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…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,…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…In idiopathic Parkinson’s disease: The effect of using L-dopa on peripheral nerves
Objective: Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder. Most of the clinicians believe that it is limited with motor and cognitive disorders. However,…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.…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.