Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Neurodiagnostic Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.; RSC Diagnostic Services, Goodson, Missouri, U.S.A.; Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Health Comprehensive Epilepsy Center; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, National Institute of Neurology and Ne...

Healthcare providers worldwide are facing an increasingly competitive environment and, in response, are downsizing to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Providers that are unable or unwilling to become more efficient will close. To stay in business, healthcare institutions must consider the cost of medical equipment and plan accordingly. Policies based on sound principles and experience preve...

and could be read with profit by anyone interested in the problem of hydramnios. The Morphologic Manifestations of Uptake of Materials by the Yolk Sac of the Pregnant Rabbit describes how colloidal gold, erythrocytes, cream, and protein, in the form of egg white, are absorbed by the yolk sac. There are several electron microphotographs which are used to illustrate some of the processes. The Dev...

In January 2014, the Nagoya Proton Th erapy Center became the fi rst clinic in Japan to treat patients using proton spot scanning. Th e new system operates alongside two existing treatment rooms that started treating patients in February 2013 and use a passive scattering system. Th is means that the Nagoya Proton Th erapy Center now has three treatment rooms, two with rotating gantries and one ...

Thanks to an ever increasing array of sophisticated techniques, neuroimaging has become an integral part of clinical neurology and a major tool in the neurosciences. Because, undoubtedly, the role of neuroimaging will grow even further, a Task-force on Neuroimaging was created by the EFNS in June 1996 to assess how academic neurology in Europe should adapt to such rapid changes. The present rep...

(1) Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (2) MS Center of Excellence – East, VA Maryland Health Care System and Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Maryland, Baltimore, MD (3) Multiple Sclerosis Center, Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA (4) Multiple Sclerosis Service and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Service, Colorado...

multiple-choice tests are the most common type of tests used to evaluate medical education.  these tests have long been used in the written format for specialized boards and residency promotion tests in iran and kermanshah university of medical sciences (kums), as well (1). multiple-choice tests are being analyzed using quanti­tative method (test level, difficulty level and discrim­ination leve...

From the Departments of Neurology and Pathology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N. 1. Supported in part by Research Grants HE-04872 and NB-03346, NB-04161 from USPHS and from the Winthrop Laboratories. Dr. Kutt is a recipient of a Research Career Development Award JKO 3 NB 35003, NINDB, USPH. First submitted October 2, 1968; accepted for publication December 13, 1968. KARL VEREBE...

From the Departments of Neurology and Pathology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N. 1. Supported in part by Research Grants HE-04872 and NB-03346, NB-04161 from USPHS and from the Winthrop Laboratories. Dr. Kutt is a recipient of a Research Career Development Award JKO 3 NB 35003, NINDB, USPH. First submitted October 2, 1968; accepted for publication December 13, 1968. KARL VEREBE...