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2. Temporal Trends of Wild-Type Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy in the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey
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Barroso, Fabio Adrian, Van Cleemput, Johan, Fine, Nowell, Schmidt, Hartmut, Gess, Burkhard, Moelgaard, Henning, Planté-Bordeneuve, Violaine, Adams, David, Inamo, Jocelyn, Vita, Giuseppe, Cirami, Calogero Lino, Luigetti, Marco, Emdin, Michele, Sekijima, Yoshiki, Yamashita, Taro, Jeon, Eun-Seok, Gonzalez Duarte Briseno, Maria Alejandra, Nienhuis, Hans, Azevedo, Olga, Campistol Plana, Josep Maria, Moreno, Juan Gonzalez, Costello, Jose Gonzalez, Wixner, Jonas, Parman, Yesim, Shah, Sanjiv, Quan, Dianna, Marburger, Tessa, Polydefkis, Michael, Gottlieb, Stephen, Ralph, Jeffrey, Sarswat, Nitasha, Luo, Jin, Murali, Srinivas, Cotts, William, Drachman, Brian, Steidley, David, Hummel, Scott, Slosky, David, Ventura, Hector, Jacoby, Daniel, Hoffman, James, Tauras, James, Zivkovic, Sasa, Tallaj, Jose, Lenihan, Daniel, Mueller, Christopher, Nativi-Nicolau, Jose, Siu, Alfonso, Dispenzieri, Angela, Maurer, Mathew S., Rapezzi, Claudio, Kristen, Arnt V., Garcia-Pavia, Pablo, LoRusso, Samantha, Waddington-Cruz, Márcia, Lairez, Olivier, Witteles, Ronald, Chapman, Doug, Amass, Leslie, and Grogan, Martha
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3. Long-term safety and efficacy of patisiran for hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis with polyneuropathy: 12-month results of an open-label extension study
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Vita, Giuseppe, Rizzo, Vincenzo, Russo, Massimo, Mazzeo, Anna, Gentile, Luca, Berk, John L, Brueckner, Caitlin, Lazzari, Victoria, Wiesman, Janice, DeLong, Douglas, Victory, Jennifer, Dalton, James, May, John, Gilmore, Catherine, Attarian, Shahram, Diallo, Saran, Delmont, Emilien, Pouget, Jean, Verschueren, Annie, Grapperon, Aude-Marie, Campana-Salort, Emmanuelle, Conceição, Isabel M, Lopes, Ana, Lamas, Filipa, Neves, Carlos, Castro, Jose, Pereira, Pedro, Castro, Isabel, Franco, Ana, Santos, Miguel Oliveira, de Azevedo Coutinho, Conceição, Falcao de Campos, Catarina, Coelho, Teresa, Hipólito Reis, Antonio, Correia, Nuno, Perez, Javier M, Martins da Silva, Ana, Alves, Cristina, Cardoso, Marcio, Valdrez, Katia, Monte, Julia R, Pessoa, Bernardete, Guimaraes, Nadia, Freitas, Monica, Ramalho, Joana, Ferreira, Natalia, Kuzume, Daisuke, Tard, Celine, Waucquier, Nawal, Rougeaux, Isabelle, Brice, Sylvie, Kasprzyk, Emmanuelle, Elrezzi, Elise, Meguig, Sayah, Hachulla, Eric, Gauvain, Clement, Migaud-Chervy, Maria-Claire, Deplanque, Dominique, Jozefowicz, Elsa, Lebellec, Loic, Adams, David, Balaya-Gouraya, Line, Jehan Lacour, Nathalie, Bournane, Halima, Martin, Nathalie, Elabed, Mongia, Sacko, Niamey, Boubrit, Yasmine, Gaouar, Amina, Rakotondratafika, Fetra, Théaudin-Saliou, Marie, Cauquil-Michon, Cécile, Labeyrie, Celine, Not, Adeline, Al-Salameh, Abdallah, Lecoq, Anne-Lise, Stephant, Maeva, Echaniz-Laguna, Andoni, Becquemont, Laurent, Beaudonnet, Guillemette, Algalarrondo, Vincent, Eliahou, Ludivine, Slama, Michel S, Rousseau, Antoine, Signate, Aissatou, Berthelot, Emeline, Inamo, Jocelyn, Planté-Bordeneuve, Violaine, Vervoitte, Laetitia, Focseneanu, Cecile, Gendre, Thierry, Arrouasse, Raphaele, Ayache, Samar S., Ernande, Laura, Le Corvoisier, Philippe, Salhi, Hayet, Choumert, Ariane, Ehinger, Vincent, Ruiz, Julie, Charlin, Cyril, Megelin, Thomas, Brannagan III, Thomas H, Fayerman, Raisy, Kim, Arreum, Paras, Allan, Gonzalez, Leidy J, Tsang, Steven, Wajnsztajn, Fernanda, Shije, Jeffrey, Ulane, Christina, Kleyman, Inna, Weimer, Louis, Cioroiu, Comana, Lambrianides, Sakis, Abu-Manneh, Rana, Zamba-Papanicolaou, Eleni, Agathangelou, Petros, Leonidou, Eleni, Tada, Satoshi, Fujita, Akemi, Nagai, Masahiro, Ando, Rina, Hosokawa, Yuko, Yamanishi, Yuki, Overcash, J. Scott, Giardino, Elena, Boyer, Leslie, Dang, Lien, Le, An, Nguyen, Tyler, Giang, Lien, Sellers, Peter, Tran, Leyla, Truong, Nghi, Vinas, Maita, Hrkman, Nicole, Miller, Sarah, Nguyen, David, Smith, Ashley, Pu, Helen, Li, Steve, Vuong, Thao, Dioso, Holly, Green, Sinikka, Lee, Kia, Chu, Hanh, Waters, Michael, Coskun, Derya J, Zepeda, Karla A, O'Riordan, William, Obici, Laura, Cortese, Andrea, Lozza, Alessandro, Merlini, Giampaolo, Rosti, Vittorio, Sabatelli, Mario, Bisogni, Giulia, Bernardo, Daniela, Luigetti, Marco, Di Paolantonio, Andrea, Guglielmino, Valeria, Romano, Angela, Nienhuis, Hans, Bulthuis-Kuiper, Janita, Kristen, Arnt V, Gerk, Olga, Ulbricht, Hannah, Taylor, Lenka, Meyle, Eva, Kleinschmidt, Natalia, Meyrath, David, Noe-Schwenn, Simone, Meng, Ulrike, Bauer, Ralf, aus dem Siepen, Fabian, Hein, Selina, Takahashi, Tetsuya, Oshita, Tomohiko, Koujin, Yoko, Neshige, Shuichiro, Nezu, Tomohisa, Segawa, Akiko, Ueno, Hiroki, Morino, Hiroyuki, Campistol, Josep M, Rodas Marin, Lida Maria, Blasco Pelicano, Josep Miquel, Dávila, Lucía Galán, Palacios, Marta, Pytel Cordoba, Vanesa, Guerrero Sola, Antonio, Horga, Alejandro, García Feijoo, Julián, Perez de Isla, Leopoldo, Marques Júnior, Wilson, Moscardini, Mariana, Litcanov, Debora Cristina, Viera Lima, Ana Flavia, Rodrigues, Leonardo, Marques Coutinho, Barbara, Moreira, Carolina Lavigne, Daccach Marques, Vanessa, Munoz Beamud, Francisco, Gragera Martínez, Álvaro, Borrachero, Cristina, Losada López, Inés Asunción, Cisneros Barroso, Eugenia, Rodríguez Rodríguez, Adrián, Sanz, Monica, Rigo Oliver, Elena, González Moreno, Juan, Gamez Martinez, Jose M, Descals, Cristina, Uson, Mercedes, Jose Vega, Francisco, Figuerola, Antoni, Montala, Carles, Waddington-Cruz, Márcia, Dias da Silva, Moises, Gervais de Santa Rosa, Renata, Pinto, Luiz Felipe, Pinto, Marcus Vinicius, Cardoso Berensztejn, Amanda, Barroso, Fabio, Lautre, Andrea, Orellana, Lucas G, González-Duarte Briseño, Maria Alejandra, Cárdenas-Soto, Karla, Jiménez López, Brenda Poled, Pérez-Castañeda, Sandra Lorena, Cantú Brito, Carlos Gerardo, Rivera de la Parra, David, Hernandez Reyes, Jose Pablo, del Mar Saniger Alba, Maria, Criollo Mora, Elia, Parman, Yesim, Rezzan, Kus Jülide, Sahin, Erdi, Serbest, Nail G, Durmus, Hacer, Cakar, Arman, Tugal Tutkun, Nuriye Ilknur, Karamursel, Sacit, Elitok, Ali, Sirin Inan, Nermin G, Altinkurt, Emre, Polydefkis, Michael, Ye, Jing, Allen, Adriane C, Chaudhry, Vinay, Jarrett, Raquel, Bressler, Neil, Burks, Kathleen L, Liu, Qingfeng, Khoshnoodi, Mohammad, Judge, Daniel P, Vista, Geno, Shah, Syed Mahmood, Hamaguchi, Hirotoshi, Oda, Junko, Fukase, Emi, Taniguchi, Ikuko, Oda, Tetsuya, Endo, Hironobu, Shimomura, Masahiro, Katanazaka, Kimitaka, Koto, Shusuke, Nakano, Takahiro, Scheid, Christof, Zueiter, Andreas, Pester, Lars, Walter, Doreen, Özdemir, Betül, Frenzel, Lukas F, Holtick, Udo, Oh, Jeeyoung, Kim, Hee Jin, Shin, Hyun Jin, Choi, Kyomin, Yamashita, Taro, Ueda, Mitsuharu, Masuda, Teruaki, Misumi, Yohei, Ueda, Akihiko, Nakahara, Keiichi, Yorita, Akiko, Tsuruhisa, Seiko, Taniwaki, Takayuki, Harada, Masaya, Moritaka, Taiga, Sakurada, Naonori, Mauricio, Elizabeth A, Baskin, Amber, Dimberg, Elliot, Dispenzieri, Angela, Fonder, Amie, Hobbs, Miriam, Russell, Stephen J, Dyck, Peter, Gonsalves, Wilson, Leung, Nelson, Witzig, Thomas E, Zeldenrust, Steven R, Hwa, Lisa, Kapoor, Prashant, Kumar, Shaji K, Lin, Yi, Lust, John A, Rajkumar, Vincent S, Dingli, David, Gertz, Morie A, Go, Ronald, Hayman, Suzanne R, Dalia, Samir, Carrillo, Esmeralda, Gorevic, Peter, Mason, Garnette, Chao, Chi-Chao, Lee, Ming-Jen, Su, Jen-Jen, Hsieh, Sung-Tsang, Tsai, Li-Kai, Yeh, Shin-Joe, Yang, Chih-Chao, Ajroud-Driss, Senda Ajroud-Driss, Casey, Patricia, Joslin, Benjamin C, Freimer, Miriam, Sankey, Alison, Kenepp, Amanda, Heintzman, Sarah, LoRusso, Samantha, Hokezu, Youichi, Kim, Byoung-Joon, Kim, JuHyeon, Lee, Ga Yeon, Cho, Eun Bin, Jeon, Eun-Seok, Min, Ju-Hong, Seok, Jin Myoung, Lee, Hye Lim, Park, Jae Hong, Sekijima, Yoshiki, Miyazawa, Chinatsu, Kato, Nagaaki, Kishida, Dai, Hineno, Akiyo, Kodaira, Minori, Yoshinaga, Tsuneaki, Miyahara, Teruyoshi, Imai, Akira, Matsumoto, Kazuhiko, Lin, Kon-Ping, Lee, Yi-Chung, Wixner, Jonas, Falk, Malin, Pilebro, Bjorn, Suhr, Ole, Lindqvist, Per, Soderberg, Karin, Pedrosa-Domellöf, Fatima, Anan, Intissar, Nordh, Erik, Tournev, Ivaylo, Zhelyazkova-Glaveeva, Sashka, Cherneva, Zheyna, Sarafov, Staiko, Chamova, Teodora, Cherninkova-Gopina, Sylvia, Schmidt, Hartmut H, Friebel, Frauke, Zibert, Andree, Mihailovic, Natasa, Schubert, Friederike, Vorona, Elena, Lahme, Larissa, Huesing-Kabar, Anna, Schilling, Matthias, Kabar, Iyad, Gillmore, Julian D, Martinez-Naharro, Ana, Chacko, Liza, Cohen, Oliver, Law, Steven, Rezk, Tamer, Lachmann, Helen J, Quan, Dianna, Blume, Brianna, Dixon, Stacy, Low, Soon Chai, Chan, Soo Looi, Lim, He Eng Li, Goh, Khean Jin, Mezei, Michelle M, Kraus, Deborah, Jack, Kristin, Wade, N. Kevin, Lopate, Glenn, Zwijack, Brittany, Florence, Julaine, Sommerville, R. Brian, Stewart, Graeme, Ryder, Julie, Mekhael, Linda, Taylor, Mark, Suan, Daniel, Wells, Karen, Stone, Paula, Itoya, Amenze, Owusu-Sekyere, Mercy, Thai, Desmond, Chahine, Ilonah, Pedrosa, Salve, Do, Thi Hoa (Therese), González-Duarte, Alejandra, Kyriakides, Theodoros, Ajroud-Driss, Senda, Mauricio, Elizabeth, Brannagan, Thomas H, III, Aldinc, Emre, Wang, Jing Jing, White, Matthew T, Vest, John, Berber, Erhan, and Sweetser, Marianne T
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4. Long-Term Remission With Low-Dose Rituximab in Myasthenia Gravis: A Retrospective Study
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Castiglione, Juan I., Rivero, Alberto D., Barroso, Fabio, Brand, Patricio, Lautre, Andrea, and Kohler, Alejandro A.
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- 2022
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5. Predicting Outcome in Guillain-Barré Syndrome: International Validation of the Modified Erasmus GBS Outcome Score
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Doets, Alex Y, Lingsma, Hester F, Walgaard, Christa, Islam, Badrul, Papri, Nowshin, Davidson, Amy, Yamagishi, Yuko, Kusunoki, Susumu, Dimachkie, Mazen M, Waheed, Waqar, Kolb, Noah, Islam, Zhahirul, Mohammad, Quazi Deen, Harbo, Thomas, Sindrup, Soren H, Chavada, Govindsinh, Willison, Hugh J, Casasnovas, Carlos, Bateman, Kathleen, Miller, James AL, van den Berg, Bianca, Verboon, Christine, Roodbol, Joyce, Leonhard, Sonja E, Benedetti, Luana, Kuwabara, Satoshi, Van den Bergh, Peter, Monges, Soledad, Marfia, Girolama A, Shahrizaila, Nortina, Galassi, Giuliana, Péréon, Yann, Bürmann, Jan, Kuitwaard, Krista, Kleyweg, Ruud P, Marchesoni, Cintia, Sedano Tous, María J, Querol, Luis, Illa, Isabel, Wang, Yuzhong, Nobile-Orazio, Eduardo, Rinaldi, Simon, Schenone, Angelo, Pardo, Julio, Vermeij, Frederique H, Lehmann, Helmar C, Granit, Volkan, Cavaletti, Guido, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, Gerardo, Barroso, Fabio A, Visser, Leo H, Katzberg, Hans D, Dardiotis, Efthimios, Attarian, Shahram, van der Kooi, Anneke J, Eftimov, Filip, Wirtz, Paul W, Samijn, Johnny PA, Gilhuis, H Jacobus, Hadden, Robert DM, Holt, James KL, Sheikh, Kazim A, Karafiath, Summer, Vytopil, Michal, Antonini, Giovanni, Feasby, Thomas E, Faber, Catharina G, Gijsbers, Cees J, Busby, Mark, Roberts, Rhys C, Silvestri, Nicholas J, Fazio, Raffaella, van Dijk, Gert W, Garssen, Marcel PJ, Straathof, Chiara SM, Gorson, Kenneth C, and Jacobs, Bart C
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- 2021
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6. Long-term efficacy and safety of eculizumab in Japanese patients with generalized myasthenia gravis: A subgroup analysis of the REGAIN open-label extension study
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Mazia, Claudio Gabriel, Wilken, Miguel, Barroso, Fabio, Saba, Juliet, Rugiero, Marcelo, Bettini, Mariela, Chaves, Marcelo, Vidal, Gonzalo, Garcia, Alejandra Dalila, De Bleecker, Jan, Van den Abeele, Guy, de Koning, Kathy, De Mey, Katrien, Mercelis, Rudy, Mahieu, Délphine, Wagemaekers, Linda, Van Damme, Philip, Depreitere, Annelies, Schotte, Caroline, Smetcoren, Charlotte, Stevens, Olivier, Van Daele, Sien, Vandenbussche, Nicolas, Vanhee, Annelies, Verjans, Sarah, Vynckier, Jan, D'Hondt, Ann, Tilkin, Petra, Alves de Siqueira Carvalho, Alzira, Dias Brockhausen, Igor, Feder, David, Ambrosio, Daniel, César, Pamela, Melo, Ana Paula, Martins Ribeiro, Renata, Rocha, Rosana, Bezerra Rosa, Bruno, Veiga, Thabata, da Silva, Luiz Augusto, Santos Engel, Murilo, Gonçalves Geraldo, Jordana, Ananias Morita, Maria da Penha, Nogueira Coelho, Erica, Paiva, Gabriel, Pozo, Marina, Prando, Natalia, Martineli Torres, Debora Dada, Butinhao, Cristiani Fernanda, Duran, Gustavo, Gomes da Silva, Tamires Cristina, Otavio Maia Gonçalves, Luiz, Pazetto, Lucas Eduardo, Fialho, Tomás Augusto Suriane, Renata Cubas Volpe, Luciana, Souza Duca, Luciana, Souza Bulle Oliveira, Acary, Amaral Andrade, Ana Carolina, Annes, Marcelo, Duarte Silva, Liene, Cavalcante Lino, Valeria, Pinto, Wladimir, Assis, Natália, Carrara, Fernanda, Miranda, Carolina, Souza, Iandra, Fernandes, Patricia, Siddiqi, Zaeem, Phan, Cecile, Narayan, Jeffrey, Blackmore, Derrick, Mallon, Ashley, Roderus, Rikki, Watt, Elizabeth, Junkerova, Jana, Kurkova, Barbora, Reguliova, Katarina, Zapletalova, Olga, Pitha, Jiri, Novakova, Iveta, Tyblova, Michaela, Jurajdova, Ivana, Wolfova, Marcela, Andersen, Henning, Harbo, Thomas, Vinge, Lotte, Krogh, Susanne, Mogensen, Anita, Vissing, John, Højgaard, Joan, Witting, Nanna, Mette Ostergaard Autzen, Anne, Pedersen, Jane, Eralinna, Juha-Pekka, Laaksonen, Mikko, Oksaranta, Olli, Harrison, Tuula, Eriksson, Jaana, Rozsa, Csilla, Horvath, Melinda, Lovas, Gabor, Matolcsi, Judit, Szabo, Gyorgyi, Jakab, Gedeonne, Szabadosne, Brigitta, Antonini, Giovanni, Di Pasquale, Antonella, Garibaldi, Matteo, Morino, Stefania, Troili, Fernanda, Fionda, Laura, Filla, Allessandro, Costabile, Teresa, Marano, Enrico, Saccà, Francesco, Fasanaro, Angiola, Marsili, Angela, Puorro, Giorgia, Mantegazza, Renato, Antozzi, Carlo, Bonanno, Silvia, Camera, Giorgia, Locatelli, Alberta, Maggi, Lorenzo, Pasanisi, Maria, Campanella, Angela, Evoli, Amelia, Alboini, Paolo Emilio, D'Amato, Valentina, Iorio, Raffaele, Kanai, Tetsuya, Kawaguchi, Naoki, Mori, Masahiro, Kaneko, Yoko, Kanzaki, Akiko, Kobayashi, Eri, Masaki, Katsuhisa, Matsuse, Dai, Matsushita, Takuya, Uehara, Taira, Shimpo, Misa, Jingu, Maki, Kikutake, Keiko, Nakamura, Yumiko, Sano, Yoshiko, Nagane, Yuriko, Kamegamori, Ikuko, Tsuda, Tomoko, Fujii, Yuko, Futono, Kazumi, Ozawa, Yukiko, Mizugami, Aya, Saito, Yuka, Morikawa, Miyuki, Samukawa, Makoto, Kamakura, Sachiko, Miyawaki, Eriko, Mitazaki, Teiichiro, Motomura, Masakatsu, Mukaino, Akihiro, Yoshimura, Shunsuke, Asada, Shizuka, Yoshida, Seiko, Amamoto, Shoko, Kobashikawa, Tomomi, Koga, Megumi, Maeda, Yasuko, Takada, Kazumi, Takada, Mihoko, Tsurumaru, Masako, Yamashita, Yumi, Akiyama, Tetsuya, Narikawa, Koichi, Tano, Ohito, Tsukita, Kenichi, Kurihara, Rikako, Meguro, Fumie, Fukuda, Yusuke, Sato, Miwako, Funaka, Soichiro, Kawamura, Tomohiro, Makamori, Masayuki, Takahashi, Masanori, Taichi, Namie, Hasuike, Tomoya, Higuchi, Eriko, Kobayashi, Hisako, Osakada, Kaori, Tsuda, Emiko, Shimohama, Shun, Hayashi, Takashi, Hisahara, Shin, Kawamata, Jun, Murahara, Takashi, Saitoh, Masaki, Suzuki, Shuichiro, Yamamoto, Daisuke, Ishiyama, Yoko, Ishiyama, Naoko, Noshiro, Mayuko, Takeyama, Rumi, Uwasa, Kaori, Yasuda, Ikuko, van der Kooi, Anneke, de Visser, Marianne, Gibson, Tamar, Casasnovas, Carlos, Alberti Aguilo, Maria Antonia, Homedes-Pedret, Christian, Julia Palacios, Natalia, Diez Porras, Laura, Velez Santamaria, Valentina, Lazaro, Ana, Diez Tejedor, Exuperio, Gomez Salcedo, Pilar, Fernandez-Fournier, Mireya, Lopez Ruiz, Pedro, Rodriguez de Rivera, Francisco Javier, Sastre, Maria, Gamez, Josep, Sune, Pilar, Salvado, Maria, Gili, Gisela, Mazuela, Gonzalo, Illa, Isabel, Cortes Vicente, Elena, Diaz-Manera, Jordi, Querol Gutierrez, Luis Antonio, Rojas Garcia, Ricardo, Vidal, Nuria, Arribas-Ibar, Elisabet, Piehl, Fredrik, Hietala, Albert, Bjarbo, Lena, Sengun, Ihsan, Meherremova, Arzu, Ozcelik, Pinar, Balkan, Bengu, Tuga, Celal, Ugur, Muzeyyen, Erdem-Ozdamar, Sevim, Bekircan-Kurt, Can Ebru, Acar, Nazire Pinar, Yilmaz, Ezgi, Caliskan, Yagmur, Orsel, Gulsah, Efendi, Husnu, Aydinlik, Seda, Cavus, Hakan, Kutlu, Ayse, Becerikli, Gulsah, Semiz, Cansu, Tun, Ozlem, Terzi, Murat, Dogan, Baki, Onar, Musa Kazim, Sen, Sedat, Kirbas Cavdar, Tugce, Veske, Adife, Norwood, Fiona, Dimitriou, Aikaterini, Gollogly, Jakit, Mahdi-Rogers, Mohamed, Seddigh, Arshira, Sokratous, Giannis, Maier, Gal, Sohail, Faisal, Jacob, Saiju, Sadalage, Girija, Torane, Pravin, Brown, Claire, Shah, Amna, Sathasivam, Sivakumar, Arndt, Heike, Davies, Debbie, Watling, Dave, Amato, Anthony, Cochrane, Thomas, Salajegheh, Mohammed, Roe, Kristen, Amato, Katherine, Toska, Shirli, Wolfe, Gil, Silvestri, Nicholas, Patrick, Kara, Zakalik, Karen, Katz, Jonathan, Miller, Robert, Engel, Marguerite, Forshew, Dallas, Bravver, Elena, Brooks, Benjamin, Plevka, Sarah, Burdette, Maryanne, Cunningham, Scott, Sanjak, Mohammad, Kramer, Megan, Nemeth, Joanne, Schommer, Clara, Tierney, Scott, Juel, Vern, Guptill, Jeffrey, Hobson-Webb, Lisa, Massey, Janice, Beck, Kate, Carnes, Donna, Loor, John, Anderson, Amanda, Pascuzzi, Robert, Bodkin, Cynthia, Kincaid, John, Snook, Riley, Guingrich, Sandra, Micheels, Angela, Chaudhry, Vinay, Corse, Andrea, Mosmiller, Betsy, Kelley, Andrea, Ho, Doreen, Srinivasan, Jayashri, Vytopil, Michal, Jara, Jordan, Ventura, Nicholas, Scala, Stephanie, Carter, Cynthia, Donahue, Craig, Herbert, Carol, Weiner, Elaine, Alam, Sharmeen, McKinnon, Jonathan, Haar, Laura, McKinnon, Naya, Alcon, Karan, McKenna, Kaitlyn, Sattar, Nadia, Daniels, Kevin, Jeffery, Dennis, Freimer, Miriam, Hoyle, Joseph Chad, Kissel, John, Agriesti, Julie, Chelnick, Sharon, Mezache, Louisa, Pineda, Colleen, Muharrem, Filiz, Karam, Chafic, Khoury, Julie, Marburger, Tessa, Kaur, Harpreet, Dimitrova, Diana, Gilchrist, James, Agrawal, Brajesh, Elsayed, Mona, Kohlrus, Stephanie, Andoin, Angela, Darnell, Taylor, Golden, Laura, Lokaitis, Barbara, Seelback, Jenna, Muppidi, Srikanth, Goyal, Neelam, Sakamuri, Sarada, So, Yuen T., Paulose, Shirley, Pol, Sabrina, Welsh, Lesly, Bhavaraju-Sanka, Ratna, Tobon Gonzales, Alejandro, Dishman, Lorraine, Jones, Floyd, Gonzalez, Anna, Padilla, Patricia, Saklad, Amy, Silva, Marcela, Kazamel, Mohamed, Alsharabati, Mohammad, Lu, Liang, Nozaki, Kenkichi, Mumfrey-Thomas, Sandi, Woodall, Amy, Mozaffar, Tahseen, Cash, Tiyonnoh, Goyal, Namita, Roy, Gulmohor, Mathew, Veena, Maqsood, Fatima, Minton, Brian, Jones, H. James, Rosenfeld, Jeffrey, Garcia, Rebekah, Echevarria, Laura, Garcia, Sonia, Pulley, Michael, Aranke, Shachie, Berger, Alan Ross, Shah, Jaimin, Shabbir, Yasmeen, Smith, Lisa, Varghese, Mary, Gutmann, Laurie, Gutmann, Ludwig, Jerath, Nivedita, Nance, Christopher, Swenson, Andrea, Olalde, Heena, Kressin, Nicole, Sieren, Jeri, Barohn, Richard, Dimachkie, Mazen, Glenn, Melanie, McVey, April, Pasnoor, Mamatha, Statland, Jeffery, Wang, Yunxia, Liu, Tina, Emmons, Kelley, Jenci, Nicole, Locheke, Jerry, Fondaw, Alex, Johns, Kathryn, Rico, Gabrielle, Walsh, Maureen, Herbelin, Laura, Hafer-Macko, Charlene, Kwan, Justin, Zilliox, Lindsay, Callison, Karen, Young, Valerie, DiSanzo, Beth, Naunton, Kerry, Benatar, Michael, Bilsker, Martin, Sharma, Khema, Cooley, Anne, Reyes, Eliana, Michon, Sara-Claude, Sheldon, Danielle, Steele, Julie, Howard Jr, James, Chopra, Manisha, Traub, Rebecca, Vu, Tuan, Katzin, Lara, McClain, Terry, Harvey, Brittany, Hart, Adam, Huynh, Kristin, Beydoun, Said, Chilingaryan, Amaiak, Doan, Victor, Droker, Brian, Gong, Hui, Karimi, Sanaz, Lin, Frank, Pokala, Krishna, Shah, Akshay, Tran, Anh, Akhter, Salma, Malekniazi, Ali, Tandan, Rup, Hehir, Michael, Waheed, Waqar, Lucy, Shannon, Weiss, Michael, Distad, Jane, Strom, Susan, Downing, Sharon, Kim, Bryan, Nowak, Richard, Dicapua, Daniel, Keung, Benison, Kumar, Aditya, Patwa, Huned, Robeson, Kimberly, Yang, Irene, Nye, Joan, Vu, Hong, Murai, Hiroyuki, Uzawa, Akiyuki, Suzuki, Yasushi, Imai, Tomihiro, Shiraishi, Hirokazu, Suzuki, Hidekazu, Okumura, Meinoshin, O’Brien, Fanny, Wang, Jing-Jing, Fujita, Kenji P., and Utsugisawa, Kimiaki
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- 2019
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7. HNRNPDL-related muscular dystrophy: expanding the clinical, morphological and MRI phenotypes
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Berardo, Andrés, Lornage, Xavière, Johari, Mridul, Evangelista, Teresinha, Cejas, Claudia, Barroso, Fabio, Dubrovsky, Alberto, Bui, Mai Thao, Brochier, Guy, Saccoliti, Maria, Bohm, Johann, Udd, Bjarne, Laporte, Jocelyn, Romero, Norma Beatriz, and Taratuto, Ana Lia
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- 2019
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8. Eplontersen for Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis With Polyneuropathy.
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Coelho, Teresa, Marques Jr, Wilson, Dasgupta, Noel R., Chao, Chi-Chao, Parman, Yeşim, França Jr, Marcondes Cavalcante, Guo, Yuh-Cherng, Wixner, Jonas, Ro, Long-Sun, Calandra, Cristian R., Kowacs, Pedro A., Berk, John L., Obici, Laura, Barroso, Fabio A., Weiler, Markus, Conceição, Isabel, Jung, Shiangtung W., Buchele, Gustavo, Brambatti, Michela, and Chen, Jersey
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TRANSTHYRETIN ,POLYNEUROPATHIES ,CLINICAL trials ,AMYLOIDOSIS ,CARDIAC amyloidosis ,ARRHYTHMIA ,CEREBRAL hemorrhage - Abstract
Key Points: Question: Is the antisense oligonucleotide eplontersen associated with changes in serum transthyretin concentration and improvement in neuropathy symptoms among adults with hereditary transthyretin (ATTRv) amyloidosis with polyneuropathy? Findings: In this open-label study that enrolled 168 patients (144 assigned to subcutaneous eplontersen) and included 60 historical placebo patients, the eplontersen treatment group demonstrated changes from baseline to week 65/66 consistent with significantly lower serum transthyretin concentration (−81.7% vs −11.2%), less neuropathy impairment, and better quality of life compared with the historical placebo group. Meaning: Among adults with ATTRv polyneuropathy, the eplontersen treatment group had lower serum transthyretin concentration, less neuropathy impairment, and better quality of life compared with a historical placebo. Importance: Transthyretin gene silencing is an emerging treatment strategy for hereditary transthyretin (ATTRv) amyloidosis. Objective: To evaluate eplontersen, an investigational ligand-conjugated antisense oligonucleotide, in ATTRv polyneuropathy. Design, Setting, and Participants: NEURO-TTRansform was an open-label, single-group, phase 3 trial conducted at 40 sites across 15 countries (December 2019-April 2023) in 168 adults with Coutinho stage 1 or 2 ATTRv polyneuropathy, Neuropathy Impairment Score 10-130, and a documented TTR variant. Patients treated with placebo from NEURO-TTR (NCT01737398; March 2013–November 2017), an inotersen trial with similar eligibility criteria and end points, served as a historical placebo ("placebo") group. Interventions: Subcutaneous eplontersen (45 mg every 4 weeks; n = 144); a small reference group received subcutaneous inotersen (300 mg weekly; n = 24); subcutaneous placebo weekly (in NEURO-TTR; n = 60). Main Outcomes and Measures: Primary efficacy end points at week 65/66 were changes from baseline in serum transthyretin concentration, modified Neuropathy Impairment Score +7 (mNIS+7) composite score (scoring range, –22.3 to 346.3; higher scores indicate poorer function), and Norfolk Quality of Life Questionnaire–Diabetic Neuropathy (Norfolk QoL-DN) total score (scoring range, –4 to 136; higher scores indicate poorer quality of life). Analyses of efficacy end points were based on a mixed-effects model with repeated measures adjusted by propensity score weights. Results: Among 144 eplontersen-treated patients (mean age, 53.0 years; 69% male), 136 (94.4%) completed week-66 follow-up; among 60 placebo patients (mean age, 59.5 years; 68% male), 52 (86.7%) completed week-66 follow-up. At week 65, adjusted mean percentage reduction in serum transthyretin was −81.7% with eplontersen and −11.2% with placebo (difference, −70.4% [95% CI, −75.2% to −65.7%]; P <.001). Adjusted mean change from baseline to week 66 was lower (better) with eplontersen vs placebo for mNIS+7 composite score (0.3 vs 25.1; difference, −24.8 [95% CI, −31.0 to −18.6; P <.001) and for Norfolk QoL-DN (−5.5 vs 14.2; difference, −19.7 [95% CI, −25.6 to −13.8]; P <.001). Adverse events by week 66 that led to study drug discontinuation occurred in 6 patients (4%) in the eplontersen group vs 2 (3%) in the placebo group. Through week 66, there were 2 deaths in the eplontersen group consistent with known disease-related sequelae (cardiac arrhythmia; intracerebral hemorrhage); there were no deaths in the placebo group. Conclusions and Relevance: In patients with ATTRv polyneuropathy, the eplontersen treatment group demonstrated changes consistent with significantly lowered serum transthyretin concentration, less neuropathy impairment, and better quality of life compared with a historical placebo. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04136184; EU Clinical Trials Register: EudraCT 2019-001698-10 This open-label, single-group, phase 3 trial evaluates eplontersen, an investigational ligand-conjugated antisense oligonucleotide, in adults with hereditary amyloid transthyretin (ATTRv) polyneuropathy at 40 sites in 15 countries, compared with historical controls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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9. Neuralgic amyotrophy detected by magnetic resonance neurography: subclinical, bilateral, and multifocal brachial plexus involvement.
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Cejas, Claudia, Pastor Rueda, José M., Hernández Pinzón, Jairo, Stefanoff, Nadia, and Barroso, Fabio
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MAGNETIC resonance neurography ,BRACHIAL plexus neuropathies ,BRACHIAL plexus ,PERIPHERAL nervous system ,ELECTRONIC health records - Abstract
Neuralgic amyotrophy (NA) is a painful non-traumatic peripheral nervous system condition affecting the brachial plexus. Signal abnormalities in nerves and muscles have been detected in these patients using magnetic resonance neurography (MRN). Electronic medical records and MRN images obtained in a 3 T scanner, in 14 adult patients diagnosed with NA at our Neurological institution (Neuromuscular Disorders Section), between December 2015 and December 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. The study was first approved by our Institutional Ethics Committee. Subclinical, multifocal, and bilateral nerve signal anomalies were recorded in the brachial plexus of these patients. We identified four different types of nerve constriction without entrapment, which we categorized as follows: incomplete focal (type I), complete focal or hourglass (type II), multifocal or string of pearls (type III) and segmental (type IV). Given that MRN is an accurate diagnostic tool to detect nerve damage, we believe abnormal findings could improve early detection of NA patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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10. Clinical and genetic profile of patients enrolled in the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS)
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Dispenzieri, Angela, Coelho, Teresa, Conceição, Isabel, Waddington-Cruz, Márcia, Wixner, Jonas, Kristen, Arnt V., Rapezzi, Claudio, Planté-Bordeneuve, Violaine, Gonzalez-Moreno, Juan, Maurer, Mathew S., Grogan, Martha, Chapman, Doug, Amass, Leslie, Pavia, Pablo Garcia, Tarnev, Ivaylo, Costello, Jose Gonzalez, Briseno, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez Duarte, Schmidt, Hartmut, Drachman, Brian, Barroso, Fabio Adrian, Yamashita, Taro, Lairez, Olivier, Sekijima, Yoshiki, Vita, Giuseppe, Jeon, Eun-Seok, Hanna, Mazen, Slosky, David, Luigetti, Marco, LoRusso, Samantha, Beamud, Francisco Munoz, Adams, David, Moelgaard, Henning, Press, Rayomand, Cirami, Calogero Lino, Nienhuis, Hans, Plana, Josep Maria Campistol, Inamo, Jocelyn, Jacoby, Daniel, Emdin, Michele, Quan, Dianna, Hummel, Scott, Witteles, Ronald, Dori, Amir, Shah, Sanjiv, Lenihan, Daniel, Azevedo, Olga, Murali, Srinivas, Zivkovic, Sasa, Low, Soon Chai, Nativi-Nicolau, Jose, Fine, Nowell, Tallaj, Jose, Tschoepe, Carsten, Torrón, Roberto Fernandéz, Polydefkis, Michael, Merlini, Giampaolo, Badelita, Sorina, Gottlieb, Stephen, Tauras, James, Correia, Edileide Barros, Ventura, Hector, Gess, Burkhard, Darstein, Felix, Oh, Jeeyoung, Marburger, Tessa, Van Cleemput, Johan, Salutto, Valeria Lujan, Parman, Yesim, Chao, Chi-Chao, Sarswat, Nitasha, Mueller, Christopher, Steidley, David, Ralph, Jeffrey, Warner, Alberta, Cotts, William, Hoffman, James, Rugiero, Marcelo, Misawa, Sonoko, Blanco, Jose Luis Munoz, Davila, Lucia Galan, Sadeh, Menachem, Luo, Jin, Kyriakides, Theodoros, Wang, Annabel, and Kaufmann, Horacio
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Male ,Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial ,Registry ,Neurologi ,Cardiomyopathy ,General Medicine ,Amyloidosis ,Genetic Profile ,Amyloid Neuropathies ,Transthyretin ,Phenotype ,Familial ,Neurology ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Polyneuropathy ,Humans ,Prealbumin ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Female ,Genetics (clinical) - Abstract
Background Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR amyloidosis) is a rare, life-threatening disease caused by the accumulation of variant or wild-type (ATTRwt amyloidosis) transthyretin amyloid fibrils in the heart, peripheral nerves, and other tissues and organs. Methods Established in 2007, the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS) is the largest ongoing, global, longitudinal observational study of patients with ATTR amyloidosis, including both inherited and wild-type disease, and asymptomatic carriers of pathogenic TTR mutations. This descriptive analysis examines baseline characteristics of symptomatic patients and asymptomatic gene carriers enrolled in THAOS since its inception in 2007 (data cutoff: August 1, 2021). Results This analysis included 3779 symptomatic patients and 1830 asymptomatic gene carriers. Symptomatic patients were predominantly male (71.4%) and had a mean (standard deviation [SD]) age of symptom onset of 56.3 (17.8) years. Val30Met was the most common genotype in symptomatic patients in South America (80.9%), Europe (55.4%), and Asia (50.5%), and more patients had early- versus late-onset disease in these regions. The majority of symptomatic patients in North America (58.8%) had ATTRwt amyloidosis. The overall distribution of phenotypes in symptomatic patients was predominantly cardiac (40.7%), predominantly neurologic (40.1%), mixed (16.6%), and no phenotype (2.5%). In asymptomatic gene carriers, mean (SD) age at enrollment was 42.4 (15.7) years, 42.4% were male, and 73.2% carried the Val30Met mutation. Conclusions This 14-year global overview of THAOS in over 5000 patients represents the largest analysis of ATTR amyloidosis to date and highlights the genotypic and phenotypic heterogeneity of the disease. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00628745.
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11. Characteristics of patients with autonomic dysfunction in the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS)
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Barroso, Fabio A., Coelho, Teresa, Dispenzieri, Angela, Conceição, Isabel, Waddington-Cruz, Marcia, Wixner, Jonas, Maurer, Mathew S., Rapezzi, Claudio, Planté-Bordeneuve, Violaine, Kristen, Arnt V., González-Duarte, Alejandra, Chapman, Doug, Stewart, Michelle, and Amass, Leslie
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Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial ,Neurology ,Neurologi ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,autonomic nervous system ,Internal Medicine ,Quality of Life ,Humans ,neuropathy ,Primary Dysautonomias ,Amyloidosis ,registry ,transthyretin - Abstract
Background: Autonomic dysfunction is common in transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR amyloidosis), but its frequency, characteristics, and quality-of-life (QoL) impact are not well understood. Methods: The Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS) is an ongoing, global, longitudinal survey of patients with ATTR amyloidosis, including patients with inherited (ATTRv) and wild-type (ATTRwt) disease and asymptomatic patients with TTR mutations (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00628745). In a descriptive analysis, characteristics and Norfolk QoL-DN total (TQoL) scores at enrolment were compared in patients with vs without autonomic dysfunction (analysis cut-off: 1 August 2020). Results: Autonomic dysfunction occurred in 1181/2922 (40.4%) symptomatic patients, and more commonly in ATTRv (1107/1181 [93.7%]) than ATTRwt (74/1181 [6.3%]) amyloidosis. Time (mean [SD]) from ATTR amyloidosis symptom onset to first autonomic dysfunction symptom was shorter in ATTRv (3.4 [5.7] years) than ATTRwt disease (9.7 [10.4]). In ATTRv disease, patients with vs without autonomic dysfunction had worse QoL (TQoL, 47.3 [33.2] vs 16.1 [18.1]); in ATTRwt disease, those with vs without autonomic dysfunction had similar QoL (23.0 [18.2] vs 19.9 [20.5]). Conclusions: Autonomic dysfunction was more common and presented earlier in symptomatic ATTRv than ATTRwt amyloidosis and adversely affected QoL in ATTRv disease. These THAOS findings may aid clinicians in diagnosing and treating patients with ATTR amyloidosis. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00628745.
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12. Cutaneous amyloid is a biomarker in early ATTRv neuropathy and progresses across disease stages.
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Freeman, Roy, Gonzalez-Duarte, Alejandra, Barroso, Fabio, Campagnolo, Marta, Rajan, Sharika, Garcia, Jennifer, Jee Young Kim, Ningshan Wang, Orellana, Lucas, and Gibbons, Christopher
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DISEASE progression ,AMYLOID ,NEUROPATHY ,SYMPTOMS ,DIABETIC neuropathies ,CARDIAC amyloidosis - Abstract
Objective: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of cutaneous amyloid deposition in relation to patient-reported measures in the earliest disease stage of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis (ATTRv). Methods: In a cross-sectional study, we analyzed 88 individuals with TTR mutations, 47 of whom were in the earliest disease stage and without clinically evident neuropathy, 12 healthy controls, and 13 disease controls with diabetes. All participants' neuropathy symptoms and signs were assessed using validated patient and clinician-reported measures and 3-mm skin punch biopsies were immunostained using protein gene product 9.5 and Congo Red. Results: Amyloid can be detected in the earliest disease stages in up to 86% of patients with ATTRv amyloidosis. Amyloid was not detected in healthy individuals or individuals with diabetic peripheral neuropathy supporting a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 100%. The cutaneous deposition of amyloid correlates with neuropathy sensory symptoms, measured with the Neuropathy Total Symptom Score-6 (R = 0.46, p < 0.01); pain measured with the Brief Pain Symptom Inventory (R = 0.44, p < 0.05); autonomic symptoms, measured with the Boston Autonomic Symptom Questionnaire (R = 0.38, p < 0.05); and quality of life measured with the Norfolk Diabetic Neuropathy Quality of Life Questionnaire (R = 0.44, p < 0.05). Individuals with amyloid deposition were more likely to have sensory symptoms, pain, autonomic impairment, and reduced quality of life than ATTRv patients without amyloid deposition. Interpretation: These findings have implications for understanding the earliest manifestations of the clinical phenotype of ATTRvassociated neuropathy, for the pathophysiological construct of disease staging, and for timing the introduction of disease-modifying therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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13. Treatment-related fluctuations in Guillain-Barré syndrome: clinical features and predictors of recurrence.
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ALESSANDRO, Lucas, CASTIGLIONE, Juan Ignacio, BRAND, Patricio, BRUNO, Veronica, and BARROSO, Fabio
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14. Focal Hypokalemic Paralysis: Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature
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Negrotto, Laura and Barroso, Fabio A.
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15. COMPOUND MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL TEMPORAL DISPERSION DURING HYPOKALEMIA
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Barroso, Fabio A. and de la Fuente, Macarena I.
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16. Percussion Myotonia
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Barroso, Fabio A. and Nogues, Martin A.
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17. Phenotypic Differences of Glu89Gln Genotype in ATTR Amyloidosis From Endemic Loci: Update From THAOS.
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Gentile, Luca, Tournev, Ivailo, Amass, Leslie, Chapman, Doug, Mazzeo, Anna, the THAOS investigators, Barroso, Fabio, van Cleemput, Johan, Schmidt, Hartmut, Gess, Burkhard, Garcia Pavia, Pablo, Blanco, José Luis Muñoz, Rapezzi, Claudio, Vita, Giuseppe, Merlini, Giampaolo, Luigetti, Marco, Parman, Yesim, Maurer, Mathew, and LoRusso, Samantha
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18. Characteristics of Patients with Late- vs. Early-Onset Val30Met Transthyretin Amyloidosis from the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS).
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Waddington-Cruz, Márcia, Wixner, Jonas, Amass, Leslie, Kiszko, Jan, Chapman, Doug, Ando, Yukio, the THAOS investigators, Barroso, Fabio Adrian, Rugiero, Marcelo, Van Cleemput, Johan, Tarnev, Ivaylo, Kyriakides, Theodoros, Kristen, Arnt, Schmidt, Hartmut, Darstein, Felix, Gess, Burkhard, Plana, Josep Maria Campistol, Moreno, Juan Gonzalez, Costello, Jose Gonzalez, and Pavia, Pablo Garcia
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19. Eculizumab in refractory generalized myasthenia gravis previously treated with rituximab: subgroup analysis of REGAIN and its extension study.
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Siddiqi, Zaeem A., Nowak, Richard J., Mozaffar, Tahseen, O'Brien, Fanny, Yountz, Marcus, Patti, Francesco, Mazia, Claudio Gabriel, Wilken, Miguel, Barroso, Fabio, Saba, Juliet, Rugiero, Marcelo, Bettini, Mariela, Chaves, Marcelo, Vidal, Gonzalo, Garcia, Alejandra Dalila, De Bleecker, Jan, Van den Abeele, Guy, de Koning, Kathy, De Mey, Katrien, and Mercelis, Rudy
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Introduction/Aims: Individuals with refractory generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) who have a history of rituximab use and experience persistent symptoms represent a population with unmet treatment needs. The aim of this analysis was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of eculizumab in patients with refractory anti‐acetylcholine receptor antibody‐positive (AChR+) gMG previously treated with rituximab. Methods: This post hoc subgroup analysis of the phase 3 REGAIN study (NCT01997229) and its open‐label extension (OLE; NCT02301624) compared baseline characteristics, safety, and response to eculizumab in participants who had previously received rituximab with those who had not. Rituximab use was not permitted within the 6 months before screening or during REGAIN/OLE. Results: Of 125 REGAIN participants, 14 had received rituximab previously (7 received placebo and 7 received eculizumab). In the previous‐rituximab group, 57% had used at least four other immunosuppressants compared with 16% in the no‐previous‐rituximab group. Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living total scores from eculizumab baseline to week 130 of eculizumab treatment improved in both the previous‐rituximab and no‐previous‐rituximab groups (least‐squares mean −4.4, standard error of the mean [SEM] 1.0 [n = 9] and least‐squares mean −4.6, SEM 0.3 [n = 67], respectively; difference = 0.2, 95% confidence interval −1.88 to 2.22). In addition, in both groups, most patients who were treated with eculizumab for 130 weeks achieved a Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America post‐intervention status of minimal manifestations (66.7% and 65.0%, respectively). The eculizumab safety profile was similar between groups and consistent with its established profile. Discussion: Eculizumab is an effective therapy for patients with refractory AChR+ gMG, irrespective of whether they had received rituximab treatment previously. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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20. Long-term safety and efficacy of eculizumab in generalized myasthenia gravis
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Muppidi, Srikanth, Utsugisawa, Kimiaki, Benatar, Michael, Murai, Hiroyuki, Barohn, Richard J., Illa, Isabel, Jacob, Saiju, Vissing, John, Burns, Ted M., Kissel, John T., Nowak, Richard J., Andersen, Henning, Casasnovas, Carlos, de Bleecker, Jan L., Vu, Tuan H., Mantegazza, Renato, O'Brien, Fanny L., Wang, Jing Jing, Fujita, Kenji P., Howard, James F., Mazia, Claudio Gabriel, Wilken, Miguel, Barroso, Fabio, Saba, Juliet, Rugiero, Marcelo, Bettini, Mariela, Chaves, Marcelo, Vidal, Gonzalo, Garcia, Alejandra Dalila, van den Abeele, Guy, de Koning, Kathy, de Mey, Katrien, Mercelis, Rudy, Mahieu, D. lphine, Wagemaekers, Linda, van Damme, Philip, Depreitere, Annelies, Schotte, Caroline, Smetcoren, Charlotte, Stevens, Olivier, van Daele, Sien, Vandenbussche, Nicolas, Vanhee, Annelies, Verjans, Sarah, Vynckier, Jan, D'Hondt, Ann, Tilkin, Petra, Alves de Siqueira Carvalho, Alzira, Dias Brockhausen, Igor, Feder, David, Ambrosio, Daniel, César, Pamela, Melo, Ana Paula, Martins Ribeiro, Renata, Rocha, Rosana, Bezerra Rosa, Bruno, Veiga, Thabata, da Silva, Luiz Augusto, Santos Engel, Murilo, Gonçalves Geraldo, Jordana, Ananias Morita, Maria da Penha, Nogueira Coelho, Erica, Paiva, Gabriel, Pozo, Marina, Prando, Natalia, Martineli Torres, Debora Dada, Butinhao, Cristiani Fernanda, Duran, Gustavo, Gomes da Silva, Tamires Cristina, Otavio Maia Gonçalves, Luiz, Pazetto, Lucas Eduardo, Fialho, Tomás Augusto Suriane, Renata Cubas Volpe, Luciana, Souza Duca, Luciana, Gheller Friedrich, Maurício André, Guerreiro, Alexandre, Mohr, Henrique, Pereira Martins, Maurer, da Cruz Pacheco, Daiane, Ferreira, Luciana, Macagnan, Ana Paula, Pinto, Graziela, de Cassia Santos, Aline, Souza Bulle Oliveira, Acary, Amaral Andrade, Ana Carolina, Annes, Marcelo, Duarte Silva, Liene, Cavalcante Lino, Valeria, Pinto, Wladimir, Assis, Natália, Carrara, Fernanda, Miranda, Carolina, Souza, Iandra, Fernandes, Patricia, Siddiqi, Zaeem, Phan, Cecile, Narayan, Jeffrey, Blackmore, Derrick, Mallon, Ashley, Roderus, Rikki, Watt, Elizabeth, Vohanka, Stanislav, Bednarik, Josef, Chmelikova, Magda, Cierny, Marek, Toncrova, Stanislava, Junkerova, Jana, Kurkova, Barbora, Reguliova, Katarina, Zapletalova, Olga, Pitha, Jiri, Novakova, Iveta, Tyblova, Michaela, Jurajdova, Ivana, Wolfova, Marcela, Harbo, Thomas, Vinge, Lotte, Krogh, Susanne, Mogensen, Anita, Højgaard, Joan, Witting, Nanna, Ostergaard Autzen, Anne, Pedersen, Jane, Eralinna, Juha-Pekka, Laaksonen, Mikko, Oksaranta, Olli, Harrison, Tuula, Eriksson, Jaana, Rozsa, Csilla, Horvath, Melinda, Lovas, Gabor, Matolcsi, Judit, Szabo, Gyorgyi, Jakab, Gedeonne, Szabadosne, Brigitta, Vecsei, Laszlo, Dezsi, Livia, Varga, Edina, Konyane, Monika, Antonini, Giovanni, di Pasquale, Antonella, Garibaldi, Matteo, Morino, Stefania, Troili, Fernanda, Fionda, Laura, Filla, Allessandro, Costabile, Teresa, Marano, Enrico, Saccà, Francesco, Fasanaro, Angiola, Marsili, Angela, Puorro, Giorgia, Antozzi, Carlo, Bonanno, Silvia, Camera, Giorgia, Locatelli, Alberta, Maggi, Lorenzo, Pasanisi, Maria, Campanella, Angela, Evoli, Amelia, Alboini, Paolo Emilio, D'Amato, Valentina, Iorio, Raffaele, Inghilleri, Maurizio, Frasca, Vittorio, Giacomelli, Elena, Gori, Maria, Lopergolo, Diego, Onesti, Emanuela, Gabriele, Maria, Uzawa, Akiyuki, Kanai, Tetsuya, Kawaguchi, Naoki, Mori, Masahiro, Kaneko, Yoko, Kanzaki, Akiko, Kobayashi, Eri, Masaki, Katsuhisa, Matsuse, Dai, Matsushita, Takuya, Uehara, Taira, Shimpo, Misa, Jingu, Maki, Kikutake, Keiko, Nakamura, Yumiko, Sano, Yoshiko, Nagane, Yuriko, Kamegamori, Ikuko, Tsuda, Tomoko, Fujii, Yuko, Futono, Kazumi, Ozawa, Yukiko, Mizugami, Aya, Saito, Yuka, Suzuki, Hidekazu, Morikawa, Miyuki, Samukawa, Makoto, Kamakura, Sachiko, Miyawaki, Eriko, Shiraishi, Hirokazu, Mitazaki, Teiichiro, Motomura, Masakatsu, Mukaino, Akihiro, Yoshimura, Shunsuke, Asada, Shizuka, Yoshida, Seiko, Amamoto, Shoko, Kobashikawa, Tomomi, Koga, Megumi, Maeda, Yasuko, Takada, Kazumi, Takada, Mihoko, Tsurumaru, Masako, Yamashita, Yumi, Suzuki, Yasushi, Akiyama, Tetsuya, Narikawa, Koichi, Tano, Ohito, Tsukita, Kenichi, Kurihara, Rikako, Meguro, Fumie, Fukuda, Yusuke, Sato, Miwako, Okumura, Meinoshin, Funaka, Soichiro, Kawamura, Tomohiro, Makamori, Masayuki, Takahashi, Masanori, Taichi, Namie, Hasuike, Tomoya, Higuchi, Eriko, Kobayashi, Hisako, Osakada, Kaori, Imai, Tomihiro, Tsuda, Emiko, Shimohama, Shun, Hayashi, Takashi, Hisahara, Shin, Kawamata, Jun, Murahara, Takashi, Saitoh, Masaki, Suzuki, Shuichiro, Yamamoto, Daisuke, Ishiyama, Yoko, Ishiyama, Naoko, Noshiro, Mayuko, Takeyama, Rumi, Uwasa, Kaori, Yasuda, Ikuko, van der Kooi, Anneke, de Visser, Marianne, Gibson, Tamar, Kim, Byung-Jo, Lee, Chang Nyoung, Koo, Yong Seo, Seok, Hung Youl, Kang, Hoo Nam, Ra, HyeJin, Kim, Byoung Joon, Cho, Eun Bin, Choi, MiSong, Lee, HyeLim, Min, Ju-Hong, Seok, Jinmyoung, Lee, JiEun, Koh, Da Yoon, Kwon, JuYoung, Park, SangAe, Choi, Eun Hwa, Hong, Yoon-Ho, Ahn, So-Hyun, Koo, Dae Lim, Lim, Jae-Sung, Shin, Chae Won, Hwang, Ji Ye, Kim, Miri, Kim, Seung Min, Jeong, Ha-Neul, Jung, JinWoo, Kim, Yool-hee, Lee, Hyung Seok, Shin, Ha Young, Hwang, Eun Bi, Shin, Miju, Alberti Aguilo, Maria Antonia, Homedes-Pedret, Christian, Julia Palacios, Natalia, Diez Porras, Laura, Velez Santamaria, Valentina, Lazaro, Ana, Diez Tejedor, Exuperio, Gomez Salcedo, Pilar, Fernandez-Fournier, Mireya, Lopez Ruiz, Pedro, Rodriguez de Rivera, Francisco Javier, Sastre, Maria, Gamez, Josep, Sune, Pilar, Salvado, Maria, Gili, Gisela, Mazuela, Gonzalo, Cortes Vicente, Elena, Diaz-Manera, Jordi, Querol Gutierrez, Luis Antonio, Rojas Garcia, Ricardo, Vidal, Nuria, Arribas-Ibar, Elisabet, Piehl, Fredrik, Hietala, Albert, Bjarbo, Lena, Sengun, Ihsan, Meherremova, Arzu, Ozcelik, Pinar, Balkan, Bengu, Tuga, Celal, Ugur, Muzeyyen, Erdem-Ozdamar, Sevim, Bekircan-Kurt, Can Ebru, Acar, Nazire Pinar, Yilmaz, Ezgi, Caliskan, Yagmur, Orsel, Gulsah, Efendi, Husnu, Aydinlik, Seda, Cavus, Hakan, Kutlu, Ayse, Becerikli, Gulsar, Semiz, Cansu, Tun, Ozlem, Terzi, Murat, Dogan, Baki, Onar, Musa Kazim, Sen, Sedat, Kirbas Cavdar, Tugce, Veske, Adife, Norwood, Fiona, Dimitriou, Aikaterini, Gollogly, Jakit, Mahdi-Rogers, Mohamed, Seddigh, Arshira, Sokratous, Giannis, Maier, Gal, Sohail, Faisal, Sadalage, Girija, Torane, Pravin, Brown, Claire, Shah, Amna, Sathasivam, Sivakumar, Arndt, Heike, Davies, Debbie, Watling, Dave, Amato, Anthony, Cochrane, Thomas, Salajegheh, Mohammed, Roe, Kristen, Amato, Katherine, Toska, Shirli, Wolfe, Gil, Silvestri, Nicholas, Patrick, Kara, Zakalik, Karen, Katz, Jonathan, Miller, Robert, Engel, Marguerite, Forshew, Dallas, Bravver, Elena, Brooks, Benjamin, Plevka, Sarah, Burdette, Maryanne, Cunningham, Scott, Sanjak, Mohammad, Kramer, Megan, Nemeth, Joanne, Schommer, Clara, Tierney, Scott, Juel, Vern, Guptill, Jeffrey, Hobson-Webb, Lisa, Massey, Janice, Beck, Kate, Carnes, Donna, Loor, John, Anderson, Amanda, Pascuzzi, Robert, Bodkin, Cynthia, Kincaid, John, Snook, Riley, Guingrich, Sandra, Micheels, Angela, Chaudhry, Vinay, Corse, Andrea, 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Kazamel, Mohamed, Alsharabati, Mohammad, Lu, Liang, Nozaki, Kenkichi, Mumfrey-Thomas, Sandi, Woodall, Amy, Mozaffar, Tahseen, Cash, Tiyonnoh, Goyal, Namita, Roy, Gulmohor, Mathew, Veena, Maqsood, Fatima, Minton, Brian, Jones, H. James, Rosenfeld, Jeffrey, Garcia, Rebekah, Echevarria, Laura, Garcia, Sonia, Pulley, Michael, Aranke, Shachie, Berger, Alan Ross, Shah, Jaimin, Shabbir, Yasmeen, Smith, Lisa, Varghese, Mary, Gutmann, Laurie, Gutmann, Ludwig, Jerath, Nivedita, Nance, Christopher, Swenson, Andrea, Olalde, Heena, Kressin, Nicole, Sieren, Jeri, Dimachkie, Mazen, Glenn, Melanie, McVey, April, Pasnoor, Mamatha, Statland, Jeffery, Wang, Yunxia, Liu, Tina, Emmons, Kelley, Jenci, Nicole, Locheke, Jerry, Fondaw, Alex, Johns, Kathryn, Rico, Gabrielle, Walsh, Maureen, Herbelin, Laura, Hafer-Macko, Charlene, Kwan, Justin, Zilliox, Lindsay, Callison, Karen, Young, Valerie, DiSanzo, Beth, Naunton, Kerry, Bilsker, Martin, Sharma, Khema, Cooley, Anne, Reyes, Eliana, Michon, Sara-Claude, Sheldon, Danielle, Steele, Julie, Chopra, Manisha, Traub, Rebecca, Katzin, Lara, McClain, Terry, Harvey, Brittany, Hart, Adam, Huynh, Kristin, Beydoun, Said, Chilingaryan, Amaiak, Doan, Victor, Droker, Brian, Gong, Hui, Karimi, Sanaz, Lin, Frank, Pokala, Krishna, Shah, Akshay, Tran, Anh, Akhter, Salma, Malekniazi, Ali, Tandan, Rup, Hehir, Michael, Waheed, Waqar, Lucy, Shannon, Weiss, Michael, Distad, Jane, Strom, Susan, Downing, Sharon, Kim, Bryan, Bertorini, Tulio, Arnold, Thomas, Hendersen, Kendrick, Pillai, Rekha, Liu, Ye, Wheeler, Lauren, Hewlett, Jasmine, Vanderhook, Mollie, Dicapua, Daniel, Keung, Benison, Kumar, Aditya, Patwa, Huned, Robeson, Kimberly, Yang, Irene, Nye, Joan, Vu, Hong, Muppidi, S., Utsugisawa, K., Benatar, M., Murai, H., Barohn, R. 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E., D'Amato, V., Iorio, R., Inghilleri, M., Frasca, V., Giacomelli, E., Gori, M., Lopergolo, D., Onesti, E., Gabriele, M., Uzawa, A., Kanai, T., Kawaguchi, N., Mori, M., Kaneko, Y., Kanzaki, A., Kobayashi, E., Masaki, K., Matsuse, D., Matsushita, T., Uehara, T., Shimpo, M., Jingu, M., Kikutake, K., Nakamura, Y., Sano, Y., Nagane, Y., Kamegamori, I., Tsuda, T., Fujii, Y., Futono, K., Ozawa, Y., Mizugami, A., Saito, Y., Suzuki, H., Morikawa, M., Samukawa, M., Kamakura, S., Miyawaki, E., Shiraishi, H., Mitazaki, T., Motomura, M., Mukaino, A., Yoshimura, S., Asada, S., Yoshida, S., Amamoto, S., Kobashikawa, T., Koga, M., Maeda, Y., Takada, K., Takada, M., Tsurumaru, M., Yamashita, Y., Suzuki, Y., Akiyama, T., Narikawa, K., Tano, O., Tsukita, K., Kurihara, R., Meguro, F., Fukuda, Y., Sato, M., Okumura, M., Funaka, S., Kawamura, T., Makamori, M., Takahashi, M., Taichi, N., Hasuike, T., Higuchi, E., Kobayashi, H., Osakada, K., Imai, T., Tsuda, E., Shimohama, S., Hayashi, T., Hisahara, S., Kawamata, J., Murahara, T., Saitoh, M., Suzuki, S., Yamamoto, D., Ishiyama, Y., Ishiyama, N., Noshiro, M., Takeyama, R., Uwasa, K., Yasuda, I., van der Kooi, A., de Visser, M., Gibson, T., Kim, B. -J., Lee, C. N., Koo, Y. S., Seok, H. Y., Kang, H. N., Ra, H., Kim, B. J., Cho, E. B., Choi, M., Lee, H., Min, J. -H., Seok, J., Lee, J., Koh, D. Y., Kwon, J., Park, S., Choi, E. H., Hong, Y. -H., Ahn, S. -H., Koo, D. L., Lim, J. -S., Shin, C. W., Hwang, J. Y., Kim, M., Kim, S. M., Jeong, H. -N., Jung, J., Kim, Y. -H., Lee, H. S., Shin, H. Y., Hwang, E. B., Shin, M., Alberti Aguilo, M. A., Homedes-Pedret, C., Julia Palacios, N., Diez Porras, L., Velez Santamaria, V., Lazaro, A., Diez Tejedor, E., Gomez Salcedo, P., Fernandez-Fournier, M., Lopez Ruiz, P., Rodriguez de Rivera, F. J., Sastre, M., Gamez, J., Sune, P., Salvado, M., Gili, G., Mazuela, G., Cortes Vicente, E., Diaz-Manera, J., Querol Gutierrez, L. A., Rojas Garcia, R., Vidal, N., Arribas-Ibar, E., Piehl, F., Hietala, A., Bjarbo, L., Sengun, I., Meherremova, A., Ozcelik, P., Balkan, B., Tuga, C., Ugur, M., Erdem-Ozdamar, S., Bekircan-Kurt, C. E., Acar, N. P., Yilmaz, E., Caliskan, Y., Orsel, G., Efendi, H., Aydinlik, S., Cavus, H., Kutlu, A., Becerikli, G., Semiz, C., Tun, O., Terzi, M., Dogan, B., Onar, M. K., Sen, S., Kirbas Cavdar, T., Veske, A., Norwood, F., Dimitriou, A., Gollogly, J., Mahdi-Rogers, M., Seddigh, A., Sokratous, G., Maier, G., Sohail, F., Sadalage, G., Torane, P., Brown, C., Shah, A., Sathasivam, S., Arndt, H., Davies, D., Watling, D., Amato, A., Cochrane, T., Salajegheh, M., Roe, K., Amato, K., Toska, S., Wolfe, G., Silvestri, N., Patrick, K., Zakalik, K., Katz, J., Miller, R., Engel, M., Forshew, D., Bravver, E., Brooks, B., Plevka, S., Burdette, M., Cunningham, S., Sanjak, M., Kramer, M., Nemeth, J., Schommer, C., Tierney, S., Juel, V., Guptill, J., Hobson-Webb, L., Massey, J., Beck, K., Carnes, D., Loor, J., Anderson, A., Pascuzzi, R., Bodkin, C., Kincaid, J., Snook, R., Guingrich, S., Micheels, A., Chaudhry, V., Corse, A., Mosmiller, B., Kelley, A., Ho, D., Srinivasan, J., Vytopil, M., Jara, J., Ventura, N., Scala, S., Carter, C., Donahue, C., Herbert, C., Weiner, E., Alam, S., Mckinnon, J., Haar, L., Mckinnon, N., Alcon, K., Mckenna, K., Sattar, N., Daniels, K., Jeffery, D., Freimer, M., Hoyle, J. C., Agriesti, J., Chelnick, S., Mezache, L., Pineda, C., Muharrem, F., Karam, C., Khoury, J., Marburger, T., Kaur, H., Dimitrova, D., Gilchrist, J., Agrawal, B., Elsayed, M., Kohlrus, S., Andoin, A., Darnell, T., Golden, L., Lokaitis, B., Seelback, J., Goyal, N., Sakamuri, S., So, Y. T., Paulose, S., Pol, S., Welsh, L., Bhavaraju-Sanka, R., Tobon Gonzales, A., Dishman, L., Jones, F., Gonzalez, A., Padilla, P., Saklad, A., Silva, M., Nations, S., Trivedi, J., Hopkins, S., Kazamel, M., Alsharabati, M., Lu, L., Nozaki, K., Mumfrey-Thomas, S., Woodall, A., Mozaffar, T., Cash, T., Roy, G., Mathew, V., Maqsood, F., Minton, B., Jones, H. J., Rosenfeld, J., Garcia, R., Echevarria, L., Garcia, S., Pulley, M., Aranke, S., Berger, A. R., Shah, J., Shabbir, Y., Smith, L., Varghese, M., Gutmann, L., Jerath, N., Nance, C., Swenson, A., Olalde, H., Kressin, N., Sieren, J., Dimachkie, M., Glenn, M., Mcvey, A., Pasnoor, M., Statland, J., Wang, Y., Liu, T., Emmons, K., Jenci, N., Locheke, J., Fondaw, A., Johns, K., Rico, G., Walsh, M., Herbelin, L., Hafer-Macko, C., Kwan, J., Zilliox, L., Callison, K., Young, V., Disanzo, B., Naunton, K., Bilsker, M., Sharma, K., Cooley, A., Reyes, E., Michon, S. -C., Sheldon, D., Steele, J., Chopra, M., Traub, R., Katzin, L., Mcclain, T., Harvey, B., Hart, A., Huynh, K., Beydoun, S., Chilingaryan, A., Doan, V., Droker, B., Gong, H., Karimi, S., Lin, F., Pokala, K., Tran, A., Akhter, S., Malekniazi, A., Tandan, R., Hehir, M., Waheed, W., Lucy, S., Weiss, M., Distad, J., Strom, S., Downing, S., Kim, B., Bertorini, T., Arnold, T., Hendersen, K., Pillai, R., Liu, Y., Wheeler, L., Hewlett, J., Vanderhook, M., Dicapua, D., Keung, B., Kumar, A., Patwa, H., Robeson, K., Yang, I., Nye, J., Vu, H., Neurology, AII - Infectious diseases, ANS - Neuroinfection & -inflammation, APH - Methodology, and APH - Quality of Care
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,Pediatrics ,Exacerbation ,Physiology ,Heart Diseases/chemically induced ,Myasthenia Gravis/drug therapy ,030105 genetics & heredity ,THERAPY ,DOUBLE-BLIND ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life ,Monoclonal ,Activities of Daily Living ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Functional ability ,Longitudinal Studies ,Humanized ,Angioedema/chemically induced ,MG-ADL ,QMG ,Eculizumab ,Middle Aged ,myasthenia gravi ,3. Good health ,Treatment Outcome ,Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/therapeutic use ,Meningococcal Infections/epidemiology ,Disease Progression ,Female ,eculizumab ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR ECULIZUMAB ,medicine.drug ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,MG-QOL15 ,Heart Diseases ,Clinical Neurology ,Meningococcal Vaccines ,Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized ,Placebo ,Antibodies ,ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTOR ,Complement Inactivating Agents/therapeutic use ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,Refractory ,Physiology (medical) ,Injection Site Reaction/epidemiology ,Myasthenia Gravis ,medicine ,Aspergillosis ,Aspergillosis/epidemiology ,Humans ,Muscle Strength ,Angioedema ,myasthenia gravis ,Science & Technology ,business.industry ,MGC ,Neurosciences ,Meningococcal Vaccines/therapeutic use ,medicine.disease ,Interim analysis ,Complement Inactivating Agents ,Injection Site Reaction ,Meningococcal Infections ,Quality of Life ,Myasthenia gravis ,ANTIBODY ,Neurosciences & Neurology ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Eculizumab is effective and well tolerated in patients with antiacetylcholine receptor antibody-positive refractory generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG; REGAIN; NCT01997229). We report an interim analysis of an open-label extension of REGAIN, evaluating eculizumab's long-term safety and efficacy. METHODS: Eculizumab (1,200 mg every 2 weeks for 22.7 months [median]) was administered to 117 patients. RESULTS: The safety profile of eculizumab was consistent with REGAIN; no cases of meningococcal infection were reported during the interim analysis period. Myasthenia gravis exacerbation rate was reduced by 75% from the year before REGAIN (P
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21. Hereditary Neuropathy With Liability to Pressure Palsies Manifesting By Recurrent Neuropathic Pain
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Barroso, Fabio A, Leiguarda, Ramón, and Nogués, Martín A.
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22. Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment for mild Guillain-Barré syndrome: an international observational study.
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Verboon, Christine, Harbo, Thomas, Cornblath, David R., Hughes, Richard A. C., van Doorn, Pieter A., Lunn, Michael P., Gorson, Kenneth C., Barroso, Fabio, Satoshi Kuwabara, Galassi, Giuliana, Lehmann, Helmar C., Susumu Kusunoki, Reisin, Ricardo C., Binda, Davide, Cavaletti, Guido, Jacobs, Bart C., Kuwabara, Satoshi, Kusunoki, Susumu, IGOS consortium, and GOS consortium
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GUILLAIN-Barre syndrome ,INTRAVENOUS immunoglobulins ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,SCIENTIFIC observation ,MUSCLE strength ,THERAPEUTIC use of immunoglobulins ,RESEARCH ,RESEARCH methodology ,DISABILITY evaluation ,MEDICAL cooperation ,EVALUATION research ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,COMPARATIVE studies - Abstract
Objective: To compare the disease course in patients with mild Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) who were treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) or supportive care only.Methods: We selected patients from the prospective observational International GBS Outcome Study (IGOS) who were able to walk independently at study entry (mild GBS), treated with one IVIg course or supportive care. The primary endpoint was the GBS disability score four weeks after study entry, assessed by multivariable ordinal regression analysis.Results: Of 188 eligible patients, 148 (79%) were treated with IVIg and 40 (21%) with supportive care. The IVIg group was more disabled at baseline. IVIg treatment was not associated with lower GBS disability scores at 4 weeks (adjusted OR (aOR) 1.62, 95% CI 0.63 to 4.13). Nearly all secondary endpoints showed no benefit from IVIg, although the time to regain full muscle strength was shorter (28 vs 56 days, p=0.03) and reported pain at 26 weeks was lower (n=26/121, 22% vs n=12/30, 40%, p=0.04) in the IVIg treated patients. In the subanalysis with persistent mild GBS in the first 2 weeks, the aOR for a lower GBS disability score at 4 weeks was 2.32 (95% CI 0.76 to 7.13). At 1 year, 40% of all patients had residual symptoms.Conclusion: In patients with mild GBS, one course of IVIg did not improve the overall disease course. The certainty of this conclusion is limited by confounding factors, selection bias and wide confidence limits. Residual symptoms were often present after one year, indicating the need for better treatments in mild GBS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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23. Impact of genotype and phenotype on cardiac biomarkers in patients with transthyretin amyloidosis - Report from the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcome Survey (THAOS)
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Kristen, Arnt V., Maurer, Mathew S., Rapezzi, Claudio, Mundayat, Rajiv, Suhr, Ole B., Damy, Thibaud, Barroso, Fabio Adrian, Rugiero, Marcelo F, Van Cleemput, Johan J., Tournev, Ivailo, Cruz, Marcia Waddington, Fine, Nowell M., Kristen, Arnt Volko, Schmidt, Hartmut H. J., Zimmermann, Tim, Gess, Burkhard, Moelgaard, Henning, Plana, Josep Maria Campistol, Reines, Juan Buades, Costello, Jose Gonzalez, Pavia, Pablo Garcia, Blanco, Jose Luis Munoz, Plante Bordeneuve, Violaine, Adams, David, Inamo, Jocelyn, Vita, Giuseppe, Merlini, Giampaolo, Bergesio, Franco, Sekijima, Yoshiki, Ando, Yukio, Misawa, Sonoko, Lee, Ga Yeon, Jeeyoung, Oh, Briseno, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez Duarte, Hazenberg, Bouke P. C., Coelho, Teresa, Conceicao, Isabel M., Maurer, Mathew Shane, Shah, Sanjiv Jayendra, Quan, Dianna, Judge, Daniel Philip, Gottlieb, Stephen Scott, Sarswat, Nitasha, Murali, Srinivas C., Iyadurai, Stanley, Cotts, William Gerritt, Drachman, Brian M., Dispenzieri, Angela, Steidley, David Eric, Hummel, Scott L., Lenihan, Daniel J., Ventura, Hector Osvaldo, Jacoby, Daniel L., Hoffman, James E., Kristen, Arnt V., Maurer, Mathew S., Rapezzi, Claudio, Mundayat, Rajiv, Suhr, Ole B., Damy, Thibaud, Barroso, Fabio Adrian, Rugiero, Marcelo F, Van Cleemput, Johan J., Tournev, Ivailo, Cruz, Marcia Waddington, Fine, Nowell M., Kristen, Arnt Volko, Schmidt, Hartmut H.J., Zimmermann, Tim, Gess, Burkhard, Moelgaard, Henning, Plana, Josep Maria Campistol, Reines, Juan Buade, Costello, Jose Gonzalez, Pavia, Pablo Garcia, Blanco, Jose Luis Munoz, Plante-Bordeneuve, Violaine, Adams, David, Inamo, Jocelyn, Vita, Giuseppe, Merlini, Giampaolo, Bergesio, Franco, Sekijima, Yoshiki, Ando, Yukio, Misawa, Sonoko, Lee, Ga Yeon, Oh, Jeeyoung, Briseno, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez Duarte, Hazenberg, Bouke P.C., Coelho, Teresa, Conceicao, Isabel M., Maurer, Mathew Shane, Shah, Sanjiv Jayendra, Quan, Dianna, Judge, Daniel Philip, Gottlieb, Stephen Scott, Sarswat, Nitasha, Murali, Srinivas C., Iyadurai, Stanley, Cotts, William Gerritt, Drachman, Brian M., Dispenzieri, Angela, Steidley, David Eric, Hummel, Scott L., Lenihan, Daniel J., Ventura, Hector Osvaldo, Jacoby, Daniel L., Hoffman, James E., and Translational Immunology Groningen (TRIGR)
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Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) ,Pathology ,Physiology ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Peptide Hormones ,lcsh:Medicine ,Medicine (all) ,Biochemistry ,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Liver transplantation ,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ,Body Mass Index ,0302 clinical medicine ,Genotype-phenotype distinction ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Genotype ,Natriuretic Peptide, Brain ,Natriuretic peptide ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Atrial natriuretic peptides ,Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems ,lcsh:Science ,Multidisciplinary ,Kardiologi ,biology ,Amyloidosis ,Biochemical markers ,Troponin ,Phenotype ,Physiological Parameters ,cardiovascular system ,Anatomy ,hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists ,Research Article ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.drug_class ,Cardiology ,Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures ,macromolecular substances ,NO ,03 medical and health sciences ,Digestive System Procedures ,Signs and Symptoms ,Troponin T ,Diagnostic Medicine ,Natriuretic Peptide ,medicine ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,Heart Failure ,Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial ,Transplantation ,Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Troponin I ,Body Weight ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Proteins ,Renal System ,Organ Transplantation ,medicine.disease ,Hormones ,Liver Transplantation ,Transthyretin ,Cytoskeletal Proteins ,Heart failure ,biology.protein ,lcsh:Q ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Biomarkers - Abstract
AIM:Cardiac troponins and natriuretic peptides are established for risk stratification in light-chain amyloidosis. Data on cardiac biomarkers in transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) are lacking. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients (n = 1617) with any of the following cardiac biomarkers, BNP (n = 1079), NT-proBNP (n = 550), troponin T (n = 274), and troponin I (n = 108), available at baseline in the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS) were analyzed for differences between genotypes and phenotypes and their association with survival. Median level of BNP was 68.0 pg/mL (IQR 30.5-194.9), NT-proBNP 337.9 pg/mL (IQR 73.0-2584.0), troponin T 0.03 μg/L (IQR 0.01-0.05), and troponin I 0.08 μg/L (IQR 0.04-0.13). NT-proBNP and BNP were higher in wild-type than mutant-type ATTR, troponin T and I did not differ, respectively. Non-Val30Met patients had higher BNP, NT-proBNP and troponin T levels than Val30Met patients, but not troponin I. Late-onset Val30Met was associated with higher levels of troponin I and troponin T compared with early-onset. 115 patients died during a median follow-up of 1.2 years. Mortality increased with increasing quartiles (BNP/NT-proBNP Q1 = 1.7%, Q2 = 5.2%, Q3 = 21.7%, Q4 = 71.3%; troponin T/I Q1 = 6.5%, Q2 = 14.5%, Q3 = 33.9%, Q4 = 45.2%). Three-year overall-survival estimates for BNP/NT-proBNP and troponin T/I quartiles differed significantly (p
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24. Regional variation of Guillain-Barré syndrome
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Doets, Alex Y., Verboon, Christine, Van Den Berg, Bianca, Harbo, Thomas, Cornblath, David R., Willison, Hugh J., Islam, Zhahirul, Attarian, Shahram, Barroso, Fabio A., Bateman, Kathleen, Benedetti, Luana, Van Den Bergh, Peter, Casasnovas, Carlos, Cavaletti, Guido, Chavada, Govindsinh, Claeys, Kristl G., Dardiotis, Efthimios, Davidson, Amy, Van Doorn, Pieter A., Feasby, Tom E., Galassi, Giuliana, Gorson, Kenneth C., Hartung, Hans-Peter, Hsieh, Sung-Tsang, Hughes, Richard A. C., Illa, Isabel, Islam, Badrul, Kusunoki, Susumu, Kuwabara, Satoshi, Lehmann, Helmar C., Miller, James A. L., Mohammad, Quazi Deen, Monges, Soledad, Nobile Orazio, Eduardo, Pardo, Julio, Pereon, Yann, Rinaldi, Simon, Querol, Luis, Reddel, Stephen W., Reisin, Ricardo C., Shahrizaila, Nortina, Sindrup, Soren H., Waqar, Waheed, Jacobs, Bart C., Jacobs, Bc, Hughes, Rac, Cornblath, Dr, Gorson, Kc, Hartung, Hp, Kusunoki, S, van Doorn PA, Willison, Hj, van Woerkom, M, van den Berg, B, Verboon, C, Doets, Ay, Roodbol, J, Reisin, Rc, Reddel, Sw, Islam, Z, Islam, B, Mohammad, Qd, van den Bergh, P, Feasby, Te, Harbo, T, Péréon, Y, Lehmann, Hc, Dardiotis, E, Nobile-Orazio, E, Shahrizaila, N, Bateman, K, Illa, I, Querol, L, Hsieh, St, Chavada, G, Davidson, A, Addington, Jm, Ajroud-Driss, S, Andersen, H, Antonini, G, Ariatti, A, Attarian, S, Badrising, Ua, Barroso, Fa, Benedetti, L, Beronio, A, Bianco, M, Binda, D, Briani, C, Bunschoten, C, Bürmann, J, Bella, Ir, Bertorini, Te, Bhavaraju-Sanka, R, Brannagan, Th, Busby, M, Butterworth, S, Casasnovas, C, Cavaletti, G, Chao, Cc, Chetty, S, Claeys, Kg, Conti, Me, Cosgrove, Js, Dalakas, Mc, Derejko, Ma, Dimachkie, Mm, Doppler, K, Dornonville de la Cour, C, Echaniz-Laguna, A, Eftimov, F, Faber, Cg, Fazio, R, Fujioka, T, Fulgenzi, Ea, Galassi, G, Garcia-Sobrino, T, Garnero, M, Garssen, Mpj, Gijsbers, Cj, Gilchrist, Jm, Goldstein, Jm, Granit, V, Grapperon, A, Gutiérrez, G, Hadden, Rdm, Holbech, Jv, Holt, Jkl, Homedes Pedret, C, Htut, M, Jericó Pascual, I, Kaida, K, Karafiath, S, Katzberg, Hd, Kiers, L, Kieseier, Bc, Kimpinski, K, Kleyweg, Rp, Kokubun, N, Kolb, Na, Kuitwaard, K, Kuwabara, S, Kwan, Jy, Ladha, Ss, Landschoff Lassen, L, Lawson, V, Ledingham, D, Léon Cejas, L, Lucy, St, Lunn, Mpt, Magot, A, Manji, H, Marchesoni, C, Marfia, Ga, Márquez Infante, C, Martinez Hernandez, E, Mataluni, G, Mcdermott, Cj, Meekins, Gd, Miller, Jal, Monges, Ms, Montero, Mcj, Morís de la Tassa, G, Mozzoni, J, Nascimbene, C, Nowak, Rj, Orizaloa Balaguer, P, Osei-Bonsu, M, Lee Pan EB, Pardo, J, Pasnoor, M, Rajabally, Ya, Rinaldi, S, Ritter, C, Roberts, Rc, Rojas-Marcos, I, Rudnicki, Sa, Ruiz, M, Sachs, Gm, Samijn, Jpa, Santoro, L, Schenone, A, Schwindling, L, Sedano Tous MJ, Sekiguchi, Y, Sheikh, Ka, Silvestri, Nj, Sindrup, Sh, Sommer, Cl, Stein, B, Stino, Am, Spyropoulos, A, Srinivasan, J, Suzuki, H, Tankisi, H, Tigner, D, Twydell, Pt, van Damme, P, van der Kooi AJ, van Dijk GW, van der Ree, T, van Koningsveld, R, Varrato, Jd, Vermeij, Fh, Visser, Lh, Vytopil, Mv, Waheed, W, Wilken, M, Wilkerson, C, Wirtz, Pw, Yamagishi, Y, Zhou, L, Zivkovic, S., Doets, A, Verboon, C, van den Berg, B, Harbo, T, Cornblath, D, Willison, H, Islam, Z, Attarian, S, Barroso, F, Bateman, K, Benedetti, L, van den Bergh, P, Casasnovas, C, Cavaletti, G, Chavada, G, Claeys, K, Dardiotis, E, Davidson, A, van Doorn, P, Feasby, T, Galassi, G, Gorson, K, Hartung, H, Hsieh, S, Hughes, R, Illa, I, Islam, B, Kusunoki, S, Kuwabara, S, Lehmann, H, Miller, J, Mohammad, Q, Monges, S, Nobile Orazio, E, Pardo, J, Pereon, Y, Rinaldi, S, Querol, L, Reddel, S, Reisin, R, Shahrizaila, N, Sindrup, S, Waqar, W, Jacobs, B, Neurology, AII - Infectious diseases, AII - Inflammatory diseases, ANS - Neuroinfection & -inflammation, Immunology, UCL - SSS/IONS/NEUR - Clinical Neuroscience, and UCL - (SLuc) Service de neurologie
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,clinical course ,Guillain-Barre Syndrome ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,axonal degeneration ,demyelination ,outcome ,polyradiculoneuropathy ,Internal medicine ,Severity of illness ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Young adult ,Child ,Geographic difference ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Guillain-Barre syndrome ,Polyradiculoneuropathy ,Overlap syndrome ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Regional variation ,Child, Preschool ,neurology ,Settore MED/26 - Neurologia ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Cohort study ,polyradiculoneuropathy, demyelination, axonal degeneration, clinical course, outcome - Abstract
Guillain-Barré syndrome is a heterogeneous disorder regarding the clinical presentation, electrophysiological subtype and outcome. Previous single country reports indicate that Guillain-Barré syndrome may differ among regions, but no systematic comparative studies have been conducted. Comparative studies are required to identify factors determining disease susceptibility, variation and prognosis, and to improve diagnostic criteria. The International Guillain-Barré Syndrome Outcome Study is a prospective, observational cohort study including all patients within the diagnostic spectrum, aiming to describe the heterogeneity of Guillain-Barré syndrome worldwide. The current study was based on the first 1000 inclusions with a follow-up of at least 1 year and confirmed the variation in clinical presentation, course and outcome between patients. The full clinical spectrum of Guillain-Barré syndrome was observed in patients from all countries participating in the International Guillain-Barré Syndrome Outcome Study, but the frequency of variants differed between regions. We compared three regions based on geography, income and previous reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome subtypes: 'Europe/Americas', 'Asia' (without Bangladesh), and 'Bangladesh'. We excluded 75 (8%) patients because of alternative diagnoses, protocol violations, or missing data. The predominant clinical variant was sensorimotor in Europe/Americas (n = 387/562, 69%) and Asia (n = 27/63, 43%), and pure motor in Bangladesh (n = 74/107, 69%). Miller Fisher syndrome and Miller Fisher-Guillain-Barré overlap syndrome were more common in Asia (n = 14/63, 22%) than in the other two regions (Europe/Americas: n = 64/562, 11%; Bangladesh: n = 1/107, 1%) (P < 0.001). The predominant electrophysiological subtype was demyelinating in all regions (Europe/Americas: n = 312/573, 55%; Asia: n = 29/65, 45%; Bangladesh: n = 38/94, 40%). The axonal subtype occurred more often in Bangladesh (n = 34/94, 36%) than in Europe/Americas (n = 33/573, 6%) and other Asian countries (n = 4/65, 6%) (P < 0.001). In all regions, patients with the axonal subtype were younger, had fewer sensory deficits, and showed a trend towards poorer recovery compared to patients with the demyelinating subtype. The proportion of patients able to walk unaided after 1 year varied between Asia (n = 31/34, 91%), Europe/Americas (n = 334/404, 83%) and Bangladesh (n = 67/97, 69%) (P = 0.003). A similar variation was seen for mortality, being higher in Bangladesh (n = 19/114, 17%) than in Europe/Americas (n = 23/486, 5%) and Asia (n = 1/45, 2%) (P < 0.001). This study showed that factors related to geography have a major influence on clinical phenotype, disease severity, electrophysiological subtype, and outcome of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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25. Consistent improvement with eculizumab across muscle groups in myasthenia gravis.
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Mantegazza, Renato, O'Brien, Fanny L., Yountz, Marcus, Howard, James F., Gabriel Mazia, Claudio, Wilken, Miguel, Barroso, Fabio, Saba, Juliet, Rugiero, Marcelo, Bettini, Mariela, Chaves, Marcelo, Vidal, Gonzalo, Dalila Garcia, Alejandra, De Bleecker, Jan, Van den Abeele, Guy, de Koning, Kathy, De Mey, Katrien, Mercelis, Rudy, Mahieu, Délphine, and Wagemaekers, Linda
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MYASTHENIA gravis ,RESPIRATORY muscles ,COMPLEMENT inhibition ,MUSCLE strength ,ACTIVITIES of daily living ,MUSCLES - Abstract
Objective: To assess whether eculizumab, a terminal complement inhibitor, improves patient‐ and physician‐reported outcomes (evaluated using the myasthenia gravis activities of daily living profile and the quantitative myasthenia gravis scale, respectively) in patients with refractory anti‐acetylcholine receptor antibody‐positive generalized myasthenia gravis across four domains, representing ocular, bulbar, respiratory, and limb/gross motor muscle groups. Methods: Patients with refractory anti‐acetylcholine receptor antibody‐positive generalized myasthenia gravis were randomized 1:1 to receive either placebo or eculizumab during the REGAIN study (NCT01997229). Patients who completed REGAIN were eligible to continue into the open‐label extension trial (NCT02301624) for up to 4 years. The four domain scores of each of the myasthenia gravis activities of daily living profile and the quantitative myasthenia gravis scale recorded throughout REGAIN and through 130 weeks of the open‐label extension were analyzed. Results: Of the 125 patients who participated in REGAIN, 117 enrolled in the open‐label extension; 61 had received placebo and 56 had received eculizumab during REGAIN. Patients experienced rapid improvements in total scores and all four domain scores of both the myasthenia gravis activities of daily living profile and the quantitative myasthenia gravis scale with eculizumab treatment. These improvements were sustained through 130 weeks of the open‐label extension. Interpretation: Eculizumab treatment elicits rapid and sustained improvements in muscle strength across ocular, bulbar, respiratory, and limb/gross motor muscle groups and in associated daily activities in patients with refractory anti‐acetylcholine receptor antibody‐positive generalized myasthenia gravis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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26. 'Minimal symptom expression' in patients with acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive refractory generalized myasthenia gravis treated with eculizumab.
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Vissing, John, Jacob, Saiju, Fujita, Kenji P., O'Brien, Fanny, Howard, James F., The REGAIN study group, Mazia, Claudio Gabriel, Wilken, Miguel, Barroso, Fabio, Saba, Juliet, Rugiero, Marcelo, Bettini, Mariela, Chaves, Marcelo, Vidal, Gonzalo, Garcia, Alejandra Dalila, De Bleecker, Jan, Van den Abeele, Guy, de Koning, Kathy, De Mey, Katrien, and Mercelis, Rudy
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Background: The efficacy and tolerability of eculizumab were assessed in REGAIN, a 26-week, phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive (AChR+) refractory generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), and its open-label extension. Methods: Attainment of 'minimal symptom expression' was evaluated using patient-reported outcome measures of gMG symptoms [MG activities of daily living scale (MG-ADL), 15-item MG quality of life questionnaire (MG-QOL15)] at the completion of REGAIN and during the open-label extension. 'Minimal symptom expression' was defined as MG-ADL total score of 0–1 or MG-QOL15 total score of 0–3. Results: At REGAIN week 26, more eculizumab-treated patients achieved 'minimal symptom expression' versus placebo [MG-ADL: 21.4% vs 1.7%; difference 19.8%; 95% confidence interval (CI) 8.5, 31.0; p = 0.0007; MG-QOL15: 16.1% vs 1.7%; difference 14.4%; 95% CI 4.3, 24.6; p = 0.0069]. During the open-label extension, the proportion of patients in the placebo/eculizumab group who achieved 'minimal symptom expression' increased after initiating eculizumab treatment and was sustained through 130 weeks of open-label eculizumab (MG-ADL: 1.7 to 27.8%; MG-QOL15: 1.7 to 19.4%). At extension study week 130, similar proportions of patients in the eculizumab/eculizumab and placebo/eculizumab groups achieved 'minimal symptom expression' (MG-ADL: 22.9% and 27.8%, respectively, p = 0.7861; MG-QOL15: 14.3% and 19.4%, respectively, p = 0.7531). The long-term tolerability of eculizumab was consistent with previous reports. Conclusions: Patients with AChR+ refractory gMG who receive eculizumab can achieve sustained 'minimal symptom expression' based on patient-reported outcomes. 'Minimal symptom expression' may be a useful tool in measuring therapy effectiveness in gMG. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01997229, NCT02301624. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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27. Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: baseline characteristics of patients in the NEURO-TTR trial.
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Waddington-Cruz, Marcia, Ackermann, Elizabeth J., Polydefkis, Michael, Heitner, Stephen B., Dyck, Peter J., Barroso, Fabio A., Wang, Annabel K., Berk, John L., Dyck, P. James B., Monia, Brett P., Hughes, Steven G., Tai, Li, Jesse Kwoh, T., Jung, Shiangtung W., Coelho, Teresa, Benson, Merrill D., and Gertz, Morie A.
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Background: Hereditary transthyretin (ATTRm) amyloidosis is a rare, progressive and fatal disease with a range of clinical manifestations. Objective: This study comprehensively evaluates disease characteristics in a large, diverse cohort of patients with ATTRm amyloidosis. Methods: Adult patients (N = 172) with Stage 1 or Stage 2 ATTRm amyloidosis who had polyneuropathy were screened and enrolled across 24 investigative sites and 10 countries in the NEURO-TTR trial (www.clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01737398). Medical and disease history, quality of life, laboratory data, and clinical assessments were analyzed. Results: The NEURO-TTR patient population was diverse in age, disease severity, TTR mutation, and organ involvement. Twenty-seven different TTR mutations were present, with Val30Met being the most common (52%). One third of patients reported early onset disease (before age 50) and the average duration of neuropathy symptoms was 5.3 years. Symptoms affected multiple organs and systems, with nearly 70% of patients exhibiting broad involvement of weakness, sensory loss, and autonomic disturbance. Over 60% of patients had cardiomyopathy, with highest prevalence in the United States (72%) and lowest in South America/Australasia (33%). Cardiac biomarker NT-proBNP correlated with left ventricular wall thickness (p<.001). Quality of life, measured by Norfolk QoL-DN and SF-36 patient-reported questionnaires, was significantly impaired and correlated with disease severity. Conclusions: Baseline data from the NEURO-TTR trial demonstrates ATTRm amyloidosis as a systemic disease with deficits in multiple organs and body systems, leading to decreased quality of life. We report concomitant presentation of polyneuropathy and cardiomyopathy in most patients, and early involvement of multiple body systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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28. Differences between acute‐onset chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in adult patients.
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Alessandro, Lucas, Pastor Rueda, José M., Wilken, Miguel, Querol, Luis, Marrodán, Mariano, Acosta, Julián N., Rivero, Alberto, Barroso, Fabio, and Farez, Mauricio F.
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ADRENOCORTICAL hormones ,ATAXIA ,DEMYELINATION ,DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis ,IMMUNOTHERAPY ,NEURAL conduction ,POLYNEUROPATHIES ,GUILLAIN-Barre syndrome ,RETROSPECTIVE studies ,SOMATOSENSORY disorders - Abstract
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) and acute‐onset chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (A‐CIDP) are conditions presenting overlapping clinical features during early stages (first 4 weeks), although the latter may progress after 8 weeks. The aim of this study was to identify predictive factors contributing to their differential diagnosis. Clinical records of adult patients with AIDP or A‐CIDP diagnosed at our institution between January 2006 and July 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. Demographic characteristics, clinical manifestations, cerebrospinal‐fluid (CSF) findings, treatment and clinical evolution were analyzed. Nerve conduction studies were performed in all patients with at least 12 months follow‐up. A total of 91 patients were included (AIDP, n = 77; A‐CIDP, n = 14). The median age was 55.5 years in patients with A‐CIDP vs 43 years in AIDP (P = .07). The history of diabetes mellitus was more frequent in A‐CIDP (29% vs 8%, P = .04). No significant differences between groups were observed with respect to: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status, presence of auto‐immune disorder or oncologic disease. Cranial, motor and autonomic nerve involvement rates were similar in both groups. Patients in the A‐CIDP group showed higher frequency of proprioceptive disturbances (83% vs 28%; P < .001), sensory ataxia (46% vs 16%; P = .01), and the use of combined immunotherapy with corticoids (29% vs 3%; P = .005). There were no significant differences in CSF findings, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, or mortality rates. During the first 8 weeks both entities are practically indistinguishable. Alterations in proprioception could suggest A‐CIDP. Searching for markers that allow early differentiation could favor the onset of corticotherapy without delay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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29. Congenital dacryocystocele in infant: A rare cause of eye swelling
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Barroso, Fábio, Silva, Renato, and Mendes, Catarina
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30. Long-term safety and efficacy of tafamidis for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy: results up to 6 years.
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Barroso, Fabio A., Judge, Daniel P., Ebede, Ben, Li, Huihua, Stewart, Michelle, Amass, Leslie, and Sultan, Marla B.
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Background:The objective of the present study was to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of tafamidis in treating hereditary transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy. Methods:A prospectively planned interim analysis was conducted on an on-going, phase III, open-label extension study following an 18-month, randomized, controlled study and 12-month, open-label extension study in ATTRV30M patients and a single-arm, open-label study in non-ATTRV30M patients. Thirty-seven ATTRV30M patients received placebo for 18 months, then switched to tafamidis and 38 ATTRV30M patients and 18 non-ATTRV30M patients continuously received tafamidis from day 1, up to 6 years. Results:Long-term tafamidis was associated with a favourable safety/tolerability profile, without any unexpected adverse events. Patients initiating tafamidis at the start of the randomized study had less polyneuropathy progression versus those switching to tafamidis following 18 months of placebo and were less likely to progress to the next ambulatory stage after up to 6 years follow-up. In the patients who switched from placebo to tafamidis, polyneuropathy progression and deterioration in quality of life slowed significantly during long-term tafamidis treatment as compared with the previous placebo treatment. In non-ATTRV30M patients, some polyneuropathy progression was observed across all efficacy measures. Conclusions:These data provide evidence for the long-term (up to 6 years) safety and efficacy of tafamidis.ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT00925002 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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31. Management of asymptomatic gene carriers of transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy.
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Schmidt, Hartmut H.‐J., Barroso, Fabio, González‐Duarte, Alejandra, Conceição, Isabel, Obici, Laura, Keohane, Denis, and Amass, Leslie
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Transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP) is a rare, severe, and irreversible, adult-onset, hereditary disorder caused by autosomal-dominant mutations in the TTR gene that increase the intrinsic propensity of transthyretin protein to misfold and deposit systemically as insoluble amyloid fibrils in nerve tissues, the heart, and other organs. TTR-FAP is characterized by relentless, progressively debilitating polyneuropathy, and leads to death, on average, within 10 years of symptom onset without treatment. With increased availability of disease-modifying treatment options for a wider spectrum of patients with TTR-FAP, timely detection of the disease may offer substantial clinical benefits. This review discusses mutation-specific predictive genetic testing in first-degree relatives of index patients diagnosed with TTR-FAP and the structured clinical follow-up of asymptomatic gene carriers for prompt diagnosis and early therapeutic intervention before accumulation of substantial damage. Muscle Nerve 54: 353-360, 2016. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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32. An International Perspective on Preceding Infections in Guillain-Barré Syndrome: The IGOS-1000 Cohort.
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Leonhard, Sonja E., van der Eijk, Annemiek A., Andersen, Henning, Antonini, Giovanni, Arends, Samuel, Attarian, Shahram, Barroso, Fabio A, Bateman, Kathleen J, Batstra, Manou R, Benedetti, Luana, van den Berg, Bianca, Van den Bergh, Peter, Bürmann, Jan, Busby, Mark, Casasnovas, Carlos, Cornblath, David R, Davidson, Amy, Doets, Alex Y, van Doorn, Pieter A, and Dornonville de la Cour, Charlotte
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33. Recent advances in familial amyloid polyneuropathy.
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Freemana, Roy, Barrosob, Fabio, Freeman, Roy, and Barroso, Fabio
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34. Oligonucleotide Drugs for Transthyretin Amyloidosis.
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Berk, John L., Barroso, Fabio A., Coelho, Teresa, Adams, David, Hawkins, Philip N., and Polydefkis, Michael
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35. Blood pressure and orthostatic hypotension as measures of autonomic dysfunction in patients from the transthyretin amyloidosis outcomes survey (THAOS).
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González-Duarte, Alejandra, Barroso, Fabio, Mundayat, Rajiv, and Shapiro, Bryan
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Autonomic dysfunction, an early symptom of transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR amyloidosis), requires investigations not readily available in many clinics. Although monitoring of orthostatic hypotension (OH) will not be a substitute for more specialized tests, it can add important information about initiation of dysautonomia. The aim of this study was to investigate whether simple blood pressure (BP) monitoring may be a useful tool for evaluation of disease progression and an early sign of autonomic dysfunction. BP and OH data were from subjects enrolled in the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS). Characteristics associated with changes in BP and orthostatic difference were identified by regression analyses. OH tended to be present relatively early in the course of disease and was more common at enrollment (11.7%) than either diarrhea (2.4%) or unintentional weight loss (3.1%). In subjects with OH at enrollment, progressive increase in systolic and diastolic orthostatic difference was observed. OH was also associated with significantly worse quality of life. BP variability is a useful tool for assessing disease onset and severity in ATTR amyloidosis, particularly in patients with OH. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov : NCT00628745. • Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is an early symptom in ATTR amyloidosis. • Significantly worse quality of life was observed in patients with OH at enrollment. • Progressive increase in orthostatic differences was observed in patients with OH. • Changes in blood pressure can be a useful measure in ATTR amyloidosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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36. The demographic, genetic, and clinical characteristics of Latin American subjects enrolled in the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey.
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Cruz, Márcia Waddington, Barroso, Fabio, González-Duarte, Alejandra, Mundayat, Rajiv, and Ong, Moh-Lim
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37. Parasympathetic denervation of the heart: an early sign of symptomatic TTR-FAP.
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Barroso, Fabio, Badeigts, Agustina, Orellana, Lucas, Lautre, Andrea, and Lorefice, Fernando
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Highlights from the article: Abnormalities in heart rate variability (HRV), an index of parasympathetic cardiac innervation, has been shown to be present in most TTR-FAP patients [[2]]. A cohort of asymptomatic TTR mutation carriers (V30M) who were regularly followed at our clinic was assessed by measuring HRV during deep breathing, quantitative sensory testing (QST), nerve conduction studies (NCS) and a standard neurological examination. When autonomic symptoms are inconspicuous, HRV to deep breathing may be a valuable aid to diagnosis, since most patients show abnormalities.
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38. Electrodiagnosis of Guillain-Barre syndrome in the International GBS Outcome Study: Differences in methods and reference values.
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Arends, Samuel, Drenthen, Judith, van den Bergh, Peter, Franssen, Hessel, Hadden, Robert D.M., Islam, Badrul, Kuwabara, Satoshi, Reisin, Ricardo C., Shahrizaila, Nortina, Amino, Hiroshi, Antonini, Giovanni, Attarian, Shahram, Balducci, Claudia, Barroso, Fabio, Bertorini, Tulio, Binda, Davide, Brannagan, Thomas H., Buermann, Jan, Casasnovas, Carlos, and Cavaletti, Guido
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• Electrodiagnosis (EDx) methodology is heterogeneous across the regions and often differed from the methodology of the applied reference values. • EDx reference values vary globally among IGOS centers. • Future studies in Guillain-Barré syndrome patients should use a standardized EDx protocol. To describe the heterogeneity of electrodiagnostic (EDx) studies in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) patients collected as part of the International GBS Outcome Study (IGOS). Prospectively collected clinical and EDx data were available in 957 IGOS patients from 115 centers. Only the first EDx study was included in the current analysis. Median timing of the EDx study was 7 days (interquartile range 4–11) from symptom onset. Methodology varied between centers, countries and regions. Reference values from the responding 103 centers were derived locally in 49%, from publications in 37% and from a combination of these in the remaining 15%. Amplitude measurement in the EDx studies (baseline-to-peak or peak-to-peak) differed from the way this was done in the reference values, in 22% of motor and 39% of sensory conduction. There was marked variability in both motor and sensory reference values, although only a few outliers accounted for this. Our study showed extensive variation in the clinical practice of EDx in GBS patients among IGOS centers across the regions. Besides EDx variation in GBS patients participating in IGOS, this diversity is likely to be present in other neuromuscular disorders and centers. This underlines the need for standardization of EDx in future multinational GBS studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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39. Guillain-Barré Syndrome and COVID-19 Vaccine: A Multicenter Retrospective Study of 46 Cases.
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Castiglione JI, Crespo JM, Bendersky M, Silveira FO, Lecchini L, Luis MB, Zambrano FC, Cotti N, Simison CJ, Aguirre F, Piedrabuena MA, Alonso RN, Azcona CL, Sosa PS, Maldonado E, Varela F, Bettini M, Rey RD, Cejas LL, Rugiero M, Reisin R, and Barroso F
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- Humans, COVID-19 Vaccines adverse effects, Retrospective Studies, Paresthesia, COVID-19 prevention & control, Guillain-Barre Syndrome epidemiology, Guillain-Barre Syndrome etiology
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Abstract: In the context of the global vaccination campaign against COVID-19, several cases of postvaccinal Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) were reported. Whether a causal relationship exists between these events has yet to be established. We investigated the clinical and electromyographic characteristics of patients who developed GBS after COVID-19 vaccination and compare these with findings in patients with GBS, without a history of recent vaccination. We included 91 cases between March 2020 and March 2022, treated at 10 referral hospitals of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Of these, 46 had received vaccination against COVID-19 within the previous month. Although Medical Research Council sum-scores were similar in both groups (median 52 vs. 50; P = 0.4), cranial nerve involvement was significantly more frequent in the postvaccination group (59% vs. 38%; P = 0.02), as was bilateral facial paralysis (57% vs. 24%; P = 0.002). No differences were found in clinical or neurophysiological phenotypes, although 17 subjects presented the variant of bilateral facial palsy with paresthesias (11 vs. 6; P = 0.1); nor were significant differences observed in length of hospital stay or mortality rates. Future vaccine safety monitoring and epidemiology studies are essential to demonstrate any potential causal relationship between these events., Competing Interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest., (Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)
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40. CSF Findings in Relation to Clinical Characteristics, Subtype, and Disease Course in Patients With Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
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Al-Hakem H, Doets AY, Stino AM, Zivkovic SA, Andersen H, Willison HJ, Cornblath DR, Gorson KC, Islam Z, Mohammad QD, Sindrup SH, Kusunoki S, Davidson A, Casasnovas C, Bateman K, Miller JAL, van den Berg B, Verboon C, Roodbol J, Leonhard SE, Arends S, Luijten LWG, Benedetti L, Kuwabara S, Van den Bergh P, Monges S, Marfia GA, Shahrizaila N, Galassi G, Pereon Y, Bürmann J, Kuitwaard K, Kleyweg RP, Marchesoni C, Sedano Tous MJ, Querol L, Martín-Aguilar L, Wang Y, Nobile-Orazio E, Rinaldi S, Schenone A, Pardo J, Vermeij FH, Waheed W, Lehmann HC, Granit V, Stein B, Cavaletti G, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez G, Barroso FA, Visser LH, Katzberg HD, Dardiotis E, Attarian S, van der Kooi AJ, Eftimov F, Wirtz PW, Samijn JPA, Gilhuis HJ, Hadden RDM, Holt JKL, Sheikh KA, Kolb N, Karafiath S, Vytopil M, Antonini G, Feasby TE, Faber C, Kramers H, Busby M, Roberts RC, Silvestri NJ, Fazio R, van Dijk GW, Garssen MPJ, Verschuuren J, Harbo T, and Jacobs BC
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- Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Cell Count, Cerebrospinal Fluid cytology, Cohort Studies, Disease Progression, Internationality, Miller Fisher Syndrome cerebrospinal fluid, Miller Fisher Syndrome diagnosis, Miller Fisher Syndrome pathology, Miller Fisher Syndrome physiopathology, Prognosis, Treatment Outcome, Guillain-Barre Syndrome cerebrospinal fluid, Guillain-Barre Syndrome diagnosis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome pathology, Guillain-Barre Syndrome physiopathology
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Background and Objectives: To investigate CSF findings in relation to clinical and electrodiagnostic subtypes, severity, and outcome of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) based on 1,500 patients in the International GBS Outcome Study., Methods: Albuminocytologic dissociation (ACD) was defined as an increased protein level (>0.45 g/L) in the absence of elevated white cell count (<50 cells/μL). We excluded 124 (8%) patients because of other diagnoses, protocol violation, or insufficient data. The CSF was examined in 1,231 patients (89%)., Results: In 846 (70%) patients, CSF examination showed ACD, which increased with time from weakness onset: ≤4 days 57%, >4 days 84%. High CSF protein levels were associated with a demyelinating subtype, proximal or global muscle weakness, and a reduced likelihood of being able to run at week 2 (odds ratio [OR] 0.42, 95% CI 0.25-0.70; p = 0.001) and week 4 (OR 0.44, 95% CI 0.27-0.72; p = 0.001). Patients with the Miller Fisher syndrome, distal predominant weakness, and normal or equivocal nerve conduction studies were more likely to have lower CSF protein levels. CSF cell count was <5 cells/μL in 1,005 patients (83%), 5-49 cells/μL in 200 patients (16%), and ≥50 cells/μL in 13 patients (1%)., Discussion: ACD is a common finding in GBS, but normal protein levels do not exclude this diagnosis. High CSF protein level is associated with an early severe disease course and a demyelinating subtype. Elevated CSF cell count, rarely ≥50 cells/μL, is compatible with GBS after a thorough exclusion of alternative diagnoses., Classification of Evidence: This study provides Class IV evidence that CSF ACD (defined by the Brighton Collaboration) is common in patients with GBS., (© 2023 American Academy of Neurology.)
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41. Characteristics of patients with autonomic dysfunction in the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS).
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Barroso FA, Coelho T, Dispenzieri A, Conceição I, Waddington-Cruz M, Wixner J, Maurer MS, Rapezzi C, Planté-Bordeneuve V, Kristen AV, González-Duarte A, Chapman D, Stewart M, and Amass L
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- Humans, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial complications, Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial genetics, Primary Dysautonomias
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Background: Autonomic dysfunction is common in transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR amyloidosis), but its frequency, characteristics, and quality-of-life (QoL) impact are not well understood., Methods: The Transthyretin Amyloidosis Outcomes Survey (THAOS) is an ongoing, global, longitudinal survey of patients with ATTR amyloidosis, including patients with inherited (ATTRv) and wild-type (ATTRwt) disease and asymptomatic patients with TTR mutations (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00628745). In a descriptive analysis, characteristics and Norfolk QoL-DN total (TQoL) scores at enrolment were compared in patients with vs without autonomic dysfunction (analysis cut-off: 1 August 2020)., Results: Autonomic dysfunction occurred in 1181/2922 (40.4%) symptomatic patients, and more commonly in ATTRv (1107/1181 [93.7%]) than ATTRwt (74/1181 [6.3%]) amyloidosis. Time (mean [SD]) from ATTR amyloidosis symptom onset to first autonomic dysfunction symptom was shorter in ATTRv (3.4 [5.7] years) than ATTRwt disease (9.7 [10.4]). In ATTRv disease, patients with vs without autonomic dysfunction had worse QoL (TQoL, 47.3 [33.2] vs 16.1 [18.1]); in ATTRwt disease, those with vs without autonomic dysfunction had similar QoL (23.0 [18.2] vs 19.9 [20.5])., Conclusions: Autonomic dysfunction was more common and presented earlier in symptomatic ATTRv than ATTRwt amyloidosis and adversely affected QoL in ATTRv disease. These THAOS findings may aid clinicians in diagnosing and treating patients with ATTR amyloidosis. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00628745.
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42. Predicting Outcome in Guillain-Barré Syndrome: International Validation of the Modified Erasmus GBS Outcome Score.
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Doets AY, Lingsma HF, Walgaard C, Islam B, Papri N, Davidson A, Yamagishi Y, Kusunoki S, Dimachkie MM, Waheed W, Kolb N, Islam Z, Mohammad QD, Harbo T, Sindrup SH, Chavada G, Willison HJ, Casasnovas C, Bateman K, Miller JAL, van den Berg B, Verboon C, Roodbol J, Leonhard SE, Benedetti L, Kuwabara S, Van den Bergh P, Monges S, Marfia GA, Shahrizaila N, Galassi G, Péréon Y, Bürmann J, Kuitwaard K, Kleyweg RP, Marchesoni C, Sedano Tous MJ, Querol L, Illa I, Wang Y, Nobile-Orazio E, Rinaldi S, Schenone A, Pardo J, Vermeij FH, Lehmann HC, Granit V, Cavaletti G, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez G, Barroso FA, Visser LH, Katzberg HD, Dardiotis E, Attarian S, van der Kooi AJ, Eftimov F, Wirtz PW, Samijn JPA, Gilhuis HJ, Hadden RDM, Holt JKL, Sheikh KA, Karafiath S, Vytopil M, Antonini G, Feasby TE, Faber CG, Gijsbers CJ, Busby M, Roberts RC, Silvestri NJ, Fazio R, van Dijk GW, Garssen MPJ, Straathof CSM, Gorson KC, and Jacobs BC
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- Child, Cohort Studies, Humans, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Guillain-Barre Syndrome diagnosis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome therapy
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Background and Objectives: The clinical course and outcome of the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) are diverse and vary among regions. The modified Erasmus GBS Outcome Score (mEGOS), developed with data from Dutch patients, is a clinical model that predicts the risk of walking inability in patients with GBS. The study objective was to validate the mEGOS in the International GBS Outcome Study (IGOS) cohort and to improve its performance and region specificity., Methods: We used prospective data from the first 1,500 patients included in IGOS, aged ≥6 years and unable to walk independently. We evaluated whether the mEGOS at entry and week 1 could predict the inability to walk unaided at 4 and 26 weeks in the full cohort and in regional subgroups, using 2 measures for model performance: (1) discrimination: area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and (2) calibration: observed vs predicted probability of being unable to walk independently. To improve the model predictions, we recalibrated the model containing the overall mEGOS score, without changing the individual predictive factors. Finally, we assessed the predictive ability of the individual factors., Results: For validation of mEGOS at entry, 809 patients were eligible (Europe/North America [n = 677], Asia [n = 76], other [n = 56]), and 671 for validation of mEGOS at week 1 (Europe/North America [n = 563], Asia [n = 65], other [n = 43]). AUC values were >0.7 in all regional subgroups. In the Europe/North America subgroup, observed outcomes were worse than predicted; in Asia, observed outcomes were better than predicted. Recalibration improved model accuracy and enabled the development of a region-specific version for Europe/North America (mEGOS-Eu/NA). Similar to the original mEGOS, severe limb weakness and higher age were the predominant predictors of poor outcome in the IGOS cohort., Discussion: mEGOS is a validated tool to predict the inability to walk unaided at 4 and 26 weeks in patients with GBS, also in countries outside the Netherlands. We developed a region-specific version of mEGOS for patients from Europe/North America., Classification of Evidence: This study provides Class II evidence that the mEGOS accurately predicts the inability to walk unaided at 4 and 26 weeks in patients with GBS., Trial Registration Information: NCT01582763., (© 2021 American Academy of Neurology.)
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43. Regional variation of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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Doets AY, Verboon C, van den Berg B, Harbo T, Cornblath DR, Willison HJ, Islam Z, Attarian S, Barroso FA, Bateman K, Benedetti L, van den Bergh P, Casasnovas C, Cavaletti G, Chavada G, Claeys KG, Dardiotis E, Davidson A, van Doorn PA, Feasby TE, Galassi G, Gorson KC, Hartung HP, Hsieh ST, Hughes RAC, Illa I, Islam B, Kusunoki S, Kuwabara S, Lehmann HC, Miller JAL, Mohammad QD, Monges S, Nobile Orazio E, Pardo J, Pereon Y, Rinaldi S, Querol L, Reddel SW, Reisin RC, Shahrizaila N, Sindrup SH, Waqar W, and Jacobs BC
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Young Adult, Guillain-Barre Syndrome epidemiology, Guillain-Barre Syndrome physiopathology
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Guillain-Barré syndrome is a heterogeneous disorder regarding the clinical presentation, electrophysiological subtype and outcome. Previous single country reports indicate that Guillain-Barré syndrome may differ among regions, but no systematic comparative studies have been conducted. Comparative studies are required to identify factors determining disease susceptibility, variation and prognosis, and to improve diagnostic criteria. The International Guillain-Barré Syndrome Outcome Study is a prospective, observational cohort study including all patients within the diagnostic spectrum, aiming to describe the heterogeneity of Guillain-Barré syndrome worldwide. The current study was based on the first 1000 inclusions with a follow-up of at least 1 year and confirmed the variation in clinical presentation, course and outcome between patients. The full clinical spectrum of Guillain-Barré syndrome was observed in patients from all countries participating in the International Guillain-Barré Syndrome Outcome Study, but the frequency of variants differed between regions. We compared three regions based on geography, income and previous reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome subtypes: 'Europe/Americas', 'Asia' (without Bangladesh), and 'Bangladesh'. We excluded 75 (8%) patients because of alternative diagnoses, protocol violations, or missing data. The predominant clinical variant was sensorimotor in Europe/Americas (n = 387/562, 69%) and Asia (n = 27/63, 43%), and pure motor in Bangladesh (n = 74/107, 69%). Miller Fisher syndrome and Miller Fisher-Guillain-Barré overlap syndrome were more common in Asia (n = 14/63, 22%) than in the other two regions (Europe/Americas: n = 64/562, 11%; Bangladesh: n = 1/107, 1%) (P < 0.001). The predominant electrophysiological subtype was demyelinating in all regions (Europe/Americas: n = 312/573, 55%; Asia: n = 29/65, 45%; Bangladesh: n = 38/94, 40%). The axonal subtype occurred more often in Bangladesh (n = 34/94, 36%) than in Europe/Americas (n = 33/573, 6%) and other Asian countries (n = 4/65, 6%) (P < 0.001). In all regions, patients with the axonal subtype were younger, had fewer sensory deficits, and showed a trend towards poorer recovery compared to patients with the demyelinating subtype. The proportion of patients able to walk unaided after 1 year varied between Asia (n = 31/34, 91%), Europe/Americas (n = 334/404, 83%) and Bangladesh (n = 67/97, 69%) (P = 0.003). A similar variation was seen for mortality, being higher in Bangladesh (n = 19/114, 17%) than in Europe/Americas (n = 23/486, 5%) and Asia (n = 1/45, 2%) (P < 0.001). This study showed that factors related to geography have a major influence on clinical phenotype, disease severity, electrophysiological subtype, and outcome of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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44. Inotersen Treatment for Patients with Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis.
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Benson MD, Waddington-Cruz M, Berk JL, Polydefkis M, Dyck PJ, Wang AK, Planté-Bordeneuve V, Barroso FA, Merlini G, Obici L, Scheinberg M, Brannagan TH 3rd, Litchy WJ, Whelan C, Drachman BM, Adams D, Heitner SB, Conceição I, Schmidt HH, Vita G, Campistol JM, Gamez J, Gorevic PD, Gane E, Shah AM, Solomon SD, Monia BP, Hughes SG, Kwoh TJ, McEvoy BW, Jung SW, Baker BF, Ackermann EJ, Gertz MA, and Coelho T
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial blood, Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial complications, Disease Progression, Double-Blind Method, Female, Glomerulonephritis chemically induced, Humans, Injections, Subcutaneous, Least-Squares Analysis, Male, Middle Aged, Oligonucleotides, Antisense adverse effects, Polyneuropathies etiology, Polyneuropathies therapy, Prealbumin analysis, Prealbumin genetics, Quality of Life, Severity of Illness Index, Thrombocytopenia chemically induced, Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial therapy, Oligonucleotides, Antisense therapeutic use, Prealbumin antagonists & inhibitors, RNAi Therapeutics
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Background: Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis is caused by pathogenic single-nucleotide variants in the gene encoding transthyretin ( TTR) that induce transthyretin misfolding and systemic deposition of amyloid. Progressive amyloid accumulation leads to multiorgan dysfunction and death. Inotersen, a 2'- O-methoxyethyl-modified antisense oligonucleotide, inhibits hepatic production of transthyretin., Methods: We conducted an international, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 15-month, phase 3 trial of inotersen in adults with stage 1 (patient is ambulatory) or stage 2 (patient is ambulatory with assistance) hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy. Patients were randomly assigned, in a 2:1 ratio, to receive weekly subcutaneous injections of inotersen (300 mg) or placebo. The primary end points were the change in the modified Neuropathy Impairment Score+7 (mNIS+7; range, -22.3 to 346.3, with higher scores indicating poorer function; minimal clinically meaningful change, 2 points) and the change in the score on the patient-reported Norfolk Quality of Life-Diabetic Neuropathy (QOL-DN) questionnaire (range, -4 to 136, with higher scores indicating poorer quality of life). A decrease in scores indicated improvement., Results: A total of 172 patients (112 in the inotersen group and 60 in the placebo group) received at least one dose of a trial regimen, and 139 (81%) completed the intervention period. Both primary efficacy assessments favored inotersen: the difference in the least-squares mean change from baseline to week 66 between the two groups (inotersen minus placebo) was -19.7 points (95% confidence interval [CI], -26.4 to -13.0; P<0.001) for the mNIS+7 and -11.7 points (95% CI, -18.3 to -5.1; P<0.001) for the Norfolk QOL-DN score. These improvements were independent of disease stage, mutation type, or the presence of cardiomyopathy. There were five deaths in the inotersen group and none in the placebo group. The most frequent serious adverse events in the inotersen group were glomerulonephritis (in 3 patients [3%]) and thrombocytopenia (in 3 patients [3%]), with one death associated with one of the cases of grade 4 thrombocytopenia. Thereafter, all patients received enhanced monitoring., Conclusions: Inotersen improved the course of neurologic disease and quality of life in patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis. Thrombocytopenia and glomerulonephritis were managed with enhanced monitoring. (Funded by Ionis Pharmaceuticals; NEURO-TTR ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01737398 .).
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45. Recent advances in familial amyloid polyneuropathy.
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Freeman R and Barroso F
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- Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial diagnosis, Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial genetics, Humans, Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial therapy
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Purpose of Review: To highlight the advances in the knowledge of the clinical features, diagnostic techniques, clinimetrics, and therapeutics of transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy., Recent Findings: Expanding knowledge of the molecular underpinnings and therapeutics of transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy have provided impetus to molecular-specific phenotype characterization, natural history studies, and target-based therapeutic interventions. These interventions have underscored the need for early, accurate diagnostic instruments and sensitive diagnostic and therapeutic biomarkers., Summary: Current and emerging target-based therapeutic interventions and novel diagnostic techniques may contribute to improved quality of life and survival in this disease.
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46. Images in clinical medicine. Percussion myotonia.
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Barroso FA and Nogues MA
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- Aged, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Mutation, Myotonia genetics, Myotonin-Protein Kinase, Myotonia diagnosis, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases genetics
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- 2009
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47. Use of a stenopeic semiocclusor enhances vep diagnosis.
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Garcia H, Barroso F, Mostajo ME, and Balej J
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- Adolescent, Adult, Case-Control Studies, Female, Humans, Macula Lutea physiopathology, Male, Middle Aged, Multiple Sclerosis physiopathology, Reaction Time physiology, Sensitivity and Specificity, Vision Disorders diagnosis, Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological instrumentation, Evoked Potentials, Visual physiology, Pattern Recognition, Visual physiology, Visual Pathways physiopathology
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Purpose: We conducted a study to assess the capability of a 2-mm stenopeic semiocclusor in improving the sensitivity of the standard full-field pattern-visual evoked potential technique to disclose abnormalities of the pre-chiasmatic visual pathway., Methods: Nineteen control subjects and fifty-five patients with a diagnosis of definite or probable Multiple Sclerosis (MS) were evaluated. All subjects were seated in front of a 19" TV monitor depicting a black and white square pattern, standard condition (R). Two trials of 100 stimulus repetitions at 1.8 Hz, recording at Oz- Fz were performed for each eye. After two minutes the procedure was replicated using an stenopeic semiocclusor, central field condition (S). The main parameters quantified were the P100 latency in each eye (a) and P100 inter-ocular difference (b)., Results: Under condition R abnormalities were detected in 42 patients for parameter "a", and in 39 patients for parameter "b". If both parameters, a + b, were considered 48 patients (87%) showed abnormalities. Under condition S, abnormalities were detected in 49 patients for parameter "a" and 41 patients for parameter "b". When both parameters, a + b, were considered 53 patients (96%) showed abnormalities., Discussion: The main point of interest of this study is the fact that when a pattern reversal stimulus is restricted to the central area the evoked response shows a P100 peak with prolonged latency in comparison to the full-field stimulus. Additionally, used in combination with the standard full-field technique it improves the abnormality detection rate whilst adding little extra time to the procedure.
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