There is significant variability in terms of management practices across Canadian medical centers in terms of red blood cell (RBC) and platelet transfusions in preterm newborns, according to a study ...

The presence of asymptomatic lesions during treatment with rituximab can predict the lack of response to treatment in patients with anti-aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica ...

Transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) and serum bilirubin (SB) concentrations may differ across patients of various ethnicities, according to a study published in Children.Bilirubin levels are almost always ...

A new case has been reported involving the successful sedation of a patient with cold agglutinin disease (CAD) for an urgent gastroscopy procedure.. The report, published in Cureus, reviewed several ...

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) of fetal cell-free DNA from maternal plasma provides a highly accurate and noninvasive approach to determine fetal erythrocyte and platelet antigen status in ...

Although nerve conduction studies are the gold standard for diagnosing chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), imaging techniques such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging ...

Risdiplam treatment for 2 years leads to improvements in quality of life in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), according to a new study published in the scientific journal Neuromuscular ...

Patients with transthyretin-mediated amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) who were treated with tafamidis for a year showed stabilization of several cardiac biomarkers, according to a study published in ...

Hemophilia can cause a lot of confusion for patients and their families. We don’t always know where to draw the line regarding what we can and can’t do. On one side, we want to be able to enjoy life ...

Researchers from Brazil developed a new clinical score to estimate the probability of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) in patients presenting with optic neuritis.. The easily accessible ...

Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Antonella Favit-Van Pelt, MD, PhD, chief medical officer at Helius Medical, on the potential of neuromodulation to treat people ...

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