Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD) is a rare, severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. There is a pressing need to develop effective and sustainable therapeutic strategies. We aimed to investigate the causal association between febrile episodes and epileptic seizures for therapeutic implications in CDD patients.
Siyi Wang +13 more
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Utility of the APE2 Score as a Diagnostic Tool for Autoimmune Encephalitis
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To retrospectively evaluate the diagnostic performance of the Antibody Prevalence in Epilepsy and Encephalopathy (APE2) score relative to clinician‐adjudicated autoimmune encephalitis (AE) and the Graus criteria in a tertiary neuroimmunology referral cohort, including antibody‐negative AE.
Bijoya Basu +3 more
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4b. Classical Test Theory Is a Triple Scientific Disaster
, 2014 Classical Test Theory (CTT) underpins most of psychological test validation studies but does not explain how it is possible that a test score would measure a quantity. CTT interprets merely any score as the result of a random experiment.
Stéphane Vautier
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Autoimmune Comorbidities as Modifiers of Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy type 1 (FSHD1) shows clinical heterogeneity that is only partly explained by D4Z4 repeat unit (RU) size. Although immune and inflammatory mechanisms may contribute to disease variability, the prevalence and clinical impact of autoimmune diseases in FSHD remain unclear.
Jonathan Pini +9 more
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Nonneutrality of money in classical monetary thought [PDF]
Contrary to the strawman “classical” model of the textbooks, the original classical economists did not believe that money-stock changes affect only the price level and not real output and employment. Most classicals saw money as having powerful short-run
Thomas M. Humphrey
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Temporal Divergence of True and False Alarms in Pediatric Nocturnal Seizure Monitoring
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.The early‐morning surge in false seizure alarms supports exploring time‐ or state‐dependent detection thresholds to reduce false detections. ABSTRACT Seizure detection devices can improve the safety of children with epilepsy, yet high false alarms limit their clinical applicability.
Mohammad Shahbakhti +6 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To identify inflammatory analytes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma associated with cognitive decline in cognitively normal (CN) older adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods In a longitudinal study of 118 CN older adults (65–80 years, 54% APOE ε4, 26% preclinical AD), 1331 CSF and 1501 plasma analytes were ...
Jagan A. Pillai +13 more
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Hyperhidrosis quality of life index (HidroQoL): further validation by applying classical test theory and item response theory using data from a phase III clinical trial. [PDF]
J Patient Rep Outcomes, 2023 Donhauser T +7 more
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Using Classical Test Theory to Determine the Psychometric Properties of the Italian Version of the Feeding/Swallowing Impact Survey. [PDF]
J Clin MedCrispiatico V +4 more
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Validating Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) in a Bangladeshi Population: Using Classical Test Theory and Rasch Analysis. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Mamun MA +7 more
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