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A small but significant number of patients with unrecognized ALS undergo spinal surgery that in retrospect may be inappropriate.
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The strong correlation between reduction of aura symptoms and migraine attacks stresses the potential role of aura-like events.
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'Idiopathic' RBD patients with olfactory impairment might present with stage 2 preclinical alpha-synucleinopathy.
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By Matthew Fink, MD
Vice Chairman, Professor of Clinical Neurology, Weill Medical College, and Chief of Division of Stroke and Critical Care Neurology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Dr. Fink reports no consultant, stockholder, speakers bureau, research, or other relationship related to this field of study.
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By John J. Caronna, MD
Vice Chairman, Department of Neurology, Cornell University Medical Center and Professor of Clinical Neurology, New York Hospital
Dr. Caronna reports no consultant, stockholder, speakers bureau, research, or other relationship related to this field of study.
Synopsis: Acute MRI is useful in making triage decisions for patients with TIA or minor stroke because it reliably divides such patients into benign, intermediate, and poor prognosis groups.
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Topiramate at a maintenance dose decreased the mean number of monthly headache days in children with frequent migraines. Tolerability of the medication in children was generally similar to placebo.
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Patients will benefit from further studies to better define the pathophysiology of muscle cramps and to find more effective medications with fewer side-effects.
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In a wide range of patients with acute MI, adding clopidogrel 75 mg daily to aspirin and other standard treatments (such as fibrinolytic therapy) safely reduces mortality and major vascular events ...
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A substantial minority of patients deemed too good for intravenous tPA were unable to be discharged home.
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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-1) is a human retrovirus and the etiologic agent for a progressive neurological disease called HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP).