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Restless legs syndrome is prevalent in Taiwanese dialysis patients and is associated with type 2 diabetes, anemia, lower serum iron, and long duration of dialysis.
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This small, prospective case series evaluated pregnancy outcomes of women who took levodopa, pramipexole, ropinirole, and rotigotine for treatment of restless legs syndrome during pregnancy.
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Diffusion-tensor MRI can reliably distinguish amyloid-associated neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimers disease, from tau-associated disorders, such as corticobasal gangionic degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy.
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Similar to adults, children with brain MRI abnormalities and positive oligoclonal bands at onset of optic neuritis are at high risk of developing multiple sclerosis.
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Post-radiation lower motor neuron disease mimics spinal muscular atrophy rather than classical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Women undergoing pediatric cancer care are significantly more likely than their siblings to have clinical infertility.
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A study from Pittsburgh testing the efficacy of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative method for at risky patients for possible blood transfusion.
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Clinically relevant doses of bactericidal antibiotics (quinolones, aminoglycosides and β-lactams) were shown to cause mitochondrial dysfunction and overproduction of reactive oxygen species in mammalian cells in vitro and in mice, leading to oxidative tissue damage.
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The notification of the CDC of 2 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclospora infections on June 28, 2013 was their first evidence of an outbreak.