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Metabolic and Fluid Biomarkers Support Microglia Activation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is an incurable neurodegenerative disease involving motor neuron degeneration and metabolic and immune dysfunction. We combined clinical data, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the role of reactive microglia in disease ...
Matteo Zanovello, Francesca Serani, Alen Bebeti, Federica Paredi, Giulia Quadrio, Andrea Fortuna, Giacomo Maria Minicuci, Elena Pegoraro, Annachiara Cagnin, Diego Cecchin, Gianni Sorarù   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disease-specific distress healthcare financing and catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditure for hospitalization care in Bangladesh. [PDF]

Cost Eff Resour Alloc
Sarker AR, Hasan A, Islam R.
europepmc   +1 more source

High Health Care Utilization Preceding Diagnosis With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Although early diagnosis improves long‐term outcomes, patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) often experience prolonged, circuitous paths to diagnosis. To inform diagnostic improvement, we sought to characterize health care utilization in the year preceding diagnosis. Methods We identified 10,021 patients with an incident diagnosis
Anna Costello, Rui Xiao, Xuemei Zhang, Jahan Jazayeri, Irit R. Rasooly, Pamela F. Weiss   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Obstacles to multisectoral maternal and child healthcare financing in Uganda: insights from policy bureaucrats. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Kusiima MS, van Dijk G, Mangai MS, Olaniyan O, Lubinga S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What alternative and innovative domestic methods of healthcare financing can be explored to fix the current claims reimbursement challenges by the National Health Insurance Scheme of Ghana? Perspectives of health managers. [PDF]

Cost Eff Resour Alloc, 2021
Laar AS, Asare M, Dalinjong PA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Race and Household Income Are Associated With Disease Outcomes in Pediatric Patients With Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–Associated Vasculitis Hospitalized in the United States

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Race and household income impact outcomes in patients with rheumatic conditions; however, their role in pediatric antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis (AAV) remains poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate whether race and ethnicity and household income are associated with severe AAV disease and renal outcomes among
Roberto Alejandro Valdovinos, William Daniel Soulsby III, Emily von Scheven   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Healthcare Financing in Saudi Arabia: A Comprehensive Review. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel)
Nair KS, Mughal YH, Albejaidi F, Alharbi AH.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Individuals with Multi‐Joint Osteoarthritis Demonstrate Larger Longitudinal Declines in Frailty: Data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Test the hypothesis that multi‐joint osteoarthritis would modify the relation between time and frailty progression, where more affected joints would lead to larger declines over 6‐years compared to those without osteoarthritis using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.
Carson Halliwell, Rebecca Moyer, Myles W. O'Brien   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical review of healthcare financing and a survey of system quality perception among healthcare users in Nigeria (2010-2023). [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Josiah BO, Enebeli EC, Duncan BA, Adejumo PO, Josiah CC, Anukam L, Shittu MB, Ncube F, Alimele KE, Emmanuel M, Martins-Ifeanyi OP, Opeyemi FI, Akingbade O, Adebayo AP, Ibraheem BM, Ekenekot UA, Edafiejire MS, Olukoya SO, Mukoro UJ, Baghdasarian S, Obialor JC, Alao GO, Obialor BO, Otoboyor NL, Josiah OG, Okonkwo J, Imoyera PE, Gbolabo AA, Nganwuchu BC, Oladimeji OJ, Olaosebikan TW, Kantaris M.   +31 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Clinical characteristics and concordance of anti‐MDA5 autoantibodies: A multicentre Australian study

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives In Australia, anti‐MDA5 antibodies are exclusively tested by line immunoblot assay (LIA). The clinical concordance of a LIA‐positive anti‐MDA5 result is unclear. We aimed to describe the clinical features and determine the clinical concordance of patients with anti‐MDA5 antibodies.
Syed B Ali, Thomas Khoo, Keeran Shivakumar, Adam Caroll, Lauren Hender, Dimitra Beroukas, Kim Griggs, Celina Jin, Theo De Malmanche, Jessica Day, Gabor Major, Vidya Limaye   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source