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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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Neuropathy occurs with a high frequency in patients with end-stage liver disease, but rarely causes disability.
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Fixed dose of IVIg may not be effective in all patients with GBS.
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Two studies have identified a novel inclusion found in a subset of FTLD brains and categorize the clinical entity of the behavioral variant of FTLD, based on anatomical patterns.
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Glatiramer acetate significantly delayed the onset of clinically definite multiple sclerosis (MS) in patients having a clinically isolated event and brain lesions consistent with MS.
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Dementia in Parkinson's disease is associated with a non-tremor-predominant phenotype, and the MAPT H1/H1 genotype. A rapidly progressing subtype without dementia has been identified, associated with another non-motor feature, depression.
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Results from a Phase 3 study of dabigatran, intensive lipid-lowering in CVD, H1N1 vaccine dosing and efficacy, and FDA Actions.
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A National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey indicates that the number of medical emergency department (ED) visits for psychiatric-related reasons jumped from 17.1 to 23.6 per 1,000 population between 1992 and 2001.
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A patient presents with a traumatic dirty wound which is not cleaned completely, and is closed by the ED physician with contaminant still present. The debris in the wound causes an infection resulting in tissue loss, which must be repaired by a plastic surgeon with an extensive skin graft.