Specific clinical signs and symptoms are predictive of clinical course in sporadic Creutzfeldt−Jakob disease

Specific clinical signs and symptoms are predictive of clinical course in sporadic Creutzfeldt−Jakob disease

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Akinetic mutism is thought to be an appropriate therapeutic end-point in patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). However, prognostic factors for akinetic mutism are unclear and clinical signs or symptoms that precede this condition have not been defined. The goal of this study was to identify prognostic factors for akinetic mutism and to clarify the order...

Diversity of Lactobacillus species in primary dental pulp and clinical signs and symptoms

Aims: bacteria are one of the main factors involved in the process of tooth decay.  They play an important role in the onset and progression of tooth decay and are the main cause of pulp and periapical diseases. Their presence in the crown pulp and dental canal causes symptoms in the teeth; therefore, the aim of this study was to molecular study of anaerobic bacteria in primary and necrotic tee...

Symptoms and Signs in Clinical Medicine

Retrospective study of clinical course and treatment response in Graves’ disease [Persian]

In this report, the clinical course and treatment response of 210 patients with Grawes’ disease referred to the research institute for nuclear medicine were studied. The disease was more common in 3rd and 4th decades and more frequent in women (F/M=4). Treatment response with antithyroid drugs was about 50%, whereas 80% of the patients treated by I-131 showed positive response. There was ...

[Characteristics and clinical course of patients with subacute thyroiditis without typical signs and symptoms].

To determine the characteristics and clinical course of patients with subacute thyroiditis (SAT) without typical signs and symptoms, clinical and pathologic records of the patients were reviewed and compared with those of patients with typical SAT. During the past 10 years, 11 of 105 patients with SAT did not have enough typical features for a diagnosis of SAT (atypical SAT). They included one ...