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Real-world persistence of multiple sclerosis disease-modifying therapies.
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2024-04-03)BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Treatment persistence is the continuation of therapy over time. It reflects a combination of treatment efficacy and tolerability. We aimed to describe real-world rates of persistence on disease-modifying ... -
Recreational Nitrous Oxide and Thrombotic Events: A Case Series
Background The study aimed to elucidate the prevalence of nitrous oxide (N2O) usage in patients with unexplained venous thromboembolism (VTE), highlighting the potential association with hyperhomocysteinaemia (HHcy). Methods ... -
Remote testing of vitamin D levels across the UK MS population-A case control study.
(Public Library of Science, 2020-12-30)OBJECTIVE: The association between vitamin D deficiency and multiple sclerosis (MS) is well described. We set out to use remote sampling to ascertain vitamin D status and vitamin D supplementation in a cross-sectional study ... -
Reply: Brain-behaviour associations and neural representations of emotions in frontotemporal dementia.
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Risk of Suicide After Dementia Diagnosis.
(2022-10-03)IMPORTANCE: Patients with dementia may be at an increased suicide risk. Identifying groups at greatest risk of suicide would support targeted risk reduction efforts by clinical dementia services. OBJECTIVES: To examine the ... -
Shared polygenic risk and causal inferences in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(Wiley, 2019-02-05)Objective: To identify shared polygenic risk and causal associations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Methods: Linkage disequilibrium score regression and Mendelian randomization were applied in a large‐scale, ... -
A study of referral bias in NMOSD and MOGAD cohorts.
(2024-03-14)BACKGROUND: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) are rare disorders often seen in highly specialized services or tertiary centres. We ... -
Suspecting dementia: canaries, chameleons and zebras.
(2021-07-02)The early and accurate diagnosis of dementia is more important than ever before but remains challenging. Dementia is increasingly the business of neurologists and, with ageing populations worldwide, will become even more ... -
Testing shortened versions of smell tests to screen for hyposmia in Parkinson’s disease
Background Hyposmia is an early feature in neurodegenerative diseases, most notably Parkinson's Disease (PD). Using abbreviated smell tests could provide a cost‐effective means for large‐scale hyposmia screening. It is ...