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F Cianci

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PubMed1981

CT and EEG investigations in 100 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

100 MS patients were followed up for an average of 5 years. We considered age at onset, duration of the disease, number of attacks, neurological and psychic status, CT and EEG findings and tried correlating the last two with all the previous factors. In remission the most frequent CT abnormality was diffuse atrophy. In acute exacerbations there were 3 possibilities: normality, hypodensity and, much more rarely, hyperdensity with pseudotumoral patterns. A normal CT and short duration of disease were positively correlated with a small number of attacks. There were no positive correlations between CT findings, age at onset and neurological and psychic status. EEG, like CT, may show no changes in a high percentage of cases but there is scant correlation between the two.

Adult↗
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[Prognostic evaluation of the cardiopathy in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy].

As it has now been ascertained that there is cardiac damage during the course of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the authors have aimed at evaluating the relationship existing between the development of heart damage with respect to the advancement of age, and, at finding a sure prognostic index of the illness, easily acquired by using non-invasive techniques. Whilst the parameters which show the behaviour of the pumping function of the left ventricle (EF, Delta D%) did not demonstrate a clear correlation regarding their alteration in relation to age, the relationship PEP/LVET showed an accuracy of 92% predicting the terms of survival of patients suffering from DMD.

Adolescent↗
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[Clinical and CT aspects of muscular dystonias].

Clinical, EMG, genetic and CT investigations were performed on 16 subjects suffering from Torsion Dystonia. We obtained the following results: i) genetically most cases were sporadic, only two could be considered autosomic dominant; ii) one of the pedigrees, with many patients, confirmed that spasmodic torticollis is not a distinct form from that of Dystonia Muscolorum Deformans; the two forms must be included in one disease called "Torsion Dystonia", as maintained by some Authors; iii) we found that the various drugs employed, rarely produced improvement, although benzodiaze4pines have given some benefit; iv) CT findings were not specific, though useful for differential diagnosis.

Adolescent↗
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[Neurological complications in drug dependence with special reference to the development of epileptic syndromes].

33 drug abusers were examined and all of them were addicts to several drugs and always to heroin. Neurological complications occurred rather frequently. One patient had subarachnoid hemorrhage and angiography showed no arteriovenous malformations nor other pathology. Polyneuropathy has been found in one case. 7 patients (21,2%) developed psychotic episodes. Epileptic attacks were found in 5 cases (15,1%). Latency between the onset of drug-abusing and occurrence of the attacks was found to be at least 1 year in two cases and 3 years in the other three. 4 cases suffered from partial complex seizures with secondary generalization and one patient had generalized tonic-clonic attacks. Fits occurred rarely in all cases; one patient had two episodes of partial status. Further research is required because there are few clinical reports in comparison with the experimental ones.

Adolescent↗