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Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and risk of incident dementia: a distributed network analysis using common data models
Background The link between low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and dementia risk is poorly understood, with conflicting evidence on the role of LDL-C and the impact of statin therapy ...
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What drives switching between anti-C20 therapies in multiple sclerosis? A single centre audit
Introduction Highly effective disease modifying therapies, in Multiple Sclerosis (MS), including anti- CD20 monoclonal antibodies, offer significant improvements in treatment efficacy. Intravenous, ...
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Modifiable risk factors for stroke, dementia and late-life depression: a systematic review and DALY-weighted risk factors for a composite outcome
Background At least 60% of stroke, 40% of dementia and 35% of late-life depression (LLD) are attributable to modifiable risk factors, with great overlap due to shared pathophysiology. This study aims ...
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Preventing one disease is not enough for brain health
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BMJ1d
Fatal toxic leukoencephalopathy: clinical, radiological, and necropsy findings in two patients
1 Department of Neurology, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland 2 Department of Neuropathology, National Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin ...
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Cardiac arrhythmias during or after epileptic seizures
Seizure-related cardiac arrhythmias are frequently reported and have been implicated as potential pathomechanisms of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). We attempted to identify clinical ...
BMJ2d
Leukoencephalopathy caused by a 17p13.3 microdeletion
Correspondence to Dr David S Lynch, Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK; david.lynch.13{at}ucl.ac.uk Inherited white matter disorders (IWMDs) comprise ...
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Diffusion tensor MRI correlates with executive dysfunction in patients with ischaemic leukoaraiosis
Background: Cerebral small vessel disease is a common cause of vascular dementia. Both discrete lacunar infarcts and more diffuse ischaemic changes, seen as confluent high signal (leukoaraiosis) on T2 ...
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Blink reflex R2 changes and localisation of lesions in the lower brainstem (Wallenberg’s syndrome): an electrophysiological and MRI study
Dr Sabine Fitzek, Department of Neurology, University of Jena, Philosophenweg 3, D-07740 Jena, Germany. OBJECTIVES Pathways of late blink reflexes are detected by high resolution MRI. Electronically ...
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Association of obesity with disease outcome in multiple sclerosis
Correspondence to Professor Jan D Lünemann, Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, University Hospital Münster and Univerisity of Münster, Faculty of Medicine, Munster, ...