Search Results - "Berg, L. H."

Muscle strength and motor function throughout life in a cross‐sectional cohort of 180 patients with spinal muscular atrophy types 1c–4 by Wadman, R. I., Wijngaarde, C. A., Stam, M., Bartels, B., Otto, L. A. M., Lemmink, H. H., Schoenmakers, M. A. G. C., Cuppen, I., Berg, L. H., Pol, W. L.

“…Background and purpose Natural history studies in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have primarily focused on infants and children. Natural history studies…”
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A comparative study of brachial plexus sonography and magnetic resonance imaging in chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy and multifocal motor neuropathy by Goedee, H. S., Jongbloed, B. A., Asseldonk, J.‐T. H., Hendrikse, J., Vrancken, A. F. J. E., Franssen, H., Nikolakopoulos, S., Visser, L. H., Pol, W. L., Berg, L. H.

“…Background and purpose To compare the performance of neuroimaging techniques, i.e. high‐resolution ultrasound (HRUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), when…”
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Expanded ATXN2 CAG repeat size in ALS identifies genetic overlap between ALS and SCA2 by VAN DAMME, P, VELDINK, J. H, VAN BLITTERSWIJK, M, CORVELEYN, A, VAN VUGHT, P. W. J, THIJS, V, DUBOIS, B, MATTHIJS, G, VAN DEN BERG, L. H, ROBBERECHT, W

“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder of motor neurons that results in progressive muscle weakness and limits survival to 2-5…”
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Cardiac pathology in spinal muscular atrophy: a systematic review by Wijngaarde, C A, Blank, A C, Stam, M, Wadman, R I, van den Berg, L H, van der Pol, W L

“…Hereditary proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a severe neuromuscular disease of childhood caused by homozygous loss of function of the survival motor…”
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Correlates of outcome and response to IVIg in 88 patients with multifocal motor neuropathy by CATS, E. A, VAN DER POL, W.-L, WOKKE, J. H, VELDINK, J. H, VAN DEN BERG, L. H, PIEPERS, S, FRANSSEN, H, JACOBS, B. C, VAN DEN BERG-VOS, R. M, KUKS, J. B, VAN DOORN, P. A, VAN ENGELEN, B. G, VERSCHUUREN, J. J

“…Identification and examination of all patients with multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) in the Netherlands to document the clinical spectrum and response to IV…”
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Instrumented assessment of lower and upper motor neuron signs in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using robotic manipulation: an explorative study by Stikvoort García, D J L, Sleutjes, B T H M, Mugge, W, Plouvier, J J, Goedee, H S, Schouten, A C, van der Helm, F C T, van den Berg, L H

“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a lethal progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by upper motor neuron (UMN) and lower motor neuron (LMN)…”
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Prose memory impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients is related to hippocampus volume by Raaphorst, J., van Tol, M. J., de Visser, M., van der Kooi, A. J., Majoie, C. B., van den Berg, L. H., Schmand, B., Veltman, D. J.

“…Background and purpose Thirty per cent of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients have non‐motor symptoms, including executive and memory deficits. The in…”
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A natural history study of late onset spinal muscular atrophy types 3b and 4 by Piepers, S., van den Berg, L. H., Brugman, F., Scheffer, H., Ruiterkamp-Versteeg, M., van Engelen, B. G., Faber, C. G., de Visser, M., van der Pol, W.-L., Wokke, J. H. J.

“…Background Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by a homozygous deletion of the survival motor neuron (SMN)1 gene. The nearly identical SMN2 gene plays a…”
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Multidisciplinary ALS care improves quality of life in patients with ALS by VAN DEN BERG, J. P, KALMIJN, S, LINDEMAN, E, VELDINK, J. H, DE VISSER, M, VAN DER GRAAFF, M. M, WOKKE, J. H. J, VAN DEN BERG, L. H

“…To examine the effect of multidisciplinary ALS care on the quality-of-life (QoL) in patients with ALS and their caregivers. In a cross-sectional study, 208…”
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Ultrasonography shows extensive nerve enlargements in multifocal motor neuropathy by BEEKMAN, R, VAN DEN BERG, L. H, FRANSSEN, H, VISSER, L. H, VAN ASSELDONK, J. T. H, WOKKE, J. H. J

“…Using ultrasonography we found multiple sites with nerve enlargement along the course of the brachial plexus, median, ulnar, and radial nerves in the majority…”
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No association between Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a case–control study by Visser, A. E., Verduyn Lunel, F. M., Veldink, J. H., Berg, L. H.

“…Background and purpose Previous studies, mostly case reports and uncontrolled studies, provide a low level of evidence for the hypothesized link between Lyme…”
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Correlation of the patient's reported outcome Inflammatory-RODS with an objective metric in immune-mediated neuropathies by Draak, T. H. P., Gorson, K. C., Vanhoutte, E. K., van Nes, S. I., van Doorn, P. A., Cornblath, D. R., van den Berg, L. H., Faber, C. G., Merkies, I. S. J.

“…Background and purpose There is increasing interest in using patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) in clinical studies to capture individual changes over…”
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Composite endpoint for ALS clinical trials based on patient preference: Patient-Ranked Order of Function (PROOF) by van Eijk, Ruben P A, van den Berg, L H, Lu, Ying

“…BackgroundPatients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) show considerable variation in symptoms. Treatments targeting an overall improvement in…”
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SMN1 gene duplications are associated with sporadic ALS by BLAUW, H. M, BARNES, C. P, VAN VUGHT, P. W. J, VAN RHEENEN, W, CUPPEN, E, VERHEUL, M, VELDINK, J. H, VAN DEN BERG, L. H

“…To investigate the role of SMN1 and SMN2 copy number variation and point mutations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) pathogenesis in a large population…”
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Paraplegin mutations in sporadic adult-onset upper motor neuron syndromes by BRUGMAN, F, SCHEFFER, H, WOKKE, J. H. J, NILLESEN, W. M, DE VISSER, M, ARONICA, E, VELDINK, J. H, VAN DEN BERG, L. H

“…To investigate the frequency of autosomal recessive paraplegin mutations in patients with sporadic adult-onset upper motor neuron (UMN) syndromes. We analyzed…”
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Progranulin genetic variability contributes to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by SLEEGERS, K, BROUWERS, N, CRUTS, M, SCHYMKOWITZ, J, DE JONGHE, P, ROUSSEAU, F, VAN DEN BERG, L. H, ROBBERECHT, W, VAN BROECKHOVEN, C, MAURER-STROH, S, VAN ES, M. A, VAN DAMME, P, VAN VUGHT, P. W. J, VAN DER ZEE, J, SERNEELS, S, DE POORER, T, VAN DEN BROECK, M

“…Null mutations in progranulin (PGRN) cause ubiquitin-positive frontotemporal dementia (FTD) linked to chromosome 17q21 (FTDU-17). Here we examined PGRN genetic…”
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Diagnostic value of high-resolution sonography in ulnar neuropathy at the elbow by BEEKMAN, R, SCHOEMAKER, M. C, VAN DER PLAS, J. P. L, VAN DEN BERG, L. H, FRANSSEN, H, WOKKE, J. H. J, UITDEHAAG, B. M. J, VISSER, L. H

“…To determine the diagnostic value of high-resolution sonography in ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE). Sonographic ulnar nerve diameter measurement was…”
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Diagnostic accuracy of nerve excitability and compound muscle action potential scan derived biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Stikvoort García, D J L, Sleutjes, B, van Schelven, L J, Goedee, H S, van den Berg, L H

“…The lack of reliable early biomarkers still causes substantial diagnostic delays in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The aim was to assess the diagnostic…”
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Trends and determinants of end-of-life practices in ALS in the Netherlands by MAESSEN, M, VELDINK, J. H, ONWUTEAKA-PHILIPSEN, B. D, DE VRIES, J. M, WOKKE, J. H. J, VAN DER WAL, G, VAN DEN BERG, L. H

“…In the Netherlands, the proportion of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who choose the option of euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (PAS)…”
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Lifetime occupation, education, smoking, and risk of ALS by SUTEDJA, N. A, VELDINK, J. H, FISCHER, K, KROMHOUT, H, WOKKE, J. H. J, HUISMAN, M. H. B, HEEDERIK, D. J. J, VAN DEN BERG, L. H

“…To investigate the association between cigarette smoking, level of education, occupation, and the occurrence of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A…”
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