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The results of this study underline the uncertainty regarding the risk/benefit ratio of rtPA treatment in acute stroke in patients older than 80 years of age.
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Six patients developed lactic acidosis during prolonged linezolid therapy, possibly as the result of mitochondrial protein synthesis.
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The Nikolsky Sign (also commonly spelled Nikolskiy) is performed by placing pressure upon skin adjacent to tissue involved with bullae.
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That deep venous thrombosis (DVT) can occur after air flight is not a new observation, having been first reported in the 1950s.
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The clinical heterogeneity of most mitochondrial disorders presents a diagnostic challenge to clinicians and geneticists.
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When patients complain that they have difficulty getting to sleep or returning to sleep when they awaken during the night, the usual response is a prescription for a sleep aide.
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Pregnancy is a prothrombotic state which is rarely associated with ischemic arterial stroke. However, when a stroke occurs, especially in later pregnancy, the options for therapy may be limited.
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Do long-acting beta agonist inhalers increase the severity of asthma? Yes, according to the results from a large meta-analysis recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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The incubation period for the prion disease Kuru can be very long in some cases and suggests that the risk for development of new cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease will continue for quite some time.