Chylothorax was probably first described by Aseli in 1677 (cited by Kirkland, 1965). It can occur neonatally and during infancy, in childhood, and in adult life. In the neonatal period less than 20 cases had been recorded up to 1965 (Kirkland, 1965). These were considered to be due to a congenital defect in the thoracic duct, and in a few to birth trauma, convulsions, or respiratory obstruction...

degree, in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The possibility that myelotoxic antibodies may be formed secondarily to myelin destruction, arising perhaps from some non-immune cause, is a very real one in view of the finding of antibody to encephalitogenic factor in a variety of neurological conditions reported by Field, Caspary, and Ball (1963). Nevertheless, their undoubted occurrence in multiple ...

ERIK Duval, full professor at the Computer Science Department of KU Leuven, passed away on 12 March, 2016, after a two-year illness with cancer, T-ALL Leukaemia. He was 50. During these two years, he was still supervising his team and as always sharing his great thoughts with all of us. He was optimistic, as always, and we were all optimistic for him. It was only in the last few weeks that unex...

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The early receptor potential (ERP) of the retina was found by BROWN and MURAKAMI (1964a, b) in the monkey. The ERP has been reported to exist in some other animals and to be closely linked with the initial events of visual excitation (CONE, 1964, 1965; PAK and CONE, 1964; PAK and EBREY, 1965; BROWN, 1965; BROWN, WATANABE and MURAKAMI, 1965; PAK, 1965; ARDEN and IKEDA, 1965, 1966; BRINDLEY and G...

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