Biomedical subjects
L Herzberg
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Creutzfeld-Jakob disease and corneal grafts.
The possible danger of surgical transmission of Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from one human being to another has been reported in three instances. Although laboratory attempts at transmission of this disease by corneal grafting have so far failed in animals, it is emphasized that great care should be exercised in the selection of donor material for corneal grafts and renal transplants.
Brain damage and abnormal behaviour in children.
Behavioural problems in children with suspected brain damage may present considerable diagnostic and management problems. Methods of assessment are still imprecise and minor degrees of brain damage are seldom detectable. Data from clinical studies highlight the interrelationship between environmental and organic factors in the pathogenesis of disturbed behaviour. Children from large families of low socioeconomic status, who are subject to parental neglect, are particularly susceptible to the development of psychiatric disorder in the presence of brain damage.
Mann on mountain sickness.
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Mood change and magnesium. A possible interaction between magnesium and lithium?
Magnesium and lithium are chemically related. Magnesium is an essential ion in many enzyme systems and lithium is of value in the treatment of manic-depressive disease. A significant sex difference in mean plasma magnesium levels is reported in 44 depressed patients. It is suggested that further studies of magnesium metabolism are indicated and that they may provide a better understanding of manic-depressive disease and the mode of action of lithium.
Neurological investigation of dementia.
Fifty-two patients thought to be suffering from dementia when first seen as neurological out-patients were fully investigated. Four of them were found to have tumours, whilst in five the dementia was due to a treatable cause. Neither a long history nor an age above sixty-five precludes a dementia being due to a treatable cause.