Parkinson s Disease: Is It Actually an Inflammatory Disorder

Parkinson ’ s Disease Monitor & Commentary Parkinson ’ s Disease Monitor & Commentary Practical Analysis on Today ’ s Findings in Parkinson ’ s Disease

Studies of modest size and scope are challenging. When addressing questions unlikely to be soon answered by level 1 evidence from a multicenter randomized trial, the data they generate may be influential despite reservations about their limitations. By asking our commentators to address the clinical relevance of such studies, which are particularly well represented in this issue of PD Monitor &...

P 65: Soluble CD18 as an Inflammation Reducing Agent in Parkinson\'s Disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a very common neurodegenerative disease among the elderly population. Current treatments for Parkinson’s disease are based on symptom therapy but not the underlying cause of the disease. This disorder is caused neuronal death which triggers the activation of resident glial cells. This situation leads to neuroinflammation in the central nervous system. Activated...

Plasmodium vivax malaria: is it actually benign?

UNLABELLED Plasmodium vivax (Pv) malaria is being increasingly recognized as a cause of severe malaria in children. OBJECTIVES To describe the various severe manifestations associated with vivax malaria by retrospective analysis of records. METHODS Children between the ages of 0 and 18 years with a confirmed diagnosis of Pv malaria monoinfection done by peripheral blood film (PBF) and/or ra...

Formalizing Set Theory as It Is Actually

Pilates Exercise and Functional Balance in Parkinson\'s Disease

Background: Parkinson's disease as a progressive disorder of the nervous system leads to the disability of postural control system. Objectives: In the present study the effects of Pilates exercises on functional balance in patients with Parkinson's was investigated. Materials and Methods: This control trial included 30 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease who were selected as subj...