Dear Dr. Bashaar: Attached herewith please find a review article on VOD describing its Pathology in detail besides its Clinical Features, Diagnosis,...
Dear Dr, Geer M.Ishaq, Thanks for the valuable document. I have gone through it, it was really informative and comprehenisve. Pathology of VOD according...
A Successful Liver Transplantation for Refractory Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease Originating from Cord Blood Transplantation. Case Report American Journal...
Dear Dr.Geer, Thank you for the very informative post which gave the details of VOD.It was quite informative for a person like me who was not aware of such a...
Dear All, Attached to this email please find article about VOD. Dr.Santosh, very right you are, it is because of SCT not becasue PAs, but it can give us...
Dear All, Hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids have been found in plants belonging to unrelated botanical families including Crotolaria (San-hemp) family,...
Hi Bashaar, Pl ensure that subject matter does nor change! Sorry to point. We all commit mistakes!! Those who work, will only commit mistakes, like you and me....
Thank you sir, I am observing that we are moving a little more towards VOD, but I am sure that all members knows that our current discussion point is...
Hi master, You could have corrected the subject matter since you are the moderator. See if now it is correct so we all stick to it. Vijay ... am sure that all...
Thanks, Yes Bashaar we need to know if there are any available autopsy/histopath-liver, pulmonary biopsy or even echo doppler usg data in these patients of...
Dear Dr. Santosh: There is a mention of Pyrrolizidine alkaloids as one of the causes of VOD in the very first para of the review article attached. IÂ don't...
Dear Rakish Biswas, First of all, you are welcome to this discussion. You pointed out very good points, we should work on these topics more in order to go...
Dear Dr Bashaar, Dr Geer,   Is this Senetio tea same as bush tea which also causes liver damage? Wild Mushrooms could also cause liver damage.   It is...
Dear Dr. Geer M Ishaq, Thanks for the detailed information, I do agree with what you have stated, Gulran is the district name situated in Hirat Province of...
Dear Dr. Anupama, Thanks for your concerns regarding charmak and the same diseases. As you said, we cant only blaim wheat, it can be found in any form,...
Dear Dr. Anupama, As you pointed out that Animal studies can also be done with the weed to rule out hepatotoxic potential. Animal studies has been done...
Some facts about the environmental hazards of Pyrrolizidine alkaloids: Plants containing PAs are likely to grow as weeds among staple food crops and pastures,...
Dear Dr. Santosh, Thanks for the valuable information. Can we say drug-induced hepatitis/cirohosis to PA toxicity or it can be different. i wonder if...
Dear Dr.Santosh, Â You touched really the important causitive agent. The environmental factors plays dominant role, which cant be waived. Â From my point of...
Dear All, Case Study Moayad Younis Altaee and Muntaha H. Mahmood ABSTRACT This paper describes an outbreak of veno-occlusive disease of the liver which...
Dear Colleagues,  Do not consume any locally produced raw or processed grain or dairy products. During periods of extended drought, chemically treated...
Dear All, Â Plants that contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids are widely distributed in the world. Although pyrrolizidine alkaloids have been shown to be genotoxic...
Dear Netrumians, Reports of human toxic reactions to PAs are mostly limited to cases where grain has been contaminated by seeds of PA-containing plants,...
An epidemic of veno-occlusive disease of the liver in Afghanistan. Pathologic features. Â A large outbreak of veno-occlusive disease occurred in Afghanistan...
status in INDIA In kusmi block of SARGUJA district in MP ,during 1973 and again during 1976 ,an outbreak of rapidly devoloping ascites and jaundice ws reported...
                    STATUS IN INDIA                              In Kusmi block of Sarguja district in MP,...
Dr Bashaar had given a lot of information regarding the cause of PA in the causation of liver damage.I also thank Vijay sir and Sanjay chaudhari for presenting...