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The Dynamics of Neurofilament Light Chain in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Newborn screening (NBS) for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) facilitates early diagnosis and treatment for affected individuals. However, fluid biomarkers that provide early insights into disease activity and outcomes in a neonatal cohort and those unable to access (due to reimbursement criteria) or deferring immediate treatment are lacking ...
Arlene D'Silva, Karen Herbert, Lakshmi Balaji, Jia Mei He, Tejaswi Kandula, Hugo A. Sampaio, Hooi‐Ling Teoh, Esther Tantsis, Jihee Sohn, Nancy Briggs, Nickson Ning, Matthew C. Kiernan, Didu S. Kariyawasam, Michelle A. Farrar   +13 more
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Politics, Child Mortality, and Health System Development in Tanzania and Uganda, 1995-2009. [PDF]

, 2011
Sub-Saharan African countries have diverged sharply in health status in recent years: Some have reduced premature mortality rapidly while others have made little progress, despite significant health-oriented foreign aid. This article identifies political
CROKE, KEVIN
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Relapses, Comorbidities, and Predictors of Outcome in Anti‐GABAA Receptor Encephalitis

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objectives To characterize the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesion dynamics, comorbidities, predictors of relapse, and outcomes in anti‐γ‐aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABAAR) encephalitis, and assess the utility of LIM‐domain‐only‐protein 5 (LMO5) antibodies as tumor markers.
Claudia Papi, Chiara Milano, Laura Marmolejo, Ana Beatriz Serafim, Esther Aguilar, Mar Guasp, Elianet Fonseca, Mateus Mistieri Simabukuro, Raffaele Iorio, Yuki Fukami, Maria Lucia Schmitz Ferreira Santos, Takashi Miwa, Takashi Araga, Yuto Uchida, Masanori Kurihara, Satoshi Okada, Luz Victoria Garcia, Kenichi Kaida, Natalia Spinola Costa da Cunha, Alberto Vogrig, Florian Lamblin, Juna M. de Vries, Livia Almeida Dutra, Romana Höftberger, Maarten J. Titulaer, Jesús Planagumà, Lidia Sabater, Eugenia Martinez‐Hernandez, Thais Armangué, Francesc Graus, Takahiro Iizuka, Josep Dalmau, Marianna Spatola, Anti‐GABAAR encephalitis study group   +33 more
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Amyloid‐β Biomarkers Predict Future Hemorrhage in Patients with Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Accurately predicting future hemorrhagic events in patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) remains a major clinical challenge. It is unknown whether cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers of amyloid‐beta (Aβ) pathology are associated with increased hemorrhage risk in this population.
Philipp Arndt, Malte Pfister, Valentina Perosa, Hendrik Mattern, Melis Tas, Lara Holzheimer, Johanna Engel, Marc Dörner, Marwa Al‐Dubai, Cornelia Garz, Eya Khadhraoui, Sebastian J. Müller, Patrick Müller, Sven G. Meuth, Katja Neumann, Stefanie Schreiber   +15 more
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Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester, N. Starr, T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohannes, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. Trickey, S. Bitew, A. Bekele, T. G. Weiser   +16 more
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Validation of a health literacy screening tool (REALM) in a UK population with coronary heart disease.

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Health literacy (HL) has been recognized as an important public health issue in other developed countries such as the US. There is currently no HL screening tool valid for use in the UK.
Gomez, GB, Chesnokov, Melanie, Rowlands, Gill, Reid, Fiona, Gomez, Gabriela B, Chesnokov, M, Shaw, A, Reid, F, Rowlands, G, Ussher, M, Shaw, Adrienne, Ibrahim, SY, Ussher, Michael, Ibrahim, Saima Y   +13 more
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Comparable Infection Risk of Ocrelizumab and Rituximab in Multiple Sclerosis in a Nationwide Swedish Cohort Study

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
In multiple sclerosis (MS), anti‐CD20 therapies have been associated with increased infection risk, but whether this risk differs between rituximab and ocrelizumab is not known. Using a nationwide cohort, we studied infection risk and relapse outcomes among 16,872 treatment episodes with rituximab, ocrelizumab, or other disease‐modifying therapies ...
Thomas Frisell, Sebastian Hedberg, Fredrik Piehl   +2 more
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Excellent Outcomes and High Rates of Return to Duty but a 10% Chance of Tear Progression Are Seen Following Arthroscopic Debridement Alongside Adjunctive Procedures for Articular‐Sided, Partial‐Thickness Supraspinatus Tears (Ellman Grade I) in Active‐Duty Service Members Younger Than 50 Years

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Purpose To evaluate clinical outcomes and return‐to‐duty rates in active‐duty service members younger than 50 years after arthroscopic debridement of Ellman grade I, articular‐sided partial‐thickness rotator cuff tears (PT‐RCTs) of the supraspinatus.
Brian Skura, Ian S. Rice, Alexis B. Sandler, Samuel Howard, Richy Charls, John Tyler, John P. Scanaliato, Ron Gilat, Nata Parnes   +8 more
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Lower Extremity Sprains and Knee/Ankle Injury Predominate Among Pediatric Dancers

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Purpose To determine the most common body regions, diagnoses, and mechanisms of injury among pediatric dance‐related injuries in the United States. Methods A descriptive epidemiologic analysis of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2023 identified emergency department presentations for primary dance ...
Katherine Koch, Philip M. Lee, Cameron Nishida, Sonya B. Levine, Kyle K. Obana, Jennifer M. Weiss, Jennifer King   +6 more
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Late‐Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis and Air Pollution in the Multiethnic Cohort

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate the effects of ambient air pollution on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) incidence in a racially and ethnically diverse population. Methods This analysis included 42,152 California Multiethnic Cohort participants, aged ≥65 years (>70% African American and Latino adults) who were enrolled in the Fee For Service component of Medicare (2001–
Anna H. Wu, Chiuchen Tseng, Song‐Yi Park, Daniel O. Stram, Kami White, Jun Wu, Cheryl Vigen, Veronica W. Setiawan, Xian Yu, Steven Gazal, Christopher Haiman, Lynne Wilkens, Loïc Le Marchand, Iona Cheng, William Stohl   +14 more
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