Search Results - "Ho, Kwo Wei David"
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Merkel Cell Carcinoma with Distant Metastasis to the Clivus Causing Symptoms Mimicking Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review
Published in Frontiers in neurology (18-08-2017)“…Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an uncommon but highly malignant neuroendocrine tumor of the skin. MCC can metastasize, but involvement of the central nervous…”
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Long-term Parkinson’s disease quality of life after staged DBS: STN vs GPi and first vs second lead
Published in NPJ Parkinson's Disease (06-07-2020)“…Deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease (PD) improves quality of life (QoL), but longitudinal follow-up data are scarce. We sought to quantify…”
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Longitudinal Follow-up of Impedance Drift in Deep Brain Stimulation Cases
Published in Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) (26-03-2018)“…BackgroundImpedance is an integral property of neuromodulation devices that determines the current delivered to brain tissue. Long-term variability in…”
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Opinion and Special Articles: Pain medicine: A case for neurologists
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Sphenopalatine ganglion: block, radiofrequency ablation and neurostimulation - a systematic review
Published in Journal of headache and pain (28-12-2017)“…Background Sphenopalatine ganglion is the largest collection of neurons in the calvarium outside of the brain. Over the past century, it has been a target for…”
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OPRM1, OPRK1, and COMT genetic polymorphisms associated with opioid effects on experimental pain: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
Published in The pharmacogenomics journal (01-06-2020)“…Genetic polymorphisms have been shown to affect opioid requirement for pain relief. However, true genetic effect is often difficult to assess due to underlying…”
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STN vs. GPi deep brain stimulation for tremor suppression in Parkinson disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Published in Parkinsonism & related disorders (01-01-2019)“…To compare subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) with globus pallidus interna (GPi) DBS for tremor suppression in Parkinson disease (PD). DBS…”
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Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation as a Potentially Effective Treatment for Painful Hereditary and Idiopathic Axonal Polyneuropathy: A Retrospective Case Series
Published in Neuromodulation (Malden, Mass.) (01-02-2020)“…Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation has been demonstrated to be effective in treating painful diabetic polyneuropathy in a small case series. However,…”
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Neurofascin‐140 and ‐155 antibodies in an atypical case of poems syndrome
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Genome-wide association study of seasonal affective disorder
Published in Translational psychiatry (14-09-2018)“…Family and twin studies have shown a genetic component to seasonal affective disorder (SAD). A number of candidate gene studies have examined the role of…”
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Presence of both anti-contactin 1 and anti-neurofascin 140 antibodies in a case of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Published in eNeurologicalSci (01-12-2018)“…Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is an acquired disorder of peripheral nerves and nerve roots. Its cause is unknown, but recently…”
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Late onset CMT2A in a Family with an MFN2 Variant: c.2222T>G (p.Leu741Trp)
Published in Journal of neuromuscular diseases (01-01-2019)“…Mutations in MFN2 cause a range of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) phenotypes with different inheritance patterns and underlying pathogenic mechanisms…”
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V144D Mutation of SPTLC1 Can Present with Both Painful and Painless Phenotypes in Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies Type I
Published in Case reports in genetics (2018)“…Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type I (HSAN I) is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by distal sensory loss, pain insensitivity, and…”
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T118M Variant of PMP22 Gene Presents with Painful Peripheral Neuropathy and Varying Charcot-Marie-Tooth Features: A Case Series and Review of the Literature
Published in Case reports in genetics (2018)“…The clinical effect of T118M variant of the PMP22 gene has been controversial. Several studies have suggested that it may be autosomal recessive, partial loss…”
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Longitudinal Follow-up of Impedance Drift in Deep Brain Stimulation Cases
Published in Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) (2018)“…Impedance is an integral property of neuromodulation devices that determines the current delivered to brain tissue. Long-term variability in therapeutic…”
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Single nucleotide polymorphism in the COL11A2 gene associated with lowered heat pain sensitivity in knee osteoarthritis
Published in Molecular pain (01-08-2017)“…Pain is one of the most prominent symptoms of osteoarthritis. However, there is often discordance between the pain experienced by individuals with…”
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Anesthesia Dolorosa of Trigeminal Nerve, a Rare Complication of Acoustic Neuroma Surgery
Published in Case reports in neurological medicine (01-01-2014)“…Anesthesia dolorosa is an uncommon deafferentation pain that can occur after traumatic or surgical injury to the trigeminal nerve. This creates spontaneous…”
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Successful Management of Refractory Headache and Facial Pain due to Cavernous Sinus Meningioma with Sphenopalatine Ganglion Radiofrequency
Published in Case reports in neurological medicine (01-01-2014)“…Headaches and facial pain can be extremely difficult to manage for the patient and the clinician. In the medical literature, it has been suggested that the…”
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Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation: A Potentially Effective Treatment for Painful Hereditary and Idiopathic Axonal Polyneuropathy (P2.6-067)
Published in Neurology (09-04-2019)“…Abstract only…”
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Association of OPRM1, OPRK1 and COMT genes with opioid response is opioid and pain modality specific (N4.001)
Published in Neurology (10-04-2018)“…Abstract only…”
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