Publications by authors named "A Mattyus"

The authors report on the convulsive activity provoking effect of Promazine as shown on EEG during sleep. It has successfully been used in infants and children who do not tolerate sleep deprivation. Promazine had smaller effect on the EEG-pattern than other related compounds or barbiturates.

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The authors report on the sleep activation of the EEG-recordings by Promazine a Phenothiazine derivative that can be used also in babies and in those elder children who does not tolerate sleep deprivation. The EEG-s are much less altered then by other related compounds or by Barbiturates. The greatest efficacy could be reached in generalized epilepsies, but the method was helpful in other epilepsy forms too.

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Authors review the different theoretical and practical problems of childhood and adolescent myastenia gravis, including the heterogeneous group of congenital myasthenia and the big casuistics of the literature. There are reports on 113 cases with childhood myasthenia gravis and 96 cases of adolescent myasthenia. Ratio of these forms ranged 10.

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On the basis of examinations performed on 29 children suffering from various muscular diseases, the authors give a detailed discussion of the application, indication and advantages of muscles x-rays in diagnosing neuromuscular diseases. With the help of x-rays of the musculature an inside view can be obtained in vivo, in a non-invasive manner, of structural changes in the muscles, and the progress of the disease can be followed up objectively. The method opens up new possibilities of diagnosis and promotes a more thorough knowledge of the pathological processes.

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