PubMed Health⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

R Clay

Publications and source records attributed to R Clay.

26 records · Page 2Linked to original sources
PubMed1993

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS): report of first case in Louisiana.

Since May 1993, 26 people have died of a "unique, previously unknown" viral illness that presents with flu-like symptoms and progresses rapidly to respiratory failure and death. Originally isolated in the four-corners region of the Southwest, the hantavirus responsible has now been isolated from patients in several other areas. In this article, we describe our experience with "the most puzzling case so far," an infection by a "cousin" of the Southwest hantaviral strain in a Louisiana bridgeworker. This case is unique not only because of the slightly different makeup of the virus, but also because of the absence of deer mice, the suspected carrier of the hantavirus, in the Louisiana region.

Animals↗
PubMed1982

Eye bobbing associated with jaw movement.

Two patients were treated for a previously unreported disorder believed to be related to Marcus Gunn jaw-winking. The first, a 9-month-old infant with left congenital blepharoptosis without jaw-winking and with normal ocular motility had an up and down movement of the left globe synchronous with nursing movements of the jaw. The second was a 5-year-old girl with left blepharoptosis, jaw-winking, and left double elevator palsy who had up and down movements of both the left upper lid and the left globe synchronous with chewing. The left globe movements were most prominent in the field of vertical action of the superior rectus muscle and persisted after levator excision and fascia lata sling procedures. The possible etiology of the Marcus Gunn jaw-winking phenomenon is discussed and related to our cases of eye bobbing. The eye bobbing probably is caused by abnormal innervation to the superior rectus muscle produced by jaw movements in a manner analogous to the abnormal stimulation of the levator muscle in jaw-winking. The similar embryologic development and innervation of the levator and superior rectus muscles add credence to this theory.

Blepharoptosis↗