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Diseases Caused by Helminthic | Moazami, Golnaz | "This chapter considers diseases of neuro-ophthalmologic significance produced by helminths." |
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Fungi and Mycotic Diseases | Joel M. Weinstein, MD | "Opportunistic fungal infections are common and continue to increase in frequency and severity as a consequence of the use of immunosuppressive therapy after solid-organ transplantation and for a variety of diseases, particularly cancer, and because of the increasing prevalence of the acquired immun... |
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Spirochetal Diseases | Lesser, Robert L | "Spirochetes are widely distributed in nature and often are found in aquatic environments, but they colonize humans. All spirochetal infections are characterized by skin or mucous membrane penetration followed by a spirochetemia that produces damage during several clinical stages (2)." |
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Phacomatoses | John Kerrison, MD, Retina Consultants of Charleston | "Syndromes characterized by hamartomas of the skin, eye, central nervous system (CNS), and other viscera are collectivelycalled phacomatoses (1). These disorders produce significant visual and neurologic disturbances. Although most of these syndromes arise from mutations in single genes inherited in... |
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Index | | Index to Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition. |
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Prions and Prion Diseases | Eric R. Eggenberger, DO, Mayo Clinic | "The prion (pronounced ‘‘pree-on'') diseases are clinically heterogeneous, progressive neurodegenerative disorders that share similar pathologic features, primarily spongiform degeneration of the brain (Figs. 53.1 and 53.2) and are caused by a transmissible agent with biologic properties unlike ... |