...Hanhan Lei; Xiaomin Wu; Gareth Ambler; David Werring; Shuangfang Fang; Huiyin Lin; Huapin Huang; Nan Liu; Houwei Du Introduction: This meta-analysis aimed to explore the association of perivascular spaces (PVS) burden with the risks of future stroke events and mortality in patients with ischemic...

...Xubin Shang; Xingmin Li Introduction: Elevated plasma D-dimer has been observed in acute phase of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), while a quantitative evaluation for the association between D-dimer level and prognosis of SAH remains lacking. The aim of the meta-analysis was to investigate...

... properties. However, whether lithium can treat dementia or AD remains a highly controversial topic. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis. Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted on PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science. Comparison of the effects of lithium on AD or dementia in terms of use...

... in the treatment of PSD. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were rigorously applied during the screening process, and pertinent characteristics of the included RCTs were meticulously extracted. The I 2 statistic was employed to assess heterogeneity, and meta-analysis was conducted using Stata 17 software...

... progression and peripheral blood inflammatory factors is unknown. Therefore, to determine the relationship between inflammatory factors and the prognosis of SAH, we performed a meta-analysis. Method: A systematic literature review was conducted in PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library. Studies comparing...

... for all included studies was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. The effectiveness of antioxidants in improving pulmonary function and muscle strength in DMD patients and their rate of adverse events was evaluated by meta-analysis. Results: A total of nine eligible studies were identified...

...Haitao Hu; Bing Zhang; Yuqi Zhao; Huan Zhou; Hongfang Chen; Shenqiang Yan Introduction: The best management strategy still remains strong controversy for acute nonarteritic central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO). We thus performed a meta-analysis to determine the efficacy of intra-arterial...

... thrombolysis Acute ischemic stroke Meta-analysis Stroke is the major cause of death and disability in the world. Increase in population age contributes to increase in the incidence of stroke. Besides, more people are influenced by stroke in developing countries where incomes are low [1]. Incidences...

... the pharyngeal motor cortex can improve swallowing function in poststroke dysphagia. However, some studies showed that rTMS and tDCS show no effect on poststroke dysphagia. This study aims to make a meta-analysis to investigate the therapy effect of rTMS and tDCS on poststroke dysphagia in randomized controlled...

... (OSA, SAS, and severe SAS) were also extracted for meta-analysis. Results: A total of 13 studies were included in the analysis. The meta-analysis results showed that OSA, SAS, and severe SAS were significantly higher in WUS patients. A significantly higher AHI (WMD 7.74, 95% CI: 1.38–14.11; p = 0.017...

...Cen Su; Biao Jin; Haiping Xia; Kangren Zhao Background: Previous studies have shown inconsistent results for associations between vitamin D and risk of stroke. We gathered the existing published articles and conducted this meta-analysis with the aim to explore the association between vitamin D...

.... Results: The meta-analysis revealed the NSE concentration of patients with coma is significantly higher than that of the control group (standard mean difference = 0.88, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.63–1.12, p < 0.05). The pooled sensitivity and specificity of NSE in coma diagnosis was 0.5 (95% CI...

... related literature were included for research. Results: The results of the meta-analysis showed that the increase of both SBP and DBP can promote the progression of WMLs (respectively, odds ratio [OR] = 2.90, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.86–2.94; OR = 3.13, 95% CI 3.03–3.23). Subgroup analysis found...

...: This meta-analysis suggests that the entacapone used as adjuvant therapy to LD is effective in the management of later PD with fluctuation. However, patients on entacapone had a higher frequency of adverse events than those on placebo but no occurrence of severe adverse reactions. A systematic search...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Advanced Parkinson’s disease Prevalence Germany Meta-analysis Parkinson's disease (PD), as the second most common neurodegenerative disorder [ 1 ], is clinically...

...Enshan Feng; Changbai Sui; Tongxin Wang; Gaoling Sun Background/Aim: The current meta-analysis evaluated the survival outcomes of newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients treated with radiotherapy (RT) alone and with RT + temozolomide (TMZ). Methods: Relevant studies were identified by an extensive...

... test. The meta-analysis was conducted using Stata 13.1. [email protected] 2 07 2015 4 10 2015 12 11 2015 © 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel 2015 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other...

..., the strength of the association remains to be ascertained [ 6,7 ]. It is still controversial whether HHcy is a risk prediction of dementia. Up to now, only one meta-analysis in 2011 [ 8 ] was reported, which mainly pooled the data of cross-sectional and retrospective case-control studies performed...

...Félix Javier Jiménez-Jiménez; Elena García-Martín; Hortensia Alonso-Navarro; José A.G. Agúndez Background/Aims: Several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the PITX3 gene have been associated with the risk for Parkinson's disease (PD). We conducted a systematic review and a meta-analysis...

... meta-analysis of all genes investigated by ischaemic stroke subtype was conducted. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were determined for each gene disease association. Results: From the initial search of 526 manuscripts, 5 candidate genes were studied comprising 7,533 cases (LVD 4,181...