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G Moretti

Publications and source records attributed to G Moretti.

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PubMed1984

Hematocrit and stroke. A case-control study.

A case-control study was undertaken to evaluate the role of hematocrit (Hct) level in the pathogenesis of stroke. Hct was determined in 110 subjects with acute ischemic stroke and compared with the values obtained in 110 subjects, matched for age and sex, admitted to our Division of General Medicine because of other diseases. Statistical analysis of the results by means of the McNemar test for pairs did not confirm the hypothesis that Hct values in stroke patients differ significantly from the control values.

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PubMed1984

[Retrospective study of 50 cases of spinal meningioma].

The clinical history prior to surgery of 50 consecutive cases of spinal meningioma was reviewed. The following features turned out to be particularly interesting: a 7:1 female to male ratio; the symptoms began after the sixth decade in no less than 66% of patients; only 36% were correctly diagnosed as having spinal tumor at the first clinical examination; the average duration of symptoms was 16 months prior to surgery. Such findings are discussed and compared with those of the previous reports.

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PubMed1983

[Epidemiological study on tremor in the aged].

203 hospitalized old-aged patients were examined for the presence of tremor. This physical sign was found in 58.6% of cases. By far the largest diagnostic category resulted that of essential tremor: 46.7% of all patients investigated and 77.8% of all cases of tremor. The frequency of this type of tremor was found to increase proportionally to age. The conclusion is drawn that also tremor, as well as other neurological signs frequently demonstrable in "normal" old people (for example, the so-called primitive reflexes), should be inscribed in the group of the phenomena due to the ageing process itself.

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PubMed1982

[Disturbances of equilibrium in the aged].

The occurrence during the last year of vestibular disorders, faints and drop attacks was investigated in 150 patients consecutively admitted to a geriatric hospital. The clinical features of these episodes were recorded by means of a proper questionnaire. True vertigo and/or feeling of unstable equilibrium were referred by 54,6% of the patients inquired into, whereas episodes interpretable as faints and drop attacks showed by far lower prevalences, respectively 13,3% and 6%. The Authors call attention to the difficulties in differential diagnosis among these three kinds of phenomena in the current practice.

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PubMed1981

[Juvenile cerebral infarct. Retrospective analysis of risk factors in 78 cases].

THe records of 78 young adults, who had suffered cerebral infarction, were reviewed with regard to possible pathogenetic mechanisms. Atherosclerosis risk factors appeared to play a major role between the age of 40 and 50, especially in males. Non atherosclerotic factors of cerebral ischemia were found predominant among females under 40, owing to contribution of migraine, oral contraceptive use and pregnancy/puerperium. In 18% of the patients no etiology could be identified.

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PubMed1981

[Carotidynia].

The clinical definition of carotidynia is not a controversial one, whereas how its etiology should be interpreted is still uncertain. The study of the clinical features and the therapeutical results in 12 patients suffering from carotidynia reveals a marked resemblance to migraine. In particular, the case history reported points out a significant incidence of migraine as a familial disease, its special localization and the type of pain, the possible presence of a prodromal stage and the favourable response to the drugs that are known to be effective in migraine treatment. The theory that carotidynia should be ascribed to the group of vascular headaches is therefore suggested.

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PubMed1981

[Complicated migraine].

Three cases of complicated migraine are reported. A few days after neurological accidents, one patient showed an angiographic evidence of diffuse cerebral vasospasm. This finding possibly bears out vasomotor hypothesis of migraine.

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