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We sought to explore biomarkers that might serve as predictors of clinical outcomes in\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GP<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      and identify patients requiring early intervention.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Thirty\u2010five inpatients with\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GP<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      were recruited. Each\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GP<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      patient underwent comprehensive neuropsychological, neuroimaging and laboratory assessments before receiving penicillin therapy, and returned for follow\u2010up evaluations after 6 months. The visual rating of medial temporal lobe atrophy (\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MTA<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      ) and the Fazekas scale was used to analyze the neuroimaging abnormalities.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MTA<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      scores were correlated with the pre\u2010treatment cognitive scores and change in Mini Mental State Examination scores.\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GP<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      patients with a Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CDR<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      ) \u22641 or\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MTA<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      scores \u22642 achieved significant improvement in neuropsychological test scores, as compared with patients with\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CDR<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      &gt;1 or\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MTA<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      scores &gt;2. Fazekas scale scores correlated with the pre\u2010treatment attention scores. Significant improvements in cognitive test scores were observed in\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GP<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      patients with normalization of serum rapid plasma regain (\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RPR<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      ) titers, but not those without normalization of\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RPR<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      titers.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Severe\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MTA<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      may serve as a predictor of poor cognitive outcome and an indicator of severe cognitive impairment in\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GP<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      patients. Thus, early interventions for improving cognitive function may be considered for\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GP<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      patients with severe\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MTA<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      . White matter hyperintensities may associated with attention impairment. Serum\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RPR<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      titer may serve as a sensitive indicator of therapeutic effect in\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GP<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/eip.12441","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,4,5]],"date-time":"2017-04-05T15:18:34Z","timestamp":1491405514000},"page":"30-38","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Medial temporal lobe atrophy as a predictor of poor cognitive outcomes in general paresis"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Ben","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital) and Southern Medical University  Guangzhou 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