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Aggressive LDL lowering with statins, so-called "very intensive statin therapy," leads to reversal of coronary atherosclerosis, according to a new study.
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Symptoms and signs of polyneuropathy are common (47%) in patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia.
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Rapamycin was effective in the treatment of low-grade gliomas in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex, and may be effective in other types of gliomas.
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Left insular strokes are associated with more cardiac complications than strokes that damage other brain regions.
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Visual hallucinations, extrapyramidal motor signs, and visuoconstructional impairments at time of presentation are strongly suggestive of a diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies.
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Treatment of GBS should not be only aimed at improving patients' disability but also at limiting the impact of the disease on their social life.
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Patients with essential tremor may have degenerative changes in the Purkinje-dentate-thalamic pathways.
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Long-term treatment of myasthenia gravis with combined immunosuppressive therapy is generally safe and effective.
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Pulsatile tinnitus is usually due to an ipsilateral venous anomaly that can be diagnosed with CT angiography and venography in most cases.