A cross secttional study of household contacts of leprosy patients had been done in Pare-pare Regency during July to September 1994. The objective of this study is to know the correlation of age, sex, duration of contact and type of leprosy as the source of household contact to the result of serologic and lepromin tests and the correlation between the lepromin test and serologic test in househo…
A follow-up study was conducted at Renal Unit Sardjito Hospital Yogyakarta Indonesia, between November 1992 and November 1994 to determine the role of hemodialysis duration on the evolution of lipid profile in chronic renal failure patients with hemodialysis. Considering abnormal levels of HDL-cholesterol of less than 45 mg/dl and Apo-A1 less than 165mg/dl, at baseline, we found abnormal mean H…
A study has been conducted on the use of by product of coconut pulp as a source of mannitol by reducing and hydrolizing this by product. The purpose of the study was to choose the proper hydrolizing agent in order to obtain a maximum product. It was found that the proper substance to hydrolize the coconut by product was 1 N hydrochloric acid, with a preliminary treatment in four hours. The hydr…
Chromosomal abnormalities is a leading cause of mental retardation. The most common genetic cause of mental retardation is trisomy 21, followed by fragile-X syndrome which is inherited i.e passed on from generation to generation. Chromosomal disorders in mentally retarded children have not been studied in Indonesia. This paper reports a survey of chromosomal abnormalities in mentally retarded c…
The objective of this study is to ascertain the effects of Testosterone enanthate (TE) or 19 - Nortestosterone hexyloxy phenyl - propionate (19-NT) plus Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) on the semen production in healthy Indonesian men. The prospective study consisted of 2 phases i.e a control phase and treatment phase. Forty normal healthy male volunteers received seven weekly injectio…