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Neurocysticercosis in the United States: review of an important emerging infectionMitchell T Wallin
Neuroepidemiology Section, Neurology Service, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Neurology 63:1559-64. 2004..To review published clinical studies on neurocysticercosis (NCC) in the United States over the past two decades and comment on epidemiologic trends and treatment...
Depression and multiple sclerosis: Review of a lethal combinationMitchell T Wallin
Department of Veterans Affairs VA Medical Center, Washington, DC 20422, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 43:45-62. 2006..This article reviews the unique features, assessment, and treatment of depression in MS. MS care providers should vigilantly assess depression and suicide risk in their patients...
Cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: Assessment, imaging, and risk factorsMitchell T Wallin
Department of Veterans Affairs VA Medical Center, Washington, DC 20422, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 43:63-72. 2006..Additionally, candidate risk factors have been identified that may help predict which patients will develop cognitive dysfunction...
Neurological mortality among U.S. veterans of the Persian Gulf War: 13-year follow-upShannon K Barth
Department of Veterans Affairs, Environmental Epidemiology Service, Washington, District of Columbia 20420, USA
Am J Ind Med 52:663-70. 2009....
Migration and multiple sclerosis in Alaskan military veteransMitchell T Wallin
Neuroepidemiology Section, Neurology Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and MS Center of Excellence East, NW, Washington, DC 20422, USA
J Neurol 256:1413-7. 2009..A formal prevalence survey of MS in Alaska is needed to support or refute these findings...
Cognitive changes and quality of life in neurocysticercosis: a longitudinal studyMitchell T Wallin
Neurology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D C, United States of America
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6:e1493. 2012..We longitudinally assessed the cognitive status and quality of life (QoL) of patients with incident symptomatic NCC cases and matched controls...
Neuropsychologic assessment of a population-based sample of Gulf War veteransMitchell T Wallin
War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Veterans Affairs Health Administration, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20422, USA
Cogn Behav Neurol 22:155-66. 2009..The objective of this project was to compare neuropsychologic performance and quality of life in a population-based sample of deployed Gulf War (GW) veterans with and without multisymptom complaints...
Prospective memory and the efficacy of a memory strategy in multiple sclerosisKatrina S Kardiasmenos
Department of Psychology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
Neuropsychology 22:746-54. 2008..Implications for providing environmental support to encourage the use of mnemonic strategies are discussed...
Teleneurology in patients with multiple sclerosis: EDSS ratings derived remotely and from hands-on examinationRobert L Kane
VA Medical Center, MS Center of Excellence, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Telemed Telecare 14:190-4. 2008..Agreement between the remote and local examiners was similar to that reported for different neurological examiners directly assessing the same patient using the EDSS rating system...
Veterans Health Administration multiple sclerosis surveillance registry: The problem of case-finding from administrative databasesWilliam J Culpepper
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Healthcare Outcomes Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 43:17-24. 2006..93, and specificity was 0.90. These findings suggest that the database algorithm reliably eliminated non-MS cases from the initial MSSR population and is a reasonable case-finding method at this intermediate stage of MSSR development...
Multiple sclerosis in US veterans of the Vietnam era and later military service: race, sex, and geographyMitchell T Wallin
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, DC, USA
Ann Neurol 55:65-71. 2004..Such marked changes in geography, sex, and race in such a short interval strongly imply a primary environmental factor in the cause or precipitation of this disease...
The war-related illness and injury study centers: a resource for deployment-related health concernsAndrew E Lincoln
War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 50 Irving Street, NW, Washington, DC 20422, USA
Mil Med 171:577-85. 2006..009) and use of rehabilitation therapies (1.6 additional visits, p = 0.018) followed the NRP referral. The small gain in mental function suggests that the NRP may benefit combat veterans with long and complex medical histories...
