Outcome measures and rehabilitation treatment in patients affected by Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy: a pilot study.

Objective: : We evaluated the sensitivity of various rehabilitation and lung function scales to detect differences between people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease and healthy controls. We also studied whether these measurements are sensitive to disclose changes in patients with CMT disease after rehabilitative treatment.

Design: : Eight patients with different types of CMT participated in the study.

[Endoscopic and pharmacologic treatment with omeprazole of upper digestive hemorrhage].

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is still a subject much discussed as much for the diagnostic approach and as by the therapeutic decisions read. The authors present their experience of the treatment of upper gastrointestinal bleeding not caused by portal hypertension or by neoplasm. The patients undergo emergency endoscopy by haemostatic treatment if necessary and pharmacological therapy by omeprazole.