Course of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms during Flares of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).

We present the case of a seventeen-year-old girl who presents with an interesting course of neuropsychiatric symptoms during several flares of SLE. The patient was diagnosed at the age of thirteen and has had four flares in total. The latter two flares included cutaneous and neuropsychiatric symptoms.

A molecular phylogeny of the African plated lizards, genus Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae), with the description of two new genera.

We constructed a molecular phylogeny of the African plated lizard family Gerrhosauridae using two mitochondrial markers (ND2, 732 bp; 16S, 576 bp) and one nuclear marker (PRLR, 538 bp). This analysis showed that the subfamily Gerrhosaurinae consists of five major clades which we interpret as representing five genera. The genera Tetradactylus and Cordylosaurus were each recovered as monophyletic, but Gerrhosaurus as currently conceived is paraphyletic, consisting of three distinct genus-level assemblages.

Blurred vision due to psychosocial difficulties: a case series.

Purpose: The association between psychological difficulties and accommodative insufficiency in children and young adults has been previously reported. The authors give their experiences with such cases and address the research and service developments required to deal with these problems.

Methods: When no other organic pathology was found in full ophthalmological assessment, and where insufficient improvement in accommodation was found in orthoptic treatment, the patients were referred to liaison psychiatry or to adult or child psychotherapy services for assessment.