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CSF Inflammatory Markers Tied to Brain Alterations in SARS-CoV-2

The study covered in this summary was published in medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) inflammatory marker levels were found to be associated with ...
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Comparison of CSF Cytology and Spinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Detection of Leptomeningeal Disease in Pediatric Medulloblastoma or Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Prognostic Significance of Occult Metastases Detected by Sentinel Lymphadenectomy and Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction in Early-Stage Melanoma Patients PURPOSE: Leptomeningeal disease ...
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Changes in the brain cortex of COVID-19 patients associated with inflammatory biomarkers

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, a team of researchers examined the neurotoxic damage to the brain’s cortical region in patients hospitalized due to coronavirus disease 2019 ...
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Brain’s Waste Clearance System Implicated in Dementia

Impaired glymphatic function — the brain’s waste clearance system — could help explain how cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors may drive dementia. In a large UK Biobank study, MRI markers of ...