European Technical Democracy? How Consumer Associations Did-or Did Not-Shape the 1980s Automotive Environmental Standards.

Did the 1980s automotive standards reflect the European Economic Community's move toward a "technical democracy" or a broader democratic deficit? In the early 1980s, Europe's automotive sector faced multiple challenges: the European Commission's desire to harmonize technical standards and achieve greater European integration, intense competition between manufacturers, and environmental issues like acid rain. Debates on reducing air pollution focused on unleaded petrol and catalytic converters. Two associations representing civil society in Brussels responded to the increase in environmental concerns with a 1982 joint campaign.

Alzheimer CSF biomarkers in routine clinical setting.

Objectives: Our work was aimed to evaluate Alzheimer's disease diagnosis improvement using cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers (CSF) in neurological daily practice.

Materials And Methods: For this purpose, 150 patients clinically and neurochemically classified as having AD or cognitive impairment with or without other dementia type were included in the study. The following CSF peptides were studied, blindly to the clinical diagnosis: beta-amyloid(1-42) peptide (Aβ(1-42)), Tau (T-tau), threonine-181 hyperphosphorylated tau protein (P-tau(181)), and beta-amyloid(1-40) peptide (Aβ(1-40)).

Ultrastructural PMP22 expression in inherited demyelinating neuropathies.

Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A (CMT-1A) disease results from a duplication of the PMP22 gene on chromosome 17p11.2. A deletion of the same region causes hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP).

[Familial complex myxoma-lentiginosis disclosed by probable transient ischemic accident].

A probable transient ischemic attack in a 45-year-old woman revealed bilateral atrial myxoma associated with lentiginosis. The patient's 20-year-old son had isolated lentiginosis. The characteristics of this autosomal dominant syndrome are reviewed.