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Lal C. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Sarcoidosis Interactions. Sleep Med Clin 2024; 19:295-305. [PMID: 38692754 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2024.02.010] [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] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is very prevalent in sarcoidosis patients. Sarcoidosis of the upper respiratory tract may affect upper airway patency and increase the risk of OSA. Weight gain due to steroid use, upper airway myopathy due to steroids and sarcoidosis itself, and interstitial lung disease with decreased upper airway patency are other reasons for the higher OSA prevalence seen in sarcoidosis. Several clinical manifestations such as fatigue, hypersomnolence, cognitive deficits, and pulmonary hypertension are common to both OSA and sarcoidosis. Therefore, early screening and treatment for OSA can improve symptoms and overall patient quality of life.
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- Chitra Lal
- Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, CSB 816, Msc 630, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
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Devine MF, St Louis EK. Sleep Disturbances Associated with Neurological Autoimmunity. Neurotherapeutics 2021; 18:181-201. [PMID: 33786802 PMCID: PMC8116412 DOI: 10.1007/s13311-021-01020-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Associations between sleep disorders and neurological autoimmunity have been notably expanding recently. Potential immune-mediated etiopathogenesis has been proposed for various sleep disorders including narcolepsy, Kleine-Levin syndrome, and Morvan syndrome. Sleep manifestations are also common in various autoimmune neurological syndromes, but may be underestimated as overriding presenting (and potentially dangerous) neurological symptoms often require more urgent attention. Even so, sleep dysfunction has been described with various neural-specific antibody biomarkers, including IgLON5; leucine-rich, glioma-inactivated protein 1 (LGI1); contactin-associated protein 2 (CASPR2); N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-receptor; Ma2; dipeptidyl-peptidase-like protein-6 (DPPX); alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor (AMPA-R); anti-neuronal nuclear antibody type-1 (ANNA-1, i.e., Hu); anti-neuronal nuclear antibody type-2 (ANNA-2, i.e., Ri); gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-B-receptor (GABA-B-R); metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5); and aquaporin-4 (AQP-4). Given potentially distinctive findings, it is possible that sleep testing could potentially provide objective biomarkers (polysomnography, quantitative muscle activity during REM sleep, cerebrospinal fluid hypocretin-1) to support an autoimmune diagnosis, monitor therapeutic response, or disease progression/relapse. However, more comprehensive characterization of sleep manifestations is needed to better understand the underlying sleep disruption with neurological autoimmunity.
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- Michelle F Devine
- Mayo Clinic Center for Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
- Department of Medicine (Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine), Rochester, MN, USA.
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Health System Southwest Wisconsin-La Crosse, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA.
- Olmsted Medical Center, MN, Rochester, USA.
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Mayo Clinic Center for Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
- Mayo Sleep Behavior and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory, Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Medicine (Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine), Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Health System Southwest Wisconsin-La Crosse, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
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Benn BS, Lehman Z, Kidd SA, Miaskowski C, Sunwoo BY, Ho M, Sun S, Ramstein J, Gelfand JM, Koth LL. Sleep disturbance and symptom burden in sarcoidosis. Respir Med 2018; 144S:S35-S40. [PMID: 29628134 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2018.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Revised: 02/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease associated with myriad symptoms, including fatigue. It can affect physiological processes like sleep, leading to poor sleep quality and excessive daytime sleepiness. We hypothesized that sarcoidosis patients would report more severe sleep disturbance than healthy controls and that relationships would be found with sleep disturbance and the severity of other symptoms. METHODS We enrolled 84 sarcoidosis patients and 30 healthy controls and recorded demographic and clinical characteristics. Self-report measures were used to assess sleep disturbance, psychosocial symptoms, and quality of life at enrollment and longitudinally. Relationships between different self-report outcomes were analyzed using correlation statistics. RESULTS Using the General Sleep Disturbance Scale, 54% of sarcoidosis patients reported frequent and occasional sleep disturbance compared to only 17% of healthy controls (p < 0.0001). This significant increase in sleep disturbance found in sarcoidosis patients strongly correlated with multiple psychosocial symptoms, including fatigue, depression, and cognitive dysfunction, and negatively impacted quality of life (p < 0.01). Traditional measures of sarcoidosis disease severity or activity were not associated with sleep disturbance. Sleep disturbance scores remained stable at follow-up (mean time between first and last administration of questionnaire was 17.3 months) in 56 of the sarcoidosis patients. CONCLUSIONS Sarcoidosis patients experienced significant sleep disturbance that correlated with higher levels of fatigue, depression, and cognitive dysfunction, and poorer quality of life. These associations were present regardless of disease severity or activity and result in decrements in quality of life and mental health.
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- Bryan S Benn
- University of California, San Francisco, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Department of Physiological Nursing, 2 Koret Way, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Department of Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroinflammation Center, 1500 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, 505 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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Mayo MC, Deng JC, Albores J, Zeidler M, Harper RM, Avidan AY. Hypocretin Deficiency Associated with Narcolepsy Type 1 and Central Hypoventilation Syndrome in Neurosarcoidosis of the Hypothalamus. J Clin Sleep Med 2015; 11:1063-5. [PMID: 25979096 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.5028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We report a case of a 53-year-old man presenting with depressed alertness and severe excessive sleepiness in the setting of neurosarcoidosis. Neuroimaging demonstrated hypothalamic destruction due to sarcoidosis with a CSF hypocretin level of 0 pg/mL. The patient also experienced respiratory depression that presumably resulted from hypocretin-mediated hypothalamic dysfunction as a result of extensive diencephalic injury. This is a novel case, demonstrating both hypocretin deficiency syndrome, as well as respiratory dysfunction from destruction of hypocretin neurons and extensive destruction of key diencephalic structures secondary to the underlying neurosarcoidosis.
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- Mary Catherine Mayo
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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Patterson KC, Huang F, Oldham JM, Bhardwaj N, Hogarth DK, Mokhlesi B. Excessive daytime sleepiness and obstructive sleep apnea in patients with sarcoidosis. Chest 2013; 143:1562-1568. [PMID: 23258454 DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-1524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Systemic symptoms are common in sarcoidosis and are associated with a decreased quality of life. Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) often is associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) but may be a systemic symptom independently associated with sarcoidosis. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between sarcoidosis and EDS. METHODS In a retrospective analysis, we used Epworth Sleepiness Scale scores to compare sleepiness in 62 patients with sarcoidosis with 1,005 adults without sarcoidosis referred for polysomnography for suspicion of OSA. Linear regression models controlled for covariates. In a subgroup analysis of patients with sarcoidosis, sleepiness scores and polysomnograms were compared between those with normal and those with abnormal pulmonary function based on total lung capacity. RESULTS EDS was more common in patients with sarcoidosis than in those without, and sarcoidosis remained an independent predictor of increased sleepiness after controlling for covariates. Compared with control patients referred for polysomnography, fewer patients with sarcoidosis had clinically significant OSA. However, among patients with sarcoidosis, OSA was more severe in those with abnormal lung function. CONCLUSIONS Sarcoidosis is independently associated with EDS. Sleepiness may contribute to the morbidity of sarcoidosis and should be followed even after treating for potentially coexisting OSA or depression. Abnormal lung function in sarcoidosis may contribute to OSA, although the mechanisms for this are not known.
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- Karen C Patterson
- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; University of Chicago Sleep Disorders Center, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Lee K Brown
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicien, Albuquerque, NM; Program in Sleep Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM.
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Mariani M, Shammi P. Neurosarcoidosis and Associated Neuropsychological Sequelae: A Rare Case Of Isolated Intracranial Involvement. Clin Neuropsychol 2010; 24:286-304. [DOI: 10.1080/13854040903347942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Varron L, Broussolle C, Candessanche JP, Marignier R, Rousset H, Ninet J, Sève P. Spinal cord sarcoidosis: report of seven cases. Eur J Neurol 2009; 16:289-96. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02409.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sundaresan P, Jayamohan J. Stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of neurosarcoidosis involving the pituitary gland and hypothalamus. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol 2008; 52:622-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2008.02022.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Although neurosarcoidosis seems to occur in only 5% to 10% of patients who have sarcoidosis, it may lead to significant complications. The diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis usually relies on indirect information from imaging and spinal fluid examination. Although MR imaging remains the most sensitive technique for detecting neurologic disease, other tests, including positron emission tomography scanning and cerebral spinal fluid examination, can provide important information. The role of immunosuppressive agents such as methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, and azathioprine has been expanded, and these agents should be considered for the treatment of some manifestations of neurosarcoidosis. Reports of the antitumor necrosis factor agent infliximab suggest that this drug can be helpful for patients who have neurosarcoidosis.
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- Elyse E Lower
- Interstitial Lung Disease and Sarcoidosis Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 3235 Eden Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
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Remission of refractory neurosarcoidosis treated with brain radiotherapy: a case report and a literature review. Neurologist 2008; 14:120-4. [PMID: 18332841 DOI: 10.1097/nrl.0b013e31815b97ec] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sarcoidosis is a chronic disease of unknown etiology characterized by the presence of T lymphocytes, mononuclear phagocytes, and noncaseating epithelioid granulomas in the tissues. Central nervous system involvement occurs in about 5% of the cases. The chronic form of neurosarcoidosis is particularly resistant to medical treatments. No universally accepted therapeutic protocols are currently available. Corticosteroids are the first line of therapy, but other immunosuppressive treatments are frequently added to the patient's regimen, although this strategy is not adequately supported by controlled clinical trials. For patients resistant to or not tolerating multiple alternate immunotherapeutic drugs, some authors suggest central nervous system radiotherapy. We present a case of a patient with neurosarcoidosis involving the hypothalamo-hypophyseal region and causing panhypopituitarism who had a poor response to and experienced severe side effects from conventional immunosuppressive treatments. The patient experienced a good clinical response to cranial irradiation. We review the literature on this subject.
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Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology. Although any organ may be involved, the lungs are most frequently affected. The clinical course of the disease is highly variable, with up to two-thirds of untreated patients experiencing spontaneous remission within 12-24 months of onset of symptoms. When therapy is required, corticosteroids are considered standard, but studies demonstrating their ability to modify the long-term outcome in this disease are lacking. Often, the myriad of adverse side effects of corticosteroids necessitate the addition of immunosuppressants, cytotoxic agents or biologic therapies to maintain disease remission. Unfortunately, optimal therapeutic regimens have not been described. Patients who do not respond to therapy often experience progressive fibrotic changes and end-organ damage, which ultimately may result in significant morbidity or death. Agents commonly used to treat patients with sarcoidosis and emerging therapeutic options are discussed.
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- Eric S White
- University of Michigan Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 6301 MSRB III/0642, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0642, USA.
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Nishino S, Kanbayashi T. Symptomatic narcolepsy, cataplexy and hypersomnia, and their implications in the hypothalamic hypocretin/orexin system. Sleep Med Rev 2005; 9:269-310. [PMID: 16006155 DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2005.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Human narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder affecting 1:2000 individuals. The disease is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy and other abnormal manifestations of REM sleep, such as sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations. Recently, it was discovered that the pathophysiology of (idiopathic) narcolepsy-cataplexy is linked to hypocretin ligand deficiency in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), as well as the positivity of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DR2/DQ6 (DQB1*0602). The symptoms of narcolepsy can also occur during the course of other neurological conditions (i.e. symptomatic narcolepsy). We define symptomatic narcolepsy as those cases that meet the International Sleep Disorders Narcolepsy Criteria, and which are also associated with a significant underlying neurological disorder that accounts for excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and temporal associations. To date, we have counted 116 symptomatic cases of narcolepsy reported in literature. As, several authors previously reported, inherited disorders (n=38), tumors (n=33), and head trauma (n=19) are the three most frequent causes for symptomatic narcolepsy. Of the 116 cases, 10 are associated with multiple sclerosis, one case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, and relatively rare cases were reported with vascular disorders (n=6), encephalitis (n=4) and degeneration (n=1), and hererodegenerative disorder (three cases in a family). EDS without cataplexy or any REM sleep abnormalities is also often associated with these neurological conditions, and defined as symptomatic cases of EDS. Although it is difficult to rule out the comorbidity of idiopathic narcolepsy in some cases, review of the literature reveals numerous unquestionable cases of symptomatic narcolepsy. These include cases with HLA negative and/or late onset, and cases in which the occurrences of the narcoleptic symptoms are parallel with the rise and fall of the causative disease. A review of these cases (especially those with brain tumors), illustrates a clear picture that the hypothalamus is most often involved. Several cases of symptomatic cataplexy (without EDS) were also reported and in contrast, these cases appear to be often associated with non-hypothalamic structures. CSF hypocretin-1 measurement were also carried out in a limited number of symptomatic cases of narcolepsy/EDS, including narcolepsy/EDS associated with tumors (n=5), head trauma (n=3), vascular disorders (n=5), encephalopathies (n=3), degeneration (n=30), demyelinating disorder (n=7), genetic/congenital disorders (n=11) and others (n=2). Reduced CSF hypocretin-1 levels were seen in most symptomatic narcolepsy cases of EDS with various etiologies and EDS in these cases is sometimes reversible with an improvement of the causative neurological disorder and an improvement of the hypocretin status. It is also noted that some symptomatic EDS cases (with Parkinson diseases and the thalamic infarction) appeared, but they are not linked with hypocretin ligand deficiency. In contrast to idiopathic narcolepsy cases, an occurrence of cataplexy is not tightly associated with hypocretin ligand deficiency in symptomatic cases. Since CSF hypocretin measures are still experimental, cases with sleep abnormalities/cataplexy are habitually selected for CSF hypocretin measures. Therefore, it is still not known whether all or a large majority of cases with low CSF hypocretin-1 levels with CNS interventions, exhibit EDS/cataplexy. It appears that further studies of the involvement of the hypocretin system in symptomatic narcolepsy and EDS are helpful to understand the pathophysiological mechanisms for the occurrence of EDS and cataplexy.
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- Seiji Nishino
- Center for Narcolepsy, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
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Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory multisystem disorder of unknown cause. Practically no organ is immune to sarcoidosis; most commonly, in up to 90% of patients, it affects the lungs. The nervous system is involved in 5-15% of patients. Neurosarcoidosis is a serious and commonly devastating complication of sarcoidosis. Clinical diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis depends on the finding of neurological disease in multisystem sarcoidosis. As the disease can present in many different ways without biopsy evidence, solitary nervous-system sarcoidosis is difficult to diagnose. Corticosteroids are the drug of first choice. In addition, several cytotoxic drugs, including methotrexate, have been used to treat sarcoidosis. The value of new drugs such as anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha will be assessed. In this review we describe the clinical manifestations of neurosarcoidosis, diagnostic dilemmas and considerations, and therapy.
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- Elske Hoitsma
- Department of Neurology, Sarcoidosis Management Center, University Hospital Maastricht, Netherlands.
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Dailey AT, Rondina MT, Townsend JJ, Shrieve DC, Baringer JR, Moore KR. Sciatic nerve sarcoidosis: utility of magnetic resonance peripheral nerve imaging and treatment with radiation therapy. J Neurosurg 2004; 100:956-9. [PMID: 15137616 DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.100.5.0956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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✓ Sarcoidosis may involve both the central and peripheral nervous system, although peripheral nerve manifestations are usually seen late in the disease. In this report, the authors describe a case of sarcoidosis in a 22-year-old woman who presented with a foot drop. Although results of conventional lumbar magnetic resonance (MR) imaging were normal, MR peripheral nerve imaging of the thigh showed a mass in the sciatic nerve indicating tumor. An intraoperative biopsy sample revealed noncaseating granulomas consistent with sarcoid. The patient was treated with steroid drugs to control the manifestations of her disease but exhibited early signs of femoral bone necrosis, which required discontinuation of the steroids. She was then treated with local radiation therapy. At her 2-year follow-up visit the patient demonstrated relief of her symptoms and improvement on MR peripheral nerve imaging. This case demonstrates that sarcoidosis may present with peripheral nerve manifestations. The appearance of a diffusely swollen nerve on MR imaging should prompt clinicians to include sarcoidosis in the differential diagnosis and plan surgery accordingly. Patients who are not responsive to or who are unable to tolerate medical therapy may be treated with radiation therapy.
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- Andrew T Dailey
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Neurologic disorders may present or masquerade as pediatric sleep problems and fool the pediatrician, which may delay diagnosis and treatment. Many of the sleep problems in children with neurologic disorders arise directly from primary dysfunction or delayed maturation of their sleep-wake regulation systems. It is important to realize that nocturnal frontal lobe seizures or cluster headaches can be mistaken for night terrors, and craniopharyngiomas or myotonic dystrophy may present as narcolepsy-cataplexy. Hypothalamic dysfunction may explain not only the impaired circadian rhythm disorders in children with profound mental retardation but also excessive sleepiness and hyperphagia in Prader-Willi and Kleine-Levin syndromes. Intellectually challenged children perform better, learn more, and are better behaved with sufficient restorative sleep.
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- Madeleine Grigg-Damberger
- Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC10 5620, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA.
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Neurosarcoidosis is usually managed with steroids, immunosuppressives, and other medications. Several small series suggest that radiotherapy might be useful in patients whose disease is refractory to conventional treatment. The purpose of this article is to report the outcome of 4 patients with neurosarcoidosis who were treated at the University of Florida. With long-term follow up, partial regression of disease was observed in 2 patients, stabilization of disease in 1 patient, and disease progression in 1 patient. Our experience and review of the related literature suggest the following conclusions: (1) radiotherapy is often effective in preventing the progression of local symptoms from neurosarcoidosis, but has limited application in reversing established neurologic deficits; (2) sarcoid meningitis is responsive to radiotherapy; and (3) radiation dose for the palliation of symptoms related to neurosarcoidosis is 20 to 25 Gy.
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- Michael D Menninger
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, USA
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Sleep and lesions in the central nervous system. Sleep 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0217-3_57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Vannemreddy PSSV, Nanda A, Reddy PK, Gonzalez E. Primary cerebral sarcoid granuloma: the importance of definitive diagnosis in the high-risk patient population. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2002; 104:289-92. [PMID: 12140090 DOI: 10.1016/s0303-8467(02)00012-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sarcoidosis of the central nervous system has been variously reported in 5-15% of all sarcoid patients. However, presentation of sarcoidosis as an isolated 'intracranial tumor' is rare. A 35-year-old African-American woman presented with intractable headaches. Neuroimaging revealed a tumor that was suggestive of a glioma or meningioma or metastasis. The symptoms did not respond to steroids, and an open biopsy of the lesion revealed non-caseating granuloma. A thorough work-up for systemic sarcoidosis was negative. The patient remains symptom-free at a 2-year follow-up. Primary sarcoid granuloma of the brain is rare. Once systemic disease has been excluded, early tissue diagnosis is crucial. This is particularly relevant for patients in the high-risk population before considering empirical radiosurgery.
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- Prasad S S V Vannemreddy
- Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, PO Box 33932, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, USA
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The involvement of the hypothalamus and/or pituitary gland by granulomatous, infiltrative or autoimmune diseases is a rare condition of non-tumoral-non-vascular acquired hypothalamic dysfunction and hypopituitarism. In this paper, we present the case of a 26-year-old woman, who showed an amenorrhea-galactorrhea syndrome with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism due to an isolated hypothalamic-peduncular localization of neurosarcoidosis. Acquired GH deficiency was also demonstrated. This clinical case provided the opportunity for a review of the endocrine aspects linked to brain infiltrative diseases that may affect the hypothalamic-pituitary function, with a focus upon neurosarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis is a pathogen-free granulomatous disease that affects both the central and peripheral nervous system in 5-16% of patients. In most cases, such involvement by sarcoidosis occurs within a multi-systemic disease, but disease localization limited to the nervous system may also be observed. Endocrine manifestations of neurosarcoidosis disclose "chameleon-like" clinical pictures, which are usually expressed by the evidence of hypothalamic dysfunction, diabetes insipidus, adenopituitary failure, amenorrhea-galactorrhea syndrome, in isolated fashion or variedly combined. More rarely, inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone secretion, isolated secondary hypothyroidism, adrenal insufficiency or altered counter-regulation of glucose homeostasis have been reported. Neurosarcoidosis is often hard to diagnose, especially when the neurological localization of the disease is not accompanied by other systemic localizations or by specific signs of the disease, and when the lesion is too deep to obtain bioptic confirmation. The study of cerebrospinal fluid and blood lymphocyte sub-populations, integrated by MRI and nuclear scans (67GalIium uptake and 111Indium-pentetreotide, Octreoscan), may be helpful for a correct diagnosis. Therapy with corticosteroid and immunosuppressive drugs, such as cyclosporine A, and other treatment approaches to neurosarcoidosis are also accounted for.
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- G Murialdo
- Department of Endocrinological and Metabolic Sciences, University of Genova, Italy.
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Autret A, Lucas B, Mondon K, Hommet C, Corcia P, Saudeau D, de Toffol B. Sleep and brain lesions: a critical review of the literature and additional new cases. Neurophysiol Clin 2001; 31:356-75. [PMID: 11810986 DOI: 10.1016/s0987-7053(01)00282-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We present a comprehensive review of sleep studies performed in patients with brain lesions complemented by 16 additional personal selected cases and by discussion of the corresponding animal data. The reader is cautioned about the risk of establishing an erroneous correlation between abnormal sleep and a given disorder due to the important inter and intra variability of sleep parameters among individuals. Salient points are stressed: the high frequency of post-stroke sleep breathing disorders is becoming increasingly recognised and may, in the near future, change the way this condition is managed. Meso-diencephalic bilateral infarcts induce a variable degree of damage to both waking and non-REM sleep networks producing and abnormal waking and sometimes a stage 1 hypersomnia reduced by modafinil or bromocriptine, which can be considered as a syndrome of cathecholaminergic deficiency. Central pontine lesions induce REM and non-REM sleep insomnia with bilateral lateral gaze paralysis. Bulbar stroke leads to frequent sleep breathing disorders. Polysomnography can help define the extent of involvement of various degenerative diseases. Fragmented sleep in Parkinson's disease may be preceded by REM sleep behavioural disorders. Multiple system atrophies are characterised by important sleep disorganization. Sleep waking disorganization and a specific ocular REM pattern are often seen in supra-nuclear ophtalmoplegia. In Alzheimer patients, sleep perturbations parallel the mental deterioration and are possibly related to cholinergic deficiency. Fronto-temporal dementia may be associated with an important decrease in REM sleep. Few narcoleptic syndromes are reported to be associated with a tumour of the third ventricle or a multiple sclerosis or to follow a brain trauma; all these cases raise the question whether this is a simple coincidence, a revelation of a latent narcolepsy or, as in non-DR16/DQ5 patients, a genuine symptomatic narcolepsy. Trypanosomiasis and the abnormal prion protein precociously after sleep patterns. Polysomnography is a precious tool for evaluating brain function provided it is realised under optimal conditions in stable patients and interpreted with caution. Several unpublished cases are presented: one case of pseudohypersomnia due to a bilateral thalamic infarct and corrected by modafinil, four probable late-onset autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias without sleep pattern anomalies, six cases of fronto-temporal dementia with strong reduction in total sleep time and REMS percentage on the first polysomnographic night, one case of periodic hypersomnia associated with a Rathke's cleft cyst and four cases of suspected symptomatic narcolepsy with a DR16-DQ5 haplotype, three of which were post-traumatic without MRI anomalies, and one associated with multiple sclerosis exhibiting pontine hyper signals on MRI.
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- A Autret
- Service de neurologie CHU Bretonneau, 37044 Tours, France.
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Zisman DA, Biermann JS, Martinez FJ, Devaney KO, Lynch JP. Sarcoidosis presenting as a tumorlike muscular lesion. Case report and review of the literature. Medicine (Baltimore) 1999; 78:112-22. [PMID: 10195092 DOI: 10.1097/00005792-199903000-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Sarcoid myopathy presenting as a tumorlike lesion is an exceedingly rare presentation of sarcoidosis. Concurrent extramuscular involvement is common. Chest radiographs, if abnormal, may suggest the diagnosis. Magnetic resonance imaging is the preferred study for diagnosis and follow-up of tumorous sarcoid myopathy. Optimal therapy is not clear. Favorable responses have been cited with surgery or corticosteroids (alone or in combination). Azathioprine or alternative immunosuppressive agents (for example, antimalarials or methotrexate) may have a role in corticosteroid-recalcitrant patients. The role of local radiotherapy is controversial and should be reserved for severe localized disease refractory to aggressive medical therapy.
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- D A Zisman
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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Clinically apparent involvement of the heart and nervous system occurs in a relatively small number of patients with sarcoidosis. The diagnosis of myocardial and neurological sarcoidosis is difficult because anatomic presence of granulomas without clinical dysfunction is an important feature of sarcoidosis. The chest radiography is abnormal in 8 of every 10 patients with myocardial or neurosarcoidosis. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme and gallium uptake studies may provide some indication of the extent and severity of the granulomatous process. Corticosteriods are the mainstay of therapy but chloroquine or hydroxychloriquine, methotrexate, and azathioprine are also effective. Prognosis of myocardial and neurological sarcoidosis is poor.
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- O P Sharma
- Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
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Alternatives to corticosteroids for the treatment of sarcoidosis are reviewed. These include cytotoxic agents such as methotrexate, azathioprine, and cyclophosphamide. In addition, agents such as hydroxychloroquine and cyclosporine are reviewed. The efficacy, toxicity, and timing of these drugs in the management of sarcoidosis is discussed.
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- R P Baughman
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio, USA
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Ma TK, Ang LC, Mamelak M, Kish SJ, Young B, Lewis AJ. Narcolepsy secondary to fourth ventricular subependymoma. Can J Neurol Sci 1996; 23:59-62. [PMID: 8673965 DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100039202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Secondary (symptomatic) narcolepsy is rare. We report a subependymoma of the fourth ventricle associated with narcolepsy. The patient was a 50-year old woman with a long history of narcolepsy who died of colonic carcinoma with no cerebral metastasis. She was positive for HLA-DR2. At autopsy there was a tumour dorsal to the fourth ventricle which involved the midbrain tectum and rostral pons. Histologic examination of the tumour confirmed it to be a subependymoma. METHODS Review of the previous cases of secondary narcolepsy was made with particular reference to the anatomical location of the lesions. RESULTS Most of the lesions were found around the third ventricle and rostral brainstem. CONCLUSIONS Knowing the anatomical localization of the pathological changes in secondary narcolepsy could be important in improving our understanding of its pathogenesis.
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- T K Ma
- Division of Pathology, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Stelzer KJ, Thomas CR, Berger MS, Spence AM, Shaw CM, Griffin TW. Radiation therapy for sarcoid of the thalamus/posterior third ventricle: case report. Neurosurgery 1995; 36:1188-91. [PMID: 7644002 DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199506000-00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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There are a limited number of previously reported cases involving the use of radiation therapy for sarcoid of the brain. The case of a 22-year-old man with a thalamic/posterior third ventricle sarcoid mass that grew despite steroid medication is presented. The patient was treated with external beam radiation to a total dose of 20 Gy, with 2-Gy fractions over 14 elapsed days. A complete radiographic response was achieved 4 months after radiation was completed. Radiographic follow-up through 8 months postradiation shows no evidence of disease recurrence. Fractionated radiation therapy in low-to-moderate doses appears to be efficacious in steroid-refractory sarcoid of the brain.
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- K J Stelzer
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA
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Iwahashi K, Miyatake R, Tsuneoka Y, Matsuo Y, Ichikawa Y, Hosokawa K, Sato K, Hayabara T. A novel cytochrome P-450IID6 (CYPIID6) mutant gene associated with multiple system atrophy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1995; 58:263-4. [PMID: 7876880 PMCID: PMC1073346 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.58.2.263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Nakano H, Ogashiwa M. Complete remission of narcolepsy after surgical treatment of an arachnoid cyst in the cerebellopontine angle. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1995; 58:264. [PMID: 7876881 PMCID: PMC1073347 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.58.2.264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology characterized by non-caseating epithelioid cell granulomata. The lungs and reticulo-endothelial system are typically involved, and virtually any organ system may be affected. Sarcoidosis involving the central nervous system is relatively uncommon, estimated to occur in approximately 5% of patients with sarcoidosis in the United States, while the incidence throughout the world may be as high as 15%. Hypothalamic dysfunction is the most common manifestation of central nervous system parenchymatous disease in neurosarcoidosis. Polyuria and polydipsia are the most frequently occurring symptoms in patients with sarcoidosis who have dysfunction of the pituitary and hypothalamus. We describe a patient with secondary amenorrhea resulting from neurosarcoidosis involving the pituitary and hypothalamus.
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- R N Lipnick
- Department of Clinical Investigations, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20307-5001
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Patients with sarcoidosis may develop hypopituitarism secondary to granulomatous infiltration of the pituitary and hypothalamus. All degrees of anterior pituitary insufficiency can occur, ranging from selective deficiency to panhypopituitarism; diabetes insipidus occurs frequently. Commonly associated neurologic manifestations are cranial neuropathies, aseptic meningitis, and visual field defects. Although neurologic deficits respond well to corticosteroids, hormonal abnormalities generally persist despite therapy.
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- P U Freda
- Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
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A patient whose clinical presentation met criteria for schizophreniform disorder was ultimately found to have neurosarcoidosis, and the psychiatric symptoms responded to steroid treatment. The ongoing search for organic etiology was prompted by the presence of cognitive decline, perseveration and rare bizarre automatisms. This is virtually the first reported association between schizophreniform disorder and sarcoidosis. We reviewed the literature on neurologic involvement and psychiatric manifestations in sarcoidosis as well as the concurrence between organicity and schizophrenic psychosis. The importance of attending to all elements of the mental status examination in a patient with complex atypical findings is underscored.
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- M Sabaawi
- Malcolm Grow Medical Center, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D.C
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Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological excises. Case 10-1991. A 30-year-old man with polydipsia, hypopituitarism, and a mediastinal mass. N Engl J Med 1991; 324:677-87. [PMID: 1994252 DOI: 10.1056/nejm199103073241007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- M S Aldrich
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0316
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