Publications by authors named "J W Arends"
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- * The supplementation showed promising benefits for muscle strength, with high-quality studies confirming improvements, although many studies had a risk of bias.
- * No serious adverse effects were reported, but findings on health-related quality of life and other outcomes were inconsistent or limited.
Background: Little is known about the effect of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment on sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM) with HIV by treatment type (interferon [IFN]-based vs direct-acting antiviral [DAA]-based).
Setting: MSM with HIV and recently acquired HCV infection enrolled in the MSM Observational Study of Acute Infection with hepatitis C (MOSAIC) cohort.
Methods: Using data from 2009 to 2018, we evaluated risk behavior through a validated HCV risk score (where ≥2 indicated high risk) and its individual risk behaviors.
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- The review examines sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), focusing on risk factors, scoring systems to assess risk, and mechanisms behind SUDEP occurrences.
- Key risk factors include the presence and frequency of generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTC), with odds ratios indicating significant risk, particularly in specific contexts like bedroom sharing.
- Four main SUDEP risk scoring systems are discussed, highlighting their different designs and the need for further validation in general epilepsy populations, along with proposed mechanisms of SUDEP involving brainstem dysfunction and potential roles of adenosine and serotonin.