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Cardiovascular disease risk profile in Nigerian school children

Sahel Medical Journal, 2017
>Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of death among adults worldwide. It is acknowledged that its risk factors have their roots in childhood. The present study evaluated CVD risk factors in primary school children in a Nigerian peri-
Christopher Sabo Yilgwan, Hyacinth Iduh Hyacinth, Olukemi Omowumi Ige, Ibrahim Ishaya Abok, Gavou Yilgwan, Collins John, Christian O Isichei, Selina N Okolo, Fidelia Bode-Thomas   +8 more
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Deep Learning Pose Estimation for Phenotyping of Co‐Occurring Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore whether routine outpatient video combined with deep learning‐based pose estimation and clinically interpretable kinematic features can support multi‐label phenotyping of co‐occurring hyperkinetic movement disorders (HMDs).
Laura Cif, Diane Demailly, Gabriella A. Horvàth, Juan Dario Ortigoza Escobar, Nathalie Dorison, Mayté Castro Jiménez, Cécile A. Hubsch, Thomas Wirth, Gun‐Marie Hariz, Sophie Huby, Morgan Dornadic, Zohra Souei, Muhammad Mushhood Ur Rehman, Simone Hemm, Mehdi Boulaymen, Eduardo M. Moraud, Jocelyne Bloch, Xavier Vasques   +17 more
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Study regarding the use of physical exercise in order to prevent school-age children from being overweight

SHS Web of Conferences, 2017
In the present study, we aimed at applying a physical training program with simple exercises, focused on two aspects: on the one hand, we intended to lower body mass index and, on the other hand, to increase the level of physical fitness.
Laurentiu-Gabriel Talaghir, Veronica Mîndrescu   +1 more
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Re‐Purposing Sapropterin (Kuvan) for ACTA2‐Related Multisystemic Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome: A Translational Mechanistic and First‐In‐Human Therapeutic Report

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome (MSMDS) is an ultra‐rare, ACTA2‐related disorder characterized by severe cerebrovascular disease, aortic aneurysms, and smooth muscle dysfunction. Using molecular dynamics simulations and in silico drug screening, we identified that sapropterin dihydrochloride (Kuvan) is a candidate capable of ...
Moran Hausman‐Kedem, Noa Bielopolski, Vijai Krishnan, Shane Wald‐Altman, Shelly I Shrian, Omer Bar‐Yosef, Livia Kapusta, Claire Shamber, Patricia L. Musolino, Miguel Weil   +9 more
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ATTENTION AND SCHOOL SUCCESS: The Long-Term Implications of Attention for School Success among Low-Income Children [PDF]

This study examined the longitudinal associations between sustained attention in preschool and children’s school success in later elementary school within a low-income sample (N = 2,403). Specifically, two facets of sustained attention (focused attention
Anne Martin, Rachel A. Razza, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn   +2 more
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Posterior Disconnection Syndrome in Early‐Stage Adult‐Onset Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adult‐onset cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy is potentially treatable but often difficult to recognize before advanced cerebral involvement. Herein, we describe three men with early‐stage disease who initially presented with subtle visual complaints rather than subcortical dementia. Targeted neuropsychological testing revealed higher‐order visual
Kazuto Katsuse, Takashi Matsukawa, Yumiko Nakamura, Kazuo Kakinuma, Shoko Ota, Ryo Hara, Saki Nakashima, Kaoru Ito, Yutaro Nakamori, Toshiyuki Kakumoto, Masashi Hamada, Shigenori Kanno, Kyoko Suzuki, Tatsushi Toda   +13 more
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Impact of Age on the Diagnostic Yield of Routine EEG in People With Childhood or Juvenile Absence Epilepsy: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We aimed to identify the proportion of individuals with a confirmed diagnosis of childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) or juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE) who show a negative routine EEG (rEEG), and to determine the main factors associated with this finding.
Francesco Fortunato, Alessia Giugno, Miriam Sturniolo, Enrico Fratto, Pio Zoleo, Francesca Felicia Operto, Ilaria Sammarra, Antonio Gambardella   +7 more
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Working Memory in Early-School-Age Children with Asperger's Syndrome

, 2010
Using a battery of working memory span tasks and n-back tasks, this study aimed to explore working memory functions in early-school-age children with Asperger's syndrome (AS).
Zou, Xiaobing, Chen, Yinghe, Cui, Jifang, Wang, Ya, Gao, Dingguo   +4 more
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Remarkable Increase in the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among School Age Children in Antalya, Turkey, Between 2003 and 2015

JCRPE, 2019
Objective:Childhood obesity (OB) is an acknowledged global problem with increasing prevalence reported around the world. We conducted this study with the aim of determining the local trend in OB and overweight (OW) prevalence in the last decade and to ...
Gamze Çelmeli, Yusuf Çürek, Zümrüt Arslan Gülten, Mehmet Yardımsever, Mustafa Koyun, Sema Akçurin, İffet Bircan   +6 more
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Dysregulated Cholesterol Metabolism, Chronic Inflammation, and Disability in Severe Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Dysregulated lipid metabolism, which can affect remyelination and neural repair, has not been extensively investigated in progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS). The goal was to examine whether dysregulated cholesterol metabolism was associated with disability in PMS. Methods The study sample comprised 53 Severe PMS patients (Expanded
Taylor R. Wicks, Mujeeb Shittu, Anna Wolska, Diala Ghazal, Bianca Weinstock‐Guttman, Alexander Burnham, Alan T. Remaley, Robert Zivadinov, Murali Ramanathan   +8 more
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