Publications by authors named "K L Chakravarty"

The interplay between human health and the microbiome has gained extensive attention, with probiotics emerging as pivotal therapeutic agents due to their vast potential in treating various health issues. As significant modulators of the gut microbiota, probiotics are crucial in maintaining intestinal homeostasis and enhancing the synthesis of short-chain fatty acids. Despite extensive research over the past decades, there remains an urgent need for a comprehensive and detailed review that encapsulates probiotics' latest insights and applications.

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Background: Chronic headache greatly affects the quality of life and also constitutes a significant burden on the health system.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of telephone-based follow-up in a cohort of headache patients in India.

Materials And Methods: This was a longitudinal cohort study of patients with episodic headache with one physical visit in the neurology outpatient services in the last year.

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Background: IIH is a severe form of headache that often has superimposed migraine and often it is very difficult to distinguish the two forms of headache. Intracranial hemodynamics is a relatively unexplored means of distinguishing between the two forms of headache.

Objectives: We aimed to study intracranial flow dynamics using Transcranial Doppler in patients with IIH, migraine, and normal controls.

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