The spectrum of books about TEX has been broadened by another beginner's book about plain l&X: with Introduction to (Norbert Schwarz; Addison-Wesley, 1990), A Beginner's Book of TJ$ (Etaymond Seroul and Silvio Levy; Addison-Wesley, 1991) and by Example (Arvind Borde; Academic Press, 1992) there is now for the Beginner by Wynter Snow. In contrast to the Seroul and Levy book, which is somewhat ac...

Oxybutynin is an anticholinergic drug with an emerging role in the treatment of hyperhidrosis. Several recent studies have documented that it is effective both in focal and generalized hyperhidrosis and shows universally good response among different groups of patients regardless of age, gender, and weight. The most common adverse event is dry mouth reported by almost all patients treated. The ...

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Three consecutive cases of Addison's disease without increased pigmentation are described. We suggest that the absence of this important physical sign contributed to serious delays in diagnosis and markedly increased morbidity. We emphasize that, despite the usual textbook description, excess pigmentation is not necessarily a feature of Addison's disease.

Primary ciliary dyskinesia was shown in a 12 year old boy with bronchiectasis who had developed hydrocephalus in the neonatal period. The possible relevance of his ciliary abnormality is discussed.

The first catalytic version of hypervalent aryl-λ(3)-iodane-induced Hofmann rearrangement of primary carboxamides, which probably involves in situ generation of a tetracoordinated bis(aqua)(hydroxy)phenyl-λ(3)-iodane complex as an active oxidant from a catalytic amount of iodobenzene by the reaction with m-chloroperbenzoic acid in the presence of HBF(4) in dichloromethane-water under mild condi...

Hypothyroidism is due to the primary disease of the thyroid or secondary to hypothalamicpituitary disease [1]. Primary hypothyroidism is the most common endocrine disorder throughout the world. Traditionally we have been using levothyroxine in the treatment of hypothyroidism. However, there have been reports of persisting symptoms of hypothyroidism in 5-10% of levothyroxine treated hypothyroid ...

Background. Two preparations of botulinum A toxin (BTX-A) are commercially available for the treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis (PPH): Botox (Allergan; 100 U/vial) and Dysport (Ipsen Limited; 500 U/vial), which are not bioequivalent. Results regarding an appropriate conversion factor between them are controversial. Objectives. This paper aims to compare the efficacy of Botox and Dysport in PPH u...