Mutism in older adults is not uncommon. It is often confused with severe depression, locked-in syndrome, and persistent vegetative state, but it is important to distinguish among them as the ...

Autoimmune bullous diseases are often associated with significant morbidity and some can even cause mortality, if left untreated. Multiple therapies are now available to treat these blistering ...

The treatment of pseudoseizures has advanced greatly as comprehensive epilepsy centers have become widely accessible, with their capabilities for sophisticated electrophysiologic studies.

In this article, the epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), risk factors for the development of HCC, and how these factors affect the decision about whether an individual should or should ...

The clinical spectrum of intestinal E. histolytica infection ranges from an asymptomatic carrier state to severe invasive disease. Asymptomatic cyst carriage occurs with E. histolytica as well as E.

With the patient side-lying, the examiner applies lateral pelvic pressure in an attempt to reproduce posterior sacroiliac joint pain. With the patient side-lying, flexion of one hip causes ...

The real prevalence of CH is probably higher than that reported. When inappropriately low serum TSH levels are associated with subnormal free T 4 levels, hypothyroidism from a central origin ...

Purpose. The efficacy and safety of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in critically ill patients with severe sepsis or septic shock were evaluated. Summary. The medical literature was ...

First, the data were analyzed separately with bivariate regression. A significant relationship was found between visit length and empathy, as illustrated in Figure 1 (F(1,108)=21.84, p<0.001, R2=0 ...

Andreas Peter; Konstantinos Kantartzis; Jürgen Machann; Fritz Schick; Harald Staiger; Fausto Machicao; Erwin Schleicher; Andreas Fritsche; Hans-Ulrich Häring ...

Michael K. Jensen, B.S.Pharm., M.S., is Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, and Clinical ...

Is Today's Borderline Adolescent Tomorrow's Bipolar Adult? Concluding the symposium with an examination of the relationship of BPD to bipolar disorder, Kestenbaum [13] noted that although not ...