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Surgery for parathyroid microadenomas: patient characteristics, localization success and operative cures

Suter KJ, Johnson W, Yeung M, Serpell J, Lee JC, Grodski S

(2018), ANZ J Surg, 88(1-2), e21-4

DOI: 10.1111/ans.13654

Cognitive Changes in the Spinocerebellar Ataxias Due to Expanded Polyglutamine Tracts: A Survey of the Literature

Lindsay E, Storey E

(2017), Brain Sci, 7(7), E83

DOI: 10.3390/brainsci7070083

Sleep apnoea and the neurologist

Cheng S, Stark CD, Stark RJ

(2017), Pract Neurol, 17(1), 21-7

DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2016-001524

How to assess tendon reflexes of the lower limb in the elderly

Ziff M, Stark RJ

(2017), J Neurol Sci, 372, 196-200

DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.11.044

ASPREE-NEURO study protocol: a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of low-dose aspirin on cerebral microbleeds, white matter hyperintensities, cognition, and stroke in the healthy elderly

Ward SA, Raniga P, Ferris NJ, Woods RL, Storey E, Bailey MJ, Brodtmann A, Yates PA, Donnan GA, Trevaks RE, Wolfe R, Egan GF, McNeil JJ; (Joint Senior authorship); on behalf of the ASPREE investigator group

(2017), Int J Stroke, 12(1), 108-13

DOI: 10.1177/1747493016669848

Management of post-traumatic epilepsy: An evidence review over the last 5 years and future directions

Piccenna, Loretta

(2017), Epilepsia Open, 2(2), 123-44

DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12049

Older people and knowledge of epilepsy: GPs can help

Piccenna, Loretta; Peterson, Chris Leigh; Williams, Sue; Batchelor, Frances; Dow, Briony; Shears, Graeme

(2017), Aust Fam Physician, 46(3), 132-6

The descriptive epidemiology of DSM-IV Adult ADHD in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

Fayyad J, Sampson NA, Hwang I, Adamowski T, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Andrade LH, Borges G, de Girolamo G, Florescu S, Gureje O, Haro JM, Hu C, Karam EG, Lee S, Navarro-Mateu F, O'Neill S, Pennell BE, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Ten Have M, Torres Y, Xavier M, Zaslavsky AM, Kessler RC; WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators

(2017), Atten Defic Hyperact Disord, 9(1), 47-65

DOI: 10.1007/s12402-016-0208-3

Reversal of long term potentiation-like plasticity in primary motor cortex in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy

Bologna M, Bertram K, Paparella G, Papi C, Belvisi D, Conte A, Suppa A, Williams DR, Berardelli A

(2017), Clin Neurophysiol, 128(9), 1547-52

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.06.032

Treatment effectiveness of alemtuzumab compared with natalizumab, fingolimod, and interferon beta in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Kalincik T, Brown JWL, Robertson N, Willis M, Scolding N, Rice CM, Wilkins A, Pearson O, Ziemssen T, Hutchinson M, McGuigan C, Jokubaitis V, Spelman T, Horakova D, Havrdova E, Trojano M, Izquierdo G, Lugaresi A, Prat A, Girard M, Duquette P, Grammond P, Alroughani R, Pucci E, Sola P, Hupperts R, Lechner-Scott J, Terzi M, Van Pesch V, Rozsa C, Grand'Maison F, Boz C, Granella F, Slee M, Spitaleri D, Olascoaga J, Bergamaschi R, Verheul F, Vucic S, McCombe P, Hodgkinson S, Sanchez-Menoyo JL, Ampapa R, Simo M, Csepany T, Ramo C, Cristiano E, Barnett M, Butzkueven H, Coles A; MSBase Study Group

(2017), Lancet Neurol, 16(4), 271-81

DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(17)30007-8

Treatment with an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist mitigates neuroinflammation and brain damage after polytrauma

Sun M, Brady RD, Wright DK, Kim HA, Zhang SR, Sobey CG, Johnstone MR, O'Brien TJ, Semple BD, McDonald SJ, Shultz SR

(2017), Brain Behav Immun, 66, 359-71

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2017.08.005

Novel blood biomarkers are associated with white matter lesions in fragile X- associated tremor/ataxia syndrome

Loesch DZ, Annesley SJ, Trost N, Bui MQ, Lay ST, Storey E, De Piazza SW, Sanislav O, Francione LM, Hammersley EM, Tassone F, Francis D, Fisher PR

(2017), Neurodegener Dis, 17(1), 22-30

DOI: 10.1159/000446803

Residential greenness and allergic respiratory diseases in children and adolescents - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lambert KA, Bowatte G, Tham R, Lodge C, Prendergast L, Heinrich J, Abramson MJ, Dharmage SC, Erbas B

(2017), Environ Res, 159, 212-21

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.08.002

Low T-cell responses to mitogen stimulation predicts poor survival in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Yong MK, Cameron PU, Slavin MA, Cheng AC, Morrissey CO, Bergin K, Spencer A, Ritchie D, Lewin SR

(2017), Front Immunol, 8, 1506

DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01506

The Dose-Response Association between Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure and Serum Interleukin-6 Concentrations

Perret JL, Bowatte G, Lodge CJ, Knibbs LD, Gurrin LC, Kandane-Rathnayake R, Johns DP, Lowe AJ, Burgess JA, Thompson BR, Thomas PS, Wood-Baker R, Morrison S, Giles GG, Marks G, Markos J, Tang MLK, Abramson MJ, Walters EH, Matheson MC, Dharmage SC

(2017), Int J Mol Sci, 18(5), E1015

DOI: 10.3390/ijms18051015

Diagnosis of complicated parapneumonic effusion by pleural pH measurement is jeopardized by inadequate physician knowledge and guideline-discordant laboratory practice

Ng L, Dabscheck E, Hew M

(2017), Respir Med, 122, 30-2

DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2016.11.012

Childhood lung function predicts adult chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome

Bui DS, Burgess JA, Lowe AJ, Perret JL, Lodge CJ, Bui M, Morrison S, Thompson BR, Thomas PS, Giles GG, Garcia-Aymerich J, Jarvis D, Abramson MJ, Walters EH, Matheson MC, Dharmage SC

(2017), Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 196(1), 39-46

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201606-1272OC

Women view key sexual behaviours as the trigger for the onset and recurrence of bacterial vaginosis

Bilardi JE, Walker SM, Temple-Smith MJ, McNair RP, Mooney-Somers J, Vodstrcil LA, Bellhouse CE, Fairley CK, Bradshaw CS

(2017), PLoS One, 12(3), e0173637

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173637

Occupational exposures to solvents and metals are associated with fixed airflow obstruction

Alif SM, Dharmage SC, Benke G, Dennekamp M, Burgess JA, Perret JL, Lodge CJ, Morrison S, Johns DP, Giles GG, Gurrin LC, Thomas PS, Hopper JL, Wood-Baker R, Thompson BR, Feather IH, Vermeulen R, Kromhout H, Walters EH, Abramson MJ, Matheson M

(2017), Scand J Work Environ Health, 43(6), 595-603

Sleep apnoea in heart failure: to treat or not to treat?

Naughton MT, Kee K

(2017), Respirology, 22(2), 217-29

DOI: 10.1111/resp.12964