The results showed that PB BAL offered deeper alveolar sampling while avoiding contamination from the larger airways. It also revealed incremental changes in the small airways and alveoli, aiding in ...

In addition to reduced RBC transfusion requirements, hemolysis markers significantly improved with the combined therapy. Results from a phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the use of dose-escalated ...

A patient with PLA2R-positive membranous nephropathy later developed IgG4-related autoimmune pancreatitis and renal masses, which resolved with glucocorticoid therapy. Glucocorticoid therapy ...

KB-208 demonstrated comparable efficacy to intravenous immunoglobulin for treating immune thrombocytopenia in 3 mouse strains, with significantly lower dosing requirements. KB-208, a small molecule ...

Differentiating POEMS syndrome from chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is important because both have similar demyelinating features but require different treatments.

The results correct a misconception in the ACR/EULAR criteria for IgG4-RD that list hypocomplementemia as a feature limited to patients with renal involvement. A new study has found that ...

Eculizumab was started between 35 and 61 days following the onset of the NMOSD attack and partially reduced the symptoms of all 5 patients. Eculizumab treatment may reduce the symptoms of ...

The current GWAS represents the largest genetic study of MG to date, tripling the sample size of prior studies and encompassing all published genotyped samples of European ancestry. Genome-wide ...

Understanding the DSP patterns may aid in determining responses to treatments that target demyelinating neuropathies like CIDP. Statistical tools could help predict axonal loss that leads to distal ...

Are the out-of-pocket costs of your medications taking a toll on your finances? Rising drug costs are happening to many people with neurological diseases, but people with multiple sclerosis (MS) ...

The multivariable model, which included clinical, CT, and chest radiography parameters, demonstrated enhanced predictive accuracy for adverse clinical events, with the change in right atrial contour ...

Case reports highlighting eculizumab and ravulizumab as effective rescue therapy for MG are increasing, with emerging evidence supporting their positive impact on the disease's long-term progression.