Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) have a negative impact on employment, found a study published in the journal Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. “The ...

Although nerve conduction studies are the gold standard for diagnosing chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), imaging techniques such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging ...

RPL30 showed the highest fold-change difference in patients with PBC compared to healthy people. Anti-RPL30 seems to be a promising biomarker for the diagnosis of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) ...

The studies indicated comparable growth trends regardless of whether therapy was initiated before or after age 5. Vosoritide, a once-daily injectable therapy, may improve growth outcomes in children ...

The study found no significant association between genomic ancestry and immune tolerance induction success or peak inhibitor titers. Certain ancestries are linked to specific genetic patterns in ...

Impairments in memory recall and verbal fluency were especially pronounced, while global cognitive function was mildly affected in patients with NMOSD. Cognitive impairments are common in patients ...

The proportion of CD38+HLA-DR+CD8+ T cells was significantly higher in the blood of patients with cirrhosis compared to healthy controls. They also showed that the ratio of these cells was strongly ...

Dan Lier has light chain (AL) amyloidosis—the most common form of amyloidosis. Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews former college basketball player Dan Lier, a ...

For the last 3 years, the PBC Foundation, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, has conducted an annual summit that addresses the challenges and potential remedies for those living with primary biliary ...

Multiplex ligation probe amplification analysis identified 1 patient as having a homozygous deletion and another as having a heterozygous deletion for Gaucher disease (GD). For the study, the ...

In addition to lower complement levels, patients with ITP had elevated CRP levels compared with healthy controls. Serum complement levels could indicate disease activity in patients with immune ...

Bone age assessment as a marker of skeletal maturation is a relevant biomarker in treatment decisions for achondroplasia. Use of the Deeplasia method for evaluating bone age in patients with such ...