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The economic burden of asthma: direct and indirect costs in Switzerland [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 1999
Asthma mortality increased in Switzerland between 1980 and 1994. This study aimed to assess the economic burden of asthma in this country. Chart reviews were conducted for the last five patients seen for asthma in physician practices in 1996 and 1997. Direct expenditures and indirect costs for asthma-related morbidity were determined.
T D, Szucs, H, Anderhub, M, Rutishauser
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Re‐Purposing Sapropterin (Kuvan) for ACTA2‐Related Multisystemic Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome: A Translational Mechanistic and First‐In‐Human Therapeutic Report

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome (MSMDS) is an ultra‐rare, ACTA2‐related disorder characterized by severe cerebrovascular disease, aortic aneurysms, and smooth muscle dysfunction. Using molecular dynamics simulations and in silico drug screening, we identified that sapropterin dihydrochloride (Kuvan) is a candidate capable of ...
Moran Hausman‐Kedem, Noa Bielopolski, Vijai Krishnan, Shane Wald‐Altman, Shelly I Shrian, Omer Bar‐Yosef, Livia Kapusta, Claire Shamber, Patricia L. Musolino, Miguel Weil   +9 more
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Arterial Spin‐Labeling MRI at the Cortical‐CSF Interface: A Novel Biomarker in Alzheimer Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objective Arterial spin‐labeling (ASL) MRI can measure perfusion signal adjacent to CSF spaces and may provide information regarding CSF‐adjacent water transport physiology. We developed an automated pipeline to extract cortical‐CSF interface (IF) perfusion for comparison between Alzheimer disease (AD) and cognitively normal ...
Mona Asghariahmadabad, Pouya Metanat, Michael Thomas, Luke W. Bonham, Tyson Lam, Mehmet Kurt, Hong Nguyen, Tara Ellingson, Mauro Zucchelli, Stefano Casagranda, Quin Lu, Andreas M. Rauschecker, Leo Sugrue, Luis E. Savastano, Christopher P. Hess, Kamalini Ranasinghe, S. Andrew Josephson, Bruce L. Miller, Jennifer S. Yokoyama, Gil D. Rabinovici, Peter A. Ljubenkov, Lawren VandeVrede, Kambiz Nael   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

The direct and indirect costs of managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Greece

International Journal of COPD, 2017
Kyriakos Souliotis,1 Hara Kousoulakou,1 Georgios Hillas,2 Nikos Tzanakis,3 Michalis Toumbis,4 Theodoros Vassilakopoulos2 1Department of Social and Educational Policy, University of Peloponnese, Corinth, 2Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care ...
Souliotis K, Kousoulakou H, Hillas G, Tzanakis N, Toumbis M, Vassilakopoulos T   +5 more
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New Onset of Fibromyalgia After Exposure to a Combat Environment: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Traumatic life events are hypothesized to be triggers for the onset of fibromyalgia. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common comorbidity of fibromyalgia. However, limited prospective data are available on the development of fibromyalgia after exposure to high‐magnitude stress.
Jay B. Higgs, Willie J. Hale, Casey L. Straud, Jim Mintz, Stacey Young‐McCaughan, Kimberly D. Gomes, Chelsea J. Sterne, Katrina M. Lawrence‐Wolff, Alan J. Bartholomew, Kevin M. Kelly, Douglas M. Maurer, Catherine Vriend, Brett T. Litz, Douglas E. Williamson, Alan L. Peterson, for the STRONG STAR Consortium   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

COST ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS WITH HIV/AIDS [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2008
The economic burden of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is far greater than its direct medical costs. This study estimated annual indirect costs of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Islamic Republic of Iran in 2006-2007 ...
M Katibeh, B Shariati
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Economic burden of migraine in Latvia and Lithuania: direct and indirect costs

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Migraine is a primary headache disorder which affects all aspects of life. The financial burden of migraine imposed on the society might be substantial.
Ágnes Lublóy
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Formal and Informal Social Care in People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Cross‐Sectional Multicenter Survey

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living. This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disparate regions of England: Salford (urban) and Norfolk (rural).
Mehreen Somro, Karen Durrant, William G. Dixon, John McBeth, Alex MacGregor, Max Yates, Jenny H. Humphreys   +6 more
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The Association of Physical Function With Psychosocial Patient‐Reported Outcomes in People With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate how modifiable psychosocial factors and fatigue relate to physical functioning in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods In this cross‐sectional study of two demographically distinct cohorts (Approaches to Positive, Patient‐Centered Experiences of Aging with Lupus [APPEAL] and California Lupus Epidemiology Study
Mrinalini Dey, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Maria Dall'Era, Charmayne Dunlop‐Thomas, Courtney Hoge, S. Sam Lim, Patricia P. Katz, Jinoos Yazdany, Laura C. Plantinga   +8 more
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Direct and indirect costs for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms

Leukemia & Lymphoma
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are associated with substantial healthcare resource use and productivity loss. This retrospective cohort analysis used disability leave and medical claims data to measure direct and indirect healthcare costs associated with MPNs. The analysis included 173 patients with myelofibrosis (MF), 4477 with polycythemia vera (
Jingbo Yu, James Nelson, Taylor Marlin, Evan Braunstein, Michelle Jerry   +4 more
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