Publications by authors named "M Ducorps"
Background: Clinical presentation and natural history of diabetes are somewhat different in Black Africans compared to Caucasians. This peculiar disease course could be at least partly related to a specific genetic profile that has not been studied in this population.
Methods: Medical backgrounds, anthropometric and biologic parameters were obtained from 69 diabetic subjects in Dakar, Senegal, in 1998.
This study concerns 112 patients of whom 104 were followed up. Microfilaricidal treatment of loaiasis is sometimes followed by severe adverse reactions. Using an immunodiffusion technique and the measure of microfilaraemia by calibrated thick smear, the authors show that the intensity of adverse reactions is proportional to the quantity of microfilariae eliminated by the treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hypouricemia can be observed in uncommon situations as in our two patients with hereditary xanthinuria.
Case Reports: In the first case, hereditary xanthinuria was discovered in a 36-year-old man when routine tests revealed hypouricemia. In the second case, a 76-year-old woman, hypouricemia was also a fortuitous discovery.
Unlabelled: Cardiac autonomic neuropathy is a frequent complication of diabetes leading to resting tachycardia, postural hypotension, painless myocardial ischaemia, rhythm disturbances and sudden cardiac death. The aim of the study was to evaluate in a diabetic population the sensitivity of two exploration modes of autonomic neuropathy in diabetics: the Ewing tests which are, at present time, the reference method and the (123-I) meta-iodo-benzyl-guanidine (MIBG) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) which evaluates the cardiac sympathetic innervation.
Patients And Methods: 9 male insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients were studied.