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Author Response: Progressive Auditory Verbal Agnosia Secondary to Alzheimer Disease. Neurology 2022; 98:644. [PMID: 35410920 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000200298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Predicting future rates of tau accumulation on PET. Brain 2021; 143:3136-3150. [PMID: 33094327 PMCID: PMC7586089 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awaa248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Clinical trials with anti-tau drugs will need to target individuals at risk of accumulating tau. Our objective was to identify variables available in a research setting that predict future rates of tau PET accumulation separately among individuals who were either cognitively unimpaired or cognitively impaired. All 337 participants had: a baseline study visit with MRI, amyloid PET, and tau PET exams, at least one follow-up tau PET exam; and met clinical criteria for membership in one of two clinical diagnostic groups: cognitively unimpaired (n = 203); or cognitively impaired (n = 134, a combined group of participants with either mild cognitive impairment or dementia with Alzheimer’s clinical syndrome). Our primary analyses were in these two clinical groups; however, we also evaluated subgroups dividing the unimpaired group by normal/abnormal amyloid PET and the impaired group by clinical phenotype (mild cognitive impairment, amnestic dementia, and non-amnestic dementia). Linear mixed effects models were used to estimate associations between age, sex, education, APOE genotype, amyloid and tau PET standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR), cognitive performance, cortical thickness, and white matter hyperintensity volume at baseline, and the rate of subsequent tau PET accumulation. Log-transformed tau PET SUVR was used as the response and rates were summarized as annual per cent change. A temporal lobe tau PET meta-region of interest was used. In the cognitively unimpaired group, only higher baseline amyloid PET was a significant independent predictor of higher tau accumulation rates (P < 0.001). Higher rates of tau accumulation were associated with faster rates of cognitive decline in the cognitively unimpaired subgroup with abnormal amyloid PET (P = 0.03), but among the subgroup with normal amyloid PET. In the cognitively impaired group, younger age (P = 0.02), higher baseline amyloid PET (P = 0.05), APOE ε4 (P = 0.05), and better cognitive performance (P = 0.05) were significant independent predictors of higher tau accumulation rates. Among impaired individuals, faster cognitive decline was associated with faster rates of tau accumulation (P = 0.01). While we examined many possible predictor variables, our results indicate that screening of unimpaired individuals for potential inclusion in anti-tau trials may be straightforward because the only independent predictor of high tau rates was amyloidosis. In cognitively impaired individuals, imaging and clinical variables consistent with early onset Alzheimer’s disease phenotype were associated with higher rates of tau PET accumulation suggesting this may be a highly advantageous group in which to conduct proof-of-concept clinical trials that target tau-related mechanisms. The nature of the dementia phenotype (amnestic versus non-amnestic) did not affect this conclusion.
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Diagnostic yield of rem sleep muscle activity for presumed synucleinopathy neurodegeneration. Sleep Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Tauopathies are rare neurodegenerative disorders related to microtubule-associated protein tau, which functions to stabilize microtubules. Pathological changes caused by overexpression or hyperphosphorylation of tau lead to the disengagement of tau from microtubules and accumulation of toxic intracellular inclusions. Tau pathology is the underlying mechanism for several sporadic and genetic disorders. These are collectively known as tauopathies. Each tauopathy is differentiated from others by its neuropathological features such as the presence of specific isoforms of tau, type of cellular inclusions, and the regions of the brain affected. Neuropathological features, with a few exceptions however, do not correspond to distinct clinical phenotypes. There is considerable phenotypic overlap between the different tauopathies. Interaction between tau and other protein inclusions further alters the clinical phenotype.Recent advances in the development of tau biomarkers, especially the development of tau radioligands used in positron emission tomography neuroimaging, and a better understanding of biology and pathology of tau are important first steps toward the ultimate goal of accurate diagnosis and disease modification in tauopathies.
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The diagnosis of progressive supranuclear palsy: current opinions and challenges. Expert Rev Neurother 2018; 18:603-616. [DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2018.1489241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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High School Football and Late-Life Risk of Neurodegenerative Syndromes, 1956-1970. Mayo Clin Proc 2017; 92:66-71. [PMID: 27979411 PMCID: PMC5452974 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess whether athletes who played American varsity high school football between 1956 and 1970 have an increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases later in life. PATIENTS AND METHODS We identified all male varsity football players between 1956 and 1970 in the public high schools of Rochester, Minnesota, and non-football-playing male varsity swimmers, wrestlers, and basketball players. Using the medical records linkage system of the Rochester Epidemiology Project, we ascertained the incidence of late-life neurodegenerative diseases: dementia, parkinsonism, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. We also recorded medical record-documented head trauma during high school years. RESULTS We identified 296 varsity football players and 190 athletes engaging in other sports. Football players had an increased risk of medically documented head trauma, especially if they played football for more than 1 year. Compared with nonfootball athletes, football players did not have an increased risk of neurodegenerative disease overall or of the individual conditions of dementia, parkinsonism, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. CONCLUSION In this community-based study, varsity high school football players from 1956 to 1970 did not have an increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases compared with athletes engaged in other varsity sports. This was from an era when there was a generally nihilistic view of concussion dangers, less protective equipment, and no prohibition of spearing (head-first tackling). However, the size and strength of players from previous eras may not be comparable with that of current high school athletes.
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P2‐285: Characteristics, caregiver evaluations, and telephone call volume of a frontotemporal dementia caregiver educational and support program. Alzheimers Dement 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2015.06.826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The Apraxia of Speech Rating Scale: a tool for diagnosis and description of apraxia of speech. JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 2014; 51:43-50. [PMID: 25092638 PMCID: PMC4254321 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2014.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Revised: 06/04/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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UNLABELLED The purpose of this report is to describe an initial version of the Apraxia of Speech Rating Scale (ASRS), a scale designed to quantify the presence or absence, relative frequency, and severity of characteristics frequently associated with apraxia of speech (AOS). In this paper we report intra-judge and inter-judge reliability, as well as indices of validity, for the ASRS which was completed for 133 adult participants with a neurodegenerative speech or language disorder, 56 of whom had AOS. The overall inter-judge ICC among three clinicians was 0.94 for the total ASRS score and 0.91 for the number of AOS characteristics identified as present. Intra-judge ICC measures were high, ranging from 0.91 to 0.98. Validity was demonstrated on the basis of strong correlations with independent clinical diagnosis, as well as strong correlations of ASRS scores with independent clinical judgments of AOS severity. Results suggest that the ASRS is a potentially useful tool for documenting the presence and severity of characteristics of AOS. At this point in its development it has good potential for broader clinical use and for better subject description in AOS research. LEARNING OUTCOMES The Apraxia of Speech Rating Scale: A new tool for diagnosis and description of apraxia of speech 1. The reader will be able to explain characteristics of apraxia of speech. 2. The reader will be able to demonstrate use of a rating scale to document the presence and severity of speech characteristics. 3. The reader will be able to explain the reliability and validity of the ASRS.
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P1‐264: LONGITUDINAL CHANGES IN BRAIN MRI AND NEUROPSYCHOMETRICS IN ASYMPTOMATIC AND SYMPTOMATIC FAMILIAL FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION WITH MUTATIONS IN MAPT. Alzheimers Dement 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.05.504] [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]
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O3‐03‐05: LONGITUDINAL MRI AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN SYMPTOMATIC FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION SUBJECTS WITH MUTATIONS IN MAPT, PGRN, AND C9ORF72. Alzheimers Dement 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.04.284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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O5–03–02: Structural and functional connectivity in the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia and a comparison to dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Alzheimers Dement 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.04.482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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IC‐P‐066: Structural and functional connectivity in the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia and a comparison with dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Alzheimers Dement 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.05.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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IC‐P‐067: Rates of atrophy differ across pathologically defined subtypes of Alzheimer's disease: A longitudinal MRI study. Alzheimers Dement 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.05.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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P3–125: Rates of atrophy differ across pathologically defined subtypes of Alzheimer's disease: A longitudinal MRI study. Alzheimers Dement 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.05.1196] [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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P4–124: Aphasia with left occipitotemporal hypometabolism: A novel presentation of posterior cortical atrophy? Alzheimers Dement 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.05.1514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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IC‐O2IC‐05: MRI in pathologically defined hippocampal sparing and limbic predominant atypical variants of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2012.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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P1‐152: MRI in pathologically‐defined hippocampal sparing and limbic predominant atypical variants of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2012.05.430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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IC‐P‐113: Microbleeds in logopenic progressive aphasia. Alzheimers Dement 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2012.05.147] [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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Atypical and Vascular Parkinsonism in Jamaica (P06.078). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p06.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Characterization of Frontotemporal Dementia +/- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Associated with the GGGGCC Repeat Expansion in C9ORF72 (S54.005). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.s54.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Neuroanatomical Signature of C9ORF72: A Comparison to MAPT, Progranulin and Sporadic FTD (IN9-2.004). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.in9-2.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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A Kindred with Familial Frontotemporal Dementia and/or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Associated with the GGGGCC Repeat Expansion in C9ORF72 (P05.058). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p05.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Neurocognitive Phenotypes across Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration TDP-43 Subtypes (P05.067). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p05.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Cognitive Endophenotype Associated with the C9ORF72 GGGGCC Expansion in FTD/ALS (P05.063). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p05.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Neuroimaging Correlates of Pathologically-Defined Atypical Alzheimer's Disease (P05.049). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p05.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Predicting Alzheimer Disease Versus Corticobasal Degeneration Pathology Underlying the Corticobasal Syndrome (P04.227). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p04.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Dementia Associated Epileptogenic Abnormalities: Implications for Testing, Treatment and Prognosis (P04.224). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p04.224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Characterization of the Neuropsychiatric Features Associated with Mutations in C9ORF72' MAPT and PGRN (P05.065). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p05.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Neuroanatomical Signature of C9ORF72: A Comparison to MAPT, Progranulin and Sporadic FTD (P05.061). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p05.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Parkinsonism in the Agrammatic and Logopenic Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia (P02.047). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p02.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The Alien Limb Phenomenon & Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (P03.257). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p03.257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The Role of Diffusion Tensor Imaging To Uncover Primary Lateral Sclerosis Masquerading as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (P03.118). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p03.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The role of EGFR amplification in trastuzumab resistance: A correlative analysis of TBCRC003. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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TBCRC 003: Phase II trial of trastuzumab (T) and lapatinib (L) in patients (pts) with HER2+ metastatic breast cancer (MBC). J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.15_suppl.527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BEST PRACTICE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY NOCTURNAL ENURESIS IN CHILDREN. JBI LIBRARY OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS 2010; 8:1-7. [PMID: 27820046 DOI: 10.11124/01938924-201008081-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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P3.015 Assessing non-cortical glucose metabolism in corticobasal syndrome. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1353-8020(09)70579-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PD, PDD, DLB, or AD? Mov Disord 2008. [DOI: 10.3109/9780203008454-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sensory ataxic neuropathy with ophthalmoparesis caused by POLG mutations. Neuromuscul Disord 2008; 18:626-32. [PMID: 18585914 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2008.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2007] [Revised: 03/31/2008] [Accepted: 05/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mutations in POLG gene are responsible for a wide spectrum of clinical disorders with altered mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) integrity, including mtDNA multiple deletions and depletion. Sensory ataxic neuropathy with ophthalmoparesis (SANDO) caused by mutations in POLG gene, fulfilling the clinical triad of sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria and/or dysphagia and ophthalmoparesis, has described in a few reports. Here we described five cases of adult onset autosomal recessive sensory ataxic neuropathy with ophthalmoplegia. All patients had ataxia, neuropathy, myopathy, and progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO). The muscle pathology revealed ragged-red and cytochrome c oxidase (COX) negative fibers in three patients. However, deficiencies in the activities of mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme complexes were not detected in any of the patients' muscle samples. Multiple deletions of mtDNA were detected in blood and muscle specimens but mtDNA depletion was not found. Due to these diagnostic difficulties, POLG-related syndromes are definitively diagnosed based on the presence of deleterious mutations in the POLG gene.
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A pilot study of adjuvant bevacizumab and chemotherapy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for high-risk breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 2008. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.26.15_suppl.519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Phenotypic variability associated with progranulin haploinsufficiency in patients with the common 1477C-->T (Arg493X) mutation: an international initiative. Lancet Neurol 2007; 6:857-68. [PMID: 17826340 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(07)70221-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND The progranulin gene (GRN) is mutated in 5-10% of patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and in about 20% of patients with familial FTLD. The most common mutation in GRN is Arg493X. We aimed to establish the contribution of this mutation to FTLD and related disorders. METHODS We measured the frequency of Arg493X in 3405 unrelated patients with various neurodegenerative diseases using Taqman single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping. Clinicopathological characterisation and shared haplotype analysis were done for 30 families with FTLD who carry Arg493X. To investigate the effect of potential modifying loci, we did linear regression analyses with onset age as the covariate for GRN variants, for genotypes of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE), and for haplotypes of the microtubule-associated protein tau gene (MAPT). FINDINGS Of 731 patients with FTLD, 16 (2%) carried Arg493X. This mutation was not detected in 2674 patients who did not have FTLD. In 37 patients with Arg493X from 30 families with FTLD, clinical diagnoses included frontotemporal dementia, primary progressive aphasia, corticobasal syndrome, and Alzheimer's disease. Range of onset age was 44-69 years. In all patients who came to autopsy (n=13), the pathological diagnosis was FTLD with neuronal inclusions that contained TAR DNA-binding protein or ubiquitin, but not tau. Neurofibrillary tangle pathology in the form of Braak staging correlated with overall neuropathology in the Arg493X carriers. Haplotype analyses suggested that Arg493X arose twice, with a single founder for 27 families. Linear regression analyses suggested that patients with SNP rs9897528 on their wild-type GRN allele have delayed symptom onset. Onset ages were not associated with the MAPT H1 or H2 haplotypes or APOE genotypes, but early memory deficits were associated with the presence of an APOE epsilon4 allele. INTERPRETATION Clinical heterogeneity is associated with GRN haploinsufficiency, and genetic variability on the wild-type GRN allele might have a role in the age-related disease penetrance of GRN mutations.
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1.012 Cardiac sympathetic denervation is early and progressive in Lewy body disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1353-8020(08)70358-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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1.211 Parkinsonism and dropped-head: Dystonia, myopathy, or both? Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1353-8020(08)70484-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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1.214 Parkinson's disease in Jamaica. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1353-8020(08)70487-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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2.321 Do chronic non-specific brain insults predispose to incidental Lewy Body Disease? An exploratory study. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1353-8020(08)70719-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mutations in progranulin are a major cause of ubiquitin-positive frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Hum Mol Genet 2006; 15:2988-3001. [PMID: 16950801 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 407] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Null mutations in the progranulin gene (PGRN) were recently reported to cause tau-negative frontotemporal dementia linked to chromosome 17. We assessed the genetic contribution of PGRN mutations in an extended population of patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) (N=378). Mutations were identified in 10% of the total FTLD population and 23% of patients with a positive family history. This mutation frequency dropped to 5% when analysis was restricted to an unbiased FTLD subpopulation (N=167) derived from patients referred to Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers (ADRC). Among the ADRC patients, PGRN mutations were equally frequent as mutations in the tau gene (MAPT). We identified 23 different pathogenic PGRN mutations, including a total of 21 nonsense, frameshift and splice-site mutations that cause premature termination of the coding sequence and degradation of the mutant RNA by nonsense-mediated decay. We also observed an unusual splice-site mutation in the exon 1 5' splice site, which leads to loss of the Kozac sequence, and a missense mutation in the hydrophobic core of the PGRN signal peptide. Both mutations revealed novel mechanisms that result in loss of functional PGRN. One mutation, c.1477C>T (p.Arg493X), was detected in eight independently ascertained familial FTLD patients who were shown to share a common extended haplotype over the PGRN genomic region. Clinical examination of patients with PGRN mutations revealed highly variable onset ages with language dysfunction as a common presenting symptom. Neuropathological examination showed FTLD with ubiquitin-positive cytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusions in all PGRN mutation carriers.
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CHMP2B mutations are not a common cause of frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Neurosci Lett 2006; 398:83-4. [PMID: 16431024 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.12.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2005] [Revised: 12/20/2005] [Accepted: 12/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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It was reported in 1995 that a large Danish family with familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD) was linked to the pericentromeric region of chromosome 3. It has since been claimed that a mutation in the splice acceptor site of exon 6 of CHMP2B is the pathogenic variant in this family. In order to determine whether CHMP2B mutations are a common cause of disease in patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) we sequenced all exons and flanking regions of CHMP2B in 141 familial FTLD probands from the USA and UK. We failed to find a single pathogenic variant in any case. Polymorphisms were detected but were present in control samples. We conclude that mutations in CHMP2B are a rare cause of familial FTLD and may be specific to the Danish pedigree.
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