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P E Abom

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PubMed1983

Carbamazepine in restless legs. A controlled pilot study.

Carbamazepine or placebo were given in random order, during two four-week periods, in a double-blind, cross-over trial in six patients presenting with symptoms of restless legs. On global evaluation after completing the trial three patients and the physician preferred to continue treatment with carbamazepine. In the remaining three cases both the physician and the patients preferred not to continue with either of the treatments. However, the patients who did not give any preference also had less pronounced symptoms during treatment with carbamazepine. No patient felt better during treatment with placebo as compared to carbamazepine. The results indicate that certain patients have fewer attacks of restless legs during treatment with carbamazepine.

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PubMed1977

The value of thermography and the determination of fibrin-fibrinogen degradation products in the diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis.

Fifty-one patients with leg symptoms indicating deep venous thrombosis (DVT) were investigated concomitantly with thermography and phlebography. Altogether 26 legs with phlebographically proven DVT exhibited a thermographic picture typical of DVT. So, however, did 3 out of 25 legs with no DVT. A 94 percent agreement was found between phlebography and thermography when applied to legs with suspect DVT. The serum levels of fibrin-fibrinogen degradation products (FDP) were assayed in 58 patients attending hospital for suspect DVT. These patients were free from other diseases known to be followed by raised FDP levels. With borderline significance, the DVT group had higher FDP values. The usefulness of this laboratory test in the diagnosis of DVT is, however, questioned.

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