Temporal discrimination: Mechanisms and relevance to adult-onset dystonia [PDF]
, 2017 Temporal discrimination is the ability to determine that two sequential sensory stimuli are separated in time. For any individual, the temporal discrimination threshold (TDT) is the minimum interval at which paired sequential stimuli are perceived as ...
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The Relationship between Early Disability Onset and Education and Employment [PDF]
, 2003 The early onset of disability (at birth through young adulthood) can affect a person's employment outcomes in myriad ways. In addition to the direct effect of disability on employment, early onset of disability likely affects the acquisition of education
Elaine Maag, Pamela J. Loprest
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The Impact of Drug and Alcohol Consumption and Socio-demographic Variables on the Age of First Selling Sex among Iranian Female Sex Workers [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2020 Background: A significant proportion of Female Sex Workers (FSWs) as a vulnerable population begin sellingsex at an early age, which may lead the person to develop sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) and humanimmunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Mahboobeh Mousavi-Ramezanzade +3 more
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Early nurturing experiences, self-compassion, hyperarousal and scleroderma the way we relate to ourselves may determine disease progression [PDF]
, 2016 <p>Scleroderma is a rare, painful and complex autoimmune connective tissue disease that can lead to death. The physiology of symptom onset and progression and the psychological aspects of living with this chronic disease have been studied fairly ...
Hicks, Richard E., Kearney, Karen
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Late onset of Huntington's disease [PDF]
, 1985 Twenty-five patients with late-onset Huntington's disease were studied; motor impairment appeared at age 50 years or later. The average age at onset of chorea was 57.5 years, with an average age at diagnosis of 63.1 years.
Myers, R. H. +7 more
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A family history of breast cancer will not predict female early onset breast cancer in a population-based setting [PDF]
, 2008 : BACKGROUND: An increased risk of breast cancer for relatives of breast cancer patients has been demonstrated in many studies, and having a relative diagnosed with breast cancer at an early age is an indication for breast cancer screening.
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A next-generation sequencing approach to identify gene mutations in early-and late-onset hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients of an Italian cohort [PDF]
, 2016 Sequencing of sarcomere protein genes in patients fulfilling the clinical diagnostic criteria for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) identifies a disease-causing mutation in 35% to 60% of cases.
Autore, Camillo +11 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundPerceptions of cigar products' harmfulness and addictiveness in youth are associated with subsequent cigar product initiation, but their association on the age of initiation of cigar product use is unknown.MethodsThe association of perceptions ...
Baojiang Chen +7 more
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Early‐onset Alzheimer's disease explained by polygenic risk of late‐onset disease?
Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 2023 Early‐onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) is highly heritable, yet only 10% of cases are associated with known pathogenic mutations. For early‐onset AD patients without an identified autosomal dominant cause, we hypothesized that their early‐onset disease ...
William G. Mantyh +21 more
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The Age of Onset of Anxiety Disorders
, 2018 The objective was to estimate the age of onset (AOO) for all anxiety disorders and for specific subtypes. Gender differences in the AOO of anxiety disorders were examined, as were the influence of study characteristics on reported AOOs.Seven electronic databases were searched up to October 2014, with keywords representing anxiety disorder subtypes, AOO,
Legerstee, J.S. +6 more
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