.... 2024 COVID-19 Neurological disorders Case-control study Stroke Optic neuritis Our understanding of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related neurological disorders (NDs) in children remains limited, with current evidence primarily derived from case reports and reviews [ 1‒6...

... conventional vascular risk factors are responsible for most strokes in patients younger than 45 years of age. Our objective was to evaluate the association of common risk factors with stroke in individuals under 45 years. Methods: INTERSTROKE was a case-control study carried out in 32 countries between 2007...

...Jens Bohlken; Anette Schrag; Steffi Riedel-Heller; Karel Kostev Background: This study aimed to identify clinical features that predate the diagnosis of PD in a primary care setting. Methods: This retrospective case-control study was based on data from the Disease Analyzer database (IQVIA...

... neurological disorders. Objective: In this population-based, case-control study, we directly measured blood harmane concentrations (HA) and blood mercury concentrations (Hg) in ET cases and controls. Methods: In total, 1,328 Faroese adults were screened; 26 ET cases were identified whose (HA) and (Hg) were...

... aspirin, or statins were associated with a reduced risk of MSA. Methods: We performed a register-based case-control study in MSA ( n = 155) cases and population controls ( n = 7,750) matched on age, gender, and place of residency by risk-set sampling. Pharmacological exposure prior to diagnosis...

... fish consumptions during adolescence in MS etiology. The authors investigated the association between fresh and canned fish consumptions and MS. Methods: This was a population-based incident case-control study conducted in Tehran. Cases ( n = 547) identified from Iranian Multiple Sclerosis Society...

... completed for, the EnvIMS study; (iii) become aware of this data source that is available for use by the research community. Methods: EnvIMS is a multinational case-control study, enrolling 2,800 cases with MS and 5,012 population-based controls in Canada, Italy, Norway, Serbia and Sweden. The study...

... a multifactorial etiology and is triggered by environmental factors in individuals with complex genetic risk profiles. The epidemiology of MS changes with the spatial and temporal distribution of these genetic and nongenetic risk factors. This population-based matched case-control study aimed to determine the risk...

.... Meningioma Case-control study Etiology Risk Meningiomas account for at least 20% of all intracranial tumors [ 1 ]. A recent analysis of data from the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the USA (CBTRUS) demonstrated an overall meningioma incidence of 6.59 per 100,000 person-years, with a twofold...

...Roger Pamphlett; Elizabeth Cochran Ward Background: Controversy persists as to whether smoking is a risk factor for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (SALS), the most common form of sporadic motor neuron disease (SMND). We therefore undertook a large case-control study of smoking and SALS...

... disease Case-control study China Abstract Background: Some heavy metals are suspected to be pathogenic and some vitamins protective against Parkinson s disease (PD), and the interaction between heavy metals and vitamins could be associated with the pathophysiology of PD. Methods: Subjects comprised PD...

... between use of aspirin, nonaspirin NSAIDs, and acetaminophen and PD in a large population-based case-control study using Danish health and pharmacy registries. We identified 1,931 PD cases reported in hospital or outpatient clinic records who had received a primary diagnosis of PD between 2001 and 2006...

... in the etiology of PD in the general population. Blood heavy metals Manganese poisoning Parkinson’s disease Nutritional survey China General population Case-control study 19 05 2009 8 05 2009 5 11 2009 © 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel 2009 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer...

...Thanh G.N. Ton; W.T. Longstreth, Jr.; Thomas Koepsell Background: We examined the risk of narcolepsy associated with active and passive smoking among genetically susceptible individuals. Methods: We conducted a popula- tion-based case-control study in King County, Wash., USA. Between 2001 and 2005...

...Mary Spencely; George Dick In view of the geographic relationship of multiple sclerosis and breastfeeding, a case-control study was done to see if there was any association between the prevalence of the disease and breast-feeding; no such association was found. 31 10 2007 Multiple...

...Mau-Roung Lin; Jau-Yih Tsauo; Hei-Fen Hwang; Chih-Yi Chen; Lung-Wen Tsai; Wen-Ta Chiu A case-control study was conducted to determine the relationship between motorcycle helmets, including type (i.e. partial or full coverage) and fastening status (i.e. loose or firm), and cervical spinal cord...

..., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., cNeurology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Fla., dNeurology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minn., and eNeurology, Shands/University of Florida, Jacksonville, Fla., USA Key Words Ischemic stroke W Genetics W Case-control study W Design/methodology...

..., we conducted a multicentre, hospital-based case-control study which enrolled 402 cases of first CNS demyelinating event occurring between 1994 and 1995 and 722 controls matched for centre, age, sex and date of admission. An independent expert committee validated the diagnoses of cases and controls...

... the relationship between fish consumption and stroke in a population with a high fish consumption and stroke incidence. Methods: A population-based case-control study was performed, lasting from September 1990 to December 1991. The study comprised 440 incident cases of stroke and 473 controls between the ages...

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