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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To explore how cerebral hypoxia and Normal‐Appearing White Matter (NAWM) integrity affect MS lesion burden and clinical course. Methods Seventy‐nine MS patients, including 13 clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) patients and 66 relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients, and 44 healthy controls (HCs) were recruited from ...
Xinli Wang +8 more
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The Journal of Clinical HypertensionAlzheimer's disease (AD), an escalating global public health concern, demonstrates complex pathogenesis involving both genetic predisposition and vascular components. Blood pressure variability (BPV) has been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases, but
Pingping Jia +3 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective A leading cause of death among patients with scleroderma (SSc), interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains challenging to prognosticate. The discovery of biomarkers that accurately determine which patients would benefit from close monitoring and aggressive therapy would be an essential clinical tool.
Cristina M. Padilla +13 more
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Extrema-weighted feature extraction for functional data
, 2017 Motivation: Although there is a rich literature on methods for assessing the impact of functional predictors, the focus has been on approaches for dimension reduction that can fail dramatically in certain applications.
Boom, Willem van den +3 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective The objective was to identify factors determining acute arthritis resolution and safety with colchicine and prednisone in acute calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystal arthritis. Methods We conducted a post hoc analysis of the COLCHICORT trial, which compared colchicine and prednisone for the treatment of acute CPP crystal arthritis, using a ...
Tristan Pascart +14 more
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Related factors and prognostic significance of predialysis blood pressure variability
Linchuang shenzangbing zazhi, 2018 Objective To study the clinical variables that may plausibly influence predialysis systolic blood pressure variability(SBPV),and to investigate the correlations of predialysis SBPV with all-cause mortality in patients receiving prevalent maintenance ...
LV Yu-feng, DONG Hai-xia
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Low Diastolic Blood Pressure and High Blood Pressure Variability are Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline in Elderly Adults: A Case-Control Study [PDF]
[[abstract]]Background This study investigated the association between visit-to-visit blood pressure (BP) variability and cognitive decline in elderly adults over a 4-month period.
Chen, Chia-Chi
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Financial Distress and Its Determinants in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective To quantify the degree of financial distress and identify its determinants in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) given the frequent prolonged use of expensive disease‐modifying therapies. Methods We identified adults enrolled in the FORWARD databank with either RA or noninflammatory musculoskeletal disease (NIMSKD) completing the ...
Amber Brown Keebler +5 more
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Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy among non- insulin dependent diabetics patients [PDF]
, 2014 Background and Objective: Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is the most common and important type of diabetic autonomic neuropathy. Silent myocardial infarction, respiratory failure and increased mortality are the outcomes of CAN.
Bazrafshan, H.R. +2 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective This study assessed sarilumab in treating patients with polyarticular‐course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pcJIA). Methods This phase 2b, open‐label study (NCT02776735) consisted of three sequential parts (each with a core‐treatment and extension‐phase). During part 1, three doses were assessed in two weight groups (Group A/B: ≥30–60 kg/≥10–<
Fabrizio De Benedetti +19 more
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