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Oct 22nd, 2021 - Alzheimer's disease (AD), which mainly occurs in the elderly, is a neurodegenerative disease with a hidden onset, which leads to progressive cognitive and behavioral changes. The annually increasing prevalence rate and number of patients with AD e...

Oct 21st, 2021 - Herpes zoster reactivation is a frequently encountered condition that can result in several uncommon complications. This case report highlights one such frequently overlooked complication, segmental zoster paresis. We discuss a case of prolonged f...

Oct 15th, 2021 - In the frame of Si-CART study, blood will be collected from patients treated with CAR-T cells: before (at Day (D)-6 and D0 before cells injection), post infusion at D3, D5,D7, D9, D11, D14, D18, D 21, Month (M) 2 and M12 post injection. A cerebros...

Oct 15th, 2021 - Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) can cause a type of dementia. However, this type of dementia is the only one that is reversible. To treat this dementia it is necessary to evacuate the accumulation of CSF from the brain to another body cavity u...

Oct 14th, 2021 - Practice Essentials Naegleria fowleri is a ubiquitous free-living ameba that is the etiologic agent in primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). Although N fowleri rarely causes disease, it is important because diagnosis can be difficult and PAM i...

May 24th, 2018 - Atraumatic (pencil-point) versus conventional needles for lumbar puncture: a clinical practice guideline.|2018|Rochwerg B,Almenawer SA,Siemieniuk RAC,Vandvik PO,Agoritsas T,|economics,economics,prevention & control,adverse effects,instrumentation,

Aug 24th, 2017 - Current guidelines on cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) diagnosis and management were issued by the European Federation of Neurological Societies in 2010. We aimed to update the previous European Federation of Neurological Societies guidelines usin...

Feb 5th, 2016 - Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal sepsis are rare conditions with high case fatality rates. Early recognition and prompt treatment saves lives. In 1999 the British Infection Society produced a consensus statement for the management of immunoc...

May 20th, 2015 - The objective of this systematic review and analysis was to answer the following question: What are the optimal treatment strategies for posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH) in premature infants? Both the US National Library of Medicine and the Coc...

Nov 11th, 2014 - The AABB (formerly, the American Association of Blood Banks) developed this guideline on appropriate use of platelet transfusion in adult patients. These guidelines are based on a systematic review of randomized, clinical trials and observational ...

Oct 15th, 2021 - Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) can cause a type of dementia. However, this type of dementia is the only one that is reversible. To treat this dementia it is necessary to evacuate the accumulation of CSF from the brain to another body cavity u...

Oct 15th, 2021 - In the frame of Si-CART study, blood will be collected from patients treated with CAR-T cells: before (at Day (D)-6 and D0 before cells injection), post infusion at D3, D5,D7, D9, D11, D14, D18, D 21, Month (M) 2 and M12 post injection. A cerebros...

Oct 6th, 2021 - The syphilis epidemic is rampant around the world, and therapeutic options are restricted to an antibiotic, intramuscular (IM) BPG, which does not efficiently cross the blood-brain barrier. Treponema pallidum (T.p.), the bacteria that causes syphi...

Oct 5th, 2021 - The primary objective of this study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of simufilam (PTI-125) in enhancing cognition and slowing cognitive and functional decline following 76-week, repeat-dose oral administration in participants with mild-t...

Oct 4th, 2021 - Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers are the only one that reflect both Aβ and tau pathologies. There is increasing evidence for the presence of AD abnormalities in the retina of AD patients. Recent studies showed that the...

Jul 12th, 2021 - John Leonard, MD: Within the last year at meetings, CNS [central nervous system] prophylaxis has been all over the map. I’m going to ask your approach to that, Cyrus. We can critique the data on double-hit lymphoma. There are more data on CNS prop...

Apr 26th, 2021 - Among women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) and a body mass index (BMI) of 35 or higher, bariatric surgery was a more effective means of reducing intracranial pressure and sustaining disease remission compared with a community weig...

Apr 2nd, 2021 - A minimally invasive blood test along with artificial intelligence (AI) may flag early-stage Alzheimer's disease (AD), raising the prospect of early intervention when effective treatments become available. In a study, investigators used six AI met...

Mar 4th, 2021 - Real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC), a test for pathological misfolded protein, detected alpha-synuclein in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with isolated rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (IRBD), years before cl...

Feb 4th, 2021 - More than 50% of patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with thunderclap headache (TCH), which often signals an underlying serious or life-threatening condition, are inadequately managed, new research shows. Results of a retrospecti...