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Spontaneous dissecting aneurysms of the internal carotid artery occur almost exclusively in the extracranial segment of the artery. The incidence is higher among males and the average age is relatively low (mean: 45 years). The existence of a lesion involving the wall of the carotid artery must be considered in the patient presenting with atypical facial neuralgia or incomplete but painful Horn...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To examine whether relative hypoperfusion to the apical one third of the lungs as determined by lung scintigraphy predicts a favorable functional outcome following bilateral lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS). METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of 128 patients who underwent bilateral LVRS. An apical perfusion fraction (AP%), defined as the percentage of total lun...

Mr. Cogan and Mr. Johnson discuss the judicial review provisions of the Medicare Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. section 405(g) and (h), and the Supreme Court cases including Illinois Council that interpret the scope of the "arising under" language. They also examine the history of section 205(h) of the Social Security Act, including the most recent amendment contained in the Deficit Reduction Act o...

Myalgic encephalomyelitis is a common disability but frequently misinterpreted. Amongst 6,000 patients referred for general microbiological diagnosis between 1975 and 1987, 420 cases were recognized. Coxsackie B neutralization tests, in 205 of these, demonstrated significant titres in 103/205 (50%), while of 124 additionally investigated for enteroviral IgM, 38/124 (31%) were positive. This ill...

Day, R. E., and Insley, J. (1976). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 51, 935. Maternal diabetes mellitus and congenital malformation: survey of 205 cases. Twenty-five out of 205 (i.e. 12%) babies born to diabetic mothers in the Birmingham Maternity Hospital in the period 1969-1974 were malformed as against 6% in a control group. The incidence was highest in the group where mothers were on insul...