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Development of a novel model of optic neuritis to assess neuroprotective and repair strategies in multiple sclerosis [PDF]
, 2012 PhDMultiple sclerosis (MS) is a putative autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS), which often affects the optic nerve pathway. Optic neuritis (ON) is a clinical feature of MS that can cause loss of vision due to conduction block and ...
Lidster, Katie
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2022 Background After a case of stroke, intracranial pressure (ICP) must be measured and monitored, and the gold standard method for that is through an invasive technique using an intraventricular or intraparenchymal device.
Ozgur Senol +4 more
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Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma in the First Decade of Life: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2012 Background/Aim: Tumors of the optic nerve are mostly either optic nerve gliomas or optic nerve sheath meningiomas (ONSMs). While gliomas occur in children, most meningiomas are slow-growing tumors affecting middle-aged individuals with progressive visual
Mário L.R. Monteiro +3 more
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2021 Background: Although intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is the gold standard method for measuring intracranial pressure after traumatic brain injury, optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measurement with ultrasound (US) is also used in the evaluation ...
Kaan Çelik, Bekir Enes Demiryurek
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Gliomas do nervo óptico: estudo de 11 casos Optic nerve gliomas: a study of 11 cases
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1996 Os gliomas do nervo óptico podem apresentar-se esporadicamente ou como componentes da neurofibromatose. São neoplasias raras, correspondendo a 2 a 5% dos tumores intracranianos e cerca de 6% dos tumores intra-orbitários. No presente estudo, analisamos 11
Luiz Fernando Bleggi Torres +4 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHLS) is a rare, autosomal dominant genetic disease with high penetrance and variable phenotypic expression caused by variants in the VHL gene. VHLS is associated with the presence of vascular tumors, often hemangioblastoma of
Sandra Di Felice Boratto +8 more
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TGF-beta(2)- and H2O2-Induced Biological Changes in Optic Nerve Head Astrocytes Are Reduced by the Antioxidant Alpha-Lipoic Acid [PDF]
, 2012 Background/Aims: The goal of the present study was to determine whether transforming growth factor-beta(2) (TGF-beta(2))- and oxidative stress-induced cellular changes in cultured human optic nerve head (ONH) astrocytes could be reduced by pretreatment ...
Yu, Alice L. +2 more
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Rapid progression from trochlear nerve palsy to orbital apex syndrome as an initial presentation of advanced gastric cancer [PDF]
Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine, 2019 The most cases with orbital metastases have been reported in patients with a prior established diagnosis of cancer and widespread systemic involvement.
Eunjung Kong, Sung Ae Koh, Won Jae Kim
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Nasal mucoepidermoid carcinoma after radiotherapy: Case report
Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2022 Introduction Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is a tumor originated from the epithelium of the glandular excretory ducts and has highly variable biological potential. It is the most prevalent cancer of the salivary glands.
Breno Nery +9 more
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Effects of glutamate receptor activation on NG2-glia in the rat optic nerve [PDF]
, 2009 NG2-glia are a substantial population of cells in the central nervous system (CNS) that can be identified by their specific expression of the NG2 chondroitin sulphate (CSPG).
Hubbard, Paul S. +8 more
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