Biomedical subjects

C Campinos

Publications and source records attributed to C Campinos.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2002

[Primary orthostatic tremor].

INTRODUCTION: Tremor is frequent in neurologic practice but primary orthostatic tremor was first described in 1984. Its prevalence accounts for around 4% for tremors explored in neurophysiology; in contrast, essential and parkinsonian tremors represent respectively 28 and 22% of these cases. EXEGESIS: Orthostatic tremor is characterized by its appearance while standing. Walking, sitting, and lying down are unaffected. Clinical examination is normal except for unsteadiness disappearing when walking. Surface electromyography in the standing position is necessary for the diagnosis and shows a regular rapid tremor (frequency around 14 to 18 Hz). Its pathophysiology is unknown. CONCLUSION: Clonazepam is the first-line treatment for orthostatic tremor. In cases of resistance or side effects of this drug orthostatic tremor may be improved by primidone or, as in our case, gabapentin.

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PubMed2002

[The transformed migraine].

Patients consulting in headache centers complained very often of chronic daily or near daily headaches unclassifiable with the IHS criteria of the categories migraine, migraine + chronic tension headache or chronic tension headache. Many of these patients report a clear-cut history of distinct attacks of migraine with an aggravation of the headaches over the years. For these patients the term "transformed migraine" was recently proposed. The authors described and discussed the criteria of this concept. Knowledge of transformed migraine seems to be justified because their natural history and their response to treatment which is different from chronic tension-type headache.

Humans↗

PubMed2002

[Systemic urticaria induced by hops].

The authors report a patient who presented 4 times a systemic urticaria with arthralgias and fever treated by corticosteroids with efficacy. Wild hop (Humulus lupulus) was finally proved to be the causal factor. H.L. belongs to the cannabinaceas family. Hop dermatitis in hop workers population is the main widely described clinical manifestation. Rhinitis, conjunctivitis, asthma are rare as soon as contact urticaria. IgE-anti Hop induced allergies are described in the literature. However, in some cases of reactions to hop the mechanisms are uncertain: toxicity--possible role of lupuline--or immunoallergic processus with immunocomplexes (IC) (with increased IC in serum) and systemic urticaria such as in our observation.

Aphonia↗