abstract background: in order to evaluate the role ofketoconazole in the prevention of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (ohss) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) undergoing ovarian stimulation with gonadotropins, a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study was done on one-hundred and nine pcos women that had been refeited to be treated by gonadotropins. method...

Congenital ocular motor apraxia, described in 1952 by Professor David Cogan, is characterized by defective or absent voluntary and optically induced horizontal saccades and compensatory jerky head movements or thrusts to accomplish ocular refixation (1-3). The most common initial sign is the inability to follow objects visually. The diagnosis is usually made between the fourth and eighth months...

C. Adolphsen, R. Assmann, K. Bane, I. Ben-Zvi, S. Berg, D. Bettoni, W. Bialowons, C. Biscari, M. Blaskiewicz, A. Bogacz, A. Burov, Y. Cai, A. Chao, J. Cogan, P. Colestock, J. Corlett, F-J. Decker, Y. Derbenev, A. Dragt, S. Ecklund, J. Ellison, A. Fisher, M. Georgi, K. Harkay, S. Heifets, S. Henderson, L. Hendrickson, S. Hertzbach, G. Hoffstaetter, K. Hubner, A. Hutton, J. Irwin, A. Jackson, R. ...

dilated fundus examination findings were normal. Blood studies were negative for antinuclear antibodies and rheumatoid factors and showed a normal complete blood count and negative angiotensin-converting enzyme levels. We diagnosed bilateral atypical Cogan syndrome in the patient. The bilateral iritis resolved with cycloplegics and topical steroid drops. The patient has been referred for a coch...

Of the 3 million or so fibres that enter the primate brain, two-thirds originate within the eyes (Weiskrantz, 1972), and of the twelve cranial nerves halfare necessary for the optimum performance of the eye as a visual organ. Interpretation and diagnosis of visual dysfunction therefore depends on the close clinical harmony established between ophthalmologists and neurologists. This close link, ...

Whereas the literature evaluating the effect of tort reforms has focused on reported incurred losses, this paper examines the long run effects using a comprehensive sample by state of individual firms writing medical malpractice insurance from 1984-2003. The long run effects of reforms are greater than insurers’ expected effects, as five year developed losses and ten year developed losses are b...

Much of the recent economic debate about the impact of stimulus packages has focused on the size of the crucial government purchases multiplier. But equally crucial is the size of the government purchases multiplicand—the change in government purchases of goods and services that the multiplier actually multiplies. Using a new data set, we find that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AR...

THE complex problem of corneal vascularization has excited the interest of several investigators for many years, and it is generally believed that positive chemotaxis is the primary stimulus to neovascularization, both chemical and physical trauma being considered as potentiating factors. Low oxygen tensions are conducive to neovascularization, so that the role of localized anoxia and the resul...

OBJECTIVES Autoinflammatory diseases are a family of immune-mediated, rare diseases, some of which, exhibit sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), suggesting potentially similar mechanisms of molecular pathogenesis between autoinflammatory-mediated hearing loss and autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) may exist. The purpose of this review is to compare the clinical features of autoimmune and autoinf...