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Uncommon Disorders Of The Lower Spinal Region A Report On Eleven Patients, John B. Selhorst Jan 1976

Uncommon Disorders Of The Lower Spinal Region A Report On Eleven Patients, John B. Selhorst

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Prompt diagnosis of lower spinal diseases is essential for successful treatment. Appropriate medical therapy or surgical decompression arrests progression and reverses existing neurologic deficit. Delayed or improper diagnosis seriously jeopardizes the patient’s ultimate neurologic status. Too often early symptoms are disregarded or passed over as insignificant.

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Contents Jan 1976

Contents

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1976, Volume Twelve, Number One.

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Acne Vulgaris, James J. Leyden Jan 1976

Acne Vulgaris, James J. Leyden

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Acne vulgaris displays all the characteristics of a polygenic disorder in that hereditary factors are apparent with strong family tendencies for the disorder while the phenotypic expression of the disease varies over a wide spectrum. All that is known for certain concerning the genetics of acne is that concordance is extremely high in identical twins. In the past decade, various investigations have resulted in much clearer concepts of pathogenesis and have brought us to the point of effective therapy for the majority of cases. In this report, I will summarize recent concepts in the pathogenesis of acne vulgaris.

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Paleoserologic Studies: Abo And Histocompatibility Antigens In Mummified American Indians, A. A. Hossaini, Marvin J. Allison Jan 1976

Paleoserologic Studies: Abo And Histocompatibility Antigens In Mummified American Indians, A. A. Hossaini, Marvin J. Allison

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The first genetic polymorphism to be described in man was the ABO blood group system. Ths system proved to be present as a membrane antigen of the cells of almost all organs of the body. In this it not only stimulates histocompatibility antigens but also helps to determine ABO compatibility between organ recipients and their donors. The presence of the ABH and HL-A antigens in tissues and their stability on storage allows typing mummified bodies despite the passage of thousands of years.

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Treatment Of Head Wounds In Pre-Columbian And Colonial Peru, Marvin J. Allison, Alejandro Pezzia Jan 1976

Treatment Of Head Wounds In Pre-Columbian And Colonial Peru, Marvin J. Allison, Alejandro Pezzia

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

As is frequently the case, art objects often depict the life in a particular civilization, thus giving a visual record of a people where the people themselves have disappeared. Peru is one of the areas of the world where art depicts the life of the people while the people themselves are present in the form of mummies to confirm much of what is seen in art. A number of ceramic vessels have been found depicting one man working on the skull of another with a knife. That such actions were possibly surgical was documented in 1865 when Squier was given …

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Introduction, John R. Taylor Jan 1976

Introduction, John R. Taylor

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The 29th Annual Stoneburner Lecture Series was sponsored this year by the Department of Neurology because we sensed a need and a desire for a symposium approaching common neurologic problems encountered by primary care physicians. The attendance at the series was gratifying to the participating lecturers and confirmed our view.

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Episodic Disorders Of Vision, John W. Harbison Jan 1976

Episodic Disorders Of Vision, John W. Harbison

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Of all our senses, vision is most commonly associated with patient distress, if not overt alarm, when abruptly compromised. Despite patient concern, a rare, or rarely recognizable, clinical entity is perhaps of less significance to the physician than to the patient. When the broad spectrum of episodic disturbance of vision is closely examined, it becomes apparent that these visual symptoms are indeed of common occurrence in the population at large. Surprisingly, despite their ultimate effect on the eye, a majority of the clinical entities that produce episodic disturbance of vision are neurologic. Episodic is defined as being "...made up of …

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Thyroid Diseas In A Peruvian Mummy, Enrique Gerszten, Marvin J. Allison, Alejandro Pezzia, David Klurfeld Jan 1976

Thyroid Diseas In A Peruvian Mummy, Enrique Gerszten, Marvin J. Allison, Alejandro Pezzia, David Klurfeld

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Although the pathogenesis of endocrine disorders has only recently been recognized, disorders of the thyroid gland have been recorded since ancient times, primarily because of the gland’s strategic location in the neck. Goiter, enlargement of the gland, was described early in history and endocrine goiter was also mentioned. The earliest written references go back as far as the Chinese of the second millennium BC, Greek and Roman authors of classical times, and medieval manuscripts. In his history of goiter, Greenwald contended that there was no evidence of goiter in the Americas before the coming of the white man, although the …

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The Management Of Acute Cerebral Infarction, Clark H. Millikan Jan 1976

The Management Of Acute Cerebral Infarction, Clark H. Millikan

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

There is no evidence that we are able to reverse cerebral infarction once it gets underway. The day may come when some form of protection for neuronal activity is available to us, but at present there is no such treatment. Prevention is the most important concept; prevention of transient ischemic attack (TIA) or prevention of progression once the process has started. Progressing stroke is that all too common circumstance where focal ischemia is worsening and the process of infarction is beginning or extending. The patient may be seen in the office, emergency room, or in the hospital, and the patient’s …

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Comparative Analysis Of Hospital Utilization In Urban And Rural Counties, James R. Dingels Jan 1976

Comparative Analysis Of Hospital Utilization In Urban And Rural Counties, James R. Dingels

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Hospital utilization, when measured as patient days per population, exhibited generally insignificant relationships with factors concerning population characteristics, hospital resources, financial assistance, and degree of urbanization. Adjusted multivariate linear regression results indicated that number of physicians per population did possess significant effects, while other independent variables remained significant. Additional research, as well as refinement of present data, appear paramount to further validation procedures.

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Chemicals And Food: An Account About Additives, Wayland E. Noland Jan 1976

Chemicals And Food: An Account About Additives, Wayland E. Noland

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Food additives are listed by functional category and discussed in terms of the scale of their use and relative risks in terms of long-term human toxicity. The greatest risks appear to lie with the antimicrobial preservative agents, and food colors (which serve only a cosmetic purpose); these and the synthetic sweeteners are discussed in relatively greater detail.

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Management Of The Demented Patient, Simon Horenstein Jan 1976

Management Of The Demented Patient, Simon Horenstein

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

There are four essential points to the rational management of the demented patient which will be dealt with here. They are 1) the definition of the term dementia, facilitating the identification of a specific group of patients, 2) the sequence of diagnostic steps required to identify manageable and treatable features in demented patients, 3) the effective separation of dementia from depression, which is probably the most significant diagnostic point for primary care physicians, and 4) the description of a few clinical features encountered in demented patients which the physician can often modify by family education and training, by the manipulation …

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Atopic Dermatitis, Kenneth W. Blaylock Jan 1976

Atopic Dermatitis, Kenneth W. Blaylock

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The term atopic, which means “strange disease,” was first used in 1925 to describe a group of diseases which include allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma, urticarial reactions to drugs as well as food allergies or idiosyncrasies. These conditions have in common the presence of skin sensitizing homocytotropic antibodies (IgE) in the serum of the person at some point in the natural history of the disease. There is little evidence that dermatitis found in the atopic individual is produced by IgE which is present in the serum and skin of the person with atopic dermatitis.

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Oral Manifestations Of Cutaneous Disease, James W. Patterson Jan 1976

Oral Manifestations Of Cutaneous Disease, James W. Patterson

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The list of diseases which manifest both oral and cutaneous pathology is extensive and consideration of them all is beyond the scope of a single brief report. Nevertheless it may be useful to summarize the findings of those disease in which both oral and cutaneous lesions are, or can be, significant. Recognition of the one can be a clue to the identity of the other, and evaluation of both skin and mucosa may often provide the first evidence of systemic disease.

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Introduction, W. Kenneth Blaylock Jan 1976

Introduction, W. Kenneth Blaylock

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The skin is a rather large organ comprising 16% of body weight. It contains several cell types and cell products. Three separate compartments are present and a disease may involve one or all. The topmost layer, the epidermis, is a very active metabolic area and disease involving this area is generally acute with oozing, weeping, and scaling. The dermis, which is quite large, gives support to the entire skin and body. Dermal diseases produce swelling, enlargement, and rigidity in the skin. A disease in the subcutaneous section of the skin, the third major portion, is usually nodular and edematous.

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Skin Signs Of Systemic Disease, Robert B. Scoggins Jan 1976

Skin Signs Of Systemic Disease, Robert B. Scoggins

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The subject of this Mcguire Lecture series, the skin, is a relatively enormous organ vulnerable to an enormous variety of external and internal insults. Its total visibility is both a blessing and a curse. Its very size and the protean nature of its disorders may paradoxically make it easy to ignore; it may so overwhelm the neophyte that he is discouraged from the proper training of his retina.

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Hyperviscosity Syndrome: Natural History In A Patient With Sjörgren's Syndrome, Marion Waller, William Edwards, Franklin Mullinax, A. Jeanne Hymes, Nellie Curry Jan 1976

Hyperviscosity Syndrome: Natural History In A Patient With Sjörgren's Syndrome, Marion Waller, William Edwards, Franklin Mullinax, A. Jeanne Hymes, Nellie Curry

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Serum protein abnormalities can be responsible for elevations of serum viscosity. When clinical disease results, this condition is termed hyperviscosity syndrome. Immunoglobulin complexes are a prominent cause of this syndrome. The acute illness in a patient with Sjörgren's syndrome, IgG-IgG complexes, and serum hyperviscosity was described in a previous report. After subsequent five-year follow-up, it has become apparent that the acute hyperviscosity syndrome in this patient was but one phase of a prolonged, perhaps life-long, illness. This five-year follow-up, which included observation of the effects of steroid therapy on the underlying disease process, is the subject of this report.

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Contents Jan 1976

Contents

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1976, Volume Twelve, Number Two.

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Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 12 No. 1 Jan 1976

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 12 No. 1

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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Contents Jan 1976

Contents

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1976, Volume Twelve, Number Four.

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Current Management Of Parkinsonism, John R. Taylor Jan 1976

Current Management Of Parkinsonism, John R. Taylor

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

In the management of Parkinson’s disease, one must be reasonably certain of the diagnosis. In spite of the foregoing sophisticated biochemistry, there is really no laboratory test for the disease, so it becomes an entity that must be recognized on purely clinical grounds. While the differential diagnosis can be quite extensive and includes such rare entities as manganese poisoning, as well as such usually apparent causes as phenothiazine intoxication or carbon monoxide sequelae, several disorders and etiologies account for most of our diagnostic problems. Although we think of Parkinsonism as a triad of rest tremor, rigidity, and akinesia, the onset …

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An Approach To Dizziness, Alan B. Grindal Jan 1976

An Approach To Dizziness, Alan B. Grindal

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Dizziness is a vague and ubiquitous symptom which frequently frustrates and perplexes the clinician. Dizziness in the broad sense implies any unpleasant sensation of disturbed relationship to surrounding objects. A number of synonyms such as faintness, light-headedness, giddiness, and swaying, although descriptive, are often no more specific. Problems in diagnosis, therefore, are due not only to the ambiguity of the term but also to the wide spectrum of disorders in which dizziness may be a prominent symptom. Although disorders of the vestibular system usually receive primary attention, it should be kept in mind that many neurologic, cardiovascular, psychiatric, and other …

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Primary Generalized Hyperostosis In Ancient Peru, Marvin J. Allison, Enrique Gerszten, Raul Sotil, Alejandro Pezzia Jan 1976

Primary Generalized Hyperostosis In Ancient Peru, Marvin J. Allison, Enrique Gerszten, Raul Sotil, Alejandro Pezzia

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Primary generalized hyperostosis is a rare disease usually diagnosed by radiographic examination. Uehlinger considers this syndrome to be different from the secondary osteoarthropathy of the Marie-Bamberger variety and Paget’s disease. The primary type is probably of familial origin and may involve all the bones of the body, appearing independently of severe pulmonary disease. It is predominantly a disease of males (29:2) and in some cases is associated with pachydermia. The literature on this disease is primarily European; the case described below is the first in South America and first among pre-Columbian people.

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Cutaneous Manifestations Of Venereal Disease, Charles M. Caravati Jr. Jan 1976

Cutaneous Manifestations Of Venereal Disease, Charles M. Caravati Jr.

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

There has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of venereal disease, and these disorders have become one of our major national health problems. It is obvious that if this chain of infection is to be broken, individuals with these diseases must be treated as early as possible in the course of the infection before there is a chance for it to spread to others. We have been implored to help find the sexual contacts of these individuals, and it is essential that we use the excellent epidemiological investigators of our health departments for this purpose.

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Morphological Characteristics Of The Pre-Columbian Dentition I. Shovel-Shaped Incisors, Carabelli's Cusp, And Protostylid, Danny R. Sawyer, Marvin J. Allison, Richard P. Elzay, Alejandro Pezzia Jan 1976

Morphological Characteristics Of The Pre-Columbian Dentition I. Shovel-Shaped Incisors, Carabelli's Cusp, And Protostylid, Danny R. Sawyer, Marvin J. Allison, Richard P. Elzay, Alejandro Pezzia

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

This Peruvian-American cooperative study of paleopathology of the pre-Columbian Peruvian cultures of Southern Peru began in 1971. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the medical and dental health status of these cultures which date from 600 BC to the Spanish conquest. While several authors such as Leigh, Moodie, Stewart, and Goaz and Miller have studied the dental morphology of Northern Peruvians, the paleodontology and oral paleopathology of the Southern Peruvians has not been recorded. This paper reports dental findings on the morphologic characteristics of the shovel-shaped incisor, Carabelli’s cusp, and protostylid.

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Talon Cusp: A Clinically Significant Anomaly In A Primary Incisor From Pre-Columbian America, Danny R. Sawyer, Marvin J. Allison, Alejandro Pezzia Jan 1976

Talon Cusp: A Clinically Significant Anomaly In A Primary Incisor From Pre-Columbian America, Danny R. Sawyer, Marvin J. Allison, Alejandro Pezzia

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Shafer, Hine, and Levy describe the talon cusp, a structure resembling an eagle’s talon, as a cusp projecting lingually from the cingulum area of a maxillary or mandibular permanent incisor. This cusp blends smoothly with the tooth except that there is a deep developmental groove where the cusp blends with the sloping lingual tooth surface. The cusp is composed of a normal enamel and dentin and contains a horn of pulp tissue.

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Klaus Ranniger, M.D. [In Memoriam] Jan 1976

Klaus Ranniger, M.D. [In Memoriam]

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Remembrance of Dr. Klaus Ranniger (1926-1976).

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Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 12 No. 3 Jan 1976

Mcv/Q, Medical College Of Virginia Quarterly, Vol. 12 No. 3

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 53, No. 3, 1976) Jan 1976

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 53, No. 3, 1976)

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

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Pyodermas: Diagnosis And Treatment, James J. Leyden Jan 1976

Pyodermas: Diagnosis And Treatment, James J. Leyden

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

The diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous infections appear to be rather straightforward at first glance. Major texts of pediatrics and dermatology indicate that the vast majority of pyodermas are due to either Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) or Streptococcus pyogenes and that antibiotics are curative. On closer scrutiny, however, one quickly becomes aware that there is a great deal of nomenclatural confusion with a corresponding lack of clarity regarding therapy – particularly on the point of whether or not topical antibiotics have any place in therapy.

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