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| | [Clinical Preventive Services] Screening for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis |
 | | Long-term follow-up of fused and unfused idiopathic scoliosis. | | | Effect of spinal fusion on growth of the spine and lower limbs in girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a longitudinal study. | | | In summary, there is insufficient evidence from clinical research that routine screening is effective in changing the outcome of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. |
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http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/texts/gcps/gcps0057.html
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| | Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis |
| | Idiopathic scoliosis should be conceptualized as a three dimensional deformity though; twisting of the spine is coupled with curvature producing deformity in both coronal and sagittal (side view) planes. | | | One exciting, potential advance in the surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is the use of less invasive techniques, utilizing multiple small incisions for the placement of cameras to view and instruments to correct the scoliosis from the front of the thoracic or thoracolumbar spine. | | | Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis curves are classified by their location in the spine. |
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http://www.espine.com/scoliosis2.html
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| | eMedicine - Idiopathic Scoliosis : Article by Charles T Mehlman, DO, MPH |
| | Relevant Anatomy: The anatomy relevant to idiopathic scoliosis is that of the thoracic and lumbar spine. | | | Idiopathic scoliosis has a strong tendency to flatten the normal kyphosis of the thoracic spine. | | | When it comes to surgical considerations, patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis may be functionally subdivided into those patients in whom significant anterior spinal growth is a concern and those in whom it is not. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic504.htm
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| | Idiopathic Scoliosis |
| | The surgical procedure most often used to correct idiopathic adolescent scoliosis is a posterior spinal fusion with instrumentation and bone grafting. | | | This amount of curve and subsequent cardiac and pulmonary changes are often seen later in life in untreated idiopathic infantile and juvenile scoliosis patients and present a threat to life. | | | The primary one is to prevent spine deformity progression and the secondary one is to diminish spinal deformity. |
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http://www.rogerknapp.com/medical/scoliosis2.htm
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| | Society : - Leukemia |
| | Idiopathic myelofibrosis patients who undergo surgery need to be evaluated prior to surgery and monitored post-surgery for increased risk of bleeding complications. | | | One method is to conduct clinical trials (research studies) of new therapies or combinations of therapies. | | | This drug has been used in the treatment of idiopathic myelofibrosis for enlarged spleen, bone pain, and thrombocytosis. |
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http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_mat_toc.adp?item_id=9962
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| | Idiopathic Hypersomnia |
| | These drugs often are less effective in idiopathic hypersomnia than in narcolepsy, however, and sometimes not as well tolerated. | | | Michel Billiard MD In comparison with narcolepsy, which is characterized by well-defined clinical, polysomnographic, and immunogenetic features, idiopathic hypersomnia is not well delineated and its history is much more recent. | | | The diagnostic value of the MSLT is somewhat questionable in subjects with the polysymptomatic form of idiopathic hypersomnia, however. |
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http://www.beatcfsandfms.org/references/IdiopathicHypersomnia.html
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| | BioConcepts - ORTHOTIC TREATMENT FOR IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS |
| | Over 90% of "idiopathic" curves are convex to the right in the thoracic spine and convex to the left in the lumbar spine. | | | Moe JH and Kettleson DN: Idiopathic scoliosis: analysis of curve patterns and the preliminary results of Milwaukee brace treatment in one hundred sixty-nine patients, J Bone Joint Surg 52A: 1509, 1970. | | | evaluated 85 patients with idiopathic scoliosis treated with spinal orthoses in order to determine new prognostic indicators for the final outcome of brace treatment. |
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http://www.orthotic.com/scolio.html
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| | Understanding scoliosis |
| | It is important to note that idiopathic scoliosis results in spinal deformity, and is not typically a cause of back pain. | | | However, it has never been found that people with idiopathic scoliosis are any more likely to develop back pain than the rest of the population. | | | The information in Spine-health.com is not intended as a substitute for medical professional help or advice but is to be used only as an aid in understanding back pain and neck pain. |
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http://spine-health.com/topics/cd/scoliosis/scoliosis01.html
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| | Scoliosis: Can Exercise, Yoga and Diet Help? |
| | Most studies that have examined bone densities in patients with idiopathic scoliosis found that the subjects often have osteopenia or osteoporosis. | | | According to a paper that appeared in Spine, persistent osteopenia in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis was found in a scoliosis follow-up study. | | | In yet another interesting study from researchers in Hong Kong, bone biopsies from patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis showed a disturbance of bone turnover. |
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http://www.ctds.info/scoliosis.html
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| | Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Brief Summary On Genetics |
| | Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis or lateral curvature of the spine is a highly prevalent condition affecting 2-3% of the adolescent population in some degree. | | | The variable results and difficulties emphasize the critical importance of diagnostic criteria and methods of disease ascertainment, which, in turn, are critical to a genetic linkage analysis. | | | MacEwen, GD: Familial incidence of idiopathic scoliosis and experimental scoliosis. |
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http://www.ndos.ox.ac.uk/pzs/Group_1/Miller_2.html
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| | WSAVA 2001 - Canine Idiopathic Megaesophagus: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Therapy |
| | Unfortunately, at this time, there do not appear to be any clinically useful drugs for improving esophageal peristalsis in canine acquired idiopathic megaesophagus. | | | Several important differences between idiopathic megaesophagus in the dog and achalasia in humans have been observed (Diamant et al., 1973). | | | A similar disorder has never been rigorously documented in the dog. |
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http://www.vin.com/VINDBPub/SearchPB/Proceedings/PR05000/PR00133.htm
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| | Idiopathic Scoliosis : A Stress Reaction |
| | The focus of this anecdotal research article is to provide perspective on the etiology of idiopathic scoliosis from a bioenergetic view of stress. | | | As issues of the right to exist, feelings of abandonment, lack of self-expression, mutual dependency and love are uncovered and resolved a portion of the scoliosis clients' spine straighten. | | | First, is there evidence that idiopathic scoliosis is an energetic condition? |
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http://yourstressmatters.com/scoliosis.htm
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| | Information on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis |
| | Now we will focus on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis an autoimmune condition that is primarily focused on the lungs. | | | Taking information on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other autoimmune diseases and putting it in a form that makes sense to me, and that, I hope, has made idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis a little more understandable to you. | | | Pulmonary fibrosis seems to be, however, a bit different in that its actions generally are focused on the lungs, and the symptoms center around the lungs. |
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http://www.gethealthyagain.com/idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis.html
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| | eSpine.com--adult idiopathic scoliosis |
| | Normal degenerative changes of the spine may be accelerated by curvature and the patient with adult idiopathic scoliosis may be at higher risk for skeletal pain or extremity pain due to nerve compression. | | | Because of the specialized nature and infrequent, but not rare complications of these types of procedures, the patient considering surgery should chose a surgeon with specialized training and experience in treating the patient with adult idiopathic scoliosis. | | | In the lumbar spine, nerve pain may require decompression by standard laminotomy techniques(see microdecompression). |
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http://www.espine.com/diagnosis_ais.html
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| | Your Animal's Health -- with Dr. Wendell O. Belfield |
| | I later learned through, literature research, that the Harvard Medical School had made the same observation in four children with idiopathic epilepsy, allergy related. | | | Allergies can affect other parts of the body such as eyes, ears, respiratory and digestive systems, and most often the skin. | | | As a practitioner, I have been this route many times and decided to deviate from this "merry-go-round." I posed the question, "what if this idiopathic epilepsy, is a manifestation of hypersensitivity", an allergy? |
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http://www.belfield.com/article8.html
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| | This distinction is based upon whether the patient loses consciousness or not. | | | Colony-bred beagles have an incidence of 5.9%, based upon their own breeding decisions. | | | The age of the patient is important in assessing the likelihood of the nature of the seizure disorder. |
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http://neuro.vetmed.ufl.edu/neuro/seizures/seizures.htm
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| | eMedicine - Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura : Article by Michael A Silverman, MD |
| | Williams JA, Boxer LA: Combination therapy for refractory idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adolescents. | | | Thude H, Gruhn B, Werner U: Treatment of a patient with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura with rituximab and monitoring by flow cytometric analysis. | | | Maloisel F, Andrès E, Zimmer J: Danazol therapy in patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: long-term results. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic282.htm
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| | PROVET HEALTHCARE INFORMATION - Epilepsy (fits, seizures) |
| | Idiopathic epilepsy can not be cured, though it can usually be controlled* by using anticonvulsant drugs. | | | The diagnosis of idiopathic epilepsy is based upon the clinical signs and ruling out other known causes of seizures through neurological testing, laboratory tests and special imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) scans and MRI scans to examine the skull and brain. | | | Careful observation of the prodromal phase is important because localised muscle twitching prior to the main seizure could indicate the presence of a local lesion within the brain, and so rule out a diagnosis of idiopathic epilepsy. |
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http://www.provet.co.uk/health/diseases/epilepsy.htm
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| | What Is Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura? |
| | But when the immune system mistakenly attacks some part of a person's own body, this is called an autoimmune disease. | | | Idiopathic (id-ee-o-PATH-ick) means that the cause of the disease or disorder is not known. | | | Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot as it should. |
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http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Itp/ITP_WhatIs.html
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| | NEJM -- Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy |
| | of both accepted and investigational therapies for idiopathic | | | use of beta-blockers in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy | | | Left ventricular dysfunction due to atrial fibrillation in patients initially believed to have idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. |
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http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/332/20/1384
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Idiopathic aplastic anemia |
| | Causes of other types of aplastic anemia may be chemotherapy, radiation therapy, toxins, drugs, pregnancy, congenital disorder, or systemic lupus erythematosus. | | | The cause of idiopathic aplastic anemia is unknown, but is thought to be an autoimmune process (the body reacting against its own cells). | | | Idiopathic aplastic anemia is a failure of the bone marrow to properly form all types of blood cells. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000554.htm
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| | Human Growth Hormone for Children with Idiopathic Short Stature |
| | Therapy with rhGH should be considered from two perspectives: the goals of medicine and the well-being of the patient. | | | Prediction of the outcome of growth hormone therapy in children with idiopathic short stature. | | | Immunologic studies in children with idiopathic short stature before and during growth hormone therapy. |
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http://www.health.state.mn.us/htac/hgh.htm
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| | Idiopathic Cyclic Edema |
| | Frederick R. Jelovsek MD "Please guide me on treatment options for idiopathic cyclic edema". | | | Progesterone has also been used in the treatment of idiopathic edema under the premise that some women with idiopathic edema either do not ovulate or have a luteal phase deficiency ( 7). | | | An older report indicates that the herb ginkgo biloba may be useful in treating this condition. |
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http://www.wdxcyber.com/ngen17.htm
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| | An Introduction To Hypersomnia |
| | Treatment of idiopathic hypersomnia is similar to that of narcolepsy patients. | | | However, in idiopathic hypersomnia there are insufficient sleep onset REM periods to justify the diagnosis of narcolepsy. | | | In some cases of idiopathic hypersomnia, cataplexy and hypnagogic hallucinations may be present and resemble the symptoms of narcolepsy. |
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http://www.talkaboutsleep.com/idiopathic-hypersomnia
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| | Idiopathic - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis - Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, or DISH symptoms include intermitent pain in the spine, stiffness and pain in the upper and lower back. | | | Edema - Explains edema which is an observable swelling in certain parts of the body, and includes causes, and diuretic treatments. | | | For example, acute idiopathic polyneuritis, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, idiopathic scoliosis, etc. |
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http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=3892
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| | Scoliosis Treatment Center - Adult or Idiopathic |
| | Depending on the severity of the abnormal curve, the condition may be treated using bracing or spine surgery. | | | Advances in the Surgical Management of Idiopathic Adolescent Scoliosis | | | An In Depth Review of Scoliosis: Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis |
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http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article48.html
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| | Idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia |
| | There are other types of immune hemolytic anemias where the cause may result from an underlying disease or medication. | | | Idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia is an acquired disease that occurs when antibodies form against the person's own red blood cells. | | | Idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia accounts for one-half of all immune hemolytic anemias. |
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http://www.drdean.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/000579.cfm
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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Idiopathic infiltrative lung diseases |
| | The term idiopathic means "cause unknown." The idiopathic infiltrative lung diseases, also known as interstitial lung diseases, are a group of more than a hundred disorders seen in both adults and (less often) in children, whose cause is unknown but which tend to spread, or "infiltrate" through much or all of the lung tissue. | | | Some patients have special types of interstitial lung disease that may occur in certain types of patients, or feature typical pathological changes when a sample of lung tissue is examined under a microscope. | | | In about half of all patients, no specific cause is ever found; they are said to have idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2601/is_0007/ai_2601000733
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| | Myelofibrosis, Idiopathic |
| | Myelofibrosis may occur as a secondary characteristic to other disorders such as polycythemia vera, certain metabolic disorders, and/or chronic myeloid leukemia. | | | Symptoms of idiopathic myelofibrosis may include abnormally low levels of circulating red blood cells (anemia), an abnormally large spleen (splenomegaly), an abnormally large liver (hepatomegaly), weight loss, weakness and fatigue due to replacement of normal bone marrow cells, and/or episodes of severe pain in the abdomen, bones, and joints. | | | In idiopathic myelofibrosis, the ability of the bone marrow to produce red blood cells may be impaired. |
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http://www.bchealthguide.org/kbase/nord/nord244.htm
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ethics |
| | Shaftesbury (1671-1713) bases ethics on the affections or inclinations of man. There are sympathetic, idiopathic, and unnatural inclinations. | | | The first of these regard the common good, the second the private good of the agent, the third are opposed to the other two. | | | Freedom of the will consists merely in the ability to follow unrestrainedly this natural impulse. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05556a.htm
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| | Welcome to Idiopathic.com |
| | Idiopathic is an IT consultancy for the UK healthcare industry. | | | The company was founded by myself, Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli. |
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| | Augmented pulmonary IL-4 and IL-13 receptor subunit expression in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia -- Jakubzick et al. ... |
| | Copyright © 2004 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Association of Clinical Pathologists. | | | ; IIP, idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; IL, interleukin; IL-4R, IL-4 receptor; IRAP, interleukin 1 receptor antagonist protein; NSIP, non-specific interstitial pneumonia; RBILD, respiratory bronchiolitic interstitial lung disease; RT-PCR, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; SLB, surgical lung biopsy; Th1, T helper type 1; UIP, usual interstitial pneumonia | | | Augmented pulmonary IL-4 and IL-13 receptor subunit expression in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia -- Jakubzick et al. |
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http://jcp.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/57/5/477
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| | Merriam-Webster Online |
| | For More Information on "idiopathic" go to Britannica.com | | | Get the Top 10 Search Results for "idiopathic" |
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http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=idiopathic&x=17&y=12
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