Variation of total antioxidant status after ischemic stroke [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2011 There is strong evidence that oxidative stress appears to be a major contributor to ischemic brain injury. Objective: To study dynamic evolution of Total Antioxidant Status (TAS) and other markers of oxidative stress after ischemic stroke and to fi nd ...
Ioana Varga, Iulian Ionescu
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Improving translational studies: lessons from rare neuromuscular diseases [PDF]
, 2015 Animal models play a key role in the development of novel treatments for human disease. This is particularly true for rare diseases – defined as disorders that affect less than 1 in 2000 people in the human population – for which, very often, there are ...
Wells, D J
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Beta-agonist stimulation ameliorates the phenotype of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy mice and patient-derived myotubes [PDF]
, 2017 Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a neuromuscular disease characterized by the loss of lower motor neurons. SBMA is caused by expansions of a polyglutamine tract in the gene coding for androgen receptor (AR).
Blaauw, Bert +18 more
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Todd Paralysis in Rolandic Epilepsy
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2015 Investigators from University of Gaziantep, Turkey described the clinical and EEG findings of patients with benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) experiencing postictal Todd paralysis.
Pasquale Striano, Maria Stella Vari
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Pulmonary and Physical Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Patients [PDF]
Acute and Critical Care, 2019 Some patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) because of an acute illness, complicated surgery, or multiple traumas develop muscle weakness affecting the limbs and respiratory muscles during acute care in the ICU.
Myung Hun Jang +2 more
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Are mice good models for human neuromuscular disease? Comparing muscle excursions in walking between mice and humans [PDF]
, 2017 The mouse is one of the most widely used animal models to study neuromuscular diseases and test new therapeutic strategies. However, findings from successful pre-clinical studies using mouse models frequently fail to translate to humans due to various ...
A De Luca +81 more
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Intravesical bacillus Calmette–Guérin-induced myopathy presenting as rhabdomyolysis: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science, 2023 Intravesical bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) instillation is an adjuvant treatment for non–muscle-invasive urinary bladder cancer. Although most complications associated with BCG immunotherapy are mild and self-limiting, rare albeit serious complications ...
Chae Hun Lee +7 more
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Rehabilitation interventions for foot drop in neuromuscular disease [PDF]
, 2007 "Foot drop" or "Floppy foot drop" is the term commonly used to describe weakness or contracture of the muscles around the ankle joint.
Disler, Peter B. +3 more
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Treatment of Muscle Injury with Stem Cells – Experimental Study in Rabbits [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2022 Objective Histological and macroscopic evaluation of the healing process of acute lesions of the femoral rectus muscle using stem cells derived from adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ADSCs).
Alex de Lima Santos +6 more
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Review: Dystroglycan in the Nervous System [PDF]
, 2007 Dystroglycan is part of a large complex of proteins, the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex, which has been implicated in the pathogenesis of muscular dystrophies for a long time.
Matthias Samwald
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