(1) We determined whether serological investigations can assist to distinguish between chronic idiopathic autoimmune thrombocytopenia (cAITP) and immune-mediated thrombocytopenia in patients at risk to develop systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); 82 patients were seen in this institution for the evaluation of immune thrombocytopenia.
(2) A 66-year-old woman with acute idiopathic polyneuritis (Landry-Guillain-Barré [LGB] syndrome) had normal extraocular movements, but her pupils did not react to light or accommodation.
(3) The serum concentration of hyaluronan (HYA) was determined in 59 patients with various myeloproliferative disorders, including 33 patients with idiopathic myelofibrosis.
(4) These data indicate that CSF levels are not inversely related to the blood neutrophil count in chronic idiopathic neutropenia and suggest that CSF is not a hormone regulating the blood neutrophil count in a manner analogous to the erythropoietin regulation of circulating erythrocyte levels.
(5) In contrast, idiopathic GH deficient girls have an onset of puberty and PHV nearer to a normal chronological age and at an early bone age.
(6) Both Types I and II collagen are important constituents of the affected tissues, and thus defective collagens are reasonable candidates for the primary abnormality in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).
(7) A new surgical procedure for idiopathic priapism has been used successfully in patients.
(8) The plasma levels of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) were measured both during relapse and remission in 8 patients with idiopathic, minimal-lesion nephrotic syndrome.
(9) The treatment of adult patients with idiopathic scoliosis is a challenge of the 1980s.
(10) It remains to be seen, whether the small number and sterility causes were coincidental or manifest themselves in future, especially, if the sterility concerned can be classified as idiopathic.
(11) The distinction between idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis is controversial, both clinically and pathologically.
(12) Complete normalization was more common in the idiopathic group (66%) than in the symptomatic group (27%).
(13) We carried out a neuropsychological study on cognitive impairment in 57 subjects affected by idiopathic Parkinson's Disease (P.D.)
(14) Thirty-three patients with idiopathic scoliotic curvatures underwent metrizamide myelography before surgery from 1979 through 1985.
(15) Two cases of idiopathic myelofibrosis of childhood were treated with intravenous methylprednisolone.
(16) In 26 patients, including the two reported here, etiology was uncertain (idiopathic aneurysm of the left ventricle) in as much as malformation or an infectious disease might have been the underlying cause.
(17) The association of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and pregnancy is of special therapeutic significance because it increases the risk to mother and infant during labor.
(18) Two patients who had had idiopathic steatorrhoea for several years developed typical eruptions of dermatitis herpetiformis.
(19) No increased incidence of pancreas divisum was found in any of four groups: an incidental group, a group with alcoholic pancreatitis, a group with unexplained upper abdominal pain, and an idiopathic pancreatitis group.
(20) This population-based case-control study of 130 Calgary residents with neurologist-confirmed idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) and 260 randomly selected age- and sex-matched community controls attempted to determine whether agricultural work or the occupational use of pesticide chemicals is associated with an increased risk for PD.
Idiopathy
Definition:
(n.) A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection.
(n.) A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease.
Example Sentences:
(1) Etiologies included trauma (17), alcohol (9), steroid use (46), sickle cell disease (2), and idiopathy (44).
(2) The different tests carried out on the patient make the diagnosis of idiopathie auto-immune haemolytic anaemic haemolytic anaemia in this case.
(3) The strictures occurred after anastomosis in seven patients, with carcinoma in four patients, and with inflammatory disease, external compression, and idiopathy in one patient each.
(4) Forty-three dogs having pruritus associated with atopy, flea bite hypersensitivity, and idiopathy were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 treatment protocols.
(5) The first novel award will be contested by Sam Byers for Idiopathy, Kate Clanchy for Meeting the English, The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer, a registered mental health nurse, and Sathnam Sanghera for Marriage Material.
(6) The Forestier's disease is an skeletal idiopathy described by this A. and Rotés Querol, in 1950, characterized by the systemic ossification in variable degree of the vertebral column.
(7) The causes of EPVT were protein C deficiency in two; antithrombin III deficiency in one patient, a history of omphalitis in two patients, a history of pancreatitis in one patient and idiopathy in 21 patients.
(8) Their indications for treatment included cervical factor infertility, spermatozoal antibodies, idiopathy, poor postcoital test, and oligozoospermia.
(9) The shortlists Novel award Kate Atkinson , Life After Life Bernardine Bishop, Unexpected Lessons in Love Maggie O'Farrell, Instructions for a Heatwave Evie Wyld , All the Birds, Singing First novel award Sam Byers, Idiopathy Kate Clanchy, Meeting the English Nathan Filer, The Shock of the Fall Sathnam Sanghera, Marriage Material Biography award Gavin Francis, Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins Thomas Harding, Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz Lucy Hughes-Hallett , The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War Olivia Laing, The Trip to Echo Spring: Why Writers Drink Poetry award Clive James, Dante, The Divine Comedy Helen Mort, Division Street Robin Robertson, Hill of Doors Michael Symmons Roberts, Drysalter Children's book award Ross Montgomery, Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door Sarah Naughton, The Hanged Man Rises Chris Riddell, Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse Elizabeth Wein, Rose Under Fire
(10) The causes of pericarditis fell into 6 categories: I, tuberculosis (8 cases); II, idiopathy (17 cases); III, neoplasia (6 cases); IV, purulent bacterial infection (2 cases); V, constriction (2 cases) and VI, radiotherapy (1 case).