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K Pierzchała

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[The number of children and marriages among men with epilepsy].

In a representative group of 243 epileptic men the frequency of marriages was evidently lower than in the general population: 50.6% and 71.8% respectively, and it was lower than in the group of epileptic women. Men with epilepsy onset prior to 20 years of age and with unfavourable course of the disease married in only about 10% of cases. The number of children in the families of epileptic men--1.3 on average--was lower than in the general population. In the last decade there was a decreasing tendency in the number of marriages contracted and in the number of children in these marriages, which is related, probably, to socioeconomic conditions in industrial regions.

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[Ataxic form of Jakob-Creutzfeldt syndrome].

The authors describe a man aged 43 years with a typical onset of the disease with cerebellar signs and progressive dementia prevailing during a 4 month course of the illness. Neuropathological examination demonstrated subacute spongiform encephalopathy with significant although not overwhelming damage to the cerebellar cortex. The case is an example of the ataxic form of this disease isolated in 1965. In the clinical diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cerebellar signs may play a similarly important role as myoclonia and characteristic EEG curve.

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Sex differences of Japanese quails in response to acute cold exposure. Changes in thyroid activity and blood glucose level.

Sudden exposure of Japanese quails to cold (-1 to -3 degrees C) decreases the skin temperature during 0.5 to 3 hrs without any effect on the deep body temperature. The fall in skin temperature was about two times faster in males than in females. This indicates greater resistance to cold of females in comparison with male quails. Greater resistance to cold was accompanied by an increase in thyroid activity and earlier decrease in blood glucose level which may suggest that mobilization of these compounds for thermogenesis processes is faster in females than in males. In female quails sudden cold exposure prevents a decrease in the T4 concentration in blood due to handling stress.

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[Clinical and electrophysiological examination of brachial plexus in females after radiotherapy and surgical treatment for breast cancer].

Clinical and electrophysiological examinations of the brachial plexus was carried out in 61 women after radiotherapy following operation for breast cancer. A number of clinical abnormalities were found such as hypeaesthesia, hyporeflexia, muscular atrophy, lymphoedema of the extremity which were confirmed by electrophysiological examination. The most common findings were of neurogenic muscular atrophy in the involved extremity, less frequent was slower nerve conduction on the affected side. The analysis of the results suggested mixed type of brachial plexus lesions diagnosed in these cases as late brachial plexopathy.

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[Recurrent skull neuropathy during the course of diabetes mellitus--case report].

This study presents a case of a 73 year old woman who has suffered from diabetes mellitus for 8 years and has had 6 isolated cranial nerves palsies within a period of 7 years. The last are-because of which she was treated in Department of Neurology in July 1992--concerned left oculomotor nerve. The coincidence of metabolic and vascular disorders provoke authors to take a wide diagnostics and discussion on diabetic ophthalmoplegia problem.

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[Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis].

A 25-year-old male with hyperthyroidism had in the first week of treatment signs of thyreotoxic periodic paralysis with very low potassium level (2.16 mmol/ml) and fivefold increase in serum myoglobin level (600 ng/ml) indicating damage to muscle fibres undetectable in EMG examination. The clinical symptoms regressed after intravenous administration of potassium.

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[Adult age phenylketonuria with extrapyramidal syndrome: therapeutic management].

A young male with phenylketonuria diagnosed in his 9-th month of life is presented. At the age of 20 years signs of central nervous system involvement became more pronounced, with extrapyramidal syndrome and with simultaneous very striking increase of phenylalanine level. The neurological signs were reduced after administration of Levodopa (Nakom) and return to more strict diet and Lofenalac.

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