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demyelinating diseases

Diseases that feature loss of the myelin sheath of nerve fibres in the white matter of the central nervous system. The most important of the demyelinating diseases is MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. Others include acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis, which may follow measles or chickenpox, and neuromyelitis optica, in which both optic nerves are affected as well as the spinal cord.
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease with relapses and remissions (1).
The Adverse Effects of High-dose Corticosteroids with Early and Late Severe Morbidity in the Treatment of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: Long-term Observation Results/Multipl Skleroz Hastalarinin Atak Tedavisinde Yuksek Doz Kortikosteroid Kullaniminin Erken ve Gec Donem Agir Morbiditeye Yol Acan Yan Etkileri: Uzun Donem Gozlem Sonuclari
Neuromyelitis optica: a distinct demyelinating disease of the central nervous system.
NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA--A RARE CASE
Demyelinating diseases. In: Blackwood W, Corsellis JAN, eds.
SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (ADEM) BY PROMPT USAGE OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS --CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
In the study conducted by Tandon et al., P100 latency was prolonged in hypertensives and suggested that hypertensive milieu affects neuronal excitation/conduction in the visual pathway.[2] In the study conducted by Marsh et al., P100 latency of visual evoked response was delayed in pre-eclamptic women.[8] There was a delayed conduction in brainstem auditory evoked response in Grade III hypertension.[9] There was impairment in sensory conduction in human beings in hypertension.[10] P100 latency was prolonged in patients with demyelinating disease like multiple sclerosis.[11] There is a significant change in VEP with normal fluctuation in carotid pressure and heart rate.[12] These findings were similar to the results of the present study.
A comparative study on visual evoked potential in normotensive and hypertensive individuals
As some authors have suggested, we believe that it would be adeguate to carry out a periodic assessment of the presence of signs and symptoms of a demyelinating disease, both at a central and a peripheral level, in patients who receive this type of drugs (6).
First case of demyelinating polyneuropathy probably related to treatment with golimumab
Environmental and genetic factors in pediatric inflammatory demyelinating diseases. Neurology.
Recommendations and Extraction of Clinical Variables of Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Using Common Data Elements
Berger, "The spectrum of MOG autoantibody-associated demyelinating diseases," Nature Reviews Neurology, vol.
Anti-Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein and Human Leukocyte Antigens as Markers in Pediatric and Adolescent Multiple Sclerosis: on Diagnosis, Clinical Phenotypes, and Therapeutic Responses
Infertility and reproductive problems have been reported in women with multiple sclerosis (MS), a demyelinating disease. MS is one of the most important demyelinating diseases.
Follicular Development and Secretion of Ovarian Hormones during the Juvenile and Adult Reproductive Lives of the Myelin Mutant taiep Rat: An Animal Model of Demyelinating Diseases
Under suspicion of tumefactive multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases, intravenous steroid pulse (methylprednisolone 1 g) therapy for five days and subsequent high-dose prednisolone was administered.
A Case of Primary Sjogren's Syndrome Presenting as Mass-Like Encephalitis, With Progression to Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
(9) examined 84 IBD patients with neurological manifestations in their review published in 2010 and reported neuromuscular diseases with inflammatory and axonal neuropathies, arterial or venous cerebrovascular diseases and demyelinating diseases.
Association of demyelinating and inflammatory bowel diseases: a case series and overview of the literature
Demyelinating diseases can affect the swallowing mechanism because of involvement of the brainstem, various cranial nerves, several regions of the cerebral cortex, and cerebellum.
The harm of ham hocks: foreign body impaction in long-standing multiple sclerosis
In addition, being able to generate large numbers of patient-specific oligodendrocytes will support both cell transplantation therapeutics for demyelinating diseases and the identification of new classes of drugs to treat such disorders," said Lee Rubin of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.
Cell therapy for multiple sclerosis patients getting closer

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