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Characterization of Clinical Phenotype to Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Concentrations in Alexander Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To determine the concentration of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma in Alexander disease (AxD) and whether GFAP levels are predictive of disease phenotypes. Methods CSF and plasma were collected (longitudinally when available) from AxD participants and non‐AxD controls.
Amy T. Waldman, Asako Takanohashi, Joshua Y. Joung, Geraldine W. Liu, Kaley Arnold, Amy Pizzino, Walter Faig, Sarah Woidill, Sona Narula, Adeline L. Vanderver   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors affecting parental refusal of lumbar puncture in Iraqi children in COVID-19 era: a cross-sectional study

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objective: To assess the frequency and causes of parental lumbar puncture refusal for their children. Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Central Child Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, from October 1, 2021, to April 1, 2022, and ...
Nabeeha Najatee Akram, Shurooq Talib Sadoon, Matheel Mohammed Jaafar, Wassan Nori   +3 more
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Dural tear from diagnostic lumbar puncture followed by long-term morbidity: a case report

Neurological Research and Practice, 2020
Background Lumbar punctures are performed in different medical settings and are a key procedure in the diagnosis of several neurological conditions. Complications are rare and generally self-limiting.
Aleksander Fjeld Haugstvedt, Inger Birgitte Havsteen, Hanne Christensen   +2 more
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Plasma neuronal specific enolase : a potential stage diagnostic marker in human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

, 2014
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Mitchell, Julia A, Sternberg, Jeremy M
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Effects of Biological Sex and Age on Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers—A Retrospective Observational Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is a key diagnostic tool for neurological diseases. To date, only a few studies have investigated in larger cohorts the effect of age and biological sex on diagnostic markers extracted from CSF. Methods For this retrospective observational study, 4163 CSF findings (2012–2020) were evaluated.
Isabel‐Sophie Hafer, Simon Faissner, Ralf Gold, Aiden Haghikia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation between blood glucose and cerebrospinal fluid glucose levels in patients with differences in glucose metabolism

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
ObjectivesWe aimed to determine a method to identify normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) glucose levels by examining the correlation between blood and CSF glucose levels in patients with normal and abnormal glucose metabolism.MethodsOne hundred ninety-five ...
Qing Che Tan, Qing Che Tan, Xiao Wei Xing, Jia Tang Zhang, Mian Wang He, Yu Bao Ma, Lei Wu, Xiaolin Wang, Hong Fen Wang, Sheng Yuan Yu   +9 more
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Spinal Cord Infarction Versus Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis: Clinical, Radiological, and Functional Insights From a Retrospective Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is a rare but devastating myelopathy, characterized by a high disability rate and an unfavorable prognosis. It has often been underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed as idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM). This study aimed to describe the clinical features, radiological biomarkers, treatments, and functional ...
Zeqiang Ji, Jianlong Zhang, Yiming Shi, Shiyu Shan, Yang Du, Guangshuo Li, Ying Jin, Yani Zhang, Chuanying Wang, Yijun Lin, Yuhao Guo, Decai Tian, Xingquan Zhao, Tian Song   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of pre lumbar puncture position on post lumbar puncture headache

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2011
Background: The most common complication of lumbar puncture (LP) occurring in over thirty percent of patients is headache. The position after lumbar puncture, needle type and size, and volume of the extracted cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have been evaluated
Siamak Afshin Majd, Shahryar Pourfarzam, Hassan Ghasemi, Mohammad Ebrahim Yarmohammadi, Ali Davati, Moslem Jaberian   +5 more
doaj  

Lumbar puncture in patients using anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2016
The use of anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents has largely increased. Diagnostic lumbar puncture in patients taking these drugs represents a challenge considering the opposing risks of bleeding and thrombotic complications.
Renan Domingues, Gustavo Bruniera, Fernando Brunale, Cristóvão Mangueira, Carlos Senne   +4 more
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A prospective study of mortality from cryptococcal meningitis following treatment induction with 1200 mg oral fluconazole in Blantyre, Malawi. [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVE: We have previously reported high ten-week mortality from cryptococcal meningitis in Malawian adults following treatment-induction with 800 mg oral fluconazole (57% [33/58]).
Allain, TJ, Feasey, NA, Gaskell, KM, Gnanadurai, R, Goodson, P, Harrison, TS, Heyderman, RS, Jassi, C, Lalloo, DG, Rothe, C, Sloan, DJ   +10 more
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