Hydralazine-Induced Isolated Lupus Nephritis.

Hydralazine has been known to cause multiple side effects, both localized and systemic. The literature includes case reports of systemic vasculitis caused by hydralazine. A 79-year-old male with stage 3 chronic kidney disease attributable to hypertension and type 2 diabetes was started on hydralazine to control his hypertension.

Thiamine Responsive Megaloblastic Anaemia, Diabetes Mellitus and Sensorineural Hearing Loss in a Child.

Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia (TRMA) syndrome is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder characterised by a triad of megaloblastic anemia, diabetes mellitus, and sensorineural deafness. We report a case of 2-year-old girl whose anemia improved following administration of thiamine. She came with the history of persistent anaemia for the last one year.

Obstetric patients in intensive care unit: Perspective from a teaching hospital in Pakistan.

Objective: Review of obstetric cases admitted to the intensive care unit.

Design: Ten year retrospective review of individual patients' medical records.

Participants: Records of obstetric patients admitted from 2005-2014.

Expert testimony influences juror decisions in criminal trials involving recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse.

We examined the impact of expert witness orientation (researcher or clinical practitioner) and type of testimony (testimony for the prosecution, defense, both prosecution and defense, or no testimony) on mock jurors' decisions in a sexual abuse trial. Participants acted as mock jurors on a sexual abuse criminal trial based on recovered memory that included expert witness testimony. Results showed that expert witness testimony provided by a researcher did not impact mock jurors' guilt ratings any differently than the expert witness testimony provided by a clinical practitioner.

Semantic satiation effect in young and older adults.

Auditory and auditory+visual massed repetition served to examine semantic satiation in young and older adults and to understand the possible sources of this phenomenon. In Exp. 1, participants either heard or heard and saw prime words (ROYALTY) repeated 2, 15, or 30 times and made relatedness judgments on targets that were either semantically related (queen) or unrelated (box) to the repeated word.

An immunogenetic and molecular basis for differences in outcomes of invasive group A streptococcal infections.

The role of host genetic factors in conferring predisposition or protection in infectious diseases has become evident. Infection with group A streptococci causes a wide spectrum of disease ranging from pharyngitis to streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. The release of inflammatory cytokines triggered by streptococcal superantigens has a pivotal role in invasive streptococcal disease.