Publications by authors named "Rosy N'gbo N'gbo Ikazabo"
Introduction: Smoking is a well-established risk factor for strokes, leading to a high incidence of cognitive deficits. Since the impact of cognitive impairment on the effectiveness of interventions for smoking cessation is not yet known, we considered important to assess it.
Methods: We compared, from April 2012 to November 2015, the success rate of quitting smoking in two groups of acutely hospitalised adult smokers.
Article Synopsis
- A patient had a brain problem called leukoencephalopathy, affecting their brainstem and spinal cord due to a genetic change.
- Doctors used special brain scans (MRI) and genetic tests to find out what was wrong, discovering a rare combination of mutations.
- This case helps scientists understand how some common genetic changes might actually affect people's health more than we thought before.
Purpose: Natalizumab (NTZ) is an effective treatment for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare complication of NTZ treatment. In patients developing PML, NTZ cessation causes a reconstruction of cellular immunity, a rapid transition of cells through the blood-brain barrier, and significant inflammation in the central nervous system, leading to immune-reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), with potentially poor outcomes.
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