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Kruse MTA, Olde Dubbelink BAS, Kroneman M, de Groot I, Schlüter S, de Visser M, Evangelista T, Moretti A, Weber D, Ward LM, Voermans NC. Awareness of bone strength in patients with neuromuscular disorders: ERN EURO-NMD clinician survey and European patient survey. J Neurol Sci 2025; 472:123420. [PMID: 40121805 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2025.123420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2024] [Revised: 01/27/2025] [Accepted: 02/06/2025] [Indexed: 03/25/2025]
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Bone strength is reduced In various neuromuscular disorders (NMDs). We aimed to assess the awareness and practice of bone strength management in NDMs among clinicians and patients. We performed two online surveys; among health care providers (HCPs) of the European Reference Network for Neuromuscular Disorders (ERN EURO-NMD) and among patients. The survey among 52 HCPs showed that awareness of potentially impaired bone strength in people with NMDs was reasonable to good: the vast majority of HCPs asked often or almost always about bone fractures during history-taking (81 %). Bone strength was less often assessed: often or almost always at diagnosis (50 %) and at follow-up (58 %). Medical training on this topic was considered poor to very poor in 50 % of HCPs. Prevention and treatment of reduced bone strength was variable and multidisciplinary care was sub-optimal. The survey among 581 patients provided important additional insights. Many patients were followed-up outside ERN EURO-NMD centers and treatment was variable. These parallel surveys provided a broad view on the awareness and management of bone strength in people with NMDs. The findings are expected to increase the appreciation of this important aspect of NMD care, and direct future research foci and care guidelines.
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- M T A Kruse
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Groningen, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Lt.gen. Van Heutszlaan 63743 JN Baarn, The Netherlands
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- Lt.gen. Van Heutszlaan 63743 JN Baarn, The Netherlands
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- Diagnosegruppe Myositis (German Patient Support Group for Myositis), Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, the Netherlands
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- Unité de Morphologie Neuromusculaire, Institut de Myologie, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties and Dentistry, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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Opsomer M, Iterbeke L, Borghs H, De Cuyper T, Dejaeger M, Dupont P, Claeys KG. Fractures in Hereditary Neuromuscular Disorders: Frequency, Risk Factors, and Implications. Eur J Neurol 2025; 32:e70099. [PMID: 40040345 PMCID: PMC11880628 DOI: 10.1111/ene.70099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2024] [Revised: 01/08/2025] [Accepted: 02/20/2025] [Indexed: 03/06/2025]
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BACKGROUND Hereditary neuromuscular disorders (NMD) are associated with compromised bone health and elevated fracture risk, though data are largely lacking. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors of fractures in hereditary NMD. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study in a cohort of adult patients with diverse hereditary NMD, using data from electronic medical records. RESULTS Among 469 patients, 505 fractures were recorded, with 5.5% of patients experiencing a fracture within the past year. In the 10 years preceding study inclusion, 31.1% of all patients sustained at least one fracture. The fracture rate was 47.3/1000 patient-years. Fracture incidence was highest in the second decade of life and the first five years after symptom onset. Fracture recurrence occurred in 25.6% over the next two years. Fractures were most prevalent in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy type 1/2, and spinal muscular atrophy. Patients with Vignos scale 5-6 had the highest fracture risk. Major osteoporotic fractures accounted for 28.6%, and 71.3% were caused by low-energy trauma. Long-term complications of a fracture were present in 44.2%, with 9.0% losing ambulation. Osteoporosis was confirmed in 47.5% of DXA scans. In patients with a normal DXA scan, 66.7% experienced a subsequent fracture. Hip T-scores declined with increasing Vignos scale (r = -0.27, p = 0.001). Fracture risk factors included glucocorticoid use, alcohol abuse, recent falls, and previous emergency visits for falls (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSION This cohort exhibited a high prevalence of fractures and osteoporosis, emphasizing the need for regular bone health assessment and fracture prevention in hereditary NMD patients.
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- Matthias Opsomer
- Department of NeurologyUniversity Hospitals LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
- Department of NeurosciencesLaboratory for Muscle Diseases and Neuropathies, KU Leuven, and Leuven Brain Institute (LBI)LeuvenBelgium
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- Department of NeurosciencesLaboratory for Muscle Diseases and Neuropathies, KU Leuven, and Leuven Brain Institute (LBI)LeuvenBelgium
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- Centre for Metabolic Bone DiseasesUniversity Hospitals LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Centre for Metabolic Bone DiseasesUniversity Hospitals LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Centre for Metabolic Bone DiseasesUniversity Hospitals LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
- Department of Geriatric MedicineUniversity Hospitals LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
- Department of Public Health and Primary CareLaboratory of Gerontology and Geriatrics, KU LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
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- Department of NeurosciencesLaboratory for Cognitive Neurology, KU Leuven, and Leuven Brain Institute (LBI)LeuvenBelgium
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- Department of NeurologyUniversity Hospitals LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
- Department of NeurosciencesLaboratory for Muscle Diseases and Neuropathies, KU Leuven, and Leuven Brain Institute (LBI)LeuvenBelgium
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Voermans NC, Dittrich ATM, Liguori S, Panicucci C, Moretti A, Weber DR, Ward LM. 274th ENMC international workshop: recommendations for optimizing bone strength in neuromuscular disorders. Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, 19-21 January 2024. Neuromuscul Disord 2024; 43:1-13. [PMID: 39173540 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2024.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2024] [Revised: 07/22/2024] [Accepted: 07/23/2024] [Indexed: 08/24/2024]
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The 274th ENMC workshop for optimizing bone strength in neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) was held on January 19-21, 2024. The group of participants included experts in the fields of bone health and neuromuscular medicine along with the patient voice. Bone strength represents a crucial aspect of the management of pediatric and adult patients with NMDs. Bone strength may be compromised due to different pathophysiologic mechanisms, including disrupted bone-muscle "cross-talk", loss of biomechanical loading, nutritional insufficiency, inadequate weight-bearing physical activity, muscle weakness and/or immobility, and drug treatment. While for Duchenne muscular dystrophy recommendations for evaluation and treatment of bone strength have been published, evidence on bone strength in other hereditary and acquired NMDs is scarce. Enhanced knowledge is needed to understand the development and maintenance of bone strength in patients with NMDs. This workshop aimed to develop a strategy to improve bone strength and thus prevent fractures in patients with NMDs.
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- Nicol C Voermans
- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Radboudumc Amalia Children's Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties and Dentistry, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy; Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Centre of Translational and Experimental Myology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties and Dentistry, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Division of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Garmendia J, Labayru G, Souto Barreto PD, Vergara I, de Munain AL, Sistiaga A. Common Characteristics Between Frailty and Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1: A Narrative Review. Aging Dis 2024:AD.2024.0950. [PMID: 39325937 DOI: 10.14336/ad.2024.0950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2024] [Accepted: 08/29/2024] [Indexed: 09/28/2024] Open
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Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an inherited neuromuscular disorder often considered a model of accelerated aging due to the early appearance of certain age-related clinical manifestations and cellular and molecular aging markers. Frailty, a state of vulnerability related to aging, has been recently studied in neurological conditions but has received considerably less attention in neuromuscular disorders. This narrative review aims to describe 1) the common characteristics between Fried's frailty phenotype criteria (muscular weakness, slow gait speed, weight loss, exhaustion/fatigue, and low physical activity) and DM1, and 2) the psychological and social factors potentially contributing to frailty in DM1. This review gathered evidence suggesting that DM1 patients meet four of the five frailty phenotype criteria. Additionally, longitudinal studies report the deterioration of these criteria over time in DM1. Patients also exhibit psychological/cognitive and social factors that might contribute to frailty. Monitoring frailty criteria in the DM1 population could help to implement timely preventions and interventions to reduce the disease burden and severity of frailty symptoms.
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- Joana Garmendia
- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Psychology Faculty, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Psychology Faculty, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Neuroscience Area, Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Institute on Aging, Toulouse University Hospital (CHU Toulouse), Toulouse, France
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) HealthAge, Toulouse, France
- CERPOP UMR 1295, Inserm, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Osakidetza Health Care Directorate, PC-IHO Research Unit of Gipuzkoa, Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
- Primary Care Group, Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
- Red de Investigación en Cronicidad, Atención Primaria y Promoción de la Salud (RICAPPS), Spain
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- Neurology Department, Donostia University Hospital, Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Neuroscience Area, Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and Research Methodology, Psychology Faculty, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Neuroscience Area, Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
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van Gemert MJC, Zwinderman AH, van Koppen PJ, Neumann HAM, Vlaming M. Child Abuse, Misdiagnosed by an Expertise Center-Part II-Misuse of Bayes' Theorem. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 10:843. [PMID: 37238391 PMCID: PMC10217160 DOI: 10.3390/children10050843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A newborn girl had, from two weeks on, small bruises on varying body locations, but not on her chest. Her Armenian grandmother easily bruised, too. Her mother was diagnosed with hypermobility-type Ehlers-Danlos-Syndrome (hEDS), an autosomal dominant connective tissue disorder, with a 50% inheritance probability. Referral to a University Medical Center located "Dutch Expertise Center for Child Abuse" resulted (prior to consultation) in physical abuse suspicion. Protocol-based skeletal X-rays showed three healed, asymptomatic rib fractures. A protocol-based Bayesian likelihood ratio guesstimation gave 10-100, erroneously used to suggest a 10-100 times likelier non-accidental-than-accidental cause. Foster care placement followed, even in a secret home, where she also bruised, suggesting hEDS inheritance. Correct non-accidental/accidental Bayes' probability of symptoms is (likelihood ratio) × (physical abuse incidence). From the literature, we derived an infant abuse incidence between about ≈0.0009 and ≈0.0026 and a likelihood ratio of <5 for bruises. For rib fractures, we used a zero likelihood ratio, arguing their cause was birth trauma from the extra delivery pressure on the chest, combined with fragile bones as the daughter of an hEDS-mother. We thus derived a negligible abuse/accidental probability between <5 × 0.0009 <0.005 and <5 × 0.0026 <0.013. The small abuse incidence implies that correctly using Bayes' theorem will also miss true infant physical abuse cases. Curiously, because likelihood ratios assess how more often symptoms develop if abuse did occur versus non-abuse, Bayes' theorem then implies a 100% infant abuse incidence (unwittingly) used by LECK. In conclusion, probabilities should never replace differential diagnostic procedures, the accepted medical method of care. Well-known from literature, supported by the present case, is that (child abuse pediatrics) physicians, child protection workers, and judges were unlikely to understand Bayesian statistics. Its use without statistics consultation should therefore not have occurred. Thus, Bayesian statistics, and certainly (misused) likelihood ratios, should never be applied in cases of physical child abuse suspicion. Finally, parental innocence follows from clarifying what could have caused the girl's bruises (inherited hEDS), and rib fractures (birth trauma from fragile bones).
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- Martin J. C. van Gemert
- Department of Biomedical Engineering & Physics, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Bio-Statistics, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Faculty of Law, VU University, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Private Practice, Criminal Psychology and Law, 6986 CL Angerlo, The Netherlands
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Myotonic dystrophy is a dominantly inherited multisystem disorder that results from increased CTG repeats in the 3' region of the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase gene (DMPK). The mutant DMPK mRNA remains in the nucleus and sequesters RNA-binding proteins, including regulators of mRNA splicing. Myotonic dystrophy is characterized by a highly variable phenotype that includes muscle weakness and myotonia, and the disorder may affect the function of many endocrine glands. DMPK mRNA is expressed in muscle, testis, liver, pituitary, thyroid, and bone; the mutated form leads to disruption of meiosis and an increase in fetal insulin receptor-A relative to adult insulin receptor-B, resulting in adult primary testicular failure and insulin resistance predisposing to diabetes, respectively. Patients with myotonic dystrophy are also at increased risk for hyperlipidemia, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, erectile dysfunction, benign and malignant thyroid nodules, bone fractures, miscarriage, preterm delivery, and failed labor during delivery. Circulating parathyroid hormone and adrenocorticotropic hormone levels may be elevated, but the mechanisms for these associations are unclear. This review summarizes what is known about endocrine dysfunction in individuals with myotonic dystrophy.
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- Stephen J Winters
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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Paccou J, Javier RM, Henry-Desailly I, Ternynck C, Nottez A, Legroux-Gérot I, Robin F, Fardellone P, Lespessailles E, Roux C, Guggenbuhl P, Kolta S, Cortet B. The French multicentre elevated bone mass study: prevalence and causes. Osteoporos Int 2021; 32:1763-1775. [PMID: 33655400 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-021-05898-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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UNLABELLED The purpose of this multicentric study was to evaluate the prevalence and causes of Elevated Bone Mass (EBM) in patients who underwent DXA scanning over a 10-year period. The prevalence of EBM was 1 in 100. The main causes of EBM were degenerative spine disorders and renal osteodystrophy. INTRODUCTION Reports of elevated bone mass (EBM) on routine dual energy X-Ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanning are not infrequent. However, epidemiological studies of EBM are few and definition thresholds are variable. The purpose of this French multicentric study was to evaluate the prevalence and causes of EBM in adult patients who underwent DXA scanning over a 10-year period. METHODS This multicentric, retrospective study was conducted in six French regional bone centres. DXA databases were initially searched for individuals with a bone mineral density (BMD) Z-score ≥ +4 at any site in the lumbar spine or hip from April 1st, 2008 to April 30st, 2018. RESULTS In all, 72,225 patients with at least one DXA scan were identified. Of these, 909 (322 men and 587 women) had a Z-score ≥ + 4, i.e. a prevalence of 1.26% [1.18-1.34%]. The DXA scan reports and imagery and medical records of the 909 EBM patients were reviewed and 936 causes were found. In 42 patients (4%), no cause could be determined due to unavailability of data. Artefactual causes of EBM were found in 752 patients (80%), in whom the predominant cause was degenerative disease of the spine (613 patients, 65%). Acquired causes of focal EBM-including Paget's disease (n = 7)-were found in 12 patients (1%), and acquired causes of generalized EBM-including renal osteodystrophy (n = 32), haematological disorders (n = 20) and hypoparathyroidism (n = 15)-in 84 patients (9%). Other causes were rare hereditary diseases and unknown EBM in 19 (2%) and 27 (3%) cases respectively. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of EBM was approximately 1 in 100. These findings suggest that degenerative disease of the spine is the main cause of EBM, but that acquired or hereditary diseases are also causal factors.
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- J Paccou
- Rheumatology Unit, MABlab ULR 4490, Lille University Hospital, CHRU Lille, rue Emile Laine, 59037, Lille, France.
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- Rheumatology Unit, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
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- Rheumatology Unit, Picardie-Jules Verne University, Amiens Teaching Hospital, Amiens, France
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- Lille University Hospital, CHRU Lille, ULR 2694-METRICS, F-59037, Lille, France
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- Rheumatology Unit, Lille University Hospital, CHRU Lille, 59037, Lille, France
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- Rheumatology Unit, MABlab ULR 4490, Lille University Hospital, CHRU Lille, rue Emile Laine, 59037, Lille, France
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- Rheumatology Unit, CHU de Rennes, Univ Rennes, INSERM, INRA, Institut NUMECAN (Nutrition Metabolisms and Cancer), UMR 1241, F-35000, Rennes, France
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- Rheumatology Unit, Picardie-Jules Verne University, Amiens Teaching Hospital, Amiens, France
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- Rheumatology Unit, Regional Hospital of Orleans, EA 4708-I3MTO, University of Orleans, Orleans, France
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- Rheumatology Unit, INSERM U1153 APHP Centre, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Rheumatology Unit, CHU de Rennes, Univ Rennes, INSERM, INRA, Institut NUMECAN (Nutrition Metabolisms and Cancer), UMR 1241, F-35000, Rennes, France
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- Rheumatology Unit, INSERM U1153 APHP Centre, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Rheumatology Unit, MABlab ULR 4490, Lille University Hospital, CHRU Lille, rue Emile Laine, 59037, Lille, France
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New developments in myotonic dystrophies from a multisystemic perspective. Curr Opin Neurol 2021; 34:738-747. [PMID: 33990102 DOI: 10.1097/wco.0000000000000964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The multisystemic involvement of myotonic dystrophies (DMs) intricates disease monitoring, patients' care and trial design. This update of the multifaceted comorbidities observed in DMs aims to assist neurologists in the complex management of patients and to encourage further studies for still under-investigated aspects of the disease. RECENT FINDINGS We reviewed the most recent studies covering pathogenesis and clinical aspects of extra-muscular involvement in DM1 and DM2. The largest body of evidence regards the cardiac and respiratory features, for which experts' recommendations have been produced. Gastrointestinal symptoms emerge as one of the most prevalent complaints in DMs. The alteration of insulin signaling pathways, involved in gastrointestinal manifestations, carcinogenesis, muscle function, cognitive and endocrinological aspects, gain further relevance in the light of recent evidence of metformin efficacy in DM1. Still, too few studies are performed on large DM2 cohorts, so that current recommendations mainly rely on data gathered in DM1 that cannot be fully translated to DM2. SUMMARY Extra-muscular manifestations greatly contribute to the overall disease burden. A multidisciplinary approach is the key for the management of patients. Consensus-based recommendations for DM1 and DM2 allow high standards of care but further evidence are needed to implement these recommendations.
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Nottez A, Kolta S, Lion G, Ternynck C, Legroux-Gérot I, Vantyghem MC, Cortet B, Paccou J. Prevalence and causes of elevated bone mass. Bone 2020; 138:115476. [PMID: 32534222 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2020.115476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Reports of elevated bone mass (EBM) on routine DXA scanning are not infrequent. However, epidemiological studies of EBM are few in number and definition thresholds variable. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and causes of EBM in the general population referred to a single university hospital - catering for a population of 4 million inhabitants - for DXA scanning. MATERIAL AND METHODS DXA databases were initially searched for individuals with a bone mineral density (BMD) Z-score ≥+4 at any site in the lumbar spine or hip from April 1st, 2008 to April 30st, 2018. Two Hologic scanners were available at the Lille University Hospital (France). Prevalence of EBM was evaluated, as were causes associated with EBM. RESULTS At the lumbar spine, 18,229 bone density tests were performed in women and 10,209 in men. At the hip, 17,390 tests were performed in women and 9857 in men. The total number of patients who had at least one bone density test was 14,745, of which 64.2% were female. Of these 14,745 patients, 211 had a Z-score ≥+4 at any site, i.e. a prevalence of 1.43% [1.25%-1.64%]. The DXA scans and medical records of 92 men and 119 women with elevated BMD were reviewed to assess causes. An artefactual cause was found in 164 patients (75%) with EBM (mostly degenerative disease of the spine), and an acquired cause of focal EBM was found in only 2 patients, both of whom had sclerotic bone metastases from prostate cancer. An acquired cause of generalized EBM was found in 32 patients (15%), the vast majority of whom had renal osteodystrophy (n = 11), followed by hematological disorders (n = 9; e.g. myeloproliferative syndromes and mastocytosis) and diffuse bone metastases from solid cancer (n = 5). Of the remaining causes, rare hereditary diseases (e.g. osteopetrosis…) and unexplained EBM were found in 10 and 6 cases respectively. CONCLUSION The prevalence of EBM (Z-score ≥+4 at any site) was 1.43% [1.25%-1.64%]. In nearly all instances (97.1%) the explanation for EBM could be found in the medical record and through conventional investigations. This study suggests that the main cause of EBM is degenerative disease of the spine. Further studies are needed to differentiate artefactual EBM from hereditary or acquired EBM, and to investigate unexplained EBM. Genetic testing may prove useful in elucidating rare unknown causes.
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- Aurore Nottez
- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Department of Rheumatology, 59000 Lille, France
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- INSERM UMR-1153, Paris, Department of Rheumatology, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre-Université de Paris, Paris, France; INSERM UMR-1153, Paris, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Department of Nuclear Medicine, 59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, ULR 2694 - METRICS: Évaluation des Technologies de Santé et des Pratiques Médicales, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, MABLab ULR 4490, Department of Rheumatology, 59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Metabolism, Nutrition, 59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, MABLab ULR 4490, Department of Rheumatology, 59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, MABLab ULR 4490, Department of Rheumatology, 59000 Lille, France.
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