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Amyloid myopathy: A rare cause of quadreparesis with bulbar palsy
Amyloidosis is a systemic disease that results in the deposition of amyloid fibrils in a variety of tissues causing their progressive dysfunction. Systemic amyloidosis involves Kidney, Heart, Skin, Peripheral nerve and rarely muscle. Amyloid myopathy (AM)
Gaurav J. Shah +5 more
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Late-onset and acute presentation of Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome in a Brazilian family [PDF]
Riboflavin transporter deficiency (formerly known as Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere [BVVL] or Fazio-Londe syndrome) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive bulbar palsy with sensorineural deafness or bulbar hereditary neuropathy.1 It is ...
Bras, J +3 more
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE DIAGNOSTIC DELAY IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS [PDF]
Background: Although amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive disorder, early diagnosis allows a prompt start with the specific drug riluzole and an accurate palliative care planning.
CELLURA, Eleonora +3 more
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Introduction The response to conventional antiparkinsonian medications is elusive in atypical parkinsonian disorders. Improvement in parkinsonian symptoms in atypical parkinsonian disorders has been reported with anecdotal use of Amantadine. The role of
S. M. Tripathi, P. Chutia
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A practical approach to the patient presenting with dropped head [PDF]
Head drop, or having a dropped head, is an uncommon condition in which patients present with a disabling inability to lift their head. It may arise in many neurological conditions that can be divided into those with neuromuscular weakness of neck ...
Demicoli, Marija, Marsh, Eleanor A.
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Pyramidal system involvement in progressive supranuclear palsy – a clinicopathological correlation
Background We aimed to produce a detailed neuropathological analysis of pyramidal motor system pathology and provide its clinical pathological correlation in cases with definite progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).
Zuzana Stejskalova +7 more
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Deciphering Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: What Phenotype, Neuropathology and Genetics Are Telling Us about Pathogenesis [PDF]
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized phenotypically by progressive weakness and neuropathologically by loss of motor neurons. Phenotypically, there is marked heterogeneity.
Appel, Stanley +16 more
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BackgroundPathogenic variants in the FIG4 gene have been described to be associated with a diverse spectrum of syndromes, such as autosomal recessive bilateral temporooccipital polymicrogyria (OMIM 612691), autosomal dominant amyotrophic lateral ...
Yonglin Yu +7 more
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A case of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis in childhood [PDF]
Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is a rare disease diagnosed by specific clinical features such as 'progressive, relatively symmetric external ophthalmoplegia and ataxia by 4 weeks' and ' ...
Al-Din +22 more
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A Korean family with AGel amyloidosis presenting with progressive facial and bulbar palsies
AGel amyloidosis is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease caused by a GSN mutation, and affected patients typically present with the clinical triad of corneal lattice dystrophy, progressive cranial neuropathy, and cutis laxa. We report a Korean family with AGel amyloidosis with predominant manifestations of facial and bulbar muscle weakness.
Minsung Kang +2 more
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