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Miller Fisher's syndrome by Teener, James W

“…Miller Fisher's syndrome is a rare variant of Guillain-Barré's syndrome characterized by the acute development of ataxia, ophthalmoparesis, and areflexia. Most…”
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Eculizumab for the treatment of glycine receptor antibody associated stiff-person syndrome by McCombe, Jennifer A., Klassen, Bryan T., Flanagan, Eoin P., Teener, James W., Zekeridou, Anastasia, Pittock, Sean J., McKeon, Andrew

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Electrophysiological Changes After Human Muscle Tear: A Potential Confounder by Hearn, Sandra L., Berri, Hassen M., Little, Ann A., Teener, James W., Richardson, James K.

“…ABSTRACTThe goal of this prospective electrophysiologic study is to describe the chronological electromyographic findings observed in a human gastrocnemius…”
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Late-onset Pompe's disease by Teener, James W

“…Glycogen storage disease type II, also known as Pompe's disease or acid maltase deficiency, is caused by a deficiency in acid α-glucosidase. Severe enzyme…”
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Stiff Person syndrome and other anti-GAD-associated neurologic disorders by Dayalu, Praveen, Teener, James W

“…Antibodies directed against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) are present in many patients with stiff person syndrome and increasingly found in patients with…”
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Maintenance plasma exchange treatment for muscle specific kinase antibody positive myasthenia gravis patients by Yamada, Chisa, Teener, James W., Davenport, Robertson D., Cooling, Laura

“…Background:Anti‐muscle specific kinase antibody positive myasthenia gravis (MuSK MG) is often characterized by a relatively severe and progressive course,…”
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Inflammatory and toxic myopathy by Teener, James W

“…Although muscle diseases are relatively rare, several treatable myopathies must be recognized by the clinician to maximize the possibility of restoring…”
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Multifocal motor neuropathy by Nowacek, Dustin G, Teener, James W

“…Multifocal motor neuropathy is an acquired disorder in which demyelination of motor axons, presumably due to autoimmune attack, results in progressive painless…”
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in a Patient with a Family History of Huntington Disease: Genetic Counseling Challenges by Smith, Andrea L., Teener, James W., Callaghan, Brian C., Harrington, Jack, Uhlmann, Wendy R.

“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Huntington disease (HD) are generally considered to be distinct and easily differentiated neurologic conditions…”
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Dysregulation of sodium channel gating in critical illness myopathy by Teener, James W, Rich, Mark M

“…Critical illness myopathy (CIM) is the most common caused of acquired weakness in critically ill patients. While atrophy of muscle fibers causes weakness, the…”
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ECG changes during septic shock by Rich, Mark M, McGarvey, Mike L, Teener, James W, Frame, Lawrence H

“…We have previously found that skeletal muscle becomes electrically inexcitable in septic patients. Work in an animal model suggests that a decrease in the…”
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Chronic multiple paraneoplastic syndromes by Kleopa, Kleopas A., Teener, James W., Scherer, Steven S., Galetta, Steven L., Bird, Shawn J.

“…A patient presented with symptoms of limbic and brainstem encephalitis, motor and sensory neuronopathy, cerebellar dysfunction, and highly positive anti‐Hu…”
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Mutations in familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker's syndrome by Goldgaber, D, Goldfarb, L G, Brown, P, Asher, D M, Brown, W T, Lin, S, Teener, J W, Feinstone, S M, Rubenstein, R, Kascsak, R J

“…A host protein encoded by the gene specifying the scrapie amyloid precursor affects pathogenesis of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies:…”
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Polyneuropathy After Mechanical Ventilation by Teener, James W, Rich, Mark M, Raps, Eric C, Bird, Shawn J

“…To the Editor.—The article by Dr Leijten and colleagues1 merits comment. The authors studied 50 patients receiving mechanical ventilation for more than 7 days…”
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Möbius Syndrome With Oculomotor Nerve Paralysis Without Abducens Paralysis by Tran, Dan B, Wilson, Martin C, Fox, Catherine A, Clancy, Robert, Teener, James W, Golden, Jeffrey A, Liu, Grant T

“…Möbius syndrome is typified by bilateral facial nerve palsies, usually with abducens palsies. We examined an infant with Möbius syndrome who had bifacial…”
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Direct muscle stimulation in acute quadriplegic myopathy by Rich, Mark M., Bird, Shawn J., Raps, Eric C., McCluskey, Leo F., Teener, James W.

“…We have previously found that muscle is electrically inexcitable in severe acute quadriplegic myopathy (AQM). In contrast, muscle retains normal electrical…”
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Treatment of Lambert-Eaton syndrome with intravenous immunoglobulin by Rich, Mark M., Teener, James W., Bird, Shawn J.

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Maintenance plasma exchange treatment for muscle specific kinase antibody positive myasthenia gravis patients by Yamada, Chisa, Teener, James W., Davenport, Robertson D., Cooling, Laura

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Bilateral trochlear nerve palsy and downbeat nystagmus in a patient with cephalic tetanus by ORWITZ, J. I, GALETTA, S. L, TEENER, J. W

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Muscle inexcitability in patients with reversible paralysis following steroids and neuromuscular blockade by Rich, Mark M., Teener, James W., Raps, Eric C., Bird, Shawn J.

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