Subacute Severe Dystonia in a 19-month Old Boy. A Case of Pediatric Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)
Objective: To report a rare case of anti-GAD associated encephalitis with pediatric Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) highlighting the need for broad investigations and extensive treatment.…Severe Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis After the Covid 19 Cross-vaccination in three young women
Objective: To describe three severe cases of anti-NMDAR encephalitis in young females after the COVID-19 cross-vaccination. Background: Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is the most recognized…Early Impairment in the Immunomodulatory Function of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Contributes to Heightened Peripheral and Neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s Disease Insights From In Vivo Chronic PD Rat Model and In Vitro PD iPSC Model
Objective: To assess the timeline dependent changes in endogenous Bone-Marrow-Mesenchymal-Stromal-Cells (BMMSC) in in-vivo chronic PD model and validating these cellular modifications in human iPSC derived…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…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.