Barriers to Care and 1-Year Mortality Among Newly Diagnosed HIV-Infected People in Durban, South Africa [PDF]
Background: Prompt entry into HIV care is often hindered by personal and structural barriers. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of self-perceived barriers to health care on 1-year mortality among newly diagnosed HIV-infected individuals in Durban,
Giddy, Janet +10 more
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ABSTRACT Objective Down syndrome regression disorder is a syndrome characterized by subacute loss of cognitive, behavioral, and functional abilities in individuals with Down syndrome. Electroencephalography abnormalities are frequently observed during evaluation, but it remains unclear whether these findings represent a dynamic marker of disease ...
Jonathan D. Santoro +14 more
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Evaluation of Humoral Immune Function in Patients with Chronic Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Coincidence of autoimmune diseases such as immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) with immunodeficiencies has been reported previously in patients who suffered from primary antibody deficiency (PAD). But there is no original study on immunological
Mohammad Saeid Rahiminejad +15 more
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Behavioral Interventions to Prevent HIV Transmission and Acquisition for Transgender Women: A Critical Review [PDF]
: Worldwide, transgender women are at disproportionately higher risk of HIV infection, with the primary mode of infection being condomless anal intercourse.
Kuhns, Lisa M. +3 more
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ABSTRACT Background Factors associated with relapse course and disability in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody‐associated disease (MOGAD) remain incompletely understood. Objectives To identify clinical and modifiable factors associated with relapse and disability in MOGAD. Methods In this ambispective multicentre cohort study using data from
Yingtao Wang +23 more
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Psychiatric Aspects of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases: The Parental Study
Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PID) consist of a group of long-term illnesses which had permanent psychiatric effects on the patients and their parents. This study was designed to find out the most important origins and aspects of stressor in parents
Hassan Abolhassani +9 more
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MHC Class II Deficiency with Normal CD4+ T Cell Counts: A Case Report
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II deficiency is a rare primary immunodeficiency disorder (PID) with less than 200 cases worldwide. Here, we report an 8 month–old girl with MHC class II deficiency with a novel homozygous mutation in RFXANK ...
Farhad Abolnezhadian +2 more
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Depression During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Among HIV-Infected Women on Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda [PDF]
Background: Among HIV-infected women, perinatal depression compromises clinical, maternal, and child health outcomes. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is associated with lower depression symptom severity but the uniformity of effect through pregnancy and ...
Hunt, Peter W +18 more
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Inebilizumab in AQP4‐Seropositive NMOSD: One‐Year Follow‐Up From a Multicenter, Real‐World Study
ABSTRACT Objective Real‐world evidence on inebilizumab among neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) patients is lacking. This study assessed inebilizumab among Chinese patients with aquaporin 4 autoantibody (AQP4‐IgG)‐seropositive NMOSD in a real‐world setting.
Mengcui Gui +10 more
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Overlap in Immunologic Pathways Between Asthma and Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders
BackgroundAsthma is traditionally conceptualized as a T helper 2 (Th2)-mediated inflammatory airway disease. However, increasing evidence suggests that primary immune dysregulation may underlie or phenotypically mimic asthma in a subset of patients ...
Jooyoung Moon
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