Inhibition of Classical and Alternative Complement Pathway by Ravulizumab and Eculizumab
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the feasibility of classical (CH50) and alternative (AH50) complement pathway activity as potential biomarkers for treatment guidance and monitoring during therapy with ravulizumab in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) and compare these to therapeutic drug monitoring under eculizumab.
Lea Gerischer +14 more
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Xenotransplantation and Human Organ Trafficking: The Impact of Increased Organ Availability. [PDF]
Hurst DJ +3 more
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Changes in Immune‐Inflammation Status and Acute Ischemic Stroke Prognosis in Prospective Cohort
ABSTRACT Background Inflammation is a critical risk factor for poor outcomes in cerebral infarction. Prior studies focused primarily on baseline inflammation status, neglecting dynamic longitudinal changes. We try to investigate the association between immune‐inflammation status alterations and stroke prognosis, and evaluated three systemic biomarkers'
Songfang Chen +11 more
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Challenges and inequities of healthcare in meeting the growing needs of urban children in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]
Ahmar S, Clarke A, Kanyuuru L.
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ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to systematically observe the clinical manifestations, immune cell subsets, and dynamic changes in serological indicators in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) before and after efgartigimod (EFG) treatment. Methods We analyzed the baseline data, laboratory parameters, and lymphocyte subset proportions in MG ...
Tiancheng Luo +9 more
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Poverty and access to health care: the political economy of redesigning user charges in the context of fiscal pressure. [PDF]
Cylus J +3 more
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Acoustic Measures Capture Speech Dysfunction in Spinocerebellar Ataxia
ABSTRACT Objective Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are hereditary cerebellar degenerative disorders with a common feature of dysarthria, involving impaired phonatory and articulatory control of speech, thereby affecting social communication. In this study, we investigated whether acoustic measures could objectively measure speech dysfunction and identify
Zena Fadel +5 more
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Food insecurity among waste-picking children in Iran and its associated factors. [PDF]
Kamal SHM +7 more
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Association of Corticospinal Tract Asymmetry With Ambulatory Ability After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
ABSTRACT Background Ambulatory ability after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is important to patients. We tested whether asymmetry between ipsi‐ and contra‐lesional corticospinal tracts (CSTs) assessed by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is associated with post‐ICH ambulation.
Yasmin N. Aziz +25 more
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Editorial: Migration, ethnicity, race and diversity in a post-Brexit and pandemic Britain. [PDF]
Garner S +3 more
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