Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to M P Biber.
We describe a patient with documented Lyme disease whose major complaint was increasing abdominal distention. Electrophysiologic studies demonstrated denervation of the lower thoracic paraspinal muscles and the rectus abdominis. Expanding abdominal girth can be an unusual manifestation of the polyradiculoneuropathy associated with Lyme disease.
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Causes of headache requiring urgent and specific treatment must not be overlooked. Headache due to cervical spinal root irritation, like migraine, is common and responds well to appropriate treatment. When headache is chronic or recurrent, a good care provider-patient relationship can be critical.
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Human sleep is characterized by episodes of immobility and by major body movements occurring in phase with the EEG sleep cycle. Using time-lapse videotape recording and electrophysiological monitoring, we studied the sleep of four normal subjects to determine the relationship of the movements to sleep cycle phase and the consistency of the power of the movement data to quantify sleep parameters. We were able to measure sleep latency and to predict the time of occurrence of non-rapid eye movement sleep episodes in our subjects from the video movement data alone. In addition, we discovered evidence of small body movement specific to rapid eye movement sleep.
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The anatomical basis of memory disorder related to lesions of the diencephalon is a controversial matter. A study of a patient who developed severe amnesia in association with bilateral metastatic tumour invasion of the medial and posterior thalamus is reported. The findings in this case have led to further discussion of this unsettled issue.