[Transient hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy].
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The Randt Memory Test (RMT), a recently developed memory test for longitudinal assessment of mild and/or moderate memory deficits provides five different parallel forms. The aim of this study was to control the reliability between forms and their equivalence. A randomized sequence of these five forms was administered to 20 young, healthy university students, balanced by sex, to exclude possible interference due to large IQ discrepancy and/or different degrees of age-related impairment. An analysis of variance for repeated measures was carried out to evaluate the between form equivalence and the possible sequential effect on repetitions. Reliability between forms was also controlled by the Cronbach's alpha. Results show a sufficient high internal consistency and stability of the RMT when used in a repeated measures model, and suggest the need to develop time related curves of the RMT scores for groups of patients with diverse memory disturbances.
Seventy patients suffering from post-traumatic headache were studied. Pain characteristics, personality and intellectual functions were assessed to be related to cranial trauma. No evident signs of brain damage were present, but an impairment related to pain in personal adjustment and well-being reducing work and study capabilities was identified. A psychopathological condition described as anxiety with somatizations and conversion mechanisms was found and when compared with the psychopathological characteristics from a group of common headache patients no differences were obtained between the two groups. DSM III diagnostic possibilities for post-traumatic headache patients were discussed.