However, from the current cross-sectional findings we cannot exclude the possibility that alcohol dependence is associated with a selective pre-existing deficit in dorsolateral PFC that is absent in problem gamblers.
Many linkages were pre-existing.
After 8 weeks of erlotinib treatment, the pre-existing deficits in both MNCV and SNCV were partially reversed.
Visuospatial memory is closely linked to working memory, and pre-existing deficits in visuospatial memory in patients with MS have been found to affect working memory function.
A powerful indicator of the ability of KU-32 to improve neurodegeneration is whether it could reverse pre-existing deficits in SNCV and MNCV, and psychophysical measures of thermal and mechanical sensitivity.
Our observation that the severity of olfaction impairment was related to the number of LOC events suggests that impaired olfaction was related to combat mTBI rather than being pre-existing deficits.
In this study, the diabetic group had a pre-existing afferent deficit in the plantar surface of the foot.
Whilst this could be due to pre-existing cognitive deficit, there are plausible mechanisms by which exacerbations may influence cognition and brain pathology.
Thus it is not clear whether it represents a transient phenomenon as a consequence of infection, or whether it represents a genuine pre-existing immune deficit, such as idiopathic CD4 lymphopenia, known to be associated with an increased risk of cryptococcosis [ 32].
We excluded patients with pre-existing cognitive deficits, or resident more than 30 km from the hospital.
Opiates often have unforeseeable neurological effects in the elderly because of the high prevalence of pre-existing cognitive deficits and vascular neurological disorders.
