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Ohtahara syndrome is an early infantile epileptic encephalopathy that was first described in 1978. Patients with Ohtahara syndrome are typically diagnosed in the first few months of life based on a combination of frequent tonic spasms that are refractory to anticonvulsant therapy and persistent suppression-burst patterns observed on electroencephalogram (EEG) independent of the circadian cycle. [1]...
Patel Nidhi et al.
BMC Pediatrics 2024; 24(1): 434
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Patel Nidhi et al.
BMC Pediatrics 2024; 24(1): 434
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Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are congenital diseases that usually appear in an insidious form at birth and are easily overlooked during childhood [1]. Several factors, including trauma, infection, and hormonal changes, lead to the expansion and deterioration of the AVMs lesions [2].
Peripheral AVMs have a low prevalence rate, approximately (2.15–6.60) /1,000,000 population, whereas AVMs...
Shen Yuchen et al.
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2024; 19(1): 195
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Shen Yuchen et al.
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2024; 19(1): 195
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The definition of severe asthma (SA) is “asthma that requires therapy with high-dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) plus a second controller (e.g., long-acting beta-2 agonist (LABA), long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA), leukotriene modifier and/o oral corticosteroids (OCS) to prevent it from becoming “uncontrolled” or that remains uncontrolled despite such therapy” [1, 2]....
Abuelhassan Usama E. et al.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2024; 24(1): 328
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Abuelhassan Usama E. et al.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2024; 24(1): 328
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Mastoiditis is inflammation of a portion of the temporal bone and commonly results from the progression of acute otitis media [1]. Incidence of mastoiditis from acute otitis media is reported as 0.004% in the US [2]. There are three different categories of mastoiditis, which are based on the extent of invasion. Incipient mastoiditis is an infection of the mastoid air cells alone with no continuation...
Toloczko Alexandra J. et al.
Journal of Medical Case Reports 2024; 18(1): 317
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Toloczko Alexandra J. et al.
Journal of Medical Case Reports 2024; 18(1): 317
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