diagnosing mitochondrial disorder without sophisticated means

Diagnosing Mitochondrial Disorder without Sophisticated Means.

Mitochondrial disorders (MIDs) require biochemical or genetic investigations for being diagnosed. In some cases, however, the diagnosis can be suspected upon the syndromic phenotype or upon clinical presentation and family history, as in the following case. The patient was a 74-year-old male admitted for worsening of pre-existing left-sided ptosis and ophthalmoparesis after a birthday party. Th...

Sophisticated quantum search without entanglement

Grover's quantum search algorithm has recently been implemented without entanglement, by replacing multiple particles with a single particle having exponentially many states. We recall that all physical resources must be accounted for to quantify algorithm complexity, and that this scheme typically incurs exponential costs in some other resource(s). In particular, we demonstrate that a recent e...

Diagnosing borderline personality disorder.

Problems in diagnosing bipolar disorder

Angst (2007) provides more balanced views on the much publicised concerns about the underdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. Psychiatric diagnoses are not robust entities (Baca-Garcia et al, 2007) and most recent research in mood disorders has arisen from redefining and often rigidly applying the DSM criteria, which has proved a hindrance to research. The problem in mood disorder research lies in ou...

Problems in diagnosing bipolar disorder

Angst (2007) provides more balanced views on the much publicised concerns about the underdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. Psychiatric diagnoses are not robust entities (Baca-Garcia et al, 2007) and most recent research in mood disorders has arisen from redefining and often rigidly applying the DSM criteria, which has proved a hindrance to research. The problem in mood disorder research lies in ou...

Problems in diagnosing bipolar disorder

Angst (2007) provides more balanced views on the much publicised concerns about the underdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. Psychiatric diagnoses are not robust entities (Baca-Garcia et al, 2007) and most recent research in mood disorders has arisen from redefining and often rigidly applying the DSM criteria, which has proved a hindrance to research. The problem in mood disorder research lies in ou...