Publications by authors named "Edgardo J C Angtuaco"

Background And Purpose: Dental and periodontal diseases represent important but often overlooked causes of acute sinusitis. Our goal was to examine the prevalence of potential odontogenic sources of acute maxillary sinusitis according to immune status and their associations with sinusitis.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of maxillofacial computed tomography studies from 2013 to 2014 was performed.

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The relationship between head trauma and parkinsonism has been debated since James Parkinson's first description of the shaking palsy in the late 19th century. We observed in our outpatient clinic a young woman in whom hemiparkinsonism developed within 3 weeks of sustaining closed head trauma with loss of consciousness. The patient had a discrete unilateral midbrain hemorrhage on head MRI which involved the contralateral substantia nigra.

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Intertemporal choice is predicated on the valuation of commodities with respect to delay until their receipt. Subjective value of a future outcome decreases, or is discounted, as a function of that delay (Bickel and Johnson, 2003). Although behavioral studies suggest no difference between the devaluation of real and fictive outcomes, no neuroimaging studies have investigated potential differences in the underlying deliberative process.

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Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant clonal neoplasm of plasma cells of B-lymphocyte origin that commonly results in overproduction of large amounts of monoclonal immunoglobulins. Important advances in the therapeutic management of this disease in the past decade have resulted in higher rates of durable complete remission, prolonged event-free survival, and improved overall survival. Clearer understanding of the effects of abnormal plasma cells on bone has led to therapeutic approaches that help prevent vertebral body fractures.

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