scholarly journals Cerebral ventricular size in depressed subjects

1985 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 873-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Dolan ◽  
S. P. Calloway ◽  
A. H. Mann
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Ventricular Size ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Course Of Illness ◽  
Computed Tomographic ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
Male Sex ◽  
And Control

SynopsisA computed tomographic study of 101 depressed patients and 52 normal control subjects is described. Increasing age and male sex were both associated with larger ventricular size in both patient and control groups. Controlling for these effects, the depressed patients had larger ventricles than the control subjects. In the patient group there was no association between ventricular size, course of illness or exposure to drug treatment or electroconvulsive therapy.

A Randomized, Controlled Assessment of the Canalith Repositioning Maneuver

1994 ◽  
Vol 110 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian W. Blakley
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Trial ◽  
Substantial Improvement ◽  
Subjective Improvement ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Treatment Benefit ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Positional Vertigo ◽  
And Control ◽  
Repositioning Maneuver

The efficacy of the canalith repositioning maneuver in the treatment of benign positional vertigo was assessed in this controlled, randomized trial of 38 subjects. Treated subjects underwent the maneuver and control subjects did not. All were reevaluated 1 month after treatment. The number of persons experiencing subjective improvement was not statistically significantly different between the treatment and control groups. All patients, in both experimental and control groups, in this study experienced substantial improvement. Although the maneuver is safe it does not have treatment benefit for benign positional vertigo.

Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with chronic nonspecific pharyngitis: preliminary study

2007 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
İ Aladag ◽  
Y Bulut ◽  
M Guven ◽  
A Eyibilen ◽  
K Yelken
Keyword(s):  
Helicobacter Pylori ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
The Difference ◽  
H Pylori ◽  
And Control

AbstractBackground and objectives:Chronic nonspecific pharyngitis is a chronic inflammation of the pharynx. It is found worldwide, and treatment is difficult. The underlying aetiopathogenesis is still controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in chronic nonspecific pharyngitis patients without other possible causative factors for chronic pharyngeal irritation and without H pylori gastric mucosal infection.Materials and methods:Forty-one patients with symptoms of chronic nonspecific pharyngitis and 30 healthy control subjects were enrolled in this prospective, controlled, clinical study. In both study and control groups, selected patients were shown to have gastric mucosa uninfected by H pylori, as demonstrated by the 14C-urea breath test. Comprehensive otorhinolaryngological examination did not elicit any factor contributing to the chronic pharyngeal complaint. Serum H pylori immunoglobulin G antibody titres were assayed using serum enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The difference between the study and control groups was analysed by the chi-square test (the likelihood ratio was used).Results:Thirty-two of the 41 patients (78 per cent) and 14 of the 30 control subjects (46.7 per cent) were found to be H pylori positive. Patients with chronic nonspecific pharyngitis were found to have a significantly higher rate of H pylori seropositivity than the control group (p = 0.016).Conclusion:These data may be important in developing future treatment strategies for chronic nonspecific pharyngitis.

Occlusal Force and Condylar Motion in Patients with Anterior Open Bite

2005 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Miyawaki ◽  
Y. Araki ◽  
Y. Tanimoto ◽  
A. Katayama ◽  
A. Fujii ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporomandibular Disorders ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Test Group ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Open Bite ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Anterior Open Bite ◽  
Occlusal Force ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
And Control

Patients with open bite often show a weak occlusal force and temporomandibular disorders (TMDs). If these are the main cause of open bite, it may be hypothesized that both pre-pubertal and adult open-bite patients would show a weak occlusal force and abnormal condylar motion. The purpose of this study was to test this hypothesis. Test group subjects consisted of 13 consecutive pre-pubertal and 13 adult patients with anterior open bite. They were compared with age-matched normal subjects. The adult open-bite group showed a weaker occlusal force and a shorter range of condylar motion compared with the control subjects. In the pre-pubertal subjects, however, there were no significant differences in the occlusal force and range of condylar motion between the open-bite and control groups. Therefore, these results suggest that a weak occlusal force or TMDs may not be the main cause of open bite.

CSF Somatostatin in alzheimer's disease, depressed patients, and control subjects

1988 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 710-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth L. Davis ◽  
Michael Davidson ◽  
Ren-Kui Yang ◽  
Bonnie M. Davis ◽  
Larry J. Siever ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals An Early Developmental Marker of Deficit versus Nondeficit Schizophrenia

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1331-1335
Author(s):  
Brian Kirkpatrick ◽  
Özlem Gürbüz Oflezer ◽  
Mehtap Delice Arslan ◽  
Gary Hack ◽  
Emilio Fernandez-Egea
Keyword(s):  
Negative Symptoms ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Developmental Differences ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Course Of Illness ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Deficit Schizophrenia ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Control ◽  
Early Developmental

Abstract People with schizophrenia and primary negative symptoms (deficit schizophrenia) differ from those without such symptoms (nondeficit schizophrenia) on risk factors, course of illness, other signs and symptoms, treatment response, and biological correlates. These differences suggest that the 2 groups may also have developmental differences. A previous study found that people with schizophrenia have a wider palate than comparison subjects. We tested the hypothesis that those with deficit and nondeficit schizophrenia would differ on palate width. A dentist made blinded measurements of palate shape in deficit (N = 21) and nondeficit (N = 25) patients and control subjects (N = 127), matched for age and gender. The deficit group had significantly wider palates than either nondeficit or control subjects (respective means [standard deviation] 37.5 [3.9], 33.7 [3.1], and 34.0 [2.9]; P < .001 for both deficit/nondeficit and deficit/control comparisons, respective effect sizes 1.08 and 1.01). The nondeficit/control difference in width was not significant (P = .83), and there were no significant group differences in length or depth. The power to detect a nondeficit/control difference in width equal in size to that of the deficit/control difference in width (3.5 mm) was 0.99 and 0.92 for a 2.0-mm difference. This difference in palate width may reflect a divergence in development between deficit and nondeficit patients that occurs by the early second trimester and is consistent with the hypothesis that deficit schizophrenia is a separate disease within the syndrome of schizophrenia.

Nocturnal catecholamines and immune function in insomniacs, depressed patients, and control subjects

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 365-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Irwin ◽  
Camellia Clark ◽  
Brian Kennedy ◽  
J Christian Gillin ◽  
Michael Ziegler
Keyword(s):  
Immune Function ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
And Control
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