Objective: To determine the value of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) score as
a prognostic indicator for prosthetic use in the lower limb amputee patient. Design: Cohort …

Using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, we studied 16 male patients with unilateral above
knee amputations (AKA) with a mean age of 48 years (range, 23 to 66 years) who were full-…

Twenty-seven patients with CF and joint complaints were reviewed. Twelve patients had
arthritis, 11 had HPO, and four had symptoms of mechanical neck and back pain. We have …

A 51-year-old white man with celiac disease presented with seizures unresponsive to medical
therapy. Investigations including brain biopsy revealed isolated vasculitis of the central …

Correlation of renal histology with outcome in children with lupus nephritis. We assessed
renal histological features in 20 children with diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis (DPLN) to …

OBJECTIVE: The potential clinical significance of posticus ponticus is controversial because
the majority of patients with this finding are asymptomatic. This study sought to estimate the …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether vasodilation occurs when interferential
therapy (IF) is applied to the cervical sympathetic chain and stellate ganglion; the dorso-…

We reviewed 165 pediatric cases of Haemophilus Influenzae type b meningitis and found
11 (6.7%) with associated arthritis. Synovial fluid culture and Gram stain suggested that only …

T HE INCIDENCE of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in the United States is now about 30
per million, with a prevalence of 906 per million.’Life expectancy following TSCI has …

Fourteen patients with cystic fibrosis arthritis and eight patients with cystic fibrosis and
hypertrophic osteoarthropathy were typed for HLA-A, B, C, DR, and DQ antigens and were …