Search Results - "Wens, C."
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Quantification of Diaphragm Mechanics in Pompe Disease Using Dynamic 3D MRI
Published in PloS one (08-07-2016)“…Diaphragm weakness is the main reason for respiratory dysfunction in patients with Pompe disease, a progressive metabolic myopathy affecting respiratory and…”
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Quality of life and participation in daily life of adults with Pompe disease receiving enzyme replacement therapy: 10 years of international follow-up
Published in Journal of inherited metabolic disease (01-03-2016)“…Summary Background Pompe disease is an inheritable metabolic disorder for which enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) has been available since 2006. Effects of ERT…”
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Perioperative outcomes of revisional laparoscopic gastric bypass after failed adjustable gastric banding and after vertical banded gastroplasty: experience with 107 cases and subgroup analysis
Published in Surgical endoscopy (01-02-2013)“…Background A growing number of revision procedures are to be expected in bariatric surgery after failed restrictive procedures such as failed adjustable…”
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Lung MRI and impairment of diaphragmatic function in Pompe disease
Published in BMC pulmonary medicine (06-05-2015)“…Pompe disease is a progressive metabolic myopathy. Involvement of respiratory muscles leads to progressive pulmonary dysfunction, particularly in supine…”
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Safety and efficacy of exercise training in adults with Pompe disease: evalution of endurance, muscle strength and core stability before and after a 12 week training program
Published in Orphanet journal of rare diseases (19-07-2015)“…Pompe disease is a proximal myopathy. We investigated whether exercise training is a safe and useful adjuvant therapy for adult Pompe patients, receiving…”
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Phenotypical variation within 22 families with Pompe disease
Published in Orphanet journal of rare diseases (19-11-2013)“…Pompe disease has a broad clinical spectrum, in which the phenotype is partially explained by the genotype. The aim of this study was to describe phenotypical…”
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Increased aortic stiffness and blood pressure in non-classic Pompe disease
Published in Journal of inherited metabolic disease (01-05-2014)“…Vascular abnormalities and glycogen accumulation in vascular smooth muscle fibres have been described in Pompe disease. Using carotid-femoral pulse wave…”
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Long-term benefit of enzyme replacement therapy in Pompe disease: A 5-year prospective study
Published in Neurology (05-12-2017)“…OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) after 5 years and to identify predictors for a favorable response because few data are…”
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Remarkably low fibroblast acid α-glucosidase activity in three adults with Pompe disease
Published in Molecular genetics and metabolism (01-11-2012)“…Most adults with Pompe disease are compound heterozygotes in which one acid α-glucosidase (GAA) allele harbors the c.-32-13T>G mutation, causing partial loss…”
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Elevated Plasma Cardiac Troponin T Levels Caused by Skeletal Muscle Damage in Pompe Disease
Published in Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics (01-02-2016)“…BACKGROUND—Elevated plasma cardiac troponin T (cTnT) levels in patients with neuromuscular disorders may erroneously lead to the diagnosis of acute myocardial…”
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Pompe disease in adulthood: effects of antibody formation on enzyme replacement therapy
Published in Genetics in medicine (01-01-2017)“…To determine the effect of antibodies against recombinant human acid α-glucosidase (rhGAA) on treatment efficacy and safety, and to test whether the GAA…”
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Exercise Training in Adults With Pompe Disease: The Effects on Pain, Fatigue, and Functioning
Published in Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation (01-05-2015)“…Abstract Objective To assess if a 12-week exercise intervention to improve aerobic fitness, muscle strength, and core stability also had an impact on fatigue,…”
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Response to Herbert et al
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