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A 60-Year-Old Woman With Progressive Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Myoclonic Jerks
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A 60-year-old woman presents with abnormal behavior, irritability, disorientation, forgetfulness, and unsteadiness while walking (including repeated falls). Her symptoms have evolved gradually over the past 3 months. She has also developed intermittent jerking limb movements. An electroencephalogram (EEG) is obtained. What diagnosis is suggested by the EEG? eMedicine Case Presentations
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Monoclonal Antibody May Prevent Radiation-Induced Fibrosis
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Researchers say that the integrin-transforming growth-factor beta axis is involved in the development of fibrosis and that by blocking integrin beta 6, pulmonary toxicity can be prevented and possibly even reversed. Medscape Medical News
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Positive Pressure Ventilation: What is the Real Cost?
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Ventilation and positive end expiratory pressure create a series of physiologic events that may lead to metabollic derangement. Should passive oxygenation replace more forceful measures?
British Journal of Anaesthesia
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