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Copyright of Česká a Slovenská Neurologie a Neurochirurgie is the property of Czech Medical Association of JE Purkyne and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

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Copyright of Neurologie Pro Praxi is the property of SOLEN sro and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Objectives. In the Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders, the diagnosis of specific personality disorders is obtained through Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) assessment of dimensional personality traits associated in 25 "lower order" facets and 5 "higher order" domains. The aim of the study was to test PID-5 psychometric properties (internal consistency, validity and discrimination capacity). Participants and setting. PID-5 was administered to a community volunteers sample (n = 351) and a clinical sample of psychiatric patients (n = 143) individually and in a group setting using pen-paper method and online data collection. 33 respondents completed the inventory twice to check test-retest reliability. Hypotheses. Evidence will be found to support internal consistency and convergent validity of the PID-5 personality trait domains, as well as their stability in time. Moreover, significant mean-level differences will be found between the two samples. Statistical analyses. The data were analyzed with parallel analysis, Pearson's correlation coefficient, t-tests, and ROC analysis. Results. The study results confirmed excellent internal consistency and satisfactory reliability of all five PID-5 domains in time. Unidimensional structure of the measure was confirmed for 22 of 25 facets. Significant correlations of all trait facets of the tested domains (r = 0.53 - 0.65 for the community sample, and r = 0.43 - 0.66 for the clinical sample) confirmed convergent validity. Significant differences between the two samples in the test scores of four of the five tested domains (absolute value of effect size d = 0.74 - 1.34 within 95% CI) show good discrimination capacity of the method. Study limitations. Two different forms of administration; prevalence of students in the community sample; different test-retest time periods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tumultus sermonis (TS), cluttering, is a highly specific phenomenon in the field of speech fluency disorders. The development of knowledge in this area is characterised by long-standing difficulties in determining the adequate terminology, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The knowledge of TS is also extremely inspirational in the acquisition of a deeper understanding of the process of speech communication and its disorders. The paper presents the current state of knowledge of this communication disorder from the perspective of Clinical Speech Therapy and the perspective of clinical assessment and therapy for people with TS.

Chronic infl am matory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is a chronic demyelinat ing polyneuropathy with a relaps ing or progres sive course. This is a dysim mune polyneuropathy with activation of humoral and cel lular mechanisms with a primary lesion of myelin sheath in the peripheral nerves. Most frequent is a typical sym metrical polyneuropathy, multifocal neuropathy with a conduction block is less frequent, then distal sym metrical motor and sensory neuropathy, pure sensory or pure motor neuropathies occur rarely. Development of signs and symp toms beyond 2 months is a com mon feature for all variants. Dia gnosis of CIDP is based on clinical fi ndings, precisely developed electrophysiological criteria, and some laboratory fi ndings - hyperproteinor rhachia with normal cell count, and MRI with thicken ing and enhancement of nerves in brachalis and lumbar plexuses or roots. Corticosteroids or intravenous im munoglobulins are used as induction ther apy as the fi rst-line treatment of CIDP. Therapeutic plasma exchange is a second-line ther apy in patients with ineffi cacy or intolerability of the fi rst-line treatment. As adjuvant ther apy, they use azathioprin, mycofenolate mofetil, ciclosporin A, cyclophosphamide, and methotrexate. CIDP is a treatable neuropathy though in some patients it leads to invalidity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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