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Lorraine N. Alexander
Researcher at Emory University
Publications - 13
Citations - 793
Lorraine N. Alexander is an academic researcher from Emory University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Esophageal disease & Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 12 publications receiving 753 citations. Previous affiliations of Lorraine N. Alexander include Grady Memorial Hospital.
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Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs are associated with both upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
TL;DR: It is concluded that NSAIDuse is strongly associated with LGIB and from lesions not considered associated with mucosal ulceration such as diverticulosis.
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Clinical, neurological, and electrophysiological features of nodding syndrome in Kitgum, Uganda: an observational case series
James J. Sejvar,Angelina M. Kakooza,Jennifer L. Foltz,Issa Makumbi,Anne Deborah Atai-Omoruto,Mugagga Malimbo,Richard Ndyomugyenyi,Lorraine N. Alexander,Betty Abang,Robert Downing,Andrew Ehrenberg,Kristin P. Guilliams,Sandra L. Helmers,Paul Melstrom,Dennis Olara,Seth J. Perlman,Jeffrey Ratto,Edwin Trevathan,Andrea Sylvia Winkler,Scott F. Dowell,Dkw Lwamafa +20 more
TL;DR: It is found that six children with nodding syndrome worsened in their clinical condition between the first evaluation and the follow-up evaluation interval, as indicated by more frequent head nodding or seizure episodes, and none had cessation or decrease in frequency of these episodes.
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Cellular immune responses to ESAT-6 discriminate between patients with pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium complex and those with pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
A. David Lein,C. Fordham von Reyn,Pernille Ravn,C. Robert Horsburgh,Lorraine N. Alexander,Peter Henrik Andersen +5 more
TL;DR: In vitro gamma interferon responses by peripheral blood mononuclear cells to ESAT-6 are specific for disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and are not observed in patients with MAC disease or in healthy controls.
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Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex disease among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus, 1985-2000.
TL;DR: Prolonged survival was associated with receiving therapy that including clarithromycin and receiving combination antiretroviral therapy that included a protease inhibitor and with receiving antimicrobial prophylaxis, but 32 (89%) of 36 patients did not adhere to the proPHylaxis regimen.
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Localization of an obstructing esophageal lesion. Is the patient accurate
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the accuracy of a patient's subjective localization of an obstructing esophageal lesion and found that patients appear to be most accurate in localizing proximal rather than distal lesions.