The aim of a study of all groups L-T streptococci isolated at the Massachusetts General Hospital during a 10-year period (1964-1974) was to ascertain the clinical significance of the less frequently occurring serological groups of streptococci. No organisms of groups P,R,S, or T were found during this time. The case ...

A 17-year-old girl with negative familial and personal history developed a progressive neurologic disorder characterized by cortical amaurosis, metal deterioration and spastic tetraparesis. Death occurred one year after the onset of symptoms. Histopathologic examination of the C.N.S. showed the presence of extensive, discontinuous demyelination of the white matter of the ...

A sample of 42 case notes of alcoholic patients were abstracted for 17 items by three different raters. Interrater agreement was generally rather low. Research based on case-note abstraction which does not report on abstraction reliabilities must therefore be viewed with some suspicion. It would be helpful if clinical material ...

A review of the literature indicated that most of the information of reproductive patterns in New World monkeys has been gained from studies on the squirrel monkey. This species has been successfully bred in both indoor and outdoor colonies. Both sexes exhibit seasonal cyclicity that appears to be influenced by ...

The authors report an unusual case of superior vena cava thrombosis in an infant who subsequently developed communicating hydrocephalus; they also review previously reported cases of dural sinus hypertension, and separate them into two groups. Patients in the first group develop hydrocephalus and those in the second develop a pseudotumor-like ...

Ultrastructural features of the liver in eight cases of Indian childhood cirrhosis, a fatal and elusive liver disease in India, have been described. Severe parenchymal damage, diffuse creeping fibrosis, and other light microscopic alterations, including the frequent presence of cytoplasmic hyaline, reported earlier are confirmed in the present study. The ...

Published in July 2004, the Review of Marine Nature Conservation report to Government looks at recommendations for improving protection for marine habitats and species in the UK maritime area. It covers the national and international context; human activity in the marine environment; provides a marine nature conservation framework; and looks ...

Published on the Web in February 2001 by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA, formerly MAFF), this paper is the government response to the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review Report that was published on 9 March 2000. This document provides the governments response to the individual ...

Published in 2000 by the UK UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA - formerly MAFF) this is a report of a group set up by DEFRA and the Secretary of State for Wales in 1998, to review salmon and freshwater fisheries policies and legislation in England and ...

This is the final report for biogenic aerosol formation in the boreal forest (BIOFOR). The report was prepared by International Resources Group (IRG). It provides documentation for USAID/Washington's Global and LAC Bureaus on climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation indicators. It also supplies the USAID/Peru Mission with information to demonstrate ...

<b>Aims:</b> To develop clinical guidelines to identify individuals who misuse alcohol and are at risk of developing Wernicke's Encephalopathy (WE). <b>Method:</b> Non-systematic literature review of studies which includes a careful clinical record of the development of signs and symptoms of thiamine deficiency and in which the diagnosis of WE has ...

This 127-page report, published in May 2006 and commissioned from the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) by the Department of Health, reviews the existing evidence on the effects of alcohol on the developing fetus, embryo and child. The aim of the report was to systematically review the effects of low-to-moderate ...

Most fatal cases of Coxsackie group B neonatal myocarditis have been associated with nursery epidemics. Occasional sporadic cases have been reported, mainly from the U.S.A., and a further case with gross cardiomegaly is described.

The report discusses the distribution of ticks (Argasidoe and Ixodidoe) in the Soviet Union. Groups considered include: reflexus (genus Argas Lots.); coniceps (genus Ornithodorus Koch.); and crenulatus (genus Ixodes Latr.)