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Can MRI screen for CSF biomarkers in neurodegenerative disease?
Imaging advances are always potentially interesting but the immediate risk might be more dementia diagnoses delivered without much regard to functional context, and without proper support and follow-up. Can MRI screen for CSF biomarkers in neurodegenerative disease? Corey T. McMillan, … Continue reading
Time to confront the global dementia crisis : The Lancet Neurology
Time to confront the global dementia crisis The Lancet Neurology High-income countries are not the only ones facing a dementia crisis as their populations age. According to the Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) Delphi consensus study, by 2040, 71% of all … Continue reading
JAMA Network | JAMA | Association Between Use of Interferon Beta and Progression of Disability in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Association Between Use of Interferon Beta and Progression of Disability in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Afsaneh Shirani, MD; Yinshan Zhao, PhD; Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, MSc; Charity Evans, PhD; Elaine Kingwell, PhD; Mia L. van der Kop, MSc; Joel Oger, … Continue reading
Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis: a critica… [Acta Neurol Belg. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI
Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis: a critica… [Acta Neurol Belg. 2012] – PubMed – NCBI. Acta Neurol Belg. 2012 Dec;112(4):327-33. doi: 10.1007/s13760-012-0108-z. Epub 2012 Jul 6. Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis: a critical review and recommendations on treatment. Faridar A, … Continue reading
Current Affairs: Hillary Clinton’s Illness and Prognosis of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Our classic long-term follow up of CVT. Fulltext is available here, courtesy of Stroke: Stroke. 1996; 27: 243-246 doi: 10.1161/01.STR.27.2.243 Long-term Prognosis in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Follow-up of 77 Patients Maurice Preter, MD; Christophe Tzourio, MD; Alain Ameri, MD; … Continue reading
Maurice Preter, MD
Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.