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Hip pain is a common paediatric presentation and is potentially serious. While hip pain can be attributed to primary hip pathology, the hip area is also a common site for referred pain. This often poses a diagnostic challenge particularly in the young child who may not verbalise the point of pain and may not report an injury.

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After the bender.

Am J Med

June 2006

Department of Clinical Chemistry, Hunter Area Pathology Service, John Hunter Hospital & Newcastle University, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

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Background: Administration of concanavalin A (Con A) leads to acute hepatitis that involves T-cell activation and inflammatory mediator production in mice and rats. We examined the role of CH-100, a Chinese herbal medicine previously trialed in human hepatitis C, in the prevention of Con A-related, T-cell-mediated, acute liver injury in rats.

Methods: Female Wistar rats were fed 40% ethanol, 2% sucrose, or isocaloric sucrose for 8 weeks.

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