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Full August 2003 Issue in PDF
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Is 14-3-3 a Useful Diagnostic Tool for Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease?
The value of the 14-3-3 test for establishing a diagnosis of probable sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been suggested to be as high as 96-100% in several reports. In the present report, 32 patients who had definite CJD established by biopsy or autopsy confirmation were studied for 14-3-3 reactivity. -
Maintenance Therapy for Vasculitis Associated with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies
Jayne and associates studied whether it was possible to substitute a regimen of azathioprine at 2 mg/kg per day for maintenance therapy in patients with generalized vasculitis. -
A True Clinical Application of Functional MRI: Predicting Dysnomia Following Left Temporal Lobectomy
Sabsevitz and associates report a correlation between Functional MRI results and language dysfunction following anterior temporal lobectomy in the treatment of medically refractory epilepsy. -
SAH Risk May Be Reduced By Healthy Lifestyle
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) due to a ruptured cerebral aneurysm is a disorder that is without apparent cause and is generally impossible to predict. This study suggests that there are a number of SAH risk factors related to lifestyle that are, in fact, modifiable. -
The Return of Mitral Valve Prolapse as a Cause of Stroke
Avierinos and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic have used the Olmstead County, Minn, Data Base to study the association between mitral valve prolapse and ischemic neurological events. -
Full June 2, 2003, Issue in PDF
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full October 5, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full October 5, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Therapeutic Target for DBS for Dystonia
The authors of the current study created a volume-of-tissue-activation model in order to identify the area within the globus pallidus that provides the most effective target for deep brain stimulation for dystonia.