PURPOSE To investigate the long-term prognosis and prognostic patterns of epilepsy in a single practice study from a developing country. METHODS Consecutive patients first seen in an epilepsy clinic in Cairo, Egypt between January 1994 and December 2009 with at least 4 years of follow-up were included. Demographic, clinical, EEG and imaging findings at diagnosis were recorded. At follow-up, t...

Intramyocardial dissecting hematoma is a rare but potentially fatal complication of myocardial infarction. The decision to adopt a surgical or conservative strategy may depend on the clinical and hemodynamic stability of patients. Regardless, the precise and temporal assessment of the structure of hematoma is imperative. We herein report the first case of a patient with early spontaneous remiss...

OBJECTIVE Clinical remission is now a realistic goal in managing RA following the introduction of biologic agents. As there are limited data on sustained remission in conventionally treated RA, this study examines prevalence and predictive factors of sustained remission in a pre-biologic inception cohort of RA. METHODS Patients with recent onset RA and before use of DMARDs were recruited from...

The operationalisation of this definition consists of two elements: the absence or low intensity of eight core symptoms of schizophrenia (severity criterion) and the maintenance of this state for a minimum of 6 months (time criterion). The consensus definition is aimed at facilitating research on the course of illness, at improving the comparability of studies and at helping clinicians and pati...

Objective: This study aimed to assess deficits of cognitive and emotional aspects of theory of mind in patients with bipolar disorder type 1 within a remission period. Methods: In this case- control study, 30 bipolar patients and 30 normal individuals were selected through Purposive sampling method for the purpose of the study. Then, they were matched based on their educational ...

ONG PERIODS of latency, spontaneous remissions and nonsurgical “cures” in a variety of malignancies have stimulated speculation and expenimentation concerning immunity in cancer, a subject recently reviewed generally,1’2 and in reference to specific immune mechanisms3’4 of tumor inhibition and rejection. Acceptance of an immune theory in spontaneous cancer control demands demonstration of tumor...

BACKGROUND Familial influences on remission from alcohol use disorder (AUD) have been studied using family history of AUD rather than family history of remission. The current study used a remission phenotype in a twin sample to examine the relative contributions of genetic and environmental influences to remission. METHOD The sample comprised 6183 twins with an average age of 30 years from th...

Background and aim: Pigmented purpuric dermatoses are a group of chronic and recurrent skin diseases resulting from lymphocyte-mediated leakage of erythrocytes. No effective treatment has been suggested for these conditions. This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of oral pentoxiphylline in the treatment of pigmented purpuric dermatoses.Materials and Methods: ...