The following cases of meningococcic cerebro-spinal meningitis are described because there can be little doubt that at the present time there is a small epidemic of this disease in Bristol; and further, the symptoms and signs, especially in the early stages, are by no means easy to elucidate without the use of special methods, such as that of lumbar puncture.

Several techniques have already been described for selective cerebral perfusion during repair of aortic arch pathology in children. One method combining cerebral with myocardial perfusion has also been proposed. A novel technique is reported here for selective and independent cerebro-myocardial perfusion for neonatal and infant arch surgery. Technical aspects and potential advantages are discus...

Gustavo Cuberos Urbano Dpto. Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico University of Granada Granada, Spain [email protected] Angel Ruiz-Zafra, Manuel Noguera, Kawtar Benghazi Dpto. Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos University of Granada Granada, Spain [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Alfonso Caracuel Dpto. Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación Centro de Investigación ...

The aetiology of Schizophrenia is still obscure. This case report is of interest because it draws attention to a hitherto neglected area in this filed, i.e., the role of cerebro-vascular malformation and the resulting insufficiency in the cerebral circulation as a possible factor in the pathogenesis of Schizophrenia.

Cerebro-costo-mandibular syndrome (CCMS) is a rare syndrome that includes a constellation of mandibular hypoplasia and posterior rib defects as its basic features. Additional features can include hearing loss, tracheal cartilage abnormalities, scoliosis, elbow hypoplasia, and spina bifida. Here we report two cases of CCMS and discuss the reported long-term outcome of the disease.