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HIV Seropositivity/complications , Head and Neck Neoplasms/pathology , Leiomyomatosis/pathology , Lumbar Vertebrae , Spinal Neoplasms/pathology , Thoracic Vertebrae , Child , Diagnosis, Differential , Head and Neck Neoplasms/complications , Head and Neck Neoplasms/diagnosis , Humans , Leiomyomatosis/complications , Leiomyomatosis/diagnosis , Male , Muscle Weakness/etiology , Neck Pain/etiology , Spinal Neoplasms/complications , Spinal Neoplasms/diagnosisSubject(s)
Cerebellar Neoplasms/pathology , Hemangioblastoma/pathology , Neck Pain/etiology , Spinal Cord Neoplasms/pathology , Adolescent , Cerebellar Neoplasms/complications , Diagnosis, Differential , Hemangioblastoma/complications , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Neck Pain/pathology , Spinal Cord Neoplasms/complications , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedSubject(s)
Headache/etiology , Meningeal Neoplasms/pathology , Meningioma/pathology , Adolescent , Cerebral Ventricles , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Meningeal Neoplasms/complications , Meningeal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Meningeal Neoplasms/surgery , Meningioma/complications , Meningioma/diagnostic imaging , Meningioma/surgery , RadiographyABSTRACT
Autosomal dominant hereditary ataxias are heterogeneous groups of disorders in which cerebellar ataxia and pyramidal, extrapyramidal, and extraocular signs predominate. We studied a family with this type of disorder with evidence supporting a large-fiber sensory neuronopathy. Electrophysiologic, histologic, radiologic, and biochemical features were studied. Neuropathic features of some forms of autosomal dominant spinocerebellar degeneration are, therefore, believed to be due to a ganglioneuropathy similar to that described in Friedreich's ataxia.
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Ataxia/pathology , Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/pathology , Adolescent , Adult , Ataxia/complications , Ataxia/metabolism , Female , Friedreich Ataxia/complications , Friedreich Ataxia/pathology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/complications , SensationSubject(s)
Behavior Therapy/methods , Enuresis/therapy , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
Measures for supportive care of the radiation therapy patient are presented. These include emotional support prior to and during the course of therapy facilitated by a written interview that allows the radiation oncologist to be a supportive communicator of realistic information. A discussion is made of the support of body tissues affected by combination radiation and chemotherapy. These tissues usually include skin, oral, esophageal and intestinal mucosa, and teeth. Means of maintaining nutritional support following weight loss of patients during therapy are described.
