Patients Martin

My patient Martin had the opposite reaction. A man with a great respect for science, Martin found profound relief in understanding the role that physical factors played in his depression. But he didn t understand why I suggested that he meditate, practice conscious breathing, and engage in heart-opening exercises. 

Block GA, Martin KJ, de Francisco AL et al (2004) Cinacalcet for secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients receiving hemodialysis. N Engl J Med 350 1516-1525... 

Keeffe EB, Dieterich DT, Han SH, Jacobson IM, Martin P, Schiff ER, Tobias H, Wright TL (2006) A treatment algorithm for the management of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in the United States an update. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 4 936-962 Kim KI, Sasase N, Taniguchi M, Mita K, Kinoshita K, Togitani T, Shikata M, Kimura N, Izawa S, Ohtani A, Nakao K, Muramoto Y, Kim SR, Nabeshima S, Ishii F, Tanaka K, Hayashi Y (2005) Interferon-beta induction/interferon-alpha2b plus ribavirin therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Int J Clin Pharmacol Res 25 71-76... 

Currently, treatment of DSP and ATN is similar to many other neuropathies that have predominantly painful sensory involvement (Mendell and Sahenk 2003 Gonzalez-Duarte et al. 2007). It is purely symptomatic as there are no proven regenerative therapies to reverse the underlying process. An 8-month prospective pilot study reported an improvement in subjective quantitative sensory testing (QST) in HIV-infected patients who responded to HAART (Martin et al. 2000). The patients who did not respond to HAART did not show any improvements in QST. It is possible that suppression of viral load will slow the progression of DSP. Some studies have found a correlation between viral load and incidence (Childs et al. 1999), or severity (Simpson et al. 2002) of sensory neuropathy. Others, however, did not find any correlation between plasma viral loads and incidence of DSP or ATN (Brew et al. 2003). 

Martin C, Solders G et al (2000) Antiretroviral therapy may improve sensory function in HIV-infected patients a pilot study. Neurology 54(11) 2120-2127 Masjuan J, Corral I et al (1997) Mycobacterial acute lumbosacral polyradiculopathy as the initial manifestation of AIDS. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol 15(2) 175 McArthur JC, Yiannoutsos C et al (2000) A phase II trial of nerve growth factor for sensory neuropathy associated with HIV infection. AIDS Clinical Trials Group Team 291. Neurology 54(5) 1080-1088... 

Ognibene, F.P., Martin, S.E. and Parker, M.M. (1986). Adult respiratory distress syndrome in patients with severe neutropenia. N. Engl. J. Med. 315, 547-551. 

Bolter, A. Heminger, A. Martin, G. and Fry, M. Out-patient clinical experience in a community drug abuse program with phencyclidine abuse. J. Toxicol Clin Toxicol 9 593 -600, 1976. 

Davidson, R., Fedio, P., Smith, B., Aurielle, E. and Martin, A., Lateralized mediation of arousal and habiuation Diffeential bilateral electrodermal activity in unilateral temporal lobectomy patients. Neuropschologia 30, 1053-1063, 1992. 

G22. De Groote, M. A., Martin, M. A., Densen, P., Pfaller, M. A., and Wenzel, R. P., Plasma tumor necrosis factor levels in patients with presumed sepsis. JAMA 262,249-251 (1989). 

Pialoux G, Youle M, Dupont B, Gazzard B, Cauwenbergh GFMJ, Stoffels PAM, Davies S, De Saint Martin J, Janssen PAJ. Pharmacokinetics of R82913 in patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex. Lancet 1991 338 140-143. 

Schupp, C., E. Olano-Martin et al. (2004). Lutein, zeaxanthin, macular pigment, and visual function in adult cystic fibrosis patients. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 79(6) 1045-1052. 

Noel X, Paternot J, Van der Linden M, Sferrazza R, Yerhas M, Hanak C, Kornreich C, Martin P, De Mol J, Pelc I and Verbanck P (2001). Correlation between inhibition, working memory, and delimited frontal area blood flow measured by the 99MTc-Bicisate SPECT in alcohol-dependent patients. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 36, 556-563. 

Morencos FC, las Heras CG, Martin RL, Lopez Arias MJ, Ledesma F, Pons RF Small bowel bacterial overgrowth in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. Dig Dis Sci 1995 40 1252-1256. 

Martin, J.J., Van Regemorter, N., Krols, L. etal. On an autosomal dominant form of retinal-cerebellar degeneration an autopsy study of five patients in one family. Acta Neuropathol. 88 277-286,1994. 

Franklin Martin, the pioneer of the electrochemical treatment (ECT) of tumors,2 became a major force in the development of surgery in America however, towards the end of his life, he regretted that treatments with electricity had fallen into the hands of quacks and charlatans and therefore into disrepute.7 As was stated in 1991 by Watson 7 Even today this area of research is not favoured by grant-giving bodies and is viewed from the same perspective of disbelief. Also, the lack of easy availability of well-controlled and calibrated power supplies, ammeters and voltmeters—and thus the definition of optimum electrolytic conditions—at the end of nineteenth century, caused electrolytic burns and other failures in some patients so that the technique was never integrated into the routine clinical practice. 

Bathon, J.M., Martin, R.W., Fleischmann, R.M., et al. (2001) A comparison of etanercept and methotrexate in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. New England Journal of Medicine. 343,1586-1593. 

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