hypokinesia/headache

Headache makes one of the most common side effects of frequently pesticide application. This is to be taken care of in rural areas. Headaches have been reported with the use of ivermectin, ivermectin-diethylcarbamazine, organophosphates, and also with the fungicide maneb and copper sulfate,

OBJECTIVE To make etiological and epidemiological investigation on the infection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in 8 pupils in Changle City. METHODS 1. CSF of patients was examined with the conventional method to detect pathogens and eosinophiles. 2. The fecal samples of wild rodents were collected

The objective of this study was to establish the maximum tolerated dose of the low affinity non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist remacemide in patients who have Parkinson's disease with response fluctuations or dyskinesias, or both. A total of 33 patients were randomly assigned

BACKGROUND Melioidosis is a rare condition, endemic to northern Australia and south-east Asia, caused by an infection from the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei. The largest epidemiological review to date describes 540 cases of melioidosis seen at Darwin Hospital, in northern Australia, over

A woman, aged 27 years, developed acute headache and fever followed by tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia. Masked face, drooling saliva, monotonous voice, and dysphagia were observed. She was totally bedridden during the worst period because of marked generalized rigidity and bradykinesia. There was

A 40-year-old woman developed high fever and headache. Five days later, she was admitted because of consciousness disturbance and tremulous movements in upper extremities. The paired sera showed more than fourfold elevation in complement fixation titer to Japanese encephalitis virus. She was

A double-blind, randomized study of parallel group design comparing remoxipride and thioridazine (dose range 150-600 mg/day of either drug) was undertaken at 11 Australian centres. A total of 144 patients (remoxipride = 73, thioridazine = 71) with DSM-III-R schizophrenia or schizophreniform disorder

BACKGROUND The prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs has become a normal clinical practice. METHODS This article presents a longitudinal, multicentre study of 12 months conducted on 266 children and adolescents who were prescribed a first or second generation antipsychotic drug for the first time, and

A 44-year-old woman presented with sudden onset of chest pain, headache and nausea. Physical examination was remarkable for mild hypotension and tachycardia. ECG demonstrated sinus tachycardia with poor R wave progression in precordial leads and T wave inversion in leads V1-3. Cardiac enzymes were

This study compared the efficacy and long-term survival rate of trimetazidine and cilostazol in the treatment of lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans (ASO). A retrospectively analysis on the medical records of 206 patients with ASO who were admitted to The Central Hospital of Wuhan from

A 48-year-old healthy woman was admitted in our hospital for elective hemorrhoidectomy. She developed sudden headache and chest pain, and showed sinus bradycardia, arrhythmia and hypotension forty minutes after spinal anesthesia with 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine. An EKG showed ST depression and an

Six males and one female with chronic tic disorders, whose ages ranged from 12 to 31 years, were evaluated before treatment, after 1 month on placebo, after a single 10 mg nifedipine dose (three patients), and monthly while on flunarizine 10-15 mg (mean dose of 13 mg). None of the patients receiving

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is caused by replication of JC virus in oligodendrocytes of immunocompromised patients. Common manifestations are focal motor and sensory deficits, gait abnormalities, speech and language disturbances, cognitive disorders, headache, and visual

Toxoplasmosis encephalitis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus may progress rapidly with a potentially fatal outcome. Less common neurological symptoms associated with this are Parkinsonism, focal dystonia, rubral tremor and hemichorea-hemiballismus syndrome. A 58 year old woman suddenly

Manganese (Mn) poisoning, a well-known hazard in miners and industrial workers, shares many features with Parkinson's disease. Two young agricultural workers with a parkinsonian syndrome, who mentioned exposure to the fungicide maneb (manganese ethylene-bis-dithiocarbamate), led us to investigate a