Publications by authors named "L Wichert-Ana"
Rationale And Objectives: Recently, the Response Evaluation Using PSMA PET/CT in Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (RECIP 1.0) was proposed to better evaluate treatment response in prostate cancer patients using PET/CT with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) than more traditional approaches like metabolic PET evaluation response criteria in solid tumor (PERCIST 1.0).
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- - This study explored neurological effects of COVID-19 by analyzing cerebral glycolytic metabolism in patients with mild long COVID cognitive symptoms and comparing them to healthy volunteers using PET/CT scans.
- - Despite not finding significant differences in glucose metabolism between the two groups, researchers noted hypometabolism in 15 brain regions and hypermetabolism in 11 regions in the mild COVID group, particularly in areas related to cognitive function and emotional regulation.
- - The authors suggest that future research should involve larger samples and consider correlating these metabolic changes with cognitive and psychiatric assessments to better understand the potential neurological impacts of COVID-19.
The global impact of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has extended beyond physical health, leading to widespread mental health issues. Beyond respiratory symptoms, there is a growing concern about long-term cognitive effects, particularly in individuals who experienced mild cases of the infection. We aimed to investigate the neuropsychological aspects of long-term COVID-19 in non-hospitalized adults compared with a control group.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To compare the dopamine transporter (DAT) density with other risk factors for L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia (LID) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), with and without LID.
Materials And Methods: We evaluated 67 subjects: 44 patients with idiopathic PD of varying degrees of severity (PD group), and 23 healthy age-matched volunteers (control group). Among the 44 patients in the PD group, 29 were male and the following means were recorded at baseline: age, 59 ± 7 years; disease duration, 10 ± 6 years; Hoehn and Yahr (H&Y) stage, 2.