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L J Hurwitz

Publications and source records attributed to L J Hurwitz.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1972

Basilar impression of the skull in patients with adult coeliac disease and after gastric surgery.

Chamberlain's, McGregor's and Bull's angle measurements for basilar impression of the skull were made on 22 adult patients with idiopathic steatorrhoea (probable gluten enteropathy), 24 patients who had had previous gastric surgery, and 48 control subjects. For each of the three measurements a value greater than the mean plus two standard deviations was taken as the upper limit of normal. In seven patients with adult steatorrhoea all three measurements were abnormal suggesting basilar impression, while basilar impression was probable in only one patient who had gastric surgery. The trend towards abnormal measurements was significant in the steatorrhoea patients but not in those who had gastric surgery. Basilar impression also was present in patients who did not have rickets or present evidence of osteomalacia. It was argued that this study could support a hypothesis that some cases of primary basilar impression of the skull are secondary to bone softening associated with malabsorption in early life, the evidence of which may have disappeared in adult life.

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PubMed1970

Restless legs syndrome, with particular reference to its occurrence after gastric surgery.

There is a higher incidence of restless legs syndrome (Ekbom's syndrome) in patients after gastric surgery (11.3%) and with diabetes mellitus (17.0%) and uraemia (17.3%) than in patients who have been diagnosed as having a psychonoeurosis (4.0%) and in controls (2.0%). Three patients with malabsorption syndrome complained of restless legs, but these patients had abnormal neurological signs. The incidence after gastric surgery and in diabetes mellitus and uraemia remained high even when patients with any abnormal neurological signs were excluded.

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PubMed1970

Paper chromatographic survey of urinary amino-acids in muscular dystrophy.

A paper chromatographic analysis in 60 patients with muscular dystrophy from 49 families and in 351 of their relatives showed a high incidence of generalized hyperaminoaciduria in both patients and relatives. There was a higher incidence of threoninuria in patients and their relatives than in controls. One family was found to have excess histidinuria and another excess lysinuria.

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