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Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Background: About one third of patients with chronic polyneuropathy have no obvious underlying etiology and are classified as having idiopathic polyneuropathy. The lack of knowledge about pathomechanisms and predisposing factors limits the development of
Bendik S. Winsvold +16 more
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Leprosy mimicking lupus erythematosus
Dermatologica Sinica, 2014 Leprosy, a contagious and chronic granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, is classically known to have cutaneous and neurologic sequelae. Leprosy usually has a long incubation period and may manifest with a variety of autoimmune phenomena ...
Tsung-Ting Hsieh, Yu-Hung Wu
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A fresh look at paralytics in the critically ill: real promise and real concern. [PDF]
, 2012 Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), or "paralytics," often are deployed in the sickest patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) when usual care fails.
Kenyon, Nicholas J +2 more
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Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message This report describes a rare case of developing Guillain–Barre syndrome (GBS) following receiving rabbit antithymocyte globulin (ATG) after kidney transplantation to prevent acute allograft rejection in a 34‐year‐old man. The patient
Farnaz Tavakoli +3 more
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Polüneuropaatiad ja nende diagnoosimise tänapäevased kriteeriumid [PDF]
, 2002 Polüneuropaatiad on suhteliselt suure levimusega haigusterühm, mille diagnoosimine ei ole alati lihtne. Lisaks kliiniliste avalduste tundmisele on paljudel juhtudel vältimatu elektrofüsioloogiliste uurimismeetodite rakendamine.
Asser, Toomas +3 more
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Body composition, muscle strength, functional capacity, and physical disability risk in liver transplanted familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy patients [PDF]
, 2011 : Background: Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) is a neurodegenerative disease leading to sensory and motor polyneuropathies, and functional limitations.
Barroso, Eduardo +8 more
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Terminal complement activation is increased and associated with disease severity in CIDP [PDF]
, 2016 Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is the most common chronic autoimmune neuropathy. While both cell-mediated and humoral mechanisms contribute to its pathogenesis, the rapid clinical response to plasmapheresis implicates a ...
Hiepe, Falk +4 more
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A trial of proficiency of nerve conduction: Greater standardization still needed [PDF]
, 2013 Introduction The aim of this study was to test the proficiency (accuracy among evaluators) of measured attributes of nerve conduction (NC). Methods Expert clinical neurophysiologists, without instruction or consensus development, from 4 different ...
Apfel +27 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) is a rare, life‐threatening neurological emergency with unclear etiology in many cases. Mitochondrial dysfunction, often due to disease‐causing genetic variants, is increasingly recognized as a cause, with each gene producing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms.
Pouria Mohammadi +2 more
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SPG4 and Dementia: Expanding the Clinical Spectrum
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of disorders characterized by progressive spasticity and lower limb weakness, with mutations in SPG4/SPAST being the most common cause. Detailed studies and clinical and molecular comparisons across different populations are missing.
Emanuele Panza +19 more
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