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Corticosteroids for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy by Matthews, Emma, Brassington, Ruth, Kuntzer, Thierry, Jichi, Fatima, Manzur, Adnan Y

“…Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscular dystrophy of childhood. Untreated, this incurable disease, which has an X-linked recessive…”
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Endoscopic and Open Release Similarly Safe for the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Vasiliadis, Haris S, Nikolakopoulou, Adriani, Shrier, Ian, Lunn, Michael P, Brassington, Ruth, Scholten, Rob J P, Salanti, Georgia

“…The Endoscopic Release of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (ECTR) is a minimal invasive approach for the treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. There is scepticism…”
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Treatment for sialorrhea (excessive saliva) in people with motor neuron disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by James, Eleanor, Ellis, Cathy, Brassington, Ruth, Sathasivam, Sivakumar, Young, Carolyn A

“…Motor neuron disease (MND), also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that may cause dysphagia, as well…”
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Mechanical ventilation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease by Radunovic, Aleksandar, Annane, Djillali, Rafiq, Muhammad K, Brassington, Ruth, Mustfa, Naveed

“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. Neuromuscular respiratory failure is the most…”
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Corticosteroids for Guillain-Barré syndrome by Hughes, Richard Ac, Brassington, Ruth, Gunn, Angela A, van Doorn, Pieter A

“…Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute paralysing disease caused by inflammation of the peripheral nerves, which corticosteroids would be expected to…”
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Pharmacological treatments for Friedreich ataxia by Kearney, Mary, Orrell, Richard W, Fahey, Michael, Brassington, Ruth, Pandolfo, Massimo

“…Friedreich ataxia is a rare inherited autosomal recessive neurological disorder, characterised initially by unsteadiness in standing and walking, slowly…”
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Pharmacological treatment other than corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulin and plasma exchange for Guillain-Barré syndrome by Doets, Alex Y, Hughes, Richard Ac, Brassington, Ruth, Hadden, Robert Dm, Pritchard, Jane

“…Plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin, but not corticosteroids, are beneficial in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The efficacy of other pharmacological…”
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Immunomodulatory treatment other than corticosteroids, immunoglobulin and plasma exchange for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy by Mahdi-Rogers, Mohamed, Brassington, Ruth, Gunn, Angela A, van Doorn, Pieter A, Hughes, Richard Ac

“…Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is a disease that causes progressive or relapsing and remitting weakness and numbness. It is…”
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Immunoglobulin for multifocal motor neuropathy by Keddie, Stephen, Eftimov, Filip, van den Berg, Leonard H, Brassington, Ruth, de Haan, Rob J, van Schaik, Ivo N

“…Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is a rare, probably immune-mediated disorder characterised by slowly progressive, asymmetric, distal weakness of one or more…”
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Barriers to the registration and conduct of Cochrane systematic reviews of traditional East Asian medicine therapies by Wieland, L. Susan, Brassington, Ruth, Macdonald, Geraldine

“…Traditional East Asian medicine (TEAM) is widely used in Asia and increasingly in the West. Systematic reviews (SRs) are the best summaries of the potential…”
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Quinine for muscle cramps by El-Tawil, Sherif, Al Musa, Tarique, Valli, Haseeb, Lunn, Michael P T, Brassington, Ruth, El-Tawil, Tariq, Weber, Markus

“…Muscle cramps can occur anywhere and for many reasons. Quinine has been used to treat cramps of all causes. However, controversy continues about its efficacy…”
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Pharmacological treatment other than corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulin and plasma exchange for Guillain-Barré syndrome by Pritchard, Jane, Hughes, Richard Ac, Hadden, Robert Dm, Brassington, Ruth

“…Plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin, but not corticosteroids, are beneficial in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The efficacy of other pharmacological…”
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