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Acquired partial lipodystrophy (Barraquer-Simons syndrome) and IgA nephropathy.

The Barraquer Lecture: surgical management of myopia--a clinician's perspective.

corneal, cataract, and refractive surgery. Dr. Lindstrom graduated from Wayzata High School in Wayzata, Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota, where he graduated magna cum laude from the College of Liberal Arts in 1971. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine in August 1972, as well as a Bachelor of Science. He then performed 6 months of full-time research at the University of Minnesota...

Guillain-Barré Syndrome Guillain-Barré syndrome

)ften difficult. Often, clinical tésting of the sensory :uflctions is neither reliable nor helpful in the determination. Theoretically, predominant proximal . veakness, neck flexor weakness, and facial weakness occur more often in patients with myopathy. Dn needle electromyography, low amplitudes and short duration of the motor unit potentials suggest myopathy. Normal sensory nerve action poten...

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC FINDINGS IN CHILDHOOD GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME

In order to identify the clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of childhood Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) in East Azarbaijan province, clinical and electrophysiological data on 40 consecutive children with GBS, admitted to Tabriz Children's Medical Center from March 21st 1999 to March 20th 2002, were analyzed. All patients received intravenous immunoglobulin, 400 mg /kg/ day fo...

Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Vaccinations

Questions have been raised about Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) after vaccinations since the 1976 Swine flu vaccine was associated with a 7to 8-fold increased risk for GBS in the 6 weeks after vaccination, resulting in about 1 excess case of GBS per 100 000 vaccinees. There is evidence to support several possible biological mechanisms for the development of GBS, but no one has been able to deter...