Early diagnosis of neural impairment in seropositive leprosy household contacts: The experience of a reference center in Brazil

IntroductionLeprosy is an infectious disease that remains with a high number of new cases in developing countries.Household contacts have a higher risk for the development of the disease, but the neural impairment in this group is not well elucidated yet.Here, we measured the chance of occurrence of peripheral neural impairment in asymptomatic lepr

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Protocol: Improving Access to Specialist Nephrology Care Among Rural/Remote Dwellers of Alberta: The Role of Electronic Consultation in Improving Care for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Background: As the burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) continues to increase, many geographically dispersed Canadians have limited access to specialist nephrology care, which tends to be centralized in major urban areas.As a result, many rural/remote-dwellers in Canada experience poor quality of care and related adverse outcomes.It is imperative

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The impact of comorbid psychiatric disorders on methadone maintenance treatment in opioid use disorder: a prospective cohort study

Tea Rosic,1 Leen Naji,2 Monica Bawor,3 Brittany B Dennis,3 Carolyn Plater,4 David C Marsh,5 Lehana Thabane,6–8 Zainab Samaan6–11 1St Joseph’s Healthcare, 2Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; 3St George’s University of London, London, UK; 4Canadian Addiction Treatment Centre, Rich

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