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Against the backdrop of the diverse minority-majority state of Hawaii, this study seeks to better characterize associations between idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) with sociodemographic variables and medical comorbidities. Our results not only better characterize IIH, but also highlight socioeconomic and racial disparities in diagnosis.

– Information provided by: Dr. Kamal Masaki, professor and chair of the department of geriatric medicine.

Title: Predicting Parkinson’s Disease and Its Pathology via Simple Clinical Variables
Authors: Ibrahim Karabayir, Liam Butler, Samuel M Goldman, Rishikesan Kamaleswaran, Fatma Gunturkun, Robert L Davis, G Webster Ross, Helen Petrovitch, Kamal Masaki, Caroline M Tanner, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Andrei V Alexandrov, Lokesh K Chinthala, Oguz Akbilgic.

Every week in our JABSOM newsletter we feature the latest five articles by JABSOM researchers on PubMed with a link back to the full list on the pubmed.gov website. We invite all JABSOM scientists (including our student researchers) to fill out this form online if you’d like us to feature your publication on this new weekly series called “JABSOM Research Corner.”