Journal of Neurological Sciences

Vol 416 | 15 September 2020

Review Articles

Revisiting the role of brain and peripheral Aβ in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

Md. Sahab Uddin, Md. Tanvir Kabir, Devesh Tewari, Abdullah Al Mamun, Bijo Mathew, Lotfi Aleya, George E. Barreto, May N. Bin-Jumah, Mohamed M. Abdel-Daim, Ghulam Md Ashraf

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116974
Published online: June 6, 2020
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Efficacy and safety of sonothrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Xiaoqiang Li, Hui Du, Zhibin Song, Hui Wang, Zhijian Tan, Mufang Xiao, Fu Zhang

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116998
Published online: June 25, 2020
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Treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage: Current approaches and future directions

Wenbo Zhao, Chuanjie Wu, Christopher Stone, Yuchuan Ding, Xunming Ji

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117020
Published online: July 8, 2020
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Hyperekplexia and other startle syndromes

Arushi Gahlot Saini, Sanjay Pandey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117051
Published online: July 20, 2020
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Basic Research Papers

Stent-unsheathed effect predicts acute distal middle cerebral artery atherosclerotic disease-related occlusion

Wen-huo Chen, Ting-yu Yi, A-lai Zhan, Yan-Min Wu, Yan-yu Lu, Yi-min Li, Zhi-nan Pan, Ding-lai Lin, Xiao-hui Lin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116957
Published online: June 6, 2020
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Long-term test-retest evaluation of the King-Devick test in youth soccer athletes

Abigail C. Bretzin, Morgan Anderson, Ryan N. Moran, Tracey Covassin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116951
Published online: June 5, 2020
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Sex influence in ischemic stroke severity and outcome among metabolically unhealthy overweight patients

Giovanna Viticchi, Lorenzo Falsetti, Andrea Plutino, Marco Bartolini, Laura Buratti, Mauro Silvestrini

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116955
Published online: May 30, 2020
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Pain and dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease may share common pathophysiological mechanisms – An fMRI study

Simon Sung, Michael Farrell, Nirosen Vijiaratnam, Andrew H. Evans

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116905
Published online: May 27, 2020
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Fampridine-induced changes in walking kinetics are associated with clinical improvements in patients with multiple sclerosis

D. Weller, L. Lörincz, T. Sutter, K. Reuter, M. Linnebank, M. Weller, B. Zörner, L. Filli

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116978
Published online: June 8, 2020
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Novel homozygous mutation in the FBXL4 gene is associated with mitochondria DNA depletion syndrome-13

Simei Wang, Longlong Lin, Yilin Wang, Anqi Wang, Zhao Liu, Shengnan Wu, Xiaoping Lan, Jia Jia, Yuanfeng Zhang, Fang Yuan, Chunmei Wang, Xiaona Luo, Xiaomin Sun, Sreenivas K. Avula, Abdullah Tolaymat, Changsheng Liu, Yun Ren, Yucai Chen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116948
Published online: June 7, 2020
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Prognostic role of the controlling nutritional status score in acute ischemic stroke among stroke subtypes

Hiroyuki Naito, Naohisa Hosomi, Tomohisa Nezu, Daisuke Kuzume, Shiro Aoki, Yuko Morimoto, Takeshi Yoshida, Yuji Shiga, Naoto Kinoshita, Hiroki Ueno, Hirofumi Maruyama

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116984
Published online: June 11, 2020
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Risk of recurrent ischemic stroke in young cryptogenic patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source

Daniel Šaňák, Petra Divišová, Martin Hutyra, Michal Král, Andrea Bártková, Jana Zapletalová, Jan Látal, Tomáš Dorňák, Štěpán Hudec, David Franc, Petr Polidar, Tomáš Veverka, Petr Kaňovský

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116985
Published online: June 12, 2020
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The role of CAMKK2 polymorphisms in HIV-associated sensory neuropathy in South Africans

Jessica Gaff, Prinisha Pillay, Catherine Cherry, Simon M. Laws, Patricia Price, Peter Kamerman

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116987
Published online: June 14, 2020
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Accuracy of clinical scoring systems for the diagnosis of tuberculosis meningitis in a case mix of meningitides a retrospective cohort study

Yahia Z. Imam, Hassan Ahmedullah, Prem Chandra, Muna Almaslamani, Abdulatif Alkhal, Dirk Deleu

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116979
Published online: June 14, 2020
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Clinical characteristics and brain MRI findings in myeloproliferative neoplasms

Koichiro Nagai, Takashi Shimoyama, Hiroki Yamaguchi, Yuki Sakamoto, Satoshi Suda, Satoshi Wakita, Yasuhiro Nishiyama, Koiti Inokuchi, Kazumi Kimura

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116990
Published online: June 18, 2020
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Arrival blood pressure in hypertensive and non-hypertensive spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

Michael E. Reznik, Nasir Fakhri, Scott Moody, Kayleigh Murray, Samantha Costa, Shadi Yaghi, Matthew Schrag, Tracy E. Madsen, Tina M. Burton, Shawna Cutting, Ali Mahta, Linda C. Wendell, Bradford B. Thompson, Shyam S. Rao, Christoph Stretz, Karen L. Furie, Brian Mac Grory

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117000
Published online: June 18, 2020
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Association between PNPLA3 rs738409 G variant and MRI cerebrovascular disease biomarkers

Neal S. Parikh, Nicole Dueker, Dalila Varela, Victor J. Del Brutto, Tatjana Rundek, Clinton B. Wright, Ralph L. Sacco, Mitchell S.V. Elkind, Jose Gutierrez

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116981
Published online: June 19, 2020
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Influence of plasma matrix metalloproteinase levels on longitudinal changes in Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers and cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to AD registered in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative database

Kie Abe, Yuhei Chiba, Saki Hattori, Asuka Yoshimi, Takeshi Asami, Omi Katsuse, Akira Suda, Akitoyo Hishimoto, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116989
Published online: June 22, 2020
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Neuroimaging findings in headache with normal neurologic examination: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Joseph Kamtchum-Tatuene, Bernold Kenteu, Yannick F. Fogang, Joseline G. Zafack, Ulrich Flore Nyaga, Jean Jacques Noubiap

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116997
Published online: June 26, 2020
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Age-dependent efficacy of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in young- and late-onset Parkinson's disease based on a 10 year follow-up

Mi Sun Kim, Ho-Sung Ryu, Kye Won Park, Nari Choi, Sooyeoun You, Mi-Jung Kim, Young Jin Kim, Juyeon Kim, Kiju Kim, Sun Ju Chung

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117004
Published online: June 25, 2020
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Neurological impact of emboli during adult cardiac surgery

Nikil Patel, Caroline Banahan, Justyna Janus, Mark A. Horsfield, Anthony Cox, David Marshall, Jordan Colman, John Morlese, David H. Evans, Claire Hannon, Vincent Egan, Peter Garrard, James P. Hague, Emma M.L. Chung

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117006
Published online: June 26, 2020
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Apathy and its impact on carer burden and psychological wellbeing in primary progressive aphasia

Stephanie Wong, Muireann Irish, Masud Husain, John R. Hodges, Olivier Piguet, Fiona Kumfor

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117007
Published online: June 29, 2020
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The discerning eye of computer vision: Can it measure Parkinson's finger tap bradykinesia?

Stefan Williams, Zhibin Zhao, Awais Hafeez, David C. Wong, Samuel D. Relton, Hui Fang, Jane E. Alty

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117003
Published online: June 29, 2020
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Good recanalization is associated with long term favorable outcomes in acute stroke patients with large vessel occlusion treated with endovascular therapy

Masafumi Arakawa, Kentaro Suzuki, Akihito Kutsuna, Takehiro Katano, Takuya Kanamaru, Junya Aoki, Yuki Sakamoto, Satoshi Suda, Kazumi Kimura

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117009
Published online: July 2, 2020
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Cerebral white matter tau-positive granular glial pathology as a characteristic pathological feature in long survivors of multiple system atrophy

Taku Homma, Yoko Mochizuki, Shinsuke Tobisawa, Takashi Komori, Eiji Isozaki

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117010
Published online: July 2, 2020
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Galenic Pial Arteriovenous Fistulas in Adults

Michael George Zaki Ghali, Ulf P. Arborelius, Erol Veznedaroglu, Robert F. Spetzler, M. Gazi Yaşargil, Vitaliy Marchenko

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117014
Published online: July 5, 2020
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Correlations between COVID-19 and burden of dementia: An ecological study and review of literature

M. Reza Azarpazhooh, Amin Amiri, Negar Morovatdar, Sandy Steinwender, Amir Rezaei Ardani, Nawaf Yassi, Jose Biller, Saverio Stranges, Masoud Tokazebani Belasi, Sepideh Kazemi Neya, Bita Khorram, Mohammad Sobhan Sheikh Andalibi, Shahram Arsang-Jang, Naghmeh Mokhber, Mario Di Napoli

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117013
Published online: July 4, 2020
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Long-term safety and efficacy of safinamide as add-on therapy in levodopa-treated Japanese patients with Parkinson's disease with wearing-off: Results of an open-label study

Yoshio Tsuboi, Nobutaka Hattori, Akihiko Yamamoto, Yuji Sasagawa, Masahiro Nomoto, on behalf of the ME2125-4 Study Group

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117012
Published online: July 6, 2020
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Cumulative effects of long-term treatment with abobotulinumtoxinA in cervical dystonia: Findings from a prospective, observational study

Carlo Colosimo, David Charles, Vijay P. Misra, Pascal Maisonobe, Savary Om on behalf of the INTEREST IN CD2 study group

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117015
Published online: July 9, 2020
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The effects of multidisciplinary rehabilitation on neuroimaging, biological, cognitive and motor outcomes in individuals with premanifest Huntington's disease

Danielle M. Bartlett, Andrew Govus, Timothy Rankin, Amit Lampit, Kirk Feindel, Govinda Poudel, Wei-Peng Teo, Johnny Lo, Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis, Mel R. Ziman, Travis M. Cruickshank

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117022
Published online: July 11, 2020
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The psychosocial implications of COVID-19 for a neurology program in a pandemic epicenter

Leah Croll, Arielle Kurzweil, Lisena Hasanaj, Liliana Serrano, Laura J. Balcer, Steven L. Galetta

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117034
Published online: July 13, 2020
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Factors that affect consent rate for organ donation after brain death: A 12-year registry

Mohammed F. Kananeh, Paul D. Brady, Chandan B. Mehta, Lisa P. Louchart, Mohammed F. Rehman, Lonni R. Schultz, Ariane Lewis, Panayiotis N. Varelas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117036
Published online: July 15, 2020
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Local anesthesia vs general anesthesia during endovascular therapy for acute posterior circulation stroke

Longfei Wu, Ashutosh P. Jadhav, Jian Chen, Chenghe Sun, Kangxiang Ji, Weili Li, Wenbo Zhao, Chuanhui Li, Chuanjie Wu, Di Wu, Xunming Ji

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117045
Published online: July 15, 2020
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COVID-19 and stroke: Experience in a Ghanaian healthcare system

Fred S. Sarfo, Naa Oboshie Mensah, Francis Agyapong Opoku, Nathaniel Adusei-Mensah, Michael Ampofo, Bruce Ovbiagele

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117044
Published online: July 15, 2020
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Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in the central nervous system: Limitations for diagnosis in resource limited settings

Allison Navis, Omar Siddiqi, Lorraine Chishimba, Stanley Zimba, Susan Morgello, Gretchen L. Birbeck

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117042
Published online: July 15, 2020
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Proportion of intracerebral haemorrhage due to cerebral amyloid angiopathy in the East and West: Comparison between single hospital centres in Japan and the United Kingdom

Yusuke Yakushiji, Jun Tanaka, Duncan Wilson, Andreas Charidimou, Tomoyuki Noguchi, Masatou Kawashima, Masashi Nishihara, Jonathan Best, Toshihiro Ide, Yukiko Nagaishi, Megumi Mizoguchi, Hideo Hara, David J. Werring

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117037
Published online: July 15, 2020
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The cerebellar white matter lesions in dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy

Atsuhiko Sugiyama, Noriko Sato, Yukio Kimura, Hiroyuki Fujii, Yoko Shigemoto, Fumio Suzuki, Zen-ichi Tanei, Yuko Saito, Masayuki Sasaki, Yuji Takahashi, Hiroshi Matsuda, Satoshi Kuwabara

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117040
Published online: July 15, 2020
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The role of molecular analysis of SLC2A1 in the diagnostic workup of glucose transporter 1 deficiency syndrome

Satoru Takahashi, Ryosuke Tanaka, Ryo Takeguchi, Mami Kuroda, Yuichi Akaba, Yasushi Ito

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117041
Published online: July 15, 2020
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Novel quantitative approach for crossed cerebellar diaschisis detection in acute ischemic stroke using CT perfusion

Marcello Naccarato, Miloš Ajčević, Giovanni Furlanis, Carlo Lugnan, Alex Buoite Stella, Ilario Scali, Paola Caruso, Lara Stragapede, Maja Ukmar, Paolo Manganotti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117008
Published online: June 29, 2020
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De novo CACNA1G variants in developmental delay and early-onset epileptic encephalopathies

Misako Kunii, Hiroshi Doi, Shunta Hashiguchi, Toyojiro Matsuishi, Yasunari Sakai, Mizue Iai, Masaki Okubo, Haruko Nakamura, Keita Takahashi, Atsuko Katsumoto, Mikiko Tada, Hideyuki Takeuchi, Taro Ishikawa, Noriko Miyake, Hirotomo Saitsu, Naomichi Matsumoto, Fumiaki Tanaka

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117047
Published online: July 16, 2020
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Clinical Short Communications

Hereditary spastic paraplegia type 11 (SPG11) is associated with obesity and hypothalamic damage

Ana Luisa de Carvalho Cardozo-Hernández, Thiago Junqueira Ribeiro Rezende, Marcondes Cavalcante França Jr

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116982
Published online: June 19, 2020
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in patients with COVID-19

Sarah C. Parauda, Virginia Gao, Alexandra N. Gewirtz, Neal S. Parikh, Alexander E. Merkler, Joshua Lantos, Halina White, Dana Leifer, Babak B. Navi, Alan Z. Segal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117019
Published online: July 9, 2020
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Cerebral small vessel disease in community-dwelling older adults living in remote rural settings

Oscar H. Del Brutto, Robertino M. Mera, Bettsy Y. Recalde, Victor J. Del Brutto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117016
Published online: July 8, 2020
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Letters to the Editor

Serum neurofilament light chain studies in neurological disorders, hints for interpretation

Sara Mariotto, Elia Sechi, Sergio Ferrari

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116986
Published online: June 14, 2020
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Multiple internal border zone infarcts in a patient with COVID-19 and CADASIL

Owain Hedd Williams, Saamir Mohideen, Arup Sen, Olivera Martinovic, Jonathan Hart, Peter Anthony Brex, Laszlo Krisztian Sztriha

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116980
Published online: June 8, 2020
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Therapeutic considerations in a case of progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus

Lauren Gluck, Amanda L. Hernandez, Sarah F. Wesley, Robert K. Fulbright, Erin E. Longbrake, Panos Stathopoulos

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116993
Published online: June 18, 2020
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Huntingtons disease: A new evidence of neurovascular dysfunction

Claudio Campa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116994
Published online: June 18, 2020
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The association of SARS-CoV-2 infection and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis without prominent clinical pulmonary symptoms

Siamak Abdi, Askar Ghorbani, Farzad Fatehi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117001
Published online: June 18, 2020
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Excellent reliability of the ALSFRS-R administered via videoconferencing: A study of people with motor neuron disease in Scotland

Judith Newton, Kiran Jayaprakash, Stella A. Glasmacher, Alison McEleney, Andrew Bethell, Elizabeth Fraser, Janice Hatrick, Hanne Haagenrud, Gill Stott, Rachel Dakin, Siddharthan Chandran, Suvankar Pal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116991
Published online: June 21, 2020
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Severe visual loss after one episode of anti-MOG optic neuritis

Anna Kabanovski, Trishal Jeeva-Patel, Edward Margolin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117002
Published online: June 22, 2020
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The pressing questions in multiple sclerosis Care in the era of COVID-19

Hesham Abboud, Alessandro Serra

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.117005
Published online: June 22, 2020
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World Brain Day 2020: Move together to end Parkinson's disease

Tissa Wijeratne, Wolfgang Grisold, Claudia Trenkwalder, A.M. William Carroll

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116996
Published online: June 23, 2020
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Peculiar muscle imaging findings in a patient with alphaB-crystallinopathy and axial myopathy

Sara Bortolani, Fabiana Fattori, Mauro Monforte, Enzo Ricci, Giorgio Tasca

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116999
Published online: June 23, 2020
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Seroconversion and indolent course of COVID-19 in patients with multiple sclerosis treated with fingolimod and teriflunomide

Luca Bollo, Tommaso Guerra, Davide Fiore Bavaro, Laura Monno, Annalisa Saracino, Gioacchino Angarano, Damiano Paolicelli, Maria Trojano, Pietro Iaffaldano