... Tingling of finger tips and toes, moderate weakness of four extremities DTR were absent at ankles, knees and triceps There was bilateral facial weakness and dysphagia Position and vibration sense ... studies revealed prolongation of the upper and lower motor action potential latencies, reduced motor conduction velocities and reduced amplitude Median and ulnar nerves sensory action potentials ... was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin and his muscle strength improved Three months later he continued to have tingling in his hands and feet and use a walker intermittently Discussion The...
... Grand’Maison F, Feasby TE, Hahn AF, Koopman WJ: Recurrent GuillainBarre syndrome Clinical and laboratory features Brain 1992, 115(Pt 4):1093-1106 Roper TA, Alani SM: Recurrent Guillain- Barre syndrome: ... (type and 2), VZV and CMV; by IF assay of IgG and IgM antibodies against EBV, mumps, measles, and Toxoplasma gondii; by ELISA of IgM for enteroviruses, rubella, RSV and Mycoplasma pneumoniae; and ... Misra UK: Recurrent GuillainBarresyndrome Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol 2004, 44:95-102 Asbury AK, Cornblath DR: Assessment of current diagnostic criteria for Guillain- Barresyndrome Ann Neurol...
... to his thighs, and in his hands ascending to his shoulders No specific cerebellar abnormalities were evident His gait was unsteady and wide-based and he displayed an inability to tandem walk Cerebral ... immunotherapy for Guillain- Barré syndrome: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology Neurology 2003, 61:736-740 Ropper AH: The Guillain- Barrésyndrome N Engl ... distal latencies and normal and symmetric evoked amplitudes were found from common facial nerve stimulation and recording from his bilateral orbicularis oculi, nasalis, and orbicularis oris muscles...
... Grand’Maison F, Feasby TE, Hahn AF, Koopman WJ: Recurrent GuillainBarre syndrome Clinical and laboratory features Brain 1992, 115(Pt 4):1093-1106 Roper TA, Alani SM: Recurrent Guillain- Barre syndrome: ... (type and 2), VZV and CMV; by IF assay of IgG and IgM antibodies against EBV, mumps, measles, and Toxoplasma gondii; by ELISA of IgM for enteroviruses, rubella, RSV and Mycoplasma pneumoniae; and ... Misra UK: Recurrent GuillainBarresyndrome Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol 2004, 44:95-102 Asbury AK, Cornblath DR: Assessment of current diagnostic criteria for Guillain- Barresyndrome Ann Neurol...
... to his thighs, and in his hands ascending to his shoulders No specific cerebellar abnormalities were evident His gait was unsteady and wide-based and he displayed an inability to tandem walk Cerebral ... immunotherapy for Guillain- Barré syndrome: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology Neurology 2003, 61:736-740 Ropper AH: The Guillain- Barrésyndrome N Engl ... distal latencies and normal and symmetric evoked amplitudes were found from common facial nerve stimulation and recording from his bilateral orbicularis oculi, nasalis, and orbicularis oris muscles...
... Raphaël JC; French Cooperative Group on Plasma Exchange in Guillain- Barré Syndrome: Early predictors of mechanical ventilation in Guillain- Barrésyndrome Crit Care Med 2003, 31:278-283 Ambrosino N, ... functional marker to predict the need for prolonged mechanical ventilation in patients with Guillain- Barrésyndrome Crit Care 2011, 15:R65 Plummer AL, Gracey DR: Consensus conference on artificial ... et al Critical Care 2011, 15:426 http://ccforum.com/content/15/3/426 Abbreviations GBS, Guillain- Barré syndrome; MV, mechanical ventilation; NIMV, non-invasive mechanical ventilation Competing...
... Hutchinson and H Kerr Graham Index 241 Geoff Sheean The measurement of spasticity 64 Garth R Johnson and Anand D Pandyan Physiotherapy management of spasticity 79 Roslyn N Boyd and Louise Ada Seating and ... intentionally left blank Upper Motor Neurone Syndromeand Spasticity Second Edition Upper Motor Neurone Syndromeand Spasticity Clinical Management and Neurophysiology Second Edition Edited by ... techniques and surgery We have also stressed the importance of adequate measurement techniques and, indeed, Chapter has been completely rewritten by Garth R Johnson and Arnand D Pandyan We hope...
... purinic nucleotides useful for DNA and RNA synthesis, and inosine that will be degraded into hypoxanthine and xanthine and finally into uric acid Hypoxanthine and guanine may enter in a salvage ... substances and drugs, with consequent risk of accumulation and toxicity Uric acid can determine the renal impairment in different ways: the local and direct obstruction and toxicity on tubules and the ... rate of tumor, high sensitivity to chemotherapy and renal impairment Standard measures to prevent and treat hyperuricemia include allopurinol and alkalinization, associated with an aggressive...
... lung capillary beds through wellcharacterized anatomical and pathological shunts Studies by Gillespie and Tyler36 and Littlejohn and others3 7 estimate the venous admixture (anatomic shunts) in ... bacteriologic and other characteristics of the various discrete clinical syndromes that constitute MRLS and the lack of clinical signs in affected mares, despite the very rapid onset of the syndrome, ... Cortland, NY and Dr Manu Sebastian, University of Kentucky affected horses, and the very unusual lack of systemic clinical signs in affected horses HEMATOGENOUS SPREAD OF SEPTIC MATERIAL AND MRLS...
... Courtney, and Sabrina Ashley; and to my grandchildren, Brian Michael and Taliek Isaiah, for completing the circle —Leonard D DuBoff For Andrew, a gifted reader, and for Annalise, an outstanding ... (in plain English) for restaurants andothers in the food industry / by Leonard D DuBoff and Christy O King. 1st ed p cm Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN-13: E978-1-57248-523-5-523-5 ... me on the intricacies of the World Wide Web and new computer technology My grandson, Brian, has provided his own special kind of assistance and understanding There are many days when I would have...
... (Fig 2) Anoxia and oligomycin increase intracellular AMP concentration, whereas AICAr is phosphorylated into AICA-ribotide (ZMP), an AMP analogue Both ZMP andAMP are activators of AMPK As already ... becomes negative and, as a result, the AMP/ ATP ratio increases This leads to the activation of the AMP- activated protein kinase (AMPK), which functions as a metabolic master switch and inhibits anabolic ... activated AMPK (Fig 2) and this activation was not changed in hepatocytes incubated with glutamine (Figs and 2) Under these stress conditions, AMPK activation led to inactivation of both ACC and p70S6K,...
... example, Vedder (1990), Bartik (1991), Becsi (1996), Wasylenko (1997), Crain and Lee (1999), Kreft and Sobel (2005), Ashby (2007), Campbell and Rogers (2007), Ashby and Sobel (2008), Hall and ... Bradbury, Downs, and Small (1982); Dalenberg and Partridge (1995); Crihfield and Panggabean (1995); Holcombe and Lacombe (2004); Higgins, Levy, and Young (2006); Stansel, Gohmann, and Hobbs (2008); ... factors is beyond the scope of this article See Stansel and Swaleheen (2010) and the additional articles by myself andothers cited in footnotes and for articles that take account of other factors...
... Syndrome Harvey S Singer and Karen Minzer 273 15 Infection and Autoimmune Factors in Tourette’s and Related Disorders William M McMahon and Michael Johnson 16 Imaging in Tourette’s Syndrome Andrew ... akathisia, parkinsonism; squeaking and grunting with oromandibular dystonia and Huntington’s disease; humming with blepharospasm and Meige syndrome (2) Complex vocal tics Examples: whistling, belching, ... parkinsonism, and progressive supranuclear palsy, and from levodopa toxicity; brief sounds in oromandibular dystonia, Huntington’s disease, neuroacanthocytosis, and tardive dyskinesia; and the sniffing and...
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... represents a flow chart of how the subject sample was derived and details have been published earlier [8] Briefly, between September 2004 and July 2005 we used random digit dialing to conduct a household ... clinical evaluation included a standardized past medical history, a review of systems, a standardized physical examination, and routine laboratory testing of blood and urine To identify psychiatric ... fatigue syndrome in Georgia, USA, 2004–2005 Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:67 cut-off score, and met CFS cut-off scores on the SF-36 and...
... Committee, Oxford 2005) The mean and standard deviation of each spatial and temporal parameter and each kinematic parameter were calculated for individuals with CFS and controls separately, at each ... NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2008, 5:16 Figure obtained at the different velocities The group means (and standard deviation) of the gait velocity The group means (and standard deviation) ... velocity, and then two controlled velocities: a slower velocity and a faster velocity For the controlled velocities the subjects were expected to cover 7.2 m from a standing start and stopping...
... design input and statistical analysis; GDC organised the embryology laboratory components and provided data on gametes and reproductive outcome; DJW and APHW supervised the project and directed ... well-defined inner cell mass and highly cellular, expanding trophoectoderm Blastocysts were loaded into an ET catheter (K-Soft-5000 Catheter; Cook Medical Inc., Spencer, Indiana USA), and all transfers ... prolactin, prostaglandins, the ovarian prorenin-renin-angiotensin system, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), angiogenin, the kinin-kallikrein system, selectins, von Willebrand factor, and/ or endothelin...
... manifestations presented in other conditions was termed as pseudo-Meigs syndrome The ascitic and pleural fluids in Meigs’ and pseudo-Meigs’ syndrome are usually serous, but may be serosanguinous The origin ... with pseudo-Meigs’ syndromeand elevated serum CA 125 Gynecol Oncol 2006, 86(2):231-234 Loizzi V, Cormio G, Resta L, Fattizzi N, Vicino M, Selvaggi L: Pseudo-Meigs syndromeand elevated CA125 ... elevated CA 125 and pseudo-Meigs syndrome may mimic advanced ovarian cancer Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2008, 32(2):237-238 Obeidat BR, Amarin ZO: Struma ovarii with pseudo-Meigs syndromeand elevated...