... slow clinical worsening Disease activity andprogression have both clinical and subclinical components Clinical disease activity andprogression are judged by observation and neurologic examination ... of the disease, causes, course, and treatments (Chapters 2, 5, and 6); (2) adaptation and management (combination of medical, technological, and psychosocial aspects) (Chapters and 4); and finally, ... developed and validated to increase the reliability and power of clinical trials and to improve individual patient care 10 MULTIPLESCLEROSIS BOX Recommendations on Disease Adaptation and Management...
... conceptualized and designed the experiments, collected, assembled, analyzed and interpreted data, and drafted the manuscript OC conceptualized and designed the experiments, and collected, assembled and ... designed and implemented experiments SS recruited, collected and annotated specimens, and interpreted data KO recruited, collected and annotated specimens, and interpreted data SC collected and annotated ... specimens, and analyzed and interpreted data PD conceptualized and designed the experiments, analyzed and interpreted data, and helped with the drafting of manuscript JM conceptualized and designed...
... study; NV, JFEP, PM, APZ and JG performed it; NV and JFEP analyzed the data; and NV, JFEP and MP wrote the manuscript MJR and NM participated in the design of the study and helped draft the manuscript ... (Sulzfeld, Germany) and maintained on a 12:12 h light:dark cycle, with standard chow and water freely available Animals were handled according to European legislation (86/609/EEC) and all manipulations ... 23:8568-8577 Gold R, Linington C, Lassmann H: Understanding pathogenesis and therapy of multiplesclerosis via animal models: 70 years of merits and culprits in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis...
... Complementary and Alternative Medicine andMultipleSclerosis Second Edition This page intentionally left blank Complementary and Alternative Medicine andMultipleSclerosis Second Edition ... title Alternative Medicine andMultipleSclerosis Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bowling, Allen C Complementary and alternative medicine andmultiplesclerosis Allen C Bowling—2nd ... Alternative medicine andmultiplesclerosis c2001 Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN-13: 978-1-932603-54-5 (pbk : alk paper) ISBN-10: 1-932603-54-9 (pbk : alk paper) Multiplesclerosis Alternative...
... Syndecans-1 and -3 core proteins are larger than those of syndecan-2 and -4, and can bear both heparan and chondroitin sulfate chains The GAG chains are substituted on core protein serine residues and ... syndecan-specific variable (V) region syndecan-3 can mostly be found in neuronal tissues and some musculoskeletal tissue Here, our understanding of syndecan shedding and its function in wound healing and tumour ... processes and are key to normal matrix turnover, but also have essential roles in development and reproduction, and in pathological tissue remodelling during inflammatory disease, cancer invasion and...
... metastasis and higher microvessel density [23–25] We choose to highlight the role of heparanase in human cancer by focusing on head and neck carcinoma andmultiple myeloma as examples of solid and hematological ... tumor progression, combining enzymatic activity-dependent and -independent activities of heparanase and affecting two systems critical for tumor progression, namely tumor vascularization and EGFR ... signaling function, and elucidation of heparanase route and function in the cell nucleus, will advance the field of heparanase research and reveal its significance in health anddisease Resolving...
... intensity and catastrophizing in individuals with multiplesclerosisand chronic pain Int J Clin Exp Hypn Jan 2011; 59(1):45–63 Krupp LB Fatigue in multiple sclerosis: Definition, pathophysiology and ... mood and affect in multiplesclerosisMultiplesclerosis therapeutics New York: Martin Dunitz; 2003:651–89 Sadovnick AD, Eisen K, Ebers GC, Paty DW Cause of death in patients attending multiplesclerosis ... clinical course of multiple sclerosis: Results of an international survey National multiplesclerosis society (USA) advisory committee on clinical trials of new agents in multiplesclerosis Neurology...
... and leisure IPAQ score and the BDI, and all subscales of MFIS and SF36 were performed Univariate analysis between disease severity, exercise status and the BDI and all subscales of the MFIS and ... characteristics including: sex, age, year of MS diagnosis anddisease course The Disease Steps Scale (DSS) andMultipleSclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29) assessed disease severity The DSS is an ordinal scale ... of persons with multiple sclerosis: the possible warning signs Mult Scler 2007, 13(8):1038-1045 MultipleSclerosis Council for Clinical Practice Guidelines: Fatigue andmultiple sclerosis: evidence-based...
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... possible alteration of sHLA-I and/ or sHLA-II levels as a reflection of disease activity in multiplesclerosis (MS) Clinical and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) disease activity in MS is associated ... of soluble HLA-I and soluble HAL-II Drs Minagar and Kelley have contributed to this manuscript by recruiting and examining multiplesclerosis patients, interpretation of data and preparing the ... assay included a standard curve derived from positive and negative controls Negative controls consisted of 2% BSA and human serum, free of sHLA-I and sHLA-II Positive control standards were prepared...
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... methods and Table S1 Acknowledgements Support from the National MultipleSclerosis Society (RG3743 and a Pediatric MS Center of Excellence Center Grant) and the Department of Defense MultipleSclerosis ... IL-12p40 and IL-23 in multiplesclerosis patients treated with interferon-beta1b Mult Scler 2010, 16:801-809 29 Minagar A, Jy W, Jimenez JJ, Alexander JS: Multiplesclerosis as a vascular disease ... EDSS < 4.0 and ≥ 4.0 The baseline EDSS groups were analyzed using logistic regression with sex as a factor anddisease duration and lipid profile variable of interest The CE-LV, T2-LV and T1-LV...
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... HIV-1 Env subtypes A and D anddiseaseprogression in a rural Ugandan cohort AIDS 2001, 15:293-299 17 Alaeus A, Litman K, Björkman A, Giesecke J, Albert J: Similar rate of diseaseprogression among ... six, nine and 12 months was, respectively: 66%, 78% and 88% for subtype B; 77%, 81% and 88% for subtype A; 82%, 85%, 92% for subtype C; 78%, 88% and 88% for subtype D; and 65%, 65% and 74% for ... there is a similar rate of progressionand response to HAART for subtype B and the non-B subtypes, A and C, but that subtype D is associated with a faster rate of diseaseprogression Our study is...
... Reliability and Validity The distributional properties of the PRIMUS and U-FIS were explored through descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, median and inter-quartile range [IQR]) and floor and ... depression in multiplesclerosis a population based perspective Neurology 2003, 61:1524-27 Montel SR, Bungener C: Coping and quality of life in one hundred and thirty five subjects with multiplesclerosis ... previous years), Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of between and 5.5 and neurologically stable for at least 30 days prior to randomization Twiss et al Health and Quality of Life...
... and leisure IPAQ score and the BDI, and all subscales of MFIS and SF36 were performed Univariate analysis between disease severity, exercise status and the BDI and all subscales of the MFIS and ... characteristics including: sex, age, year of MS diagnosis anddisease course The Disease Steps Scale (DSS) andMultipleSclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29) assessed disease severity The DSS is an ordinal scale ... of persons with multiple sclerosis: the possible warning signs Mult Scler 2007, 13(8):1038-1045 MultipleSclerosis Council for Clinical Practice Guidelines: Fatigue andmultiple sclerosis: evidence-based...
... homocysteine (Hcy) and vitamin B12 in multiplesclerosis (MS) patients and controls Box and1 Box and whisker plot of plasma homocysteine (Hcy) and vitamin B12 in multiplesclerosis (MS) patients and controls ... anxiety and depression in multiplesclerosis outpatients Acta Neurol Scand 2007, 115:67-72 Provinciali L, Ceravolo MG, Bartolini M, Logullo F, Danni M: A multidimensional assessment of multiple sclerosis: ... homocysteine levels in multiplesclerosis Arch Neurol 1994, 51:1181 Refsum H, Nurk E, Smith AD, Ueland PM, Gjesdal CG, Bjelland I, Tverdal A, Tell GS, Nygard O, Vollset SE: The Hordaland Homocysteine...
... clinical course andprogression of multiplesclerosis J Neuroimmunol 2003, 140:188-193 87 Ligers A, Xu C, Saarinen S, Hillert J, Olerup O: The CTLA-4 gene is associated with multiplesclerosis J ... [81,82] For multiple sclerosis, most studies showed no indication for a contribution of CTLA-4 polymorphisms at positions –318 and +49 as a disease risk factor in Canadian, Polish, Finnish, and Dutch ... allele of the CTLA-4 gene at position +49 and the severity of multiplesclerosis in Swedish and German patients [87,88] A recent study in mice identified a disease- susceptibility polymorphism of...