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A Quattrini

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[Clinical and CT aspects of muscular dystonias].

Clinical, EMG, genetic and CT investigations were performed on 16 subjects suffering from Torsion Dystonia. We obtained the following results: i) genetically most cases were sporadic, only two could be considered autosomic dominant; ii) one of the pedigrees, with many patients, confirmed that spasmodic torticollis is not a distinct form from that of Dystonia Muscolorum Deformans; the two forms must be included in one disease called "Torsion Dystonia", as maintained by some Authors; iii) we found that the various drugs employed, rarely produced improvement, although benzodiaze4pines have given some benefit; iv) CT findings were not specific, though useful for differential diagnosis.

Adolescent↗
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[Neurological complications in drug dependence with special reference to the development of epileptic syndromes].

33 drug abusers were examined and all of them were addicts to several drugs and always to heroin. Neurological complications occurred rather frequently. One patient had subarachnoid hemorrhage and angiography showed no arteriovenous malformations nor other pathology. Polyneuropathy has been found in one case. 7 patients (21,2%) developed psychotic episodes. Epileptic attacks were found in 5 cases (15,1%). Latency between the onset of drug-abusing and occurrence of the attacks was found to be at least 1 year in two cases and 3 years in the other three. 4 cases suffered from partial complex seizures with secondary generalization and one patient had generalized tonic-clonic attacks. Fits occurred rarely in all cases; one patient had two episodes of partial status. Further research is required because there are few clinical reports in comparison with the experimental ones.

Adolescent↗
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[Epileptic patients: work and entailing risks (author's transl)].

We made a survey of 450 epileptic patients to find out how their disability affected their jobs and what risks were involved. 60% of the patients questioned had jobs. Those who did not work had frequent attacks and neurological and/or psychiatric handicaps. About 50% of the working epileptic patients were self-employed against a figure of 35% for the self-employed population in our region. In 6.6% of the cases, accidents had occurred at work because of attacks. In half of these cases the accident was not serious and in the other of no account. There is little difference between the Italian population in general and the epileptic when we consider the risks involved at work. This may be attributed to the prudence and common sense the patients show in their choice of work (when this is possible) and in the way they perform their work. Italian law on civil disability limits the work for which epileptics may be employed. For this reason they very often hide their illness from their employer and co-workers.

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