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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

open access: yesHepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early diagnosis of neuropathy in leprosy: comparing diagnostic tests in a large prospective study (the INFIR Cohort Study) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
BackgroundLeprosy is the most frequent treatable neuromuscular disease. Yet, every year, thousands of patients develop permanent peripheral nerve damage as a result of leprosy.
Wilder-Smith, Einar P   +22 more
core   +2 more sources

Cutaneous amyloid is a biomarker in early ATTRv neuropathy and progresses across disease stages

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2022
Objective To determine the sensitivity and specificity of cutaneous amyloid deposition in relation to patient‐reported measures in the earliest disease stage of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis (ATTRv).
Roy Freeman   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Postural control in patients with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy. Literature review

open access: yes, 2020
Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, also known as Charcot-Mari-Tooth disease (CMT), belongs to a complex and heterogeneous group of hereditary peripheral nerve diseases.
Katarzyna Bienias
core   +1 more source

Autonomic and sensory nerve dysfunction in primary biliary cirrhosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
AIM: Cardiovascular autonomic and peripheral sensory neuropathy is a known complication of chronic alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver diseases. We aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors for peripheral sensory nerve and autonomic dysfunction using
Horváth, Andrea   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Rare Primary Mitochondrial DNA Mutations and Probable Synergistic Variants in Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a maternally inherited blinding disorder, which in over 90% of cases is due to one of three primary mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutations (m.11778G>A, m.3460G>A and m.14484T>C, respectively ...
Baharak Hooshiar Kashani   +219 more
core   +1 more source

Sisters with no pain, no tears: A report of a new variant of hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (Type IX) Caused by a novel SCN11A mutation

open access: yesIndian Journal of Dermatology, 2020
Lack of pain sensation in children involves a rare group of heritable disorders; hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN). Till date, eight types of HSAN have been described depending on the clinical phenotype and the underlying gene mutation ...
Shital Poojary   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Painless self-mutilation − A case of hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy type 4

open access: yesIndian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2022
Children with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN) Type IV present with loss of pain and temperature sensation and anhidrosis. They may sometimes exhibit aggressive and self-mutilating behavior. We present here the case of a 5-year-old male
Prateek Pathak   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Background of Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup J Increases the Sensitivity of Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Cells to 2,5-Hexanedione Toxicity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a maternally inherited blinding disease due to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutations in complex I subunit genes, whose incomplete penetrance has been attributed to both genetic and environmental factors ...
Achilli Alessandro   +49 more
core   +1 more source

V144D Mutation of SPTLC1 Can Present with Both Painful and Painless Phenotypes in Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies Type I

open access: yesCase Reports in Genetics, 2018
Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type I (HSAN I) is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by distal sensory loss, pain insensitivity, and autonomic disturbances.
Kwo Wei David Ho, Nivedita U. Jerath
doaj   +1 more source

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