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The Best Christmas Gift Of All, Kenneth P. Serbin Dec 2010

The Best Christmas Gift Of All, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


The Mission Of A Lifetime, Kenneth P. Serbin Dec 2010

The Mission Of A Lifetime, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Conjugated Quantum Dots Inhibit The Amyloid Β (1–42) Fibrillation Process, Garima Thakur, Miodrag Micic, Yuehai Yang, Wenzhi Li, Dania Movia, Silvia Giordani, Hongzhou Zhou, Roger M. Levlanc Dec 2010

Conjugated Quantum Dots Inhibit The Amyloid Β (1–42) Fibrillation Process, Garima Thakur, Miodrag Micic, Yuehai Yang, Wenzhi Li, Dania Movia, Silvia Giordani, Hongzhou Zhou, Roger M. Levlanc

Department of Physics

Nanoparticles have enormous potential in diagnostic and therapeutic studies. We have demonstrated that the amyloid beta mixed with and conjugated to dihydrolipoic acid- (DHLA) capped CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) of size approximately 2.5 nm can be used to reduce the fibrillation process. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used as tools for analysis of fibrillation. There is a significant change in morphology of fibrils when amyloid β (1–42) (Aβ (1–42)) is mixed or conjugated to the QDs. The length and the width of the fibrils vary under modified conditions. Thioflavin T (ThT) fluorescence supports the decrease …


A Simple Method To Reduce Infection Of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts Clinical Article, Atiq-Ur Rehman, Tausif-Ur Rehman, Hassaan H. Bashir, Vikas Gupta Dec 2010

A Simple Method To Reduce Infection Of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts Clinical Article, Atiq-Ur Rehman, Tausif-Ur Rehman, Hassaan H. Bashir, Vikas Gupta

Department of Medicine

Object: Postoperative shunt infection is the most common and feared complication of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placement for treatment of hydrocephalus. The rate of shunt infection is highest in the 1st postoperative month. The most common organisms responsible for shunt infection include coagulase-negative Staphylococcus and Staphylococcus aureus. This suggests a transfer of Patient's skin flora via the surgeons' glove as a possible means of infection. The authors conducted a study to determine if the rate of postoperative shunt infections could be reduced simply by changing gloves before handling the shunt catheter. Methods: A total of 111 neonates born with congenital hydrocephalus …


Vertex And The New Wave Of Huntington’S Research, Kenneth P. Serbin Dec 2010

Vertex And The New Wave Of Huntington’S Research, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Globalizing The Fight Against Huntington's, Kenneth P. Serbin Dec 2010

Globalizing The Fight Against Huntington's, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Enjoying The Life We Have Left, Kenneth P. Serbin Nov 2010

Enjoying The Life We Have Left, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


An Expedition To The Brain, Kenneth P. Serbin Oct 2010

An Expedition To The Brain, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Losing Control, Seeking Connections, Kenneth P. Serbin Oct 2010

Losing Control, Seeking Connections, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Out Of The Closet And On To The Cure, Kenneth P. Serbin Sep 2010

Out Of The Closet And On To The Cure, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


More To Lose Than Ever', Kenneth P. Serbin Sep 2010

More To Lose Than Ever', Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Living In Limbo, Kenneth P. Serbin Sep 2010

Living In Limbo, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


My Friend, The Fast Lane, Kenneth P. Serbin Aug 2010

My Friend, The Fast Lane, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Traveling Across America, Togetherness And Memories, Kenneth P. Serbin Aug 2010

Traveling Across America, Togetherness And Memories, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Hyperprolactinaemia Induced By Proton Pump Inhibitor, Abdul Jabbar, Rabbia Khan, Syed Nadir Farrukh Aug 2010

Hyperprolactinaemia Induced By Proton Pump Inhibitor, Abdul Jabbar, Rabbia Khan, Syed Nadir Farrukh

Section of Internal Medicine

A case of a 13 year old girl who manifested hyperprolactinaemia and galactorrhea induced by Omeprazole, a commonly used proton pump inhibitor is presented.


Charting New Territory: Going Public About Hd, Kenneth P. Serbin Jun 2010

Charting New Territory: Going Public About Hd, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


God, Huntington's Disease And The Meaning Of Life, Kenneth P. Serbin Jun 2010

God, Huntington's Disease And The Meaning Of Life, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Dad, Could You Get Hd?', Kenneth P. Serbin May 2010

Dad, Could You Get Hd?', Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


A Perfect Day: The Sunset Of A Meaningful Life, Kenneth P. Serbin May 2010

A Perfect Day: The Sunset Of A Meaningful Life, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Care Versus Cure: We Can Progress In Both, Kenneth P. Serbin May 2010

Care Versus Cure: We Can Progress In Both, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Ten Reasons To Cure Hd, Kenneth P. Serbin Apr 2010

Ten Reasons To Cure Hd, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


The Point Of No Return, Kenneth P. Serbin Apr 2010

The Point Of No Return, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Impact Of Insurance Status On Migraine Care In The United States, Andrew Wilper, Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein, Rachel Nardin Apr 2010

Impact Of Insurance Status On Migraine Care In The United States, Andrew Wilper, Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein, Rachel Nardin

Publications and Research

Objective
To determine whether insurance status is associated with differential outpatient treatment of migraine in the United States.

Methods
We analyzed 11 years of data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (1997–2007), which survey patient visits to doctors’ offices, hospital outpatient departments, and emergency departments (EDs) in the United States. We used logistic regression to determine whether insurance status was associated with the prescription of standard migraine therapy, defined as 1) a triptan or dihydroergotamine and 2) a prophylactic agent.

Results
We identified 6,814 individual patient visits for migraine, representing 68.6 million …


Band Heterotopia, M. S. Alam, N Naila Apr 2010

Band Heterotopia, M. S. Alam, N Naila

Section of Internal Medicine

Band heterotopias are one of the rarest groups of congenital disorder that result in variable degree of structural abnormality of brain parenchyma. Band of heterotopic neurons result from a congenital or acquired deficiency of the neuronal migration. MRI is the examination of choice for demonstrating these abnormalities because of the superb gray vs. white matter differentiation, detail of cortical anatomy and ease of multiplanar imaging. We report a case of band heterotopia that showed a bilateral band of gray matter in deep white matter best demonstrated on T2 Wt. and FLAIR images.


Growing Burden Of Neurological Diseases In Pakistan � Need For A National Health Survey, Mohammad Wasay, Shaukat Ali Apr 2010

Growing Burden Of Neurological Diseases In Pakistan � Need For A National Health Survey, Mohammad Wasay, Shaukat Ali

Department of Medicine

No abstract provided.


Good-Bye, Pre-Existing Conditions!, Kenneth P. Serbin Mar 2010

Good-Bye, Pre-Existing Conditions!, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Aiming For Hd Clinical Trials, Kenneth P. Serbin Mar 2010

Aiming For Hd Clinical Trials, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


A Restless Soul At The Hd Research Meeting, Kenneth P. Serbin Feb 2010

A Restless Soul At The Hd Research Meeting, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


A Super Sunday Hd Story, Kenneth P. Serbin Feb 2010

A Super Sunday Hd Story, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.


Telling The Truth About A Disease, Kenneth P. Serbin Jan 2010

Telling The Truth About A Disease, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.