NeuroVista
The AANS Executive Committee approved the Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis Position Statement written by Curtis Dickman, MD, on February 2, 2007. [AANS Current News]
Adult human neural stem cells for autologous cell replacement therapies for neurodegenerative disorders..
A Review…[PubMed: neural stem cell]
Encephalopathy, stroke, and myocardial infarction with DMSO use in stem cell transplantation.
“Stem cell transplants are established therapy for hematologic and solid tumor malignancies. Known neurological complications of stem cell transplantation include CNS infection, seizures, strokes, metabolic encephalopathy, and hemorrhage. We report two cases of autologous stem cell transplantation complicated by cerebral infarction and myocardial injury. We postulate that the cryopreservative dimethyl sulfoxide may be responsible.”
[Neurology current issue]
Sex as a predictor of outcomes in patients treated with thrombolysis for acute stroke. Men may have differential increased benefit from thrombolysis efforts. [Neurology current issue]