Will Memantine Exacerbate Seizures in People With Epilepsy? A Prospective Cohort Study
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate whether add‐on memantine would exacerbate seizures in people with epilepsy. Methods This was a prospective cohort study. People with epilepsy diagnosed with cognitive impairment were consecutively invited. Those who agreed were followed up for at least 24 weeks.
Peiyu Wang +7 more
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Chronic Constipation: Current Management and Challenges
Many challenges are associated with the diagnosis and management of patients with chronic constipation. Some of these challenges arise from the currently incomplete understanding of what causes constipation and from the difficulties in diagnosing and ...
Martin Storr
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The Efficacy of Peripheral Opioid Antagonists in Opioid-Induced Constipation and Postoperative Ileus: A Systematic Review of the Literature. [PDF]
Opioid-induced constipation has a negative impact on quality of life for patients with chronic pain and can affect more than a third of patients. A related but separate entity is postoperative ileus, which is an abnormal pattern of gastrointestinal ...
Baratta, Jaime L. +5 more
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The Case of a 37‐Year‐Old Woman Presenting With Subacute Weakness and Paresthesias
ABSTRACT Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare metabolic disorder that may present with subacute neuropathy and systemic symptoms, often leading to diagnostic delay. We report a 37‐year‐old woman with eight weeks of progressive bilateral upper extremity weakness and paresthesias, followed by lower extremity involvement and falls, in the setting ...
Peter Pacut +3 more
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An overview of the effect of probiotics and exercise on mood and associated health conditions [PDF]
The present paper provides a review of the current knowledge relating to the health benefits of probiotics, specially focused on the effects they may have together with physical exercise on mood disorders and related chronic medical conditions. With both
Baker, Julien S., Grant, Marie Clare
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Cutaneous Phosphorylated Alpha‐Synuclein in Lewy Body Dementia
ABSTRACT Objective To determine the test performance of cutaneous phosphorylated alpha‐synuclein (P‐SYN) in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), individuals with reduced Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and healthy controls. Methods This is the first subgroup analysis of the Synuclein‐One study, a prospective, blinded study evaluating P‐SYN detection ...
Christopher H. Gibbons +31 more
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Association of body roundness index with chronic diarrhea and constipation, NHANES 2005–2010
Background Chronic diarrhea and constipation are known to be associated with obesity. Body roundness index (BRI), as a novel physical dimension assessment indicator, provides a more comprehensive evaluation of body and visceral fat than traditional ...
Yan Zhuang +4 more
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Objective To investigate the relationship between daily intake of B vitamins (vitamins B1, B2, B6 and niacin) and chronic constipation and chronic diarrhea.
DING Pei, WANG Lin, WANG Lin
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Ultrasonographic follow-up of functional chronic constipation in adults: A report of two cases
Chronic constipation is a disorder frequently encountered in clinical practice. Here, we describe the use of ultrasonography as a new approach to the follow-up of adult patients with functional chronic constipation.
Koichi Yabunaka +3 more
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Defining constipation to estimate its prevalence in the community: results from a national survey
Background Different definitions of constipation have been used to estimate its prevalence in the community but this creates difficulties when comparing results from various studies.
Barry L. Werth +3 more
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