Rousseau Gama

Open AccessReview by 1, 1,2 and 3,4,* 1 Clinical Chemistry, Black Country Pathology Services, Royal Wolverhampton Trust, Wolverhampton WV10 0QP, UK 2 School of Medicine and Clinical Practice, Wolverhampton University, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK 3 Department of Medical Genomics, Center for Genomic Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia 4 College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia * Author to whom correspondence should...

Unexpected outcome (positive or negative) including adverse drug reactions Acute adrenal failure: a potentially fatal consequence of an adulterated herbal remedy Harminder Sensi1, Harit Buch2, Loretta Ford3 and Rousseau Gama3 1 Chemical Pathology, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK 2 Endocrinology and Diabetes, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK 3 Chemical Pathology, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK Correspondence to Harminder Sensi, Harminder.sensi{at}nhs.net...

Abstract Objective To determine whether ethnic differences exist in glycated haemoglobin between white subjects and those of South Asian origin with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) Methods Erythrocyte glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) was compared between white subjects and those of South Asian origin with NGT defined by a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Results 139 subjects with NGT comprising 36 people of South Asian origin (20 female) and 103 white subjects (49 female) were compared.