Amantadine treatment of a patient with anoxic brain injury.

An 18-year-old boy with anoxic brain injury, suffering from severe psychomotor inhibition, tetrarigidity and dystonia, was treated with amantadine in order to ameliorate his symptoms. Neuropsychological tests showed improvement in motor and cognitive functions.

Nucleolar organiser regions in hyperplastic and neoplastic prostatic tissue.

Silver-stained nucleolar organiser regions (AgNORs) were studied in 10 hyperplastic, 5 intra-epithelial neoplastic and 30 malignant prostatic lesions. Total AgNOR counts and types were compared with histological features. The total AgNOR count per nucleus was significantly higher (P less than 0.

[Applicants for disability pensions in the municipality of Tårnby before and after the pension reform of 1984. Social characteristics and abuse of alcohol and drugs].

One hundred and eighty-eight and 167 first applications for disability pensions in 1981 and 1985 respectively were examined. Social parameters, diagnoses and the occurrence of alcohol and drug abuse were studied. There was a decrease in the number of male applicants and a small increase of female applicants from 1981 til 1985.

Extramedullary solitary plasmocytoma at the uterine cervix as a cause of postcoital bleeding.

A 34-year-old woman with postcoital bleeding due to an extra-medullary solitary plasmocytoma at the uterine cervix is presented. The condition is very rare--only 4 cases have been described in the literature. The patient was treated with conization, and no sign of local recurrence or generalized disease appeared during a 3-year follow-up period.