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https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970549/case-report-functional-analysis-of-the-p-arg507trp-variant-of-the-pigt-gene-supporting-the-moderate-epilepsy-phenotype-of-mutations-in-the-c-terminal-region
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Ikhlas Ben Ayed, Olfa Jallouli, Yoshiko Murakami, Amal Souissi, Salma Mallouli, Amal Bouzid, Fatma Kamoun, Ines Elloumi, Fakher Frikha, Abdelaziz Tlili, Sarah Weckhuysen, Taroh Kinoshita, Chahnez Charfi Triki, Saber Masmoudi
Pathogenic germline variants in the PIGT gene are associated with the "multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 3" (MCAHS3) phenotype. So far, fifty patients have been reported, most of whom suffer from intractable epilepsy. Recently, a comprehensive analysis of a cohort of 26 patients with PIGT variants has broadened the phenotypical spectrum and indicated that both p.Asn527Ser and p.Val528Met are associated with a milder epilepsy phenotype and less severe outcomes. Since all reported patients are of Caucasian/Polish origin and most harbor the same variant (p...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970548/study-design-challenges-and-strategies-in-clinical-trials-for-rare-diseases-lessons-learned-from-pantothenate-kinase-associated-neurodegeneration
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REVIEW
Aleksandar Videnovic, Helle C V Pfeiffer, Anna Tylki-Szymańska, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Fatih Ezgü, Jitendra Ganju, Agnieszka Jurecka, Anthony E Lang
Substantial challenges in study design and methodology exist during clinical trial development to examine treatment response in patients with a rare disease, especially those with predominant central nervous system involvement and heterogeneity in clinical manifestations and natural history. Here we discuss crucial decisions which may significantly impact success of the study, including patient selection and recruitment, identification and selection of endpoints, determination of the study duration, consideration of control groups including natural history controls, and selection of appropriate statistical analyses...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970547/dbs-of-the-ant-for-refractory-epilepsy-a-single-center-experience-of-seizure-reduction-side-effects-and-neuropsychological-outcomes
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Karmele Olaciregui Dague, Juri-Alexander Witt, Randi von Wrede, Christoph Helmstaedter, Rainer Surges
OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of the antiseizure efficacy, side effects and neuropsychological effects of Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus (ANT). ANT-DBS is a treatment option for patients with difficult-to-treat epilepsy. Though several works outline the cognitive and/or mood effects of ANT-DBS for the treatment of epilepsy, data on the intersection between antiseizure efficacy, cognitive and undesired effects are scarce. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the data of our cohort of 13 patients...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970546/central-vein-sign-and-diffusion-mri-differentiate-microstructural-features-within-white-matter-lesions-of-multiple-sclerosis-patients-with-comorbidities
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Caterina Lapucci, Francesco Tazza, Silvia Rebella, Giacomo Boffa, Elvira Sbragia, Nicolò Bruschi, Elisabetta Mancuso, Nicola Mavilio, Alessio Signori, Luca Roccatagliata, Maria Cellerino, Simona Schiavi, Matilde Inglese
INTRODUCTION: The Central Vein Sign (CVS) has been suggested as a potential biomarker to improve diagnostic specificity in multiple sclerosis (MS). Nevertheless, the impact of comorbidities on CVS performance has been poorly investigated so far. Despite the similar features shared by MS, migraine and Small Vessel Disease (SVD) at T2-weighted conventional MRI sequences, ex-vivo studies demonstrated their heterogeneous histopathological substrates. If in MS, inflammation, primitive demyelination and axonal loss coexist, in SVD demyelination is secondary to ischemic microangiopathy, while the contemporary presence of inflammatory and ischemic processes has been suggested in migraine...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970545/effect-of-home-based-overground-robotic-assisted-gait-training-on-vascular-health-in-people-with-chronic-stroke
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
James Faulkner, Amy Wright, Keeron Stone, Simon Fryer, Louis Martinelli, Danielle Lambrick, Eloise Paine, Lee Stoner
UNLABELLED: Overground robotic-assisted gait training (O-RAGT) has been shown to improve clinical functional outcomes in people living with stroke. The purpose of this study was to identify whether a home-based O-RAGT program, in combination with usual care physiotherapy, would demonstrate improvements in vascular health in individuals with chronic stroke, and, whether any changes in vascular outcomes would be sustained 3 months after completing the program. Thirty-four participants with chronic stroke (between 3 months and 5 years post-stroke) were randomized to either a 10-week O-RAGT program in combination with usual care physiotherapy, or to a usual care physiotherapy only control group...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970544/case-report-successful-anterior-temporal-lobectomy-in-drug-resistant-temporal-lobe-epilepsy-associated-with-sotos-syndrome
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Leonardo Favi Bocca, Thiago Pereira Rodrigues, Thiago Bortholin, Elza Márcia Targas Yacubian, Henrique Carrete Júnior, Mirian Guaranha, Ricardo Silva Centeno
The Sotos syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by haploinsufficiency of NSD1 gene, with some individuals affected by epilepsy and, rarely, drug-resistant seizures. A 47-years-old female patient with Sotos syndrome was diagnosed with focal-onset seizures in left temporal lobe, left-side hippocampal atrophy, and neuropsychological testing with decreased performance in several cognitive domains. Patient was treated with left-side temporal lobe resection and developed complete awake seizure control in 3-years of follow-up, with marked improvement in quality-of-life...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970543/prognostic-significance-of-serum-nlrc4-in-patients-with-acute-supratentorial-intracerebral-hemorrhage-a-prospective-longitudinal-cohort-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wei Li, Xuan Lv, Yijun Ma, Yong Cai, Suijun Zhu
OBJECTIVE: Caspase activation and recruitment domain-containing protein 4 (NLRC4) is implicated in neuroinflammation. The aim of the study was to discern the potential ability of serum NLRC4 in assessment of prognosis after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). METHODS: In this prospective, observational study, serum NLRC4 levels were quantified in 148 acute supratentorial ICH patients and 148 controls. Severity was evaluated using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and hematoma volume, and poststroke 6-month functional outcome was estimated according to the modified Rankin Scale (mRS)...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970542/habituation-deficit-of-visual-evoked-potentials-in-migraine-patients-with-hypermobile-ehlers-danlos-syndrome
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ilaria Maestrini, Lorenzo Rocchi, Francesca Puledda, Alessandro Viganò, Giada Giuliani, Tommaso Benedetto Jannini, Claudia Celletti, Marta Altieri, Filippo Camerota, Massimiliano Toscano, Vittorio Di Piero
OBJECTIVES: Migraine is one of the most frequent clinical manifestations of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS). The comorbidity between these two diseases has been only partially investigated. We aimed to observe whether neurophysiological alterations described in migraineurs in visual evoked potentials (VEPs) were present in hEDS patients with migraine. METHODS: We enrolled 22 hEDS patients with migraine (hEDS) and 22 non-hEDS patients with migraine (MIG), with and without aura (according to ICHD-3), as well as 22 healthy controls (HC)...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970541/clustering-and-prediction-of-long-term-functional-recovery-patterns-in-first-time-stroke-patients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Seyoung Shin, Won Hyuk Chang, Deog Young Kim, Jongmin Lee, Min Kyun Sohn, Min-Keun Song, Yong-Il Shin, Yang-Soo Lee, Min Cheol Joo, So Young Lee, Junhee Han, Jeonghoon Ahn, Gyung-Jae Oh, Young-Taek Kim, Kwangsu Kim, Yun-Hee Kim
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to cluster long-term multifaceted functional recovery patterns and to establish prediction models for functional outcome in first-time stroke patients using unsupervised machine learning. METHODS: This study is an interim analysis of the dataset from the Korean Stroke Cohort for Functioning and Rehabilitation (KOSCO), a long-term, prospective, multicenter cohort study of first-time stroke patients. The KOSCO screened 10,636 first-time stroke patients admitted to nine representative hospitals in Korea during a three-year recruitment period, and 7,858 patients agreed to enroll...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970540/outcome-and-clinical-features-in-juvenile-myasthenia-gravis-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
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Yangtao Lin, Qianjin Kuang, Hongjin Li, Bo Liang, Jiaxin Lu, Qilong Jiang, Xiaojun Yang
BACKGROUND: Juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG) is a rare autoimmune disease that has so far only been described in small cohort studies. We defined the clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of JMG patients over the past 22 years. METHODS: A search of PubMed, EMBASE, and web of science (1/2000-2/2022) identified all English language and human studies of JMG. The population was patients diagnosed with JMG. Outcomes included the history of myasthenic crisis, autoimmune comorbidity, mortality, and treatment outcome...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970539/research-progress-of-endogenous-hematoma-absorption-after-intracerebral-hemorrhage
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REVIEW
Peijie Fu, Manqing Zhang, Moxin Wu, Weixin Zhou, Xiaoping Yin, Zhiying Chen, Chuanjun Dan
Non-traumatic intraparenchymal brain hemorrhage is referred to as intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Although ICH is associated with a high rate of disability and case fatality, active intervention can significantly lower the rate of severe disability. Studies have shown that the speed of hematoma clearance after ICH determines the patient's prognosis. Following ICH, depending on the hematoma volume and mass effect, either surgical- or medication-only conservative treatment is chosen. The goal of promoting endogenous hematoma absorption is more relevant because surgery is only appropriate for a small percentage of patients, and open surgery can cause additional trauma to patients...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970538/genetic-variants-and-phenotype-analysis-in-a-five-generation-chinese-pedigree-with-pcdh19-female-limited-epilepsy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wenjuan Zhou, Yuzhen Ouyang, Yuqiao Ji, Qiong Xi, Lingling Zhao
OBJECTIVE: Albeit the gene of PCDH19 -FE was ascertained, the correlation of gene mutation, PCDH19 protein structure, and phenotype heterogeneity remained obscure. This study aimed to report a five-generation pedigree of seven female patients of PCDH19 -FE and tried to explore whether two variants were correlated with PCDH19 protein structure and function alteration, and PCDH19 -FE phenotype. METHODS: We analyzed the clinical data and genetic variants of a PCDH19 -FE pedigree, to explore the phenotype heterogeneity of PCDH19 -FE and underlying mechanisms...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970537/glutamine-metabolism-related-genes-predict-prognosis-and-reshape-tumor-microenvironment-immune-characteristics-in-diffuse-gliomas
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Huanhuan Fan, Shuxin Zhang, Yunbo Yuan, Siliang Chen, Wenhao Li, Zhihao Wang, Yufan Xiang, Junhong Li, Xiaohong Ma, Yanhui Liu
BACKGROUND: Diffuse gliomas possess a kind of malignant brain tumor with high mortality. Glutamine represents the most abundant and versatile amino acid in the body. Glutamine not only plays an important role in cell metabolism but also involves in cell survival and malignancies progression. Recent studies indicate that glutamine could also affect the metabolism of immune cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The transcriptome data and clinicopathological information of patients with glioma were acquired from TCGA, CGGA, and West China Hospital (WCH)...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970536/advances-in-biotechnology-and-clinical-therapy-in-the-field-of-peripheral-nerve-regeneration-based-on-magnetism
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REVIEW
Zheyuan Fan, Xinggui Wen, Xiangdong Ding, Qianqian Wang, Shoushuai Wang, Wei Yu
Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is one of the most common neurological diseases. Recent studies on nerve cells have provided new ideas for the regeneration of peripheral nerves and treatment of physical trauma or degenerative disease-induced loss of sensory and motor neuron functions. Accumulating evidence suggested that magnetic fields might have a significant impact on the growth of nerve cells. Studies have investigated different magnetic field properties (static or pulsed magnetic field) and intensities, various magnetic nanoparticle-encapsulating cytokines based on superparamagnetism, magnetically functionalized nanofibers, and their relevant mechanisms and clinical applications...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970535/cerebral-small-vessel-disease-at-high-altitude-a-comparison-of-patients-from-plateau-and-plain
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Junlong Shu, Wen Fei, Jing Zhang, Fan Li, Yu Hao, Zhijie Ding, Tseyang, Drolma, Shiyong Ji, Weiwei Zhao, Yaxiong Hu, Wei Sun, Yining Huang, Yuhua Zhao, Wei Zhang
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cerebral small-vessel disease (CSVD) is prevalent worldwide and one of the major causes of stroke and dementia. For patients with CSVD at high altitude, a special environmental status, limited information is known about their clinical phenotype and specific neuroimaging change. We investigated the clinical and neuroimaging features of patients residing at high altitude by comparing with those in the plain, trying to explore the impact of high altitude environment on CSVD...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970534/corticosteroids-in-childhood-epilepsies-a-systematic-review
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REVIEW
Lena-Luise Becker, Angela M Kaindl
Corticosteroids have been used for the treatment of patients with epilepsy for more than 6 decades, based on the hypothesis of inflammation in the genesis and/or promotion of epilepsy. We, therefore, aimed to provide a systematic overview of the use of corticosteroid regimes in childhood epilepsies in line with the PRISMA guidelines. We performed a structured literature search via PubMed and identified 160 papers with only three randomized controlled trials excluding the substantial trials on epileptic spasms...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970533/factors-impacting-quality-of-life-in-multiple-system-atrophy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nabila Ali, Vanessa Nesspor, Jee Bang, Sonja W Scholz, Alexander Pantelyat
BACKGROUND: Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is an atypical parkinsonian disorder marked by autonomic dysfunction, parkinsonism, cerebellar dysfunction, and poor response to dopaminergic medications such as levodopa. Patient-reported quality of life is an important benchmark for clinicians and clinical trials. The Unified Multiple System Atrophy Rating Scale (UMSARS) allows healthcare providers to rate and assess MSA progression. The MSA-QoL questionnaire is a health-related quality of life scale intended to provide patient-reported outcome measures...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970532/factors-affecting-variability-in-vestibulo-ocular-reflex-gain-in-the-video-head-impulse-test-in-individuals-without-vestibulopathy-a-systematic-review-of-literature
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Laurel Elise Money-Nolan, Ashley Gaal Flagge
INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize and synthesize published evidence examining variations in vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain outcomes for the Video Head Impulse Test (vHIT) in healthy individuals without vestibulopathy in order to describe factors that may influence test outcomes. METHODS: Computerized literature searches were performed from four search engines. The studies were selected based on relevant inclusion and exclusion criteria, and were required to examine VOR gain in healthy adults without vestibulopathy...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970531/diagnosis-and-treatment-evaluation-in-patients-with-spontaneous-intracranial-hypotension
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REVIEW
Dwij Mehta, Sanjay Cheema, Indran Davagnanam, Manjit Matharu
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is characterized by an orthostatic headache and audiovestibular symptoms alongside a myriad of other non-specific symptoms. It is caused by an unregulated loss of cerebrospinal fluid at the spinal level. Indirect features of CSF leaks are seen on brain imaging as signs of intracranial hypotension and/or CSF hypovolaemia as well as a low opening pressure on lumbar puncture. Direct evidence of CSF leaks can frequently, but not invariably, be observed on spinal imaging. The condition is frequently misdiagnosed due to its vague symptoms and a lack of awareness of the condition amongst the non-neurological specialities...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36970530/recurrent-acute-disseminated-encephalomyelitis-adem-after-covid-19-vaccination-and-after-subsequent-covid-19-infection-a-case-report-part-ii
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Khouloud Poli, Markus Kowarik, Klaus Hamprecht, Thomas Iftner, Ulrike Ernemann, Ulf Ziemann, Sven Poli
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system (CNS), which is commonly associated to previous viral infection or immunization. Cases of ADEM with a potential relationship to both severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and vaccination have been reported. We recently published a rare case of a 65-year-old patient who suffered from a corticosteroid- and immunoglobulin-refractory multiple autoimmune syndrome including ADEM following Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 vaccination, and whose symptoms largely resolved after repeated plasma exchange (PE)...
2023: Frontiers in Neurology
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