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10. Neuromuscular disease‐specific questionnaire to assess quality of life in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy

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Kacar, Aleksandra, Bjelica, Bogdan, Bozovic, Ivo, Peric, Stojan, Nikolic, Ana, Cobeljic, Mina, Petrovic, Milutin, Stojanov, Aleksandar, Djordjevic, Gordana, Vukojevic, Zoran, Dominovic‐Kovacevic, Aleksandra, Stojanovic, Miroslav, Stevic, Zorica, Rakocevic‐Stojanovic, Vidosava, Lavrnic, Dragana, and Basta, Ivana

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2018
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14. Neuropathic pain in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A

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Bjelica, Bogdan, primary, Peric, Stojan, additional, Basta, Ivana, additional, Bozovic, Ivo, additional, Kacar, Aleksandra, additional, Marjanovic, Ana, additional, Ivanovic, Vukan, additional, Brankovic, Marija, additional, Jankovic, Milena, additional, Novakovic, Ivana, additional, and Rakocevic Stojanovic, Vidosava, additional

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2019
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17. Employment status of patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy

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Bjelica, Bogdan, primary, Basta, Ivana, additional, Bozovic, Ivo, additional, Kacar, Aleksandra, additional, Nikolic, Ana, additional, Dominovic‐Kovacevic, Aleksandra, additional, Vukojevic, Zoran, additional, Martic, Vesna, additional, Stojanov, Aleksandar, additional, Djordjevic, Gordana, additional, Petrovic, Milutin, additional, Stojanovic, Miroslav, additional, and Peric, Stojan, additional

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2018
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29. Sensorimotor Deprivation Induces Interdependent Changes in Excitability and Plasticity of the Human Hand Motor Cortex.

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Rosenkranz, Karin, Seibel, Julia, Kacar, Aleksandra, and Rothwell, John

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SENSORIMOTOR cortex, NEUROPLASTICITY, MOTOR cortex, HAND physiology, EVOKED potentials (Electrophysiology), NEURAL stimulation
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Prolonged limb immobilization deprives sensorimotor cortical areas of an important source of excitatory input, as well as of motor output. Previous work has described effects on motor excitability but it is unclear whether motor plasticity is also influenced. In two groups of eight healthy human subjects, the left hand was immobilized for 8 h to induce sensorimotor deprivation of the cortical representation of the abductor pollicis brevis muscle. We used transcranial magnetic stimulation protocols to evaluate motor excitability with motor-evoked potentials, input- output (IOcurve) and short-latency intracortical inhibition (SICI) recruitment curves, as well as long-term potentiation (LTP)/long-term depression (LTD)-like plasticity with paired-associative stimulation (PAS) of the median nerve and motor cortex using an interstimulus interval of 25 ms (PAS25) or 10 ms (PAS10), respectively, in two sessions at least 7 d apart (baseline and after immobilization). After immobilization, the slope of the IOcurve decreased, and SICI at lower conditioning pulse intensities was reduced. The LTP-like effects of PAS25 and the LTD-like effect of PAS10 were both significantly enhanced. The effects differed among individuals: the more IOslope decreased after immobilization, the greater the increase of PAS25 and the smaller the increase of PAS10 effects. We suggest that sensorimotor deprivation has two effects. It increases the sensitivity to remaining sensory inputs and therefore increases the effectiveness of both PAS protocols. In addition, it reduces neuronal excitability to an individually different level, as reflected in the reduced IOslope and leads to an interdependent modulation of synaptic plasticity as such as it shifts the threshold of LTP/LTD-like plasticity induction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2014
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31. [High doses of immunoglobulin G in the therapy for severe forms of myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barré syndrome].

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Lavrnić D, Romić M, Kacar A, Stojanović-Rakocević V, Stević Z, Vujić A, Basta I, Marjanović I, Bogdanović G, and Apostolski S

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Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Guillain-Barre Syndrome therapy, Immunoglobulin G administration & dosage, Immunoglobulins, Intravenous therapeutic use, Myasthenia Gravis therapy
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Background/aim: High doses of immunoglobulin G (IVIG) have been recognized as a very important therapeutic modality in the treatment of neurological diseases. The aim of this report was to present our experience in the treatment of severe forms of myasthenia gravis (MG) and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)., Methods: We analyzed the efficacy and safety of immunoglobulin G therapy in 53 patients with severe forms of myasthenia gravis, and 27 patients with very severe forms of Guillain-Barré syndrome., Results: At the end of the follow-up period, a significant improvement was noticed in 47 out of 53 patients with myasthenia gravis (88.7%). In the group of 27 patients with severe forms of Guillain-Barré syndrome an improvement was registered in 19 patients (70.3%). The side effects of this therapy were mostly mild, manifested as headache, myalgia, skin rash, adynamia, and other clinically insignificant effects. No severe side effects were recognized., Conclusions: Our study clearly demonstrated the high efficacy of IVIG therapy in the treatment of severe forms of myastehnia gravis and Guillain-Barré syndome.

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2006
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