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‘What's in a Name?’ Naming Genetically Determined Movement Disorders: Gap and Controversy

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2016, the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) Task Force for Genetic Nomenclature in Movement Disorders laid out a new proposal for naming genetically determined movement disorders. This proposal sought to address the difficulties arising from the practical usage of numbered loci (eg, DYT1, DYT2, DYT3, etc.) as names
Connie Marras, Alberto Albanese, Mark Hallett, Christine Klein, Katja Lohmann, the Genetic Nomenclature in Movement Disorders Study Group Steering Committee, Christos Ganos, Sarah Camargos, Anthony E. Lang, Darius Ebrahimi‐Fakhari, Claudia Del Gamba, Bart van de Warrenburg, Lakshya Basumatary, Lara Lange, Diana Olszewska, Zhidong Cen, Kishore Kumar, Mohamed Zahir, Carolyn Sue, H.A. Jinnah   +19 more
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Survey of the needs of patients with spinal cord injury: impact and priority for improvement in hand function in tetraplegics\ud [PDF]

, 2004
Objective: To investigate the impact of upper extremity deficit in subjects with tetraplegia.\ud \ud Setting: The United Kingdom and The Netherlands.\ud \ud Study design: Survey among the members of the Dutch and UK Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Associations.\
BR Johnstone, C Long, C Murphy, CL Mc Dowell, E Moberg, EG Widerstrom-Noga, EM Andresen, G Bedbrook, GJ Snoek, GW Torrance, JF Ditunno, JH van Tuijl, L Harvey, LA Harvey, LA May, M Curtin, M Dijkers, M Johannesson, M Ryan, MJ De Vivo, MW Keith, MW Keith, P Kersten, PH Gorman, PH Peckham, R Triolo, R Waters, RF Pangalila, RJ Cox, RM Andersen, RW Hanson   +30 more
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Paraplegia aguda por compressão da medula espinhal torácica causada por tofo gotoso Acute paraplegia resulting from spinal cord compression by tophaceous gout

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia, 2007
O acometimento axial pela gota é um evento raro, e o envolvimento da coluna torácica foi descrito em apenas 17 casos na literatura. Apresentamos um caso de paciente do sexo masculino de 48 anos com história de gota, sob tratamento irregular com ...
Eduardo Massato Hasegawa, Claudia Goldeinstein-Schainberg, Ricardo Fuller   +2 more
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Loss‐of‐Function Variants in CPT1C: No Support for a Causal Role in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are neurodegenerative disorders characterized by lower‐limb spasticity. Pathogenic variants in CPT1C have been implicated in HSP. Objective The objective of this study was to assess whether CPT1C loss‐of‐function (LOF) variants are causally associated with HSP.
Rui Zhu, Lang Liu, Mehrdad A. Estiar, Farnaz Asayesh, Jamil Ahmad, Meron Teferra, Grace Yoon, Mark Tarnopolsky, Kym M. Boycott, Nicolas Dupre, Patrick A. Dion, Oksana Suchowersky, Albena Jordanova, Yi‐Chung Lee, Giovanni Stevanin, Stephan Zuchner, Guy A. Rouleau, Ziv Gan‐Or   +17 more
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Endovascular repair for acute traumatic transection of the descending thoracic aorta: experience of a single centre with a 12-years follow up [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Most blunt aortic injuries occur in the proximal proximal descending aorta causing acute transection of this vessel. Generally, surgical repair of the ruptured segment of aorta is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality and in
Butrico, L, de Franciscis, S, GRANDE, RAFFAELE, Indolfi, C, Mastroroberto, P., Perri, P, Serra, R   +6 more
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Is there a right time for surgery in paraplegic patients secondary to non traumatic spinal cord compression?

Einstein (São Paulo)
Paraplegia is a well-defined state of complete motor deficit in lower limbs, regardless of sensory involvement. The cause of paraplegia usually guides treatment, however, some controversies remain about the time and benefits for spinal cord decompression
Leonardo Giacomini, Roger Neves Mathias, Andrei Fernandes Joaquim, Mateus Dal Fabbro, Enrico Ghizoni, Helder Tedeschi   +5 more
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Application of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in individuals with spinal cord injury

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2011
After spinal cord injury is common functionality is affected. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the functionality of patients with spinal cord injury. METHOD: Cross-sectional study by means of the International Classification of Functionality (ICF). 109 adults with
Janaina Vall, Carlos Mauricio de Castro Costa, Laura França Pereira, Tatiane Temmy Friesen   +3 more
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Wasting syndrome as a predictive factor for adverse health outcomes in older adults: A prospective cohort study

Nutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Wasting syndrome (WS), also known as unintentional weight loss, is defined as a 5% reduction in body weight over a period of 6–12 months. The mortality associated with WS in older adults has not been adequately explored. The objective of this study was to investigate this relationship in hospitalized older individuals over an 18‐month period ...
Roana Carolina Bezerra dos Santos, Cláudia Porto Sabino Pinho, Eduila Maria Couto Santos, Maria Caroline da Silva Patricio, Stefany Beatriz do Nascimento, Letícia Sabino Santos, Taynara de Sousa Rego Mendes, Alcides da Silva Diniz   +7 more
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Feedback control of unsupported standing in paraplegia. Part I: optimal control approach [PDF]

, 1997
This is the first of a pair of papers which describe an investigation into the feasibility of providing artificial balance to paraplegics using electrical stimulation of the paralyzed muscles. By bracing the body above the shanks, only stimulation of the
Donaldson, N., Hunt, K.J., Munih, M.
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Healthy Nails versus Long Lives: An Analysis of a Dutch Priority Setting Proposal [PDF]

, 2020
How should governments balance saving people from very large individual disease burdens (such as an early death) against saving them from middling burdens (such as erectile dysfunction) and minor burdens (such as nail fungus)? This chapter considers this
Voorhoeve, Alex
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