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Blood adenosine levels as a potential biomarker of white matter disease in a selected population of very low birth weight premature infants

Prematurity affects about 10% of pregnancies worldwide each year. In about 20% of very low birth weight (VLBW) premature infants, punctate white matter lesions (PWML) can be diagnosed at MRI at term ...
Medscape

Comparison Between the Cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Versus Multiple Sclerosis in Taiwanese Patients

Ming-Feng Liao; Kuo-Hsuan Chang; Rong-Kuo Lyu; Chin-Chang Huang; Hong-Shiu Chang; Yih-Ru Wu; Chiung-Mei Chen; Chun-Che Chu; Hung-Chou Kuo; Long-Sun Ro There were 40 brain MRI studies in 25 NMOSD ...
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Differentiating cutaneous dells

Palmoplantar keratodermas (PPKs) are divided into three types. Type I (the form most likely to be affecting our patient) is punctate keratoderma, which manifests with numerous hard wartlike dells on ...
Nature

PCR for varicella zoster virus genome negative in corneal epithelial cells of patients with Thygeson's superficial punctate keratitis

Purpose To find out if varicella zoster virus is the causative agent of Thygeson's superficial punctuate keratitis. Methods Epithelial cells were harvested from the punctuate epithelial lesions 9 ...
CMAJ

Palmoplantar lichen planus

Palmoplantar lichen planus is an uncommon variant of lichen planus that typically lacks the characteristic fine, reticulated white lines (Wickham striae).1 Various morphologic patterns of palmoplantar ...