Showing papers by "Shuu Jiun Wang published in 1991"
TL;DR: A 15-year-old boy's speech had imprecise consonants, monopitch, low pitch, low volume, harsh voice, and hyponasality, which suggested that tongue dyskinesia could be an early sign of Wilson disease and was not the main cause of his dysarthria.
Abstract: A 15-year-old boy was diagnosed as having Wilson disease. He perceived involuntary tongue movement and speech disorder since March 1990. The tongue movements presented in the resting state and during action. It contracted transversely and bilaterally with an irregular frequency about 1 Hz. As a result, the sides of the tongue moved to form a narrow central groove. This was quite different from the tongue protrusion of tardive dyskinesia. His speech had imprecise consonants, monopitch, low pitch, low volume, harsh voice, and hyponasality. These suggested that tongue dyskinesia could be an early sign of Wilson disease and was not the main cause of his dysarthria.
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TL;DR: The majority of the subjects had only limited understanding of dementia, and having medical insurance helps the family in caring for the demented patients, emotionally and socially, but not financially.
Abstract: A standardized questionnaire was sent to family members or care-givers of 105 patients with dementia; 68 were returned. Eighty-eight percent of the patients were cared for at home by their spouses or
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TL;DR: A case of bilateral cerebral ischemia with frequent painful tonic spasms involving face, both upper and sometimes both lower extremities, which subsided after treatment with diazepam.
Abstract: We report a case of bilateral cerebral ischemia with frequent painful tonic spasms involving face, both upper and sometimes both lower extremities. The spasms subsided after treatment with diazepam.
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TL;DR: The first case of HAM is reported in a native Taiwanese, a 61‐year‐old woman, without known HTLV‐1 risk factors, and it is reported that this area is not an endemic area of HAM.
Abstract: Taiwan is geographically, culturally, and socially close to southern Japan, which is an endemic area of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy (HAM). Taiwan, however, is not an endemic area of HAM. We report the first case of HAM in a native Taiwanese, a 61-year-old woman, without known HTLV-1 risk factors.
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