Automatic Classification of Neuromuscular Diseases in Children Using Photoacoustic Imaging [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) cause a significant burden for both healthcare systems and society. They can lead to severe progressive muscle weakness, muscle degeneration, contracture, deformity and progressive disability. The NMDs evaluated in this study often manifest in early childhood. As subtypes of disease, e.g.
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Pathogenesis of proximal autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy [PDF]
, 2008 Although it is known that deletions or mutations of the SMN1 gene on chromosome 5 cause decreased levels of the SMN protein in subjects with proximal autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the exact sequence of pathological events leading to ...
Šimić, Goran
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The efficacy and safety of nusinersen within the expanded access program in Russia
Нервно-мышечные болезни, 2020 Introduction. Spinal muscular atrophy is a severe neuromuscular disease characterized by rapid progression of muscle weakness and early death. Pathogenetic therapy with nusinersen can significantly change the course of the disease and enable the patient ...
S. B. Artemieva +12 more
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Shape Analysis for Pediatric Upper Body Motor Function Assessment [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Neuromuscular disorders, such as Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), cause progressive muscular degeneration and loss of motor function for 1 in 6,000 children. Traditional upper limb motor function assessments do not quantitatively measure patient-performed motions, which makes it difficult to track progress for ...
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Systemic restoration of UBA1 ameliorates disease in spinal muscular atrophy [PDF]
, 2016 Acknowledgments Blood biochemistry analysis and serum analysis were performed by the Easter Bush Pathology Department, University of Edinburgh. Animal husbandry was performed by Centre for Integrative Physiology bio-research restructure technical staff ...
Azzouz, Mimoun +15 more
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Clinical and molecular features and therapeutic perspectives of spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 [PDF]
, 2015 Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress (SMARD1) is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disease caused by mutations in the IGHMBP2 gene, encoding the immunoglobulin μ-binding protein 2, leading to motor neuron degeneration.
Corti, Stefania +4 more
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Treatment algorithm for infants diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy through newborn screening [PDF]
, 2018 Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by the degeneration of alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord, leading to muscular atrophy.
Connolly, Anne +14 more
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A Causal Inference Framework for Leveraging External Controls in Hybrid Trials [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 We consider the challenges associated with causal inference in settings where data from a randomized trial is augmented with control data from an external source to improve efficiency in estimating the average treatment effect (ATE). Through the development of a formal causal inference framework, we outline sufficient causal assumptions about the ...
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Investigating a domain adaptation approach for integrating different measurement instruments in a longitudinal clinical registry [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 In a longitudinal clinical registry, different measurement instruments might have been used for assessing individuals at different time points. To combine them, we investigate deep learning techniques for obtaining a joint latent representation, to which the items of different measurement instruments are mapped.
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Aberrant Autophagic Response in The Muscle of A Knock-in Mouse Model of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy [PDF]
, 2015 Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is characterized by loss of motoneurons and sensory neurons, accompanied by atrophy of muscle cells. SBMA is due to an androgen receptor containing a polyglutamine tract (ARpolyQ) that misfolds and aggregates ...
Aggarwal, Tanya +15 more
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