Objectives: Mental practice, as a neuropsychological factor effective in motor recovery, is a cognitive rehearsal of a physical skill without muscular activity. Considering the high level of fatigue in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), we hypothesized that using mental practice as a low-level energy-consuming method added to physical practice could be a useful therapeutic strategy. Therefo...

In 1 957 lepromatous patients were selected for a trial of diphenylthiourea (DPT or Ciba 1 906) and its effects were compared with the results obtained with diamino-diphenyl-sulphone (DDS) . The results were analysed at the end of two years when the project was stopped and all cases were placed on DDS. The subsequent history of the cases were investigated after six years ( i .e . in 1 963) . Th...

Craniopharyngiomas are partly cystic embryogenic malformations of the sellar and parasellar region, with up to half the 0.5-2.0 new cases per million population per year occur in children and adolescents. Diagnosis profile for pediatric and adult craniopharyngioma is characterized by a combination of headache, visual impairment, and polyuria/polydipsia, which can also include significant weight...