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Tuberculosis in Scottish military veterans: evidence from a retrospective cohort study of 57 000 veterans and 173 000 matched non-veterans [PDF]

, 2016
Objective: Tuberculosis was a major cause of morbidity and manpower loss in the Armed Forces during World War II. Military control programmes commenced in the 1950s but were initially limited in scope by the many recruits who were already tuberculin ...
Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, D.F., Pell, J.P.   +2 more
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Cytokine, Chemokine, and Neurofilament Light Chain Signatures in LGI1 Autoimmune Encephalitis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To investigate the value of cytokine, chemokine, and neurofilament light chain (NfL) concentrations in predicting relapse risk, chronic epilepsy, and functional impairment in LGI1 autoimmune encephalitis (AE). Methods Cytokines/chemokines (IL‐1‐beta, IL‐2, IL‐4, IL‐5, IL‐6, IL‐8/CXCL8, IL‐10, IL‐12p70, IL‐13, IL‐17A, GM‐CSF, TNF ...
Albert Aboseif, Georgios Mangioris, Binxia Yang, Vanessa K. Pazdernik, Jeffrey W. Britton, Divyanshu Dubey, Eoin P. Flanagan, Sarosh R. Irani, Gregory S. Day, Charles L. Howe, A. Sebastian López‐Chiriboga, Andrew McKeon, John R. Mills, Yahel Segal, Michel Toledano, Ivana Vodopivec, Sean J. Pittock, Anastasia Zekeridou   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

The two-stage clonal expansion model in occupational cancer epidemiology: Results from three cohort studies [PDF]

, 2010
Copyright © 2010 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. All rights reserved.Objectives: The objective of this work was to apply the two-stage clonal expansion model, with the intention to expand the literature on epidemiological applications of the model and ...
Gore, R, Kriebel, D, Zeka, A
core   +1 more source

ICU‐EEG Pattern Detection by a Convolutional Neural Network

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) often require continuous EEG (cEEG) monitoring due to the high risk of seizures and rhythmic and periodic patterns (RPPs). However, interpreting cEEG in real time is resource‐intensive and heavily relies on specialized expertise, which is not always available.
Giulio Degano, Hervé Quintard, Andreas Kleinschmidt, Nikita Francini, Oana E. Sarbu, Pia De Stefano   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors for acute exacerbations of COPD in a primary care population: A retrospective observational cohort study [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives: To evaluate risk factors associated with exacerbation frequency in primary care. Information on exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has mainly been generated by secondary care-based clinical cohorts.
Hawkins, A, Müllerová, H, Quint, J, Shukla, A   +3 more
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Pre‐Diagnostic Features of Multiple Sclerosis in a Diverse UK Cohort: A Nested Case–Control Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Many patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) experience nonspecific symptoms prior to diagnosis. This period—the 'MS prodrome'—has been described in socio‐economically homogeneous cohorts to date. It remains unclear to what extent events prior to an MS diagnosis differ according to social determinants of health. Methods We conducted a
Pooja Tank, Benjamin M. Jacobs, Jonathan Bestwick, Ruth Dobson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between triglyceride-glucose index and hypertension: a cohort study based on the China Health and Nutrition Survey (2009–2015)

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Aim Insulin resistance (IR) may participate in the pathogenesis of hypertension by mediating low-grade systemic inflammation. The triglycerides-glucose (TyG) index has recently been suggested as a reliable alternative biochemical marker of IR compared ...
Su Wang, Qian Wang, Xianliang Yan
doaj   +1 more source

Arthroscopic margin convergence of large-sized rotator cuff tears does not lead to better clinical outcome compared with conventional repair

JSES International
Background: The margin convergence (MC) technique is used to repair longitudinal-type tears as direct repair of the apex of the longitudinal-type tear from medial to lateral is challenging.
Terufumi Shibata, MD, PhD, Yozo Shibata, MD, PhD, So Minokawa, MD, PhD, Satoshi Miyake, MD, PhD, Teruaki Izaki, MD, PhD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-fatal self-harm in Scottish military veterans: a retrospective cohort study of 57,000 veterans and 173,000 matched non-veterans [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose: Although suicide risk in veterans has been widely studied, there is little information on the risk of non-fatal self-harm in this population.
Bergman, Beverly P., Mackay, Daniel F., Pell, Jill P., Smith, Daniel J.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Characteristics of Cerebral Palsy in the Midwestern US

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common lifelong motor disability worldwide. Yet, data is limited on how CP manifests in the US. Our objective was to characterize and determine factors affecting functional outcomes in a large population of young people with CP in the Midwestern US.
Susie Kim, Kelsey Steffen, Lauren Gottschalk‐Henneberry, Jennifer Miros, Amy Robichaux‐Viehoever, Karen Taca, Bhooma R. Aravamuthan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source