HAND-FOOT-AND-MOUTH SYNDROME IN HUMANS - COXSACKIE A10 INFECTIONS IN NEW ZEALAND
HAND-FOOT-AND-MOUTH SYNDROME IN HUMANS - COXSACKIE A10 INFECTIONS IN NEW ZEALAND
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DOI:
10.1136/bmj.2.5606.661
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发表时间:
1968-01-01
影响因子:
105.7
通讯作者:
DUFF, MF
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作者:
DUFF, MF
The resting levels of circulating plasminogen activator, as measured by the euglobulin lysis time, and changes following a standard exercise procedure were studied in 25 male and 25 female healthy middle-aged subjects. There was a significantly higher level in the female group. Comparison with previous results obtained from 50 young healthy subjects aged 18-30 years showed no statistically significant difference between the two age groups. There was evidence to indicate that cigarette smoking may have a deleterious effect on the resting levelof circulating plasminogen activator. The phenomenon of the poor fibrinolytic responder to exer-cise, previously described in the young subjects, was also shown in the middle-aged population. The middle-aged females had a significantly higher response than the middle-aged males, but there was no significant difference between the total young and middle-aged populations. Cigarette smoking had no influence on the fibrinolytic response to exercise. A 12-month follow-up study on 18 middle-aged subjects confirmed the phenomenon of a poor fibrinolytic response to exercise.We wish to thank our enthusiastic group of blood donors; Dr. RA Cumming, Director of the South-east Scotland Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, for his sustained interest and helpful advice; Professor K. W. Donald, University Department of Medicine, for treadmill facilities; Dr. A. E. Robertson and her staff, who were responsible for the recruiting of the blood donors; and Mr. A. GE Allan, Miss M. Newbigging, and Miss P. Scott for their technical assistance. Our thanks are also due to Dr. N. McLean, pathologist of the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, who permitted us to quote his necropsy report. This research programme was supported by a grant from the Scottish Hospital Endowments Research Trust.