Diffuse alveolar damage associated with ticlopidine use: a case report.

Ticlopidine-induced lung disease is rare. A 52-year-old man with acute myocardial infarction developed respiratory distress 2 days after receiving ticlopidine for coronary artery stenting. The dosage of ticlopidine was 500 mg orally followed by maintenance of 250 mg twice daily.

The Arg16Gly polymorphism of human beta2-adrenoreceptor is associated with type 2 diabetes in Taiwanese people.

Objective: The significance of the association of amino terminal polymorphisms in beta2-adrenoreceptor (ADRB2) with obesity and type 2 diabetes is controversial and differs among ethnic groups. In this study, the association of ADRB2 with risk and age of onset of type 2 diabetes has been examined in a Taiwanese population.

Design: The study design is a case-control study to investigate the impact of the two amino acid polymorphisms in ADRB2.