.09, respectively). CONCLUSIONS These results show that photorefractive keratectomy does not cause any significant observable damage to the central corneal endothelium up to 12 months after surgery, even in high myopic treatments.
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- G Cennamo
- Eye Department, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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To evaluate long-term corneal endothelium damages after myopic photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) a morphometric analysis of corneal endothelial cells was performed in 41 patients before and at least 24 months after photorefractive keratectomy. These patients underwent a treatment ranging from -2.5 to -14 dpt with a mean of 8.9 +/- 2.8 dpt at the corneal apex, with an estimated corneal thinning ranging from 23 to 123 microns with a mean of 78 +/- 24.4 microns. Our results showed that the density of endothelial cells ranged from 2,334 to 3,554/mm2 with a mean of 2,819 +/- 351/mm2 before surgery, and from 2,051 to 3,461/mm2 with a mean of 2,774 +/- 330/mm2 after surgery without any significant changes (p = 0.16). The polymorphic index ranged from 58 to 84 with a mean of 77 +/- 5.7 before PRK and from 57 to 89 with mean of 77.7 +/- 7.2 after treatment without any significant changes (p = 0.61). In conclusion, we can state that there is no long-term corneal endothelial damage after PRK even in highly myopic eyes.
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- N Rosa
- Istituto di Oftalmologia Università Federico II, Napoli, Italia
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Cennamo G, Rosa N, Breve MA. Use of a special device for the treatment of overfiltration after glaucoma filtering surgery. Ophthalmologica 1997; 211:61-5. [PMID: 9097305 DOI: 10.1159/000310759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND standardized A and B scan echography were used to look for the possible presence of ciliochoroidal detachment in patients with flat anterior chamber following glaucoma filtering surgery. For this purpose, a scleral shell filled with saline solution was inserted between the lids. As a deepening of the anterior chamber was found in some patients, we planned to utilize these devices for the treatment of flat anterior chambers after glaucoma filtering surgery. METHODS 16 patients with flat anterior chambers after glaucoma filtering surgery underwent the insertion of a scleral shell filled with saline solution between the lids. The shell was left in place for 15 min. RESULTS In all of our patients a deepening of the anterior chamber was achieved. In 5 patients 1 application, in 6 patients 2 applications, in 4 patients 3 applications were needed. CONCLUSIONS The advantages of using this procedures are: the procedure is quick; it does not disturb the corneal epithelium; it is cheap; it does not require suturing the conjunctiva; it can be part of the examination of the anterior segment with echography to look for any ciliary body detachment.
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- G Cennamo
- Instituto di Oftalmologia, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italia
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Rosa N, Cennamo G, Pasquariello A, Maffulli F, Sebastiani A. Refractive outcome and corneal topographic studies after photorefractive keratectomy with different-sized ablation zones. Ophthalmology 1996; 103:1130-8. [PMID: 8684805 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-6420(96)30556-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Discrepancies may still occur between planned and actual refractive correction in eyes undergoing photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). The authors have evaluated the use of an enlarged ablation zone. METHOD A computerized corneal analysis system has been used to compare the changes of the anterior surface of the cornea and the refractive changes before and 1, 6, and 12 months after PRK in 113 patients (119 eyes) treated with an excimer laser. The patients were divided into two groups: those treated with a mask with a 5-mm window (59 eyes), and those with a new mask with different window openings according to the degree of refraction at the corneal apex, starting from 5 mm in diameter for treatments less than 6.5 diopters (D) and from 7 mm in diameter for higher treatments (60 eyes). In the first group, treatment ranged from -2.5 to -16 D (mean +/- standard deviation. -8.5 +/- 3.24 D); in the second group, it ranged from -1 to -14 D (-7.8 +/- 3.06 D). Treatments were evaluated with a chi-square test. RESULTS In the first group of eyes, 46% were within +/-1 D at 1 month, 37% at 6 months, and 39% at 12 months. In the second group of eyes, 73% were within +/-1 D at 1 month, 60% at 6 months, and 58% at 12 months. The comparison between these data and corneal topographic changes shows that both are more stable and predictable with the new mask compared with the 5-mm mask (P = 0.002, 0.02, 0.04, at 1, 6, and 12 months, respectively). CONCLUSIONS The use of larger ablation zones improves the predictability and stability of refractive changes.
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- N Rosa
- Università Federico II Napoli Istituto di Oftalmologia, Italy
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At an early clinical stage, patients with cystoid macular oedema show no significant changes in their vision. This phase is described as angiographic cystoid macular oedema. Echographic macular studies have in the past years shown that the macular thickness is increased in the early stages of cystoid macular oedema. In these patients there was no evidence of cystoid macular oedema with the visual acuity test, B-scan echography and fluorescein angiography. In this paper an echographic macular study by standardized A-scan echography was performed in 537 patients before extracapsular cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation in posterior chamber (ciliary sulcus). The results showed that this method is very sensitive in detecting patients with high risk of cystoid macular oedema.
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- G Cennamo
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Naples-Federico II, Italy
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Rosa N, Cennamo G, Del Prete A, Pastena B, Sebastiani A. Effects on the corneal endothelium six months following photorefractive keratectomy. Ophthalmologica 1995; 209:17-20. [PMID: 7715922 DOI: 10.1159/000310568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) with a 193-nm excimer laser has been shown not to destroy endothelial cells in vivo. However, this laser could damage endothelial cell metabolism, and result in damage over a longer term. In this paper, a comparison between the number and shape of corneal endothelial cells has been performed in 25 patients before and 6 months after PRK. These patients underwent treatment with myopic correction ranging from 2.5 to 17 dpt and with an estimated corneal thinning ranging from 25 to 170 microns. No significant changes in the number (p = 0.167) and shape (p = 0.075) of endothelial cells have been found. These results show that there are no long-term damages after PRK even in severely myopic eyes.
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- N Rosa
- Eye Department, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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The intravenous injection of an ultrasound contrast agent can enhance signals from blood flow. Broad toxicological and pharmaceutical studies in animals confirmed the safety and efficacy of an ultrasound contrast agent made of microparticles of galactose with stabilised microbubbles in watery suspension (SH U 508 A). In this paper 10 patients with different malignant orbital and ocular tumours have been evaluated with an echo colour Doppler machine before and after the injection of SH U 508 A. An enhancement of the Doppler signals in the lesions in different degrees has been detected. This echographic contrast agent seems to be very important not only in the evaluation of vascular lesions, but also in evaluating the effectiveness of radiotherapy in malignant tumours and could spread the echographic indications in several other ophthalmic fields.
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- G Cennamo
- Istituto di Oftalmologia, Università Federico II Napoli, Italy
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Cennamo G, Rosa N, Guida E, Del Prete A, Sebastiani A. Evaluation of corneal thickness and endothelial cells before and after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy. J Refract Corneal Surg 1994; 10:137-41. [PMID: 7517287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND The possible endothelial damage induced by photorefractive keratectomy was investigated in myopic eyes. METHODS A morphometric analysis of the endothelial cells was performed in 19 patients before and 2 months after photorefractive keratectomy for the correction of various degrees of myopia. Central ultrasonic pachometry was also recorded at the same examination times. RESULTS No significant changes (p = .816) of the endothelial cell density were found between preoperative and postoperative measurements. The pleomorphic index did not show any significant changes after treatment (p = .955). Central corneal thickness was reduced to a various extent (range from 50 microns to 250 microns) according to the amount of myopic correction intended. CONCLUSIONS Our preliminary data suggest that photorefractive keratectomy for the correction of myopia does not induce endothelial cell damage, at least in the short term.
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- G Cennamo
- Università degli Studi di Napoli-Federico II, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Istituto di Oftalmologia, Italy
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Ambrosio G, Cennamo G, De Marco R, Loffredo L, Rosa N, Sebastiani A. Visual function before and after photorefractive keratectomy for myopia. J Refract Corneal Surg 1994; 10:129-36. [PMID: 7517286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND To date, Snellen visual acuity and postoperative refraction have been used to evaluate the results of photorefractive keratectomy. However, other parameters, such as contrast sensitivity function and glare, may be affected by refractive surgery and lead to unsatisfactory visual performance. This prospective study is aimed at evaluating the effect of photorefractive keratectomy on contrast sensitivity function and glare. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Static contrast sensitivity function, dynamic contrast sensitivity function, and glare sensitivity were evaluated in 22 myopic eyes before as well as 1, 3, and 6 months after photorefractive keratectomy. The eyes tested were divided into three groups, according to the amount of myopia: group I, from -4.00 to -8.00 diopters (D); group II, from -8.25 to -11.00 D; group III, from -11.25 to -20.00 D. RESULTS Both static and dynamic contrast sensitivity function at the intermediate spatial frequencies were altered at 1 month after photorefractive keratectomy, with a trend toward recovery at 3 and 6 months postoperatively. Glare sensitivity was not significantly affected by surgery. CONCLUSIONS Contrast sensitivity function and glare testing may show abnormalities in the presence of optimal visual and refractive results. These tests may result especially important for the evaluation of new refractive surgical procedures.
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- G Ambrosio
- Università degli Studi di Napoli--Federico II, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Istituto di Oftalmologia, Italy
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Avellino corneal dystrophy has rarely been reported in literature. It consists of a combination of granular and lattice dystrophy. Patients may complain of glare and decreased night vision with or without decreased visual acuity, depending on the degree of corneal involvement. Current treatment for this dystrophy includes bandage contact lenses for the erosions or corneal transplant in the case of decreased visual acuity. We describe the first patient with Avellino corneal dystrophy to have been treated with phototherapeutic keratectomy.
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- G Cennamo
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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The authors describe a case of histologically proven orbital metastasis from a hepatic carcinoma in an 85-year-old patient with rapid onset of proptosis and visual loss. The clinical diagnosis of orbital metastatic lesion was established by standardized echography and CT scan. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the third histologically proven case of hepatoma metastatic to the orbit.
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- F Tranfa
- First Chair of Ophthalmology, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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Rosenwasser GO, Sucheski BM, Rosa N, Pastena B, Sebastiani A, Sassani JW, Perry HD. Phenotypic variation in combined granular-lattice (Avellino) corneal dystrophy. Arch Ophthalmol 1993; 111:1546-52. [PMID: 8240112 DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1993.01090110112035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the phenotypic variation exhibited by members of families with combined granular-lattice (Avellino) corneal dystrophy. SETTING We examined 40 patients (age range, 12 to 85 years) from six unrelated families with Avellino corneal dystrophy. This included the first individuals to ever be examined near the presumed site of origin in Italy. In addition, one family was the first to trace its origins to Germany rather than to Italy. We studied the phenotypic expression of the disease in the cornea, visual acuities, subjective complaints, complications, treatment, and histologic condition of these individuals. RESULTS The granular stromal lesions reach their mature quantity and size early in life, and appear as either gray and crumb-shaped deposits or superficial with an annular and planar distribution. The lattice component appears gradually, beginning and maturing later in life. The phenotypic variation within families was found to be substantial. Widely variable proportions of lattice and granular changes were found within single sibships. Visual acuities ranged from 20/20 to 20/400. Recurrent corneal erosions were present but infrequent. Subjective complaints included glare and decreased night vision. Penetrating keratoplasty was required in one individual to restore vision. Histopathologic examination revealed typical amyloid and granular deposits. Granular deposits were found replacing Bowman's membrane and extending to the corneal surface. These deposits probably represent the cause of recurrent erosions. CONCLUSIONS Combined granular and lattice corneal dystrophy may present with substantial phenotypic variation. The disease can be found in individuals who trace their ancestry to both Italy and Germany, a wider geographic distribution than previously proposed.
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- G O Rosenwasser
- Department of Ophthalmology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey
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Tomkins DJ, Haines T, Lawrence M, Rosa N. A study of sister chromatid exchange and somatic cell mutation in hospital workers exposed to ethylene oxide. Environ Health Perspect 1993; 101 Suppl 3:159-164. [PMID: 8143611 PMCID: PMC1521142 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.93101s3159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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To investigate the risks of exposure to ethylene oxide (EO) at current permissible levels and at past higher levels, an inception cohort of sterilizer operators and supervisors from the Central Processing Department (CPD), respiratory therapists, and engineers exposed to EO were identified at the McMaster University Medical Centre. A comparison group from Nutrition Services (NUTR) were matched with the CPD workers on the basis of sex, age, and smoking habit. The present report is based on genetic test results for the 94 CPD and matched NUTR workers only. Statistical analysis based on the mean SCE frequency in the top 5, top 10, and all cells (50 cells scored per individual) and high frequency cells (HFC) based on the 95th percentile for nonsmoking control subjects showed a direct association with current smoking but not with EO exposure. Similarly, statistical analysis of the somatic cell mutation (SCMT) variant frequencies did not demonstrate an association with EO exposure, nor with smoking. Regression analysis indicated that sex was the only other covariate that significantly affected SCE. Age was weakly associated with SCMT. A statistically significant interaction between occupational exposure and smoking habits was observed only for the mean SCE frequency of the top 5 and top 10 cells when the 11 current CPD/NUTR pairs were not included. Thus, this interaction should be interpreted with caution.
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- D J Tomkins
- Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Leukemic infiltration of the optic nerve is rare. We describe the diagnostic assessment and the outcome in two adult patients suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia with T phenotype. In both cases the leukemic involvement of the eye was observed as an isolated extramedullary relapse followed after several months by hematological relapse. CT and MRI scans were negative, while an A-scan echography of the eye clarified the diagnosis. Early radiotherapy caused recovery of visual acuity in one case. A-scan echography is the most sensitive investigation for the early recognition of ocular localization in acute leukemias.
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- A Camera
- Divisione di Ematologia, Facoltà di Medicina, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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A group of patients with empty sella syndrome (ESS) and visual field defect with or without visual loss has been examined with standardized echography and ophthalmodynamometric examination. The optic nerve thickness has been evaluated with standardized echography; the pressure of the central retina artery has been evaluated with ophthalmodynamometric examination with or without compression on the external carotid. Our results point out two different pathogeneses in the ESS: vascular defects or irregular endocranial hypertension.
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- G Cennamo
- Eye Department, II University Hospital, University of Naples, Italy
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Gibberellic acid (GA3) significantly reduced the level of starch in green leaves of tobacco plants. The total α-amylase activity and the specific activities of α-amylase and invertase were increased by GA3 treatment. Hydrolysis of starch during flue-curing contributed greatly to the increased level of reducing sugars in cured leaf tissue; decreasing the level of starch in green leaves by GA3 effectively lowered the level of reducing sugars after curing.
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Shoots of barley seedlings when fed D-phenylalanine convert the amino acid to N-malonylphenylalanine. Some N-acetylphenylalanine is obtained at the same time but this may be an artifact of the isolation procedure since it is readily formed by decarboxylation of the malonylphenylalanine. Feeding experiments with the D- and L-isomers of phenylalanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, tyrosine, tryptophan, alanine, and glutamic acid showed that barley shoots form the malonyl derivative from all the D-isomers whereas little, if any, is formed from the L-isomers. Similar experiments with phenylalanine and leucine isomers, using seven different plant species, showed that the ability to conjugate the D-isomers (but not the L-isomers) was found in all of the plants tested. It was also observed that the ether-soluble acidic conjugates of a variety of amino acids, possibly malonyl derivatives, occur widely throughout the plant kingdom.
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Rosa N, Neish AC. Formation and occurrence of N-malonylphenylalanine and related compounds in plants. Can J Biochem 1968; 46:799-806. [PMID: 5672861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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