Imaging markers of disability in aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G seropositive neuromyelitis optica: a graph theory study [PDF]
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders lack imaging biomarkers associated with disease course and supporting prognosis. This complex and heterogeneous set of disorders affects many regions of the central nervous system, including the spinal cord and ...
Asseyer, Susanna +10 more
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Inflammatory Activity on Natalizumab Predicts Short-term but not Long-term Disability in Multiple Sclerosis [PDF]
BACKGROUND: In people with multiple sclerosis treated with interferon-beta or glatiramer acetate, new MRI lesions and relapses during the first year of treatment predict a poor prognosis.
Dahdaleh, S +5 more
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Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism Interacts with Cigarette Smoking in Progression of Multiple Sclerosis [PDF]
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The influence of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) polymorphism on clinical severity of multiple sclerosis (MS) is still controversial. Cigarette smoking has been suggested to influence the progression of disability in these patients.
Andrade, ML +8 more
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The Framingham cardiovascular risk score in multiple sclerosis [PDF]
Background and purpose: Cardiovascular risk factors can increase the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) and modify its course. However, such factors possibly interact, determining a global cardiovascular risk.
BRESCIA MORRA, VINCENZO +11 more
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Influence of FK 506 (tacrolimus) on circulating CD4 + t cells expressing cd25 and cd45ra antigens in 19 patients with chronic progressive multiple sclerosis participating in an open label drug safety trial [PDF]
We have taken the opportunity of a clinical trial of the potential efficacy and safety of FK 506 (tacrolimus) in chronic progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) to examine the influence of this potent new immunosuppressant on circulating T-lymphocytes in an ...
A. W. Thomson +46 more
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Silent progression in disease activity-free relapsing multiple sclerosis. [PDF]
ObjectiveRates of worsening and evolution to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) may be substantially lower in actively treated patients compared to natural history studies from the pretreatment era.
Baranzini, Sergio E +29 more
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Apelin-13: A promising biomarker for multiple sclerosis?
Objectives: Recent studies have shown that Apelin 13 may have a neuroprotective property. Therefore it can be used as a biomarker for multiple sclerosis.
Murat Alpua +3 more
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Physical therapy for a patient with neuromyelitis optica during the acute phase: A case report
The aim of this report was to examine the safety of physical therapy for hemiplegia in a patient with neuromyelitis optica in the acute phase. A 32-year-old female with neuromyelitis optica diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging had a T2-weighted ...
Yuichi Nishikawa +2 more
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The Role of Trace elements in Multiple Sclerosis.
Fac Med Baghdad 2014; Vol.56, No.2 Received: Feb., 2014 Accepted April. 2014 Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) affecting young adults and is
Ammar A. Thamer +2 more
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