The goal of the study is to analyse the defects of intellectual activity in patients with aphasia. The Scheme for evaluation of Intellectual Activity was applied to four Spanish speaking patients with vascular accidents: two patients with semantic and two with motor afferent apha...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/32280
Objectives: To assess effect of epilepsy and anti-epileptic drug (AED) therapy on sexual function and potency of the epileptic male patients. Patients and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study incorporated 40 epileptic male patients with mean age of 26.8±2.9 years and 15 contr...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/29392
A 28 year old male student, with a long standing history of psychotic disorder, presented with excessive water intake and symptom exacerbation with associated confusion, vomiting and irrational talk, that has started a week before. He drank about 20 L of water daily and had dysel...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/32113
Aim: To study measurement of the therapeutic serum concentration of Oxcarbazepine (OXC) in children diagnosed with epilepsy and to analyze the relationship among the serum drug concentration of OXC based on drug dose/weight. To observe therapeutic range of OXC to provide them a r...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/32181
Hydrocephaly is a rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE], and the pathogenesis is still unclear. Some studies suggest cerebral venous thrombosis, immune complex deposition within the arachnoid villi, or direct post-inflammatory lesions of the central nervous sys...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/31801
Context: Dementia is one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century because of its health, social and economic impact. In India over 4.1 million people are affected. Dementia still remains a largely hidden problem in India. There is gross ignorance, neglect and scarce...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/31691
Background and Objectives: We present a pilot study of arts psychotherapy proposed in combination with cognitive restructuring techniques to N=13 adult women affected by a disturbed body image, low self-esteem and depressive tendencies in relationship with obesity. Methods: The...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/31113
Background: The abuse of psychoactive substances has become a global menace that threatens the entire society because of its dire consequences. It has been observed that driving a vehicle under the influence of psychoactive substances is a growing cause of fatal road traffic acci...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/29676
We report a case of a 45-year old Hispanic male who was diagnosed with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) presented to the emergency department (ED) with altered mental status, confusion, and violent behavior. Computed tomography (CT) scan of the head was normal and repeated lumbar pun...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/29820
Background: The psycholinguistic ability testing of phonological and orthographic skills is one of the assessment tools to measure children’s learning development. The traditional method to administer the test has been face to face with a scale box. Continuing advancements in red...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/25365
Objectives: The present review provides an overview of the appropriate literature on the use of nutraceuticals in depression. The goal was to examine whether nutraceuticals, in combination with the current pharmacotherapies or even as mono-therapies, could be effective in depress...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/29568
The “Type of Article” of this paper is “Letter to the Editor”. This paper discuses about: “The Use of a Topographic Model to Describe Cognitive Disorders for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis”. No formal abstract is available. Readers are requested to read the full article.
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/29415
The study assessed the perspectives of nurses in Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria on the effectiveness of substance abuse management. It made use of a descriptive research design. The study was conducted at the Department of Nursing, Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Ar...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/28159
Objectives: To evaluate serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and copeptin in children with febrile seizure (FS) and their ability to discriminate between simple (SFS) and complex FS (XFS). Patients and Methods: The study included 80 febrile children; 40...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/28895
Aims: This is to investigate the results of the multimodality regimen including surgery, postoperative craniospinal irradiation and clarify the role of chemotherapy as well as the influence of multiple variables on desmoplastic medulloblastoma patient’s survival. Study Design: Or...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/25411