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M Brown

Publications and source records attributed to M Brown.

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PubMed1976

Radioisotope scanning in inflammatory muscle disease.

Fourteen whole-body rectilinear bone scans using technetium 99m-polyphosphate were done in nine patients with well-documented inflammatory myopathy (either polymyositis or dermatomyositis). In all nine patients, the scans showed evidence of increased muscle labeling. Muscle uptake was markedly increased in one patient, moderately increased in two patients, and minimally increased in six patients. The degree of muscle labeling correlated with the severity of the muscle weakness at the time the scan was done. In four patients, who received high-dose corticosteroid treatment, muscle uptake was decreased following therapy. These findings suggest that radioisotope scanning may be useful in the diagnosis and management of patients with inflammatory muscle diseases.

Adrenal Cortex Hormones↗
PubMed1976

Glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose load in normal children and adolescents in Israel.

Sixty-three normal, healthy children and adolescents (39 males and 24 females) ranging in age from 2 to 20 years, were given a standard oral glucose tolerance test. A tendency to higher blood glucose levels and a statistically significant increase in insulin levels were found in the older age group in response to the glucose load. The older age group showed a significantly higher response of both glucose and insulin when separate percentile curves for prepubertal and pubertal boys and girls were constructed. No statistical differences were found between the sexes. Our findings demonstrate the necessity of applying norms for the oral glucose tolerance test according to age, particularly with respect to insulin values. The possibility of additional differences in response among various populations, as apparent from a comparison with the results of several other investigators, requires further study.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1976

Electronic training devices for hand rehabilitation.

Several new electronic hand rehabilitation devices are shown. These devices, which can be assembled locally with minimal funds, are excellent information feedback devices that can be used effectively in hand rehabilitation. Electrogoniometers may be used for hand and wrist range-of-motion feedback. In addition, various pressure sensitive devices are illustrated and the way in which these devices may be used in hand rehabilitation are portrayed.

Electronics, Medical↗
PubMed1975

Superior oblique tendon sheath syndrome of Brown.

Twenty-four patients with true superior oblique tendon sheath syndrome (Brown's syndrome) were extensively examined surgically. Since a tight or short anterior sheath of the superior oblique tendon was not present in any of our cases, we are not able to support the theory that this form of the syndrome is due to a congenital anomaly of the anterior sheath. The superior oblique tendon was taut and shortened in only two cases; in all the others it was limp, even in attempts to elevate the eye passively in adduction. Thus the majority of cases of constant congenital Brown's syndrome remain unexplained with no obvious abnormality found at surgery in any of the six extraocular muscles. However, our surgical findings did suggest that a restrictive band posterior and inferior to the globe was responsible for the limited elevation in adduction.

Child↗
PubMed1975

Somatostatin.

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Amino Acid Sequence↗