A novel indwelling subcutaneous intrathecal catheter circumvented the complex spine anatomy of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a challenge when giving nusinersen via intrathecal injection ...

THE treatment of spinal block occurring in tuberculous meningitis has been unsatisfactory. Recently, however, Smith 1–3 has reported successful results in such cases with the intrathecal ...

Differences in the distribution of methotrexate into high grade gliomas following intravenous administration, as monitored by microdialysis, are associated with blood brain barrier integrity No ...

Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (MPS-VI) is caused by a deficiency in N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase activity, resulting in lysosomal accumulation of partially degraded glycosaminoglycans (GAGs).

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A trainee doctor who mistakenly injected an intravenous drug into the spine of a leukaemia patient had never administered both intravenous and intrathecal drugs on the same occasion before the ...

ALTHOUGH the pneumococcus is sensitive to many antibiotics, the mortality from pneumococcal meningitis has remained extraordinarily high. Mortality figures on more than 800 cases, in patients of all ...

Credit: FDA. The FDA has received reports of tranexamic acid injection being erroneously administered intrathecally in the perioperative setting instead of the intended intrathecal anesthetic (eg, ...

Researchers found that treating mice with a single spinal injection of a protein called AIBP -- and thus switching 'off' TLR4, a pro-inflammatory molecule -- prevented and reversed inflammation and ...

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Dear Dr. Roach: I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 years old and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about five years ago. I take hydroxyurea for polycythemia vera (PV).