February 2013 - 5 articles
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the commonest muscular dystrophy in adults, affecting multiple organs in addition to skeletal muscles. Cardiac conduction system abnormalities are well recognized as an important component of DM1 phenotype; however,...
B-cell activating factor belonging to the tumor necrosis factor family (BAFF) and a proliferating inducing ligand (APRIL) might play an important role in the pathogenesis of systemic B-cell malignancies. However, the BAFF/APRIL system has not been sy...
We aimed to evaluate the reliability of the modified Rankin Scale applied telephonically compared with face-to-face assessment in clinically stable hospitalized patients with acute stroke. One hundred and thirty-one patients were interviewed twice by...
The clinical diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is largely based on the 1998 World Health Organization diagnostic criteria. Unfortunately, rigid compliance with these criteria may result in failure to recognize sporadic CJD (sCJD), especial...
There is evidence that immunological factors may involved in the pathogenetic mecha- nisms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Few studies to date have explored the status of the humoral immune response in patients with ALS. We examined the prese...
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