The relationship between Stress Reactivity and psychopathology, mainly minor psychopathology, in a sample of medical students (n = 76) to whom the Stress Reactivity Questionnaire (CRE-32) and Derogatis' SCL-90-R Questionnaire (Symptom Checklist 90 Revised) were administered, is studied. A higher psychopathological distress, as evidenced in SCL-90-R general psychopathological indexes and psychopathological dimensions scores, is reported by subjects with high stress reactivity compared to those with low stress reactivity (p < 0.001). These results suggest that stress reactivity acts as a buffer of psychopathology. Thus, the assumption of the participation of a "high stress reactivity" in facilitating illness in general, both in psychiatric conditions as in medical ones, is discussed.

Adolescent↗

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Sodium clodronate in a patient with the Eisenmenger syndrome, hyperparathyroidism and multiple endocrine adenomatosis.

The use of sodium clodronate in the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism is described. The drug successfully reduced the serum calcium but without improvement in the patients muscle and joint symptoms. It appears that mild degrees of hypercalcaemia have few clinical effects.

Adenoma↗

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[Reactive and adaptive phenomena in bronchial asthma].

Psychological phenomena secondary to bronchial asthma play a relevant role in this disease influencing in a remarkable way its clinical course in each patient. Thus, an appropriate knowledge of the reactive and adjustment phenomena may lead to an outstanding medical outcome in response to the relevant conventional medical treatments usually carried out in these patients. In our present paper diverse psychosological variables involving psychological responders to a chronic disease as bronchial asthma are analysed. Such variables include so important topics as "illness behaviour", "life style", coping style" and treatment compliance in this very clinical condition.

Adaptation, Psychological↗

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[Aneurysm of the membranous septum. Apropos of 20 cases].

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Child, Preschool↗