Publications by authors named "S M Fereshtehnejad"
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- The study aimed to assess how well certain biomarkers in blood (sNfL, sGFAP) and cerebrospinal fluid (cNfL, cGFAP) can predict long-term disability outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients after over 15 years of follow-up.
- Results showed that while cNfL and cGFAP were good predictors of confirmed disability worsening (CDW), sGFAP was not effective on its own.
- The combination of cNfL and cGFAP provided better predictions for CDW compared to either biomarker alone, suggesting these biomarkers could work together to indicate patient prognosis in MS.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected not only individual lives but also the world and global systems, both natural and human-made. Besides millions of deaths and environmental challenges, the rapid spread of the infection and its very high socioeconomic impact have affected healthcare, economic status and wealth, and mental health across the globe. To better appreciate the pandemic's influence, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches are needed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Monitoring trends in key population health indicators is important for informing health policies. The aim of this study was to examine population health trends in Canada over the past 30 years in relation to other countries.
Methods: We used data on disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), years of life lost (YLL), years lived with disability, life expectancy (LE), and child mortality for Canada and other countries between 1990 and 2019 provided by the Global Burden of Disease Study.
The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) created a task force (TF) to provide a critical overview of the Parkinson's disease (PD) subtyping field and develop a guidance on future research in PD subtypes. Based on a literature review, we previously concluded that PD subtyping requires an ultimate alignment with principles of precision medicine, and consequently novel approaches were needed to describe heterogeneity at the individual patient level. In this manuscript, we present a novel purpose-driven framework for subtype research as a guidance to clinicians and researchers when proposing to develop, evaluate, or use PD subtypes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTeleneurology is a specialist field within the realm of telemedicine, which is dedicated to delivering neurological care and consultations through virtual encounters. Teleneurology has been successfully used in acute care (e.g.
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