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Oral Health Care Services, Barriers and Enablers to Maintaining Good Oral Health in Motor Neurone Disease: A Scoping Review

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives The objective of this scoping review was to map existing literature on oral health and related care in individuals with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Specifically, the review aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to maintaining oral hygiene, summarise available clinical guidelines and patient‐facing resources, and examine how ...
Mariam A. Khokhar, Lucy A. O'Malley, Anne‐Marie Glenny, Xiaohui Chen   +3 more
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Case Report: A rare treatable metabolic syndrome (Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome) masquerading as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy from Saudi Arabia

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundBrown-Vialetto-Van Laere (BVVL) syndrome is an extremely rare autosomal recessive progressive motoneuron disease that is caused by a defect in the riboflavin transporter genes SLC52A2 and SLC52A3.
Amal Y. Kentab, Amal Y. Kentab, Yara Alsalloum, Mai Labani, Abrar Hudairi, Muddathir H. Hamad, Dima Z. Jamjoom, Ali H. Alwadei, Ali H. Alwadei, Reem M. Alhammad, Fahad A. Bashiri, Fahad A. Bashiri   +11 more
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Expanding Spectrum of FIG4‐Related Neurological Disorders of Lysosomal Homeostasis: Case Report and Overview of the Potential Genotype–Phenotype Correlations

Clinical Genetics, EarlyView.
FIG4 is essential for lysosomal homeostasis. FIG4‐related disorders present as a continuous spectrum from the juvenile lethality in Yunis‐Varon syndrome to an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in adult life. FIG4‐related disorders comprise a novel group of disorders of lysosomal homeostasis and can be classified into severe ...
Pankaj Prasun, Matthew Rasberry
wiley   +1 more source

Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere Syndrome, a Ponto-Bulbar Palsy with Deafness, Is Caused by Mutations in C20orf54

, 2010
Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome is a rare neurological disorder with a variable age at onset and clinical course. The key features are progressive ponto-bulbar palsy and bilateral sensorineural deafness.
Crow, Yanick J., Sheridan, Eamonn, Josifova, Dragana, Josifova, Dragana J., Green, Peter, Lin, Jean-Pierre, Houlden, Henry, Lin, Jean Pierre, Childs, Anne Marie, Riphagen, Shelley, Childs, Anne-Marie, Raymond, F. Lucy, Wiseman, Matthew, Edwards, Sian   +13 more
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Late Presenting Central Pontine Myelinolysis Post- tonsillectomy in a Child: Case Report [PDF]

Pediatric Sciences Journal
Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is a notorious grave complication of rapid correction of hyponatremia. CPM is a noninflammatory demyelination. It presents clinically with variable degrees of loss of coordination, unconsciousness, blurred vision ...
Magd Ahmed Kotb, Menat-allah Mahmoud Elzabet, Walaa Elnaggar   +2 more
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The Spinal Muscular Atrophy Functional Classification System

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
The Spinal Muscular Atrophy Functional Classification System (SMAFCS) is a new four‐level functional mobility classification for spinal muscular atrophy, derived from Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale Expanded (HFMSE) thresholds and Functional Mobility Scale (FMS) groupings.
Jason J. Howard, H. Kerr Graham, M. Wade Shrader, Mary Schroth, Manish Kumar, Sadettin Ciftci   +5 more
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Slow saccades in bulbar-onset motor neurone disease

, 2010
Historical studies of eye movements in motor neurone disease (MND) have been conflicting although current findings suggest that eye movement abnormalities relate to frontal lobe impairment.
Donaghy, Colette, Pinnock, Ralph, Abrahams, Sharon, McGivern, R. Canice, Cardwell, Chris; id_orcid, Patterson, Victor, Hardiman, Orla, Gibson, J. Mark   +7 more
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Temporomandibular joint disorder and gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To determine the prevalence of the clinical signs and symptoms of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder (TMD) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and to examine their associations with severity of gross motor impairment, CP subtype, and caregiver‐reported bruxism. Method This cross‐sectional study included 517 children with CP (mean age =
Özge Baykan Çopuroğlu, Baki Umut Tuğay, Muhammet Furkan Vatan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electroacupuncture and category IV LASER for treating suprascapular neuropathy in a two‐year‐old Arabian filly

Equine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary A 2‐year‐old Arabian filly presented with acute onset grade 4/5 (AAEP) right forelimb lameness and hindlimb ataxia following a collision with another horse and subsequent fall. The right forelimb lameness was associated with marked scapulohumeral joint instability.
O. E. Newman, B. Dunkel, M. Perrier
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Meal Consumption on Isotonic Lingual Endurance in Healthy Adults: A Multi‐Institutional Study

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Isotonic tongue endurance was measured pre‐ and post‐meal using the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument (IOPI) in healthy younger (18–35 years) and older (≥ 65 years) adults. Older adults demonstrated greater isotonic endurance and longer mealtimes, with no sex differences in endurance.
Yvette M. McCoy, Kristine E. Galek, Ed M. Bice, Rachel Roberts, Anna Hopkins, Blake Schuck, Claudia Vollman Breen, Devin Wright, Brittany N. Krekeler   +8 more
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