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Intravenous erythropoietin therapy appears to reduce retina nerve fiber layer thinning 16 weeks after onset of optic neuritis, but larger studies needed to detect differences in visual outcome.
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Thrombolysis for Ischemic Stroke Associated with Cervical Artery Dissection Does Not Improve Overall Outcome; In Patients with Lacunar Strokes, Addition of Clopidogrel to Aspirin Does Not Reduce Risk of Recurrent Stroke; Risk of Restenosis After Carotid Artery Stenting and Carotid Endarterectomy Are Similar
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Behçet's disease, while rare in North America, should be considered when appropriate, in light of the extensive travel and immigration patterns around the world.
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Mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of multiple system atrophy is a promising potential therapy, but requires further investigation regarding both safety and efficacy.
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Analysis of intracranial pressure complexity using a non-linear method of multiscale entropy shows that it correlates with outcome after traumatic brain injury.
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In this long-term, population-based patient series, the authors explore the natural course of drug-resistant epilepsy and explore whether remission can be predicted by clinical features.
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Side effects of finasteride; new ruling on pharmaceutical companies paying generic manufacturers; and FDA actions.
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Multimodal brain imaging demonstrates extensive frontostriatal dysfunction in mild cognitive impairment in early Parkinson's disease.
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An alternate-day steroid protocol appears to be just as efficacious as every-day steroids over the long term in a group of patients with undifferentiated polymyositis, with less serious long-term side effects.