Sparganosis is a rare parasitic infection in humans caused by a larval cestode of the genus Spirometra. Spargana invade muscle, subcutaneous tissue, the eye, urogenital, and abdominal viscera, but the central nervous system (CNS) is not a frequent site of invasion. Here, we describe an 18-year-old patient with cerebral sparganosis and review data from other cases reported in the medical literat...

OBJECTIVES To study mortality, cause of death and risk indicators for death in Norwegian patients with spinal cord injury. DESIGN A cross-sectional study with retrospective data. SUBJECTS All patients (n=387) with traumatic spinal cord injury admitted to Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Norway, during the period 1961-82. METHODS Medical records were reviewed retrospectively. Causes of dea...

Autonomic diabetic neuropathy is a common and serious complication of diabetes mellitus with variable multiple organ involvement, principally of the cardiovascular system, but also of the gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts (1). Cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) causes alterations in heart rate control and vascular dynamics, which may result in disabling clinical and functional manifestatio...

OBJECTIVES To compare the effects of daily ingestion of dietary soy supplementation, low-dose hormone therapy (HT) and placebo on psychological, somatic and urogenital symptoms in postmenopausal women. STUDY DESIGN A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. Sixty healthy, symptomatic, postmenopausal women of 40-60 years of age were allocated to use dietary soy supplementation (containing 9...