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ANARTHRIA IMPAIRS SUBVOCAL COUNTING
No full textWe studied subvocal counting in two pure anarthric patients. Analysis showed that they performed definitively worse than normal subjects free to articulate subvocally and their scores were in the lower bounds of the performances of subjects suppressing articulation. These results suggest that subvocal counting is impaired after anarthria
Accidental choke cherry poisoning: Early symptoms and neurological sequelae of an unusual case of cyanide intoxication
No full textWe report the case of a 56-year-old woman who was accidentally poisoned when size ingested choke cherries whose pulp contained cyanide, and describe the acute clinical picture, the neurological sequelae and the neuroradiological findings. After recovery from coma the patient showed signs of a parkinsonian syndrome, retrobulbar neuritis and sensory-motor neuropathy. MRI showed abnormal signal intensities involving the basal ganglia. Since no memory deficits were observed, we argue that the parkinsonian syndrome was caused by cyanide intoxication rather than by subcortical damage due to hypoxia
Shortened stroop color-word test: its application in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol.Aging 1992;13;1;3-4
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Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: clinical and neuroimaging features of one year case series
No full textProgressive supranuclear gaze palsy without parkinsonism: a case of neuro-Whipple
No full textWe report the case of a 69-year-old man with a 7-month history of severe progressive supranuclear gaze palsy associated with mild cognitive decline and sleep disturbances, but not parkinsonism. After a period spent consulting a range of different specialists, the appearance of brachial myoclonus prompted his referral to a movement disorders specialist. Duodenum biopsy confirmed the suspicion of neuro-Whipple disease. Antibiotic therapy was started but the delay in the diagnosis proved fatal to this patient. This noteworthy case shows unusual neurological features of a rare but treatable disease, often misdiagnosed as progressive supranuclear pals
[A proposed method for the laboratory diagnosis of disseminated intravascular coagulation in liver cirrhosis].
No full textLaboratory diagnosis of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in liver cirrhosis (LC) could be complicated by the presence of the usual decrement of the hemocoagulative parameters and of an increase of the fibrinogen/fibrin degradation products (FDP). The D-dimer test, more sensible than the one for FDP and specific for the cross-linked fibrin degradation products is now available. A significant difference between the two tests, assayed simultaneously has been demonstrated in 217 LC patients, without any recent or present hemorrhagic signs. The D-dimer was increased in only 60 of the 108 patients with high values of FDP; therefore this test has a screening value higher than FDP. If only the D-dimer is elevated, the FDP assay is indicated: if FDP are normal a thrombosis may be present and, finally, if the FDP are also increased with a concomitant decrement of fibrinogenemia, the laboratory diagnosis of DIC is reasonably certain
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