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Hepatitis E: when to treat and how to treat.

HEV generally causes a self-limited acute infection and treatment remains supportive. However, severe hepatitis or fulminant hepatic failure may occur, more so during pregnancy. It is an important cause of acute-on-chronic liver failure in endemic areas. Chronic HEV infection and progressive disease has been reported in recipients of solid organ transplants, haematological malignancies, HIV pat...

posterior retroperitonoscopic adrenalectomy; how to do it – pearls and secrets

conclusion with thorough technical knowledge and an adequate learning curve, pra could serve as the surgeon’s preferred surgical approach to the adrenal gland within the confines of its selection criteria. background since the early 1990s, endoscopic adrenalectomy has become the gold standard surgical approach for the adrenal gland. also, lateral transperitoneal adrenalectomy (lta) which is the...

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© 2003 Blackwell Publishing Ltd tion for nerve biopsy refl ects the diagnosis most often sought in this context, namely a multifocal neuropathy due to vasculitis, which may be tissue-specifi c. Many other conditions, however, can be diagnosed or suggested by the fi ndings on nerve biopsy (Box 1). The potential usefulness of the investigation must be balanced against the risk of complications (l...

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THE PARAMETERS OF SINGLE FIBRE EMG To detect abnormal neuromuscular transmission, two parameters are analysed: ‘jitter’ as an indicator of irregularity of neuromuscular transmission, and ‘blocking’ as an indicator of failure of transmission (Stålberg and Trontelj 1994). Each lower motor neurone arising from an anterior horn of the spinal cord connects with a number of muscle fi bres via the ter...