PURPOSE To evaluate the role of neuro-imaging in children presenting with the first afebrile seizure and determine factors that influence the outcome of imaging in a large paediatric emergency centre. METHOD This is a retrospective review of the medical records of all patients presenting with the first non-febrile seizure to a large paediatric emergency centre in the state of Qatar. Seizure c...

OBJECTIVES To construct a specific database for the neuro-endocrine-immune (NEI) interactions. METHODS/RESULTS Version 1.0 database for neuro-endocrine-immune (dbNEI) serves as a web-based knowledge resource specific for the NEI systems. dbNEI collects 1,058 NEI related signal molecules, their 940 interactions and 72 affiliated tissues from the Cell Signaling Networks database, manually selec...

Introduction: Paraneoplastic neurological syndrome is a rare complication of different types of cancer. Non-small cell neuro-endocrine lung cancer is very rare and there are few descriptions of paraneoplastic syndrome in patients with such types of cancer. Paraneoplastic movement disorders, among them chorea, have an exceptionally rare occurrence. Clinical presentation: A 64-year-old woman pres...

Late-life implications of early traumatic stress for the adreno-cortical system were examined in a sample of 133 child survivors of the Holocaust,who were subjected to Nazi persecution during infancy. Method: In a non-convenience sample of child survivors, born between 1935-1944, basal circadian cortisol release and cortisol reactivity to a stressor were assessed. Results: Age, parental loss du...

background: the aim of this study was to review and characterize the pattern of cns lesions in patients suffering from aids and to correlate these patterns with clinical disorders. method: the mr scan, medical records and laboratory findings of 58 aids patients were reviewed retrospectively during april 1994 to november 1997 at the olive view/ucla and shiraz medical centers, and the patterns of...