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Background This retrospective longitudinal study was performed to determine whether tafamidis treatment leads to improvements in commonly used blood data for transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP). Methods Commonly used blood data (complete blood count [including a haemogram], total
BACKGROUND
There is evidence that diabetic polyneuropathy (PNP) is associated with reduced bone mineral density (BMD) in type 1 diabetes but little is known about the impact of diabetic PNP on bone metabolism in type 2 diabetes.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in bone
Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the extracellular deposition of transthyretin (TTR), especially in the PNS. Given the invasiveness of nerve biopsy, salivary glands (SG) from FAP patients were used previously in microarray analysis;
Neuromuscular diseases are a known risk factor for immobilization-induced osteoporosis. The aim of the study was to analyse bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) type I (Val30 Met) and to compare them with a population of patients with other neuromuscular
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type-4J (CMT4J), an autosomal recessively inherited peripheral neuropathy characterized by neuronal degeneration, segmental demyelination, and limb muscle weakness, is caused by compound heterozygous mutations in the SAC3/FIG4 gene, resulting in SAC3/FIG4 protein
Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia (AOA) is a clinical syndrome featuring a group of genetic diseases including at least four separate autosomal-recessive cerebellar ataxias. All these disorders are due to altered genes involved in DNA repair. AOA type 4 (AOA4) is caused by mutations in DNA repair
The inflammatory infiltrate within human sural nerve, biopsied from six patients with active chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy (CIDP) was studied for T lymphocyte subsets and Class II antigen (Ia)-expressing cells. Immunohistochemical staining with mouse monoclonal antibodies, acid
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4J (CMT4J), a rare form of demyelinating CMT, caused by recessive mutations in the phosphoinositide phosphatase FIG4 gene, is characterised by progressive proximal and distal weakness and evidence of chronic denervation in both proximal and distal muscles. We
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sensorimotor disorder that is frequently associated with periodic leg movements (PLMS). RLS is generally considered to be a central nervous system (CNS)-related disorder although no specific lesion has been found to be associated with the syndrome. Reduced
Serine deficiency disorders comprise a new group of inborn errors of serine metabolism. Patients affected with these disorders present with major neurological symptoms including congenital microcephaly, seizures, psychomotor retardation or polyneuropathy. The diagnosis of serine deficiency is based
We experienced a 65-year-old woman with Sjögren's syndrome who presented with acute renal failure, hypergammaglobulinemia with monoclonal gammopathy, and hypocomplementemia. She improved with steroid pulse therapy (methylprednisolone 0.5 g/day for 3 days). This patient had also sensorineural hearing
BACKGROUND
Patients with gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders, either congenital or acquired early in childhood, are at high risk for various endocrine and metabolic abnormalities.
METHODS
A 27-year-old woman with Alagille's syndrome presented with progressive jaundice and gait disturbances
Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 4 (AOA4) is an autosomal recessive (AR) disorder recently delineated in a Portuguese cohort and caused by mutations in the PNKP (polynucleotide kinase 3'-phosphatase) gene.(1) AOA4 is a progressive, complex movement disorder that includes hyperkinetic features,
The aim of study was to evaluate bone mineral density (BMD) in lumbar spine (AP Spine), total body (Total Body) and distal site of radius (Forearm), and selected markers of bone formation: serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and osteocalcin(OC), and bone resorption: pyridinoline (PIR) and
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of severe cholestatic hepatitis caused by thioctic acid in a patient with diabetic peripheral polyneuropathy and mild chronic renal failure.
METHODS
A 63-year-old man with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hypothyroidism, and stage 2 chronic renal failure was referred to the