Published in Israel journal of medical sciences
The intention of this paper was to review the literature on the use of EEG in headache evaluation and recommend clinical applications of this technique. The consensus of published findings was that EEG can differentiate migraineurs from controls but that it is not justified for routine diagnosis of headache etiology. We conclude that neuroimaging i...
Published in Israel journal of medical sciences
Published in Israel journal of medical sciences
Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been implicated strongly with human cervical, anal and penile cancers. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect HPV in cervical specimens of 88 women working at the public whorehouse. Using consensus primers which encode the L1 region of the HPV genome, the presence of HPV DNA was demonstrated in 2 speci...
Published in Israel journal of medical sciences
Published in Israel journal of medical sciences
The main objective of this study was to investigate mortality differentials in the Israeli population, aged 40 years and above, with regard to major demographic and socio-economic characteristics, in the nine-and-a-half years following the census of 1983. The method of data collection consisted of a linkage of records from the 20% sample of the cen...
Published in Israel journal of medical sciences
Forty-five patients who were referred for surgical resection of large colonic polyps after index colonoscopy were considered for endoscopic polypectomy. Eighteen of these patients were ultimately referred for surgery. Twenty-five patients with 25 large polyps underwent endoscopic polypectomy; there were 9 females and 16 males with a mean age of 69 ...
Published in Israel journal of medical sciences
Published in Israel journal of medical sciences
Heart rate variability (HRV) is increasingly being used to evaluate the function of the autonomic nervous system. Although autonomic dysfunction has been described in primary amyloidosis patients, this has not been established for patients with secondary amyloidosis. This study examines the autonomic function of 23 biopsy-proven secondary amyloidos...
Published in Israel journal of medical sciences
In order to compare activated clotting time (ACT) sampled from an arterial (heparin-flushed) line with the control, a venous (heparin-free) line, arterial and venous ACT values were assessed before and after cardiopulmonary bypass in 150 patients while undergoing open-heart surgery. ACT was measured by Hemochron 801 automatic analyzer. Baseline art...
Published in Israel journal of medical sciences
In Israel, as in most other countries, complementary medicine (CM) is gaining in popularity. This article provides a critical review of the field. In particular, it addresses the issues of effectiveness, safety and costs. For none of these fundamental issues is evidence at present sufficient for forming firm conclusions. Research methodologies in C...
