Enhanced detection of chronic wasting disease in muscle tissue harvested from infected white-tailed deer employing combined prion amplification assays. by Caitlyn N Kraft, David W Bissinger, Erin E McNulty, Nathaniel D Denkers, Candace K Mathiason

“…Zoonotic transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease, by presumed consumption of infected beef, has increased awareness of the public health risk associated with prion diseases. …”
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The Pull-Through Technique for Recanalization of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Dysfunction by Si-liang Chen, Cheng-jiang Xiao, Shuai Wang, Si-yi Jin, Jian-bo Zhao

“…During the follow-up, three patients developed hepatic encephalopathy, and one patient developed TIPS dysfunction again and experienced variceal bleeding. …”
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Treatment compliance of liver cirrhosis patients by Ye. R. Olevskaya, A. I. Dolgushina, A. N. Tarasov, D. S. Mikhaylova, A. R. Molchanova, A. S. Kuznetsova

“…Patients with LC of the Child-Pugh class B had highest compliance level (97.00±7.31), while those with Child-Pugh Class C - the lowest (80.89±11.73). Progression of encephalopathy exerts negative impact on treatment compliance. …”
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“Dancing Eye Syndrome” Secondary to Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome in Small-Cell Lung Cancer by S. Laroumagne, Xavier Elharrar, B. Coiffard, J. Plojoux, H. Dutau, D. Breen, P. Astoul

“…Despite the specific anticancer treatment and high dose corticosteroids, the patient developed a severe and progressive encephalopathy and died 10 days later.…”
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Acute Liver Failure among Patients on Efavirenz-Based Antiretroviral Therapy by Innocent Lule Segamwenge, Miriam Kaunanele Bernard

“…For one patient his clinical course was characterized by fulminant liver failure and fluctuating episodes of hepatic encephalopathy which ultimately resulted in his death. …”
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Role of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-C) as a Clinical Predictor of Decompensation in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease (CLD) by Harshavardhan Rao B, Priya Nair, Anoop K. Koshy, S. Krishnapriya, C. R. Greeshma, Rama P. Venu

“…Each patient was carefully followed up for development of decompensation events such as new-onset/worsening ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, or variceal bleed during follow-up. Results. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Children with Acute Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis and Re-Evaluation of Patients with Artificial Intelligence by Emre LEVENTOGLU, Mustafa SORAN

“…Anti-streptolysin O was high in all patients (955+-353 IU/mL) and C3 was low in 9 (81.8%) patients (0.56+-0.34 g/L). Hypertensive encephalopathy, nephrotic syndrome, and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis were observed in three patients. …”
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A Case of Carbon Monoxide-Induced Delayed Neurological Sequelae Successfully Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, N-Acetylcysteine, and Glucocorticoids: Clinical and Neuroimagin... by Vincenzo Spina, Francesco Tomaiuolo, Lorenzo Celli, Luca Bonfiglio, Luca Cecchetti, Maria Chiara Carboncini

“…Some survivors of CO poisoning develop, after a lucid interval, a potentially permanent encephalopathy in the form of cognitive impairment and movement disorders, such as Parkinsonism. …”
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Powassan Encephalitis: A Case Report from New York, USA by Danielle A. Bazer, Matthew Orwitz, Nicholas Koroneos, Olga Syritsyna, Elizabeth Wirkowski

“…MRAs of the head and neck were unremarkable. A Mayo Clinic Encephalopathy Panel was unremarkable; however, a New York State Arbovirus panel revealed Powassan IgM ELISA as well as Powassan Polyvalent microsphere immunofluorescence assay reactivity. …”
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Clinical Features of Miller-Fisher Syndrome in Pregnancy by Masanori Ono, Hideki Sato, Mayu Shirahashi, Noriko Tomioka, Julia Maeda, Keiko Watanabe, Tomoko Amagata, Toshiyuki Ikeda, Kazumi Yakubo, Tatsuro Fukuiya

“…The differential diagnosis of MFS includes Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) which is characterized by a clinical triad (nystagmus and ophthalmoplegia, mental status changes, and ataxia), myasthenia gravis, and brainstem stroke. …”
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An MR Brain Images Classifier System via Particle Swarm Optimization and Kernel Support Vector Machine by Yudong Zhang, Shuihua Wang, Genlin Ji, Zhengchao Dong

“…The abnormal brain MR images consist of the following diseases: glioma, metastatic adenocarcinoma, metastatic bronchogenic carcinoma, meningioma, sarcoma, Alzheimer, Huntington, motor neuron disease, cerebral calcinosis, Pick’s disease, Alzheimer plus visual agnosia, multiple sclerosis, AIDS dementia, Lyme encephalopathy, herpes encephalitis, Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, and cerebral toxoplasmosis. …”
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Combination Treatment of Perioperative Rehabilitation and Psychoeducation Undergoing Thoracic Surgery by Kazuhiro Hayashi, Takayuki Inoue, Motoki Nagaya, Satoru Ito, Hiroki Nakajima, Keiko Hattori, Izumi Kadono, Kohei Yokoi, Yoshihiro Nishida

“…One patient underwent pneumonectomy with laryngeal recurrent nerve paralysis; the other patient, who had a history of recurrent hepatic encephalopathy and dialysis, underwent S6 segmentectomy. …”
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Supplementation with Branched-Chain Amino Acids Induces Unexpected Deleterious Effects on Astrocyte Survival and Intracellular Metabolism with or without Hyperammonemia: A Prelimin... by Ting Wang, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Toshimi Chiba, Keisuke Kakisaka, Yasuhiro Takikawa

“…Ammonia is a key component in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy. Branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) have been reported to improve the symptoms of HE induced by hyperammonemia; however, we recently reported that ammonia increases intracellular levels of BCAA and exerts toxic effects on astrocytes. …”
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Hepatorenal Syndrome: Outcome of Response to Therapy and Predictors of Survival by Jan Heidemann, Christoph Bartels, Christoph Berssenbrügge, Hartmut Schmidt, Tobias Meister

“…Patient characteristics and clinical parameters (Child stage, ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, HRS type I/II, and initial MELD score) were retrieved. …”
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DIABETES MELLITUS IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS: NEW TREATMENT OPTIONS by L. Yu. Morgunov

“…Diabetes mellitus increases the risk of complications of liver cirrhosis of any etiology (varicose veins of the esophagus, hepatic encephalopathy, hepatic-cell insufficiency) and subsequent survival. …”
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Case report: Rituximab combined with plasma exchange treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with thrombotic microangiopathy and non-cirrhotic portal hypertension by Jinmei Huang, Wei Fan, Xuyan Chen, Shufan Wu, Zhigao Dong, Yi Zhang, Yiwan Lin, Pingping Xiao

“…Upon admission, she was diagnosed with SLE complicated by lupus encephalopathy, blood system impairment, cardiomyopathy, and nephritis. …”
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MOG associated autoimmune encephalomyelitis with active disease dynamic in imaging examinations and minimal clinical manifestation by E. Tilindytė, I. Muliuolis, R. Samaitienė

“…Most often, the disease first manifests as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, less often as optic neuritis. Progressive encephalopathy and multiple focal neurological symptoms are characteristic to this disease: irritability, disturbed consciousness, weakness, sensory disorders, bowel, bladder dysfunction, spasticity, hyperreflexia, positive Babinsky reflex, paresis, cerebral ataxia, cerebral neuropathy, and spinal cord dysfunction (transverse myelitis). …”
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Potential of albumin dialysis at terminal liver failure in patients with chronic liver diseases by O. E. Nikiforova, Ye. N. Bessonova, O. M. Lesnyak, O. A. Stroganova

“…Among patients, receiving treatment with albumin dialysis the stage of hepatic encephalopathy at patients in the subgroup with cirrhosis of toxic (alcohol-induced) etiology significantly decreased (р<0,01). …”
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A real-world drug safety surveillance study from the FAERS database of hepatocellular carcinoma patients receiving pembrolizumab alone and plus lenvatinib by Huaxiang Wang, Junjun Li, Xiuling Zhu, Ruling Wang, Yunyan Wan

“…In both patient groups, the most frequently reported AEs were hepatic encephalopathy, blood bilirubin increased and diarrhea. …”
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Rehabilitation outcomes after comprehensive post-acute inpatient rehabilitation following moderate to severe acquired brain injury—study protocol for an overall prognosis study bas... by Uwe M. Pommerich, Peter W. Stubbs, Jørgen Feldbæk Nielsen

“…Acquired brain injury, such as stroke, traumatic brain injury or encephalopathy, is a major cause of disability and functional limitations, worldwide. …”
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