Possible applications of reflected UV photography in forensic odontology: Food for thought.

Usually, in forensic sciences, ultraviolet (UV) light is used to induce fluorescence on many samples to identify and evaluate proofs (ex. fibers, gunshot residue, biologic fluids, pigments, inks and fingerprints) and different wavelength are used to better enhance the material characteristics. On the contrary, the potential use of absorbed and reflected UV has not been deeply investigated, especially in forensic odontology.

An unusual case of epileptic transient aphemia. Clinical and neuropsychological findings.

A patient with unusually prolonged epileptic aphemic attacks following a surgical lesion in the left frontal lobe is described. Clinical, electroencephalographic and neuropsychological findings are reported. True aphemia is relatively rare and the described case affords the opportunity of emphasizing that a relatively rare disorder of language as aphemia might also occur with true epileptic attacks.

The importance of the highest normokalemia in the treatment of early hepatic encephalopathy.

An inverse relation is known to link blood potassium with renal synthesis and the release of ammonia. Given the liability of hyperammonemia for precipitating hepatic encephalopathy (HE), 28 patients affected by stage I HE were equally divided into two groups and maintained up to their death at the highest (5.4-5.

Progression of optic neuritis to multiple sclerosis: a prospective study in an Italian population.

We prospectively studied 40 patients with uncomplicated optic neuritis (ON) to determine the risk of subsequent multiple sclerosis (MS). All patients were followed for at least 12 years. Ten patients (25%) developed MS.