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Based on many years of experience with the training in reflexotherapy, the authors have worked out staged mastering of the material, with emphasis laid on independent seizing of practical skills. The possibilities of mastering diagnostic instruments employed in acupuncture have been widened. The tests to control the acquired knowledge and practical skills have been suggested.
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Acupuncture Therapy/methods , Nervous System Diseases/therapy , Neurology/education , Reflexotherapy/methods , Clinical Competence/standards , Education, Medical, Undergraduate/standards , Educational Measurement/standards , Humans , Neurology/standards , UkraineABSTRACT
To perfect extracurricular work of the trainee physicians in acquiring new knowledge and skills in childhood neurology, the pedagogical collective of the Chair of Nervous Diseases have elaborated a definite system of training. Apart from the generally accepted methods, namely the solution of topical and situational problems, the trainees participate in specialized thematic discussions, master manual skills, and so forth. The system elaborated favoured more proper preparation of the childhood neurologist for independent work.
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Neurology/education , Pediatrics/education , Adult , Child , Clinical Competence/standards , Curriculum/trends , Education, Professional, Retraining/standards , Education, Professional, Retraining/trends , Educational Measurement , Humans , Neurology/standards , Neurology/trends , Pediatrics/standards , Pediatrics/trends , RussiaABSTRACT
Clinical investigation was performed and dopamine metabolism (renal catecholamine excretion) studied in 29 children and 5 adults with various forms of CP, 5 myasthenic children and 1 child with Strümpel disease treated with Nakom. The therapy was judged expedient in 20% of the cases of pronounced muscular rigidity and dystonia with decreased dopamine excretion. The drug proved ineffective in atonic, astatic, severe hyperkinetic arms, and in cases with severe psycho-organic signs.
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Carbidopa/therapeutic use , Cerebral Palsy/drug therapy , Dystonia Musculorum Deformans/drug therapy , Levodopa/therapeutic use , Myasthenia Gravis/drug therapy , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Catecholamines/urine , Cerebral Palsy/urine , Child , Child, Preschool , Clinical Trials as Topic , Drug Combinations/therapeutic use , Dystonia Musculorum Deformans/urine , Humans , Muscle Rigidity/drug therapy , Muscle Rigidity/urine , Myasthenia Gravis/urineSubject(s)
Encephalitis/therapy , Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/therapy , Meningoencephalitis/therapy , Polyradiculoneuropathy/therapy , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Combined Modality Therapy , Encephalitis/immunology , Female , Humans , Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/etiology , Infant , Male , Meningoencephalitis/immunology , Polyradiculoneuropathy/immunologyABSTRACT
An observation of a congenital dysontogenetic disease--neurocutaneous melanoblastosis in a 1-year 9-month-old girl is described. The condition was characterized by multiple skin nevi and infiltration of meninges and brain matter with pigment-forming cells. The death occurred from brain damage.
