OBJECTIVE: This article briefly reviews the history of the relationship between psychiatry and the leadership of ethics committees as a background for examining appropriate educational initiatives to adequately prepare residents and early career psychiatrists to serve as leaders of ethics committees. (more…)
OBJECTIVE: The authors examine the development of the psychiatrist from an adult developmental perspective, focusing on the early development and consolidation of highly adaptive clinical and other professional habits. (more…)
Neospora caninum was isolated from the brain of an apparently healthy calfborn to a seropositive cow. The calf was killed 12 hrs after birth and homogenate of its brain wasinoculated into Vero cells. (more…)
BACKGROUND: Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis is a rare, autosomal recessive,inherited lipid storage disease characterized by accumulation of cholestanol and cholesterol in mosttissues. The disease is caused by mutations in the sterol 27-hydroxylase gene, leading to a blockin bile synthesis, with accumulation of substrates for this enzyme, including cholesterol, resultingin an increase in the conversion of cholesterol to cholestanol. (more…)
BACKGROUND: Mast cell proliferations are commoner in dogs than in humans;mass forming lesions in the former are apt to fine needle sampling and the obtained cytopathologicalpicture might be informing to enhance recognition of similar proliferations in humans. (more…)
BACKGROUND: The gross appearance and cytologic findings in synovial fluid intuberculous infections are similar to those in other types of chronic synovial effusion.Demonstration of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) is required for a definitive diagnosis of tuberculouseffusion; it is reported in only 20% of cases. (more…)
BACKGROUND: Synovial fluid (SF) analysis is a useful investigative procedurein the evaluation of various types of arthritides, including gouty arthritis. Rarely, goutyarthritis may present with effusion containing thick, milky white fluid. (more…)
BACKGROUND: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disease occurring almostexclusively in females of reproductive age. Patients usually present with insidious and progressivedyspnea. Episodes of hemoptysis, pneumothorax, and chylothorax may occur, and the patientprogresses to eventual respiratory failure and death. (more…)
