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Whether urban, suburban, or rural in location, every emergency department manages the victims of gunshot wounds, some more frequently than others. It is essential to follow the principles of the management of penetrating trauma and not get distracted by impressive wounds.
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CLIPPERS is a recently described steroid- responsive neurological syndrome manifested by subacute progressive cerebellar and brainstem inflammation with characteristic MRI appearance.
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New treatment for TB; safety of dabigatran; quality of antidepressants; systolic hypertension treatment; and FDA actions.
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A small percentage of patients taking statins may develop muscle symptoms (pain and weakness) but elevated CK is rare.
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This clinical study evaluated patients with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome to determine the kind of seizures they experienced, abnormalities on EEG, and to correlate this with findings on neuroimaging (MRI).
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Neurological disease affecting the non-dominant frontal lobe has been associated with a syndrome of "delusional jealousy," referred to as Othello syndrome.
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In a carefully studied group of patients who underwent brain biopsies for atypical presentations of multiple sclerosis, cortical demyelination or cortical inflammatory lesions were demonstrated in about half.
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Exposure to specific solvents, and trichloroethylene in particular, is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease.
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