Publications by authors named "Simon Harvey"
On call. I know you have expressed reservations about alternative therapy from time to time. I realize that it's a tricky issue for doctors, but I find the idea appealing. In particular, I'd like your opinion about chelation therapy. I'm a 68-year-old diabetic with angina.
Harv Mens Health Watch
December 2005
On call. I had a hip replacement operation eight years ago and I've had a wonderful result. Now I'm ready to have my other hip done. Last time, I had blood-thinning shots in the hospital, but this time my orthopedist also wants me to take a pill at home for a month. Is it really necessary?
Harv Mens Health Watch
November 2005
On call. I'm a 67-year-old heart patient with a dilemma. It's not my heart but my grandson. He's a wonderful 7-year-old, but he's hooked on McDonald's. I love to take him out and make him happy, but I always end up eating the wrong thing. Do you have any suggestions?
Harv Mens Health Watch
June 2005
Objective: To report the efficacy and tolerability of the ketogenic diet (KD) in refractory paediatric epilepsy.
Methods: Twenty-six consecutive children were treated with the classical KD from 1996 to 2001. The epilepsy syndromes included symptomatic generalized epilepsy (15), idiopathic generalized epilepsy (4), symptomatic partial epilepsy (1) and unclassified epilepsy (6).
The mechanisms underlying the transition from interictal to ictal states are poorly understood. Non-linear mathematical analysis of EEG frequency components has confirmed the presence of a pre-ictal state in focal epilepsy. We report on functional MRI (fMRI) analysis of the pre-ictal state in three patients with intractable focal epilepsy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGynogenetically produced XX and YY Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and diploid control groups were screened for amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs) to search for sex-linked or sex-specific markers. Family-level bulked segregant analysis (XX and YY gynogenetic family pools) and individual screening (XX and YY gynogenetics and XX and XY control individuals) identified 3 Y-linked (OniY425, OniY382, OniY227) and one X-linked (OniX420) AFLP markers. OniX420 and OniY425 were shown to be allelic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground. We have previously described the resection of hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) using a transcallosal approach [Transcallosal resection of hypothalamic hamartomas, with control of seizures, in children with gelastic epilepsy, Neurosurgery, 2001]. Since then, we have refined the technique and now describe in detail an anterior transcallosal transseptal interforniceal approach to the third ventricle as a variation of the standard transcallosal interforniceal approach.
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