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Validation of an environmentally-friendly and affordable cardboard 9-hole peg test.
(2017-10)
BACKGROUND: In multiple sclerosis (MS) upper limb neurological impairments, are an important driver of disability and handicap. The gold standard for assessing upper limb function is the 9-hole peg test (9HPT). One ...
Marked neutropenia: Significant but rare in people with multiple sclerosis after alemtuzumab treatment.
(2017-11)
BACKGROUND: Alemtuzumab is a CD52-specific monoclonal antibody that markedly depletes T and B lymphocytes and inhibits relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). However, polymorphonuclear neutrophils also express CD52 and can be ...
Oligoclonal bands in multiple sclerosis; Functional significance and therapeutic implications. Does the specificity matter?
(2018-10)
Since their discovery, the existence of secreted oligoclonal immunoglobulin in the central nervous system in people with multiple sclerosis has been the subject of scientific investigation and debate over several decades. ...
Organic solvents and Multiple Sclerosis: the doubled risk dilemma.
(2023-09-29)
BACKGROUND: Compensation for industrial disease in the UK may be obtained in two ways. A State scheme includes a list of accepted associations between occupations and diseases with evidence of a causative association. ...
Oligodendrocytes, BK channels and the preservation of myelin.
(2021)
Oligodendrocytes wrap multiple lamellae of their membrane, myelin, around axons of the central nervous system (CNS), to improve impulse conduction. Myelin synthesis is specialised and dynamic, responsive to local neuronal ...
