Annual Review of Nutrition. Vol. 5, 1985
Annual Review of Nutrition. Vol. 5, 1985
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营养年度回顾。
DOI:
10.1136/pgmj.62.726.317-b
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发表时间:
1986
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R. Jung
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作者:
R. Jung
I set off with the intention of at least glancing through every one of the 48 articles to widen my perspectives. The range of topics varies from cultural barriers to effective care among Hispanic-American and also Indochinese patients, to perfluorochemical emulsion oxygen transport fluids. The otherwise good review oi prenatal diagnosis by amniocentesis is marred by few references after 1982, eg the section on recombinant DNA does not include the G8 probe for Huntington's chorea published in 1983. A direct and potentially exciting approach to treatment is the use of 5-azacytidine to inducehaemoglobin F production in betathalassaemia by switching on gamma-chain production. Staphylococcal toxin syndromes, including the sometimes catastrophic toxic shock syndrome, brings together much useful information. The beta-adrenergic blocking drugs are reviewed, including their pharmacology and the consequen-ces for treatment. Indications for use, including prophylactic use against sudden death after myocardial infarction and the types of adverse effect, are covered. Haemochromatosis, an autosomal recessive disorder, is tightly linked to the HLA which can be used to identify presymptomatic siblings.'Bronze diabetes' is late in appearing with sex and environmental factors playing an important part. A more common problem is that of biliary obstruction and the place of non-operative treatment is discussed by two interventional radiologists. A review of the reversal of hypertensive cardiac hypertrophy by medical treatment-is this an argument for early therapy?-and another on the psychological predisposition to life-threatening arrhythmias leading to sudden death are two other fascinating chapters. This is a book to be dipped into and the articles selected will depend on the reader's interests, just as those mentioned reflect mine.