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Opsoclonus in Pediatric Patients: Differential Diagnosis and a Practical Approach to Evaluation

Annals of the Child Neurology Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Opsoclonus is an ocular dyskinesia characterized by involuntary, arrhythmic, multidirectional saccades. In pediatrics, opsoclonus is most commonly attributed to the rare neuroinflammatory disorder opsoclonus‐myoclonus‐ataxia syndrome (OMAS), typically considered a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with neural crest tumors. However, opsoclonus
Aubrey C. Reed, Supreet S. Randhawa, Jason H. Peragallo, Prabhumallikarjun Patil, Grace Gombolay, Varun Kannan   +5 more
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Human immunodeficiency virus increases the risk of tuberculosis due to recent re-infection in individuals with latent infection. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus associated tuberculosis (TB) disease can follow reactivation of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection or recent (re-)infection with M. tuberculosis. If contemporary TB cases share identical M.
Fine, P.E.M., Glynn, J.R., Mallard, K., Sichali, L., Crampin, A.C., Mallard, K, French, N, Houben, RMGJ, Malema, S, Glynn, JR, Sichali, L, Houben, R.M.G.J, Malema, S., Crampin, AC, Fine, PEM, French, N.   +15 more
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Surgical Treatment for Spinal Tuberculosis without Elevation of Inflammatory Biomarkers at the Initial Visit Mimicking Spinal Metastasis

Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2020
Here, we report a case of spinal tuberculosis without elevation of C-reactive protein (CRP) at the initial visit mimicking spinal metastasis. A 70-year-old woman developed progressive paraplegia without a history of injury and came to our hospital for ...
Takuya Sakamoto, Hiroshi Takahashi, Junya Saito, Yasuo Matsuzawa, Yasuchika Aoki, Arata Nakajima, Masato Sonobe, Yorikazu Akatsu, Manabu Yamada, Yuki Akiyama, Tatsunori Iwai, Keita Yanagisawa, Yasuhiro Shiga, Kazuhide Inage, Sumihisa Orita, Yawara Eguchi, Satoshi Maki, Takeo Furuya, Tsutomu Akazawa, Masao Koda, Masashi Yamazaki, Seiji Ohtori, Koichi Nakagawa   +22 more
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Long‐Acting Therapeutics in Pediatric Health: Bridging Innovation and Access

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Children have distinct therapeutic needs arising from age‐dependent physiology, disease epidemiology, formulation requirements, dosing considerations, and safety vulnerabilities. Despite substantial reductions in childhood mortality over the past three decades, nearly 5 million children under five died in 2023, with infectious diseases continuing to ...
Prajith Venkatasubramanian, Moherndran Archary, Daniel B. Hawcutt, Rachel Daley, Edmund Capparelli, Adeniyi Olagunju   +5 more
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Cervical spinal tuberculosis combined with brucellosis

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020
Introduction: In some developing countries, tuberculosis and brucellosis, which are commom causes of spinal infections, are still common infectious diseases. However, co-occurrence of spinal tuberculosis and brucellosis is rare.
Guanghai Zhao, Jing Wang, Gao Xiang, Kaisheng Zhou, Wei Nan, Haihong Zhang   +5 more
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Health System Resilience and Afghan Refugee Health in Pakistan: An Exploratory Study of Challenges and Pathways to Inclusion

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pakistan has hosted Afghan refugees for more than four decades, in one of the world's most protracted displacements of people. Afghan refugees receive health services through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and non‐governmental organisation (NGO) supported programmes alongside public sector facilities at every tier.
Zahid Ali Memon, Asma Ummad, Amina Olabi, Natasha Palmer, Sophie Witter   +4 more
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A case report: Diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis

Ibrain, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 112-116, Spring 2025.
We reported a case of idiopathic hypertrophic dura meningitis diagnosed in our hospital. The patient repeatedly suffered from headaches, followed by blurred vision in the right eye. During this period, multiple sclerosis was considered for diagnosis, and it improved after hormone treatment.
Zhong Luo, Piao Cao, Jing‐Qing Xu, Rong Yan, Jian Wang, Tao Liang, Ya Chen, Zu‐Cai Xu   +7 more
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A Rare Case of Tuberculosis with Sacrococcygeal Involvement Miming a Neoplasm

Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2016
Infection of the lumbosacral junction by tuberculosis is quite rare and occurs in only 1 to 2% of all cases of spinal tuberculosis; moreover, isolated sacrococcygeal or coccygeal tuberculosis is much rarer.
Walid Osman, Meriem Braiki, Zeineb Alaya, Thabet Mouelhi, Nader Nawar, Mohamed Ben Ayeche   +5 more
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Perioperative concerns in Pott's spine: A review

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2020
Pott's disease is the most common granulomatous spine infection caused by tubercle bacilli and is a common site of osseous tuberculosis, accounting for 50–60% of cases.
Geetanjali Tolia Chilkoti, Nidhi Jain, Medha Mohta, Ashok K Saxena   +3 more
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Hormone therapy (HT) in women with premature ovarian insufficiency or early menopause: Time to think of a new paradigm for healthy aging. A joint FIGO and IMS position paper

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) and early menopause (EM) affect millions of women worldwide. Compared with normal menopause, they confer a longer duration of estrogen deficiency and are associated not only with a shorter lifespan, but with a reduced healthspan, owing to an increased risk of cardiovascular, skeletal, cognitive and ...
Chiara Benedetto, Suvarna S. Khadilkar, Rossella E. Nappi, Andrea R. Genazzani, Federica Frezet, Laura Cucinella, Hema Divakar, Panagiotis Anagnostis, Nick Panay   +8 more
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