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O J Martins
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Swallowing and speech after radical total glossectomy with tongue prosthesis.
Radical total glossectomy is now accepted as a useful procedure for the management of advanced cancer of the tongue. This article records our study of speech and swallowing without the tongue. An artificial tongue prosthesis has been developed and found to greatly improve these functions after total glossectomy. The special operative factors to be considered in order to permit a smooth and rapid rehabilitation regarding speech and swallowing have been stressed.
[Oral biopsy of the small intestine in pellagra patients].
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A role for anticonvulsants in migraine.
Anticonvulsants are not acceptable in the treatment of migraine, but there is a place for them in the treatment of central and autonomic disturbances like hyperosmia, osmophobia and leg pains that occur in the intercritical period and even during the attack itself. The role of phenytoin in small doses is emphasized.