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C Demoulin

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PubMed2006

Chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review.

OBJECTIVE: A systematic review of the literature about chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). METHODS: A search of the Medline database (via Ovid and PubMed) with the key words chronic fatigue syndrome, diagnosis, classification, epidemiology, etiology, physiopathology, metabolism, microbiology, immunology, virology, psychology, drug therapy, rehabilitation, and therapy. The reference lists of each article were examined for additional related articles. RESULTS: CFS was defined in 1988 by the US Centes for Disease Control and Prevention. The prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome has ranged from 0.2% to 0.7% in the general population. In 1994, the definition of CFS was revised by Fukuda et al. Despite various research in several topics (e.g. infection, immune systems, neuroendocrinology, autonomic activity, neuromuscular involvement), the pathophysiology remains unknown. CONCLUSION: CFS, with its various major clinical and functional impacts, should be associated with a "biopsychosocial model". Progressive muscular rehabilitation, combined with behavioral and cognitive treatment, is an essential part of therapy.

Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic↗
PubMed2006

[Value of aerobic rehabilitation in the management of fibromyalgia].

This study assesses the influence of a muscular aerobic revalidation program on the management of the fibromyalgia syndrome. After 3 months, benefits consisting of increased muscle performances associated with a reduction of pain and an improvement of quality of life were documented. This study confirms the value of aerobic muscle exercise in fibromyalgia patients.

Adult↗
PubMed1991

[Wegener's granulomatosis: breast localization].

The case of a 37-year-old patient with a history of Wegener's granulomatosis presenting with a right painless breast mass is reported. Breast mammography and sonography were poorly contributive and the inflammatory nature of the lesion was established by fine needle biopsy.

Adult↗
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[Current psychoanalytic observations on dreams].

What is a dream from a psychoanalytical point of view? Freud first contemplates the fulfillment of the wish (1900), then the compulsion to repeat (1920) and finally the benefit of pleasure (1925). Following J. Lacan, a function of coding can be brought out: the dream substitutes the picture translated enjoyment of the sign from traumatic reality. Thus, the dream dreamt is not a message but a means of enjoyment of the unconscious.

Dreams↗
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[Recommendations for a basic functional assessment of low back pain].

This article aims to recommend easy, reproducible and valid physical tests and questionnaires to allow a functional and physical assessment of sub-acute and chronic low back pain patients. We recommend the pain visual analogue scale, the French translation of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (EIFEL) and the Dallas questionnaire to appreciate pain intensity and its influence on patients' quality of life. Sorensen's test is recommended in order to assess trunk extensor muscles endurance. We suggest to measure pelvic and lumbar flexion mobility by means of the inclinometer technique. The test described by McQuade is recommended to assess abdominal muscles static endurance.

Humans↗
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[Psychoanalytical theory of schizophrenia].

The study of language's disorders in schizophrenia (semantic's dissociation) leads to consider the schizophrenic "outside of speech". The schizophrenic seems to use speech as a script. But his phantasmic place is scopical: he is view. So, the psycho-analytical approach needs other way than words.

Communication↗
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[The wolf-man, a borderline case?].

The diagnostic of "borderline" relies on the study of the Ego the refers to the prevalence of imaginary mechanisms, like object splitting. However, it doesn't allow to distinguish neurotic from psychotic structure. In the case of the Wolf-Man, the investigation of childhood's material (hallucination of the cut finger) allows to overpass this difficulty.

Borderline Personality Disorder↗