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Manual dexterity test in relation to obesity and hyperostosis frontalis interna in elderly women.

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A manual dexterity test was performed in a population of elderly women. Obese subjects with hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) had a poorer performance than subjects with either HFI alone or obesity alone. The combined effects of cerebral arteriosclerosis and HFI is suggested as a possible

[On a case of arterial hypertension with obesity and hyperostosis frontalis interna (Morgagni-Morel syndrome)].

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[Hyperostosis frontalis interna, obesity, polyuria, amenorrhea, arterial hypertension, hyperglycemia, cataleptic attacks, somnolence, Korsakow type of dementia and episodes of acute intracranial hypertension].

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Letter: Hyperostosis frontalis interna and serum enzymes in obese women.

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[MRI findings of hyperostosis frontalis interna--a case of Morgagni syndrome].

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We report a patient with Morgagni syndrome. The main aim of this paper is to discuss hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) and coexisting clinical feature and to describe the pathomorphology in detail on the basis of MRI images of the skull. The patient, a woman, was 82 years old when she first came

Hyperostosis frontalis interna: a Nubian case.

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The aim of this article is to present evidence of hyperostosis frontalis interna in a 40-year-old female recovered from a Meroitic cemetery (ca. 300 A.D.) in Sudanese Nubia. A review of the literature concerning the Morgagni-Stewart-Morel (MSM) syndrome suggests that the changes in the skull

Gerontological aspects of hyperostosis frontalis interna.

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Authors discuss hyperostosis frontalis interna observed in a large number of aged persons, on the basis of age and sex distribution as well as its clinical and roentgenomorphological analysis. In various forms of the ossification of the frontal bone no significant difference was found between the

Hyperostosis frontalis interna - a marker of social status? Evidence from the Bronze-Age "high society" of Qatna, Syria.

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In 1719 Morgagni described a condition, today known as hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI), as one sign within a triad consisting of HFI, virilism, and obesity. Today, HFI is predominantly found in older women. Although the etiology of HFI has not yet been determined precisely, the condition has

Androgens, bone mineral content and hyperostosis frontalis interna in pre-menopausal women.

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Greater than normal bone mineral content, bone width of the radius measured by photon absorptiometry and bone mineral content to bone width ratio found in women with hyperostosis frontalis interna pointed on a generalized alteration of the skeletal system. An increase in serum dehydroepiandosterone,

Prevalence of hyperostosis frontalis interna in relation to body weight.

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In a prospective study, hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) was found to be present in 49% of the subjects. The group included 259 nuns between the ages of 60 and 80. A prevalence of 84% of HFI was found in the obese subjects (greater than 40% over ideal body weight) whereas in the thin subjects

Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna in a Child With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

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Hyperostosis frontalis interna is an unexplained irregular thickening of the inner table of the frontal bone. Hyperostosis frontalis interna was first identified in 1719 by Morgagni as a symptom of a more generalized syndrome characterized by virilism and obesity. Most current studies have shown

The Alström syndrome: is it a rare or unknown disease?

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The Alström syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder characterized by retinal degeneration, obesity, progressive hearing impairment, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and kidney and heart failure. Mental retardation is absent and the extremities are normal. The Alström syndrome gene

Neuropsychological profile of a male psychiatric patient with a Morgagni-Stewart-Morel syndrome.

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In 1765 Giovanni Morgagni described a syndrome consisting of hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI), obesity and hirsutism. In 1928 Stewart and in 1930 Morel added neuropsychiatric symptoms, e.g. depression and dementia, which led to the definition of the Morgagni-Stewart-Morel Syndrome (MSM).

[The Stewart-Morel syndrome in the differential diagnosis of patients with frontal headache].

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Hyperostosis frontalis interna is the name generally applied to skull thickening more or less restricted to the squamous portion of the frontal bone and involving, in particular, its subdural or inner surface. The association of this calvarial thickening with virilism and obesity is a

Evidence of a genetic basis of Morgagni-Stewart-Morel syndrome. A case report of identical twins.

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We report two 71-year-old female monozygotic twins presenting with advanced hyperostosis frontalis interna, obesity, shortness and cognitive impairment. They both have suffered from generalized seizures since their early adulthood. Moreover, the patients showed some additional conditions only

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