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10,300 | 8,628 | Sudden blindness after thermocoagulation of the trigeminal ganglion.
Sudden blindness during percutaneous thermocoagulation of the gasserian ganglion occurred in a 72-year-old woman with trigeminal neuralgia.
Considered a safe procedure, we highlight the possibility of this serious complication which was probably due... | C10 |
10,301 | 3,021 | Strapless oral-nasal interface for positive-pressure ventilation.
A custom-fabricated strapless oral-nasal interface (SONI) is described.
It was used in the long-term administration of intermittent positive-pressure ventilation (IPPV) by 18 patients with paralytic or restrictive pulmonary insufficiency.
This interfa... | C10 |
10,302 | 5,287 | The efficacy of brainstem auditory evoked potentials in acoustic tumor surgery.
As the identification of patients with small acoustic neuromas and salvageable hearing increases, intraoperative auditory nerve monitoring has been used increasingly in an attempt to improve the hearing preservation rate.
Far-field record... | C10 |
10,303 | 4,782 | Unusual blink reflex with four components in a patient with periodic ataxia.
Characteristic findings in blink reflex are reported in a 55-year-old female with periodic ataxia.
The blink reflexes on the side ipsilateral to the stimulation consisted of four components with latencies of 11, 21, 35 and 47 ms, instead of ... | C10 |
10,304 | 2,862 | Vasoactive peptide release in the extracerebral circulation of humans during migraine headache.
The innervation of the cranial vessels by the trigeminal nerve, the trigeminovascular system, has recently been the subject of study in view of its possible role in the mediation of some aspects of migraine.
Since stimulat... | C10 |
10,305 | 7,027 | Rett syndrome: cerebellar pathology.
The cerebellar pathology at autopsy of 5 patients with Rett syndrome is described.
The patients ranged in age from 7-30 years.
All had markedly reduced brain weights with proportionately small cerebella.
Microscopic examination revealed loss of Purkinje cells, atrophy, astrocyti... | C10 |
10,306 | 8,255 | Transcranial electrical motor evoked potentials as a prognostic indicator for motor recovery in stroke patients.
Transcranial electrical motor evoked potentials (MEP) were examined in 33 patients within three days after stroke.
Normal values for MEP and motor central conduction time (CCT) were obtained in 46 healthy ... | C10 |
10,307 | 6,799 | Auras and subclinical seizures: characteristics and prognostic significance.
The characteristics and prognostic significance of subclinical seizures and independent auras were studied in 40 patients with partial epilepsy who had long-term electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring with intracranial electrodes.
Focal, r... | C10 |
10,308 | 4,381 | Lip paresthesia associated with a jaw mass.
A case is reported in which mandibular swelling and lower lip numbness were the first signs of a metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung.
The development of paresthesia, with or without other oral symptoms, requires that a diagnosis of malignancy be considered until confirmed... | C10 |
10,309 | 5,370 | Critical review of gangliosides and thyrotropin-releasing hormone in peripheral neuromuscular diseases.
The lack of effective therapy for many of the chronic neuromuscular diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, hereditary motor sensory neuropathy (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease), spinocerebellar degenerations an... | C10 |
10,310 | 6,587 | Spinal catheter anaesthesia for caesarean section in a patient with spina bifida.
A patient with grossly deformed vertebral anatomy, scheduled for elective Caesarean section, expressed her wish to stay fully awake during the procedure.
Epidural anaesthesia was considered to be impracticable, while dural puncture appe... | C10 |
10,311 | 3,311 | Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) of the shoulder: a cause of shoulder pain?
Shoulder pain is a common complaint and shoulder hyperostosis a frequent radiological condition.
However, little is known about the association between the clinical and radiological findings.
To evaluate the clinical relevance... | C10 |
10,312 | 9,030 | Efficacy of methylphenidate among mentally retarded children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Twelve children with IQ scores of 50 to 74 (educable mental retardation) who met rigorous diagnostic criteria for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder participated in a double-blind crossover study of the ef... | C10 |
10,313 | 4,987 | Facial bone fracture associated with carotid-cavernous sinus fistula.
Out of 989 cases of facial bone fracture, ten patients had carotid-cavernous sinus fistulas (1.01%).
Their ages ranged from 25 to 48 years.
Seven were male and three female.
Two of the ten patients had lower third, three patients had middle third... | C10 |
10,314 | 8,724 | 7th nerve palsy after extradural blood patch.
We describe a patient who developed a 7th cranial nerve palsy following an extradural blood patch; full recovery followed.
The likely aetiology is discussed. | C10 |
10,315 | 5,509 | A comparison of regulatory cells in spinal fluid and blood in patients with multiple sclerosis and other neurologic diseases.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which immune abnormalities are present both in the CNS and peripheral blood.
Whether these changes are primary or secondary to the disease process is not kno... | C10 |
10,316 | 8,337 | Non-vesicular release of glutamate from glial cells by reversed electrogenic glutamate uptake.
Glutamate uptake into nerve and glial cells usually functions to keep the extracellular glutamate concentration low in the central nervous system.
But one component of glutamate release from neurons is calcium-independent, ... | C10 |
10,317 | 6,018 | Neurologic abnormalities in a patient with human ehrlichiosis.
Human ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne rickettsial disease characterized by fever, headache, myalgias, anorexia, and occasionally rash.
In our patient, changes in mental status, upper motor neuron signs, cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis, and increased serum pr... | C10 |
10,318 | 8,384 | Quantification of biomedical findings of chronic pain patients: development of an index of pathology.
Difficulties in assessing and quantifying the biomedical signs and symptoms that may be related to patients' reports of pain are well recognized.
Although there appears to be some consensus among physicians as to the... | C10 |
10,319 | 863 | Cheilitis granulomatosa: report of six cases and review of the literature.
Six cases of cheilitis granulomatosa, a rare inflammatory disorder of unknown origin, are reported.
The condition produces nontender, persistent swelling of one or both lips and affects primarily young adults.
Histologically, nonnecrotizing g... | C10 |
10,320 | 5,674 | Pain in children.
The assessment and management of children's pain is a topic that has received a great deal of attention since the late 1970s.
Nurse researchers have played a dominant role in all areas of pediatric pain relief and likely will continue to do so.
There are currently a number of pediatric pain assessm... | C10 |
10,321 | 6,378 | Replication patterns of the fragile X in heterozygous carriers: analysis by a BrdUrd antibody method.
The replication status of the fragile X chromosomes was studied in short-term cultures of lymphocytes from six female heterozygous carriers.
The fragile X was induced by adding 0.1 microM fluorodeoxyuridine during th... | C10 |
10,322 | 778 | Unusual haemostasis for an unusual tumour. Catastrophic bleeding from a tactile neurofibroma affecting the thoracic vertebrae. Case report.
The symptomatology of a typical acute descending thoracic aorta dissection was imitated by profuse haemorrhage caused by a benign tumour composed almost exclusively of Wagner-Meis... | C10 |
10,323 | 9,373 | Acquired childhood aphasia. Outcome 1 year after onset.
The effects of the variables age at onset, cause, severity and bilaterality of lesion, and type of aphasia on course and outcome were investigated in a group of 28 aphasic children.
Analysis of spontaneous speech and tests of auditory verbal comprehension were u... | C10 |
10,324 | 6,931 | Recurrent meningitis in a patient with congenital deficiency of the C9 component of complement. First case of C9 deficiency in Europe.
We describe the first cases, to our knowledge, of C9 deficiency in Europe that were detected in a Swiss family, of which two members--one with a complete deficiency and the other with ... | C10 |
10,325 | 6,681 | Buffered versus plain lidocaine as a local anesthetic for simple laceration repair.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Buffered lidocaine was compared with plain lidocaine as a local anesthetic for simple lacerations.
DESIGN: Randomized, double-blind, prospective clinical trial.
SETTING: Urban emergency department.
TYPE OF PARTICIPA... | C10 |
10,326 | 6,465 | Orbital intramuscular schwannoma.
In an 8-year-old girl with asymptomatic proptosis, computed tomographic scans showed a large medial orbital mass that contoured the globe anteriorly, bowed the optic nerve laterally, and extended posteriorly to the orbital apex.
T1-weighted coronal magnetic resonance images showed th... | C10 |
10,327 | 3,022 | Stroke rehabilitation: a geropsychological perspective.
Rehabilitation medicine and geriatric medicine are similar in their concern for functional improvement in the face of chronic medical conditions.
Although many patients served by rehabilitation medicine fall within the geriatric age range, a knowledge of normal ... | C10 |
10,328 | 2,766 | A prospective, double-blind study of metoclopramide hydrochloride for the control of migraine in the emergency department
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of IV metoclopramide as sole therapy for relieving the pain of acute migraine in the emergency department.
DESIGN: Prospective study.
Fifty patien... | C10 |
10,329 | 6,920 | Epidemiologic features of asymptomatic cerebral infarction in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
We performed unenhanced computed tomographic scans on 141 asymptomatic patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
Thirty-six patients (26%) had hypodense areas consistent with cerebral infarction.
The maj... | C10 |
10,330 | 6,823 | Area of lateral ventricles measured on cranial ultrasonography in preterm infants: association with outcome.
The association between measurements of lateral ventricle area (determined by serial ultrasound scans) and outcome was studied in 70 preterm neonates of 33 weeks' gestation or less.
The study group was subdivi... | C10 |
10,331 | 5,748 | Steroids induce acetylcholine receptors on cultured human muscle: implications for myasthenia gravis.
Antibodies to the acetylcholine receptor (AChR), which are diagnostic of the human autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis, block AChR function and increase the rate of AChR degradation leading to impaired neuromuscular ... | C10 |
10,332 | 2,832 | Spectral electroretinography in thioridazine toxicity.
In three patients with thioridazine toxicity, the electroretinogram (ERG) to red light was found to be below the average normal range.
A significant increase in its amplitude appeared with cessation of therapy in two cases.
A further deterioration of the ERG amp... | C10 |
10,333 | 5,847 | Controlling stability of a complex movement system.
Human movement systems have frequently been treated as one-dimensional, single-axis, rigid bodies in order to simplify the gathering, analysis, and interpretation of data.
The problem with this approach is that the results of such assumptions often lead to conclusio... | C10 |
10,334 | 8,382 | Study of verbal description in neuropathic pain.
The aim of this paper is to study the quality of verbal description and its diagnostic value in neuropathic pain.
The verbal description of pain as assessed by a French adjective list questionnaire (QDSA) is compared between a group of 100 patients with neuropathic pai... | C10 |
10,335 | 2,915 | The iris in Williams syndrome.
Forty three children with Williams syndrome and 124 control subjects had their eyes photographed.
The photographs were examined by three ophthalmologists and four geneticists of varying experience.
A stellate pattern was noted more often in the irides of patients with Williams syndrome... | C10 |
10,336 | 6,804 | Major histocompatibility complex antigen expression in the affected tissues in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Monoclonal antibody immunocytochemistry was used to examine spinal cord and muscle in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for changes that would indicate ongoing or potential immune activity.
Increased expression o... | C10 |
10,337 | 743 | Reduction of post-traumatic swelling and compartment pressure by impulse compression of the foot.
Following the discovery of a powerful venous pump in the foot that is activated by weight-bearing independently of muscular action, a pneumatic impulse device was developed to actuate this pump artificially.
In a multice... | C10 |
10,338 | 2,852 | Posthypoxic glucose supplement reduces hypoxic-ischemic brain damage in the neonatal rat.
We evaluated the effect of posthypoxic glucose supplement in a neonatal hypoxic-ischemic animal model.
Seven-day-old rats underwent bilateral ligation of the carotid arteries, followed by exposure to an 8% oxygen atmosphere for ... | C10 |
10,339 | 6,830 | Skin conductance and arousal in the newborn.
We measured skin conductance continuously from the sole of a foot in babies of different conceptional ages before, during, and for 10 minutes after a 'heel prick' carried out for routine blood sampling.
We studied 82 healthy babies whose gestational and postnatal ages rang... | C10 |
10,340 | 6,819 | Ichthyosis, mental retardation, and asymptomatic spasticity. A new neurocutaneous syndrome with normal fatty alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase activity.
A number of inherited disorders of cornification have been related to abnormal lipid metabolism.
In the recessively inherited Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, defined by the tria... | C10 |
10,341 | 5,471 | Fractures of the clivus: classification and clinical features.
Fractures of the clival complex were diagnosed in a series of 17 patients admitted to the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System and the University of Maryland Medical System over a 30-month period.
These fractures were divided pathologi... | C10 |
10,342 | 8,347 | Long-term potentiation of electrotonic coupling at mixed synapses.
Long-term potentiation of chemical synapses is closely related to memory and learning.
Studies of this process have concentrated on chemically mediated excitatory synapses.
By contrast, activity-dependent modification of gap junctions, which also wid... | C10 |
10,343 | 4,100 | Serious migraine: a study of some epidemiological aspects.
Data are scant concerning some epidemiological aspects of those severe headaches which cause serious personal and economic morbidity.
Our purpose was to study the incidence and other epidemiological features of patients suffering from severe migraine exacerba... | C10 |
10,344 | 8,258 | Motor unit discharge characteristics and short term synchrony in paraplegic humans.
Frequency of firing and regularity of discharge of human motor units, and short term synchrony between pairs of motor units, have been assessed in extensor digitorum communis (EDC) and tibialis anterior (TA) muscles in control subjects... | C10 |
10,345 | 8,712 | Onset phase of spinal bupivacaine analgesia assessed quantitatively by laser stimulation.
Analgesia was assessed quantitatively at various dermatomes (C7, T8, T10, T12, L1, L3, S1) for the first 30 min after subarachnoid administration of 0.5% bupivacaine 3.5 ml.
Stimulation with 10 needles and laser stimulation coul... | C10 |
10,346 | 6,097 | Embolic stroke after smoking "crack" cocaine.
A 39-year-old woman had an embolic upper division middle cerebral artery branch occlusion 3 hours after smoking the free base of cocaine ("crack").
Radionuclide ventriculography demonstrated cardiomyopathy, and echocardiography documented a left atrial thrombus.
This cas... | C10 |
10,347 | 6,010 | Postural hypotension: pressor effect of octreotide not mediated by norepinephrine.
Orthostatic hypotension of the Shy-Drager syndrome is a chronic incapacitating condition characterized by lack of an appropriate increase in the plasma norepinephrine level in response to standing.
Recently, the somatostatin analogue o... | C10 |
10,348 | 5,570 | Visual disturbance in patients with melanocytoma of the optic disk.
Visual disturbance in 11 patients with melanocytoma of the optic disk was analyzed.
Goldmann visual field examination showed enlargement of Mariotte's blind spot in 7 of 10 patients (70%) and visual field defect or depression in 7 patients (70%).
In... | C10 |
10,349 | 3,893 | Efficacy and safety of vagus nerve stimulation in patients with complex partial seizures.
A clinical trial of chronic intermittent vagal stimulation in five patients suggests that the procedure may be safe and effective as adjunctive treatment of medically intractable seizures of partial onset.
Patients tolerated wel... | C10 |
10,350 | 9,261 | Alkalinisation of prilocaine for intravenous regional anaesthesia. Suitability for clinical use.
Eighty unpremedicated patients undergoing day-case hand surgery under intravenous regional anaesthesia were randomly allocated to receive, in a double-blind study, either 40 ml 0.75% prilocaine hydrochloride, with 5 ml 8.4... | C10 |
10,351 | 7 | Anencephaly: clinical determination of brain death and neuropathologic studies.
Twelve liveborn anencephalic infants were serially examined to determine if they would meet our clinical criteria for whole brain death within a 7-day period: Protocol 1 infants (6) received intensive care including intubation from birth; ... | C10 |
10,352 | 8,360 | Deteriorating ischemic stroke: risk factors and prognosis.
To determine a risk profile of deterioration in cerebral infarction of less than 8 hours' duration, we studied prospectively a series of clinical and radiologic data in 98 patients.
We evaluated the Canadian Neurological Scale Score and Barthel index during a... | C10 |
10,353 | 5,355 | Responses of intercostal muscle biopsies from normal subjects and patients with myasthenia gravis.
In order to evaluate the mechanisms of weakness in muscles of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), intercostal muscle biopsies were obtained from 9 normal subjects and 6 MG patients, and the compound muscle action poten... | C10 |
10,354 | 8,643 | Continuous papaveretum infusion for the control of pain in painful sickling crisis.
We describe our experience of using continuous papaveretum infusions to control pain in 24 children admitted on 45 occasions with painful sickling crisis.
The children were aged from 1.7 to 14.3 years.
Infusion duration ranged from o... | C10 |
10,355 | 7,052 | Flow cytometric DNA content of adenoid cystic carcinoma of submandibular gland. Correlation of histologic features and prognosis.
Flow cytometric analysis of nuclear DNA content was performed in 26 adenoid cystic carcinomas of the submandibular gland using archived, paraffin-embedded tissues.
The DNA content was comp... | C10 |
10,356 | 7,588 | Concomitant neurocysticercosis and brucellosis.
A young Mexican woman had headache and left arm weakness develop shortly after immigrating to the United States.
A solitary cerebral cysticercus was found at surgery, but, instead of the expected finding of clear fluid, the cyst contained pus from which Brucella meliten... | C10 |
10,357 | 4,157 | Cardiovascular responses to arm cranking and FNS-induced leg exercise in paraplegics.
Twelve spinal cord-injured males performed arm-crank exercise (ACE) with and without concurrent functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS) of paralyzed leg muscles to investigate the hypothesis that FNS would augment cardiovascular p... | C10 |
10,358 | 5,490 | Verbal memory impairment correlates with hippocampal pyramidal cell density.
Thirty-five patients with medically refractory epilepsy localized to the temporal lobe (18 left, 17 right) completed the verbal Selective Reminding Test before surgery.
Verbal memory impairments existed before surgery regardless of the later... | C10 |
10,359 | 7,154 | Neurologic complications in chronic renal failure: a retrospective study.
We have retrospectively examined 324 patients with chronic renal failure and evaluated the probable underlying causes of neurologic complications, laboratory data and therapeutic interventions.
The common neurologic problems in our patients wer... | C10 |
10,360 | 7,025 | Neurodevelopmental outcome of children with evidence of periventricular leukomalacia on late MRI.
Fifteen children, 8 months of age or older, from a neonatal follow-up program underwent magnetic resonance imaging and neurologic, cognitive, and language evaluations.
Magnetic resonance imaging findings in all children ... | C10 |
10,361 | 7,529 | Cerebral hemodynamics in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus: correlation between cerebral circulation time and dementia.
Regional cerebral blood flow and regional cerebral circulation time were measured in 13 demented patients with chronic hydrocephalus, mostly normal pressure hydrocephalus.
The average hemi... | C10 |
10,362 | 7,752 | Familial paroxysmal kinesigenic ataxia and continuous myokymia.
A large family with paroxysmal ataxia and continuous myokymic discharges is described.
The disorder is of autosomal dominant inheritance.
During attacks coordination of movements and balance are disturbed; often a postural tremor of the head and the han... | C10 |
10,363 | 3,656 | Cemented and ingrowth fixation of the Miller-Galante prosthesis. Clinical and roentgenographic comparison after three- to six-year follow-up studies.
One hundred thirty-nine cemented and 132 cementless Miller-Galante total knee prostheses were followed between three and six years (average, 43-44 months).
The fixation... | C10 |
10,364 | 4,495 | Foci of increased T2 signal intensity in MR images of healthy elderly subjects. A follow-up study.
An 18-month follow-up study was conducted on 26 healthy elderly subjects with and without foci of increased T2 signal intensity on MR imaging.
The subjects did not differ with respect to health status or cognitive perfo... | C10 |
10,365 | 4,135 | Rat soleus muscle ultrastructure after hindlimb suspension.
The aim of the present investigation was to determine, by quantitative electron microscopy, the effects of a 5-wk tail-suspension period on rat soleus muscle ultrastructure.
A marked decline (-60%) in muscle mass occurred.
The mean fiber cross-sectional are... | C10 |
10,366 | 6,961 | Quantitative evaluation of sway as an indicator of functional balance in post-traumatic brain injury.
The test of sway, using different conditions of stance with measurements of the average radial deviation of the center of pressure and its path length of sway per unit of time, has been shown to be a useful clinical t... | C10 |
10,367 | 5,581 | Signs distinguishing spasmus nutans (with and without central nervous system lesions) from infantile nystagmus.
Clinical findings as well as eye and head movement recordings were analyzed from 23 patients with spasmus nutans without central nervous system (CNS) changes, 10 patients with spasmus nutans-like disease (he... | C10 |
10,368 | 6,889 | Role of perfusion pressure and flow in major organ dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass.
The role of perfusion pressure and flow during cardiopulmonary bypass with moderate hypothermia and hemodilution in the development of new postoperative renal or clinically apparent cerebral dysfunction was examined in 504 adu... | C10 |
10,369 | 4,203 | Reappraisal of surgical treatment of traumatic transection of the thoracic aorta.
Since Crawford's report in 1973, repair of traumatic transection of the thoracic aorta without shunt or bypass has emerged as a popular technique which simplifies the operation and avoids use of heparin.
Growing evidence, however, indic... | C10 |
10,370 | 2,132 | Cavernous-carotid thrombosis and ocular motor paresis
A 64-year-old man presented with the acute onset of unilateral blindness and ipsilateral ocular motor paresis.
Occlusion of the central retinal artery associated with thrombosis of the internal carotid artery in the cavernous sinus was demonstrated by angiography... | C10 |
10,371 | 266 | Transoesophageal pacing for perioperative control of neonatal paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
The perioperative management of a 16-day-old infant with recurrent supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is discussed.
Vagal manoeuvres and medication were not adequate in controlling the SVT.
Since the patient was sc... | C10 |
10,372 | 6,123 | The pathophysiology of anoxic injury in central nervous system white matter.
White matter of the mammalian brain is susceptible to anoxic injury, but little is known about the pathophysiology of this process.
We studied the mechanisms of anoxic injury in white matter using the isolated rat optic nerve, a typical cent... | C10 |
10,373 | 6,084 | Remote effect of deep-seated vascular brain lesions on cerebral blood flow.
We measured regional cerebral blood flow using the xenon-133 inhalation method, at approximately 1 month after onset, in 60 stroke patients who had no evidence of major carotid artery stenosis or occlusion.
Their single lesions (43 infarcts a... | C10 |
10,374 | 9,714 | Evidence for motor neuropathy and reduced filling of the rectum in chronic intractable constipation.
Subtotal colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis is now frequently offered to patients with slow transit constipation who have severe symptoms and no response to more conventional medical treatment.
If this operation is... | C10 |
10,375 | 5,460 | Epidermoid tumors of the 4th ventricle: report of seven cases.
Epidermoid tumors occur very rarely in the 4th ventricle.
We discuss the history, clinical course, and the surgical results for seven patients.
One patient had a remittal of symptoms, probably due to the emergence of the tumor from the 4th ventricle into... | C10 |
10,376 | 5,621 | Adrenal medullary implants in the rat spinal cord reduce nociception in a chronic pain model.
Previous work in this laboratory has indicated that the transplantation of adrenal medullary tissue into the subarachnoid space of the rat spinal cord can reduce pain sensitivity to acute noxious stimuli, particularly followi... | C10 |
10,377 | 2,528 | Laparoscopic ventrosuspensions. A review of 72 cases.
Laparoscopic ventrosuspension is simple to perform after diagnostic laparoscopy.
Serious postoperative complication is unlikely.
However, patient follow-up over 6 months has not confirmed the usefulness of laparoscopic ventrosuspension in the management of deep d... | C10 |
10,378 | 6,649 | Infection during chronic epidural catheterization: diagnosis and treatment.
A potentially serious complication of long-term epidural catheterization in cancer patients is infection.
The early signs of infection were studied in 350 patients in whom long-term epidural catheters were inserted.
Three areas of the cathet... | C10 |
10,379 | 3,895 | Effects of vagal stimulation on experimentally induced seizures in rats.
Repetitive stimulation of the vagus nerve inhibits chemically induced seizures in dogs.
We report here the results and conclusions from studies designed to answer some of the immediate questions raised by this finding.
(1) Maximal stimulation o... | C10 |
10,380 | 7,222 | Effect of normal MSAFP screening on maternal age for genetic amniocentesis.
Routine maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) screening for neural tube defects is considered by many to be standard obstetrical care, and recently many have encouraged this test to screen for Trisomy-21 (Down's syndrome).
We questioned wh... | C10 |
10,381 | 7,607 | The UCLA-University of Utah epidemiologic survey of autism: the etiologic role of rare diseases.
Twelve rare diseases known to cause CNS pathology were found in 26 (11%) of 233 autistic probands identified during a recent epidemiologic survey of Utah.
These 26 probands had significantly lower mean IQs than the remain... | C10 |
10,382 | 6,805 | IgM deposits at nodes of Ranvier in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, anti-GM1 antibodies, and multifocal motor conduction block.
We studied a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multifocal motor conduction block, and IgM anti-GM1 antibodies.
A sural nerve biopsy demonstrated deposits of IgM at no... | C10 |
10,383 | 5,933 | Tropical neuromyelopathies and retroviruses: a review.
Debilitating disorders of the nervous system have a relatively high prevalence in the tropics, a geographic region that is often deficient in specialists in the fields of neurology and epidemiology.
During World War II, attention was called to a possible nutritio... | C10 |
10,384 | 7,750 | Heterogeneity in progressive aphasia due to focal cortical atrophy. A clinical and PET study.
Six patients with a slowly progressive aphasic disorder due to degenerative cortical disease are reported.
The length of history varied from 18 months to 6 years.
In 5 patients, there was a naming deficit, associated in 4 o... | C10 |
10,385 | 8,357 | Internuclear ophthalmoplegia in the Chiari type II malformation.
We describe 3 cases of Chiari type II malformation presenting with bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO).
Although prominent, the INO was not an isolated sign in any of the patients; superimposed abduction paresis was present in 2, and deficits i... | C10 |
10,386 | 6,968 | Asymptomatic ulnar neuropathy in carpal tunnel syndrome.
Quantitative assessment of the vibration threshold of the second and fifth fingertips at 125Hz was performed on 28 affected limbs of 17 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) together with a median and ulnar sensory nerve conduction velocity (SNCV) study.
T... | C10 |
10,387 | 9,933 | Diagnostic criteria for neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus: the results of a consensus meeting. The Ad Hoc Neuropsychiatric Lupus Workshop Group.
Definitions and classifications proposed for the neuropsychiatric complications of systemic lupus erythematosus (NP-SLE) indicate a wide range of approaches taken... | C10 |
10,388 | 6,087 | Effect of emitted power on waveform intensity in transcranial Doppler
This study assesses the problem of transcranial Doppler recording failure and seeks to determine the extent to which this can be ameliorated by increased emitted power.
We hypothesized that waveform intensity is directly related to the rate and qu... | C10 |
10,389 | 3,117 | Epidural hematoma: an unusual presentation.
The authors present a patient with a traumatic epidural hematoma who complained only of headache and presented to the emergency department 48 hours after a fall.
Mental status and neurological examination were normal.
This delayed presentation is more commonly seen when a ... | C10 |
10,390 | 4,107 | Clinical characteristics of migraine and episodic tension-type headache in relation to old and new diagnostic criteria.
Eighty-one patients were diagnosed as having migraine, tension headache or both according to previously used criteria.
Then we performed a standardized interview to determine the frequency and sever... | C10 |
10,391 | 7,559 | Metoprolol for aggressive behavior in persons with mental retardation.
Persons with mental retardation sometimes exhibit behaviors that are difficult to control.
Use of neuroleptic medications may be limited by side effects or ineffectiveness.
Beta blockers such as propranolol and metoprolol have been shown to decre... | C10 |
10,392 | 5,493 | Spatiotemporal contrast sensitivity differs in normal aging and Parkinson's disease.
We measured contrast sensitivity for static and laterally drifting vertical gratings in 12 young adults, 7 normal elderly adults, and 8 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).
We compared static and motion contrast sensitivity for sp... | C10 |
10,393 | 4,834 | Characterization of periventricular edema in normal-pressure hydrocephalus by measurement of water proton relaxation times.
The magnetic resonance longitudinal relaxation time (T1) and transverse relaxation time (T2) of the water proton of the periventricular white and cortical gray matter were measured for 17 control... | C10 |
10,394 | 3,621 | Cemented total knee arthroplasty for gonarthrosis in patients 55 years old or younger.
The results of 68 cemented total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) in 50 patients with gonarthrosis who were 55 years old or younger at the time of surgery were reviewed.
These patients were operated on between 1979 and 1987 and were foll... | C10 |
10,395 | 2,610 | A discriminant validity study of negative symptoms with a special focus on depression and antipsychotic medication.
If the construct validity of the negative symptom syndrome is to be established, the conceptual and operational overlap between negative symptoms and other syndromes such as depression and the effects of... | C10 |
10,396 | 4,185 | The patellofemoral joint after total knee arthroplasty without patellar resurfacing.
One hundred total knee replacements with a total condylar prosthesis and without patellar resurfacing were followed for a minimum of two years.
Eighty-four per cent of the knees were affected by osteoarthrosis.
Graded according to t... | C10 |
10,397 | 2,255 | Neurologic complications of cardiac transplantation.
Between 1984 and 1989, orthotopic cardiac transplantations were done in 90 patients from 10 to 65 years of age for end-stage, refractory congestive cardiomyopathy.
Two patients had had ischemic strokes 5 months and 18 years, respectively, before transplantation.
S... | C10 |
10,398 | 341 | Two siblings with phenotypes mimicking peroxisomal disorders but with discordant biochemical findings.
The authors present a report on two sibling with a nearly identical phenotype mimicking peroxisomal disorder but with totally discordant biochemical findings.
In an attempt to confirm the diagnosis of a peroxisomal ... | C10 |
10,399 | 4,105 | Dissociation between pain and autonomic disturbances in cluster headache.
The relationship between pain and autonomic disturbances in cluster headache was studied in 54 patients whose attack always recurred on the same side, and in 7 others whose attack had affected either side on different occasions.
In one of these... | C10 |
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