No abstract available.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome*

No abstract available.
Evoked Potentials* ; Intercostal Nerves* ; Neural Conduction*

A case of 10 months old Korean female infant with congenital binocular cataracts, posterior fossa cyst, and macrodactyly simulating Marinesco-Sjogren Syndrome is presented. The diagnosis of the posterior fossa cyst was added by brain computerized tomogram, conray ventriculogram and vertebral angiogram. The studies demonstrated marked hydrocephalus with a huge posterior fossa cyst displacing 4 th ventricle and cerebellum anteriorly. The cyst was also extending upward displacing the tentorium superiorly. Following ventriculoperioneal shunt an exploration of the cyst was performed. The cerebellar hemispheres and vermis were appeared to be atrophic and displaced anteriorly due to the cyst. The histologic study of the biopsied cyst wall was normal arachnoid membrane. The authors assume that some of the reported cases of Marinesco- sjogren Syndrome could have similar cystic lesion which was found in this case to cause cerebellar ataxia and mental retardation.
Arachnoid ; Brain ; Cataract* ; Cerebellar Ataxia ; Cerebellum ; Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Hydrocephalus ; Infant ; Intellectual Disability ; Membranes ; Sjogren's Syndrome ; Spinocerebellar Degenerations* ; Telescopes*

No abstract available.
Neuralgia* ; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation*

No abstract available.
Adult* ; Electrodes* ; Humans ; Neural Conduction*

No abstract available.
Brachial Plexus* ; Golf*

No abstract available.
Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch*

PURPOSE: A histological study was undertaken to characterized the vanished testes in boys who had impalpable cryptorchidism and found to have nubbin remnant during last 9-years period. METHODS: Of 108 impalpable cryptorchid boys, 42(44 nubbins, 38.9%) were found to have vanished testes at exploration. RESULTS: Thirty nine(88.6%) were located on the left side and the other 5(11.4%) were on the right side. The age range was 6 months to 14 years(mean;52.2 months). All 44 nubbin remnants were excised and examined microscopically. Grossly it was characterized by several centimeters of spermatic cord with small fibrotic tissue at distal end. Microscopically fibrous tissues were identified in all 44 specimens(100%), vasa deferens in 36(81. 8%), epididymis in 19(43.2%), calcifications in 18(40.9%), hemosiderin deposits in 6(13. 6%), germ cells in 5(11.4%), seminiferous tubules in 7(15.9%), tunicae albuginea in 7(15.9%) and hyalinizations in 3(6.8%). CONCLUSIONS: The finding of scattered foci of calcifications, hemosiderin deposits and the presence of relatively normal spermatic cord and epididymis, supports the concept of in utero torsion of the testis as the etiology of vanished testis. The 11.4% incidence of viable germ cells warrants exploration and removal of remnant tissue in boys with a impalpable cryptorchidism.
Cryptorchidism ; Epididymis ; Germ Cells ; Hemosiderin ; Hyalin ; Incidence ; Male ; Seminiferous Tubules ; Spermatic Cord ; Testis*

OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores to the functional improvement of the brain-injured patients with a traumatic brain injury or cerebrovascular accident. METHOD: Thirty patients who were admitted to a rehabilitation hospital for their initial brain injury were retrospectively studied. Subjects were administerd a MMSE as cognitive assessment and a Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and Modified Barthel Index (MBI) as functional assessment upon referral for the rehabilitation and at discharge. RESULTS: MMSE scores, FIM scores and MBI scores at discharge increased significantly compared to the scores at the start of rehabilitation. The changes of MMSE scores significantly correlated with the changes of FIM scores and MBI scores in 30 brain injured patients (p<0.001). Among the subitems of FIM, the social cognition, communication, self care, and sphincter control were strongly correlated with the MMSE scores. CONCLUSION: We conclude that the MMSE can be a relevant predicting factor for the changes of functional status of brain-injured patients from a inpatient stroke rehabilitation and post brain- injury rehabilitation.
Brain Injuries ; Brain* ; Cognition ; Humans ; Inpatients ; Referral and Consultation ; Rehabilitation ; Retrospective Studies ; Self Care ; Stroke

BACKGROUND: Detection methods for ABO antibody (Ab) titers vary across laboratories, and the results are different depending on the method used. We aimed to compare titer values using different detection methods for the measurement of ABO Ab titers. METHODS: For ABO Ab detection, pooled group A or B red blood cells (RBCs) were reacted with each of 20 sera from blood groups A, B, or O without dithiothreitol treatment. The room-temperature (RT) incubation technique and the indirect antiglobulin test (IAT) were used in the tube test and gel card test. Flow cytometry (FCM) was performed by using anti-IgM and anti-IgG Abs. RESULTS: Regardless of the blood groups tested, the FCM assay with anti-IgM showed the highest titer compared to the tube test and gel card test with RT incubation in both. The tube test with IAT showed a higher titer than the gel card test with IAT (Gel-IAT) or FCM with anti-IgG in blood group A and B, while Gel-IAT showed the highest titer relative to the other tests, only for the anti-A Ab in blood group O. CONCLUSIONS: There were significant differences in the titers depending on the detection method used, and each method showed a different detection capacity for each ABO Ab depending on the ABO blood group tested. Therefore, caution should be exercised in interpreting ABO Ab titer results, taking into consideration the detection method used and the blood group.
ABO Blood-Group System/*immunology ; Adult ; Aged ; Agglutination Tests/instrumentation/*standards ; Antibodies/*analysis ; Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/analysis ; Erythrocytes/chemistry/metabolism ; Female ; *Flow Cytometry ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Temperature