Comparative sensitivities of various tests for diagnosing early Schistosoma mansoni infection in mice.

Mahmoud Mohamed Bahgat

We compared the diagnostic values of cercarial antigen preparation, cercarial secretions, soluble worm antigen preparation and worm vomit prepared from the parasite Schistosoma ..Veja mais»

Tourniquet Paralysis may Reflect Injury of Muscle Spindles

Juhani V Partanen*

Objective: Knee operation using pneumatic tourniquet may cause weakness of the quadriceps femoris muscle. A patient with a paresis of the quadriceps femoris mus..Veja mais»

Multiple Sclerosis and Work: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Perspective of Persons with Early Stage MS

Archie de Ceuninck van Capelle1, Leo H Visser and Frans Vosman

Objective:This study explores the lived experience in their working lives of people with early stage multiple sclerosis (MS).

Method:..Veja mais»

Dual Use of an Arterio-Venous Fistula for Total Parentral Nutrition and Haemodialysis: Potential and Pitfalls

Kirby GC, Meecham L, Evans RPT, Wessels J, Asquith JR, Leslie FM, Macano CAW, Nyasavajjala SM and Pherwani AD

Introduction: We present the dual use of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for contemporaneous administration of home parenteral nutrition (PN), and hemodialysis (HD). Case Report:..Veja mais»

STAGES OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND ALZHEIMER

Felipe de Oliveira Silva

Motor dysfunction increases in the moderate and severe stages of dementia. However, there is still no consensus on changes in mobility during its early stages. This meta-analysi..Veja mais»

A 24 h Delay in the Redox Response Distinguishes the most Severe Stroke Patients from Less Severe Stroke Patients

Kimberly B Bjugstad, Christopher Fanale, Jeffrey Wagner, Judd Jensen, Kristin Salottolo, Leonard T Rael and David Bar-Or

Objective: Admission measures of stroke severity are often used to assess 30-90 day outcomes. Since some patients have a poor outcome by discharge, we sought to..Veja mais»