Publications by authors named "F X Kleber"
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- The study explores how social exclusion impacts pain perception in individuals with somatoform pain disorder compared to healthy controls.
- Using a virtual ball-tossing game (Cyberball), researchers measured responses to social exclusion through pressure pain thresholds and heart rate variability.
- Results showed that both groups experienced reduced pain thresholds after exclusion, but only the somatoform pain patients exhibited increased heart rate variability, suggesting distinct pain regulation mechanisms in these individuals.
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- Paclitaxel-coated balloons (PCB) are currently used for treating coronary lesions, but researchers are exploring sirolimus-coated balloons (SCB) as an alternative to see if they perform similarly.
- A study involving 70 patients across Germany and Switzerland tested the SCB against PCB, focusing on their effectiveness in preventing late lumen loss (LLL) in arteries after 6 months.
- Results indicated no significant differences between the two treatments in terms of LLL and clinical outcomes, suggesting that SCBs can be a viable alternative to PCBs in coronary interventions.
Akinetopsia is a rare neurological syndrome characterized by an impaired perception of movement, often resulting from brain damage due to ischemia, epilepsy, or medication. It is also known as visual motion blindness, and patients with this condition are unable to perceive motion normally even with perfect visual acuity. This report aims to present a case of a patient in their late 40 s who developed akinetopsia and also an impairment in movement perception of objects without emitting sounds, after experiencing a late relapse of breast cancer with the occurrence of multiple brain metastases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The objective of this study was to analyze the trends in publications on intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy.
Methods: We searched Elsevier's Scopus database in February 2022 to find articles focused on ITB therapy. Data extracted included citation count, publication year, author's country and income category, journal and its 5-year impact factor, research type, disease requiring ITB, and target population.