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Clinical Articles / BY: Bonnie J. Hayes, PhD July/August 2002
... demonstrate non-organic (medically incongruent) signs. [1,2]  Environmental contingencies are responsible for their ...
Letters April 2002
... highlighting it on the cover of the journal (BCMJ 2002;44[1]), I was appalled at the choice of illustration that was ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erin E. Michalak, PhD October 2002
... at all for their condition in the previous 12 months. [1]   Of those patients who did receive treatment with ... see a general practitioner in the course of a year ( Table 1, part A ). An analysis of mental health utilization during ... from a psychiatrist or from a mental health clinic ( Table 1, part B ). Given these data, it is not surprising that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gunter P. Siegmund, PhD, PEng June 2002
... associated with both an increased risk of whiplash injury [1-5]  and a higher frequency of multiple symptoms [6] ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Peter L. Munk, MDCM, FRCPC, FSIR, FFRRCSI(Hon) December 2002
... compression fracture secondary to a variety of causes. [1-3]  This technique was originally pioneered in France in ... of the pedicular puncture is performed, and we administer 1 g of intravenous cefazolin (or other broad-spectrum ... or near complete relief of pain within 48 to 72 hours. [1,15,17,22-26]  Further gradual improvement in pain has been ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson March 2002
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Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew Eisen MD, FRCPC September 2002
... neurodegenerations affecting the aging nervous system. [1,2]  Its pathogenesis is complex and multifactorial and ... and peaks at between 55 and 65 years of age [10]  ( Table 1 ). About 5% to 10% of ALS is hereditary. At present only ... number of trinucleotide CAG repeats within the exon 1 coding regions. The number of repeats may correlate with ...
Letters May 2002
... care and medical practice in the province. Character #1: “Doctors are overpaid crybabies. All they want is more ...
Clinical Articles / BY: E. Jane Garland, MD, FRCPC November 2002
... remains relatively uncommon in preadolescents ( Table 1 ), the prevalence rises dramatically with the onset of adolescence. [1]  During the past 30 years, the rate of depression has ... of teens will have spontaneously resolved by 2 months. [1]  Nevertheless, more brief depressions may herald future, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fikre Germa, MD, CCFP(EM) January/February 2002
... and the second case involves tuberculous meningitis. Case 1 In May 1998 a 79-year-old aboriginal female presented to a ... that had become progressively worse over the course of 1 year. She related all her symptoms to a fall 1 year before presentation, and had been treated ...