IS EYESTRAIN EVER AN ETIOLOGIC FACTOR IN EPILEPSY?

Tobacco smoking as an etiologic factor in disease; cancer.

Tobacco Smoking as an Etiologic Factor in Disease. I. Cancer*

Clinicians seem to be in wide disagreement on the relationship between tobacco and cancer. Ochsner (l) and Lickint, (2), for example, consid ered smoking an important etiologic factor in can cer of the lung. Johnson (3) did not consider spe cifically the relation between smoking and cancer, but he believed that the only pathologic effect of heavy smoking is congestion of the pharynx. The clinic...

Cytomegalovirus as an etiologic factor in corneal endotheliitis.

PURPOSE To investigate clinical manifestations and response to antiviral therapy of 8 patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV)-induced corneal endotheliitis who were diagnosed and treated at 2 university hospitals in Japan. DESIGN Retrospective, consecutive, multicenter case series. PARTICIPANTS Eight eyes of 8 patients diagnosed with active CMV corneal endotheliitis at Kyoto Prefectural Univers...

Evolution of Information and Complexity in an Ever-Expanding Universe

Using the usual definitions of information and entropy in quantum gravity and statistical mechanics and the existing views about the relation between information and complexity, we examine the evolution of complexity in an ever expanding universe.

Is Pregnancy Order a Factor in Epilepsy?

From surveying the literature, one would surmise that opinion at the moment is divided, more or less equally, on the question of whether or not 'parity'" is aetiologically linked with epilepsy. Among those who say yes, the majority claim that it is the first born that is most likely to be affected; however, a few claim that it is the later born who are more apt to suffer trauma at birth and the...