Pesticides and Neurologic Symptoms

[Neurologic symptoms in schizophrenia].

Avec une prévalence d’environ 1 % dans la population générale, la schizophrénie représente un défi thérapeutique majeur. Son âge de début précoce, son évolution chronique, la difficulté à traiter adéquatement les symptômes et leurs complications (notamment sociales et familiales) justifient la recherche d’indices cliniques pouvant éventuellement améliorer et guider l’approche thérapeutique.

Neurologic signs and symptoms in fibromyalgia.

OBJECTIVE To determine the type and frequency of neurologic signs and symptoms in individuals with fibromyalgia (FM). METHODS Persons with FM (n = 166) and pain-free controls (n = 66) underwent systematic neurologic examination by a neurologist blinded to disease status. Neurologic symptoms lasting at least 3 months were assessed with a standard questionnaire. We used logistic regression to e...

Neurologic manifestations as presenting symptoms of endocarditis.

The features of infective endocarditis include both cardiac and non-cardiac manifestations. Neurologic complications are seen in up to 40% of patients with infective endocarditis and are the presenting symptom in a substantial percentage. We describe in detail the clinical scenarios of three patients admitted to our hospital, compare their characteristics and review the recent literature descri...

Section I. Symptoms of Neurologic Disorders

The early neurologic signs and symptoms of HIV infection.

Since the earliest days of the HIV pandemic, the acute and subacute phases of infection have been characterized by some extent of CNS involvement, most prominently aseptic meningitis. These early reports were hampered by the variable availability of tests for the presence of antibodies to HIV (ELISA in 1985, Western blot in 1987) and the lack of quantitative assays for viral RNA until the early...