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10,200 | 5,324 | Circulatory and thermal adjustments to prolonged exercise in paraplegic women.
The circulatory and thermal responses to 90 min of wheelchair ergometer exercise were examined in five wheelchair dependent (WD) women with low level spinal dysfunction and five able-bodied (AB) women who served as a comparison group.
Meta... | C10 |
10,201 | 6,106 | Multilevel transneuronal degeneration after brain damage. Behavioral events and effects of anticonvulsant gamma-aminobutyric acid-related drugs.
Recent morphologic and behavioral studies of the effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid agents on transsynaptic degeneration after cortical and striatal damage are reviewed and d... | C10 |
10,202 | 2,265 | Does paramedic-base hospital contact result in beneficial deviations from standard prehospital protocols?
We reviewed written and audio records of paramedic-base hospital radio contact to determine whether care differed from that suggested in standard prehospital care protocols.
Records of all 659 contacts for seizu... | C10 |
10,203 | 2,195 | Etiologic importance of the intimal flap of the external carotid artery in the development of postcarotid endarterectomy stroke.
A technically unsatisfactory end point (transition from the removed diseased plaque to normal distal intima) leading to an intimal flap of the external carotid artery has been identified as ... | C10 |
10,204 | 9,145 | Familial trigeminal neuralgia and Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy. Report of two families and review.
Typical trigeminal neuralgia has occasionally occurred in multiple members of the same family over several generations.
The clinical features of such cases, including the increased incidence in females, and the absenc... | C10 |
10,205 | 5,454 | Traumatic aneurysm of the superior cerebellar artery: case report and review of the literature.
Less than 10% of the 250 reported cases of traumatic intracranial aneurysms have involved the posterior circulation.
Traumatic aneurysms of the superior cerebellar artery are extremely rare, with only three cases previousl... | C10 |
10,206 | 33 | Multiple intracranial mucoceles associated with phaeohyphomycosis of the paranasal sinuses.
The purpose of this article is to alert clinicians to a new pathogenic fungus of the paranasal sinuses called Exserohilum rostratum.
Exserohilum species are one of the etiologic agents of phaeohyphomycosis, a constellation of ... | C10 |
10,207 | 8,262 | Learning a unimanual motor skill by partial commissurotomy patients.
A series of motor tests on four Chinese partial commissurotomy patients is reported.
The single-stage commissurotomy in all four patients included the anterior commissures and two-thirds or four-fifths section of the corpus callosum with sparing of ... | C10 |
10,208 | 7,524 | Vancomycin pharmacokinetics in hydrocephalic shunt prophylaxis and relationship to ventricular volume.
Vancomycin pharmacokinetics were determined in 25 patients receiving ventriculoperitoneal shunts for hydrocephalus.
Computed tomography scan-derived ventricular-brain ratio as an expression of hydrocephalus varied b... | C10 |
10,209 | 2,939 | Prevention of paraplegia during aortic operations.
Ischemic spinal cord injury after aortic cross-clamping may be produced by a steal phenomenon.
The present study investigates this possibility by directly measuring the oxygen tension on the spinal cord surface in pigs.
After simple clamping of the aorta, oxygen ten... | C10 |
10,210 | 6,592 | The Woolley and Roe case. A reassessment.
In 1953, two patients, Cecil Roe and Albert Woolley, sued their anaesthetist for alleged negligence because they had developed painful spastic paraparesis after spinal anaesthesia.
The court found that phenol, which was used to sterilise the outside of the ampoules of local a... | C10 |
10,211 | 5,488 | Aspiration in bilateral stroke patients.
Seventy patients with bilateral strokes underwent neurologic and videofluoroscopic barium swallowing examinations; 34 (48.6%) aspirated.
Patients with aspiration were more likely to have posterior circulation strokes, abnormal cough, abnormal gag, and dysphonia.
However, pati... | C10 |
10,212 | 2,502 | More than one mutant allele causes infantile Tay-Sachs disease in French-Canadians.
Two Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) patients of French-Canadian origin were shown by Myerowitz and Hogikyan to be homozygous for a 7.6-kb deletion mutation at the 5' end of the hexosaminidase A alpha-subunit gene.
In order to determine whethe... | C10 |
10,213 | 6,773 | Improving outcomes of analgesic treatment: is education enough?
Frequent undertreatment of analgesic-responsive acute pain and chronic cancer pain persists, despite intensive efforts to provide clinicians with information about analgesics.
A set of background factors must be addressed in interventions to improve pai... | C10 |
10,214 | 5,498 | Catecholaminergic systems in the medulla oblongata in parkinsonian syndromes: a quantitative immunohistochemical study in Parkinson's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, and striatonigral degeneration.
We investigated tyrosine-hydroxylase (TH)-immunoreactive neurons in the medulla oblongata corresponding to the A... | C10 |
10,215 | 3,055 | X-linked spinal muscular atrophy (Kennedy's syndrome). A kindred with hypobetalipoproteinemia.
Kennedy's syndrome, X-linked adult-onset bulbospinal muscular atrophy, has been described in over 30 families.
The characteristic distribution of weakness creates a recognizable syndrome, augmented by frequent findings of t... | C10 |
10,216 | 720 | Fungal pseudomeningitis superimposed on Escherichia coli meningitis.
Pseudomeningitis is the demonstration of microorganisms from the cerebrospinal fluid by stain or culture in a patient with symptoms suggesting meningitis.
This is a report of fungal pseudomeningitis superimposed on a case of nosocomial Escherichia c... | C10 |
10,217 | 6,997 | Asthma and eczema in children born to women with migraine.
Migraine and asthma have been reported to occur in the same person more commonly than would be expected if they are independent.
The large Collaborative Perinatal Project provided an opportunity to see if children born to women with migraine or with the group... | C10 |
10,218 | 7,919 | Electrocorticographic confirmation of focal positron emission tomographic abnormalities in children with intractable epilepsy.
The relationship between focal disturbances of glucose utilization demonstrated by positron emission tomography (PET) and electrophysiologic abnormalities defined by intraoperative electrocort... | C10 |
10,219 | 2,857 | A clinical triad to diagnose paraneoplastic retinopathy.
Two elderly men developed photosensitivity and light-induced glare, transient visual symptoms, and progressive visual loss several months before small cell carcinoma of the lung was discovered.
Both patients had impaired visual acuity and color vision, ring sco... | C10 |
10,220 | 5,159 | Diclofenac-associated hepatotoxicity
Diclofenac sodium, a phenylacetic acid-derived nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) recently released in the United States, was associated with the development of significant hepatitis in seven patients, with one associated death.
Signs and symptoms developed within severa... | C10 |
10,221 | 6,866 | Vagal schwannoma.
A patient with a benign encapsulated intrathoracic vagal schwannoma is presented and the literature is reviewed.
The right paratracheal tumor was identified incidentally on a chest film and excised using a right thoracotomy.
Although rare, vagal schwannomas should be considered for any mediastinal ... | C10 |
10,222 | 53 | Hyponatraemia secondary to an inappropriately high release of antidiuretic hormone in cardiac tamponade.
A spontaneous intrapericardial haemorrhage caused cardiac tamponade in a 29 year old paraplegic man who was being treated with warfarin.
The associated persistent hyponatraemia, which was believed to be caused by ... | C10 |
10,223 | 2,938 | Intraoperative ultrasonic imaging of the ascending aorta in ischemic heart disease.
In an attempt to locate any atherosclerotic lesion in the ascending aorta and to prevent embolization, intraoperative B-mode ultrasonography was performed in 100 patients with ischemic heart disease (31 women and 69 men).
Ultrasonogra... | C10 |
10,224 | 6,109 | Ionic channels, cholinergic mechanisms, and recovery of sensorimotor function after neocortical infarcts in rats.
Unilateral photochemical infarcts were produced in the hind limb sensorimotor neocortex of 243 rats by intravenous injection of the fluorescein derivative Rose Bengal and focal illumination of the intact s... | C10 |
10,225 | 2,129 | Intractable complex partial seizures associated with occult temporal lobe encephalocele and meningoangiomatosis: a case report.
Occult congenital temporal lobe encephalocele has rarely been reported in association with medically intractable complex partial seizures.
The four previously reported cases were unsuspected... | C10 |
10,226 | 6,992 | Cerebrospinal fluid as a reflector of central cholinergic and amino acid neurotransmitter activity in cerebellar ataxia.
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) amino acid neurotransmitters, related compounds, and their precursors, choline levels, and acetylcholinesterase activity were measured in the CSF of patients with cerebella... | C10 |
10,227 | 4,761 | Untying the gordian knot: the genetics of Tourette syndrome.
A review of the current status of the genetics of Tourette syndrome is presented.
Over the course of the 104 years since Gilles de la Tourette described the syndrome that bears his name, a body of carefully collected, described, and analyzed data has produc... | C10 |
10,228 | 5,629 | Central nervous system tuberculosis in children: a review of 30 cases.
The medical records of 30 children with central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS tuberculosis) who were treated between March, 1976, and February, 1989, were reviewed.
All had cranial computerized tomography scans at presentation.
The mean cerebr... | C10 |
10,229 | 5,394 | The sequelae of Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in school-age children.
BACKGROUND.
Previous data on the consequences of Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis for school-age children have been inconsistent, and much of the information on risk factors has been inconclusive.
The present study was designed to eval... | C10 |
10,230 | 4,134 | Effect of sleep and sleep deprivation on ventilatory response to bronchoconstriction.
To characterize ventilatory responses to bronchoconstriction during sleep and to assess the effect of prior sleep deprivation on ventilatory and arousal responses to bronchoconstriction, bronchoconstriction was induced in eight asthm... | C10 |
10,231 | 5,442 | Extracranial repair of cerebrospinal fluid fistulas: technique and results in 37 patients.
Although neurosurgeons have traditionally preferred intracranial repair for the management of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistulas, this approach is associated with the complications of a craniotomy, anosmia, and a high incidence ... | C10 |
10,232 | 5,478 | Intradural spinal cord tumor presenting as a subarachnoid hemorrhage: magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis.
Negative findings on four-vessel angiography after a subarachnoid hemorrhage are seen in 5 to 30% of patients.
A previously silent lesion in the spinal canal may be responsible for the ictus in a small percenta... | C10 |
10,233 | 5,367 | Fibrillation potential amplitude and muscle atrophy following peripheral nerve injury.
Maximum peak-to-peak fibrillation potential amplitude was measured in 69 subjects between 7 days and 10 1/2 years post complete or partial peripheral nerve injury.
Mean amplitude during the first 2 months was 612 muV; third and fou... | C10 |
10,234 | 5,465 | Xenon-enhanced computed tomographic measurement of cerebral blood flow in patients with chronic subdural hematomas.
We compared clinical symptoms with extent of brain shift on computed tomographic (CT) scans and quantitative and three-dimensional measurements of cerebral blood flow (CBF) on xenon-enhanced CT scans in ... | C10 |
10,235 | 2,956 | Coexisting thymic carcinoid tumor and thymoma.
Thymic carcinoid tumors are unusual neoplasms that are different from thymomas.
We report a case of coexisting thymic carcinoid tumor and thymoma associated with myasthenia gravis.
The clinicopathological findings are discussed with a review of the literature. | C10 |
10,236 | 4,103 | A protocol for butalbital, aspirin and caffeine (BAC) detoxification in headache patients.
The abuse of the combination drug containing butalbital 50 mg, aspirin 325 mg and caffeine 40 mg (or BAC), is commonly recognized by headache specialists as causing headaches.
Despite this widespread problem, there is not a pub... | C10 |
10,237 | 3,059 | Unusual cause of 'piriformis muscle syndrome'.
The piriformis muscle syndrome is a controversial "clinical" syndrome primarily characterized by signs and symptoms of sciatic nerve compression at the region of the piriformis muscle as it passes through the greater sciatic notch.
The syndrome is often referred to; howe... | C10 |
10,238 | 8,568 | Protecting the vasculature: an eye toward the future.
Although calcium antagonists were originally developed for use in the management of patients with angina pectoris, they are now used in the management of other cardiovascular disorders, including hypertension.
More recently, the calcium antagonists have been under... | C10 |
10,239 | 8,761 | Bladder function in the mentally retarded.
A group of 21 mentally retarded patients with severe, long-standing urinary symptoms underwent urodynamical investigation.
The most common abnormalities were detrusor areflexia and detrusor hyper-reflexia.
Of 11 patients treated surgically, 10 derived marked benefit.
Drugs... | C10 |
10,240 | 2,720 | Resistance to d-tubocurarine in lower motor neuron injury is related to increased acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction
The hypothesis that lower motor neuron injury, with its associated proliferation of acetylcholine receptors (AChR), induces resistance to the neuromuscular effects of d-tubocurarine ... | C10 |
10,241 | 7,748 | Congenital myasthenia associated with facial malformations in Iraqi and Iranian Jews. A new genetic syndrome.
Fourteen Jewish patients from 10 families of either Iraqi or Iranian origin with congenital myasthenia had associated facial malformations which included an elongated face, mandibular prognathism with class II... | C10 |
10,242 | 4,845 | Recurrence of acoustic neurilemoma as a malignant spindle-cell neoplasm. Case report.
A 75-year-old man presented with a right cerebellopontine angle tumor 11 months after complete macroscopic resection of a right acoustic neurilemoma.
Histological examination of the recurrent tumor showed a malignant spindle-cell ne... | C10 |
10,243 | 6,654 | Differential effect of oncotic pressure on cerebral and extracerebral water content during cardiopulmonary bypass in rabbits.
To study the effect of oncotic pressure on brain water content during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), 14 anesthetized New Zealand White rabbits underwent 60 min of nonpulsatile CPB at normothermi... | C10 |
10,244 | 3,217 | Double-blind comparison of topical lignocaine-prilocaine cream (EMLA) and lignocaine infiltration for arterial cannulation in adults.
In a double-blind, double-dummy study, the efficacy of topical 5% EMLA cream was compared with that of lignocaine infiltration in alleviating the pain of arterial cannulation.
Forty un... | C10 |
10,245 | 7,757 | The anatomical basis of the caecocentral scotoma. New observations and a review.
It is shown that the 'papillomacular bundle' of optic nerve fibres, although a concept discussed frequently in the clinical literature, lacks a clear anatomical definition.
It is suggested that the explanation for this is that the 'bundl... | C10 |
10,246 | 5,511 | Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (L-tryptophan-associated neuromyopathy).
Histopathologic study of skeletal muscle biopsy in a patient with eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome following L-tryptophan use showed prominent lymphocytic perineuritis, neuritis, and perimysial fasciitis.
The presence of perineuritis and neuritis pro... | C10 |
10,247 | 5,006 | Alcoholic blackouts: legal implications.
Alcoholic blackouts are defined as the temporary, complete inability to form long-term memory as the result of a high blood alcohol level.
This means that a neuron-to-neuron system has been blocked.
Since that is the case, such central nervous dysfunction should have legal im... | C10 |
10,248 | 6,457 | Practical aspects of pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone administration.
Pulsatile administration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone represents a major advance in the treatment of anovulation in women who fail to ovulate with clomiphene citrate and is an alternative for many women who currently receive human menop... | C10 |
10,249 | 2,859 | Ubiquitin immunoreactivity in kuru plaques in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Cerebellar kuru plaques in 2 cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease were studied immunohistochemically.
Similar to cerebellar senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease, many kuru plaques contained ubiquitin-positive, tau-negative small granular elements... | C10 |
10,250 | 8,222 | Primary intratemporal tumours of the facial nerve: diagnosis and treatment.
Benign primary tumours of the facial nerve are uncommon.
A slowly progressive facial palsy should be considered the result of a nerve tumour until proven otherwise.
Improvements in diagnostic imaging techniques of the temporal bone have incr... | C10 |
10,251 | 5,382 | The effect of low-dose warfarin on the risk of stroke in patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation. The Boston Area Anticoagulation Trial for Atrial Fibrillation Investigators
BACKGROUND.
Nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation increases the risk of stroke, presumably from atrial thromboemboli.
There is uncertainty a... | C10 |
10,252 | 2,609 | Auditory hallucinations and smaller superior temporal gyral volume in schizophrenia.
Recent neuropathologic investigations in schizophrenia report smaller volume of medial temporal lobe structures.
These findings are confirmed by preliminary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies.
Direct stimulation of lateral tem... | C10 |
10,253 | 6,102 | Genetics of cerebrovascular disease.
Stroke is a complex disease, with both genetic and environmental factors having a role in its pathogenesis.
A review of past studies shows some evidence of genetic influences in the development of stroke.
This is supported by studies of cardiovascular disease, which indicate majo... | C10 |
10,254 | 614 | Semantic deterioration in Alzheimer's: the patterns to expect.
Differentiating language changes between the normal aged and those in the early stages of dementia is never simple.
Knowing the differences and what to expect can aid in making this diagnosis. | C10 |
10,255 | 5,619 | Pain relief achieved by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and/or vibratory stimulation in a case of painful legs and moving toes.
A patient is described with painful legs and moving toes.
The pain had been occurring for more than 15 years, and a variety of therapies had been attempted with only partial, if ... | C10 |
10,256 | 6,085 | Correlation of clinical and computed tomographic findings in stroke patients.
We evaluated the correlation between clinical features and computed tomographic findings in a prospective study of 1,191 consecutive patients with acute cerebrovascular disease seen during 1 year.
In the 386 patients in whom symptoms and si... | C10 |
10,257 | 7,921 | Topographic comparative study of magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography in 34 children with tuberous sclerosis.
A series of 34 children with confirmed tuberous sclerosis (TS) were studied prospectively by both EEG and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at ages ranging from 5 months to 18 years.
Size and ... | C10 |
10,258 | 2,833 | A case of unilateral posterior ischemic optic neuropathy after radical neck dissection.
We present a case of unilateral posterior ischemic optic neuropathy after bilateral radical neck dissection.
Etiologic factors are discussed. | C10 |
10,259 | 8,824 | Codeine increases pain thresholds to copper vapor laser stimuli in extensive but not poor metabolizers of sparteine.
The analgesic efficacy and kinetics of a single oral dose of 75 mg codeine was investigated in 12 extensive metabolizers and 12 poor metabolizers of sparteine in a double-blind, placebo-controlled cross... | C10 |
10,260 | 9,288 | The South Karelia Air Pollution Study. The effects of malodorous sulfur compounds from pulp mills on respiratory and other symptoms.
The paper mills in South Karelia, the southeast part of Finland, are responsible for releasing a substantial amount of malodorous sulfur compounds such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S), methyl ... | C10 |
10,261 | 5,268 | National General Practice Study of Epilepsy: newly diagnosed epileptic seizures in a general population.
The National General Practice Study of Epilepsy is a prospective population-based cohort study of 1195 patients with newly diagnosed or suspected epileptic seizures.
At the time of initial classification (6 months... | C10 |
10,262 | 2,189 | Beneficial effect of 1,3-butanediol on cerebral energy metabolism and edema following brain embolization in rats.
We assessed the effect of 1,3-butanediol on cerebral energy metabolism and edema after inducing multifocal brain infarcts in 108 rats by the intracarotid injection of 50-microns carbonized microspheres.
A... | C10 |
10,263 | 5,108 | Reverse coitus: mechanism of urethral injury in male partner.
Reverse coitus, a rarely used sexual position, makes the male urethra more vulnerable to injury from the pubic arch and symphysis pubis of the female partner.
Severe pain, bleeding and immediate detumescence were observed in 3 patients.
The lesion usually... | C10 |
10,264 | 8,242 | Outcome of pregnancies experienced during residency.
To investigate potential adverse effects of residency training on pregnancy outcome, a cohort study was conducted among 45 university-affiliated residency programs.
Outcomes of the first pregnancy experienced during residency were compared between 92 female residen... | C10 |
10,265 | 9,333 | Treatment of spasticity with botulinum toxin: a double-blind study.
We studied the effect of botulinum-A toxin on spasticity of the leg adductors in 9 patients who were either chair-bound or bed-bound with chronic stable multiple sclerosis.
We injected botulinum toxin (400 mouse units) or placebo into the adductor mu... | C10 |
10,266 | 5,468 | Hypertension as a risk factor for epilepsy after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and surgery.
A prospective, consecutive series of 307 patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage ranging from Grades 1 to V according to the classification of Hunt and Hess on admission were evaluated to determine the incidence o... | C10 |
10,267 | 8,257 | The effects of cyproheptadine on locomotion and on spasticity in patients with spinal cord injuries.
The effects of cyproheptadine, a serotonergic antagonist, were studied in seven patients with spastic paresis of spinal origin.
Six patients were included in a double blind crossover trial (maximal dose 24 mg/day).
T... | C10 |
10,268 | 2,178 | Stroke and its modification in Parkinson's disease.
Previous studies have not agreed on the incidence of ischemic stroke in persons with Parkinson's disease.
There are epidemiologic and neurochemical facets of Parkinson's disease that might confer some benefit or protection against ischemic stroke.
We used a case-co... | C10 |
10,269 | 7,917 | Triiodothyronine and brain excitability.
We investigated mechanisms involved in thyroid hormone action on brain excitability.
The effect of acute exposure of triiodothyronine (T3) to rat hippocampal slices in vitro was studied.
No significant changes could be detected in prevolley, field excitatory postsynaptic pote... | C10 |
10,270 | 8,354 | Phenotypic heterogeneity of spinal muscular atrophy mapping to chromosome 5q11.2-13.3 (SMA 5q).
We made phenotypic analysis of 14 families with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) linking to chromosome 5q11.2-13.3 (SMA 5q), and 2 that may not map to this locus, to assess clinical symptoms among SMA families known to result ... | C10 |
10,271 | 5,046 | Enveloping the bladder with displacement of flap of the rectus abdominis muscle for the treatment of neurogenic bladder.
Neurogenic bladder is a frequent occurrence.
A new surgical technique has been designed and was used successfully in 18 patients with ideal results.
The key point of the operation is to turn over ... | C10 |
10,272 | 8,659 | Central nervous system vasculitis after chickenpox--cause or coincidence?
A 7.5 year old boy, known to have a seizure disorder, presented with an infarct in the left middle cerebral artery territory, 10 weeks after severe chickenpox.
Immunofluorescent antibody titre to the varicella zoster virus in the cerebrospinal ... | C10 |
10,273 | 7,832 | Intraoperative dexamethasone irrigation in lumbar microdiskectomy.
In 45 lumbar hemilaminectomy/microdiskectomy patients, a control group of 23 patients had the standard operative procedure.
The remaining 22 patients were treated with intraoperative irrigation of long-acting dexamethasone before incision closure.
Ag... | C10 |
10,274 | 5 | Excitatory amino acids in the developing brain: ontogeny, plasticity, and excitotoxicity.
Besides their role as neurotransmitters, excitatory amino acids (EAAs) in the developing brain are crucially involved in plasticity and excitotoxicity which are modified by their distinct ontogeny.
Along with incomplete neuritog... | C10 |
10,275 | 996 | Pelvic pain: lessons from anatomy and physiology.
Pelvic pain is often a difficult differential diagnosis in the emergency department.
For physiologic reasons, pain in the pelvis is difficult to localize to a specific organ, and pelvic peritonitis is hard to recognize.
On the other hand, differences in types of pain... | C10 |
10,276 | 9,015 | Characterization of descending inhibition and facilitation from the nuclei reticularis gigantocellularis and gigantocellularis pars alpha in the rat.
Descending influences on the spinal nociceptive tail-flick (TF) reflex produced by focal electrical stimulation and glutamate microinjection in the nuclei reticularis gi... | C10 |
10,277 | 8,386 | Epidural haematoma requiring surgical decompression following repeated cervical epidural steroid injections for chronic pain.
We report a case of epidural haematoma following a steroid injection into the cervical epidural space.
The complication occurred on the seventh such injection over a 2 year period for chronic ... | C10 |
10,278 | 6,115 | Symptomatic carotid endarterectomy trials.
The possible benefit of carotid endarterectomy in stroke prevention is being evaluated in three major clinical trials.
To date, the European Carotid Surgery Trial has randomized 2,200 patients, 30% of whom have a carotid stenosis of greater than 70% appropriate to their symp... | C10 |
10,279 | 5,050 | Urinary retention due to sacral myeloradiculitis: a clinical and neurophysiological study.
We report 5 cases of sacral myeloradiculitis presenting with transient urinary retention.
Neurophysiological testing, including bulbocavernosus reflex, pudendal evoked response and external anal sphincter electromyography, was ... | C10 |
10,280 | 8,237 | Parapharyngeal abscess and torticollis.
The combination of a parapharyngeal abscess and torticollis in an adult, due to a spastic contraction of the sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle is an extremely rare condition.
We have recently been exposed to such case, in which it was very difficult to make the diagnosis and where C... | C10 |
10,281 | 9,377 | Effects of physostigmine on spatial attention in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy.
We tested patients with progressive supranuclear palsy and control subjects on a task of visuopatial attention.
Targets preceded by cues on the same side were termed validly cued; and those on the opposite side, invalidly c... | C10 |
10,282 | 7,751 | Developmental dysmnesia in a poor reader.
A 22-yr-old subject with moderate developmental dyslexia experienced poor memory from an early age.
In spite of normal intelligence he had great difficulty in learning historical and geographical names, mathematical formulae, poems and songs, and verbal series such as the let... | C10 |
10,283 | 6,081 | Stroke in systemic lupus erythematosus [published erratum appears in Stroke 1991 Mar;22(3):417]
We investigated the clinical and pathologic characteristics of stroke in 234 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Thirteen patients (5.6%) developed cerebrovascular disease.
Cerebral infarction was noted in eight, ... | C10 |
10,284 | 2,968 | Electroencephalography should not be routine in the evaluation of syncope in adults
We reviewed the reports of all electroencephalograms obtained at the Nashville (Tenn) Veterans Administration Hospital from September 1987 to August 1989.
Seventy-three patients were referred for evaluation of syncope or near syncope... | C10 |
10,285 | 7,412 | Repetitive strain injuries. How to deal with 'the epidemic of the 1990s'.
Occupational trends, especially the mushrooming of computer use in the United States, have brought with them a virtual epidemic of repetitive strain injury of the upper limb.
What can you as a primary care physician do to stem the tide? In this... | C10 |
10,286 | 3,268 | Homocystinuria presenting as central retinal artery occlusion and longstanding thromboembolic disease.
A case of central retinal artery occlusion in a patient with a 10-year history of unexplained thromboembolic disease due to a secondary hypercoagulable state is presented.
Ophthalmological examination led to the fin... | C10 |
10,287 | 9,930 | Psychological stress and the fibrositis/fibromyalgia syndrome.
The relationship of stress and social support to the fibrositis/fibromyalgia syndrome (FS) was investigated by administration of 4 questionnaire instruments to 28 patients with FS, 20 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 28 pain-free normal controls... | C10 |
10,288 | 6,833 | The acutely affected abdomen in paraplegic spinal cord injury patients.
The records of 145 paraplegic or quadriplegic patients were reviewed to identify those factors useful in the correct diagnosis of the acute abdomen in this population.
Twenty-one patients had 22 episodes of acute or subacute abdominal problems.
... | C10 |
10,289 | 5,479 | Myelopathy presenting decades after surgery for congenital cervical cutaneous lesions.
We report on two patients in whom cervical myelopathy developed decades after they had undergone surgery for congenital cervical cutaneous lesions.
Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated dorsal tethering and cavitatio... | C10 |
10,290 | 6,987 | The influence of hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus on immediate and 3-month morbidity and mortality after acute stroke.
Fasting serum glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin, and fructosamine concentrations were determined in 304 consecutive subjects admitted with acute stroke, within 48 hours of ictus.
Based on the medic... | C10 |
10,291 | 4,356 | Traumatic asphyxia.
Traumatic asphyxia is a distinctive clinical syndrome characterized by cervicofacial cyanosis and edema, multiple petechiae, and subconjunctival hemorrhage after a severe crush injury of the thorax or of the upper part of the abdomen.
A case of traumatic asphyxia is reported, and its clinical and ... | C10 |
10,292 | 8,253 | Infarction in the territory of the medial branch of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery.
We report 10 cases of cerebellar infarction in the territory of the medial branch of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (mPICA).
Axial sections on MRI through the middle of the medulla and the cerebellum showed the inf... | C10 |
10,293 | 8,142 | Disturbance in daily sleep/wake patterns in patients with cognitive impairment and decreased daily activity.
The sleep/wake patterns of 121 chronically ill, mentally and physically handicapped patients were visually monitored hourly for 14 consecutive days.
Four types of sleep/wake patterns were found.
In order to i... | C10 |
10,294 | 9,368 | Autologous transplantation of adrenal medulla in Parkinson's disease. 18-month results.
Eighteen of 19 patients who underwent autologous adrenal medullary transplantation to the right caudate nucleus have been followed up for 18 months.
During the course of this study, a statistically significant improvement was note... | C10 |
10,295 | 2,188 | Evidence for platelet-activating factor as a novel mediator in experimental stroke in rabbits.
Platelet-activating factor is a potent mediator of inflammation, which has untoward effects on cerebrovascular and neural elements.
While several investigators have reported attenuation of ischemic damage after treatment wi... | C10 |
10,296 | 4,773 | Dexamethasone increases plasma levels of albendazole.
Therapy of neurocysticercosis with cysticidal drugs is frequently complicated by the exacerbation of symptoms that follows the inflammation triggered by the acute destruction of cysticerci.
Treatment of such adverse reactions with dexamethasone is highly effective... | C10 |
10,297 | 5,362 | AAEM minimonograph #35: Clinical experience with transcranial magnetic stimulation.
We elicited motor evoked potentials (MEPs) using transcortical magnetic stimulation in 150 control subjects aged 14 to 85 years and 275 patients with a variety of diseases.
There were no significant side effects.
Cortex-to-target mus... | C10 |
10,298 | 3,630 | HTLV-I viral-associated myelopathy after blood transfusion in a multiple trauma patient.
This may be the first documented case in the United States and in the orthopedic literature of transfusion-transmitted human T-cell leukemia virus Type I (HTLV-I)-associated myelopathy (HAM).
Progressive myelopathy occurred in a ... | C10 |
10,299 | 4,780 | Fatal or severely disabling cerebral infarction during hospitalization for stroke or transient ischemic attack.
Six (1%) of 578 patients admitted for cerebral infarction or transient ischemic attack (TIA) suffered a fatal or severely disabling in-hospital cerebral infarction following a period of stabilization or impr... | C10 |
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