Ankle Jerk in Psychiatric Patients

The relative importance of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles in the ankle jerk of man.

The ankle-jerk half-relaxation time as a screening test for thyroid disease.

In 1884, William Ord first noticed delayed tendon reflexes in myxoedematous patients and in 1929 fast reflexes in thyrotoxicosis were described by Mussio Fournier. Exact measurement of the times involved was first carried out by Chaney in 1924 who showed that the times returned to normal on treating myxoedematous patients. Abraham et al. (1966) showed a good separation between thyrotoxic, euthy...

Prevalence of Psychiatric Symptoms in ALL Patients during Maintenance Therapy

Abstract Background Cancer diagnosis may cause deep emotional and affective problems in patients and their families.Nowadays, however, despite its rising prevalence,cancer is no longer synonymous with death. Given the significance of emotional well-being in cancer patients, we decided to assess the frequency of psychological problems in seven to seventeen yearolds with acute lymphoblastic leu...

‌‌Evaluation of Psychiatric Symptoms in Patients with Vertigo

Abstract Introduction: The close interaction between vestibular, psychological and neurological disorders causes inefficient treatment of the patients, so it seems necessary for the physicians to consider psychiatric disorders and get to know their different presentations so that they can offer the best treatment. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of psychological symptom...

Serologic evaluation of brucellosis in patients with psychiatric disorders

Serologic evaluation of brucellosis in patients with psychiatric disorders