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Short delay to initiate plasma exchange is the strongest predictor of outcome in severe attacks of NMO spectrum disorders

Introduction Severe attacks of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMO-SD) are improved by plasma exchange (PLEX) given as an adjunctive therapy. Initial studies failed to demonstrate a delay of ...
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CLOX: an executive clock drawing task

Associate Professor D R Royall, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78284–7792, USA. Telephone 001 210 567 ...
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Dopamine agonists: their role in the treatment of Parkinson's disease

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Short report: Impact of flat-panel detector CT distal occlusion tracker (DOT) sign on early neurological deterioration after endovascular thrombectomy (17 December, 2025) ...
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Autism and neurodiversity: a new paradigm

Sue Fletcher-Watson holds a Personal Chair in Developmental Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, and is Director of the Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre. She is interested in how children grow ...
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Feelings of loneliness, but not social isolation, predict dementia onset: results from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly (AMSTEL)

1 Department of Psychiatry, ARKIN Mental Health Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3 EMGO institute LASA, VU ...
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IVIg-exposure and thromboembolic event risk: findings from the UK Biobank

Correspondence to Dr Mahima Kapoor, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK; mahima.kapoor{at}monash.edu Background Arterial and venous thromboembolic events (TEEs) have been ...
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Incidence and prediction of falls in Parkinson's disease: a prospective multidisciplinary study

2 Jubilee Day Hospital, North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE29 8NH, UK 3 North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 8NH, UK ...
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Transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis: clinical spectrum, molecular pathogenesis and disease-modifying treatments

Transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis is a life-threatening, gain-of-toxic-function disease characterised by extracellular deposition of amyloid fibrils composed of transthyretin (TTR). TTR protein ...
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What does the ALSFRS-R really measure? A longitudinal and survival analysis of functional dimension subscores in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Introduction ALS functional rating scale (revised) (ALSFRS-R) is the most widely used functional rating system in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). However, heterogeneity in ALSFRS-R ...
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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and diabetes

Correspondence to Dr Satoshi Kuwabara, Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan; kuwabara-s{at}faculty.chiba-u.jp CIDP is a most common chronic immune-mediated demyelinating ...
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Expanding the spectrum of VEXAS syndrome: association with acute-onset CIDP

Correspondence to Charlotte Bert-Marcaz, Aix-Marseille University Faculty of Medicine, Marseille, France; charlotte.bert-marcaz{at}ap-hm.fr; Professor Shahram Attarian; shahram.attarian{at}ap-hm.fr If ...