Month: <span>August 2024</span>
Month: August 2024

Efgartigimod Successfully Ameliorated Acute Exacerbation of Myasthenia Gravis with Anti-muscle-specific Kinase Antibodies

Intern Med. 2024 Aug 8. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.3726-24. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT We herein report two patients with anti-muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) antibody-positive myasthenia gravis who …

Neocortical cholinergic pathology after neonatal brain injury is increased by Alzheimer’s disease-related genes in mice

Neurobiol Dis. 2024 Aug 5:106629. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106629. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in neonates causes mortality and neurologic morbidity, including poor cognition …

Echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary arterial and right atrial pressures in children with congenital heart disease: a comprehensive prospective study and introduction of novel equations

J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024 Aug 8;32(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s44348-024-00023-4. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Pediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by a mean pulmonary arterial pressure exceeding 20 mmHg. …

Prevalence of fungal DNAemia mediated by putatively non-pathogenic fungi in immunocompromised patients with febrile neutropenia: a prospective cohort study

J Hematol Oncol. 2024 Aug 7;17(1):63. doi: 10.1186/s13045-024-01583-0. ABSTRACT Invasive fungal disease (IFD) presents a life-threatening condition in immunocompromised patients, thus often prompting empirical administration …

Cord blood transfusions in extremely low gestational age neonates to reduce severe retinopathy of prematurity: results of a prespecified interim analysis of the randomized BORN trial

Ital J Pediatr. 2024 Aug 7;50(1):142. doi: 10.1186/s13052-024-01714-w. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Preterm infants are at high risk for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), with potential life-long visual …

Oral aripiprazole in the treatment of tic disorders in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis based on a mapping algorithm derived from a Chinese children and adolescents population

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2024 Aug 7;18(1):97. doi: 10.1186/s13034-024-00786-0. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Oral aripiprazole exhibits favorable clinical efficacy and safety in the suppression of tics …