Carbon monoxide; CO is a colourless, odourless, tasteless and non-irritant type of gas. CO emerges as a consequence of poor combustion of carbon-based fuels, which can lead to acute and chronic poisoning. Despite the same exposure conditions, individuals may be confronted with di...
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Research Article10.9734//INDJ/2017/33495
Background: Somatic pain is often associated with depression. Patients presenting with this combination can be difficult to treat and create a significant financial burden on the medical system. The mechanisms of action linking somatic pain and the myriad of depression are not cl...
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Research Article10.9734//INDJ/2017/32908
Introduction: Panayiotopoulos syndrome (PS) is an age-related, and a relatively frequent benign epileptic syndrome, characterised by predominantly autonomic symptoms and/or simple motor focal seizures followed, or not, by impairment of consciousness. Interictal electroencephalogr...
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Research Article10.9734//INDJ/2017/32646
Background: Poor socioeconomic status and lower level of maternal education have been identified to contribute significantly to lower cognitive function of HIV-positive children. This study was designed to determine if there are significant associations between performance in Rav...
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Research Article10.9734//INDJ/2017/32267
Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical profile of children with cerebral palsy (CP) at Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), Jos, North-Central Nigeria. Study Design: This was a case series study. Place and Duration of Study: Paediatric neurology clinic, Jos U...
The goal of the study is to analyse the defects of intellectual activity in patients with aphasia. The Scheme for evaluation of Intellectual Activity was applied to four Spanish speaking patients with vascular accidents: two patients with semantic and two with motor afferent apha...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/32280
Objectives: To assess effect of epilepsy and anti-epileptic drug (AED) therapy on sexual function and potency of the epileptic male patients. Patients and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study incorporated 40 epileptic male patients with mean age of 26.8±2.9 years and 15 contr...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/29392
A 28 year old male student, with a long standing history of psychotic disorder, presented with excessive water intake and symptom exacerbation with associated confusion, vomiting and irrational talk, that has started a week before. He drank about 20 L of water daily and had dysel...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/32113
Aim: To study measurement of the therapeutic serum concentration of Oxcarbazepine (OXC) in children diagnosed with epilepsy and to analyze the relationship among the serum drug concentration of OXC based on drug dose/weight. To observe therapeutic range of OXC to provide them a r...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/32181
Hydrocephaly is a rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE], and the pathogenesis is still unclear. Some studies suggest cerebral venous thrombosis, immune complex deposition within the arachnoid villi, or direct post-inflammatory lesions of the central nervous sys...
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