Bilateral Amygdala Radio-Frequency Ablation for Refractory Aggressive Behavior Alters Local Cortical Thickness to a Pattern Found in Non-refractory Patients

Aggressive behaviors comprise verbal and/or physical aggression directed toward oneself, others, or objects and are highly prevalent among psychiatric patients, especially patients diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and severe intellectual disabilities.Some of these patients are considered refractory to treatment, and functional neurosurgery t

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Mortality and potential years of life lost attributable to alcohol consumption by race and sex in the United States in 2005.

BackgroundAlcohol has been linked to health disparities between races in the US; however, race-specific alcohol-attributable mortality has never been estimated.The objective of this article is to Other Batteries estimate premature mortality attributable to alcohol in the US in 2005, differentiated by race, age and sex for people 15 to 64 years of a

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