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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in a patient with thyroid papillary carcinoma
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Natalizumab is effective in multiple sclerosis patients switching from other disease modifying therapies in clinical practice
Natalizumab is one option for multiple sclerosis patients responding poorly to classical immunomodulators, but pilot studies did not point to its effectiveness as a second-line therapy. Aim of this study was t...
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The Trop-2 signalling network in cancer growth
Our findings show that upregulation of a wild-type Trop-2 has a key controlling role in human cancer growth, and that tumour development is quantitatively driven by Trop-2 expression levels. However, little is...
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Predictive factors of neutralizing antibodies development in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients on interferon Beta-1b therapy
The identification of predictive factors of NAbs development might have a relevant impact on clinical practice. Our objective is to look after predictive factors of NAbs development in MS IFN Beta-1b-treated p...
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Glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms and potential association to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease susceptibility and severity
As chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is known for poor glucocorticoid (GC) response, we hypothesized that polymorphic variants of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) gene might predispose for COPD and/...
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Anti-inflammatory effects of myrtol standardized and other essential oils on alveolar macrophages from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Myrtol standardized is established in the treatment of acute and chronic bronchitis and sinusitis. It increases mucociliar clearance and has muco-secretolytic effects. Additional anti-inflammatory and antioxid...
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Multiple sclerosis and headache co-morbidity. A case-control study
The prevalence of primary headache (PH) in a multiple sclerosis (MS) sample vs. control healthy subjects was investigated at a neurological clinic in 2004–2005: 122 of 238 (51%) MS patients and 57 of 238 (23%) co...
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Levetiracetam for cerebellar tremor in multiple sclerosis
Disabling tremor is frequent in multiple sclerosis (MS) and its treatment remains challenging. We conducted an open–label trial to evaluate the effect of levetiracetam (LEV) to treat cerebellar tremor in MS pa...
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A clinical comparison of trigeminal neuralgic pain in patients with and without underlying multiple sclerosis
Despite clinical similitude, there is a tendency to consider trigeminal pain in multiple sclerosis (MS) as a distinct condition. To evaluate clinical differences in trigeminal pain presentation in patients wit...
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Epileptic seizures in multiple sclerosis: clinical and EEG correlations
Epileptic seizures occur more frequently in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients than in the general population. We evaluated clinical, electroencephalographic (EEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, ...
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HELLP syndrome with reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy
We report the case of a 30-year-old primipara who developed a triplet pregnancy after having received artificial insemination. At the end of the eighth month of pregnancy she had a generalized tonic-clonic se...
