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J Intellect Disabil Res ; 47(Pt 2): 85-9, 2003 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12542573

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Rett syndrome is a genetic developmental disorder, and stereotyped hand movements are a striking feature of this condition. The aim of the present study was to subject these movements to objective analysis and compare the results in one girl at different ages. METHOD: The hand movements of a 10-year-old girl with Rett syndrome were subjected to accurate, three-dimensional (3D) computerized motion analysis and compared to two-dimensional (2D) video analysis of the same girl at 3 years of age. RESULTS: Three-dimensional computerized analysis revealed regular patterns with strong coupling between the hands. Frequency analysis showed a dominant frequency at 1.2 Hz, with a higher component at 2.4 Hz that may relate to the activity of basic rhythm generators. The same coupling characteristics were extracted from standard, 2D video recordings made at the same time as the 3D capture. CONCLUSION: An informal video of the same girl taken when she was 3 years of age was analysed in the same way as the 2D video and showed the same characteristics, indicating the possible future use of automated video analysis for early screening and intervention evaluation.


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Hand/physiopathology , Rett Syndrome/physiopathology , Stereotyped Behavior/physiology , Child , Computers , Female , Humans , Neurologic Examination , Videotape Recording
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J Med Microbiol ; 14(4): 391-9, 1981 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6796693

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Phagocytosis and intracellular killing of several facultative anaerobes were observed in aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The presence of anaerobes affected these processes. Bacteroides asaccharolyticus and B. fragilis were killed by phagocytes only at bacterial concentrations less than 1 x 10(7) cfu/ml; at higher concentrations of the anaerobes, killing of B. fragilis and concomitant facultative anaerobes was inhibited. This effect appeared to be due to an interaction, in appropriate reducing conditions, between anaerobe and serum, which allowed engulfment of organisms by phagocytes but markedly impaired intracellular killing.


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Bacteroides/physiology , Blood Bactericidal Activity , Enterobacteriaceae/physiology , Enterococcus faecalis/physiology , Phagocytosis , Aerobiosis , Anaerobiosis , Hot Temperature , Humans , Metronidazole/pharmacology , Oxidation-Reduction , Phagocytes/microbiology , Phagocytosis/drug effects
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