We report on the case of an 86-year-old woman who rapidly became unable to stand and walk because of jerky movements, suggesting a clinical diagnosis of myoclonus. It was observed that both unexpected and expected stimuli (audiogenic, tactile, or visual) triggered the myoclonic jerks. Electrophysiological exploration, including a coupled EEG-EMG study, showed the occurrence of a patterned motor...

In Poland, the number of men over the age of 50 years exceeds 6 million. It is estimated that about 2-6% of this population develops symptoms of late-onset hypogonadism (LOH). In men, testosterone deficiency increases slightly with age. LOH is a clinically and biochemically defined disease of older men with serum testosterone level below the reference parameters of younger healthy men and with ...

Rather high prevalence rates of alcohol abuse in the elderly have been reported in the literature. However, there is some evidence that many elderly persons with alcohol problems are not identified, probably due to the nonspecificity of alcohol-related presentations in old individuals. Thus, there is an ongoing discussion on appropriate diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence in elder people...

Late progressive polyneuropathy followed by pyramidal findings in a 20 year old agricultural labourer who ingested Isofenphos solution during his work, is presented. The patient was confined to a wheelchair within 6 weeks, regained walking ability within 6 months, and a 23 months' follow up revealed slight additional clinical improvement with minimal progression of the pyramidal signs. The neur...

Neonatal sepsis can be classified into two subtypes depending upon whether the onset of symptoms is before 72 hours of life (early-onset neonatal sepsis-EONS) or later (late-onset neonatal sepsis-LONS). These definitions have contributed greatly to diagnosis and treatment by identifying which microorganisms are likely to be responsible for sepsis during these periods and the expected outcomes o...

The term "late-onset schizophrenia" was first coined by Manfred Bleuler (1943) to describe a form of schizophrenia with an onset between the ages of 40 and 60. This concept has been adopted by German psychiatry. Until recently, British and American psychiatrists had little interest in this patient group. However, they often used the term "late-onset schizophrenia" interchangeably with late para...

Infections affecting infants in the hospital nursery are generally divided into those with a prenatal onset and early- and late-onset postnatal infections. Little attempt has been made to differentiate infections affecting infants more than a week of age from those with an onset at several months of age. Three cases are presented which demonstrate how, currently, infants far older than one mont...

CASE REPORT A 75-year-old man presents for routine follow-up examination 6 years after uncomplicated primary trabeculectomy with a 2minute intraoperative application of mitomycin C (MMC, 0.4mm/ mL). Although progression had occurred when the intraocular pressure (IOP) was in the mid teens, the visual fields have remained stable since filtration surgery was performed. The IOP is 8mm Hg and a lar...

introduction : the aim of this study was to compare obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) comorbidity in early and late onset bipolar i disorder and to explore the pattern of obsessive symptoms in these two groups. methods : a total of 100 inpatients with early and late bipolar disorder were admitted in the child, adolescent and adult psychiatric ward. they were recruited to the study through con...