Scrub typhus: a case report.

Fever with rash is a common cause for dermatological referral. The causes can range from viral to protozoal, bacterial or spirochaetal. A case of rickettsial fever is reported.

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLIC DISTURBANCES IN HYPERTHYROIDISM.

Twenty five hyperthyroid patients and 25 healthy volunteers were evaluated for carbohydrate metabolic disturbance with an oral glucose tolerance test and glycosylated haemoglobin percentage. Insulin secretory response was studied in 17 hyperthyroids and 10 controls. A varying degree of abnormality was noted in hyperthyroids.

Clinical and genetic analysis of a Tunisian family with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia type 1 linked to the SCA2 locus.

Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias (ADCA) type 1 are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders. We report a large Tunisian ADCA type 1 family in which 17 patients (mean age at onset +/- SD = 35.6 +/- 15.

Phenotypic variability in autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia type I is unrelated to genetic heterogeneity.

Families with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA), a heterogeneous group of diseases, were investigated prior to and during genetic linkage analysis. We report here on the clinical features of 122 affected individuals from 36 unrelated families with ADCA type I, the most common type. Our results indicate an anticipation expressed in a mean 9.