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Differential Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction

In general, all causes of precordial and chest pain have to be considered in the differential diagnosis of an acute myocardial infarction. In persistent chest pain, which is associated with symptoms such as...

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Disturbances of Skin Pigmentation

Most systemic illnesses that alter skin pigmentation do so by changing the melanin content of the skin. > Depigmentation/Hypopigmentation. Generalized, diffuse, or local diminution of skin pigmentation...

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Diagnosis and Evaluation of Delirium

The cornerstone of evaluation of delirium is a comprehensive history and physical examination. The first step in evaluation should be to establish the diagnosis of delirium through cognitive assessment and...

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Swine Influenza

"Swine flu" is new influenza after "mad cow" and "avian influenza". Some people thinks that it is another trick of pharmaceutical companies to earn billions of money from scared people. Others says that the...

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Central Pain Syndromes (Brain, Spinal Cord)

Neurogenic pain of central origin is rarely seen in the everyday neurological practice. However, there are a number of prominent syndromes of differential diagnostic relevance with the cardinal symptom pain,...

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Swine (Mexican pig) flu

What is swine flu (influenca) ? Swine flu or Mexican flu infects people every year and is found typically in people who have been in contact with pigs. Pigs are transmitors for this deatlhy desease so You...

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Changes in the Tongue

A coated or furred tongue has been recognized as a sign of disease for millennia but may also be present in normal individuals (e. g., when not rubbed away after the ingestion of semiliquid food); it may also...

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Clinical Features of Ulcers

Clinical Features and Differential Diagnosis. Strongly localized pain is characteristic for ulcers, as compared to irritable stomach and acute gastritis. In acute gastritis a diffuse pain upon palpation is...

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Short Stature Due to Congenital Syndromes

Turner Syndrome (gonadal dysgenesis) is a chromosomal anomaly with karyotype 45,X. It is found in 1 in 5000 newborn girls. It manifests itself phenotypically in a shieldlike chest, a wide intermammillary...

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