Hallucinations: Clinical aspects and management

Clinical Aspects and Management of Myotonic Dystrophies

– Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is the most common adult muscular dystrophy, characterized by autosomal dominant progressive myopathy, myotonia and multiorgan involvement. To date two distinct forms caused by similar mutations have been identified. Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1, Steinert’s disease) was described more than 100 years ago and is caused by a (CTG)n expansion in DMPK, while myotonic dyst...

Rapidly Progressive Dementia – Clinical Aspects and Management

Although no precise definition for rapidly progressive dementia (RPD) exists, this term is generally used to refer to cases with significant and progressive cognitive impairment that occurs over weeks or months. RPD represents an unusual but severe condition that causes distress not only for patients and their relatives but also for the clinicians involved, as multiple investigations and decisi...

Clinical aspects and management of fibromyalgia syndrome.

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic and debilitating musculoskeletal pain disorder of unknown aetiology with usual accompanying features of fatigue, sleep disturbances and stiffness. Its place in medical textbooks was controversial with rheumatologists holding the helm of its management for many years. Over the last decade, abnormalities have been identified at multiple levels in the perip...

Asthma update: clinical aspects and management.

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Senile peripheral arteriosclerosis clinical aspects and management.