Background It is common for patients presenting with neuropsychiatric symptoms to endure significant diagnostic odyssey. Neurofilament light chain (NfL) has shown promise in being able differentiate between neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders. This study aimed assess the clinical utility of NfL avoiding misdiagnosis. Method In this retrospective study, we conducted file review assessed ...

Background Behçet’s Disease (BD) incidence varies widely worldwide. Neurobehcet’s disease (NBD) is one of the most severe manifestations BD [ 1]. Data on NBD scarce and contradictory. Objectives To estimate in Northern Spain. Methods Population-based cohort study 120 patients diagnosed with Spain, between January 1, 1999, to December 31, 2019. Finally, 92 were included according 2013 Internatio...

BACKGROUND Neurologic deterioration (ND) occurs in one-third of patients with stroke. However, the true incidence of ND and risk for adverse outcomes remains unknown because no standardized definition of ND exists. Our study compared the prognostic value of a range of definitions for ND in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). METHODS All patients who presented to our center with AIS wit...

The effect of phonotactic probability (PP) and neighbourhood density (ND) on triggering word learning was examined in children with Language Impairment (3;04-6;09) and compared to Typically Developing children. Nonwords, varying PP and ND orthogonally, were presented in a story context and their learning tested using a referent identification task. Group comparisons with receptive vocabulary as...

introduction: trichophyton rubrum is one of the most common species of dermatophytes which affects superficial keratinous tissue. it is not especially virulent but it can be responsible for considerable morbidity. although there are different therapeutic modalities to treat fungal infections, clinicians are searching for alternative treatment because of the various side effects of the present t...

introduction: dentin hypersensitivity (dh) is characterized by tooth pain arising from exposure of dental roots. in this study the efficiency of neodymium yttrium-aluminum-garnet (nd:yag) laser in association with graphite on dentinal surface changes as the alternative to the treatment of dh was evaluated. methods: sixteen noncarious human third molars were collected and sectioned into 5 parts ...

dentin hypersensitivity (dh) is a relatively common painful condition among dental problems. although many studies have been performed regarding the diagnosis and treatment of dh, dental practitioners are still confused about the definite diagnosis and treatment.the use of lasers as a treatment for dentin hypersensitivity was first introduced in 1985. laser treatment in dentin hypersensitivity ...