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E Thiery

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PubMed1976

Myasthenic syndrome in polymyositis.

The case report of a 23-year-old man with polymyositis and some myasthenic features is presented. The biopsy findings suggest a preferential involvement of the neuromuscular junctions by the inflammatory process, a fact which explains the clinical syndrome.

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Neuropsychological effects of occupational exposures to carbon disulfide and hydrogen sulfide.

In the framework of an extensive health survey of viscose rayon workers in Belgium, 187 workers underwent a neuropsychological examination. Of these, 120 had been exposed for at least a year to carbon disulfide (CS&inf2;) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and 67 served as a non-exposed control group. Measurements showed that many of the 17 jobs in the factory involved exposures to CS&inf2; ranging from 3 mg/m(3) (centrifuge operator) to 147 mg/m(3) (spinning cake regulator), far in excess of the threshold limit value (TLV) of 31 mg/m(3); H2S exposures remained below the recommended TLV of 14 mg/m(3). The neuropsychological investigation included subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, the entire Wechsler Memory Scale, the Bourdon-Wiersma Test, the Santa Ana Dexterity Test, the Gibson Spiral Maze, and the Bimanual Sinusoidal Movement Test. Specific questions were included to account for the effects of age, educational level, eye complaints, alcohol consumption, medication intake, and test motivation. Only the group exposed to values exceeding three times the recommended TLV for CS2; had significant impairments in both the speed and the quality of psychomotor performance. Exposure to CS2; and H2S had no significant effect on memory and attention. Covariance analysis revealed the confounding influences of educational level and eye complaints for explaining observed "differences" in memory and attention tasks found by univariate analysis.

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The Elizur test of psycho-organicity (adults). A cross-validation study.

In an effort to cross-validate the Elizur Test of Psycho-Organicity (performed on adults), a combined test used for the diagnosis of organic brain condition, 96 subjects were tested. The test can differentiate the "organic" and "non-organic" groups in a statistically significant manner. Eighty-five percent of the organics and 81% of the non-organics can be correctly identified by the test. In addition there is a significant correlation between the test findings and the electroencephalographic and radiographic results.

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Central pontine myelinolysis and its arterial blood supply.

A case of central pontine myelinolysis is described. The clinical, angiographic and post mortem findings suggest that among the associated disorders the oligemic shock combined with a local decreased flow in the basilar artery was the most important cause of this patholigical entity. The angioarchitecture findings in the brain stem, compared to these in 26 normal brains, confirm this hypothesis.

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A case of isolated partial auditory agnosia associated with coiling of the left internal carotid artery.

A 64-year-old bilingual lawyer complained of an abrupt loss of comprehension of spoken words and much less severe loss of recognition of various sounds. An isolated partial auditory agnosia, due to a left-sided, temporal dysfunction was confirmed by the clinical neuropsychological and logopedic examination. Only a minimal left cortical, peri-insular hypodensity was suspected on CT-scan of the brain, while the NMR-scan was inconclusive. Arteriography showed a large coiling internal carotid artery on the left side, as a possible source of thrombo-embolism.

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