Facial decoding in schizophrenia is underpinned by basic visual processing impairments

Published in the journal : June 2017 Category : Mémoires de Recherche Clinique

Schizophrenia is associated with a strong deficit in the decoding of emotional facial expression (EFE).

Key words

Schizophrenia, faces, emotion, cognition, face recognition

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Guillain-Barré syndrome : a retrospective study of patients admitted to the University hospitals St-Luc between 1978 and 2013

Nikola Tomagová., MD; Peter Van den Bergh, MD, PhD Published in the journal : June 2017 Category : Mémoires de Recherche Clinique

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and its clinical variants (paraparetic variant, Miller Fisher syndrome, bifacial weakness with paresthesias) are rather well-known medical afflictions nowadays.

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Arthur Van Gehuchten’s work about neurosyphilis, more than an historical treasure, a work still relevant?

Claire Ledouble, Anne Jeanjean, MD, PhD. Published in the journal : June 2017 Category : Mémoires de Recherche Clinique

The purpose of this historical master thesis is to rediscover the medical semiology of the neurosyphilis during the XIXth and XXth centuries and to see its evolution up to the present day.

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Impact of intraoperative robotized 3D fluoroscopy in implantation of deep brain stimulation electrodes for Parkinson’s disease

Jean Ruwet, Dorota Tassigny, Maxime Delavallée, Anne Jeanjean, Christian Raftopoulos Published in the journal : June 2017 Category : Mémoires de Recherche Clinique

Implantation of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus is a recognized treatment for medically intractable Parkinson’s disease.

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Lifestyle of Medical Students at the catholic University of Louvain (UCL)

Maëlle Serrano Published in the journal : June 2017 Category : Mémoires de Recherche Clinique

Many studies have shown that medicine is generally taught in sub-optimal conditions that may have an effect on the health of the students themselves.

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Prognostic relevance of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors grading on EUS-FNA

Laure Boutsen, Ivan Borbath, Anne Jouret-Mourin, Aline Van Maanen et Birgit Weynand Published in the journal : June 2017 Category : Mémoires de Recherche Clinique

In the WHO 2010 classification, resection specimens of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) are graded using the Ki67-labeling index (Ki67-LI) (G1 : Ki67-LI < 2% ; G2 : 3-20%, G3 : > 20%).

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Evaluation of the compliance of enhanced recovery after colorectal surgery or Fast-Track and its postoperative repercussions

Cédric Trefois, Daniel Léonard, Audrey Hartman, Christophe Remue, Radu Bachmann, Nora Abbes Orabi, Fernande Lois, Patrice Forget, Alex Kartheuser Published in the journal : June 2017 Category : Mémoires de Recherche Clinique

Fast Track (FT) is a multimodal perioperative approach which aims to optimize physiologic response to the surgical stress and consequently improve postoperative outcome.

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Long-term follow-up and evaluation of aortic arch dimensions in patients after ascending aorta replacement

Quentin Binet, Christophe de Meester, Geoffrey Colin, David Vancraeynest, Laurent de Kerchove, Anne-Catherine Pouleur, Agnès Pasquet, Bernhard L. Gerber, Gébrine El Khoury, Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde Published in the journal : June 2017 Category : Mémoires de Recherche Clinique

There are two types of surgical cure for an ascending aorta dilatation.

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The best clinical research papers of the year 2016-2017 honored

Cédric Hermans, Dominique Maiter Published in the journal : June 2017 Category : Mémoires de Recherche Clinique

This June issue perpetuates Clinical Research Abstracts or MRCs. For many students, the clinical research paper represents an important step in the completion of medical studies and the result of an original and lengthy research.

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Topographic dermatosis

Caroline Peeters, Alison Coster, Marie Baeck, Dominique Tennstedt, Anne Herman Published in the journal : June 2017 Category : Dermatology

We report the contents of the « PEAU’se dermatologique » meeting of the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc of the 21th of November 2016 concerning the topographic dermatosis. Professor D. Tennstedt, consultant at the department of Dermatology at the Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, presented cases of cheilitis and detailed the contact dermatitis of the lips. Doctors Caroline Peeters and Alison Coster, intern residents of the same department, displayed a set of specific pathologies concerning the ears and the nose, respectively.

Key Words

Contact dermatitis of the lips ; auricular dermatosis ; nasal dermatosis

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