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Mechanical Properties Evolution of γ′/γ″ Nickel-Base Superalloys During Long-Term Thermal Over-Aging
The long-term stability of Inconel 718 and Waspaloy forgings in the 600 °C to 850 °C temperature range and up to 10,000 hours was studied by means of mechanical tests and microstructural analyses. Hardness and...
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Open AccessErratum to: 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
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Open Access36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
P001 - Sepsis impairs the capillary response within hypoxic capillaries and decreases erythrocyte oxygen-dependent ATP efflux
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Botulinum toxin treatment in patients with focal dystonia and hemifacial spasm. A multicenter study of the Italian Movement Disorder Group
In six Centers belonging to the Italian Movement Disorder Study Group, the efficacy of botulinum toxin treatment was evaluated in an open collaborative study in 251 patients with focal dystonia and hemifacial ...
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A multicenter Italian randomised study on early treatment of Parkinson disease: comparison of 1-dopa, 1-deprenyl and dopaminoagonists. Study design and short term results
On the long term Parkinson Disease (PD) treatment is often complicated by the occurrence of motor fluctuations. To find out whether early treatment of PD with levodopa, dopaminoagonists or 1-deprenyl is associ...
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Nimodipine in migraine: clinical efficacy and endocrinological effects
Serum prolactin is increased during chronic flunarizine treatment of patients suffering from migraine. In order to clarify the role of calcium in control of the secretion of anterior pituitary hormones, a stud...
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Botulinum A toxin injection in patients with blepharospasm, torticollis and hemifacial spasm
Botulinum A toxin was injected into the affected muscles in 20 patients with blepharospasm, 8 with torticollis and 12 with hemifacial spasm. In all cases blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm was abolished or mar...
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Differential diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease
Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD) is essentially clinical and is reached by exclusion. An akinetic rigid syndrome frequently means PD, although a number of other neurodegenerative diseases can s...
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Spontane intrazerebrale Hämatome des höheren Lebensalters
In einer Populationsstudie aus den USA, die sich auf 1,5 Mio. Einwohner des Staates Ohio bezog, stieg die Inzidenz der spontanen intrazerebralen Hämatome mit jeder Lebensdekade etwa auf das Doppelte [1]. 80jäh...
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Die spontane Subarachnoidalblutung im höheren Lebensalter
Die Fortschritte in der neurochirurgischen Operationstechnik und der Anästhesiologie ermöglichen zunehmend auch die operative Intervention bei alten Patienten mit spontanen Subarachnoidalblutungen (SAB). Gegen...
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Welche klinische Relevanz besitzt die arteriosklerotische Leukenzephalopathie (Leuko-Araiosis)?
Die subakute arteriosklerotische Enzephalopathie vom Binswanger-Typ (SAE) ist eine Sonderform der arteriosklerotischen Demenz. Sie beginnt im 5. oder 6. Lebensjahrzehnt mit intellektuellem Abbau, flüchtigen od...
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Subcutaneous lisuride infusion in Parkinson’s disease: clinical results using different modes of administration
The continuous dopaminergic stimulation provided by infusion of dopamine agonist drugs, is a very effective strategy to control ON-OFF fluctuation in Parkinson’s disease. Lisuride is a potent dopamine agonist ...
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Multicenter trial of L-Deprenylin Parkinson disease
A multicenter trial was conducted at 9 Neurology Departements to evaluate the action of L-Deprenyl, a specific monoamine oxidase-B inhibitor, combined with L-Dopa in the treatment of Parkinson disease. In all,...
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Relevance of Dopaminergic Agonists and Antagonists to Parkinsonian Tremor
Tremor is the most complex symptom of Parkinson’s disease, either for physiopathology or for neurochemistry. It seems to be the result of a derangement of cortical-subcortical loops which in Parkinson’s diseas...
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Treatment of Chronic Brain Failure
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Rezidivierende spontane intrazerebrale Hämatome
Im Gegensatz zu ischämischen Hirninfarkten sind Rezidive bei spontanen intrazerebralen Hämatomen selten. Zwischen 19 77 und Mitte 1982 wurden im Zentrum für Neurologie und Neurochirurgie Gießen 330 Patienten m...
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Circadian rhythmicity of prolactin secretion in elderly subjects: changes during bromocriptine treatment
Prolactin has been taken as an index of neuroendocrine function in aging, where dopaminergic neurotransmission in considered to be impaired. The mean concentration of the hormone in the 24 h is higher in the a...
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Prolactin response as an index of dopaminergic receptor function in Parkinson's disease. Correlation with clinical findings and therapeutic response
Circadian rhythms of prolactin have been evaluated in thirteen untreated parkinsonian patients before and after 15 days of treatment with L-Dopa + carbidopa. The 24th secretory pattern was not significatively ...
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Dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra: Differential response to bromocriptine
Bromocriptine reduces the spontaneous firing rate of neurons in the pars compacta of the substantia nigra but does not change the electrical activity of the neurons located in the pars reticulata. On the other...
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Diagnosis
The indications and contra-indications for operative intervention in intracerebral haematomas are, in general, dependent on their pathogenesis. For this reason, pre-operative investigations, particularly contr...
