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Neuromyelitis optica, a variant of multiple sclerosis, presenting with hypocalcemic tetany is an unusual presentation. We report here a case of 25 years old female who was a case of neuromyelitis optica and had hypocalcemic tetany as the initial presentation among others. The case is interesting in
Assessment of magnesium (Mg) status by serum and 24 hr urine estimations has been used to study 25 patients with severe Crohn's disease. Mg depletion was found to be present in 21 (84%), of whom eight (32%) had both low serum and low urine Mg levels. Only four patients (16%) had normal serum and
The authors give a survey of the literature on the tetanic syndrome and its effects on the dental hard tissues and the tooth supporting structures. In cases of normocalcaemic tetany, no pathological alterations have been observed in the dental hard tissues, the pulp and the periodontium. On the
BACKGROUND
We developed a single stretch injury model to create damage near the musculotendinous junction (MTJ) of the gastrocnemius muscle in mice. Our hypothesis was that magnitude of muscle injury could be controlled by stepped shortening of the Achilles tendon (AT) prior to a lengthening
OBJECTIVE
We studied the clinical features of children with 3beta-hydroxy-Delta 5-C27-steroid dehydrogenase (3beta-HSDH) deficiency presenting to King's College and Great Ormond Street hospitals between 1989 and 2005. The diagnosis was made biochemically by detection of sulphated dihydroxycholenoic
A homogeneous series of 103 cases of shock due to muscle relaxants has been used to identify the risk factors in anaphylactoid shocks due to either true anaphylaxis or to non-specific histamine release. Clinical atopy (asthma) and sub-clinical atopy as shown up by skin tests with mites and pollens,
We describe acute movement disorders in 92 children, aged 5 days to 15 years, from an Indian tertiary hospital. Eighty-nine children had hyperkinetic movement disorders, with myoclonus in 25, dystonia in 21, choreoathetosis in 19, tremors in 15, and tics in 2. Tetany and tetanus were seen in 5 and 2