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Teszak T, Assabiny A, Kiraly A, Tarjanyi Z, Parazs N, Szakal-Toth Z, Kugler S, Szabolcs Z, Fintha A, Muzes G, Vago H, Jermendy A, Edes I, Merkely B, Sax B. Extensive Cardiac Allograft Vasculitis and Concurrent Constrictive Pericarditis 23 Years after Heart Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.480] [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: 04/05/2023] Open
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Teszak T, Assabiny A, Kiraly A, Tarjanyi Z, Parazs N, Szakal-Toth Z, Kugler S, Hartyanszky I, Szabolcs Z, Suhai F, Edes I, Fintha A, Merkely B, Sax B. Multivessel Epicardial Coronary Artery Thrombosis after Heart Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.1230] [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: 04/05/2023] Open
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Groma V, Kugler S, Farkas Á, Füri P, Madas B, Nagy A, Erdélyi T, Horváth A, Müller V, Szántó-Egész R, Micsinai A, Gálffy G, Osán J. Size distribution and relationship of airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA to indoor aerosol in hospital ward environments. Sci Rep 2023; 13:3566. [PMID: 36864124 PMCID: PMC9980870 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-30702-z] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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Aerosol particles proved to play a key role in airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 viruses. Therefore, their size-fractionated collection and analysis is invaluable. However, aerosol sampling in COVID departments is not straightforward, especially in the sub-500-nm size range. In this study, particle number concentrations were measured with high temporal resolution using an optical particle counter, and several 8 h daytime sample sets were collected simultaneously on gelatin filters with cascade impactors in two different hospital wards during both alpha and delta variants of concern periods. Due to the large number (152) of size-fractionated samples, SARS-CoV-2 RNA copies could be statistically analyzed over a wide range of aerosol particle diameters (70-10 µm). Our results revealed that SARS-CoV-2 RNA is most likely to exist in particles with 0.5-4 µm aerodynamic diameter, but also in ultrafine particles. Correlation analysis of particulate matter (PM) and RNA copies highlighted the importance of indoor medical activity. It was found that the daily maximum increment of PM mass concentration correlated the most with the number concentration of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the corresponding size fractions. Our results suggest that particle resuspension from surrounding surfaces is an important source of SARS-CoV-2 RNA present in the air of hospital rooms.
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- V Groma
- Environmental Physics Department, Centre for Energy Research, Budapest, 1121, Hungary
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- Environmental Physics Department, Centre for Energy Research, Budapest, 1121, Hungary
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- Environmental Physics Department, Centre for Energy Research, Budapest, 1121, Hungary
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- Environmental Physics Department, Centre for Energy Research, Budapest, 1121, Hungary
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- Environmental Physics Department, Centre for Energy Research, Budapest, 1121, Hungary
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- Department of Applied and Nonlinear Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, 1121, Hungary
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- Department of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, 1085, Hungary
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- Department of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, 1085, Hungary
- Pest County Pulmonology Hospital, Törökbálint, 2045, Hungary
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- Department of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, 1085, Hungary
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- Pest County Pulmonology Hospital, Törökbálint, 2045, Hungary
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- Environmental Physics Department, Centre for Energy Research, Budapest, 1121, Hungary.
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Gruene B, Kugler S, Kuefer-Weiß A, Wolff A, Kossow A, Nießen J, Neuhann F, Ginzel S, Buess M. Public Health benefits by implementing digital symptom diaries for COVID patients from Cologne. Eur J Public Health 2022. [PMCID: PMC9594271 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac131.049] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background High rate of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 and their contacts in Cologne, Germany required innovative tools for notification, monitoring and reporting. The digital tool for COVID19 (DiKoMa) provides self-service symptom diaries allowing (a) the stratification for prioritized telephone contact by the health authority and (b) training a machine learning (ML) model that predicts infections with prevailing dominant variant (PDV) from early symptom profiles (SP). Methods Pseudononymized SP covering the first week of diary recordings were included for training (16646 index, 11582 contacts). A balanced random forest (BRF) model was trained to differentiate early predictive symptom patterns of different PDV and contact persons. Model evaluation was performed using sex and age stratified cross validation (CV), the model was validated on SP recorded from days 1 and 6. Results From 03/20 to 02/22, 90478 indeces and 75444 contact persons reported symptoms and health status, covering 46% and 42% of all reported cases, respectively. Diaries contained between 1-52 entries (566791, median 2). Daily analysis of entries, prioritized according to age, prevalent co-morbidities and detoriation of symptoms allowed risk adjusted follow up even during phases with high case notification rates. The top 5 predictive factors of the BRF were immunization, cough, dysgeusia and dysnosmia, fatigue, and sniffles to differentiate infection between wildtype, three PDV and contact persons (CV AUC 80.6%, Validation AUC 77.1%). Conclusions The use of digital symptom diary surveillance helps to provide appropriate medical support for patients on a large scale. Machine learning shows potential for symptom based risk assessment to differentiate PDV for future outbreaks and can thus become a valuable tool alongside specific laboratory diagnostics. Key messages • Digital symptom diaries are a powerful and widely accepted tool to attend COVID19 patients in isolation. They allow risk stratification for follow up and are a low-threshold service. • Machine learning supports index case identification by symptom analysis and can thus become a valuable tool alongside specific laboratory diagnostics.
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- B Gruene
- Health Department Cologne , Cologne, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis , Sankt Augustin, Germany
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- Health Department Cologne , Cologne, Germany
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- Health Department Cologne , Cologne, Germany
- Institut for Hygiene, University of Muenster , Muenster, Germany
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- Health Department Cologne , Cologne, Germany
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- Health Department Cologne , Cologne, Germany
- Institut for Global Health, University of Heidelberg , Heidelberg, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis , Sankt Augustin, Germany
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- Health Department Cologne , Cologne, Germany
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Kugler S, Pólos M, Király Á, Koppányi Á, Varga T, Szakál-Tóth Z, Parázs N, Teszák T, Tarjányi Z, Prinz G, Hartyánszky I, Szabolcs Z, Merkely B, Sax B. Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm of the Ascending Aorta after Heart Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.1994] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Kugler S, Nagy N, Tokes AM, Racz G, Dorogi B, Nemeskeri A. 587Cardiomyocytes exhibiting purkinje-type morphology and prominent connexin 45 immunoreactivity in the myocardial sleeves of cardiac veins are strongly positive for desmin. Europace 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euy015.314] [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] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- S Kugler
- Semmelweis University Heart Center, Budapest, Hungary
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- Semmelweis University, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Semmelweis University, 2nd Department of Pathology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Semmelweis University, 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Budapest, Hungary
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- Semmelweis University, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Semmelweis University, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Budapest, Hungary
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Addis L, Chiang T, Clarke T, Hardison H, Kugler S, Mandelbaum DE, Novotny E, Wolf S, Strug LJ, Pal DK. Evidence for linkage of migraine in Rolandic epilepsy to known 1q23 FHM2 and novel 17q22 genetic loci. Genes Brain Behav 2013; 13:333-40. [PMID: 24286483 DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Migraine headaches are a common comorbidity in Rolandic epilepsy (RE) and familial aggregation of migraine in RE families suggests a genetic basis not mediated by seizures. We performed a genome-wide linkage analysis of the migraine phenotype in 38 families with RE to localize potential genetic contribution, with a follow-up in an additional 21 families at linked loci. We used two-point and multipoint LOD (logarithm of the odds) score methods for linkage, maximized over genetic models. We found evidence of linkage to migraine at chromosome 17q12-22 [multipoint HLOD (heterogeneity LOD) 4.40, recessive, 99% penetrance], replicated in the second dataset (HLOD 2.61), and suggestive evidence at 1q23.1-23.2, centering over the FHM2 locus (two-point LOD 3.00 and MP HLOD 2.52). Sanger sequencing in 14 migraine-affected individuals found no coding mutations in the FHM2 gene ATP1A2. There was no evidence of pleiotropy for migraine and either reading or speech disorder, or the electroencephalographic endophenotype of RE when the affected definition was redefined as those with migraine or the comorbid phenotype, and pedigrees were reanalyzed for linkage. In summary, we report a novel migraine susceptibility locus at 17q12-22, and a second locus that may contribute to migraine in the general population at 1q23.1-23.2. Comorbid migraine in RE appears genetically influenced, but we did not obtain evidence that the identified susceptibility loci are consistent with pleiotropic effects on other comorbidities in RE. Loci identified here should be fine-mapped in individuals from RE families with migraine, and prioritized for analysis in other types of epilepsy-associated migraine.
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- L Addis
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK
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Simoes AT, Goncalves N, Koeppen A, Deglon N, Kugler S, Duarte CB, Pereira de Almeida L. Calpastatin-mediated inhibition of calpains in the mouse brain prevents mutant ataxin 3 proteolysis, nuclear localization and aggregation, relieving Machado-Joseph disease. Brain 2012; 135:2428-39. [DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Flanagan JM, Kugler S, Waddell N, Johnstone CN, Marsh A, Henderson S, Simpson P, da Silva L, Khanna K, Lakhani S, Boshoff C, Chenevix-Trench G. DNA methylome of familial breast cancer identifies distinct profiles defined by mutation status. Breast Cancer Res 2010. [PMCID: PMC2875560 DOI: 10.1186/bcr2495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Kugler S, Horváth L, Machon A. Estimation of nitrogen balance between the atmosphere and Lake Balaton and a semi natural grassland in Hungary. Environ Pollut 2008; 154:498-503. [PMID: 18060671 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.017] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2006] [Revised: 10/10/2007] [Accepted: 10/15/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The paper summarises the results to determine the fluxes of different N-compounds within the atmosphere and an aquatic and a terrestrial ecosystems, in Hungary. In the exchange processes of N-compounds between atmosphere and various ecosystems the deposition dominates. The net deposition fluxes are -730, -1270 and -1530 mg Nm(-2)yr(-1) for water, grassland, and forest ecosystems, respectively. For water, the main source of nitrogen compounds is the wet deposition. Ammonia gas is close to the equilibrium between the water and the air. For grassland the dry flux of nitric acid and ammonia is also an important term beside the wet deposition. Dry deposition to terrestrial ecosystems is roughly two times higher than wet deposition. A total of 8-10% of the nitrates and NH(x) deposited to terrestrial ecosystems are re-emitted into the air in the form of nitrous oxide (N2O) greenhouse gas.
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- Sz Kugler
- Department of Meteorology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/A, 1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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Singh J, Baessler H, Kugler S. A direct approach to study radiative emission from triplet excitations in molecular semiconductors and conjugated polymers. J Chem Phys 2008; 129:041103. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2961010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Hegedüs J, Kohary K, Pettifor DG, Shimakawa K, Kugler S. Photoinduced volume changes in amorphous selenium. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 95:206803. [PMID: 16384082 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.206803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We have modeled the photoinduced volume change in amorphous selenium. After photon absorption, we treated the excited electron and hole independently within the framework of the tight-binding formalism. We found covalent bond breaking in amorphous networks with photoinduced excited electrons, whereas excited holes contribute to the formation of interchain bonds. We also observed a correlated volume change of the amorphous samples. Our results provide a new and universal description, which can simultaneously explain the photoinduced volume expansion and shrinkage. This model is supported by very recent in situ surface height measurements for amorphous selenium.
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- J Hegedüs
- Department of Physics and Material Sciences Center, Philipps University Marburg, Renthof 5, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
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Ceramic bone substitute materials are often used to fill defects in comminuted articular fractures. In an in vivo study [1], calcium phosphate cements have been injected into highly loaded slot defects in the proximal tibial metaphysis. During healing, cracks were formed mostly in the proximal anterior aspect of the implanted cement and wedge-like gaps formed between the tibial plateau and the cement. Mechanical ex vivo tests were done to investigate the mechanical competence of the bone cement in such a defect situation. Entirely filled defects were loaded with up to 4.5 kN until they failed. Cyclic loading of the proximal tibiae caused micro fragmentation of the cement after 1000 cycles at 1.5-2.0 kN load. This aspect was comparable to cement fragmentation observed in vivo. Large defects in highly loaded areas should therefore additionally be stabilised with metallic implants. The ceramic cement can only be used as a filler material, which can be replaced by new bone upon resorption.
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- A Gisep
- AO Research Institute, Clavadelerstrasse, Davos Platz, Switzerland.
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Kohary K, Kugler S. Growth of Amorphous Silicon: Low Energy Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Atomic Bombardment. Molecular Simulation 2004. [DOI: 10.1080/08927020310001624690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Eberhardt O, Coelln RV, Kugler S, Lindenau J, Rathke-Hartlieb S, Gerhardt E, Haid S, Isenmann S, Gravel C, Srinivasan A, Bahr M, Weller M, Dichgans J, Schulz JB. Protection by synergistic effects of adenovirus-mediated X-chromosome-linked inhibitor of apoptosis and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor gene transfer in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine model of Parkinson's disease. J Neurosci 2000; 20:9126-34. [PMID: 11124990 PMCID: PMC6773033] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) produces clinical, biochemical, and neuropathological changes reminiscent of those occurring in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). Here we show that a peptide caspase inhibitor, N-benzyloxy-carbonyl-val-ala-asp-fluoromethyl ketone, or adenoviral gene transfer (AdV) of a protein caspase inhibitor, X-chromosome-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP), prevent cell death of dopaminergic substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) neurons induced by MPTP or its active metabolite 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium in vitro and in vivo. Because the MPTP-induced decrease in striatal concentrations of dopamine and its metabolites does not differ between AdV-XIAP- and control vector-treated mice, this protection is not associated with a preservation of nigrostriatal terminals. In contrast, the combination of adenoviral gene transfer of XIAP and of the glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor to the striatum provides synergistic effects, rescuing dopaminergic SNpc neurons from cell death and maintaining their nigrostriatal terminals. These data suggest that a combination of a caspase inhibitor, which blocks death, and a neurotrophic factor, which promotes the specific function of the rescued neurons, may be a promising strategy for the treatment of PD.
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- O Eberhardt
- Neurodegeneration, Neuroregeneration, and Neurooncology Laboratories, Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Walters AS, Mandelbaum DE, Lewin DS, Kugler S, England SJ, Miller M. Dopaminergic therapy in children with restless legs/periodic limb movements in sleep and ADHD. Dopaminergic Therapy Study Group. Pediatr Neurol 2000; 22:182-6. [PMID: 10734247 DOI: 10.1016/s0887-8994(99)00152-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [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] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The long-term effects of monotherapy with levodopa or the dopamine agonist pergolide on the motor/sensory, behavioral, and cognitive variables in seven children with restless legs syndrome/periodic limb movements in sleep (RLS/PLMS) and attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were investigated. Five of the seven children had previously been treated with stimulants that had either been determined to be ineffective or to have intolerable side effects. Dopaminergic therapy improved the symptoms of RLS and reduced the number of PLMS per hour of sleep (P = 0.018) and associated arousals (P = 0.042) for the entire group. After treatment, three children no longer met the criteria for ADHD, and three reverted to normal on the Test of Variable Attention. ADHD improved in all seven as measured by the Connors parent rating scale (P<0.04) and the Child Behavior Checklist (P<0.05). A significant improvement also occurred in the visual, but not verbal, memory scores on the Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning (P<0.001). Five of seven children continue on dopaminergic therapy 3 years after treatment initiation, with good response. We postulate that the improvement in ADHD may be the result of the amelioration of RLS/PLMS and its associated sleep disturbance. Alternatively, ADHD and RLS/PLMS may share a common dopaminergic deficit.
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- A S Walters
- Department of Adult Neurology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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Kugler S, Pusztai L, Rosta L, Chieux P, Bellissent R. Structure of evaporated pure amorphous silicon: Neutron-diffraction and reverse Monte Carlo investigations. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1993; 48:7685-7688. [PMID: 10006942 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.48.7685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Kugler S, Anderson B, Cross D, Sharif Z, Sano M, Haggerty R, Prohovnik I, Hurlet-Jensen A, Hilal S, Mohr JP. Abnormal cranial magnetic resonance imaging scans in sickle-cell disease. Neurological correlates and clinical implications. Arch Neurol 1993; 50:629-35. [PMID: 8503800 DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1993.00540060059019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Eight asymptomatic patients with sickle-cell disease (SCD) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities consistent with cerebral infarcts (group 1) and eight asymptomatic patients with SCD with normal MRI scans (group 2) were followed up to assess the neurological correlates and the clinical outcome. DESIGN Patients in the two cohorts underwent clinical evaluations and xenon 133 regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) studies within 1 month of the entry MRI. This study sequence was repeated up to 5 years later. Neuropsychological studies also were performed in six group 1 patients and eight group 2 patients at the end of the study. SETTING The patients were recruited from the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Columbia University, New York, NY. PATIENTS All patients had SCD, hemoglobin SS, and normal findings on clinical evaluation at entry. The group 1 cohort had clinically silent MRI abnormalities consistent with cerebral infarction. The group 2 cohort was age matched to group 1 and had normal MRI studies. INTERVENTIONS None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE The natural history of MRI abnormalities and the neurological correlates were assessed to determine the predictive value of subclinical MRI lesions as a risk factor for clinically apparent stroke. RESULTS The mean duration of MRI follow-up was 3.7 years. In group 1, four patients (50%) demonstrated progressive MRI abnormalities and three patients (38%) became clinically symptomatic. In group 2, findings for all patients remained normal on clinical and radiological examination. Both groups had markedly elevated rCBF values. Individual rCBF differences correlated with the specific MRI abnormalities. The psychometric study results were similar in the two cohorts. Eighty-three percent of group 1 and 88% of group 2 patients had defective scores in one or more areas of cognitive functioning. Three patients met cognitive criteria for dementia. CONCLUSIONS Cranial MRI abnormalities have important prognostic implications even when detected in clinically asymptomatic patients. Cognitive abnormalities exist in patients with SCD even in the absence of MRI abnormalities or clinical stroke.
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- S Kugler
- Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY
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Kugler S, Molnár G, Petö G, Zsoldos E, Rosta L, Menelle A, Bellissent R. Neutron-diffraction study of the structure of evaporated pure amorphous silicon. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1989; 40:8030-8032. [PMID: 9991246 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.40.8030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Kugler S, László I. Connection between topology and pi -electron structure in amorphous carbon. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1989; 39:3882-3884. [PMID: 9948714 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.39.3882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Kugler S, Surján PR, Náray-Szabó G. Theoretical estimation of static charge fluctuation in amorphous silicon. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1988; 37:9069-9071. [PMID: 9944284 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.37.9069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Németh B, Kugler S. [Ophthalmo-filariasis]. Orv Hetil 1968; 109:195-7. [PMID: 5678047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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