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Kidneys were studied by light microscopy in 246 consecutive autopsies in Cairo, Egypt. Glomerulonephritis was not related to the presence or intensity of either S. haematobium or S. mansoni infection, and mesangial thickening and proliferation were also unrelated to schistosome infection. Acute and chronic pyelonephritis were also unrelated to the presence of schistosome infection.
Twenty-five epileptic outpatients were studied to assess possible effects of the first 6 months of treatment with carbamazepine or oxcarbazepine using serial peripheral nerve conduction measurements. Carbamazepine caused a small slowing effect on the motor conduction of the median nerve after 4 weeks of treatment, and the effect was correlated with the fasting serum concentration of the drug. Slowed motor conduction value of the median nerve was also observed after 6 months of treatment with carbamazepine. Oxcarbazepine did not cause any statistically significant slowing of nerve conduction.
This study describes the referral practice to an electrodiagnostic unit in a rehabilitation clinic and compares the provisional diagnoses of different referring sources with the outcome of the neurophysiological tests. The study comprises data of 495 patients which were examined over a two years period. General practitioners, the author, physiatrists and surgeons, followed by occupational health physicians and neurologists used the electrodiagnostic service. Two thirds of the cases were referred to rule out upper limb mononeuropathies or cervical root and plexus neuropathies. Carpal tunnel syndrome (20%), and other upper limb mononeuropathies (10%) were the most common EMG findings. Other frequent neurophysiologic diagnoses were: lumbar root and plexus neuropathy (6%), polyneuropathy (5.5%), lower limb mononeuropathy (3.4%), and cervical root and plexus neuropathy (3.4%). In 49% the electrodiagnostic was normal or inconcensive.
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