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Who and what drove Walter Kempner? The rice diet revisited.
Klemmer, P, Grim, CE, Luft, FC
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979). 2014;(4):684-8
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[Spinal epidural lipomatosis].
Artner, J, Leucht, F, Cakir, B, Reichel, H, Lattig, F
Der Orthopade. 2012;(11):889-93
Abstract
Spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) is a rare condition affecting the thoracic and lumbar spine, characterized by a hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the rich vascularized fat tissue inside the spinal canal. The etiology of SEL is unknown. A high number of cases are associated with obesity, corticosteroid intake and a dysbalance in adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-cortisone metabolism. It can be an incidental radiographic finding or present with symptoms, such as low back pain, weakness of the lower limbs, dysesthesia, radiculopathy, claudication or even cauda equina syndrome. The interdisciplinary treatment consists of weight reduction, weaning from corticosteroids and in persisting cases or neurologic alterations in surgical decompression of the spinal canal. The following article presents a current review and a case report of this rare entity.
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The Gonzalez therapy and cancer: a collection of case reports.
Gonzalez, NJ, Isaacs, LL
Alternative therapies in health and medicine. 2007;(1):46-55
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Potential and latent coeliac disease.
Holmes, GK
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology. 2001;(9):1057-60
Abstract
This case report details a child with coeliac disease and giardiasis. Treatment of the infection without recourse to a gluten-free diet cured the symptoms of diarrhoea and returned the small intestinal morphology to normal. Thus, the patient moved from active to latent coeliac disease. Potential and latent forms of coeliac disease are being increasingly recognized, since markers have become available to identify patients and investigations developed to test for gluten sensitivity in the small intestinal mucosa. This case provides an opportunity to consider potential and latent forms of coeliac disease and how these impact on clinical practice and the wider understanding of the disorder.