Parkinson Disease-Associated Polyneuropathy: A Biomarker of Disease Severity?
Objective: Objective: We sought to examine the association between Parkinson disease (PD) associated polyneuropathy (PD-PNP) and levodopa dose, age, and disease duration in a cross-sectional,…Parkinson ‘ s disease and Peripheral Nervous System : Wax and Waning Non-motor offs and Levodopa-use Topics
Objective: To relate the non-motor offs theory , sensory signs and levodopa use with neurophysiiology terms in PD Background: Peripheral Nervous System disease concept in…An unusual case of sporadic Creutzfeld Jacob disease presenting as acute neuropathy
Objective: To describe an unusual case of sporadic Creutzfeld Jacob Disease (CJD) that initially presented with ascending tingling of lower extremities. Background: Prion diseases are…Serum vitamin B12 levels in patients with Parkinson’s disease and its association with peripheral neuropathy and cognition
Objective: To compare serum Vitamin B12 levels among PD patients and normal controls and to assess the association of Vitamin B12 levels with various disease parameters, peripheral…Ciprofloxacin as the cause of syndroma extrapiramidale
Objective: Ciprofloxacin in rare cases can cause paresthesia, dysesthesia, hypoesthesia, tremor, convulsions, dizziness . Background: The patient, 22 years old, comes in the emergency room,…A peripheral pathway to restless legs syndrome? Clues from familial amyloid polyneuropathy
Objective: To investigated if RLS is increased in familial amyloid polyneuropathy related to transthyretin (TTR-FAP) and to identify factors associated with RLS in this population.…Prodromal criteria of spinocerebellar type 2: Lessons for physiopathology, natural history and therapeutical trials
Objective: To identify criteria defining the prodromal stage of spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (SCA2). Background: The prodromal stage of spinocerebellar ataxias has not been systematically studied…Usefulness of total neuropathy score revised as a screening tool of peripheral neuropathy in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To evaluate (1) prevalence of peripheral neuropathy and (2) usefulness of known neuropathy scores in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Background: Peripheral neuropathy has…Ninjurin 1 gene D110a single nucleotide polymorphism as a genetic marker for nerve damage leprosy patients from South India
Objective: Analyze the Ninjurin 1 gene single nucleotide polymorphisms in leprosy patients from south India, and the role of the gene in the nerve damage.…Human, fly and cellular models of riboflavin transporter neuronopathy
Objective: A) To find the spectrum of defects in riboflavin transporter genes; B) To ascertain the in-vitro cellular effects of SLC52A2 mutations and riboflavin on…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.