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CSF Mitochondrial DNA: Biomarker of Body Composition and Energy Metabolism in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cell‐free mitochondrial DNA (cf‐mtDNA) is a potential biomarker for Parkinson's disease (PD), but its clinical relevance remains unclear. We investigated associations between CSF cf‐mtDNA levels, body composition, nutritional status, and metabolic biomarkers in PD. Methods CSF cf‐mtDNA levels, defined as the
Yasuaki Mizutani, Tsuyoshi Nakai, Yasuhiro Maeda, Reiko Ohdake, Atsuhiro Higashi, Toshiki Maeda, Ryunosuke Nagao, Sayuri Shima, Kazuya Kawabata, Akihiro Ueda, Mizuki Ito, Hirohisa Watanabe   +11 more
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Pontine stroke presenting as isolated facial nerve palsy mimicking Bell's palsy: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011
Introduction Isolated facial nerve palsy usually manifests as Bell's palsy. Lacunar infarct involving the lower pons is a rare cause of solitary infranuclear facial paralysis.
Saluja Paramveer, Manandhar Lochana, Agarwal Rishi, Grandhi Bala   +3 more
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Peripheral facial nerve palsy in children: clinical manifestations, treatment and prognosis

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 2022
Background Sudden onset of unilateral weakness of the upper and lower muscles of one side of the face is defined as peripheral facial nerve palsy. Peripheral facial nerve palsy is often idiopathic and sometimes it could be due to infectious, traumatic ...
Serap Bilge, Gülen Gül Mert, M. Özlem Hergüner, Faruk İncecik, Özgür Sürmelioğlu, Sevcan Bilen, Levent Yılmaz   +6 more
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Swallowing impairment in neurologic disorders : the role of videofluorographic swallowing study [PDF]

, 2018
Patients with neurologic diseases almost inevitably develop various degrees of swallowing disorders during their life. Dysphagia is one of the main negative prognostic factors in this class of patients, leading to severe morbidity (i.e.

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Peripheral facial nerve palsy associated with COVID-19

Journal of Neurovirology, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic revealed several neurological syndromes related to this infection. We describe the clinical, laboratory, and radiological features of eight patients with COVID-19 who developed peripheral facial palsy during infection. In three patients,
M. Lima, M. T. Silva, C. Soares, R. Coutinho, H. S. Oliveira, L. Afonso, O. Espíndola, A. Leite, A. Araujo   +8 more
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Expanding Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias Limits: Biallelic SPAST Variants in Cerebral Palsy Mimics

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are rare neurodegenerative disorders marked by spasticity and lower limb weakness. The most common type, SPG4, is usually autosomal dominant and caused by SPAST gene variants, typically presenting as pure HSP.
Gregorio A. Nolasco, Mònica Roldán, Yalda Jamshidi, Ioannis Georvasilis, Rocío Jadraque Rodríguez, Reza Boostani, Ali Shoeibi, Lluís Armengol, Anna Codina, Ehsan Ghayoor Karimiani, Cristina Hernando‐Davalillo, Loreto Martorell, María Luisa Ramírez Almaraz, Jordi Muchart, Carlos Ortez, Andrés Nascimento, Roser Urreizti, Daniel Natera‐de Benito, Mercedes Serrano   +18 more
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Case Report and Literature Analysis: Guillain-Barré Syndrome With Delayed Unilateral Facial Palsy

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy in which most patients have cranial nerve involvement, with facial nerve involvement being the most common.
Xuanyu Huang, Ziwei Lan, Yajing Zhan, Zhiping Hu   +3 more
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Neuropsychiatric disturbances in atypical Parkinsonian disorders [PDF]

, 2018
Multiple system atrophy (MSA), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and corticobasal degeneration (CBD) are the most common atypical parkinsonisms. These disorders are characterized by varying combinations of autonomic, cerebellar and pyramidal system ...
Belvisi, Daniele, Berardelli, Isabella, Fabbrini, Andrea, Fabbrini, Giovanni, Pasquini, Massimo, Pompili, Maurizio, Suppa, Antonio   +6 more
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Bi-allelic GAD1 variants cause a neonatal onset syndromic developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. [PDF]

, 2020
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies are a heterogeneous group of early-onset epilepsy syndromes dramatically impairing neurodevelopment. Modern genomic technologies have revealed a number of monogenic origins and opened the door to therapeutic ...
Alix, E, Alkaya, DU, Ashrafzadeh, F, Becker, F, Bilguvar, K, Chatron, N, de Bellescize, J, EuroEpinomics-RES consortium AR working group, Gunes, N, Hardies, K, Hussien, H, Karimiani, EG, Kok, F, Labalme, A, Lerche, H, Lesca, G, Maroofian, R, May, P, Morsy, H, Moslemi, A-R, Nabil, A, Najafi, M, Omar, T, Poulat, A-L, Ramos, L, Roselli, S, Sanlaville, D, Schmidts, M, Tajsharghi, H, Tuysuz, B, Weckhuysen, S   +30 more
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Age‐Related Characteristics of SYT1‐Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives We describe the clinical manifestations and developmental abilities of individuals with SYT1‐associated neurodevelopmental disorder (Baker‐Gordon syndrome) from infancy to adulthood. We further describe the neuroradiological and electrophysiological characteristics of the condition at different ages, and explore the associations ...
Sam G. Norwitz, Josefine Eck, Joel S. Winston, Kate Baker   +3 more
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