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Radionuclide shuntography is a safe and simple method to determine shunt patency and analyze changes in CSF (Cerebro-Spinal-Fluid) flow. We present a case of complicated CSF shunt, in which radioisotopic scan correctly identified disconnection of the shunt tubing system localizing the site of extravasation accurately. The findings were confirmed by surgery performed for correction of the ...

THIS contribution consists in a review of work done during the severe epidemic of cerebro-spinal meningitis which occurred in Belfast during 1907 and 1908, together with some additional observations that have been made in France during the Great War and also during the present year in Belfast. During 1907 and 1908 we devised an application of Sir A. E. Wright's opsonic technique for the laborat...

Pte. J. W., cet. 24, ljftely admitted to hospital for " Paralysis agitans," presents marked symptoms of that rare affection ?Disseminated sclerosis. The disease appears to have supervened on a prolonged attack of secondary syphilis two years ago. His medical history sheet records several recent admissions for "ague" and "simple continued fever" which, according to the man's own statement, were ...

so persistent as in the tubercular form), suddenness of onset, then convulsive seizures and tonic spasms, much intolerance of being examined or handled, even when coma is beginning. The most striking clinical symptom is tonic spasm of the nuchal mv scles, with retraction of head, which cannot be replaced without great pain. Later, when effusion becomes established, and there is coma and Kernig'...

A syndrome with distinctive clinical features affecting brain, liver and kidneys was described by Bowen et al in 1964 1 and Smith et al. in 1965 2 . In 1973 Goldfisher et al 3 has reported that peroxisomes were absent in the liver and kidneys of affected children. More recently lack of dihydroxyacetone phosphate acyletransferase (DHAP-AT) a peroxisomal enzyme with a major role in glycerol ether...

Neurology 2012;78:1898–1899 Chronic kidney disease (CKD), defined as a reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) or albuminuria, is a known, strong risk factor for stroke. Meta-analyses of cohort studies and trials indicate that proteinuria/ albuminuria increases the risk of stroke by 71%– 92%, and estimated GFR (eGFR) 60 mL/min/ 1.73 m increases the risk by 43%.1,2 CKD is also predictive of poo...

Three cases are described in which extensive livedo reticularis was associated with premature cerebrovascular disease. The patients presented with transient cerebral ischaemic attacks and gradually developed permanent neurological damage with intellectual impairment. The value of detailed neuropsychological testing to identify bilateral cortical abnormalities is demonstrated. CAT scanning may r...

Introducción: la señal del EEG suele interpretarse desde una mirada lineal, sin embargo, hace algunas décadas se estudia actividad eléctrica cerebral como un sistema dinámico, basado en teoría caos, con matemáticas no lineales. Objetivo: analizar estabilidad de las correlaciones los índices Hurst a través tiempo sujetos reposo ojos cerrados. Métodos: evaluaron 13 varones universitarios el dispo...