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View Post: As Seen on Grey's Anatomy – Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH ...
18 Nov 2009
Our brain and our spinal cord are connected to each other. They are both a part of our central nervous system. It doesn't take a doctor to know that damage to them can lead to severe consequences. To prevent damage to them, ...
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View Post: usmle preparation: Congenital toxoplasmosis
15 Nov 2009 by asghar  
Seizures Abnormal brain and nervous system (neurologic) function. Exams and Tests The physical examination may show signs of: Anemia Cerebral calcifications. Chorioretinitis Larger head size (hydrocephalus) ...
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View Post: Textbook of Clinical Neuropsychology
18 Jan 2008
(6) Elise Caccappolo & Lawrence S. Honig, Development of the Central Nervous System. [Section III] Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence. (7) Ida Sue Baron, Growth and Development of Pediatric Neuropsychology. (8) E. Mark Mahone & Beth S. Slomine, ... (9) Keith Owen Yeates, Jack M. Fletcher, and Maureen Dennis, Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. (10) Michael Westerveld, Neuropsychology in Pediatric Epilepsy. (11) Jacobus Donders, Traumatic Brain Injury of Childhood. ...
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View Post: My baby was blind. She couldn't eat or speak. I mourn for her ...
18 Nov 2009 by office  
We are seeing a very significant increase in central nervous system anomalies, especially neural tube defects.” Before 2003, he had been seeing sporadic deformities in babies. Now the frequency had increased dramatically. Most were in the head and spinal ... “The second 'head' was actually a tumour that contained part of the hydrocephalus and part of the brain. To save her needed highly specialised equipment that we do not have here.” Her mother still grieves for Fatima. ...
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View Post: Brain plasticity–What is it and how extraordinary can it be ...
3 Nov 2009 by admin  
The brain is suspended in a fluid called cerebrospinal fluid which baths the whole of the central nervous system. Without cerebrospinal fluid the brain would collapse under its own weight. Hydrocephalus – more commonly known as 'water ...
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View Post: Cord Blood reverses treating Cerebral Palsy patient
Stem Cell ...
18 Nov 2009 by admin   ...
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View Post: The War Profiteers - Huge Rise in Birth Defects in Falluja
14 Nov 2009
Neurologists and obstetricians in the city interviewed by the Guardian say the rise in birth defects - which include a baby born with two heads, babies with multiple tumours, and others with nervous system problems - are unprecedented and at present .... "The second 'head' was actually a tumour that contained part of the hydrocephalus and part of the brain. To save her needed highly specialised equipment that we do not have here." Her mother still grieves for Fatima. ...
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View Post: <i>Candida albicans</i> meningitis with ventriculitis in a four ...
21 Nov 2009 by Taneja Juhi, Mishra Bibhabati, Thakur Archana,...  
A contrast enhanced computed tomography (CCT) brain scan showed hydrocephalus with shunt in situ. After evaluation, urgent ventricular tapping was done and the pressure was moderately raised. The right VP shunt was malfunctioning. ... Recommended antifungal therapy for invasive central nervous system candidiasis is liposomal amphotericin B (LFAmB) 3-5 mg/kg with or without 5- flucytocine (5- FC) 25 mg/kg every six hours for several weeks, followed by fluconazole 400-800 ...
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View Post: Health Up Your Life Blog - Information, Comments, Reviews ...
26 Oct 2009
Hydrocephalus comes from the Latin words "hydro" means water and "Cephalus" means the head, briefly means "water on the head". Hydrocephalus was first described by scientists from the Greek named Hippocrates. Hydrocephalus patients have abnormal cere. ... Working system that is detecting light eyes to know the circumstances surrounding light or dark. Then the light is transmitted to the brain to be processed in the brain nervous system.Parts of the e. ...
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View Post: Genetic Suspect Implicated In Brain Defect, Brain & Nervous System
12 Aug 2009 by ruzik_tuzik  
As a result children with this disorder require considerable medical care, and in some cases surgery to treat the build up of fluid around the brain, a condition called hydrocephalus. Researchers were surprised to discover that the ...
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