Testing for cancer may soon be as simple as a pinprick. Researchers in the United Kingdom say they are developing a universal blood test to detect cancer. So far, the team from the University of Bradford has tested their lymphocyte genome sensitivity test on patients with melanoma, lung cancer and colon cancer.esting for cancer may soon be as simple as a pinprick. Researchers in the United Kingdom say they are developing a universal blood test to detect cancer. So far, the team from the University of Bradford has tested their lymphocyte genome sensitivity test on patients with melanoma, lung cancer and colon cancer.
Aicardi syndrome is a rare neurologic disorder first described by the French neurologist, Dr. Jean Aicardi, in 1965. It occurs almost exclusively in females (46,XX), however, it can also occur in males with Klinfelter Syndrome (47,XXY). A handful of reports in the literature exist of Aicardi syndrome in a normal male. Some of these reports have been disputed, and it is possible that these cases are caused by mosaic mutations of the Aicardi syndrome gene(s).
Paraneoplastic autonomic neuropathy; Hereditary causes: eg, Anderson-Fabry disease, Tangier disease, multiple endocrine neoplasia (type 2b). Idiopathic causes: chronic idiopathic anhidrosis. Epidemiology. In general, these can occur in men and women at any age, but the epidemiology will depend on the particular cause. Some causes are very rare. However, one of the most common causes of autonomic neuropathy is likely to be diabetes mellitus. Progressive autonomic failure usually becomes apparent in the sixth decade of life. Typically it manifests with genitourinary symptoms and orthostatic hypotension but without somatic symptoms.