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Foley R, Murphy K, Maweni R, Lynch T, Power R, Durkan G, O'Brien F, O'Malley K, Galvin D, Brendan Murphy T, William Watson R. An Irish prostate cancer risk calculator. Int J Surg 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.08.455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lewington V, Lambert B, Poetschger U, Sever ZB, Giammarile F, McEwan AJB, Castellani R, Lynch T, Shulkin B, Drobics M, Staudenherz A, Ladenstein R. 123I-mIBG scintigraphy in neuroblastoma: development of a SIOPEN semi-quantitative reporting ,method by an international panel. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2016; 44:234-241. [PMID: 27663238 PMCID: PMC5214990 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-016-3516-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Purpose A robust method is required to standardise objective reporting of diagnostic 123I-mIBG images in neuroblastoma. Prerequisites for an appropriate system are low inter- and intra-observer error and reproducibility across a broad disease spectrum. We present a new reporting method, developed and tested for SIOPEN by an international expert panel. Method Patterns of abnormal skeletal 123I-mIBG uptake were defined and assigned numerical scores [0–6] based on disease extent within 12 body segments. Uptake intensity was excluded from the analysis. Data sets from 82 patients were scored independently by six experienced specialists as unblinded pairs (pre- and post-induction chemotherapy) and in random order as a blinded study. Response was defined as ≥50 % reduction in post induction score compared with baseline. Results In total, 1968 image sets were reviewed individually. Response rates of 88 % and 82 % were recorded for patients with baseline skeletal scores ≤23 and 24-48 respectively, compared with 44 % response in patients with skeletal scores >48 (p = 0.02). Reducing the number of segments or extension scale had a small but statistically negative impact upon the number of responses detected. Intraclass correlation coefficients [ICCs] calculated for the unblinded and blinded study were 0.95 at diagnosis and 0.98 and 0.99 post-induction chemotherapy, respectively. Conclusions The SIOPEN mIBG score method is reproducible across the full spectrum of disease in high risk neuroblastoma. Numerical assessment of skeletal disease extent avoids subjective evaluation of uptake intensity. This robust approach provides a reliable means with which to examine the role of 123I mIBG scintigraphy as a prognostic indicator in neuroblastoma.
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Williams L, McGovern E, Kimmich O, Molloy A, Beiser I, Butler JS, Molloy F, Logan P, Healy DG, Lynch T, Walsh R, Cassidy L, Moriarty P, Moore H, McSwiney T, Walsh C, O'Riordan S, Hutchinson M. Epidemiological, clinical and genetic aspects of adult onset isolated focal dystonia in Ireland. Eur J Neurol 2016; 24:73-81. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.13133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Lorenzo-Betancor O, Ogaki K, Soto-Ortolaza AI, Labbe C, Walton RL, Strongosky AJ, van Gerpen JA, Uitti RJ, McLean PJ, Springer W, Siuda J, Opala G, Krygowska-Wajs A, Barcikowska M, Czyzewski K, McCarthy A, Lynch T, Puschmann A, Rektorova I, Sanotsky Y, Vilariño-Güell C, Farrer MJ, Ferman TJ, Boeve BF, Petersen RC, Parisi JE, Graff-Radford NR, Dickson DW, Wszolek ZK, Ross OA. DNAJC13 p.Asn855Ser mutation screening in Parkinson's disease and pathologically confirmed Lewy body disease patients. Eur J Neurol 2016; 22:1323-5. [PMID: 26278106 DOI: 10.1111/ene.12770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 04/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recently, a novel mutation in exon 24 of DNAJC13 gene (p.Asn855Ser, rs387907571) has been reported to cause autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease (PD) in a multi-incident Mennonite family. METHODS In the present study the mutation containing exon of the DNAJC13 gene has been sequenced in a Caucasian series consisting of 1938 patients with clinical PD and 838 with pathologically diagnosed Lewy body disease (LBD). RESULTS Our sequence analysis did not identify any coding variants in exon 24 of DNAJC13. Two previously described variants in intron 23 (rs200204728 and rs2369796) were observed. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that the region surrounding the DNAJC13 p.Asn855Ser substitution is highly conserved and mutations in this exon are not a common cause of PD or LBD among Caucasian populations.
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Nogueira P, Rühm W, Lopez M, Vrba T, Buchholz W, Fojtík P, Etherington G, Broggio D, Huikari J, Marzocchi O, Lynch T, Lebacq A, Li C, Ośko J, Malátova I, Franck D, Breustedt B, Leone D, Scott J, Shutt A, Hauck B, Capello K, Pérez-López B, Navarro-Amaro J, Pliszczyński T, Fantínová K, Tolmachev S. EURADOS 241Am skull measurement intercomparison. RADIAT MEAS 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2015.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Xu S, Amalou H, Kwak J, Lynch T, Agarwal H, Turkbey B, Pinto P, Choyke P, Wood B. Fusion guidance system with ablate-able phantom for prostate laser ablation. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2014.12.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Brown K, Church D, Lynch T, Gregson D. Bloodstream infections due to Peptoniphilus spp.: report of 15 cases. Clin Microbiol Infect 2014; 20:O857-60. [PMID: 24773457 PMCID: PMC4304329 DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Revised: 03/30/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Peptoniphilus spp. are Gram-positive anaerobic cocci (GPAC) that were formerly classified in the genus Peptostreptococcus. This study describes 15 cases of Peptoniphilus spp. bloodstream infection (BSI) diagnosed from 2007 to 2011 using 16S rDNA sequencing in patients with pneumonia, pre-term delivery, soft tissue infection or colon or bladder disease. Seven out of 15 (47%) of these cases had polymicrobial BSIs. One of the isolates was closely related to P. duerdenii (EU526290), while the other 14 isolates were most closely related to a Peptoniphilus sp. reference strain (ATCC 29743) and P. hareii (Y07839). Peptoniphilus is a rare but important cause of BSI.
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McKinley JJ, McCarthy A, Kavanagh E, Lynch T. Neurological picture. Neurological ornithology. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2014; 85:239-40. [PMID: 23946417 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Rowan S, Bradley J, Bradbury I, Lawson J, Lynch T, O'Neill K, Ennis M, Elborn JS. P106 Lung Clearance Index is a Repeatable Test of Lung Function and Superior Predictor of CT Scan Abnormalities in Bronchiectasis. Thorax 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204457.256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Akijian L, Carty F, Thornton J, Grech R, Kavanagh E, Merwick Á, Ní Chróinín D, Hannon N, Sheehan Ó, Marnane M, Callaly E, Fallon E, Horgan G, Lynch T, O'Rourke K, Duggan J, Kyne L, Murphy S, Dolan E, Williams D, Kelly P. Beyond DWI — /INS;Emerging candidate MRI biomarkers associated with risk of early stroke after TIA. J Neurol Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.07.952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Peall K, Smith D, Kurian M, Wardle M, Waite A, Hedderly T, Lin J, Smith M, Whone A, Pall H, White C, Lux A, Jardine P, Bajaj N, Lynch B, Kirov G, O'Riordan S, Samuel M, Lynch T, King M, Chinnery P, Warner T, Blake D, Owen M, Morris H. ARE PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS A CORE PHENOTYPE OF MYOCLONUS DYSTONIA SYNDROME CAUSED BY SGCE MUTATIONS? J Neurol Psychiatry 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-306103.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Jutley G, Karim R, Joharatnam N, Latif S, Lynch T, Olver JM. Patient satisfaction following endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy: a quality of life study. Eye (Lond) 2013; 27:1084-9. [PMID: 23846378 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2013.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2012] [Accepted: 03/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To assess the subjective success and quality of life of adult patients post endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (EE-DCR) for acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction. DESIGN Retrospective, questionnaire study performed at least 6 months post EE-DCR. PARTICIPANTS Hundred and ten of the 282 consecutive patients who underwent EE-DCR. METHODS A standardised questionnaire (Glasgow Benefit Inventory, GBI) was used to analyse the quality of life. The questionnaire examines four parameters, providing total, subscale, social, and physical scores. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES We aimed to assess patient experience following EE-DCR surgery. Total GBI scores range from -100 to +100, the former reflecting maximal negative benefit and corresponding to subjective worsening of tearing and impact on quality of life. Any positive score reflects a satisfactory surgical outcome and +100 represents maximal positive benefit. A score of zero is no perceived benefit. RESULTS The average age was 62 years, 63% were female. In three of the parameters measured, there was a subjective improvement post surgery: subscale score 22.16 (95% CI: 15.23-29.09), total score 15.04 (95% CI: 9.74-20.35), and social support score 4.67 (95% CI: 0.93-8.42). Physical health scored -4.47 (95% CI: -10.25 to 1.32). Secondary analyses demonstrate no statistical significance with respect to outcome whether a trainee or consultant performed the procedure. Younger patients (under split median of 63.5) had a better total score 19.04 (95% CI: 11.35-27.74) than those older than 63.5 years (11.04, 95% CI: 3.61-18.47). DISCUSSION This study shows that EE-DCR gave patients improvement in quality of life, proven by a validated questionnaire. The mean total score of 15.04 found in our study compares with the 18.7 recorded by Feretis et al in 2009. Results were irrespective of the grade of surgeon, similar to the findings of Fayers et al for functional successes. CONCLUSION This study supports the use of EE-DCR for the improvement of quality of life in adult patients.
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Graham D, McCarthy A, Kavanagh E, O'Rourke K, Lynch T. Teaching NeuroImages: Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis in neuro-Behcet disease. Neurology 2013; 80:e189-90. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3182904d2e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Kundu M, Mi Z, Weber C, Li N, Lynch T, Kuo P, Wai P. Activation of Tumor-Associated Macrophages is Required for Hepatocyte Growth Factor Enhanced Invasiveness and Predicts Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. J Surg Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.10.618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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McCarthy A, McKinley J, Lynch T. The inherent susceptibility of dorsal motor nucleus cholinergic neurons to the neurodegenerative process in Parkinson's Disease. Front Neurol 2013; 3:189. [PMID: 23335912 PMCID: PMC3547309 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Mulroy E, Quigley G, Roberts K, Cummins G, Magennis B, Fortune G, O'Brien D, Blunnie WP, Harrington E, Gillivan-Murphy P, Kavanagh E, Gilligan P, Reilly R, Scolaí PO, Kelly S, Murray M, Lynch T. Deep brain stimulation in ireland for Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. IRISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 2012; 105:278-280. [PMID: 23155918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is highly effective neurosurgery for idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD), essential tremor (ET) and primary dystonia. DBS involves stereotactic surgical implantation of a battery-operated stimulator into deep brain nuclei. Irish patients are referred abroad for DBS and have to travel repeatedly for pre and post-operative care resulting in stress, anxiety and hardship. Safe pre and post-operative care of these complex, ageing patients is compromised by the absence of a DBS service in Ireland. Moreover, both DBS surgery and the subsequent post-operative care abroad incurs substantial cost to the state. The Dublin Neurological Institute at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (DNI) is a non-profit institute for the care of patients with neurological diseases. The DNI developed, in collaboration with the Mater Private Hospital (MPH) and the Walton Centre, Liverpool, a DBS programme in 2008/2009. We performed DBS at the Mater Campus on three carefully selected patients from a cohort of movement disorder patients attending the DNI and continue to provide pre-operative assessment and post operative care for patients following DBS in Ireland and abroad.
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Forward K, Lynch T, Lim R, Sangha G. Girls vs Boys: Epidemiology of Hockey Injuries in Canadian Youth. Paediatr Child Health 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/pch/17.suppl_a.12aa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Yssel J, Casey E, O'Rourke K, Magennis B, Lynch T. The role of a movement disorders clinic. IRISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 2012; 105:57-59. [PMID: 22455244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Ireland's ageing population will result in a substantial increase in neurodegenerative disease with a projected increase in prevalence of Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) to 9,000 by 2021. There are few published audits of neurology services to assist care planning. As a first step towards evaluating future service needs for this group of patients, we audited a single tertiary referral IPD and Other Movement Disorders clinic for 2006. A total of 497 patients from all counties in Ireland were seen; 225 (59%) of patients had IPD, 32 (8.2%) had atypical parkinsonism, and 22 (5.8%) dystonia. In a subset of 275 patients, 151 (55%) were referred by GPs, 74 (27%) by other consultants, and 49 (18%) by other consultant neurologists. Diagnosis was changed in 22 (38%) and medication was adjusted in 203 (74%). A telephone survey of 50 patients demonstrated 100% satisfaction with the improved access to the clinical nurse specialist, telephone support and improved continuity of care. The IPD and Other Movement Disorders clinic provides an important local, regional, and national diagnostic and therapeutic service for complex movement disorders. It is proposed that a national registry of IPD and audit of the delivery of care to patients with movement disorders is needed.
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Burgunder JM, Schöls L, Baets J, Andersen P, Gasser T, Szolnoki Z, Fontaine B, Van Broeckhoven C, Di Donato S, De Jonghe P, Lynch T, Mariotti C, Spinazzola A, Tabrizi SJ, Tallaksen C, Zeviani M, Harbo HF, Finsterer J. EFNS guidelines for the molecular diagnosis of neurogenetic disorders: motoneuron, peripheral nerve and muscle disorders. Eur J Neurol 2011; 18:207-217. [PMID: 20500522 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03069.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVES These EFNS guidelines on the molecular diagnosis of motoneuron disorders, neuropathies and myopathies are designed to summarize the possibilities and limitations of molecular genetic techniques and to provide diagnostic criteria for deciding when a molecular diagnostic work-up is indicated. SEARCH STRATEGY To collect data about planning, conditions and performance of molecular diagnosis of these disorders, a literature search in various electronic databases was carried out and original papers, meta-analyses, review papers and guideline recommendations reviewed. RESULTS The best level of evidence for genetic testing recommendation (B) can be found for the disorders with specific presentations, including familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1A, myotonic dystrophy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. For a number of less common disorders, a precise description of the phenotype, including the use of immunologic methods in the case of myopathies, is considered as good clinical practice to guide molecular genetic testing. CONCLUSION These guidelines are provisional and the future availability of molecular-genetic epidemiological data about the neurogenetic disorders under discussion in this article will allow improved recommendation with an increased level of evidence.
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Mulroy E, Murphy S, Lynch T. Alexia without agraphia. IRISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 2011; 104:124. [PMID: 21675099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Alexia without agraphia (also called pure alexia or word blindness) was the first of the disconnection syndromes (syndromes caused by disconnection of the right from the left cerebral hemisphere through interruption of the communication pathways between them) to be described. Déjerine in 1892 reported a patient who developed this syndrome after an infarct of the left occipital lobe and splenium of the corpus callosum. We describe a patient who developed alexia without agraphia due to an embolic left occipital lobe infarct extending to the posterior commissure and splenium of the corpus callosum.
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Vilariño-Güell C, Ross OA, Aasly JO, White LR, Rajput A, Rajput AH, Lynch T, Krygowska-Wajs A, Jasinska-Myga B, Opala G, Barcikowska M, Lee MC, Hentati F, Uitti RJ, Wszolek ZK, Farrer MJ, Wu RM. An independent replication of PARK16 in Asian samples. Neurology 2011; 75:2248-9. [PMID: 21172849 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e318202031f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Cummins G, O’Hare A, Dunne R, Connolly S, O’Rourke K, Lynch T. “Sixteen and a half”: a novel pontine neuro-ophthalmological syndrome. J Neurol 2011; 258:1347-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5890-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2010] [Revised: 12/15/2010] [Accepted: 12/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wider C, Vilariño-Güell C, Heckman MG, Jasinska-Myga B, Ortolaza-Soto AI, Diehl NN, Crook JE, Cobb SA, Bacon JA, Aasly JO, Gibson JM, Lynch T, Uitti RJ, Wszolek ZK, Farrer MJ, Ross OA. SNCA, MAPT, and GSK3B in Parkinson disease: a gene-gene interaction study. Eur J Neurol 2010; 18:876-81. [PMID: 21159074 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03297.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Recent evidence suggests that variation in the SNCA, MAPT, and GSK3B genes interacts in affecting risk for Parkinson disease (PD). In the current study, we attempt to validate previously published findings, evaluating gene-gene interactions between SNCA, MAPT, and GSK3B in association with PD. METHODS Three Caucasian PD patient-control series from the United States, Ireland, and Norway (combined n = 1020 patients and 1095 controls) were genotyped for SNCA rs356219, MAPT H1/H2-discriminating SNP rs1052553, and GSK3B rs334558 and rs6438552. RESULTS Our findings indicate that as previously reported, the SNCA rs356219-G allele and MAPT rs1052553 (H1 haplotype) were both associated with an increased risk of PD, whilst contrary to previous reports, GSK3B variants were not. No pair-wise interaction was observed between SNCA, MAPT, and GSK3B; the risk effects of SNCA rs356219-G and MAPT rs1052553-H1 were seen in a similar manner across genotypes of other variants, with no evidence suggesting synergistic, antagonistic, or deferential effects. CONCLUSIONS In the Caucasian patient-control series examined, risk for PD was influenced by variation in SNCA and MAPT but not GSK3B. Additionally, those three genes did not interact in determining disease risk.
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Lynch T, Clark D, Centeno C, Rocafort J, de Lima L, Filbet M, Hegedus K, Belle O, Giordano A, Guillén F, Wright M. Barriers to the development of palliative care in Western Europe. Palliat Med 2010; 24:812-9. [PMID: 20501511 DOI: 10.1177/0269216310368578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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UNLABELLED The Eurobarometer Survey of the EAPC Task Force on the Development of Palliative Care in Europe is part of a programme of work to produce comprehensive information on the provision of palliative care across Europe. AIM To identify barriers to the development of palliative care in Western Europe. METHOD A qualitative survey was undertaken amongst boards of national associations, eliciting opinions on opportunities for, and barriers to, palliative care development. By July 2006, 44/52 (85%) European countries had responded to the survey; we report here on the results from 22/25 (88%) countries in Western Europe. ANALYSIS Data from the Eurobarometer Survey were analysed thematically by geographical region and by the degree of development of palliative care in each country. RESULTS From the data contained within the Eurobarometer, we identified six significant barriers to the development of palliative care in Western Europe: (i) lack of palliative care education and training programmes; (ii) lack of awareness and recognition of palliative care; (iii) limited availability of/knowledge about opioid analgesics; (iv) limited funding; (v) lack of coordination amongst services; and (vi) uneven palliative care coverage. CONCLUSION Findings from the EAPC Eurobarometer Survey suggest that barriers to the development of palliative care in Western Europe may differ substantially from each other in both their scope and context and that some may be considered to be of greater significance than others. A number of common barriers to the development of the discipline do exist and much work still remains to be done in the identified areas. This paper provides a road map of which barriers need to be addressed.
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Dachsel JC, Wider C, Vilariño-Güell C, Aasly JO, Rajput A, Rajput AH, Lynch T, Craig D, Krygowska-Wajs A, Jasinska-Myga B, Opala G, Barcikowska M, Czyzewski K, Wu RM, Heckman MG, Uitti RJ, Wszolek ZK, Farrer MJ, Ross OA. Death-associated protein kinase 1 variation and Parkinson's disease. Eur J Neurol 2010; 18:1090-3. [PMID: 21749573 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03255.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Mutations of the LRRK2 gene are now recognized as major risk factors for Parkinson's disease. The Lrrk2 protein is a member of the ROCO family, which also includes Lrrk1 and Dapk1. Functional genetic variants of the DAPK1 gene (rs4877365 and rs4878104) have been previously associated with Alzheimer's disease. METHODS Herein, we assessed the role of DAPK1 variants (rs4877365 and rs4878104) in risk of Parkinson's disease with Sequenom iPLEX genotyping, employing one Taiwanese series (391 patients with Parkinson's disease, 344 controls) and five separate Caucasian series' (combined sample size 1962 Parkinson's disease patients, 1900 controls). RESULTS We observed no evidence of association for rs4877365 and rs4878104 and risk of Parkinson's disease in any of the individual series or in the combined Caucasian series under either an additive or recessive model. CONCLUSION These specific DAPK1 intronic variants do not increase the risk of Parkinson's disease. However, further functional studies are required to elucidate the potential therapeutic implications with the dimerization of the Dapk1 and Lrrk2 proteins.
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