Alan R. Cohen
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
250 Papers
2K Citations
Alan R. Cohen is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Thalassemia. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 239 publications. Previous affiliations of Alan R. Cohen include Boston Children's Hospital & Stanford University.
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Papers
Rhombencephalosynapsis: embryopathology and management strategies of associated neurosurgical conditions with a review of the literature
TL;DR: This case series demonstrates an association between RS and symptomatic hydrocephalus and RS and Chiari malformation and Neuroimaging findings of RS are presented along with hypotheses to explain the embryopathology of this unusual condition.
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Iron chelation therapy: you gotta have heart
TL;DR: The study by Pennell et al in this issue of Blood reports the effect of the orally active iron chelator deferasirox on cardiac iron and function in patients with thalassemia major.
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Novel neurodevelopmental disorder in the case of a giant occipitoparietal meningoencephalocele.
TL;DR: A unique constellation of malformations associated with the case of a giant occipitoparietal meningoencephalocele with herniation of cortical tissue and continuity with the ventricular system are described.
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Endoscopic transventricular selective amygdalohippocampectomy: cadaveric demonstration of a new operative approach.
TL;DR: The technique of endoscopic amygdalohippocampectomy (AH) is described and knowledge of the endoscopic anatomy of the mesial temporal lobe will be useful for endoscopic AH and the removal of other lesions in this region.
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Colloid Cyst of the Third Ventricle
TL;DR: A 26-year-old man admitted to the hospital because of headache and vomiting for two months had papilledema but otherwise normal results on neurologic examination showed noncommunicating hydrocephalus due to occlusion of the anterior third ventricle by a cystic mass.
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