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Increased levels of retinol in CSF in patients with IIH suggests that vitamin A may be involved in the pathogenesis of IIH.
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Acute and chronic head and face pain occur after craniotomies for a variety of intracranial lesions. Persistent postoperative pain is more common in women and is associated with depression and anxiety.
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FDA warnings for existing drugs dominate pharmaceutical news this month.
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The most common etiology of brachial plexopathy is Parsonage-Turner syndrome.
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The neuronal activation that triggers migraine headaches produces more than just head and face pain. Symptoms of disordered visual processing, disequilibrium, and delayed gastric emptying occur in migraine patients as either a headache accompaniment or as a separate symptom.
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In an adult population older than age 45, brain MRI reveled that 1.8% had asymptomatic aneurysms, 1.6% had benign tumors, and 7.2% had silent brain infarcts.
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RCVS occurs in a variety of clinical settings, and should be considered and investigated in any person with sudden severe headache that is unexplained by other disorders.
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It is well accepted that subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation is effective in improving motor function in Parkinson's disease. However, the effect of DBS (deep brain stimulation) on non-motor symptoms still needs to be further studied.
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Patients with acute low back pain receiving acetaminophen and standard advice do not benefit from the addition of NSAIDs or spinal manipulative therapy.