GAD-Positive Versus GAD-Negative Stiff Person Syndrome: A Retrospective Study
Objective: Delineate demographic and clinical differences between GAD-65-antibody positive (seropositive) and negative (seronegative) SPS. Background: Elevated Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase 65 antibody (GAD-65 Ab) titers are…Autoimmune Movement Disorders: An Illustrative Case Series of 8 Patients.
Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the variability of presentations, etiology, management, follow up and outcome of autoimmune encephalitis, a potentially reversible…A longitudinal evaluation of the peripheral immune phenotype in a cohort of Parkinson’s disease patients
Objective: To evaluate the suitable modifications of immunological parameters in a through characterized population of Italian PD patientsTo evaluate the suitable modifications of immunological parameters…A Case of Autoimmune Orofacial Dyskinesia associated with Striational Antibody
Objective: This is a case of steroid-responsive, autoimmune orofacial dyskinesia associated with extremely elevated striational [striated muscle] antibody. We present this instructive case to add…IMMUNE-MEDIATED MOVEMENT DISORDERS: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS, TREATMENT, AND EVOLUTION. A MULTICENTER STUDY
Objective: To evaluate the clinical characteristics, etiologies, treatment, and evolution of patients with immune-mediated movement disorders(IMMD). Background: The highly variable and complex phenomenology of IMMD and…Azathioprine immunosuppression and disease modification in Parkinson’s disease (AZA-PD): a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial
Objective: To design a clinical trial to test the concept that the immune system is integral in the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and establish…Tremor after organ transplantation: prevalence and characteristics
Objective: Here we report on the largest population of solid organ transplant recipients that was investigated with clinical neurophysiological methods, to objectively establish the tremor…Parkinson’s disease and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with celiac disease: Improvement in neuropathy but not Parkinson’s symptoms after intravenous immunoglobulin and gluten free diet
Objective: To report a case of celiac disease in Parkinson's disease and CIPD, and examine the relationship. Background: Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is a…Deep brain stimulation in two patients with immunosuppressive therapy
Objective: To report two patients with a movement disorder who underwent deep brain stimulation under concomitant immunosuppressive treatment. To report two patients with a movement…Inpatient vs outpatient workup of patients with ataxia and suspected paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration: Does work-up location matter?
Objective: To assess the outcomes of patients with ataxia evaluated for paraneoplastic syndrome primarily in an outpatient or inpatient setting. Background: Although paraneoplastic ataxias are…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.