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Mult Scler
January 2025
Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Background: Spinal cord (SC) atrophy is a key imaging biomarker of progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). Progressive MS is more common in men and postmenopausal women.
Objective: Investigate the impact of sex and menopause on SC measurements in persons with MS (pwMS).
Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi
January 2025
Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215025, China.
Objectives: To investigate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of infants and young children with basal ganglia infarction after minor head trauma (BGIMHT).
Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data and follow-up results of children aged 28 days to 3 years with BGIMHT who were hospitalized at Children's Hospital of Soochow University from January 2011 to January 2022.
Results: A total of 45 cases of BGIMHT were included, with the most common symptom being limb movement disorders (96%, 43/45), followed by facioplegia (56%, 25/45).
J Neurooncol
January 2025
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Background: Even a gross total resection of a benign epidermoid tumor (ET) carries a high risk of recurrence. The management strategy mostly involves redo surgical excision but at a significant cost of morbidity and mortality. The role of adjuvant radiation therapies in this scenario is still undefined.
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January 2025
Neurology Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (ISMETT) - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Palermo, Italy.
Background: After encephalopathy, epileptic seizures (ES) are the second most common neurologic complication after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and may announce a disabling/fatal neurologic disease.
Methods: In this retrospective study, we collected clinical information from patients who underwent OLT at our institution and analyzed outcomes and potential risk factors for developing ES after OLT.
Results: Fourteen of our 376 patients (3.
J Am Board Fam Med
January 2025
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, WA (RP, JC, AH).
At standard doses, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) were associated with a reduced risk of systemic embolism and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) when compared with warfarin, with a greater derived benefit at lower creatinine clearance (CrCl-down to 25 mL/min). Lower doses of DOACs were associated with increased overall mortality without a significant decrease in ICH and incident bleeding when compared with standard dose DOACs and warfarin, across all CrCl down to 25 mL/min..
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