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I have tried to summarize the work of Plum and Posner in their study of the outcome of patients presenting in coma. The primary care physician is encouraged to plan at least for the basics in case he or she is faced with a comatose patient....
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PMID: 3633597
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Two hundred and sixty-one neurologically asymptomatic patients were examined by computed tomography (CT) following a variable number of transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) experienced over different time intervals. Cerebral infarcts were discovered in 101 patients. Dominant hemisphere infarcts were u...
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PMID: 2869430
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Esthesioneuroblastoma, a tumor that arises from the olfactory sensory epithelium, often manifests with ocular and orbital signs and symptoms. A review of 38 cases of esthesioneuroblastoma at the Mayo Clinic revealed that ophthalmic signs or symptoms occurred in 28. Twenty patients had ophthalmic sig...
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PMID: 4088629
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I studied tear pH measured by pH electrode or paper in 12 patients with rosacea without ocular manifestations, 23 patients with mild ocular manifestations, and nine patients with severe ocular manifestations. There was no diagnostically useful difference in tear pH between any of these groups and no...
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PMID: 3159263
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The physical properties of lightning are given, including a description of the different observed lightning forms. The wide variety of effects of lightning on humans is reviewed. In the prehospital care of those struck by lightning, emphasis is upon immediate resuscitation of those who appear unresp...
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PMID: 3910718
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Primary Sjogren syndrome is an autoimmune condition in which dry eyes (keratoconjunctivitis sicca) and dry mouth (xerostomia) result from lymphocytic infiltration of lacrimal and salivary glands. Clinical and laboratory features of 60 primary Sjogren syndrome patients seen at our clinic during the p...
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PMID: 6399627
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We describe 31 children with runs of high amplitude and variable frequency spike-and-wave discharges on the occipito-postero-temporal regions at the EEG. This characteristic EEG pattern can be seen on the posterior areas of one or both hemispheres only when the eyes are closed. A functional spike-wa...
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PMID: 6463307
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Only 1 of 7 dogs with long-standing renovascular hypertension showed clear changes in the fundus. No distinct retinopathy was seen in the others. Ophthalmoscopy alone is thus of limited value in assessing the progress of benign hypertension in the dog.
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PMID: 6723907
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The different variants of migraine can be classified in common migraine, classical migraine and complicated migraine. Since objective methods of diagnostic proof are not available, diagnosis and categorisation have to be based on the patient's history and clinical criteria including hard and soft sy...
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PMID: 6714905
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We have used the following markers: i) receptors for Fc fragments of IgG; ii) antigens recognized by the monoclonal antibodies MLR4, 5/9, BT 2/9 (anti-DR). In the 12 patients with euthyroid Graves' disease a marked decrease of TG cells (which proved to exert suppressor function in several in vitro s...
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PMID: 6223066
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Despite advances in the control of the disease in animals, brucellosis is a zoonosis with important economic impact in the United States. It is estimated that cases of brucellosis in humans are underdiagnosed and underreported and that the disease continues to be a major human health hazard. Nine ac...
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PMID: 6356268
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Forced downward deviation of the eyes has been described as a useful sign in patients with hysterical coma and seizures. Two patients are described emphasizing the value of this test in prolonged feigned seizured states as well as in hysterical syncopal episodes.
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PMID: 6226709
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We could not predict whether typical MyD would develop later. Transmission of the disease may depend upon more than a single autosomal dominant gene, and nongenetic influences may also be important....
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PMID: 6956246
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In evaluating over 300 patients with sellar and parasellar lesions, the computed tomographic (CT) appearance of the cavernous sinus was studied. Optimal visualization of the cavernous sinus was obtained with continuous contrast enhancement of both axial and coronal tomograms. The coronal projection...
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PMID: 7099556
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Visual loss secondary to macular disease can be differentiated from optic nerve lesions relatively easily in the office by simple and reliable noninvasive means. The diagnosis of a medically or surgically treatable lesion can obviate for the patient the often unnecessary anxiety and expense of more...
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PMID: 7092031
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A 73-year-old woman presented with classic opsoclonus two weeks following an acute febrile illness. Four weeks later a complete clinical recovery was evident. Six weeks after onset of the problem, or 2 weeks after resolution of the abnormal eye movements, a pattern reversal visual evoked response sh...
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PMID: 6213672
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Carbon monoxide poisoning has received little attention in th pediatric literature, although it is not uncommon in children. With the advent of alternative energy sources, such as woodburning stoves, one might predict an increase in its incidence over the next few years. Carbon monoxide poisoning is...
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PMID: 7267228
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Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism are common medical disorders that are often accompanied by diverse types of neurologic and neuromuscular dysfunction. Although some of these associated disorders are well known to physicians, others are not. All of these neurologic manifestations are important beca...
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PMID: 7266060
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A prospective and consecutive series of 225 patients with severe head injuries who were managed in a uniform way was analyzed to relate outcome to several clinical variables. Good recovery or moderate disability were achieved by 56% of the patients, 10% remained severely disabled or vegetative, and...
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PMID: 7463128
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We did not find any severe side effects which could be related with any certainty to melperone therapy....
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PMID: 6113835
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Results of complex neuroophthalmological examinations of a group of patients with transient disturbances of the cerebral circulation are considered and discussed. On the basis of clinical, rheoencephalographic, electroencephalographic, ophthalmocalibrometric, ophthalmodynamometric, biomicroscopic (o...
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PMID: 7223221
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Most reported cases of Conradi-Hünermann disease are said to be sporadic. The diagnostic radiographic features present in early life tend to disappear with age. Skeletal deformities may persist but are not adequate for diagnosis. It is critical that the examiner look for nonskeletal manifestation...
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PMID: 7441419
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The clinical presentation and course of abetalipoproteinemia in two male patients, a child and an adult, are described. Apoprotein B was absent in both cases and each patient had > 50% acanthocytes present on peripheral blood smear. Family studies revealed normal lipid profiles in the parents of bot...
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PMID: 7425890
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The case history of a mother and daughter with familial periodic paralysis serves to illustrate the features of the hypokalaemic form of this condition. The development of attacks in the child does not appear to be based on intermittent hyperaldosteronism as trigger mechanism. A good therapeutic res...
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PMID: 7456461
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