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Neuropathy occurs with a high frequency in patients with end-stage liver disease, but rarely causes disability.
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Immunomodulatory therapy reduces the rate of conversion to generalized myasthenia gravis in seniors with pure ocular myasthenia.
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is a rare, autosomal dominant neuromuscular disorder that has recently been genetically defined and may be treatable with myoblast transplantation.
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The Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Mini-Mental Status Exam demonstrated baseline deficits in early Parkinsons disease.
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Blood Pressure Variability May Predict Poor Outcome After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
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A Phase 2 trial of atacicept, a humanized recombinant protein that suppresses B cell function, demonstrated a negative impact on clinical disease activity in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
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Chronic use of sleeping medications, particularly benzodiazepines, is associated with an increase in all-cause mortality, and should be avoided if at all possible.
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This well-designed, randomized, controlled trial, which included a sham arm, showed no evidence for the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat the symptomatic, cognitive, and behavioral sequelae of postconcussion syndrome in soldiers after combat-related mild traumatic brain injury.
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Hemicraniectomy in Older Patients with Large Middle Cerebral Artery Infarcts Reduces Mortality
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Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and spinal cord, which measures the integrity of white-matter fiber tracks, can improve the sensitivity and specificity of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis diagnosis.