Presse Med
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Review
[Primary small-cell bronchial cancer: value of serum tumor markers in the prognostic evaluation].
TUMOR MARKERS: We reviewed the biomedical literature searching for the most well-documented serum markers with prognostic value independent of the usual radioclinical and histological parameters of small cell lung cancer.
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CALCIUM RECEPTOR: The calcium receptor can ìperceiveî small vanations in extracellular calcium concentrations and adapt cell response. The ìcalciostatî was hypothesized for several years before its discovery on parathyroid and other cells, particularly renal cells. It can couple with protein G and has 7 transmembrane domains.
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CLINICAL AND BIOLOGICAL FEATURES: Pseudohypoparathyroidism is a heterogenous group of conditions with variable clinical and biological features and a common resistance to parathormone (PTH) leading to hypocalcemia associated with high levels of PTH. The classification of these conditions depends on the expression of Albright's osteodystrophy and response to exogenous parathormone: urine phosphorus and cyclic AMP excretion.
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African rickettsiasis is transmitted by Rickettsia africae, a cattle tick. Amblyomma spp. is an emerging rickettsiasis in sub-sehalian Afric described in 1992. Seroepidemiology studies conducted in Africa show that it is probably the most widespread rickettsiasis in the sorld. In addition, the development of tourist activities in southern African countries has led to an increase in the number of reported cases in subjects returning from endemic areas. A high serprevalence of anti R. africae anticodies has been recently reported in the guadeloupe (French East Indies) population as well as one documented infection. ⋯ The clinical expression of African tick rickettsiasis includes fevder, headache, inoculation scar, locoredgional node enlargement, and an inconsistent sometimes vesicular rash. The diagnosis is made on the basis of serological findings and cross absorption of anti R. africae and R. conorii antibodies and/or isolation or gene amplification of R. africae from inoculation scar biopsies.