Background: Pseudoseizures may occur as a somatoform disorder in children and adolescents as well as adults. However, few data are available about psychiatric features or outcome in pediatric patients.

The monolayer behaviour of some long chain ureas has been investigated and discussed in terms of monolayer structures involving intermolecular N-H . . . 0 hydrogen bonds. A new ( y ) monolayer form of octadecyl urea

Significant morbidity and mortality are associated with primary cytomegalovirus infections in renal-transplant recipients. In the hope that immunity to cytomegalovirus could safely be established before transplantation, we vaccinated 12 seronegative renal-transplant candidates with the Towne 125 strain of live human cytomegalovirus. Before transplantation, there were no significant reactions except for erythema and induration at the site of inoculation. All vaccinees seroconverted, and the three patients tested acquired a cytomegalovirus-specific cellular immune response. Ten vaccinees underwent transplantation: Nine have completed at least 3 months of follow-up, and eight retain functioning allografts up to 1 year later. Although cytomegalovirus was isolated from six patients after transplantation, the restriction endonuclease patterns of the viral DNA of four of these isolates differed significantly from those of the vaccine strain. Therefore, it appears that the vaccine strain did not become latent in the host, at least in a form that could be reactivated.

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EXPERIMENTAL Organic PreparationsResin I , Resin II, und the cyclohexyl resin were kindly supplied by Dr.Resin I-a-diacetate (III). 1 mole of Resin I and 4 moles of glacial acetic acid were refluxed for four hours after which time titration showed that 2

A method for obtaining surface ionization curves of insoluble monolayers of proteins and polypeptides has been developed using surface potential measurements at the airwater interface. The results obtained for equine serum albumin and methaemoglobin have been compared with those obtained for poly-DL-alanine, stearic acid and octadecylamine at the air-water interface.The effect of bicarbonate buffer on the surface ionization curves has been studied.

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Cytomegalovirus-specific lymphocyte proliferation and immunofluorescent antibody responses were measured serially in five normal adults and eight candidates for renal transplant immunized with Towne strain cytomegalovirus vaccine. All of the normal adults developed cellular and humoral immune responses. Five of the eight immunized renal transplant candidates developed proliferative responses comparable to those of normal adults, although in two instances maximal responses were delayed. Vaccinees developed proliferative responses to antigens prepared from the Towne strain as well as heterologous strains of cytomegalovirus. The appearance of immunofluorescent antibodies was generally delayed for the renal transplant candidates, and two of the individuals who had poor proliferative responses also had low antibody titers.