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Barriers to nutrition following neurosurgery: A descriptive cohort study

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Neurological trauma results in a state of hypermetabolism. Existing literature has explored barriers to adequate nutrition following traumatic brain injury. Despite clinical similarities, it remains unclear whether similar nutritional barriers are faced following both planned and emergency neurosurgical procedures.
Dale Palmer, Melissa Zhou, Suzie Ferrie
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Neuroimaging in normal pressure hydrocephalus

Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a syndrome characterized by the triad of gait disturbance, mental deterioration and urinary incontinence, associated with ventriculomegaly and normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure.
Benito Pereira Damasceno
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A Closer Look at the Global Management of Spina Bifida: The Implementation of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in the Treatment of Spina Bifida-Related Hydrocephalus in Africa [PDF]

, 2018
Spina bifida, specifically myelomeningocele, is a debilitating neural tube defect that affects patients and families throughout the world. Traditional management and treatment methods are described, followed by an explanation of why this is often ...
Burckart, Caryssa
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Junctional adhesion molecule (JAM)-C deficient C57BL/6 mice develop a severe hydrocephalus [PDF]

, 2012
The junctional adhesion molecule (JAM)-C is a widely expressed adhesion molecule regulating cell adhesion, cell polarity and inflammation. JAM-C expression and function in the central nervous system (CNS) has been poorly characterized to date.
Adams, Ralf Heinrich, Aurrand-Lions, Michel, Deutsch, Urban, Engelhardt, Britta, Enzmann, Gaby, Imhof, Beat A., Liebner, Stefan, Mittelbronn, Michel Guy André, Plate, Karl H., Schäfer, Julia, Wyss, Lena   +10 more
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White Matter Matters: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study with Clinical Correlates in Primary Brain Calcification

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Primary brain calcification (PBC) is a genetic disease featuring movement disorders, cognitive impairment, and/or psychiatric symptoms. Computed tomography (CT) scan identifies brain calcification but poorly correlates with patients' clinical phenotype; the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is yet undefined.
Giovanni Librizzi, Giulia Bonato, Matilde Corazza, Irene Guerra, Francesca Pistonesi, Cinzia Bertolin, Leonardo Salviati, Angelo Antonini, Renzo Manara, Miryam Carecchio   +9 more
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Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Case Presentation

Medisur, 2017
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, also known as Adult Chronic Hydrocephalus is usually produced in elder people due to an increase of cerebrospinal fluid in brain cavities, in general without an increase of intracranial pressure, but which can damage the ...
María Octavina Rodríguez Roque, Didiesdle Herrera Alonso, Ada Sánchez Lozano, Marines Herrera Rodríguez   +3 more
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Cognitive Profile of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 2011
Background/Aims: Frontal lobe dysfunction is believed to be a primary cognitive symptom in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH); however, the neuropsychology of this disorder remains to be fully investigated. The objective of this study was to
Makoto Saito, Yoshiyuki Nishio, Shigenori Kanno, Makoto Uchiyama, Akiko Hayashi, Masahito Takagi, Hirokazu Kikuchi, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Tatsuo Shimomura, Osamu Iizuka, Etsuro Mori   +10 more
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Neurosyphilis in a young patient presented as rapid cognitive decline [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2014
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by Treponema pallidum, known to have three distinct phases. The central nervous system involvement may occur as early as the second phase generally with syphilitic meningitis, but neurosyphilis always ...
Corina Roman-Filip, Aurelian Ungureanu, Liiana Prodan, Vicentiu Saceleanu   +3 more
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Cryptococcal infection of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]

, 2016
Patient: Male, 52 Final Diagnosis: Cryptococcal ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection Symptoms: Confusion • fever • Lethargy Medication: Amphotericin B • Flucytosine Clinical Procedure: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt removal Specialty: Infectious disease ...
Foong, Kap Sum, Lee, Ashley, Vasquez, Gustavo   +2 more
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Differential Progression of Neuroinflammation in Patients with Isolated Rapid‐Eye‐Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Neuroinflammation, measured using [11C](R)‐PK11195 positron emission tomography (PET), has been reported in isolated rapid‐eye‐movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD), but its temporal progression is unknown. Objective The aim was to assess longitudinal progression of neuroinflammation in iRBD patients and its relationship with ...
Andreas Myhre Baun, Alex Iranzo, Miriam Højholt Terkelsen, Rainer Hinz, Morten Gersel Stokholm, Kristian Stær, Mónica Serradel, Marit Otto, Kristina Bacher Svendsen, Alicia Garrido, Dolores Vilas, Arne Møller, Carles Gaig, Eduardo Tolosa, David J. Brooks, Per Borghammer, Simon Fristed Eskildsen, Nicola Pavese   +17 more
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