...Jean-Marc Burgunder Background: Chorea may be present in a number of diseases including hereditary disorders. Major advances have occurred in our understanding of the genetic background of those disorders, and the present short review aims at highlighting the most salient ones. Summary: Chorea...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Genetics Leukoencephalopathy MRI White matter A 5-year-old boy presented...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Stroke outcome Genetics Inflammation Stroke is associated with significant morbidity and disability. Early prediction of poor outcomes is important for both clinicians and patients. Besides well-validated clinical predictors...

... angiography. Factors associated with the degree of BCs, including clinico-radiological and genetic factors (p.Arg4810Lys variant), were analyzed. Results: The degree of BCs varied among MMD patients and significantly decreased with an increase in the age of diagnosis of MMD (coefficient -1.55; p < 0.001...

...: A retrospective analysis of data from six adults patients with clinical, electroencephalographic and genetic confirmation of AS was performed. Movement disorders of the hands and mouth, laughing spells, severe expressive speech disorders, a happy nature, hyposomnia and anxiety are the major neurological...

.... The most frequently studied were the following: Parkinson’s disease Genetics PITX3 polymorphisms Meta-analysis © 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel 2013 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Genetics Dear Sir, We read with interest the article by He et al. [ 1 ] about the investigation of hereditary...

... that the 5-HTTLPR polymorphic element within the SLC6A4 promoter may govern the genetic risk of PD in Italians. © 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel 2009 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Dystonia Blepharospasm Genetics 8 12 1992 6 04 1993 12 2 2008 G. Defazioa P. Livreaa G. Guantib V. Leporea E. Ferraria 3 Institute of Neurology, b Institute of Genetics, University of Bari, Italy Original...

... of probands with NCSE and the general population; no differences were noted between epileptic children with or without NCSE. These data support the hypothesis that genetic factors play an important role in the etiology of seizure disorders in children with NCSE. Genetics Epilepsy Nonconvulsive status...

...S. Achterberg; L.J. Kappelle; A. Algra Background and Aim: The prediction of prognosis after cerebral infarction might be improved by genetic information. The aim of the Prognostic Modelling in Ischaemic Stroke study is to develop 2 different prognostic models on the basis of traditional vascular...

...Marc De Braekeleer; Andree Cholette; Jean Mathieu; Camil Boily; Yves Robitaille; Denis Gauvreau Alzheimer’s disease is now recognized as a major public health problem. Many hypotheses have tried to explain the etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and, among them, genetic factors are considered one...

... at monozygosity. The significance of genetics, early environment, and disease is discussed. 11 07 1984 5 11 1984 1 2 2008 Eur. Neurol. 24: 361-373 (1985) © 1985 S. Karger A G . Basel 0 0 14-3022/85/0246-0361$2.75/0 A Study of Some Immunological Variables in Twins, Discordant for Multiple...

... muscle. Light microscopic and histochemical examination showed only minor changes with the exception of important variation in the diameter of the type II muscle fibers. With the electron microscope a large variety of alterations, as well as extensive damage to type II fibers, were seen. The genetic...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pick’s disease Argyrophilic inclusions Fixation amnesia Genetics Europ. Neurol. 11: 208-217 (1974) Pick s Disease...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Essential tremor Debrisoquine Polymorphism Etiology Genetics European N eurology Original Paper Eur Neurol 1997;38...

...D.M.O. Pruissen; L.J. Kappelle; A. Algra Twin and family-based studies indicate that genetic factors might be involved in the risk of transient ischemic attack (TIA) and ischemic stroke (IS). Identification of genetic risk factors for new vascular events after cerebral ischemia may target secondary...

... to in the content or advertisements. Alzheimer’s disease Parkinson’s disease Mitochondrial mutation Genetics Nevertheless, our results conflict with some reports which suggest that the mtDNA A4336 mutation may be associated with an increasing risk of AD and PD. Shoffner et al. [ 12 ]detected...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Mitochondria Genetics Muscle Echocardiography Nail-patella syndrome (NPS), also termed hereditary osteo-onychodysplasia, Turner-Kieser syndrome or Fong’s disease, is a congenital, pleiotropic and autosomal dominant...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Parkinson’s disease Serotonin transporter Genetics Polymorphism A number of candidate genes for Parkinson’s...