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criteria (fever and a history of valvulopathy) are gener-
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2001, Fenollar et al. reviewed the literature of Whipple’s
endocarditis ... endocarditis without any
other valve involved has b een completely reported [13].
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migratory arthral...
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strongly associated with iron deficiency anemia, and in
the majority of cases the unusual eating and chewing
behavior disappears upon iron supplementation
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readily ingested foam rubber, and Kushner et al. pre-
sented two cases where patients developed pagophagia
after gastric bypass surgery [2,5].
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Leonidas Christou
1
, Georgios Economou
1
, Anastasia K Zikou
2
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Kaiti Saplaoura
1
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2
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characteristics of the pathogen may enhance early appropriate diagnosis and the...
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Dentin dysplasia type I: a case report and review
of the literature
Lida Toomarian
1
, Fatemeh Mashhadiabbas
2
, Mahkameh Mirkarimi
3*
, Leili Mehrdad
4
Abstract
Introduction: ... located horizontally in panoramic view
(Figure 4).
On the basis of the clinical and radiographic appear-
ance, a diagnosis of DD type I, subtype 1a, was...
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in patients without underlying pulmonary hypertension.
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... General Surgery of
the "Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Fray Antonio Alcalde",
University of Guadalajara.
Case presentation
A 34-year-old man presented to the emergency room with
sub-acute onset ... revealed an afebrile patient
with tachycardia and tachypnea. The abdomen was dis-
tended and tender to palpation without peritoneal signs
of irritation. A palpable mass was felt in t...
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Electroconvulsive therapy-induced mania: a case report
Omer Saatcioglu* and Mehmet Guduk
Address: Bakirkoy Research and Training Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, ... normal. Treatment with
haloperidol, 30 mg/day, biperiden, 4 mg/day, and
diazepam, 10 mg/day, was not satisfactory. The patient
had total of five ECTs, but was discharged from the...
... the cardiovascular system
have included rare cases of arrhythmias such as tachycar-
dia, bradycardia, atrioventricular block and premature
ventricular beats [6]. There have been occasional reports
of ... the
manuscript. All the authors read and approved the final
manuscript.
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and cholecystectomy is mandatory to avert the potentially
fatal sequelae of gangrene and perforation. Laparoscopic
cholecystect...
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[5]. To date, all anaphylaxis and anaphylactoid reactions
induced by ondansetron have been in patients receiving
the drug for cancer chemotherapy. This has prompted
some authors ... was no his-
tory of a similar episode in the past. She gave no personal
or family history of atopy, asthma or bronchitis. On the
Naranjo's causality assessment scale, the adverse e...
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activity owing to seasonal precipitants and aerosolization
of fine sand and silt, particularly in Filipinos and African-
Americans.
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children than adults. Broad ligament cystic lymphangioma is extremely rare.
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K Harish*
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3
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retinopathy in a pregnant woman: implications for delivery.
Acta ... potential
for retinal hemorrhages following a Valsalva maneuver.
Hematological changes during pregnancy such as throm-
bocytopenia add to the risk of Valsalva retinopathy in
pr...
... Brunei Darussalam and
2
Department of Pathology, RIPAS Hospital,
Bander Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
Email: Arunachalam Ramaswami* - ramsdr@yahoo.com; Thiraviam Kandaswamy - tknephro@yahoo.com; ... Medical Case Reports
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Scleroderma with crescentic glomerulonephritis: a case report
Arunachalam Ramaswami*
1
, Thiraviam Kandaswamy
1
,
Tholappan Rajend...