The effect of ALPL gene polymorphism on the development of urolithiasis in the Turkish population.

Urinary system stones have a complex pathophysiology affected by environmental and genetic factors. To confirm whether ALPL gene polymorphisms are an effective universal risk factor for the development of urolithiasis, we aimed to investigate ALPL gene polymorphism in Turkish population. Our study was carried out with 187 patients with urolithiasis and 92 healthy volunteers (control group) who were not diagnosed with urolithiasis either in themselves or in their families, applied to Emergency Medicine Clinic of Health Sciences University Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey between November 2021 and February 2022, prospectively.

Autonomic nervous system dysfunction and their relationship with disease severity in children with atopic asthma.

The involvement of autonomic imbalance has been reported in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the clinical severity of childhood asthma with autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction and to define whether the severity of asthma correlates with ANS activity. In this case-control study, we evaluated the ANS activity by testing heart rate variability (HRV) and sympathetic skin response (SRR) in 77 asthmatic children, age 7-12 yrs, who had no co-morbidity and compared them with 40 gender- and age-matched control subjects.

Autonomic dysfunction and clinical severity of disease in children with allergic rhinitis.

Objectives: The involvement of autonomic imbalance has been reported in the pathogenesis of allergic diseases.

Purpose: To investigate the association between the clinical severity of childhood allergic rhinitis and autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction, to define whether the severity of disease correlates with ANS activity.

Methods: In this cross-sectional, case-control study, we evaluated the ANS testing by measuring sympathetic skin response (SRR) and heart rate (R-R) interval variation (RRIV) in 55 children with perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR), aged 7-12 yrs without any chronic co-morbidity, and the results were compared with 40 sex- and age-matched control subjects.

Ultrasonic evaluation of echinococcosis in four lowland gorillas.

Four captive lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) were subjected to abdominal ultrasonic scanning. Evidence of progressive infection by the enzootic parasite Echinococcus vogeli was observed in all 4 of them. Ultrasonic scanning revealed abdominal disease, with evidence of both hepatic and bowel involvement.

The chromosomes of the bongo, Taurotragus (Boocerus) eurycerus.

Chromosome studies on 14 bongos, Taurotragus (Boocerus) eurycerus, disclosed that males have 33 and females 34 chromosomes. The acrocentric Y chromosome is fused to the acrocentric autosome 13. Two X-chromosomal types exist, one a large acrocentric that is identical to that of other tragelaphines, and the other a submetacentric.