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Emotional atypical arousal ratings for unpleasant stimuli in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor and non-motor symptoms, including alteration in emotional processing and recognition of emotions. We explored the effects of PD o...
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Models of care in emergency neurology: from the Neuro Fast Track to the emergency neurologist—a position paper of the Italian Association for Emergency Neurology (ANEU)
I n the context of an adequate health care organization, the figure of the neurologist as an emergency operator (in the emergency room—ER—and/or in a dedicated outpatient clinic) is crucial for an effective fu...
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Open AccessValidation of the Italian version of the Cluster Headache Impact Questionnaire (CHIQ)
The Cluster Headache Impact Questionnaire (CHIQ) is a specific and easy-to-use questionnaire to assess the current impact of cluster headache (CH). The aim of this study was to validate the Italian version of ...
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Neuromedical Comorbidities and Their Management in Patients with DoC
Medical and neurosurgical complications may have a significant impact on the outcome of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (pDoC). The most frequent medical complications (MCs) include recurren...
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Open AccessBehavioral and psychological factors in individuals with migraine without psychiatric comorbidities
It is well known that the course of migraine is influenced by comorbidities and that individual psychological characteristics may impact on the disease. Proper identification of psychological factors that are ...
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Open AccessComparing the relative and absolute effect of erenumab: is a 50% response enough? Results from the ESTEEMen study
Monoclonal antibodies acting on the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or its receptor have changed migraine preventive treatment. Those treatments have led to reconsidering the outcomes of migraine preven...
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Importance of Training
This chapter addresses the importance of a proper training for health care professionals facing end of life care issues. A significant psychological and moral distress is associated with the management both of...
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Conclusions
Given the advances made in the biomedical sciences across the twentieth century and that continue today one could assume that we are in possession of a proper definition of certain fundamental concepts, such a...
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Introduction: Harmonising End of Life Care – A Global Public Health Issue
End of life care is a global problem. From Western societies where death has been medicalised to lack of availability of palliative care which has led to an increase in the demand for euthanasia, to develo**...
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Open AccessWhich is the best transcranial direct current stimulation protocol for migraine prevention? A systematic review and critical appraisal of randomized controlled trials
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) could counteract the pathophysiological triggers of migraine attacks by modulating cortical excitability. Several pilot randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assess...
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Thrombophilic alterations, migraine, and vascular disease: results from a case-control study
The association between thrombophilic alterations, migraine, and vascular events has been broadly investigated but not been completely clarified.
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Early outcomes of migraine after erenumab discontinuation: data from a real-life setting
Monoclonal antibodies targeting the calcitonin gene-related peptide, including erenumab, are migraine-specific preventive treatments, whose long-term effectiveness has still to be evaluated in real-life settin...
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Symptoms of gait and coordination impairment in a patient with COVID-19 interstitial pneumonia
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Open AccessComparative evaluation of tractography-based direct targeting and atlas-based indirect targeting of the ventral intermediate (Vim) nucleus in MRgFUS thalamotomy
To analyze and compare direct and indirect targeting of the Vim for MRgFUS thalamotomy. We retrospectively evaluated 21 patients who underwent unilateral MRgFUS Vim ablation and required targeting repositionin...
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with neurological disorders: an urgent need to enhance the health care system’s preparedness
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Open AccessAssociation between response to triptans and response to erenumab: real-life data
Triptans and erenumab are both migraine-specific agents acting on the calcitonin gene-related peptide pathway. Therefore, response to triptans might be associated with response to erenumab.
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Paralytic ileus after planned abdominal surgery in a patient on treatment with erenumab
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Signals of Threat in Persons Exposed to Natural Disasters
Individuals exposed to traumatic events can develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression, but also subclinical behavioral and emotional changes. Although persons exposed to trauma without PTSD ...
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Open AccessConversion from chronic to episodic migraine in patients treated with erenumab: real-life data from an Italian region
Most patients treated with erenumab in clinical practice have chronic migraine (CM). We assessed the rate and possible predictors of conversion from CM to episodic migraine (EM) in a real-life study.
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Open AccessSustained response to onabotulinumtoxin A in patients with chronic migraine: real-life data
Treatment with onabotulinumtoxin A (BT-A) is safe and effective for chronic migraine (CM). Several studies assessed possible predictors of response to treatment with BT-A, but there is little knowledge on the ...
