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Huang LY, Peng YJ, Sung YF. Anti-SRP Myopathy with Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy: A Case Report. Acta Neurol Taiwan 2023; 32(4):212-217. [PMID: 37723914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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PURPOSE Anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) myopathy is a subtype of immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy. It rarely presents with extramuscular features, involving the skin, lung, and heart. This paper presents a case of anti-SRP myopathy associated with sensorimotor polyneuropathy. CASE REPORT A 33-year-old woman with no history of systemic disease presented to our hospital with weakness and numbness of the lower limbs for 1 year. Electromyography and nerve conduction study (NCS) revealed combined myopathy and axonal sensorimotor polyneuropathy. Blood examination revealed increased levels of serum muscle enzymes and anti-SRP antibodies. T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging revealed diffuse muscular hyperintensities in the thighs, indicative of fatty replacement. She was administered methylprednisolone pulse therapy, followed by oral prednisolone and azathioprine. Muscle power increased, and serum muscle enzyme levels decreased significantly. Subsequent NCS performed 2 years later revealed persistent axonal degeneration in the lower limbs. CONCLUSION Anti-SRP myopathy can present with sensorimotor polyneuropathy. Thus, the possibility that the same pathological process affected the skeletal muscles and peripheral nerves should be considered.
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- Lei-Ying Huang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chen QT, Chen MH, Lin YK, Yeh RH, Lu CC, Hsiao PJ, Sung YF. Case report: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis complicated by multiple organ dysfunction syndrome following aseptic encephalitis. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1296575. [PMID: 38193074 PMCID: PMC10773876 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1296575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition caused by excessive immune activation. Secondary HLH is usually triggered by infection, most often from viral infection or malignancy. Here, we present a case of secondary HLH, complicated by multiple organ dysfunction syndrome triggered by critical aseptic encephalitis. A 27-year-old man without any underlying disease presented to our hospital with fever, disturbance of consciousness, and generalized seizures. The patient was diagnosed with aseptic encephalitis with super-refractory status epilepticus. Although antiseizure medications and immunoglobulins were administered, the patient developed multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. HLH was later diagnosed based on hypertriglyceridemia, hyperferritinemia, splenomegaly, cytopenia, and phagocytosis of nucleated cells, as shown by a blood smear of bone marrow aspiration. Treatment with pulse steroid therapy and plasmapheresis was initiated rather than chemotherapy because of the patient's critical condition. However, the patient died of profound shock and multiple organ failure. Diagnosis of HLH is challenging in patients with severe infections because of similar clinical manifestations and laboratory findings. The early recognition of HLH provides patients with the opportunity to receive appropriate treatment, which can lead to increased survival and remission rates.
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- Quan-Ting Chen
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Rheumatology/Immunology and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chen PS, Lee NC, Sung CJ, Liu YW, Weng WC, Fan PC, Lee WT, Chien YH, Wu CS, Sung YF, Tsai MC, Lee YC, Hsueh HW, Fan SMY, Wu MC, Li H, Chen HY, Lin HI, Ou-Yang CH, Hwuh WL, Lin CH. Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Patients with Mutations in the Mitochondrial Complex I Assembly Gene NDUFAF5. Mov Disord 2023; 38:2217-2229. [PMID: 37752895 DOI: 10.1002/mds.29604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Rare mutations in NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase complex assembly factor 5 (NDUFAF5) are linked to Leigh syndrome. OBJECTIVE We aimed to describe clinical characteristics and functional findings in a patient cohort with NDUFAF5 mutations. METHODS Patients with biallelic NDUFAF5 mutations were recruited from multi-centers in Taiwan. Clinical, laboratory, radiological, and follow-up features were recorded and mitochondrial assays were performed in patients' skin fibroblasts. RESULTS Nine patients from seven unrelated pedigrees were enrolled, eight homozygous for c.836 T > G (p.Met279Arg) in NDUFAF5 and one compound heterozygous for p.Met279Arg. Onset age had a bimodal distribution. The early-onset group (age <3 years) presented with psychomotor delay, seizure, respiratory failure, and hyponatremia. The late-onset group (age ≥5 years) presented with normal development, but slowly progressive dystonia. Combing 25 previously described patients, the p.Met279Arg variant was exclusively identified in Chinese ancestry. Compared with other groups, patients with late-onset homozygous p.Met279Arg were older at onset (P = 0.008), had less developmental delay (P = 0.01), less hyponatremia (P = 0.01), and better prognosis with preserved ambulatory function into early adulthood (P = 0.01). Bilateral basal ganglia necrosis was a common radiological feature, but brainstem and spinal cord involvement was more common with early-onset patients (P = 0.02). A modifier gene analysis showed higher concomitant mutation burden in early-versus late-onset p.Met279Arg homozygous cases (P = 0.04), consistent with more impaired mitochondrial function in fibroblasts from an early-onset case than a late-onset patient. CONCLUSIONS The p.Met279Arg variant is a common mutation in our population with phenotypic heterogeneity and divergent prognosis based on age at onset. © 2023 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Pin-Shiuan Chen
- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Liu Y, Sung YF, Yen SY. Cranial nerve Palsy following COVID-19 Vaccination Responsive to Plasma Exchange. Acta Neurol Taiwan 2023; 32(3):118-121. [PMID: 37674423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Globally, mass COVID-19 vaccine administration has revealed various adverse effects of the vaccine, such as various neurological symptoms, which are currently identified as a result of an excessive immune response. CASE REPORT A 70-year-old woman presented with progressive unilateral oculomotor nerve palsy and decreased visual acuity 12 days after receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. In adults, such palsy is typically caused by microvascular disease (ischemia) or compressive tumors. Given the temporal relationship between vaccination and symptoms and the exclusion of other possible causative factors, the patient's oculomotor nerve palsy and optic nerve involvement was considered to be related to the vaccination. Cranial nerve palsy following COVID-19 vaccination was diagnosed, and after pulse steroid and plasma exchange, the patient showed steady recovery. CONCLUSION Our patient with cranial nerve palsy following COVID-19 vaccination responded well to plasma exchange after limited improved toward steroid. This case highlights the importance of early identification and treatment of the immunological effects of COVID-19 vaccines on cranial nerves.
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- Yi Liu
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Huang CC, Sung YF, Huang YC, Wan FJ, Tzeng NS. New Onset Generalized Seizure Related to Bupropion and Oral Contraceptive. Am J Ther 2023; 30:e384-e385. [PMID: 34264889 DOI: 10.1097/mjt.0000000000001427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Psychiatry
- Student Counseling Center, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Lin W, Chou CH, Yang FC, Tsai CK, Lin YK, Sung YF. Case Report: Severe rebound after withdrawal of fingolimod in a patient with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1115120. [PMID: 37122715 PMCID: PMC10140362 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1115120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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Purpose Fingolimod, an oral treatment for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), has been associated with a significant rebound in disease activity after therapy cessation. We described a patient with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) who was previously diagnosed with RRMS and experienced fatal rebound syndrome after cessation of fingolimod. Case report A 54-year-old woman, previously diagnosed with RRMS, experienced relapse after orthopedic surgery. The diagnosis was later revised to NMOSD based on a positive aquaporin-4 antibody. Three weeks after converting the immunomodulator from fingolimod to azathioprine, severe disease reactivation was observed. Considering the multiple new and enlarging magnetic resonance imaging lesions, the temporal relationship between fingolimod cessation and symptom onset, and the relatively low possibility of disease reactivation within a short time, the diagnosis of fingolimod withdrawal syndrome was proposed. Although immediate steroid pulse therapy and plasma exchange were performed, the patient eventually died owing to a fulminant clinical course. Conclusion Fingolimod withdrawal syndrome is well known in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). It can also occur in patients with NMOSD. Recognizing patients with NMOSD who present with MS-like manifestations, and avoiding drugs that may be harmful to patients with NMOSD, are important.
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Chou CH, Yin JH, Lin YK, Yang FC, Chu TW, Chuang YC, Lin CW, Peng GS, Sung YF. The optimal pulse pressures for healthy adults with different ages and sexes correlate with cardiovascular health metrics. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:930443. [PMID: 36545016 PMCID: PMC9760735 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.930443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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Background Pulse pressure (PP) may play a role in the development of cardiovascular disease, and the optimal PP for different ages and sexes is unknown. In a prospective cohort, we studied subjects with favorable cardiovascular health (CVH), proposed the mean PP as the optimal PP values, and demonstrated its relationship with healthy lifestyles. Methods and results Between 1996 and 2016, a total of 162,636 participants (aged 20 years or above; mean age 34.9 years; 26.4% male subjects; meeting criteria for favorable health) were recruited for a medical examination program. PP in male subjects was 45.6 ± 9.4 mmHg and increased after the age of 50 years. PP in female subjects was 41.8 ± 9.5 mmHg and increased after the age of 40 years, exceeding that of male subjects after the age of 50 years. Except for female subjects with a PP of 40-70 mmHg, PP increase correlates with both systolic blood pressure (BP) increase and diastolic BP decrease. Individuals with mean PP values are more likely to meet health metrics, including body mass index (BMI) <25 kg/m2 (chi-squared = 9.35, p<0.01 in male subjects; chi-squared = 208.79, p < 0.001 in female subjects) and BP <120/80 mmHg (chi-squared =1,300, p < 0.001 in male subjects; chi-squared =11,000, p < 0.001 in female subjects). We propose a health score (Hscore) based on the sum of five metrics (BP, BMI, being physically active, non-smoking, and healthy diet), which significantly correlates with the optimal PP. Conclusion The mean PP (within ±1 standard deviation) could be proposed as the optimal PP in the adult population with favorable CVH. The relationship between health metrics and the optimal PP based on age and sex was further demonstrated to validate the Hscore.
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- Chung-Hsing Chou
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan,Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan,MJ Health Screening Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- MJ Health Research Foundation, MJ Group, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan,Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan,*Correspondence: Yueh-Feng Sung
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Sung YF, Tsai CT, Kuo CY, Lee JT, Chou CH, Chen YC, Chou YC, Sun CA. Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy and Risk of Dementia: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Neurology 2022; 99:e1835-e1842. [PMID: 36240091 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000200960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Estrogen has the potential to influence brain physiology implicated in dementia pathogenesis. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) might be expected to influence the risk of dementia. Observational data indicated that HRT was associated with reductions in dementia risk, but experimental evidence demonstrates that HRT increases the incidence of dementia. To determine the effect of HRT on the risk of dementia, a retrospective cohort study was performed using a nationwide claims dataset in Taiwan. METHODS A population-based longitudinal study was performed using data from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database in Taiwan. A total of 35,024 women with HRT were enrolled as the exposed cohort and 70,048 women without HRT were selected on the basis of propensity matching as the comparison cohort. All participants were followed up until the diagnosis of dementia, death, or at the end of December 31, 2013, whichever occurred first. Overall, the average duration of follow-up (±SD) in the HRT and comparison cohorts was 12.3 (±2.3) and 12.2 (±2.4), respectively. The Cox proportional hazards regression models were conducted to produce hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% CIs to evaluate the association of HRT with the risk of dementia. RESULTS In the follow-up period, the cumulative incidence of dementia for the HRT cohort (20.04 per 1,000) was significantly higher than the corresponding cumulative incidence for the comparison cohort (15.79 per 1,000), resulting in an adjusted HR of 1.35 (95% CI 1.13-2.62). There was an increased risk of dementia with a higher cumulative dose of HRT prescription (p for trend <0.0001). DISCUSSION This cohort study documented that HRT was associated with an increased risk of dementia. The clinical implications of this study merit further investigations.
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- Yueh-Feng Sung
- From the Department of Neurology (Y.-F.S., J.-T.L., C.-H.C.), Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Public Health (C.-T.T., Y.-C. Chou), Department and Graduate Institute of Biology and Anatomy (C.-Y.K.), and Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (C.-H.C.), National Defense Medical Center; Department of Medicine (Y.-C. Chen), Data Science Center (Y.-C. Chen, C.-A.S.), and Department of Public Health (C.-A.S.), College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Neurology (Y.-F.S., J.-T.L., C.-H.C.), Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Public Health (C.-T.T., Y.-C. Chou), Department and Graduate Institute of Biology and Anatomy (C.-Y.K.), and Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (C.-H.C.), National Defense Medical Center; Department of Medicine (Y.-C. Chen), Data Science Center (Y.-C. Chen, C.-A.S.), and Department of Public Health (C.-A.S.), College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Neurology (Y.-F.S., J.-T.L., C.-H.C.), Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Public Health (C.-T.T., Y.-C. Chou), Department and Graduate Institute of Biology and Anatomy (C.-Y.K.), and Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (C.-H.C.), National Defense Medical Center; Department of Medicine (Y.-C. Chen), Data Science Center (Y.-C. Chen, C.-A.S.), and Department of Public Health (C.-A.S.), College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Neurology (Y.-F.S., J.-T.L., C.-H.C.), Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Public Health (C.-T.T., Y.-C. Chou), Department and Graduate Institute of Biology and Anatomy (C.-Y.K.), and Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (C.-H.C.), National Defense Medical Center; Department of Medicine (Y.-C. Chen), Data Science Center (Y.-C. Chen, C.-A.S.), and Department of Public Health (C.-A.S.), College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Neurology (Y.-F.S., J.-T.L., C.-H.C.), Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Public Health (C.-T.T., Y.-C. Chou), Department and Graduate Institute of Biology and Anatomy (C.-Y.K.), and Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (C.-H.C.), National Defense Medical Center; Department of Medicine (Y.-C. Chen), Data Science Center (Y.-C. Chen, C.-A.S.), and Department of Public Health (C.-A.S.), College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Neurology (Y.-F.S., J.-T.L., C.-H.C.), Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Public Health (C.-T.T., Y.-C. Chou), Department and Graduate Institute of Biology and Anatomy (C.-Y.K.), and Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (C.-H.C.), National Defense Medical Center; Department of Medicine (Y.-C. Chen), Data Science Center (Y.-C. Chen, C.-A.S.), and Department of Public Health (C.-A.S.), College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Neurology (Y.-F.S., J.-T.L., C.-H.C.), Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Public Health (C.-T.T., Y.-C. Chou), Department and Graduate Institute of Biology and Anatomy (C.-Y.K.), and Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (C.-H.C.), National Defense Medical Center; Department of Medicine (Y.-C. Chen), Data Science Center (Y.-C. Chen, C.-A.S.), and Department of Public Health (C.-A.S.), College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Neurology (Y.-F.S., J.-T.L., C.-H.C.), Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Public Health (C.-T.T., Y.-C. Chou), Department and Graduate Institute of Biology and Anatomy (C.-Y.K.), and Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (C.-H.C.), National Defense Medical Center; Department of Medicine (Y.-C. Chen), Data Science Center (Y.-C. Chen, C.-A.S.), and Department of Public Health (C.-A.S.), College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
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Sung YF, Yin JH, Lee KH, Tsai CL, Lin YK, Chen SY, Chung CH, Chien WC, Lee JT, Chou CH. Increased risk of sleep-related movement disorder in patients with Helicobacter pylori infection: A nationwide population-based study. Front Neurol 2022; 13:953821. [PMID: 36299273 PMCID: PMC9589275 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.953821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background and purpose Evidence increasingly suggests that Helicobacter pylori infection (HPI) is associated with movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the relationship between HPI and sleep-related movement disorders (SRMD) remains unknown. This nationwide population-based study tried to demonstrate whether patients with HPI have a higher risk of developing SRMD in a general adult population. Methods The study cohort enrolled 9,393 patients who were initially diagnosed with HPI between 2000 and 2013. Notably, 37,572 age- and sex-matched controls without prior HPI were selected as the reference. A Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was performed for multivariate adjustment. Results Patients with HPI had a higher risk of developing SRMD (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] = 2.18, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.26–3.82, p < 0.01). Patients with HPI aged ≥65 years exhibited the highest risk (HR = 3.01, 95% CI = 1.90–5.30, p < 0.001), followed by patients aged 45–64 years (HR = 1.69, 95% CI = 1.26–2.90, p <0.01) and <45 years (HR = 1.49, 95% CI = 1.12–2.49, p < 0.01). Patients were most likely to develop SRMD 5 years or more after diagnosis of HPI (HR = 3.33, 95% CI = 1.97–5.89, p < 0.001). The increased risk of SRMD in male patients with HPI (HR = 2.73, 95% CI = 1.53–4.79, p < 0.001) was greater than in female patients (HR = 1.14, 95% CI = 1.04–1.65, p < 0.05). Conclusion Patients with HPI were associated with an increased risk for SRMD, with a higher risk in men, aged ≥65 years, and diagnosed for more than 5 years.
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- Yueh-Feng Sung
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Taiwanese Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Association, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chen QT, Liu Y, Chen YC, Chou CH, Lin YP, Lin YQ, Tsai MC, Chang BK, Ho TH, Lu CC, Sung YF. Case report: Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia complicated by acute cerebral venous thrombosis and hemorrhage after AstraZeneca vaccines followed by Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster and surgery. Front Neurol 2022; 13:989730. [PMID: 36267879 PMCID: PMC9577219 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.989730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) is a well-known complication of adenoviral vector COVID-19 vaccines including ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AstraZeneca) and Ad26. COV2.S (Janssen, Johnson & Johnson). To date, only a few cases of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine such as mRNA-1273 (Moderna) or BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech)-induced VITT have been reported. We report a case of VITT with acute cerebral venous thrombosis and hemorrhage after a booster of mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccine in a patient previously vaccinated with two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. A 42-year-old woman presented with sudden onset of weakness of the right upper limb with focal seizure. She had received two doses of AstraZeneca vaccines and a booster with Moderna vaccine 32 days before presentation. She had also undergone a laparoscopic myomectomy 12 days previously. Laboratory examinations revealed anemia (9.5 g/dl), thrombocytopenia (31 × 103/μl), and markedly elevated d-dimer (>20.0 mg/L; reference value < 0.5 mg/L). The initial brain computed tomography (CT) was normal, but a repeated scan 10 h later revealed hemorrhage at the left cerebrum. Before the results of the blood smear were received, on suspicion of thrombotic microangiopathy with thrombocytopenia and thrombosis, plasmapheresis and pulse steroid therapy were initiated, followed by intravenous immunoglobulin (1 g/kg/day for two consecutive days) due to refractory thrombocytopenia. VITT was confirmed by positive anti-PF4 antibody and both heparin-induced and PF4-induced platelet activation testing. Clinicians should be aware that mRNA-1273 Moderna, an mRNA-based vaccine, may be associated with VITT with catastrophic complications. Additionally, prior exposure to the AstraZeneca vaccine and surgical procedure could also have precipitated or aggravated autoimmune heparin-induced thrombocytopenia/VITT-like presentation.
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- Quan-Ting Chen
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Hemophilia Care and Research Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- *Correspondence: Yueh-Feng Sung
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Lan MY, Lu CS, Wu SL, Chen YF, Sung YF, Tu MC, Chang YY. Clinical and genetic characterization of a Taiwanese cohort with spastic paraparesis combined with cerebellar involvement. Front Neurol 2022; 13:1005670. [PMID: 36247768 PMCID: PMC9563621 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1005670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders clinically characterized by progressive lower-limb spasticity. Cerebellar ataxia commonly co-occurs with complicated HSPs. HSP with concurrent cerebellar ataxia has significant clinical and genetic overlaps with hereditary cerebellar ataxia (HCA) and other inherited neurological diseases, adding to the challenge of planning genetic testing for the disease. In this study, we characterized clinical features of a cohort of 24 patients (male/female: 15/9) from 22 families who presented spastic paraparesis combined with cerebellar involvement, with a median disease onset age 20.5 (range 5–53) years. Aside from the core phenotype, 18 (75%) patients had additional neuropsychiatric and systemic manifestations. A stepwise genetic testing strategy stratified by mode of inheritance, distinct neuroimaging features (e.g., thin corpus callosum), population-specific prevalence and whole-exome sequencing was utilized to investigate the genetic etiology. Causative mutations in up to 10 genes traditionally related to HSP, HCA and other neurogenetic diseases (autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay, neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation, and progressive encephalopathy with brain atrophy and thin corpus callosum) were detected in 16 (73%) of the 22 pedigrees. Our study revealed the genetic complexity of HSP combined with cerebellar involvement. In contrast to the marked genetic diversity, the functions of the causative genes are restricted to a limited number of physiological themes. The functional overlap might reflect common underlying pathogenic mechanisms, to which the corticospinal tract and cerebellar neuron circuits may be especially vulnerable.
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- Min-Yu Lan
- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Center for Parkinson's Disease, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Center for Mitochondrial Research and Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Professor Lu Neurological Clinic, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Neurology, Landseed International Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
- Department of Electrical Engineering, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Center for Parkinson's Disease, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Center for Parkinson's Disease, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- *Correspondence: Yung-Yee Chang
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Lin YK, Liang CS, Tsai CK, Tsai CL, Lee JT, Sung YF, Chou CH, Shang HS, Yang BH, Lin GY, Su MW, Yang FC. A Metallomic Approach to Assess Associations of Plasma Metal Levels with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease: An Exploratory Study. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11133655. [PMID: 35806940 PMCID: PMC9267221 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11133655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) involves the abnormal activity of transition metals and metal ion dyshomeostasis; however, the potential of trace metal biomarkers in predicting cognitive decline has not been evaluated. This study aimed to assess the potential of 36 trace elements in predicting cognitive decline in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) or AD. Participants (9 controls, 23 aMCI due to AD, and 8 AD dementia) underwent comprehensive cognitive tests, including the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and trace metal analysis. The correlations between the plasma trace element levels and annual MMSE changes during follow-up were analyzed. We found that an increase in disease severity was linked to lower plasma levels of boron (B), bismuth (Bi), thorium (Th), and uranium (U) (adjusted p < 0.05). Higher baseline calcium levels (r = 0.50, p = 0.026) were associated with less annual cognitive decline; those of B (r = −0.70, p = 0.001), zirconium (r = −0.58, p = 0.007), and Th (r = −0.52, p = 0.020) with rapid annual cognitive decline in the aMCI group; and those of manganese (r = −0.91, p = 0.035) with rapid annual cognitive decline in the AD group. Overall, our exploratory study suggests that plasma metal levels have great potential as in vivo biomarkers for aMCI and AD. Larger sample studies are necessary to confirm these results.
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- Yu-Kai Lin
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan; (Y.-K.L.); (C.-K.T.); (C.-L.T.); (J.-T.L.); (Y.-F.S.); (C.-H.C.); (G.-Y.L.)
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan;
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan;
- Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan; (Y.-K.L.); (C.-K.T.); (C.-L.T.); (J.-T.L.); (Y.-F.S.); (C.-H.C.); (G.-Y.L.)
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan; (Y.-K.L.); (C.-K.T.); (C.-L.T.); (J.-T.L.); (Y.-F.S.); (C.-H.C.); (G.-Y.L.)
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan; (Y.-K.L.); (C.-K.T.); (C.-L.T.); (J.-T.L.); (Y.-F.S.); (C.-H.C.); (G.-Y.L.)
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan;
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan; (Y.-K.L.); (C.-K.T.); (C.-L.T.); (J.-T.L.); (Y.-F.S.); (C.-H.C.); (G.-Y.L.)
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan; (Y.-K.L.); (C.-K.T.); (C.-L.T.); (J.-T.L.); (Y.-F.S.); (C.-H.C.); (G.-Y.L.)
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan;
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- Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan; (H.-S.S.); (B.-H.Y.)
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- Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan; (H.-S.S.); (B.-H.Y.)
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan; (Y.-K.L.); (C.-K.T.); (C.-L.T.); (J.-T.L.); (Y.-F.S.); (C.-H.C.); (G.-Y.L.)
- Department of Neurology, Songshan Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 105, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan;
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan; (Y.-K.L.); (C.-K.T.); (C.-L.T.); (J.-T.L.); (Y.-F.S.); (C.-H.C.); (G.-Y.L.)
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-2-87923311; Fax: +886-87927174
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Chang CH, Lian HW, Sung YF. Cystic Encephalomalacia in a Young Woman After Cardiac Arrest Due to Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Thyroid Storm. Cureus 2022; 14:e23707. [PMID: 35505739 PMCID: PMC9056232 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.23707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Cystic encephalomalacia is commonly reported in neonates with prenatal or perinatal hypoxic events. It is rarely observed in adults. A 25-year-old woman with a history of type 1 diabetes mellitus and hyperthyroidism presented to the emergency department with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and a thyroid storm. She sustained cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation and subsequently developed hypoxic encephalopathy. Initial brain computed tomography showed no significant findings; however, follow-up magnetic resonance imaging three months later revealed cystic encephalomalacia in the bilateral parieto-occipital lobes. A Tc-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer (ECD) brain perfusion scan revealed extensive hypoperfusion in the bilateral frontal and parieto-occipital lobes. She showed severe cognitive impairment and marked spasticity in all her limbs. Although cystic encephalomalacia is mostly reported in neonates with hypoxic injury, it can be seen in adults with hypoxic encephalopathy, leading to a significant neurological deficit.
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Tsai MC, Lee JT, Sung YF, Yang FC. Primary Familial Brain Calcification Caused by a Novel Compound Heterozygous Mutation in the MYORG Gene. Acta Neurol Taiwan 2022; 31(2):77-79. [PMID: 35266134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND PURPOSE To demonstrate a novel compound heterozygous mutation in MYORG-related recessive primary familial brain calcification. CASE REPORT We report a case of primary familial brain calcification with newly-discovered compound heterozygous mutation in the MYORG gene presenting with progressive parkinsonism, cerebellar signs, and typical diffuse brain calcifications. CONCLUSION Clinicians should consider MYORG testing in patients who have primary brain calcifications with either a negative or recessive family history.
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- Ming-Chen Tsai
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tsai MC, Sung YF. Handwriting impairment in a case of adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia caused by a novel mutation in the CSF1R gene. Neurol Sci 2022; 43:2109-2110. [DOI: 10.1007/s10072-021-05819-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Yang FC, Liu Y, Ting CH, Sung YF. Spontaneous early recanalization of an acute internal jugular vein thrombosis. J Med Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.4103/jmedsci.jmedsci_144_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Gradenigo's syndrome (GS) is featured by a clinical triad of otorrhea, retro-orbital pain, and a sixth nerve palsy. Clinical examination is crucial prior to considering neuroimaging. The majority of cases are secondary to infection thus requiring long-term broad-spectrum antibiotics; severe cases also require surgical intervention for risk of intracranial abscess or even death. The patient was a 35-year-old female who presented with right temporal headache and right retro-orbital pain. The initial diagnosis from the local clinic was of subdural hemorrhage. Cranial nerve (CN) VI paresis was noted upon examination and inflammatory process was documented based on brain MR. The patient was diagnosed with Gradenigo's syndrome and administered antibiotics and steroids. Symptoms recurred after cessation of steroids and once antibiotics-related fever developed. The symptoms resolved after stopping the antibiotics and reintroducing steroids. The MRI performed after three months recorded no brain inflammation. We report a Gradenigo's syndrome caused by chronic inflammation with good response to steroids. To our best knowledge, there were merely approximately 80 patients who were reported with Gradnigo or Gradenigo's syndrome before. Infection comprised 76% of cases, thus broad-spectrum and long-term antibiotics use have been emphasized instead of steroid use. However, steroids also play an important role in reducing nerve injury by edematous change.
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- Yi Liu
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, TWN
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, TWN
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- Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, TWN
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, TWN
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Lin W, Ko CA, Sung YF, Chen YC, Lee JT, Lin YQ, Lin YK. Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism, and Thrombocytopenia After COVID-19 Vaccination in a Taiwanese Man: A Case Report and Literature Review. Front Neurol 2021; 12:738329. [PMID: 34630307 PMCID: PMC8498326 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.738329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Objective: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) is a rare but fatal complication observed within 2 weeks of adenovirus-vectored vaccination. Case Report: A 52-year-old male patient, with a family history of autoimmune diseases, presented with a new onset of worsening headache with nausea and vomiting post-vaccination. The patient was diagnosed with VITT based on laboratory findings demonstrating thrombocytopenia, elevated D-dimer, and dural sinus thrombosis identified on neuroimaging. The patient was successfully treated with high-dose immunoglobulin, steroids, and non-heparin anticoagulants, without any neurologic sequelae. Finally, a confirmatory test with anti-platelet factor 4 antibody was strongly positive. Conclusion: Physicians should be vigilant when treating patients presenting with new-onset thunderclap headache, progressive worsening headache, and awakening headache accompanied by nausea or vomiting after vaccination, even if no definite clinical neurological deficits are identified. Emergency laboratory test results for demonstrating elevated D-dimer levels, decreased platelet count, and neuroimaging correlation are integral for diagnosis and must be the standard protocol. Treatment with non-heparin anticoagulants, high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin, and steroids that halt or slow the immune-mediated prothrombotic process should be initiated immediately. Considering the high mortality rate of VITT, treatment should be initiated prior to confirmatory test results.
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- Wei Lin
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tsai MC, Shih HK, Lin HH, Tsai MY, Sung YF. Treatable Rapid Progressive Dementia: A First Case Report of Anti-dipeptidyl-peptidase-like Protein 6 Encephalitis in Taiwan. Acta Neurol Taiwan 2021; 30(3):118-122. [PMID: 34841508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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PURPOSE Anti-dipeptidyl-peptidase-like protein 6 (DPPX) encephalitis is a rare but treatable autoimmune disorder, characterized by gastrointestinal symptoms, cognitive dysfunction, and central nervous system hyperexcitability. CASE REPORT Herein, we report a case of an 80-year-old male patient who presented with unexplained diarrhea, weight loss, rapidly progressive dementia, tremors, and myoclonus. His serum tested positive for anti-DPPX antibodies. He was treated with plasma exchange, oral prednisolone, and azathioprine. All his symptoms improved substantially after treatment. CONCLUSION Early recognition of anti-DPPX encephalitis is important because it can be treated with immunotherapy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of anti-DPPX encephalitis in Taiwan.
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- Ming-Chen Tsai
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of General Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of General Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of General Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tsai CK, Liang CS, Lin GY, Tsai CL, Lee JT, Sung YF, Lin YK, Hung KS, Chen WL, Yang FC. Identifying genetic variants for age of migraine onset in a Han Chinese population in Taiwan. J Headache Pain 2021; 22:89. [PMID: 34380431 PMCID: PMC8356430 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-021-01301-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background Considering the involvement of genetics in migraine pathogenesis in diverse ethnic populations, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are being conducted to identify migraine-susceptibility genes. However, limited surveys have focused on the onset age of migraine (AoM) in Asians. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to identify the susceptibility loci of migraine considering the AoM in an Asian population. Methods We conducted a GWAS in 715 patients with migraine of Han Chinese ethnicity, residing in Taiwan, to identify the susceptibility genes associated with AoM. Based on our standard demographic questionnaire, the population was grouped into different subsets. Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) associations were examined using PLINK in different AoM onset groups. Results We discovered eight novel susceptibility loci correlated with AoM that reached the GWAS significance level in the Han Chinese population. First, rs146094041 in ESRRG was associated with AoM \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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\begin{document}$$\le$$\end{document}≤ 12 years. The other SNPs including rs77630941 in CUX1, rs146778855 in CDH18, rs117608715 in NOL3, rs150592309 in PRAP1, and rs181024055 in NRAP were associated with the later AoM. Conclusions To our knowledge, this is the first GWAS to investigate the AoM in an Asian Han Chinese population. Our newly discovered susceptibility genes may have prospective associations with migraine pathogenesis. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s10194-021-01301-y.
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- Chia-Kuang Tsai
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Songshan Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Center for Precision Medicine and Genomics, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Family Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Liang CS, Tsai CL, Lin GY, Lee JT, Lin YK, Chu CS, Sung YF, Tsai CK, Yeh TC, Chu HT, Su MW, Yang FC. Better Identification of Cognitive Decline With Interleukin-2 Than With Amyloid and Tau Protein Biomarkers in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Front Aging Neurosci 2021; 13:670115. [PMID: 34122046 PMCID: PMC8193360 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.670115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The rate of cognitive decline among patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) varies, and it is thus crucial to accurately predict the probability of cognitive deterioration in patients with MCI. We compared the potential of cytokines with amyloid beta (Aβ) and tau biomarkers for predicting cognitive decline in patients with aMCI or Alzheimer’s disease (AD). All participants (controls, aMCI, and AD patients) underwent plasma biomarker examinations for Aβ1–40, Aβ1–42, total tau (t-tau), tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 [p-Tau181]), and 29 cytokines and baseline cognitive tests, including Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The correlation between biomarker levels and annual MMSE change during the follow-up was examined. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to determine whether the statistically significant plasma biomarkers could identify cognitive decline. Higher baseline levels of IL-2, sCD40L, IL-8, and VEGF were associated with a lower annual cognitive decline in the aMCI group, and higher baseline levels of Aβ1–40, IFNγ, IL-5, IL-17A, IL-25, and FGF were associated with a rapid annual cognitive decline in the AD group. IL-2 had a high discriminatory capacity for identifying cognitive decline, with an area under curve (AUC) of 85.7% in the aMCI group, and the AUC was slightly increased when combining IL-2 with Aβ or tau biomarkers. However, none of the biomarkers had a satisfactory discriminatory capacity in the AD group. IL-2 may have a better discriminatory capacity for identifying cognitive decline than Aβ and tau biomarkers in patients with aMCI.
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- Chih-Sung Liang
- Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Center for Geriatric and Gerontology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Liu Y, Sung YF, Li SY. An Uncommon Case of Black Hairy Tongue Induced by Antibiotics. Am J Med Sci 2021; 362:e31-e32. [PMID: 33974853 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2021.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Yi Liu
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Chou PS, Sung PS, Liu CH, Sung YF, Tzeng RC, Yang CP, Lien CH, Po HL, Ho SC, Tsai YT, Chen TS, Wu SL, Hu HH, Chao AC. Prevalence and Effect of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Stroke Patients With Aspirin Treatment Failure-A Hospital-Based Stroke Secondary Prevention Registry. Front Neurol 2021; 12:645444. [PMID: 33927682 PMCID: PMC8076747 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.645444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background: Breakthrough strokes during treatment with aspirin, termed clinical aspirin treatment failure (ATF), is common in clinical practice. The burden of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is associated with an increased recurrent ischemic stroke risk. However, the association between SVD and ATF remains unclear. This study investigated the prevalence and clinical characteristics of SVD in stroke patients with ATF. Methods: Data from a prospective, and multicenter stroke with ATF registry established in 2018 in Taiwan were used, and 300 patients who developed ischemic stroke concurrent with regular use of aspirin were enrolled. White matter lesions (WMLs) and cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) were identified using the Fazekas scale and Microbleed Anatomical Rating Scale, respectively. Demographic data, cardiovascular comorbidities, and index stroke characteristics of patients with different WML and CMB severities were compared. Logistic regression analyses were performed to explore the factors independently associated with outcomes after ATF. Results: The mean patient age was 69.5 ± 11.8 years, and 70.0% of patients were men. Among all patients, periventricular WML (PVWML), deep WML (DWML), and CMB prevalence was 93.3, 90.0, and 52.5%, respectively. Furthermore, 46.0% of the index strokes were small vessel occlusions. Severe PVWMLs and DWMLs were significantly associated with high CMB burdens. Patients with moderate-to-severe PVWMLs and DWMLs were significantly older and had higher cardiovascular comorbidity prevalence than did patients with no or mild WMLs. Moreover, patients with favorable outcomes exhibited significantly low prevalence of severe PVWMLs (p = 0.001) and DWMLs (p = 0.001). After logistic regression was applied, severe WMLs predicted less favorable outcomes independently, compared with those with no to moderate PVWMLs and DWMLs [odds ratio (OR), 0.47; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.25–0.87 for severe PVWMLs; OR, 0.40; 95% CI, 0.21–0.79 for severe DWMLs]. Conclusions: SVD is common in stroke patients with ATF. PVWMLs and DWMLs are independently associated with functional outcomes in stroke patients with ATF. The burden of SVD should be considered in future antiplatelet strategies for stroke patients after ATF.
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- Ping-Song Chou
- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Defense Medical Center, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tainan Municipal Hospital (Managed by Show Chwan Medical Care Corporation), Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Kuang Tien General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Department of Nutrition, Huang-Kuang University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tungs' Taichung Metro Harbor Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Kuang Tien General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital Yunlin Branch, Yunlin, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Sin-Lau Hospital, The Presbyterian Church of Taiwan, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology of Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Taipei Medical University-Shaung Ho Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Ko CA, Lin GY, Ting CH, Sung YF, Lee JT, Tsai CK, Tsai CL, Lin YK, Ho TH, Yang FC. Clinical Features of Cluster Headache: A Hospital-Based Study in Taiwan. Front Neurol 2021; 12:636888. [PMID: 33897595 PMCID: PMC8058180 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.636888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Most previous studies on cluster headache (CH) focus on Western populations. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of CH in a neurology outpatient population in Taiwan. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from July 2015 to June 2019 in a medical college affiliated with a tertiary care hospital (Tri-Service General Hospital) in Taiwan. All consecutive patients reporting headache as their chief complaint were asked to participate in a face-to-face interview with a qualified headache specialist and to complete a detailed self-administered questionnaire. The diagnosis of CH was made according to the Third edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders. The subjects comprised 80 consecutive new CH patients (13 women and 67 men; ratio, 1:5). The mean age at presentation was 36.0 ± 10.8 years (range, 16-64 years), mean age at onset was 27.2 ± 12.1 years (range, 5-65 years), and mean time lag before diagnosis was 9.3 ± 10.5 years (range, 0-46.4 years). Of the total CH patients, 25.3% reported feelings of restlessness during headache episodes. A seasonal predilection was reported by 18% of the CH patients. The use of tobacco was the most common (44/80 patients). Chronic CH was only observed in 5% of the patients and only one patient (1.3%) reported both a positive family history for CH and aura. Features of CH in Taiwanese patients differed from that of Caucasian patients; a lower prevalence of chronic CH, positive family history of CH, and occurrence of aura may be less common in the former than in the latter.
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- Chien-An Ko
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Songshan Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Armed Forces General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tsai CK, Kuo CL, Liang CS, Sung YF. An extremely low dosage of baclofen-induced neurotoxicity in a patient with end-stage renal Disease and Parkinsonism. J Med Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.4103/jmedsci.jmedsci_28_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Yang F, Bal SSB, Sung YF, Peng GS. Mathematical Framework of Deconvolution Algorithms for Quantification of Perfusion Parameters. Acta Neurol Taiwan 2020; 29(3):79-85. [PMID: 32996115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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PURPOSE MR perfusion weighted imaging (PWI) has been used as sensitive indicator of tissue at risk for infarction. Quantitative perfusion parameters such as cerebral blood flow (CBF), mean transit time (MTT) and cerebral blood volume (CBV) can be obtained from post processing of PWI data using standard singular value decomposition algorithm (SVD). Assumption regarding absence of arterial - tissue delay (ATD) used in SVD algorithm results in underestimation of perfusion parameters. To estimate accurate values for perfusion parameters it is important to understand the mathematical framework behind SVD and improved SVD algorithms (bSVD and rSVD). METHOD This study explains the mathematical framework of SVD and improved SVD algorithms and uses computational techniques that use bSVD algorithm to obtain perfusion parameters maps of CBF, CBV and MTT for acute stroke patient. RESULT Computational techniques based on mathematical deconvolution algorithms are used to post process CBV, CBF and MTT maps where decrease in CBF and CBV were seen in left hemisphere. CONCLUSION The bSVD algorithm is found to be sensitive to ATD and provides more accurate estimates of perfusion parameters than the SVD algorithm, however CBF estimates from bSVD and rSVD still remain influenced by other artifacts Keywords: PWI = perfusion weighted imaging, CBF= cerebral blood flow, MTT = mean transit time, CBV= cerebral blood volume, SVD = singular value decomposition algorithm.
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- Fanpei Yang
- Department of National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu, Taiwan; University of Liverpool
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- Department of Mathematical sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. IPHD, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
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- Neurology, Tri-service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan
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- Neurology, Taipei Veteran's General Hospital Hsinchu Branch, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan
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Yu RL, Lee WJ, Li JY, Chang YY, Chen CC, Lin JJ, Sung YF, Lin TK, Fuh JL. Evaluating Mild Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients with Parkinson's Disease in Clinical Practice in Taiwan. Sci Rep 2020; 10:1014. [PMID: 31974411 PMCID: PMC6978523 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58042-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Our study aimed to examine the contribution of commonly used tools, including the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and develop a formula for conversion of these tests in the Chinese population. We also create a predictive model for the detection of Chinese patients' mild cognitive impairment (MCI). We recruited 168 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) from 12 medical centres or teaching hospitals in Taiwan, and each participant received a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to find predictors of MCI with the help of a generalized additive model. We found that patients with an MMSE > 25 or a MoCA > 21 were less likely to have MCI. The discrimination powers of the two tests used for detecting MCI were 0.902 and 0.868, respectively, as measured by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC). The best predictive model suggested that patients with a higher MMSE score, delayed recall scores of the 12-item Word Recall Test ≥ 5.817, and no test decline in the visuospatial index were less likely to have MCI (ROC = 0.982). Our findings have clinical utility in MCI detection in Chinese PD and need a larger sample to confirm.
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- Rwei-Ling Yu
- Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Neurological Institute, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Schools of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Schools of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Shung Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Chushang Show-Chwan Hospital, Nantou, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, Chung-Shan University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Schools of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. .,Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Chou CH, Lee JT, Tsai CK, Lien LM, Yin JH, Lin CC, Tsai IJ, Sung YF, Yang FC, Tsai CL, Wang IK, Tseng CH, Hsu CY. Increased risk of non-multiple sclerosis demyelinating syndromes in patients with preexisting septicaemia: a nationwide retrospective cohort study. Postgrad Med J 2019; 95:307-313. [PMID: 31209183 PMCID: PMC6613738 DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2019-136667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Background Growing evidence shows links between septicaemia and non-multiple sclerosis demyelinating syndromes (NMSDS); nevertheless, epidemiological data are still very limited. This study aimed to explore the relationship between septicaemia and NMSDS in a general population. Methods The study included 482 781 individuals diagnosed with septicaemia and 1 892 825 age/sex-matched non-septicaemia patients for the comparison. Data were drawn from a population-based nationwide National Health Insurance Research Database Taiwan, from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2011. The two cohorts of patients with and without septicaemia were followed up for the occurrence of NMSDS. The Cox-proportional hazard regression model was performed to estimate adjusted HR after multivariate adjustment. Results Individuals with septicaemia had a 4.17-fold (95% CI 3.21 to 5.4, p < 0.001) higher risk to develop NMSDS compared with those without septicaemia. Patients aged <65 years had a greater NMSDS risk (<45 years: HR = 6.41, 95% CI 3.65 to 11.3, p < 0.001; 45–64 years: HR = 6.66, 95% CI 3.98 to 11.2, p < 0.001). Furthermore, females with septicaemia and individuals with higher severity of septicaemia were associated with increased risks of developing NMSDS. Conclusions Our results indicated that patients with septicaemia were likely to develop NMSDS. A possible contributing role of septicaemia in increasing the hazard of NMSDS is proposed, based on the outcome that individuals with higher severity of septicaemia carried elevated threat of encountering NMSDS.
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- Chung-Hsing Chou
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republicof China.,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republicof China .,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republicof China.,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Shin-Kong WHS Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.,School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republicof China.,Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republicof China
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- Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republicof China
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republicof China
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republicof China
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China.,Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China.,Division of Kidney Disease, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yin JH, Chen SY, Lin CC, Sung YF, Chou CH, Chung CH, Chien WC, Yang FC, Tsai CK, Tsai CL, Lin GY, Lee JT. Increased risk of sleep apnoea among primary headache disorders: a nationwide population-based longitudinal study. Postgrad Med J 2019; 95:72-77. [PMID: 30936249 PMCID: PMC6581072 DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-136220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Revised: 12/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Background Primary headache disorders (PHDs) are associated with sleep problems. It is suggested that headache and sleep disorder share anatomical and physiological characteristics. We hypothesised that patients with PHDs were exposed to a great risk for developing sleep apnoea (SA). Methods In this retrospective longitudinal study, the data obtained from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database in Taiwan were analysed. The study included 1346 patients with PHDs who were initially diagnosed and 5348 patients who were randomly selected and age/sex matched with the study group as controls. PHDs, SA, comorbidities and other confounding factors were defined based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification. Cox proportional hazards regressions were employed to examine adjusted HRs after adjusting with confounding factors. Results Our data revealed that patients with PHDs had a higher risk (HR 2.17, 95% CI 1.259 to 3.739, p<0.05) to develop SA compared with matched cohorts, whereas patients with migraine exhibited a high risk (HR 2.553, 95% CI 1.460 to 4.395, p<0.01). The results showed that patients with PHDs aged 18–44 exhibited highest risk of developing SA. In addition, males with PHDs exhibited an HR 3.159 (95% CI 1.479 to 6.749, p<0.01) for developing SA, respectively. The impact of PHDs on SA risk was progressively increased by various follow-up time intervals. Conclusion Our results suggest that PHDs are linked to an increased risk for SA with sex-dependent and time-dependent characteristics.
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- Jiu-Haw Yin
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Taiwanese Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Association, Taipei, Taiwan.,School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan .,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yin JH, Tsai CL, Lee PJ, Chou CH, Chen SY, Chung CH, Chien WC, Lin CC, Sung YF, Yang FC, Tsai CK, Lee JT. Age-specific and gender-dependent impact of primary headache disorders on dementia risk: Population-based longitudinal study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e13789. [PMID: 30593163 PMCID: PMC6314725 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000013789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Dementia is a global burden of public health. Headache disorders are the third most common cause of disability worldwide and common problems in the elderly population. Few studies focused on the relationship between primary headache disorders (PHDs) and cognitive status, and the results remain controversial. The aim of this countrywide, population-based, retrospective study was to investigate potential association between PHDs and dementia risk.We enrolled 1346 cases with PHDs to match the 5384 individuals by age, gender and co-morbidities. The definition of PHDs, dementia, and risk factors of dementia was identified according to The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification. Cox regression was administered for estimating hazard ratios (HR) for dementia.During more than 5 years of follow-up, PHDs individuals had 1.52 times (P <.05) greater risk to develop all dementia compared with individuals without PHDs. Elderly (aged ≥65 years) patients with PHDs displayed significantly higher risk to develop all dementia (P <.01) and non-Alzheimer non-vascular dementia (NAVD) P <.01). Female PHDs individuals were at higher risk of suffering from all dementia (P <.05) and NAVD (P <.05). The influence of PHDs on all dementia was highest in the first 2 years of observation.The results indicated PHDs are linked to a temporarily increased risk for dementia, mainly NAVD, with age-specific and gender-dependent characteristics.
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- Jiu-Haw Yin
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center
- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Cheng Hsin General Hospital
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center
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- Departments of Nursing, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei
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- Department of Neurology, Cardinal Tien Hospital
- Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital
- School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City
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- Taiwanese Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Association
- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center
- Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center
- Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei
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Yang FC, Chou KH, Lee PL, Yin JH, Chen SY, Kao HW, Sung YF, Chou CH, Tsai CK, Tsai CL, Lin CP, Lee JT. Patterns of gray matter alterations in migraine and restless legs syndrome. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2018; 6:57-67. [PMID: 30656184 PMCID: PMC6331309 DOI: 10.1002/acn3.680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2018] [Revised: 09/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Objectives Migraine and restless legs syndrome (RLS) are often comorbid and share elements of pathology; however, their neuroanatomical underpinnings are poorly understood. This study aimed to identify patterns of gray matter volume (GMV) alteration specific to and common among patients with RLS, migraine, and comorbid migraine and RLS. Methods High‐resolution T1‐weighted images were acquired from 116 subjects: 27 RLS patients, 22 migraine patients, 22 patients with comorbid migraine and RLS, and 45 healthy controls. Direct group comparisons and conjunction analysis were first used to localize the distinct and shared neural signatures of migraine and RLS. We also investigated whether the shared neural signature could be replicated in an additional comorbid migraine/RLS group. Results Compared with healthy controls, migraine patients showed GMV changes in the lateral occipital cortex, cerebellum, frontal pole, and middle frontal gyrus (MFG), and RLS patients showed GMV changes in the thalamus, middle temporal gyrus, anterior cingulate cortex, insular cortex, and MFG. In migraine, compared with RLS, GMV differences were found in the precuneus, lateral occipital and occipital fusiform cortex, superior frontal and precentral gyri, and cerebellum. Conjunction analyses for these disorders showed altered GMV in the MFG, also found in patients with comorbid migraine and RLS. The GMV of the MFG also correlated with sleep quality in patients with comorbid migraine and RLS. Interpretation Migraine and RLS are characterized by shared and distinctive neuroanatomical characteristics, with a specific role of the MFG. These findings may be related to shared pathophysiology of these two distinct disorders.
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- Fu-Chi Yang
- Department of Neurology Tri-Service General Hospital National Defense Medical Center Taipei Taiwan
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- Brain Research Center National Yang-Ming University Taipei Taiwan.,Institute of Neuroscience National Yang-Ming University Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences National Yang-Ming University Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology Tri-Service General Hospital National Defense Medical Center Taipei Taiwan.,Division of Neurology Department of Medicine Cheng Hsin General Hospital Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology Cardinal Tien Hospital New Taipei City Taiwan.,Department of Hyperbaric Medicine Cardinal Tien Hospital New Taipei City Taiwan.,School of Medicine Fu-Jen Catholic University New Taipei City Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology Tri-Service General Hospital National Defense Medical Center Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology Tri-Service General Hospital National Defense Medical Center Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology Tri-Service General Hospital National Defense Medical Center Taipei Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences National Defense Medical Center Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology Tri-Service General Hospital National Defense Medical Center Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology Tri-Service General Hospital National Defense Medical Center Taipei Taiwan
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- Brain Research Center National Yang-Ming University Taipei Taiwan.,Institute of Neuroscience National Yang-Ming University Taipei Taiwan.,Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences National Yang-Ming University Taipei Taiwan.,Institute of Brain Science National Yang-Ming University Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology Tri-Service General Hospital National Defense Medical Center Taipei Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences National Defense Medical Center Taipei Taiwan
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Lai CL, Lu CC, Lin HC, Sung YF, Wu YP, Hong JS, Peng GS. Valproate is protective against 6-OHDA-induced dopaminergic neurodegeneration in rodent midbrain: A potential role of BDNF up-regulation. J Formos Med Assoc 2018; 118:420-428. [PMID: 30031602 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2018.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2017] [Revised: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The main purpose of this study was to extend previously reported showing potent neuroprotective effect of valproic acid (VPA) in primary midbrain neuro-glial cultures to investigate whether VPA could protect dopamine (DA) neurons in vivo against 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced neurodegeneration and to determine the underlying mechanism. METHODS Male adult rats received a daily intraperitoneal injection of VPA or saline for two weeks before and after injection of 5, 10, or 15 μg of 6-OHDA into the brain. All rats were evaluated for motor function by rotarod performance. Brain samples were prepared for immunohistochemical staining and for determination of levels of dopamine, dopamine metabolites, and neurotrophic factors. RESULTS 6-OHDA injection showed significant and dose-dependent damage of dopaminergic neurons and decrease of striatal dopamine content. Rats in the VPA-treated group were markedly protected from the loss of dopaminergic neurons and showed improvements in motor performance, compared to the control group at the moderate 6-OHDA dose (10 μg). VPA-treated rats also showed significantly increased brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in the striatum and substantia nigra compared to the levels in control animals. CONCLUSION Our studies demonstrate that VPA exerts neuroprotective effects in a rat model of 6-OHDA-induced Parkinson's disease (PD), likely in part by up-regulation BDNF.
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- Ching-Long Lai
- Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, NIEHS-NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Neurology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Hsinchu Branch, Taiwan.
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Chen SH, Sung YF, Oyarzabal EA, Tan YM, Leonard J, Guo M, Li S, Wang Q, Chu CH, Chen SL, Lu RB, Hong JS. Physiological Concentration of Prostaglandin E 2 Exerts Anti-inflammatory Effects by Inhibiting Microglial Production of Superoxide Through a Novel Pathway. Mol Neurobiol 2018; 55:8001-8013. [PMID: 29492849 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-0965-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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This study investigated the physiological regulation of brain immune homeostasis in rat primary neuron-glial cultures by sub-nanomolar concentrations of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). We demonstrated that 0.01 to 10 nM PGE2 protected dopaminergic neurons against LPS-induced neurotoxicity through a reduction of microglial release of pro-inflammatory factors in a dose-dependent manner. Mechanistically, neuroprotective effects elicited by PGE2 were mediated by the inhibition of microglial NOX2, a major superoxide-producing enzyme. This conclusion was supported by (1) the close relationship between inhibition of superoxide and PGE2-induced neuroprotective effects; (2) the mediation of PGE2-induced reduction of superoxide and neuroprotection via direct inhibition of the catalytic subunit of NOX2, gp91phox, rather than through the inhibition of conventional prostaglandin E2 receptors; and (3) abolishment of the neuroprotective effect of PGE2 in NOX2-deficient cultures. In summary, this study revealed a potential physiological role of PGE2 in maintaining brain immune homeostasis and protecting neurons via an EP receptor-independent mechanism.
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- Shih-Heng Chen
- Neurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, NIEHS/NIH, 111 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
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- Neurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, NIEHS/NIH, 111 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.,Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Neurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, NIEHS/NIH, 111 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Lab, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Neurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, NIEHS/NIH, 111 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tianjin Haihe Hospital/Haihe Clinical Institute of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Neurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, NIEHS/NIH, 111 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.,Department of Respiratory, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Neurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, NIEHS/NIH, 111 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Neurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, NIEHS/NIH, 111 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Behavioral Medicine, College of Medicine & Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Psychiatry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Neurobiology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, NIEHS/NIH, 111 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
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Wang IK, Liu CH, Yen TH, Jeng JS, Sung SF, Huang PH, Li JY, Sun Y, Wei CY, Lien LM, Tsai IJ, Sung FC, Hsu CY, Liu CH, Tsai CH, Huang WS, Lu CT, Tsai TC, Tseng CH, Lin KH, Shyu WC, Yang YW, Liu YL, Cho DY, Chen CC, Jeng JS, Tang SC, Tsai LK, Yeh SJ, Chen CH, Tsai HH, Li JY, Chen HJ, Lu K, Hsu SP, Kuo HC, Tsou JC, Wang YT, Tai YC, Hsieh MT, Liliang PC, Liang CL, Wang HK, Tsai YT, Wang KW, Chen JS, Chen PY, Wang YC, Chen CH, Sung PS, Hsieh HC, Su HC, Chiu HC, Lien LM, Chen WH, Bai CH, Huang TH, Lau CI, Wu YY, Yeh HL, Chang A, Lin CH, Yen CC, Lin RT, Chen CH, Khor GT, Chao AC, Lin HF, Huang P, Lin HJ, Ke DS, Chang CY, Yeh PS, Lin KC, Cheng TJ, Chou CH, Yang CM, Shen HC, Chen AC, Tsai SJ, Lu TM, Kung SL, Lee MJ, Chou HH, Chang WL, Chiu PY, Hsu MH, Chan PC, Pan CH, Shoung HM, Lo YC, Wang FH, Chang WC, Lai TC, Yin JH, Wang CJ, Wang KC, Chen LM, Denq JC, Sun Y, Lu CJ, Lin CH, Huang CC, Liu CH, Chan HF, Lee SP, Sun MH, Ke LY, Chen PL, Lee YS, Sung SF, Ong CT, Wu CS, Hsu YC, Su YH, Hung LC, Lee JT, Lin JC, Hsu YD, Denq JC, Peng GS, Hsu CH, Lin CC, Yen CH, Cheng CA, Sung YF, Chen YL, Lien MT, Chou CH, Liu CC, Yang FC, Wu YC, Tso AC, Lai YH, Chiang CI, Tsai CK, Liu MT, Lin YC, Hsu YC, Chiang TR, Huang PH, Liao PW, Lee MC, Chen JT, Lie SK, Sun MC, Hsiao PJ, Chen WL, Chen TC, Chang CS, Lai CH, Chuang CS, Chen YY, Lin SK, Su YC, Shiao JL, Yang FY, Liu CY, Chiang HL, Chen GC, Hsu PJ, Chang CY, Lin IS, Chien CH, Chang YC, Chen PK, Chiu PY, Hsiao YJ, Fang CW, Chen YW, Lee KY, Lin YY, Li CH, Tsai HF, Hsieh CF, Yang CD, Liaw SJ, Liao HC, Yeh SJ, Wu LL, Hsieh LP, Lee YH, Chen CW, Hsu CS, Jhih YJ, Zhuang HY, Pan YH, Shih SA, Chen CI, Sung JY, Weng HY, Teng HW, Lee JE, Huang CS, Chao SP, Yuan RY, Sheu JJ, Yu JM, Ho CS, Lin TC, Yu SC, Chen JR, Tsai SY, Wei CY, Hung CH, Lee CF, Yang SK, Chen CL, Lin W, Tseng HP, Liu CH, Lin CL, Lin HC, Chen PT, Hu CJ, Chan L, Chi NF, Chern CM, Lin CJ, Wang SJ, Hsu LC, Wong WJ, Lee IH, Yen DJ, Tsai CP, Kwan SY, Soong BW, Chen SP, Liao KK, Lin KP, Chen C, Shan DE, Fuh JL, Wang PN, Lee YC, Yu YH, Huang HC, Tsai JY, Wu MH, Chiang SY, Wang CY, Hsu MC, Chen CC, Yeh PY, Tsai YT, Wang KY, Chen TS, Hsieh CY, Chen WF, Yip PK, Wang V, Wang KC, Tsai CF, Chen CC, Chen CH, Liu YC, Chen SY, Zhao ZH, Wei ZP, Wu SL, Liu CK, Lin RH, Chu CH, Yan SH, Lin YC, Chen PY, Hsiao SH, Yip BS, Tsai PC, Chou PC, Kuo TM, Lee YC, Chiu YP, Tsai KC, Liao YS, Tsai MJ, Kao HY. Renal function is associated with 1-month and 1-year mortality in patients with ischemic stroke. Atherosclerosis 2018; 269:288-293. [PMID: 29254692 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.11.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2017] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yang FC, Chen HJ, Lee JT, Chen SJ, Sung YF, Kao CH, Yang TY. Increased risk of Parkinson's disease following tension-type headache: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Oncotarget 2018; 9:2148-2157. [PMID: 29416761 PMCID: PMC5788629 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.23298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Previous studies have suggested associations between primary headache and neurodegenerative diseases; however, the relationship between tension-type headache (TTH), which is the most common type of primary headache, and Parkinson's disease (PD) remains controversial. Hence, in this nationwide, population-based, retrospective cohort study, we explored the temporal association between TTH and PD. METHODS Using claims data in the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan, we evaluated 12,309 subjects aged ≥20 years who were newly diagnosed with TTH from 2000 to 2005. The non-TTH group included 49,236 randomly selected sex- and age-matched patients without TTH. Subjects were followed up until the end of 2011, diagnosis of PD, or death. The incidence of PD was compared between the two groups. A Cox multivariable proportional hazards model was used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to estimate the risk of PD. RESULTS The overall incidence of PD (per 1,000 person-years) in the TTH and non-TTH groups was 3.01 and 1.68, respectively. After adjustment for sex, age, and comorbidities, the association between TTH and PD remained statistically significant (adjusted HR = 1.37, 95% CI = 1.19-1.57). The TTH group had a higher risk of PD than the non-TTH group did, regardless of subjects' sex, age, and comorbidity status. CONCLUSIONS These findings demonstrate that patients diagnosed with TTH exhibit an increased risk of PD. Additional studies should investigate the potential shared pathophysiological mechanisms of TTH and PD. Clinicians should be aware that TTH is a potential risk factor for PD.
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- Fu-Chi Yang
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Molecular and Genomic Epidemiology Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Chu HT, Liang CS, Lee JT, Yeh TC, Lee MS, Sung YF, Yang FC. Associations Between Depression/Anxiety and Headache Frequency in Migraineurs: A Cross-Sectional Study. Headache 2017; 58:407-415. [PMID: 29044546 DOI: 10.1111/head.13215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND While migraines have been associated with emotional disturbances, it remains unknown whether the intensity of emotional expression is directly related to migraine frequency. OBJECTIVE The present study investigated depression/anxiety among migraineurs. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 588 clinical outpatients in Taiwan. Migraines were stratified by attack frequency, with and without auras, and with well-controlled confounding variables. Demographic and clinical data, including sleep characteristics, were collected. Multivariable linear regressions were employed to examine whether migraine frequency (1-4 headache days per month, 5-8 headache days per month, 9-14 headache days per month, or >14 headache days per month) was associated with depression/anxiety symptoms, as indicated by the Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Subscales (HADS). RESULTS BDI total scores were highest in patients with chronic migraines (mean ± SD: 13.2 ± 8.5), followed by those with high frequency (12.1 ± 8.5), medium frequency (10.6 ± 8.0), low frequency (9.1 ± 7.1), and lowest in nonmigraine controls (6.6 ± 5.9), with a significant trend in frequency (P trend < .001); similar results were obtained for HADS scores. BDI and HADS scores were independently related to high-frequency episodic and chronic migraine frequency and to poor sleep quality. The relationship between BDI score and migraine frequency was present in both aura-present (P trend = .001) and aura-absent subgroups (P trend = .029). CONCLUSION Higher migraine frequency, either with or without auras, correlated with higher symptom scores of anxiety and depression.
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- Hsuan-Te Chu
- Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yang FC, Chen SY, Yin JH, Lin CC, Sung YF, Chou CH, Chung CH, Chien WC, Tsai CK, Tsai CL, Lin GY, Lee JT. The association between vertebrobasilar insufficiency and the risk of dementia: a nationwide register-based retrospective cohort study in Taiwan. BMJ Open 2017; 7:e017001. [PMID: 28838901 PMCID: PMC5724144 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Neurodegenerative disorders are reportedly characterised by decreased regional cerebral blood flow. However, the association between vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) and dementia remains unclear. In this nationwide, population-based, retrospective cohort study, we explored the potential association between VBI and dementia. DESIGN Nationwide population-based cohort study. SETTING Patients with VBI were newly diagnosed between 2000 and 2005 from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. PARTICIPANTS We included 3642 subjects as the VBI group. The control cohort included 14 568 randomly selected age-matched and sex-matched VBI-free individuals. OUTCOME MEASURES All subjects were followed until the diagnosis of dementia, death or the end of 2010. Patients with VBI, dementia (viz, vascular and non-vascular, including Alzheimer's) subtypes and other confounding factors were identified according to the International Classification of Diseases Clinical Modification Codes. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was employed to examine adjusted HRs after adjusting for confounding factors. RESULTS Patients with VBI had a 1.807-fold (95% CI 1.643 to 1.988, p<0.001) higher risk to develop all-cause dementia than individuals without VBI. The risk was significantly higher in the VBI group than in the non-VBI group regardless of age (<65 years: HR: 2.997, 95% CI 1.451 to 6.454, p<0.001; ≥65 years: HR: 1.752, 95% CI 1.584 to 1.937, p<0.001). The VBI group had a higher risk of all-cause dementia than the non-VBI group regardless of sex and follow-up time intervals (<1 year, 1-2 years and≥2 years). CONCLUSION Patients with VBI appear to have an increased risk of developing dementia. Further research is needed to investigate the underlying pathophysiology.
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- Fu-Chi Yang
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Taiwanese Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Association, Taipei, Taiwan
- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yen CH, Ho PS, Yeh YW, Liang CS, Kuo SC, Huang CC, Chen CY, Shih MC, Ma KH, Sung YF, Lu RB, Huang SY. Differential cytokine levels between early withdrawal and remission states in patients with alcohol dependence. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2017; 76:183-191. [PMID: 27951519 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Revised: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Alcohol dependence (AD) leads to altered innate and adaptive immune responses, and frequently co-occurs with inflammation. Therefore, inflammatory cytokines potentially play a crucial role in the development of alcohol-related illnesses. This study evaluated changes in plasma cytokine concentrations, liver function, cravings, depression severity, and cognitive function in male patients with AD, during the course of an alcohol-detoxification program. A total of 78 male patients with AD were recruited for a conservative detoxification program; and cytokine levels, depressive score, and cognitive impairment applying the Trail Making Test (TMT) were evaluated during early withdrawal (baseline) and after 4 weeks of abstinence from alcohol. Healthy volunteers (86 males) were also recruited as controls. Inflammatory cytokine expression in all participants was assessed by multiplex magnetic bead assay. AD patients during early withdrawal demonstrated higher cytokine levels than the healthy controls (P≤0.001 for all cytokines). However, the levels of cytokine expression were significantly lower after 4 weeks of abstinence from alcohol (P≤0.001, except for IL-1β and IL-5). Higher liver function marker levels, depressive severity, and TMT times were observed in patients at the beginning of the detoxification program than in healthy controls. Fortunately, these functions significantly ameliorated after 4 weeks of abstinence. (P≤0.001). Levels of circulating cytokines, liver function, and cognitive function may markers of alcohol use disorder.
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- Che-Hung Yen
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine,Chiayi Yang-Ming Hospital,Chiayi, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Branch, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Anatomy and Biology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Behavior Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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Chien WC, Lee JT, Sung YF, Lin CC, Yin JH, Chou CH, Chung CH, Yang FC, Tsai CK, Tsai CL, Lin GY, Lin YK. Increased risk of stroke in patients with atopic dermatitis: A population-based, longitudinal study in Taiwan. J Med Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.4103/1011-4564.200737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Tsai CL, Chou CH, Lee PJ, Yin JH, Chen SY, Lin CC, Sung YF, Yang FC, Chung CH, Chien WC, Tsai CK, Lee JT. The potential impact of primary headache disorders on stroke risk. J Headache Pain 2016; 17:108. [PMID: 27905079 PMCID: PMC5130928 DOI: 10.1186/s10194-016-0701-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background Headache such as migraine is associated with stroke. Studies focused on primary headache disorders (PHDs) as a risk factor for stroke are limited. The purpose of this population-based cohort study was to explore whether patients with PHDs were at a high risk for developing stroke. Methods A total of 1346 patients with PHDs were enrolled and compared with 5384 age-, gender- and co-morbidity-matched control cohorts. International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification codes were administered for the definition of PHDs, stroke, and stroke risk factors. Cox proportional-hazards regressions were performed for investigating hazard ratios (HR). Results PHDs patients exhibited a 1.49 times (95% CI :1.15–1.98, p < 0.01) higher risk for developing ischaemic stroke compared with that of control cohorts. Both migraine (HR = 1.22, 95% CI :1.13–1.97, p < 0.05) and tension-type headache (HR = 2.29, 95% CI :1.22–2.80, p < 0.01) were associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke. Females with PHDs were at greater risk of developing ischaemic stroke (HR = 1.49, 95% CI :1.13–1.90, p < 0.01) than those without PHDs. PHDs patient aged 45 to 64 years displayed significantly higher risk to develop ischaemic stroke (HR = 1.50, 95% CI: 1.11–2.10, p < 0.05) than the matched controls. The impact of PHDs on ischaemic stroke risk became gradually apparent by different following time intervals beyond 2 years after first diagnosis. Conclusion PHDs is suggestive of an incremental risk for ischaemic stroke with gender-dependent, age-specific and time-dependent characteristics. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s10194-016-0701-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Chia-Lin Tsai
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No.325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Road, 11490, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No.325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Road, 11490, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Departments of Nursing, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No.325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Road, 11490, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.,Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Neurology, Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC.,Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC.,School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No.325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Road, 11490, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No.325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Road, 11490, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No.325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Road, 11490, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Taiwanese Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Association, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.,School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.,Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.,Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No.325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Road, 11490, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No.325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Road, 11490, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. .,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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Sung YF, Liu FC, Lin CC, Lee JT, Yang FC, Chou YC, Lin CL, Kao CH, Lo HY, Yang TY. Reduced Risk of Parkinson Disease in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. Mayo Clin Proc 2016; 91:1346-1353. [PMID: 27712633 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the risk of developing Parkinson disease (PD). PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective cohort study was conducted from January 1, 1998, through December 31, 2010, using data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. We identified 33,221 patients with newly diagnosed RA and 132,884 randomly selected age- and sex-matched patients without RA. A multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to evaluate the risk of developing PD in the RA cohort. RESULTS The multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analysis revealed an adjusted hazard ratio of 0.65 (95% CI, 0.58-0.73) for the development of PD in the RA cohort relative to the non-RA cohort. The cumulative incidence of PD was 2.42% lower in the RA cohort than in the non-RA cohort. The risk reduction of PD development in patients affected with RA was independent of treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs); subgroup analysis of patients treated with biologic DMARDs revealed further risk reduction (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.41-0.79). CONCLUSION Patients with RA have a reduced risk of developing PD. This risk reduction was independent of treatment with DMARDs; however, biologic DMARDs appear to further reduce this risk. Further research is necessary to explore the underlying mechanism.
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- Yueh-Feng Sung
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Rheumatology/Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan; Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Molecular and Genomic Epidemiology Center, and Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Lin YK, Yang FC, Liu FC, Lee JT, Sung YF. Co-Cccurrence of Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Primary Sjögren Syndrome in an Elderly Woman. Acta Neurol Taiwan 2016; 25:83-87. [PMID: 27854085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Co-occurrence of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and other autoimmune diseases is rare. We present the case of a patient with co-occurrence of GBS and primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS). CASE REPORT An 82-year-old woman presented with acute ascending flaccid paralysis and acute respiratory failure. Nerve conduction studies and cerebrospinal fluid analysis confirmed the diagnosis of GBS of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy subtype. The initial unresponsiveness to plasma exchange therapy raised the suspicion of other potential diseases. She was later proved to have underlying pSS. Her neurological deficits and respiratory failure improved dramatically with combination therapy of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) and immunosuppressive agent. CONCLUSION pSS should be considered as a possible cause of refractory GBS, particularly in elderly women. Combination therapy with IVIg and immunosuppressive agent may be beneficial.
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- Yu-Kai Lin
- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Rheumatology/Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wu CC, Hu JM, Jao SW, Hsiao CW, Lee CC, Chen CY, Chen TW, Sung YF, Hsiao PC. Aggressive surgical resection of the primary tumor without metastasectomy first in stage IV colon cancer with unresectable synchronous liver-only-metastases patients cannot provide the survival benefits compared with chemotherapy first. J Med Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.4103/1011-4564.185212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Sung YF, Lee JT, Tsai CL, Lin CC, Hsu YD, Lin JC, Chu CM, Peng GS. Risk Factor Stratification for Intracranial Stenosis in Taiwanese Patients With Cervicocerebral Stenosis. J Am Heart Assoc 2015; 4:JAHA.115.002692. [PMID: 26672078 PMCID: PMC4845266 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.002692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background Intracranial stenosis (ICS) is a major determinant of ischemic stroke in Asians. We determined the clinical significance of different risk factors and the role of ICS in Taiwanese patients with varied distributions of cervicocerebral stenosis. Methods and Results Presence of extracranial carotid stenosis (ECS, ≥70%) and ICS (>50%) was examined in 13 539 patients using ultrasonography and magnetic resonance angiography, respectively. Seven hundred thirty‐three patients with non‐ECS/ICS (n=372), isolated ICS (n=112), isolated ECS (n=121), or combined ECS/ICS (CEIS, n=128) were selected. Prevalence of ischemic stroke in each group was compared, and risk factors for stenosis were determined. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for each risk factor was calculated. Prevalence of ischemic stroke was highest in patients with CEIS (odds ratio 15.86; P<0.001), followed in decreasing order by those with isolated ICS (odds ratio 7.16; P<0.001), isolated ECS (odds ratio 1.77; P=0.011), and non‐ECS/ICS. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that hypertension, coronary artery disease, and smoking were risk factors for isolated ECS; hypertension, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and smoking were risk factors for isolated ICS; and diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and smoking were risk factors for CEIS. Smoking, diabetes mellitus, and coronary artery disease were the greatest contributors to CEIS, isolated ICS, and isolated ECS, respectively. Conclusions CEIS was associated with higher odds of ischemic stroke compared with isolated ICS and isolated ECS. Smoking and diabetes mellitus, major determinants of CEIS and isolated ICS, should be targeted in therapeutic strategies to reduce the risk of ischemic stroke.
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- Yueh-Feng Sung
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Y.F.S., C.L.T., G.S.P.) Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Y.F.S., J.T.L., C.L.T., C.C.L., Y.D.H., J.C.L., G.S.P.)
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Y.F.S., J.T.L., C.L.T., C.C.L., Y.D.H., J.C.L., G.S.P.)
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Y.F.S., C.L.T., G.S.P.) Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Y.F.S., J.T.L., C.L.T., C.C.L., Y.D.H., J.C.L., G.S.P.)
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Y.F.S., J.T.L., C.L.T., C.C.L., Y.D.H., J.C.L., G.S.P.)
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Y.F.S., J.T.L., C.L.T., C.C.L., Y.D.H., J.C.L., G.S.P.)
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Y.F.S., J.T.L., C.L.T., C.C.L., Y.D.H., J.C.L., G.S.P.)
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan (C.M.C.)
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Y.F.S., C.L.T., G.S.P.) Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Y.F.S., J.T.L., C.L.T., C.C.L., Y.D.H., J.C.L., G.S.P.) Section of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Hsinchu Branch, Hsinchu County, Taiwan (G.S.P.)
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Lin CC, Chou CH, Fan YM, Yin JH, Chung CH, Chien WC, Sung YF, Tsai CK, Lin GY, Lin YK, Lee JT. Increased Risk of Dementia Among Sleep-Related Movement Disorders: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study in Taiwan. Medicine (Baltimore) 2015; 94:e2331. [PMID: 26705224 PMCID: PMC4697990 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000002331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Revised: 11/20/2015] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Sleep-related movement disorders (SRMD) are sleep disorders. As poor sleep quality is associated with cognitive impairment, we hypothesized that SRMD patients were exposed to a great risk for developing dementia.The present study was aimed to retrospectively examine the association of SRMD and dementia risk.A retrospective longitudinal study was conducted using the data obtained from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database (LHID) in Taiwan. The study cohort enrolled 604 patients with SRMD who were initially diagnosed and 2416 patients who were randomly selected and age/gender matched with the study group. SRMD, dementia, and other confounding factors were defined according to International Classification of Diseases Clinical Modification Codes. Cox proportional-hazards regressions were employed to examine adjusted hazard ratios (HR) after adjusting with confounding factors.Our data revealed that patients with SRMD had a 3.952 times (95% CI = 1.124-4.767) higher risk to develop all-cause dementia compared with individuals without SRMD. The results showed that SRMD patients aged 45 to 64 exhibited highest risk of developing all-cause dementia (HR: 5.320, 95% CI = 1.770-5.991), followed by patients age ≥65 (HR: 4.123, 95% CI = 2.066-6.972) and <45 (HR: 3.170, 95% CI = 1.050-4.128), respectively. Females with SRMD were at greater risk to develop all-cause dementia (HR: 4.372, 95% CI = 1.175-5.624). The impact of SRMD on dementia risk was progressively increased by various follow-up time intervals (<1 year, 1-2 years, and ≥2 years).The results suggest that SRMD is linked to an increased risk for dementia with gender-dependent and time-dependent characteristics.
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- Chun-Chieh Lin
- From the Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei (C-CL, C-HC, J-HY, Y-FS, C-KT, G-YL, Y-KL, J-TL), Department of Nuclear Medicine of Cardinal Tien Hospital, Xindian Dist (Y-MF), School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City (Y-MF), Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Cheng Hsin General Hospital (J-HY), Taiwanese Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Association (C-HC); and School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C (W-CC)
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Sung YF, Chen MH, Peng GS, Lee JT. Generalized chorea due to delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide intoxication. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2015; 18:108-10. [PMID: 25745326 PMCID: PMC4350195 DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.144288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2014] [Revised: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Movement disorder due to delayed encephalopathy after carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication is uncommon. Generalized chorea, presenting as an initial symptom of delayed encephalopathy, is extremely rare. We describe a 60-year-old woman, who had completely recovered from acute CO poisoning, developed mental and behavioral changes, urinary incontinence and generalized chorea 2 weeks thereafter. T2-weighted brain magnetic resonance imaging showed extensive hyperintensity of the bilateral periventricular and subcortical white matter and the globus pallidus. Brain single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with technetium-99 ethylene cysteine dimer showed inhomogeneous perfusion in the cerebral cortex, with decreased uptake in bilateral frontal regions. Delayed encephalopathy after acute CO intoxication was diagnosed, and the symptoms gradually improved after hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). This case report demonstrates that generalized chorea may be one of the initial presenting symptoms of delayed encephalopathy after acute CO intoxication. We hypothesize that the generalized chorea in our patient may have been caused by the subcortical white matter lesions, which most likely interrupted the basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuits and that HBOT may be the treatment of choice for such patients.
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Meng FC, Lee JT, Peng GS, Sung YF. Cervical spinal cord infarction associated with the use of oral contraceptives for the treatment of acne in a healthy young woman. J Postgrad Med 2014; 61:36-7. [PMID: 25511216 PMCID: PMC4944365 DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.147036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)
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Lee JT, Chou CH, Cho NY, Sung YF, Yang FC, Chen CY, Lai YH, Chiang CI, Chu CM, Lin JC, Hsu YD, Hong JS, Peng GS, Chuang DM. Post-insult valproate treatment potentially improved functional recovery in patients with acute middle cerebral artery infarction. Am J Transl Res 2014; 6:820-830. [PMID: 25628792 PMCID: PMC4297349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Animal stroke models suggest that valproate has multiple neuroprotective mechanisms against ischemic brain damage. This study investigated whether valproate improves functional recovery in patients with acute middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction. This was an open-label controlled trial. Three to 24 hours after acute MCA infarction, patients were assigned to either the valproate group (n = 17) or the non-valproate group (n = 17). The valproate group received intravenous valproate (400 mg) at enrollment, and then every 12 hours for three days, followed by oral valproate (500 mg) every 12 hours for three months. Neurological function, laboratory data, and brain magnetic resonance imaging were examined at stroke onset, and at two-week and three-month follow-up. No significant differences were observed between the groups with regard to demographics or baseline characteristics. All patients were elderly, had a high pretreatment score on the NIH stroke scale (NIHSS), and slow stroke lesion growth with a final large infarct volume at two-week follow-up. At the three-month follow-up, functional outcome between pre- and post-treatment had improved significantly in the valproate group (NIHSS, p = 0.004; modified Rankin scale (mRS), p = 0.007; Barthel index (BI), p = 0.001). No such improvement was noted in the NIHSS or mRS for the non-valproate group, though mild improvement was seen on the BI (p = 0.022). This open-label trial is the first to demonstrate that valproate treatment markedly improves functional outcome in patients with acute MCA infarction.
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical CenterTaipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical CenterTaipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical CenterTaipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical CenterTaipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical CenterTaipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical UniversityTaipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical CenterTaipei, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital Penghu BranchPenghu, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical CenterTaipei, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hualien Armed Forces General HospitalHualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical CenterTaipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical CenterTaipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical CenterTaipei, Taiwan
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Chemistry, NIEHS-NIH, Research Triangle ParkNC 27709, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical CenterTaipei, Taiwan
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- Molecular Neurobiology Section, NIMH-NIHBethesda, MD, 20892-1363, USA
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Lee WJ, Chang YY, Lin JJ, Sung YF, Li JY, Wang SJ, Chen RS, Yang YH, Hu CJ, Tsai CH, Wang HC, Wu SL, Chang MH, Fuh JL. Comparison of activities of daily living impairments in Parkinson's disease patients as defined by the Pill Questionnaire and assessments by neurologists. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2014; 85:969-73. [PMID: 24218526 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-306381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To compare the clinical judgment of experienced neurologists after interviewing Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and their caregivers with the use of the Pill Questionnaire to determine the presence of impairments on activities of daily living (ADL). BACKGROUND ADL impairment is a criterion for the diagnosis of dementia associated with PD. The Pill Questionnaire has been recommended as a screening tool to assess ADL impairment in PD patients, but its usefulness and validity have not been fully investigated. METHODS We recruited idiopathic PD patients from 12 hospitals in Taiwan, and the patients underwent clinical assessments, a neuropsychological test battery and the Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale evaluation. The Pill Questionnaire was administered by study assistants. Patient and caregiver interviews were performed by experienced neurologists who were blinded to the Pill Questionnaire results. RESULTS In total, 284 PD patients (mean age 71.8±9 years, mean education 8.7±5.3 years, mean disease duration 5.4±5.3 years) were recruited. 63 patients showed ADL impairment by the Pill Questionnaire, and 108 patients showed ADL impairment by neurologists' clinical interviews. κ Statistics showed moderate agreement between the two methods (κ=0.521, p<0.001). Of the 108 patients who were diagnosed with ADL impairment by neurologists, only 56 patients (51.9%) showed impairment according to the Pill Questionnaire. Most of the missed patients had milder cognitive impairment and lower motor disability. CONCLUSIONS A comprehensive interview is essential to determine the presence of ADL impairment in PD patients, especially in patients with early PD.
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- Wei-Ju Lee
- Department of Neurology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Schools of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Schools of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology and Center for Parkinson's Disease, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology Chushang Show-Chwan Hospital, Nantou and Chung-Shan University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Schools of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Division of Neurology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Schools of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of and Master's Program in Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Shung Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital; School of Medicine, Medical College and Graduate Institute of Neural and Cognitive Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Schools of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Schools of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chen SH, Oyarzabal EA, Sung YF, Chu CH, Wang Q, Chen SL, Lu RB, Hong JS. Microglial regulation of immunological and neuroprotective functions of astroglia. Glia 2014; 63:118-31. [PMID: 25130274 DOI: 10.1002/glia.22738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Microglia and astroglia play critical roles in the development, function, and survival of neurons in the CNS. However, under inflammatory conditions the role of astrogliosis in the inflammatory process and its effects on neurons remains unclear. Here, we used several types of cell cultures treated with the bacterial inflammogen LPS to address these questions. We found that the presence of astroglia reduced inflammation-driven neurotoxicity, suggesting that astrogliosis is principally neuroprotective. Neutralization of supernatant glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) released from astroglia significantly reduced this neuroprotective effect during inflammation. To determine the immunological role of astroglia, we optimized a highly-enriched astroglial culture protocol and demonstrated that LPS failed to induce the synthesis and release of TNF-α and iNOS/NO. Instead we found significant enhancement of TNF-α and iNOS expression in highly-enriched astroglial cultures required the presence of 0.5-1% microglia, respectively. Thus suggesting that microglial-astroglial interactions are required for LPS to induce the expression of pro-inflammatory factors and GDNF from astroglia. Specifically, we found that microglia-derived TNF-α plays a pivotal role as a paracrine signal to regulate the neuroprotective functions of astrogliosis. Taken together, these findings suggest that astroglia may not possess the ability to directly recognize the innate immune stimuli LPS, but rather depend on crosstalk with microglia to elicit release of neurotrophic factors as a counterbalance to support neuronal survival from the collateral damage generated by activated microglia during neuroinflammation.
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- Shih-Heng Chen
- Laboratory of Toxicology and Pharmacology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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