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V Galli

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PubMed1989

[Clinical aspects, differential diagnosis and evolution of visual epileptic seizures in children].

We studied 13 boys and girls, treated for ictal visual episodes, followed-up in the Center for Epilepsy of the University of Modena. In 10 cases visual symptoms (amaurosis, hallucinations, and illusions) started between 6 and 14 years, associated with occipital EEG anomalies. In 6 cases, EEG abnormalities (sharp-waves, slow waves, spikes, spike-waves) disappeared after eyes opening. In the history of half of our cases, there was no significant antecedent. Normal intelligence and behaviour were present in all cases. Only in one case, CT demonstrated bilateral occipital calcifications. In the other 9, visual ictal symptoms disappeared after antiepileptic treatment. We think that these last cases present the characteristic features of Benign Occipital Epilepsy described by Gastaut (1982-1985). On the basis of our results, we can confirm the existence of this syndrome, even if it is rare. Nevertheless, 3 of our cases with visual symptoms, don't show the typical picture of BOE, and must be diagnostically distinguished from psychiatric disorders, basilar migraine, and other partial epilepsies.

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PubMed1988

Antiepileptic drugs and puberty.

This paper investigates pubertal development in 57 epileptic subjects, ranging in age from 6 to 15 years, under anti-epileptic therapy for at least 2 years. The results were compared with those from a control group of healthy volunteers. The onset of stage II puberty was significantly earlier in both male and female treated epileptics than in healthy control subjects: at this stage serum levels of 17-beta-estradiol (E2) were found to be significantly lower in treated epileptic females than in healthy control females and the serum levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) significantly lower in treated epileptic males than in control subjects. At stage III puberty, serum levels of FSH were significantly lower both in male and female treated epileptic than in healthy control subjects.

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PubMed1988

[Evaluation of peak filling rate for the early identification of daunorubicin cardiotoxicity].

UNLABELLED: Anthracyclines are potent anticancer agents and their use is limited because of their cardiotoxicity which differs from one patient to another and is also dependent on other concurring risk factors. The radionuclide ventriculography is the non-invasive trasteale method used to detect early variations in the Left Ventricular Function (LVF) using Anthracyclines. The LVF in 13 pts, with acute non lymphoblastic leukaemia, was analyzed using a Nuclear Stethoscope before and after induction therapy with daunorubicin (DNR) at the total dosage of 135 mg/m2. The mean age of this group was 59 +/- 5 years; 4 of these were female and 9 were male. In all pts the Ejection Fraction (EF) for the systolic phase and the Peak Filling Rate (PFR) for the diastolic phase were evaluated. Results. Before therapy: 1) normal value of EF (74 +/- 4%) in all pts; 2) normal value of PFR in 10 pts and a slightly reduced value in 3 pts (PFR middle 3.30 +/- 0.74 EDV/sec). After therapy: 1) no significant changes in EF (72 +/- 4%); 2) significant reduction of PFR values in all pts (PFR middle 2.71 +/- 0.48 EDV/sec; p less than 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: the results show an early involvement of the diastolic phase (reduction of PFR) in patients who underwent DNR induction therapy. This is also evident from the normal EF values.

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PubMed1986

[Reliability of the ejection fraction determined with the nuclear stethoscope. Comparison with angiocardiography].

The purpose of this investigation was to compare the Ejection Fraction values simultaneously obtained with the Nuclear Stethoscope and with Cineangiography, in 25 patients (17M-8W) subjected to diagnostic cardiac catheterization. In all patients the determination of Ejection Fraction with the Nuclear Stethoscope always preceded the Cineangiography. Ejection Fraction values obtained with Nuclear Stethoscope change from 32 to 75%; those calculated with Cineangiography, between 18 and 88%. The average Ejection Fraction values obtained with Nuclear Stethoscope (59 +/- 13%) doesn't differ significantly from Cineangiography (59 +/- 21%). There was a direct relationship between Ejection Fraction determined by the Nuclear Stethoscope and Cineangiography (r = 0.93; p less than 0.001). In the obtained results the Authors point out that the Ejection Fraction with Nuclear Stethoscope gives assurance in most patients, although in some particular conditions Nuclear Stethoscope provides Ejection Fraction values which differ from those obtained with Cineangiography. They conclude that Nuclear Stethoscope, for its safe, repeating and simple application, is a methodology of useful employment for Ejection Fraction determination in the single patient, which allows a correct definition of the prognosis and a conforming therapeutic strategy.

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