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Chronic meningitisBruce A Cohen
Davee Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, Abbott Hall 1121, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 5:429-39. 2005..This review discusses selected etiologies illustrating issues in diagnosis and etiologic categories to be considered in the evaluation of this challenging syndrome...
PRISMS: the story of a pivotal clinical trial series in multiple sclerosisBruce A Cohen
Davee Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
Curr Med Res Opin 26:827-38. 2010..This review is the first collation of all these data in one article, with a look ahead to the next generation of studies involving the new formulation of sc IFN beta-1a...
Identification, causation, alleviation, and prevention of complications (ICAP): an approach to symptom and disability management in multiple sclerosisBruce A Cohen
Northwestern University, Department of Neurology, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, Abbott Hall 1121, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Neurology 71:S14-20. 2008..This article describes the application of an organizational scheme of identification, causation, alleviation, and prevention of complications as a tool for identifying and managing symptomatic issues in patients with MS...
Clinical applications of new cerebrospinal fluid analytic techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system infectionsB A Cohen
Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Medical School, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, Abbott Hall 1121, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 1:518-25. 2001..Some of these applications are commonly available, whereas others are likely to enter the physician's armamentarium in the near future. As they do, they can be expected to improve the treatment of CNS infections...
The implications of immunogenicity for protein-based multiple sclerosis therapiesBruce A Cohen
Davee Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, Abbott Hall 1121, Chicago IL 60611, USA
J Neurol Sci 275:7-17. 2008..Experience with generic biosimilars of other protein therapeutics suggests that the immunogenicity of generic biosimilar agents cannot be assumed and must be established for each formulation...
Emerging oral therapies for multiple sclerosisB A Cohen
Davee Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Int J Clin Pract 61:1922-30. 2007..Oral drugs that are currently in Phase II/III clinical development are discussed...
Identifying and treating patients with suboptimal responsesB A Cohen
Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, Abbott Hall 1121, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
Neurology 63:S33-40. 2004..The panel then considered the use of mitoxantrone for patients with worsening MS and a suboptimal response to DMA therapy...
Mitoxantrone treatment of multiple sclerosis: safety considerationsBruce A Cohen
Davee Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, Abbott Hall 1121, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
Neurology 63:S28-32. 2004..Careful laboratory and cardiac monitoring can reduce the possibility of adverse events and enhance patient safety...
A phase II trial of nerve growth factor for sensory neuropathy associated with HIV infection. AIDS Clinical Trials Group Team 291J C McArthur
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Neurology 54:1080-8. 2000..To evaluate the safety and efficacy of recombinant human nerve growth factor (rhNGF) in HIV-associated sensory neuropathy (SN) within a multicenter, placebo-controlled, randomized trial (ACTG 291)...
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 correlates with subcortical brain injury in HIV infectionA B Ragin
Department of Radiology, The Children s Memorial Research Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Neurology 66:1255-7. 2006..MCP-1 levels correlated with tissue status (mean diffusivity) in all examined regions. Plasma markers were also significantly correlated with anisotropy measurements in centrum semiovale (TNF-alpha) and putamen (hematocrit)...
Bone marrow diffusion measures correlate with dementia severity in HIV patientsA B Ragin
Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 27:589-92. 2006..CONCLUSION: The results of this investigation support the utility of diffusion strategies for monitoring the marrow and provide further evidence of a relationship between marrow status changes and neurologic progression in HIV patients...
Diffusion alterations in corpus callosum of patients with HIVY Wu
Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill 60611, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 27:656-60. 2006..In vivo assessment of callosal integrity by using quantitative neuroimaging may have potential utility as a marker of brain injury in patients infected with HIV...
Whole brain and localized magnetization transfer measurements are associated with cognitive impairment in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virusY Wu
Department of Radiology, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Ill, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 29:140-5. 2008..This study investigated the utility of magnetization transfer (MT) imaging for quantification of brain tissue alterations associated with cognitive deficits in patients with HIV...
Randomized controlled trials of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for autoimmune diseases: the evolution from myeloablative to lymphoablative transplant regimensRichard K Burt
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60011, USA
Arthritis Rheum 54:3750-60. 2006
Serum matrix metalloproteinase levels correlate with brain injury in human immunodeficiency virus infectionAnn B Ragin
Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611 2927, USA
J Neurovirol 15:275-81. 2009..MMPs may influence neurological outcome through involvement in neuroimmune response, blood-brain barrier permeability, leukocyte migration, and MMP-mediated neurotoxicity...
Biomarkers of neurological status in HIV infection: a 3-year studyAnn B Ragin
Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Proteomics Clin Appl 4:295-303. 2010..To evaluate circulating cytokines and chemokines as correlates of the degree of brain injury in individuals with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection...
Diffusion tensor imaging of subcortical brain injury in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virusAnn B Ragin
Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 2927, USA
J Neurovirol 11:292-8. 2005..Findings from this investigation indicate that DTI is a sensitive tool for correlating neuroanatomic pathologic features with specific cognitive deficits in patients with HIV infection...
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for progressive multiple sclerosis: failure of a total body irradiation-based conditioning regimen to prevent disease progression in patients with high disability scoresRichard K Burt
Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA
Blood 102:2373-8. 2003..Specifically, more patients and longer follow-up would be required in patients with an EDSS of 6.0 or less before drawing conclusions on this subgroup...
Minocycline treatment for HIV-associated cognitive impairment: results from a randomized trialN Sacktor
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Ave, 301 Building, Suite 2100, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Neurology 77:1135-42. 2011..We conducted a study of minocycline to assess its safety, tolerability, and efficacy for the treatment of HIV-associated cognitive impairment...
Disease burden in HIV-associated cognitive impairment: a study of whole-brain imaging measuresA B Ragin
Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Neurology 63:2293-7. 2004....
Long-term treatment with recombinant nerve growth factor for HIV-associated sensory neuropathyG Schifitto
Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Neurology 57:1313-6. 2001..However, there was no improvement of neuropathy severity as assessed by neurologic examination, quantitative sensory testing, and epidermal nerve fiber density...
A randomized clinical trial of CPI-1189 for HIV-associated cognitive-motor impairmentD B Clifford
Department of Neurology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Neurology 59:1568-73. 2002..It has neuroprotective properties in model systems for HIV-associated neurotoxicity and thus is a candidate for neuroprotective therapy in humans with HIV-associated CNS disease...
Whole brain diffusion tensor imaging in HIV-associated cognitive impairmentAnn B Ragin
Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 25:195-200. 2004..CONCLUSION: Findings from this investigation support the use of diffusion tensor imaging for noninvasive MR imaging measurement of neuropathologic changes in studies of HIV-associated cognitive impairment...
Reduced intraepidermal nerve fiber density in HIV-associated sensory neuropathyM Polydefkis
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Neurology 58:115-9. 2002..To explore the relationship between intraepidermal nerve fiber (IENF) density in HIV-associated sensory neuropathy (HIV-SN) to measurements of neuropathy severity and progression of HIV disease...
The generalizability of neurocognitive test/retest data derived from a nonclinical sample for detecting change among two HIV+ cohortsAndrew J Levine
Department of Neurology, National Neurological AIDS Bank, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 29:669-78. 2007..Thus, the accuracy of the two methods examined for determining clinically significant change among HIV+ cohorts differs depending upon their similarity with the normative sample...
A pilot study of cidofovir for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in AIDSChristina M Marra
Department of Neurology and Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
AIDS 16:1791-7. 2002..However, such scores were significantly better in subjects who entered with suppressed plasma HIV-1-RNA levels, which could be the result of control of HIV-1 infection itself or cidofovir...
Psychosocial risk factors of HIV morbidity and mortality: findings from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)Roxanna Farinpour
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:654-70. 2003....
