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Peillet C, Adams D, Attarian S, Bouhour F, Cauquil C, Cassereau J, Chanson JB, Cintas P, Creange A, Delmont E, Fargeot G, Genestet S, Gueguen A, Kaminsky AL, Kuntzer T, Labeyrie C, Michaud M, Pereon Y, Puma A, Viala K, Chretien P, Adam C, Echaniz-Laguna A. Anti-disialosyl-IgM chronic autoimmune neuropathies: a nationwide multicenter retrospective study. Eur J Neurol 2022; 29:3547-3555. [PMID: 35969369 DOI: 10.1111/ene.15523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 07/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND & PURPOSE In this retrospective study involving 14 University Hospitals from France and Switzerland, we aimed at defining the clinicopathologic features of chronic neuropathies with anti-disialosyl ganglioside IgM antibodies (CNDA). RESULTS Fifty-five patients with a polyneuropathy evolving for more than 2 months and with at least one anti-disialosyl ganglioside IgM antibody, i.e., anti-GD1b, -GT1b, -GQ1b, -GT1a, -GD2 and -GD3 were identified. Seventy-eight percent of patients were male, mean age at disease onset was 55 years (30-76), and disease onset was progressive (82%) or acute (18%). Patients presented with limb sensory symptoms (94% of cases), sensory ataxia (85%), oculomotor weakness (36%), limb motor symptoms (31%), and bulbar muscles weakness (18%). Sixty-five percent of patients had a demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy electrodiagnostic profile, and 24% a sensory neuronopathy profile. Anti-GD1b antibodies were found in 78% of cases, while other anti-disialosyl antibodies were each observed in less than 51% of patients. Other features included nerve biopsy demyelination (100% of cases), increased cerebrospinal fluid protein content (75%), IgM paraprotein (50%), and malignant hemopathy (8%). Eighty six percent of CNDA patients were intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg)-responsive, and rituximab was successfully used as second-line treatment in 50% of cases. Fifteen percent of patients had mild symptoms and were not treated. CNDA course was progressive (55%) or relapsing (45%), and 93% of patients still walked after a mean disease duration of 11 years. CONCLUSION CNDA have a recognizable phenotype, are mostly IgIV-responsive, and present with a good outcome in a majority of cases.
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- Claire Peillet
- Neurology Department, APHP, CHU de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,French National Reference Center for Rare Neuropathies (NNERF), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94276, France
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- Neurology Department, APHP, CHU de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,French National Reference Center for Rare Neuropathies (NNERF), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94276, France.,INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Neurology Department, CHU Timone, 264 Rue Saint Pierre, 13005, Marseille, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, 69500, Bron, France
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- Neurology Department, APHP, CHU de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,French National Reference Center for Rare Neuropathies (NNERF), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94276, France.,INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Reference Centre for Neuromuscular Disorders, Department of Neurology, Angers University Hospital, 49933 Angers, France, Service de Neurologie, CHU Angers, Angers, France
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- Department of Neurology, Reference Center for Neuromuscular Disorders NEIDF, University Hospital of Strasbourg, France
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- Service de Neurologie, CHU Henri Mondor, APHP, UPEC, Créteil, France
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- Neurology Department, CHU Timone, 264 Rue Saint Pierre, 13005, Marseille, France
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, APHP, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital Brest, France
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- Department of Neurology, Fondation Ophtalmologique A. de Rothschild, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurology, Reference Center for Neuromuscular Disorders NEIDF, University Hospital of Nancy, France
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- Nerve-muscle unit, Department of clinical neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Switzerland
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- Neurology Department, APHP, CHU de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,French National Reference Center for Rare Neuropathies (NNERF), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94276, France.,INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Department of Neurology, Reference Center for Neuromuscular Disorders NEIDF, University Hospital of Nancy, France
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- Reference Centre for Neuromuscular Disorders AOC Filnemus, Euro-NMD, Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
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- Peripheral Nervous System and Muscle Department, Côte d'Azur University, Nice University Hospital, Nice, France
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- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, APHP, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Clinical Immunology Laboratory, APHP, CHU Bicêtre, 94276, France.,Université de Paris, CNRS, INSERM, UTCBS, Unité des technologies Chimiques et Biologiques pour la Santé, Paris, France
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- Pathology Department, APHP, CHU de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Neurology Department, APHP, CHU de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,French National Reference Center for Rare Neuropathies (NNERF), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94276, France.,INSERM U1195, Paris-Saclay University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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Ouallet JC, Radat F, Creange A, Abdellaoui M, Heinzlef O, Giannesini C, Hautecoeur P, Lamargue Hamel D, Deloire M, Brochet B, Jean Deleglise AS, Lehert P. Evaluation of emotional disorders before and during treatment with interferon beta in patients with multiple sclerosis. J Neurol Sci 2020; 413:116739. [PMID: 32151852 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.116739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Domains encompassing emotional disorders in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) patients are still unclear. METHODS We performed a 24-month, multicenter, single-arm, prospective study. RRMS patients started IFN-β treatment at baseline. The primary endpoint was lack of emotional control, measured using the "Echelle d'HumeurDépressive" (EHD) scale three times at baseline and at 10 post-treatment visits. Secondary endpoints were emotional blunting, irritability, fatigue, depression and anxiety. A linear mixed covariance model assessed change from baseline on an intention-to-treat basis, under the assumption of no mood disorder effect (one-sided 97.5% level), in which autoregressive type of autocorrelation was tested. RESULTS Out of 79 recruited patients, 70 were analyzed: 80% female; mean (SD) age, 37.0 (11.5) years. Mean (SD) lack of emotional control score at baseline and Month 24 was 12.7 (4.4) and 12.6 (5.5), respectively, versus 10.1 (3.2) in a healthy control population matched for age and sex. Stepwise analysis identified younger age, male sex and antidepressant use as significant predictors of higher lack of emotional control values. CONCLUSIONS Based on 24 months of prospective follow-up, the results of this study highlights a broad spectrum of emotional disorders in the MS population at the time of disease modifying drugs initiation but no major IFN-β-related emotional disorders (mood dyscontrol, anxiety, depression) were observed. However, sporadic occurrences of severe mood disorders and suicidality cannot be excluded.
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- Jean-Christophe Ouallet
- Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
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- Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Service de Neurologie, Groupe Hospitalier Henri Mondor, APHP, Université Paris Est-Créteil, Creteil, France
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- Service de Neurologie, Groupe Hospitalier Henri Mondor, APHP, Université Paris Est-Créteil, Creteil, France
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- Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier de Poissy, Poissy, France
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- Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire St Antoine, APHP, Paris, France
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- Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; NeuroCentre Magendie, INSERM U862, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Faculty of Economics, Louvain University, Belgium; Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Australia
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Lebrun C, Vukusic S, Abadie V, Achour C, Ader F, Alchaar H, Alkhedr A, Andreux F, Androdias G, Arjmand R, Audoin B, Audry D, Aufauvre D, Autreaux C, Ayrignac X, Bailbe M, Benazet M, Bensa C, Bensmail D, Berger E, Bernady P, Bertagna Y, Biotti D, Blanchard-Dauphin A, Bonenfant J, Bonnan M, Bonnemain B, Borgel F, Botelho-Nevers E, Boucly S, Bourre B, Boutière C, Branger P, Brassat D, Bresch S, Breuil V, Brochet B, Brugeilles H, Bugnon P, Cabre P, Camdessanché JP, Carra-Dalière C, Casez O, Chamouard JM, Chassande B, Chataignier P, Chbicheb M, Chenet A, Ciron J, Clavelou P, Cohen M, Colamarino R, Collongues N, Coman I, Corail PR, Courtois S, Coustans M, Creange A, Creisson E, Daluzeau N, Davenas C, De Seze J, Debouverie M, Depaz R, Derache N, Divio L, Douay X, Dulau C, Durand-Dubief F, Edan G, Elias Z, Fagniez O, Faucher M, Faucheux JM, Fournier M, Gagneux-Brunon A, Gaida P, Galli P, Gallien P, Gaudelus J, Gault D, Gayou A, Genevray M, Gentil A, Gere J, Gignoux L, Giroux M, Givron P, Gout O, Grimaud J, Guennoc AM, Hadhoum N, Hautecoeur P, Heinzlef O, Jaeger M, Jeannin S, Kremer L, Kwiatkowski A, Labauge P, Labeyrie C, Lachaud S, Laffont I, Lanctin-Garcia C, Lannoy J, Lanotte L, Laplaud D, Latombe D, Lauxerois M, Le Page E, Lebrun-Frenay C, Lejeune P, Lejoyeux P, Lemonnier B, Leray E, Loche CM, Louapre C, Lubetzki C, Maarouf A, Mada B, Magy L, Maillart E, Manchon E, Marignier R, Marque P, Mathey G, Maurousset A, Mekies C, Merienne M, Michel L, Milor AM, Moisset X, Montcuquet A, Moreau T, Morel N, Moussa M, Naudillon JP, Normand M, Olive P, Ouallet JC, Outteryck O, Pacault C, Papeix C, Patry I, Peaureaux D, Pelletier J, Pichon B, Pittion S, Planque E, Pouget MC, Pourcher V, Radot C, Robert I, Rocher F, Ruet A, Ruet A, Saint-Val C, Salle JY, Salmon A, Sartori E, Schaeffer S, Stankhof B, Taithe F, Thouvenot E, Tizon C, Tourbah A, Tourniaire P, Vaillant M, Vermersch P, Vidil S, Wahab A, Warter MH, Wiertlewski S, Wiplosz B, Wittwer B, Zaenker C, Zephir H. Immunization and multiple sclerosis: Recommendations from the French Multiple Sclerosis Society. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2019; 175:341-357. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2019.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Revised: 03/31/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Laplaud DA, Barbin L, Casey R, Debouverie M, Vukusic S, Labauge P, Brassat D, Wiertlewski S, De Seze J, Edan G, Brochet B, Moreau T, Berger E, Clavelou P, Castelnovo G, Ciron J, Pelletier J, Bourre B, Lubetzki C, Al Khedr A, Vermersch P, Lebrun-Frenay C, Defer G, Tourbah A, Camdessanche JP, Stankoff B, Labeyrie C, Patry I, Creange A, Gout O, Heinzlef O, Casez O, Magy L, Guennoc AM, De Broucker T, Nifle C, Dupel-Pottier C, Leray E, Rollot F, Foucher Y. Efficacité comparée du Teriflunomide et du Dimethyl-Fumarate : une étude observationnelle française multicentrique. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2018.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022] Open
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Bismuth J, Salhi H, Nordine T, Robert F, Antoine JC, Lefaucheur JP, Creange A. L’alcool : une cause de neuronopathie sensitive. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2015.01.327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kenmegne C, Hayet S, Creange A, Fenelon G. Neurotoxicité du protoxyde d’azote par carence en vitamine B12. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2015.01.244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Jaoua A, Hosseini H, Kerchen P, Szabo A, Leboyer M, Creange A. Encéphalite limbique à AC anti NMDA-R. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2014.01.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bridoux A, Creange A, Lefaucheur JP, Hosseini H, Ayache S, Fahrat W, Zouari H, Covali-Noroc A, Drouot X. Mesure électrophysiologique des propriétés restauratrices du sommeil sur la fatigue neurologique centrale de sujets sains. Neurophysiol Clin 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2013.01.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Morin A, Kerschen P, Marois C, Creange A, Dimitri D. Hémiparésie progressive isolée : SEP progressive primaire ou « sclérose solitaire » ? Rev Neurol (Paris) 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2013.01.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Perron H, Germi R, Bernard C, Garcia-Montojo M, Deluen C, Farinelli L, Faucard R, Veas F, Stefas I, Fabriek BO, Van-Horssen J, Van-der-Valk P, Gerdil C, Mancuso R, Saresella M, Clerici M, Marcel S, Creange A, Cavaretta R, Caputo D, Arru G, Morand P, Lang AB, Sotgiu S, Ruprecht K, Rieckmann P, Villoslada P, Chofflon M, Boucraut J, Pelletier J, Hartung HP. Human endogenous retrovirus type W envelope expression in blood and brain cells provides new insights into multiple sclerosis disease. Mult Scler 2012; 18:1721-36. [PMID: 22457345 PMCID: PMC3573672 DOI: 10.1177/1352458512441381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Background: The envelope protein from multiple sclerosis (MS) associated retroviral element (MSRV), a member of the Human Endogenous Retroviral family ‘W’ (HERV-W), induces dysimmunity and inflammation. Objective: The objective of this study was to confirm and specify the association between HERV-W/MSRV envelope (Env) expression and MS. Methods: 103 MS, 199 healthy controls (HC) and controls with other neurological diseases (28), chronic infections (30) or autoimmunity (30) were analysed with an immunoassay detecting Env in serum. Env RNA or DNA copy numbers in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were determined by a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Env was detected by immunohistology in the brains of patients with MS with three specific monoclonals. Results: Env antigen was detected in a serum of 73% of patients with MS with similar prevalence in all clinical forms, and not in chronic infection, systemic lupus, most other neurological diseases and healthy donors (p<0.01). Cases with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (5/8) and rare HC (4/103) were positive. RNA expression in PBMC and DNA copy numbers were significantly elevated in patients with MS versus HC (p<0.001). In patients with MS, DNA copy numbers were significantly increased in chronic progressive MS (secondary progressive MS vs relapsing–remitting MS (RRMS) p<0.001; primary progressive MS vs RRMS –<0.02). Env protein was evidenced in macrophages within MS brain lesions with particular concentrations around vascular elements. Conclusion: The association between MS disease and the MSRV-type HERV-W element now appears quite strong, as evidenced ex-vivo from serum and PBMC with post-mortem confirmation in brain lesions. Chronic progressive MS, RRMS and clinically isolated syndrome show different ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) and/or PCR profiles suggestive of an increase with disease evolution, and amplicon sequencing confirms the association with particular HERV-W elements.
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Renard D, Brochet B, Vukusic S, Edan G, Deburghgraeve V, Goizet C, Dupuy D, Touze E, Deschamps R, Zephyr H, Creange A, Castelnovo G, Boespflug-Tanguy O, Labauge P. Clinical and Radiological Characteristics in Multiple Sclerosis Patients with Large Cavitary Lesions. Eur Neurol 2012; 68:156-61. [DOI: 10.1159/000338476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sene D, Authier FJ, Hu S, Pajaniandy S, Amoura Z, Cacoub P, Creange A, Lefaucheur JP. Neuropathie des petites fibres associée au syndrome de Gougerot-Sjögren primaire : évaluation d’une approche diagnostique combinant la biopsie neurocutanée et les tests neurophysiologiques. Rev Med Interne 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2011.10.283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Boerio-Gueguen D, Lefaucheur JP, Creange A, Benoit E. P12-10 Multiple measures of peripheral nerve excitability in vivo in a mouse model of demyelinating neuropathy. Clin Neurophysiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(10)60714-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Boerio D, Creange A, Hogrel JY, Lefaucheur JP. MO28 Identification of motor nerve excitability profiles in various peripheral neuropathies. Clin Neurophysiol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(08)60137-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Boërio D, Lefaucheur J, Hogrel J, Creange A. Modulations de l’excitabilité nerveuse par les immunoglobulines intraveineuses dans les neuropathies démyélisantes inflammatoires. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s0035-3787(08)70045-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Loustau V, Gueguen A, Malapert D, Otmezguine Y, Creange A. F - 22 Une myélopathie démyélinisante, complication semi retardée d’une irradiation vertébrale chez une patiente atteinte de sclérose en plaques. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0035-3787(07)90854-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Rosso C, Remy P, Creange A, Brugieres P, Cesaro P, Hosseini H. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging characteristics of an acute strokelike form of multiple sclerosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2006; 27:1006-8. [PMID: 16687533 PMCID: PMC7975747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The characteristics of multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions on diffusion-weighted sequences and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) mapping at the very early phase of symptoms have not been clearly described. We report the case of a young woman who presented with a sudden pseudostroke form of MS resulting in hemiplegia and sudden aphasia. MR imaging showed a lesion of the left internal capsule with reduced ADC, which suggests an ischemic stroke. This case shows that very acute MS lesions may have reduced ADC on MR imaging, reflecting cytotoxic and not vasogenic edema.
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- C Rosso
- Department of Neurology, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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Chalumeau-Lemoine L, Chretien F, Gaëlle Si Larbi A, Brugieres P, Gray F, Brun-Buisson C, Creange A. Devic disease with brainstem lesions. Arch Neurol 2006; 63:591-3. [PMID: 16606774 DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.4.591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We describe a patient who suffered from an unusually severe form of neuromyelitis optica with a hyperacute time-course evolution requiring mechanical ventilation within 3 days. The patient died after 72 days and autopsy showed major spinal cord, optic nerve, and brainstem necrosis, and multifocal necrotic lesions on the cerebellum and cerebral white matter.
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- Ludivine Chalumeau-Lemoine
- Medical Reanimation Service, Pathology Department, Henri Mondor Hospital, 51 Avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94000 Créteil, France
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The clinical interest of a new type of laser evoked potentials (LEPs) using Nd:YAG laser was assessed in the diagnosis of peripheral neuropathies affecting the small-diameter nerve fibres, and of spinal cord lesions, affecting the spinothalamic tract. Twelve patients aged from 26 to 79 years with sensory neuropathies (n = 6) or spinal cord lesions (n = 6) underwent neurophysiological examination of the lower limbs comprising quantitative sensory testing, i.e., the determination of vibratory and thermal thresholds (VT and TT), somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) to electrical stimulation and Nd:YAG LEPs. VT and SEPs were used to assess large-diameter afferent nerve fibres and the lemniscal pathways while TT and LEPs were used to assess small-diameter afferent nerve fibres and the spinothalamic tract. In addition, patients with peripheral neuropathy underwent also standard nerve conduction studies to explore large fibres and the recording of sympathetic skin responses (SSRs) to explore small fibres, whereas motor evoked potentials were performed in patients with spinal cord lesion. LEPs were absent bilaterally in all patients with polyneuropathy, even when TT remained within the normal limits and SSRs were present. LEPs were absent after stimulation of the affected limb in all patients with a spinal cord lesion, and allowed to detect subclinical contralateral lesion in two cases. LEPs following Nd:YAG laser stimulation are sensitive in the diagnosis of peripheral and/or central nervous system disorders and they give complementary information as compared to routine electrophysiological tests.
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- J P Lefaucheur
- Service de physiologie-explorations fonctionnelles, centre hospitalier universitaire Henri Mondor, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil, France.
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Authier FJ, Cherin P, Creange A, Bonnotte B, Ferrer X, Abdelmoumni A, Ranoux D, Pelletier J, Figarella-Branger D, Granel B, Maisonobe T, Coquet M, Degos JD, Gherardi RK. Central nervous system disease in patients with macrophagic myofasciitis. Brain 2001; 124:974-83. [PMID: 11335699 DOI: 10.1093/brain/124.5.974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Macrophagic myofasciitis (MMF), a condition newly recognized in France, is manifested by diffuse myalgias and characterized by highly specific myopathological alterations which have recently been shown to represent an unusually persistent local reaction to intramuscular injections of aluminium-containing vaccines. Among 92 MMF patients recognized so far, eight of them, which included the seven patients reported here, had a symptomatic demyelinating CNS disorder. CNS manifestations included hemisensory or sensorimotor symptoms (four out of seven), bilateral pyramidal signs (six out of seven), cerebellar signs (four out of seven), visual loss (two out of seven), cognitive and behavioural disorders (one out of seven) and bladder dysfunction (one out of seven). Brain T(2)-weighted MRI showed single (two out of seven) or multiple (four out of seven) supratentorial white matter hyperintense signals and corpus callosum atrophy (one out of seven). Evoked potentials were abnormal in four out of six patients and CSF in four out of seven. According to Poser's criteria for multiple sclerosis, the diagnosis was clinically definite (five out of seven) or clinically probable multiple sclerosis (two out of seven). Six out of seven patients had diffuse myalgias. Deltoid muscle biopsy showed stereotypical accumulations of PAS (periodic acid-Schiff)-positive macrophages, sparse CD8+ T cells and minimal myofibre damage. Aluminium-containing vaccines had been administered 3-78 months (median = 33 months) before muscle biopsy (hepatitis B virus: four out of seven, tetanus toxoid: one out of seven, both hepatitis B virus and tetanus toxoid: two out of seven). The association between MMF and multiple sclerosis-like disorders may give new insights into the controversial issues surrounding vaccinations and demyelinating CNS disorders. Deltoid muscle biopsy searching for myopathological alterations of MMF should be performed in multiple sclerosis patients with diffuse myalgias.
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- F J Authier
- Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Muscle et le Nerf (GERMEN, EA Université Paris XII-Val de Marne), Faculté de Médecine de Créteil, Département de Pathologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, AP-HP, Créteil, France.
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Biopsies of peroneal nerve and labial salivary gland (LSG) were performed in 32 patients with polyneuropathy of unknown origin. Amyloid deposits were detected in 7 LSG (transthyretin=5; amyloid, light chain derived=2) and 6 nerve biopsies. Familial amyloid and light chain amyloid polyneuropathies were subsequently confirmed by relevant tests. We propose that LSG biopsy, a minimally invasive test that may document both sicca syndrome and amyloidosis, should be systematically performed in the investigation of patients with axonal polyneuropathies.
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Adle-Biassette H, Bell JE, Creange A, Sazdovitch V, Authier FJ, Gray F, Hauw JJ, Gherardi R. DNA breaks detected by in situ end-labelling in dorsal root ganglia of patients with AIDS. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 1998; 24:373-80. [PMID: 9821168 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.1998.00135.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Distal sensory axonal polyneuropathy (DSP) is the most frequent HIV-associated peripheral neuropathy. DSPs tend to occur in full-blown AIDS and worsen as CD4 cell counts decrease in blood. To assess a possible role for apoptosis in the pathogenesis of the neuropathy, we used in situ end-labelling (ISEL) detecting DNA strand breaks in DRG neurons of 19 HIV-infected patients, of whom nine had axonal polyneuropathy, and 11 controls. Sensory neurons with ISEL-assessed DNA breaks were observed in 9/19 patients with AIDS, 0/3 patients with pre-AIDS, and 1/11 controls. The prevalence of DNA breaks in neurons was higher in AIDS patients than in controls (P < 0.05). Among AIDS patients, DNA breaks in neurons were more abundant in patients with peripheral neuropathy (P < 0.04). It is possible that DNA breaks of DRG neurons induce the axonopathy and consequently play a role in the pathogenesis of DSP. It cannot be excluded, however, that DNA breaks could represent the result rather than the cause of axonopathy. We suggest that ISEL may detect neurons that were primed to apoptosis before death in relation with the HIV infection, and undergo DNA fragmentation at time of death, rather than neurons that underwent premortem both priming and triggering steps of the apoptotic process. This hypothesis could explain why most ISEL-positive neurons lack typical apoptotic morphology and why normal controls do not show ISEL positive cells.
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- H Adle-Biassette
- Département de Pathologie (Neuropathologie), CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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Creange A, Theodorou I, Sabourin JC, Vital C, Farcet JP, Gheradi RK. Inflammatory neuromuscular disorders associated with chronic lymphoid leukemia: evidence for clonal B cells within muscle and nerve. J Neurol Sci 1996; 137:35-41. [PMID: 9120485 DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(95)00324-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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It is frequently difficult to determine whether a neuromuscular disorder (NMD) related to a lymphoproliferative disease is neoplastic, paraneoplastic, or incidental. This may explain why neuromuscular complications of chronic lymphoid leukemia (CLL), a frequent disorder, have been rarely reported. We describe 7 patients with CLL and neuromuscular involvement in whom phenotypic and genotypic characterization of infiltrating lymphoid cells was carried out by immunocytochemistry and PCR-amplification of immunoglobulin heavy chain locus. One patient had massive neoplastic infiltration of muscle, and six presented with inflammatory-like NMDs (dermatomyositis: 2, polymyositis: 1, vasculitic mononeuropathy: 2; inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy: 1). Immunocytochemistry on nerve and muscle frozen sections showed a monotypic lymphoid cell population in 3 cases and failed in 4 cases. The PCR analysis of immunoglobulin heavy chain gene (FR3-FR4) rearrangement detected clonal B-cells in all biopsy specimens. There are arguments suggesting that incidental or paraneoplastic inflammatory NMDs may progress to neoplastic infiltration in CLL patients, as a result of the traffic of tumor B-cells from circulation to nerve and muscle tissues. This may question the traditional distinction between inflammatory and neoplastic NMDs in patients with lymphoid cell proliferations.
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- A Creange
- Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, France
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