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Quantification of muscle strength and motor ability in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy on steroid therapy Quantificação da força muscular e habilidades motoras em pacientes com distrofia muscular de Duchenne em corticoterapia

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2007
OBJECTIVE: An assessment protocol was applied to quantify and describe muscular strength and motor abilities of 32 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), aged between 5 and 12 years on steroid therapy.
Samara Lamounier Santana Parreira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association Between Motor Pathway Damage and Motor Deficit in Upper and Lower Limb in People With MS

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Corticospinal tract damage is common in people with MS, but the degree of clinical symptoms varies. We hypothesize that corticospinal tract lesions are more extensive and severe in people with MS with motor impairments in both upper and lower limbs.
Mathilde Liffran   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electroencephalographic Normalization as a Biomarker of Clinical Recovery in Down Syndrome Regression Disorder

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Down syndrome regression disorder is a syndrome characterized by subacute loss of cognitive, behavioral, and functional abilities in individuals with Down syndrome. Electroencephalography abnormalities are frequently observed during evaluation, but it remains unclear whether these findings represent a dynamic marker of disease ...
Jonathan D. Santoro   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experience of sarcoidosis and factors predicting relapse at a tertiary care institute in North India

open access: yesIndian Journal of Rheumatology, 2019
Background: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem, chronic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. The clinical course of sarcoidosis is punctuated with remission and relapses, which is unpredictable.
Alok Nath   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corticosteroids and the brain [PDF]

open access: yesEndocrine Abstracts, 2017
The brain is continuously exposed to varying levels of adrenal corticosteroid hormones such as corticosterone in rodents and cortisol in humans. Natural fluctuations occur due to ultradian and circadian variations or are caused by exposure to stressful situations. Brain cells express two types of corticosteroid receptors, i.e.
openaire   +2 more sources

Upper Cervical Cord Area as a Biomarker of Conversion to Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study assessed whether upper cervical cord area (UCCA) measured on routine brain MRI can serve as a biomarker of conversion to SPMS. Methods This is a single‐center retrospective cohort study of RRMS patients with cross‐sectional and longitudinal analyses of clinical and MRI data. Future SPMS converters were matched by age, sex,
Nabil K. El Ayoubi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inhaled corticosteroids for asthma: impact of practice level device switching on asthma control

open access: yes, 2009
Background As more inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) devices become available, there may be pressure for health-care providers to switch patients with asthma to cheaper inhaler devices. Our objective was to evaluate impact on asthma control of inhaler device
Williams, Angela E.   +17 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical and Modifiable Factors Associated With Disability and Relapse in MOGAD: A Multicentre Cohort Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Factors associated with relapse course and disability in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody‐associated disease (MOGAD) remain incompletely understood. Objectives To identify clinical and modifiable factors associated with relapse and disability in MOGAD. Methods In this ambispective multicentre cohort study using data from
Yingtao Wang   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modalidades terapéuticas con corticosteroides antenatales en el pretérmino Therapeutic modalities with antenatal corticosteroids in preterm delivery

open access: yesMedisan, 2012
Actualmente, el nacimiento pretérmino es uno de los problemas básicos en la atención perinatal, pues constituye causa de morbilidad, mortalidad y alteraciones del desarrollo en estos infantes.
Danilo Nápoles Méndez   +2 more
doaj  

Bromfenac (Broksinak) — a new word in the nonsteroidal antiinflamatory drug (literature review)

open access: yesOftalʹmologiâ, 2016
Eye inflammation can be caused by different factors — allergies, infection, trauma (including surgery). It can have severe complications, last even after elimination the reason and cause the visual impairment as an outcome.
E. A. Spiridonov
doaj   +1 more source

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