Published in Revue médicale de la Suisse romande
The domain of sciatica is at the edge of a mini revolution. For ten years evidence have been accumulating in favour of a local inflammation rather than a pathology resulling only from a nerve compression. This hypothesis has first been strengthened by the discovery of inflammatory mediators in human herniated discs and then by animal models. These ...
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Primary hyperoxaluria type I is a rare inborn error of metabolism caused by a deficiency of a liver-specific peroxisomal enzyme. It manifests by increased oxalate production that ultimately results in kidney failure, due to urolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis, and finally induces systemic oxalosis and risk of premature death. Primary hyperoxaluria ty...
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Cystinuria is a common inherited amino-aciduria resulting in abnormal urinary excretion of cystine and the dibasic aminoacids, lysine, arginine and ornithine. Formation of cystine kidney stones, recurrent infections and subsequent renal failure are the main complications of the disease. Recently, the gene SLC3A1 and SLC7A9, encoding the two subunit...
Published in Revue médicale de la Suisse romande
Published in Revue médicale de la Suisse romande
Published in Revue médicale de la Suisse romande
Published in Revue médicale de la Suisse romande
Urinary stone disease is frequent, and characterized by a high recurrence rate. Prevention of recurrent urolithiasis is possible using an appropriate diet with or without medications. Patients should be encouraged to have a high fluid intake. For an adult, urine volume should exceed 2000 ml/day. Diet modification should be done according to the var...
Published in Revue médicale de la Suisse romande
Published in Revue médicale de la Suisse romande
The urological treatment of urolithiasis has completely changed during the last 20 years with a huge technical development. Many eclectic fields as aeronautical, micromechanic, Laser and optical research as well as computerised radiology have contributed to this evolution. We discuss here, the several therapeutic modalities, with there applications...
Published in Revue médicale de la Suisse romande
Twenty pediatricians conducted a study for the detection of ophtalmological defects in children aged 36 to 54 months using a protocol designed by the Groupe Romand d'Etudes en Pédiatrie Ambulatoire (GREPA) and by an ophthalmologist. After a pilot test run for correcting the protocol and the testing procedure, visual acuity was assessed using the Sc...
