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Long-Term Outcome of Hemimasticatory Spasm [PDF]

Journal of Movement Disorders, 2022
Objective This study aims to identify the demographic, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics of four patients with hemimasticatory spasm (HMS) seen in our outpatient department over a period of 20 years.
Somdattaa Ray, Nitish Kamble, Ravi Yadav, Pramod Kumar Pal   +3 more
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Patient satisfaction and quality of life with hemifacial spasm treatments in Finland's largest hospital district

Brain and Spine
Introduction: Hemifacial spasm (HFS) treatments aim to remove involuntary facial twitching and improve the Quality of Life (QoL). No previous publications about overall patient treatment satisfaction or the impact of radiofrequency thermocoagulation (RFT)
Paula Palomäki, Johan Marjamaa, Tiina Sairanen, Mika Niemelä   +3 more
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Monitoring the status of the blood circulation in the lower extremities in patients with diabetes mellitus

Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2018
Background. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a current medical and social problem. According to the data from International Diabetes Federation, 415 million people worldwide suffer from DM, and bу 2030, the number of patients is expected to be 552 millions ...
N.V. Gulchiy, S.S. Nazarchuk, V.I. Dunaevskiy, V.I. Kotovskiy, V.I. Timofeev   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Layered Plaque in Organic Lesions in Patients With Coronary Artery Spasm

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background Coronary artery spasm plays a vital role in the pathogenesis of coronary plaques. We sought to investigate the plaque characteristics of co‐existing organic lesions in patients with coronary artery spasm in comparison to those without coronary
Takeshi Nishi, Teruyoshi Kume, Ryotaro Yamada, Hiroshi Okamoto, Satsohi Koto, Masahiro Yamashita, Masahiko Ueno, Kyo Kamisaka, Yoshitaka Sasahira, Ayano Enzan, Yasuyuki Sudo, Tomoko Tamada, Terumasa Koyama, Koichiro Imai, Yoji Neishi, Shiro Uemura   +15 more
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Preoperative visualization of hemifacial spasm microvascular decompression based on 3D Slicer 3D reconstruction technology

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
Objective To compare the agreement in judging the responsible vessels for hemifacial spasm (HFS) between the preoperative 3D Slicer 3D reconstruction and the actual intraoperative judgment of microvascular decompression (MVD).
LI Bao-hua, ZHOU Zhong-hai, MENG Fan-gang, ZHANG Shu-xin   +3 more
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Pathogenesis and Management of Tetanus

UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research, 2018
Tetanus is an infectious disease affecting the central nervous system caused by Clostridium tetani. The bacteria is an anaerobic Gram-positive bacilli that forms spores, which germinate in anaerobic condition to produce an exotoxin known
Abdullahi Samaila, Bashir Abdulkadir, Kamaladdeen Kabir, Sani Aliyu, Zubairu Umar   +4 more
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Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) in a Patient With Compound Heterozygous OPA1 Variants: Case Report and Literature Review

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, Lara Basovic, Christopher Michael McGraw   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validity of a Wearable Digital Insole for Assessing Gait ON and OFF in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Gait impairment is a distinctive symptom of Parkinson's disease that negatively impact mobility. We assessed the validity of wearable digital insoles against a validated reference gait analysis system for measuring select gait characteristics in patients with Parkinson's disease. Methods A comparative analysis between digital insoles
Deborah A. Hall, Kimberly Kwei, Rolando J. Acosta, Bharatkumar Koyani, Erin Robertson, Pratyush Rai, Roland Barge, Emily Timm, Nicollette L. Purcell, Natasha Desai, Dhanesh Patel, Ana‐Maria Visoiu‐Knapp, Samuel Stuart, Rinol Alaj, Matthew F. Wipperman, Oren Levy, Joan A. O'Keefe   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tetanus in Animals — Summary of Knowledge

Folia Veterinaria, 2020
Tetanus is a neurologic non-transmissible disease (often fatal) of humans and other animals with a worldwide occurrence. Clostridium tetani is the spore producing bacillus which causes the bacterial disease.
Malinovská Z., Čonková E., Váczi P.
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Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy due to Biallelic Pathogenic Variants in PIGM

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective PIGM encodes a critical enzyme in the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)‐anchor biosynthesis pathway. While promoter‐region mutations in PIGM have been associated with a relatively mild phenotype characterized by portal vein thrombosis and absence seizures, recent evidence suggests that coding‐region mutations result in a more severe
Júlia Sala‐Coromina, Anna Marcé‐Grau, Barbara Masotto, Marta Codina, Lamia BenJemaa, Yasmina Elaribi, Mónica Martinez‐Gallo, Roger Colobran, Angel Sanchez‐Montañez, Irene Valenzuela, Yoshiko Murakami, Alfons Macaya   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source