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Helmstaedter and colleagues addressed the question of whether temporal lobe epilepsy may be associated with cognitive decline.
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West Nile virus may present as meningitis, encephalitis, meningoencephalomyelitis, and Guillain Barré syndrome. Poliomyelitis, as 2 well-documented cases demonstrate, must also be added to the list.
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This is the first study to examine whether nuclear transfer stem cells are effective in an animal model of Parkinsons disease. Nuclear transfer is a means of creating stem cells that are genetically identical to the donor.
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The FDA has approved Pfizer's eplerenone (Inspra) for the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF) in patients who have sustained a myocardial infarction.
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Practice Parameter for Guillain Barré Syndrome; Symposium on Dementia
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a clinical diagnosis made with a high degree of accuracy (> 90%) by physicians familiar with the disease. No test is diagnostic for ALS.
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Neuropathic pain, specifically allodynia following peripheral nerve injury, is a poorly understood phenomenon that challenges clinicians and patients. Tsuda and associates report on animal data that may reveal insights into the underlying mechanism of tactile allodynia.
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The management of blood pressure in the acute phase of ischemic stroke is not well understood. In fact, it has been advocated by some that the pharmacologic elevation of blood pressure may augment perfusion to the ischemic penumbra and improve stroke outcome.
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Crowther and associates reported the results of a prospective, randomized, controlled study of the use of 2 intensities of warfarin anticoagulation for prevention of thrombosis in patients with the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome who had previous thrombosis.