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Sex‐Stratified Association of Regional Dopamine Transporter Binding With Disease Progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To clarify the clinical relevance of dopamine transporter single‐photon emission computed tomography (DAT‐SPECT) abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with a prespecified focus on sex‐stratified associations with disease progression and short‐term prognosis.
Tomoya Kawazoe, Keizo Sugaya, Kentaro Hayashi, Keiko Hino, Yasuhiro Nakata, Kota Bokuda, Toshio Shimizu, Kazushi Takahashi   +7 more
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The uncanny memory of Nazi euthanasia, the Risiera di San Sabba and the foibe

Incontri: Rivista Europea di Studi Italiani, 2015
Review of: Susanne Knittel, The Historical Uncanny: Disability, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Holocaust Memory, New York, Fordham University Press, 2015, XII + 350 p., ISBN: 9780823262786, $55 ...
Emiliano Perra
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Baseline Neuroinflammation Stratifies TSPO‐PET Response to Disease‐Modifying Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate which baseline clinical and imaging characteristics best predict TSPO‐PET‐measurable reduction in glial activation following treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), to utilize this information for designing more efficient biomarker‐based clinical trials targeting glial activation.
Marlene T. Morch, Markus Matilainen, Giulia N. Baldrighi, Marjo Nylund, Maija Saraste, Laura Airas   +5 more
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Of Non-Mice and Non-Men: Against Essentialism in Joshua Ferris's The Unnamed

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2020
Noticing the recent trend in disability studies to entertain essentialism in an attempt to capture the efficacy of identity politics, this essay articulates the reductive implications of doing so.
Nathan D. Frank
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Axial Function Reflects Global Severity in Inherited Ataxias: The Upright Stability Score in Ambulatory Friedreich vs. Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Inherited ataxias are clinically diverse neurodegenerative diseases, complicating the choice of outcome measures for trials. In spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA), regulatory concerns about the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) caused a shift toward functional SARA (f‐SARA), contributing to pivotal trial failure.
Christian Rummey, S. H. Subramony, David R. Lynch, Louise A. Corben, Martin B. Delatycki, Jörg B. Schulz, Kathrin Reetz, Massimo Pandolfo, Matthis Synofzik, Theresa Zesiewicz, Antoine Duquette, Matthew Burns, Martin Vyhnálek, Lucie Stovickova, Sinead M. Murphy, Petya Bogdanova‐Mihaylova, Mary Kearney, Richard Walsh, Richard H. Roxburgh, Khalaf Bushara, Marie Y. Davis, Enrico S. Bertini, Gessica Vasco, Shweta Sahni, Mohammed Faruq, Achal K. Srivastava, Bart van de Warrenburg, Elisabetta Indelicato, Sylvia Boesch, Andrew Billnitzer, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Anoopum S. Gupta, Grace Yoon, Georgios Koutsis, Chrysoula Koniari, Zofia Fleszar, Christopher M. Gomez, Andrea Martinuzzi, Gabriella Paparella, Ali G. Hamedani, Puneet Opal, Rizwan S. Akhtar, Caterina Mariotti, Henry Paulson, Peter Todd, Sharan R. Srinivasan, George Wilmot, Ludger Schöls, Susan Perlman, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Sheng‐Han Kuo, Liana S. Rosenthal, Vikram G. Shakkottai   +52 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selective Abortion as Moral Failure? Revaluation of the Feminist Case for Reproductive Rights in a Disability Context

Disability Studies Quarterly, 2016
Of feminism and disability theory's many overlapping concerns, few have received as much attention as prenatal genetic diagnosis and selective abortion. While the attention to how genetic selection reinforces disability stigma is important, much of this ...
Claire McKinney
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Four‐Year Cognitive Outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis: Associations With Lesion Myelin Integrity

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Cognitive impairment is prevalent in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) but whether lesion myelin integrity influences future cognitive outcomes remains unclear. We investigated the relationship between baseline lesion myelin water fraction (MWF) and cognitive performance 4 years later.
Iliana Pliska‐Bloch, Hannah Schwartz, Kimberly H. Markowitz, Abhishek Jaywant, Christopher D. Hildenbrand, Jai Perumal, Ulrike W. Kaunzner, Thanh D. Nguyen, Sandra Hurtado Rúa, Susan A. Gauthier   +9 more
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Clinician and Patient Factors Associated With Long‐Term Glucocorticoid Use in People With Rheumatoid Arthritis Receiving Advanced Therapies

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Despite guideline recommendations, long‐term glucocorticoid (GC) use is common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We conducted a clinician survey nested within a large registry to identify patient and clinician factors associated with GC use. Methods Clinicians contributing patients to the CorEvitas Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry were surveyed ...
Michael D. George, George Reed, Matthew D. Kearney, Peter F. Cronholm, Kevin Kane, Jeffrey R. Curtis, Dimitrios A. Pappas, Joel M. Kremer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research Methods and Practices of Doing Disability Studies in the Global South

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2021
Disability studies has long been based primarily on theories and practices in the global North also in the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. Today there is an increase in disability research conducted in the global South.
Hisayo Katsui, Leslie Swartz
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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