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Progression of the cord lesion and lack of steroid response prompted antibiotic treatment for Whipple’s disease.
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Nesiritide, Scios' intravenous recombinant form of human B-type naturetic peptide, has been widely used for the treatment of congestive heart failure in hospitalized patients.
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Surgical treatment was associated with a cost savings due to shorter hospital stays and the use of fewer services upon discharge into the community.
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Clopidogrel and aspirin therapy is more effective than aspirin alone in reducing asymptotic MES in patients with recently symptomatic CS.
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Immunohistochemistry revealed perivascular staining in spinal cords for human IgG in rats that received high-titer antibodies, high doses of low-titer antibodies or high doses of control IgG.
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Celiac disease is present in 2.4% of patients referred for suspected dysautonomia, similar to the 2.5% incidence of celiac disease in idiopathic peripheral neuropathy.
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Valve replacement surgery is usually delayed until symptoms develop in patients with severe aortic stenosis by echocardiography. However, symptoms may be unreliable in older patients who are more sedentary. Thus, Gerber and colleagues from New Zealand evaluated the value of serial BNP measurements to predict the development of symptoms in 29 initially asymptomatic patients with moderate to severe aortic stenosis.
