Vitamin D metabolism and anticonvulsant therapy: effect of sunshine on incidence of osteomalacia.

abstract：:We have described clostridial sepsis in a child who presented with an abdominal crisis of sickle cell disease. Clostridium paraputrificum should be included in the list of organisms known to cause sepsis in patients with sickle cell anemia. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Brook I,Gluck RS

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial aneurysms often present a challenging problem for the neurosurgeon. A variety of techniques have been developed to deal with these lesions. Several subspecialists are frequently involved in such treatment. We present our experience in a community hospital using a previously described technique of hypother...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pacult A,Gratzick G,Voegele D,Worthington C,Quinn G,Utsey T

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an intriguing, difficult problem characterized by anxiety-producing intrusive thoughts and performance of anxiety-reducing rituals. Current evidence suggests that OCD may be associated with dysregulation of serotonin and dopamine neurotransmission. Numerous early studies involvin...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Jackson CW,Morton WA,Lydiard RB

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human leptospirosis is an infectious disease that is a substantial problem in the Third World, but it can occur in developed countries as well. Survivors of the acute disease are considered to recover without sequelae, though little literature exists on long-term follow-up among these patients. Eleven patients, at an ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Shpilberg O,Shaked Y,Maier MK,Samra D,Samra Y

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable controversy exists with regard to therapeutic efficacy of plasmapheresis in the immune-mediated demyelinating disorders of the peripheral and central nervous system: acute inflammatory polyneuropathy (Guillain-Barré syndrome), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and multiple sclerosis. In a...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Tindall RS,Rollins JA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the effect(s) of pregnancy and of advancing gestation on maternal serum amylase and lipase levels. Thus, serum amylase and lipase concentrations were quantitated in three groups of women. Groups included (1) 118 pregnant women whose serum amylase and lipase levels were meas...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Xydas NP,May JH,Henson MC

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, more and more discussions have arisen with regard to the role of (partially) hydrolyzed formulas as standard feedings for infants with a high risk to have allergy. METHODS:This review is based on an extensive overview of the literature dealing with the subjects of allergy prevention and hyd...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Exl BM,Vandenplas Y,Blecker U

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case believed to be the first reported North American presentation of Ascaris lumbricoides within the urogenital tract. A young man came to the emergency department because of painless hematuria and having observed a 6-inch worm exit his urethra while urinating. The most common site for A lumbricoides inf...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Quick G,Sheikho SH,Walker JS

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients awaiting heart transplantation can be listed for prolonged periods of time and, as a result, the prevalence of anxiety and depression is high. Our study evaluates the feasibility of canine-assisted therapy (CAT) in this population. METHODS:A prospective, multicenter study was performed on all statu...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Snipelisky D,Smidt J,Gallup S,Myrick J,Bauer B,Burton MC

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater was diagnosed preoperatively by percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography using the Chiba needle. A dilated pancreatic duct is a radiologic sign diagnostic of early ampullary carcinoma. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Ramakrishnan T

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile drainage through normal lymphatic pathways has been described, but bile drainage from the liver to the duodenum via lymphatic collaterals has not. We have described a patient with a common bile duct stricture and lymphatic drainage of bile into the duodenum. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Stair JM,Buckner CB,Westbrook KC

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two patients who had tuberculomas that were initially misdiagnosed as neurosarcoidosis, leading to prolonged steroid therapy before initiation of antituberculous medications. Neither patient was infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, and one of the patients had a negative tuberculosis skin test. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cortez K,Kottilil S,Mermel LA

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysphagia is a commonly encountered patient complaint. The differential diagnosis for dysphagia is extensive. One long-recognized etiology of dysphagia is cervical osteophytosis. Degenerative joint disease, ankylosing spondylosis, and diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) can all cause cervical osteophyte fo...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： McGarrah PD,Teller D

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the pelvic retroperitoneal anatomy was dissected during 140 consecutive exploratory laparotomies for benign gynecologic disease. In addition, 110 bilateral hypogastric artery ligations were done both to teach the technique and to attempt to determine whether such a procedure reduces blood loss in electi...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Cruikshank SH

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe lactic acidosis is often associated with poor prognosis. Recognition and correction of the underlying process is the major step in the treatment of this serious condition. Intravenous administration of sodium bicarbonate has been the mainstay in the treatment of lactic acidosis. Aggressive use of this therapeut...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Warner A,Vaziri ND

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of suicidal behavior associated with antidepressant treatment is an issue of debate and concern. The US FDA has required that antidepressants carry a black box warning that there may be a risk of suicidal ideations in depressed pediatric patients treated with these medications, and recently extended the warni...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Reeves RR,Ladner ME

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported a case of reversible acute renal transplant failure due to the Page kidney phenomenon, which followed routine diagnostic needle biopsy. Duplex Doppler ultrasonography differentiated between allograft rejection and graft failure due to perirenal and mechanical abnormalities. Renal transplant failure ma...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Dempsey J,Gavant ML,Cowles SJ,Gaber AO

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent investigations of outbreaks of Salmonella enteritidis gastroenteritis among humans, especially in the northeastern United States, implicate grade A shell chicken eggs as the likely vehicle of transmission. In April 1991 we investigated an outbreak of S enteritidis infections after a wedding anniversary celebrat...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Luby S,Jones J

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Shear wave elastography (SWE) is an emerging technology that assesses hepatic fibrosis. The aim of our study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of General Electric (GE) Healthcare's LOGIQ E9 SWE in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus using liver biopsy as the reference standard. METHODS:The liver ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Abrams GA,Jamal H,Deeter WT 3rd,Patil N

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the reliability and accuracy of the Papanicolaou smear for the detection of cervical Chlamydia trachomatis infections, we obtained chlamydial cultures and cervical smears from 252 patients attending a gynecologic service during an eight-month time period. In 12 of these patients (4.8%), the cervical culture ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Clark RB,Schneider V,Gentile FG,Pechan B,Dalton HP

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cough syncope occurs primarily in middle-aged male smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has also been described in children with asthma. I report the case of a 34-year-old nonsmoker who had syncope due to coughing, and who also related a 1-year history of cough with wheezing. Chest examination...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Beckman TJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cysts are a well-recognized feature of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and occur in 77% of patients more than 60 years old. Serious sequelae, however, are rare, the two most common complications being pain and cyst infections. Portal hypertension has been reported in ADPKD due to the rare pr...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Misra A,Loyalka P,Alva F

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guar gum is a high polymer carbohydrate that undergoes considerable expansion and thickening when placed in water. Because of this property, guar gum has been used in "weight loss" tablets marketed by several pharmaceutical manufacturers. These tablets undergo expansion in the stomach and are expected to cause early s...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Halama WH,Mauldin JL

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have described a family with X-linked myotubular myopathy that was clinically manifest in the neonatal period and compared it with the clinical picture and course of the disease in similar reported cases. Clinical expression of the disease in the newborn period is not always lethal. Despite a fatal outcome in the f...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Giacoia GP,Hale JE

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the remarkably low mortality from poisonous snakebites in the United States during the past few years, there has been little improvement in preventing deformities of digits. Using a retrospective study of 207 cases of poisonous snakebite, I present a method that has been highly successful in avoiding deformiti...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Watt CH Jr

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, the clinical characteristics, survival, and prognostic factors of 200 patients diagnosed as having chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) were analyzed. METHODS:The medical charts of 200 CLL patients registered to our center between 1984 and 2000 were retrospectively evaluated. RESULTS:Of all pa...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Pamuk ON,Pamuk GE,Soysal T,Ongören S,Başlar Z,Ferhanoğlu B,Aydin Y,Ulkü B,Aktuğlu G,Akman N

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 10 years, one of us (M.C.A.) has treated 92 patients who required operation for symptoms associated with alcohol-induced chronic fibrocalcific pancreatitis. Four of these patients had duodenal obstruction. All four had had lateral pancreaticojejunostomy to relieve pancreatic ductal obstruction and associ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Taylor SM,Adams DB,Anderson MC

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common diagnosis seen in both children and adults, and it is often the first manifestation of atopic disease. Research has shown a strong correlation between serum IgE levels, the severity of atopic dermatitis, and co-existing asthma and/or allergic rhinitis. Omalizumab (Xolair, East Hanove...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Amrol D

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 232 in vol. 113.]. ...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Available N

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the records of 100 consecutive patients who had gastroscopy. All endoscopic work was done by our four-man surgical group. Roentgenographic and endoscopic diagnoses are compared with reference to degree of accuracy. The expanded uses of gastroscopy in surgical practice are illustrated and a plea is made for...

journal_title：Southern medical journal

authors： Futch CB,Jennings ER,Egan RW,Addison BA

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00