Abstract:
:Thorax scan was performed for elucidation of a pulmonary problem in a Nigerian immigrant. The aspect of the vertebrae suggested sickle cell disease, of course without specification of the genotype. Routine hematological tests seemed compatible with an HbSC disease, showing typical laboratory features, namely a significant proportion of hyperchromic RBC, corresponding to secondary, non hereditary spherocytosis, presence of numerous target cells and occasional HbC crystals on Pappenheim stained blood films. The diagnosis of HbSC disease was confirmed by HPLC, iso-electric focusing and citrate agar electrophoresis of hemoglobin and by reverse phase HPLC of globin-chains. This case illustrates the importance of screening for hemoglobin anomalies as it is performed in a multiethnic country such as the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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Acta Clin Belgjournal_title
Acta clinica Belgicaauthors
Thoma J,Kutter D,Casel S,Rosoux P,Braas C,Ries F,Groff P,Kalmes G,Golinska Bdoi
10.1179/acb.2005.057keywords:
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2005-11-01 00:00:00pages
377-82issue
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1784-3286issn
2295-3337journal_volume
60pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Over the past few years there have been enormous changes in the management of stroke patients. General practitioners, ambulance personnel/paramedics and the general public need to be well informed that stroke is a medical emergency. Prevention of secondary brain damage by normalising vital parameters and combating fev...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/17843286.1999.11754250
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Abnormal endothelial function plays a pivota role in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. Due to lack of autoregulation of glucose transport in the presence of high extracellular glucose concentrations, intracellular hyperglycaemia induces a series of metabolic changes that ultimately lead to the genesis of bot...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1179/acb.2007.017
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Immunotherapy represents a recent milestone in the treatment of lung cancer, particularly with the rapidly expanding development of monoclonal antibodies targeting checkpoint inhibitors in the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) pathway, such as nivolumab and pembrolizumab. Classical auto-immune side effects of t...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/17843286.2019.1629078
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Malignant insulinomas are very rare. They have typical clinical and biochemical characteristics that allow an early detection and distinction from other sorts of islet cell carcinoma. As a result a curative resection can occasionally be managed. Nevertheless, for more advanced stages the same treatment options as for ...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/17843286.1997.11718588
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the past 2 decades, IgE-mediated NRL allergy has become a well-defined condition with recognised risk groups, established diagnostic tools, and adequate prevention strategies (1-3). Furthermore, molecular biology and biochemical techniques have significantly improved our knowledge of the proteins responsible to cau...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1179/acb.2002.015
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe a case of primary aldosteronism secondary to bilateral adrenal hyperplasia in three subsequent pregnancies. The disease was diagnosed soon after the first pregnancy, which ended in a miscarriage, and was treated pharmacologically with spironolactone. Because spironolactone is contraindicated in pregnancy, ...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2143/ACB.67.2.2062644
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Q fever is a global zoonosis that can cause both acute and chronic infections in humans through aerogenic transmission. Although Q fever was discovered already 80 years ago, this infectious disease remains largely unknown. We studied a case series in a Belgian tertiary care hospital. METHODS:A laboratory an...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/17843286.2016.1165397
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::We reported the case of a patient with stage IV Hodgkin's disease (involving the nodes and Liver) presenting with paraneoplastic fever and who subsequently developed hypothermia during chemotherapy administration. We also reviewed the 12 other cases of hypothermia in Hodgkin's disease reported in the literature and di...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1179/acb.2006.042
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Background Trichinellosis is a parasitic infection caused by nematodes of the genus Trichinella, and its principal mode of transmission is the consumption of raw or undercooked contaminated meat. Cardiac involvement in trichinellosis is unusual, yet it represents the most frequent cause of death. Here, we report a cas...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/17843286.2020.1790867
更新日期:2020-07-04 00:00:00
abstract::Up to a little while ago there was no uniform definition for acute kidney injury (AKI). Recently, the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative proposed the RIFLE consensus classification for AKI. This classification was adapted and modified by the Acute Kidney Injury Network into the AKI staging system. This classification d...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/acb.2007.071
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors report an observation of Wegener's granulomatosis with pulmonary, bronchial, renal, cutaneous and sinusal involvement. Five years ago, the patient was referred to us because of bilateral diffuse pulmonary infiltrates of unknown origin. A corticotherapy was introduced at that time and a complete clearance o...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/17843286.1995.11718464
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The management of refractory systemic rheumatic diseases remains a challenging issue. New immunosuppressive drugs have been developed which might improve long-term outcome, with a reasonably toxicity profile. Moreover, better understanding of the mechanisms underlying some of the systemic rheumatic disease has raised ...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1179/acb.2003.58.5.009
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Background Evidence of diagnostic accuracy for proposed definitions of nocturnal polyuria is currently unclear. Purpose Systematic review to determine population-based evidence of the diagnostic accuracy of proposed definitions of nocturnal polyuria based on data from frequency-volume charts. Methods Seventeen pre-spe...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/17843286.2018.1427821
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Actually, the Fournier's gangrene is described as a dermohypodermitis of the perineal, genital and/or perianal regions which can affect both sexes and a wide range of ages. The diagnosis of the disease is essentially made on clinical grounds. Imagery can be interesting in case of an intra-abdominal suspected source of...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/acb.2005.005
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ketamine is an anaesthetic used in human medicine and veterinary practice, synthesised on 1962 and marketed on 1970 in France. Recreational uses were described during 1992 in the medical community and in 1996 in the dance settings. The chemical name of ketamine is 2--(2chlorophenyl)2-(methylamine)-cyclohexanone, an ar...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Objectives: Behçet's disease (BD) is a multi-systemic inflammatory disorder which can affect all types and sizes of vessels.The usage of TNF-α antagonists is increasing in different involvements of BD that is inadequately controlled by standard immunosuppressive regimens. Methods: Here we reported a rare BD case that ...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/17843286.2018.1522020
更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The haemophagocytic syndrome or haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a syndrome encompassing a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by a persistent activation of benign macrophages, leading to uncontrolled secretion of cytokines and phagocytosis of blood cells. The syndrome can be primary due to muta...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2143/ACB.66.6.2062613
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report about 2 cases of isolated mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis presenting without parenchymal infiltrates. Although rare, this mode of presentation reminds the clinician that tuberculosis has to be included in the differential diagnosis of mediastinal masses even in the absence of parenchymal lesion. Both c...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/17843286.1998.11754153
更新日期:1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report on a 34-year-old woman, who was recently diagnosed with Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL), genetically confirmed. At this moment, she presented with an acute history of arterial hypertension, headache, cortical blindness and epilepsy. On the basis of clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) criteria the d...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/acb.2010.060
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors report the case of a 67-year-old woman, with mitral valve prolapse, for more than 20 years. She recently complained of attacks of syncope and clinical ventricular tachycardia; ventricular fibrillation was induced during programmed stimulation. The patient seemed to be at high risk for sudden cardiac death,...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The hepatotoxicity of tetracyclines is well known. If microvesicular steatosis due to a high dose of tetracycline has virtually disappeared, it can also be observed with other drugs belonging to the tetracycline family. To our knowledge, hepatotoxicity induced by doxycycline has never been reported. In our patient, th...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/17843286.1992.11718230
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report on a severe allergic reaction during urethral catheterisation, initially erroneously attributed to natural rubber latex (NRL). However, the negative investigations for latex, the uneventful further applications of NRL, the positive skin test and basophil activation test for chlorhexidine strongly support dia...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/acb.2004.051
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pregnancy is a cardiovascular and metabolic challenge to the human female body. This review summarizes current knowledge on the regulation of blood pressure and plasma volume in normal and hypertensive pregnant women. During pregnancy, systemic vascular resistance and blood pressure decrease, whereas cardiac output an...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1179/acb.2010.050
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Background and objective: The prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) among nursing home (NH) residents is high. This study aimed to investigate the acceptance and implementation of pharmacist recommendations based on a screening tool for PIP, the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/17843286.2019.1634323
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Foodborne disease represents a major problem for public health in industrialized countries, albeit with a low lethality. Foodborne diseases are defined as a group of viral, bacterial or parasitic gastrointestinal infections transmitted by means of food. Proper food-hygiene practices and surveillance of individual dise...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/17843286.2000.11754316
更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The kidneys play a major role in the regulation of the salt balance and thereby regulate blood pressure. Salt sensitivity is acquired or genetically-induced and is noted in about 50% of patients with essential hypertension. This property leads to a high cardiovascular risk. In this situation, the benefit of salt restr...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1179/acb.2007.053
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), along with other forms of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, is an increasingly common clinico-pathological syndrome. It is frequently associated with obesity, especially visceral fat, and type 2 diabetes, and is intimately related to markers of the insulin resistance syndrome. Both...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 社论
doi:10.1179/acb.2003.58.2.001
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::A multidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation program has become an important part of the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It can improve both exercise tolerance and health related quality of life in these patients. Exercise training has to be included for the program to be successful. The intensity ...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1179/acb.2010.071
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a rare cause of endocarditis. Most cases were observed in people working with animals. We report a case in a 45-year old man without any exposure to animals. He was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnoea. Blood cultures were drawn following fever on day 8 of hospitalisation. Erysi...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1179/acb.2003.58.6.006
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::As a result of the St Vincent declaration, a Belgian "task force" was installed in 1992 and consequently 16 working groups were formed. They presented their objectives in 1995. The working group "prevention and treatment of diabetic foot lesions" started the implementation of a screening program to obtain an overview ...
journal_title:Acta clinica Belgica
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1179/acb.2001.005
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00