Distal 10q deletion syndrome is an uncommon chromosomal disorder. Interstitial deletion involving bands 10q25-10q26.1 is extremely rare and few cases have been reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study presents an evaluation of the bidirectional correlation between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and epilepsy using 2 cohorts from the same population database.
Methods: We used data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database to establish 2 separate cohort studies with participants <19 years old. We subdivided Cohort 1 in 2 groups: (1) 2468 patients initially diagnosed with epilepsy during the period 1999-2008, and (2) 9810 randomly selected sex- and age-matched non-epileptic controls.
Purpose: Schizophrenia and epilepsy may share a mutual susceptibility. This study examined the bidirectional relation between the two disorders.
Methods: We used claims data obtained from the Taiwan National Health Insurance database to conduct retrospective cohort analyses.
Objective: Linkage between allergy and increased immune response activation in Tourette syndrome (TS) has been reported. We performed a matched case-control study to evaluate correlation between allergic diseases and TS.
Methods: Data in this case-control study were from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database.