Publications by authors named "Veronica Alix"
Primary Immunodeficiency: Specific antibody deficiency with normal IgG.
Allergy Asthma Proc
September 2024
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- * Diagnosis typically occurs after age 2, as children have limited polysaccharide responsiveness that matures over time; there’s still uncertainty over specific testing thresholds for nonresponse.
- * Management includes monitoring and potential treatments like prophylactic antibiotics and immunoglobulin replacement, with a better chance of resolution in children compared to older patients.
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- Delayed pressure urticaria (DPU) is a type of chronic urticaria that causes skin reactions like wheals 30 minutes to 24 hours after pressure is applied.
- A military flight crew member developed DPU after rapid decompression during altitude training, presenting symptoms like swelling and erythematous plaques.
- His condition did not respond to standard antihistamine treatment but improved significantly with a combination therapy and ultimately with omalizumab, allowing him to return to active duty.
Currently used treatment protocols for neonatal seizures vary among centers with limited evidence to support the choice of a given antiseizure medication. Because of concerns about the potential negative impact of phenobarbital on long-term neurodevelopment outcomes, our unit transitioned to fosphenytoin as the first-line antiseizure medication. A retrospective observational cohort study was conducted to compare the acute and long-term outcomes of fosphenytoin and phenobarbital as first-line antiseizure medication for neonatal seizure treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSocial behaviors in vertebrates are modulated by catecholamine (CA; dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine) release within the social behavior neural network. Few studies have examined activity across CA populations in relation to social behaviors. The involvement of CAs in social behavior regulation is especially underexplored in reptiles, relative to other amniotes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActivity within the social behavior neural network is modulated by the neuropeptide arginine vasotocin (AVT) and its mammalian homologue arginine vasopressin (AVP). However, central AVT/AVP release causes different behavioral effects across species and social environments. These differences may be due to the activation of different neuronal AVT/AVP populations or to similar activity patterns causing different behavioral outputs.
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