... terms, one may conclude that the HRQL of burden associated with MS is substantially higher than any one of these four other chronic conditions or in any combination of three of these four conditions ... scores for respondents with and without MS, but no other chronic conditions MS Overall HUI3 score Vision Hearing Speech Ambulation Dexterity Emotion Cognition Pain General Population Mean Difference ... four conditions Others have also reported that patients with MS are among one of the most severely impaired in comparison with other chronic conditions such as cardiovascular conditions, cancer,...
... Neuroinflammation 2011, 8:149 http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/8/1/149 in EAE and at the edges ofMS lesions and NO is one of the main effectors of demyelination [37,38] Microglial IL-6 secretion ... Domoki F, Katakam PV, Bari F: Mitochondrialmediated suppression of ROS production upon exposure of neurons to lethal stress: mitochondrial targeted preconditioning Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2008, 60:1471-1477 ... different mechanisms, including the facilitation of glutamate uptake [52] and amelioration of mitochondrial and connexin 43 dysfunction [53] We also observed a decrease in nitrite production and inflammatory...
... common cause of death was pneumonia accounting for 20/53 (37.7% )of the deaths: eight of the 20 children died of severe pneumonia, six of severe acute malnutrition with severe pneumonia, three of ... SAEs The paediatrician decided on the relationship to the intervention using a set of conditions or known side effects of micronutrients All SAEs warranted stoppage of the trial supplement when ... this dosing ofmultiple micronutrients We hypothesized that daily administration of twice the recommended dietary allowance ofmultiple micronutrients to HIV-infected children aged one to five...
... terms, one may conclude that the HRQL of burden associated with MS is substantially higher than any one of these four other chronic conditions or in any combination of three of these four conditions ... scores for respondents with and without MS, but no other chronic conditions MS Overall HUI3 score Vision Hearing Speech Ambulation Dexterity Emotion Cognition Pain General Population Mean Difference ... four conditions Others have also reported that patients with MS are among one of the most severely impaired in comparison with other chronic conditions such as cardiovascular conditions, cancer,...
... Pathological Anatomy: Illustrations of the Elementary Forms of Disease London: Longmans, 1838 Compston DAS The 150th anniversary of the first depiction of the lesions ofmultiplesclerosis J Neurol Neurosurg ... failure of the early recovery mechanisms with the reappearance of conduction block in chronically demyelinated fibers also contributes (49) D Diagnosis A practical consequence of the demonstration of ... international group of investigators is working under the auspices of the International Federation ofMultipleSclerosis Societies to just that III CONCLUSION This short account of the history of demyelinating...
... recent review of exercise intervention studies in persons with MS, found Figure Quality of life scores in people with multiplesclerosis Quality of life scores in people with multiplesclerosis Error ... in persons with MS Due to the cross-sectional nature of this study we cannot provide definitive conclusions on the direction of causality between activity levels and fatigue, depression and QoL ... fatigue), social functioning (limitations in social functioning due to physical or emotional problems), role-emotional (limitation in usual activities due to emotional problems) and mental health...
... Long-Term Study of Brain (1)H-MRS Study in Multiple Sclerosis: Effect of Glatiramer Acetate Therapy on Axonal Metabolic Function and Feasibility of Long-Term (1)H-MRS Monitoring in MultipleSclerosis ... interferon-induced fatigue in MS patients [32] In contrast to the interferon's, the specific action of glatiramer acetate to improve MRS markers of axonal injury in multiplesclerosis might contribute ... non-specific consequence of improved overall disease status in treated patients or alternatively result from a specific action of the medication on the pathophysiology ofmultiplesclerosis fatigue...
... recent review of exercise intervention studies in persons with MS, found Figure Quality of life scores in people with multiplesclerosis Quality of life scores in people with multiplesclerosis Error ... in persons with MS Due to the cross-sectional nature of this study we cannot provide definitive conclusions on the direction of causality between activity levels and fatigue, depression and QoL ... fatigue), social functioning (limitations in social functioning due to physical or emotional problems), role-emotional (limitation in usual activities due to emotional problems) and mental health...
... been upon the impairment of function as opposed to the social impact of fatigue Nevertheless, the multi-dimensional nature of fatigue in MS lends itself to an exploration of the role of fatigue ... probability values non-significant (5% alpha with Bonferroni correction for the number of items); b individual item fit residual, by convention, within ± 2.5 (99% CI); c mean and SD of both summary ... http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/22 Page of 10 Table Comparison of the evaluation and validation sample characteristics Characteristic Evaluation sample Validation sample Difference between evaluation and validating...
... compilation ª 2007 FEBS 6271 ETD -MS analysis of peptides and proteins N D Udeshi et al dimethylation of Arg, monomethylation, dimethylation and trimethylation of Lys, acetylation and ubiquitination of ... Coon JJ (2007) Implementation of electron transfer dissociation on a hybrid linear ion trap-orbitrap mass spectrometer In Developments in Ion Trap MS Proceedings of the 55th ASMS Conference on ... acquisition of a full mass spectrum and ETD ⁄ PTR MS ⁄ MS spectra on the six most abundant ions every s (400–500 ms per spectrum) Throughout the automated LC -MS ⁄ MS experiment, the ion–ion reaction...
... addition of DiS-C3(5) £ 10 lM caused deceleration of mitochondrial oxygen consumption but > 20 lM caused acceleration These actions of DiS-C3(5) on Ó FEBS 2004 Effects of DiS-C on mitochondrial ... acceleration and deceleration of oxygen consumption were observed, depending on the concentration of the dye At higher concentrations such as 50 lM, DiS-C3(5) caused acceleration of mitochondrial ... mitochondrial oxygen consumption [6–8] These actions of cyanine dyes were attributable Fig Effects of DiS-C3(5) on the turbidity of mitochondrial suspensions (A) and on permeability of mitochondrial...
... approaches in the context of the aging MS patient An Overview ofMS in Aging The hallmarks ofMS are central nervous system (CNS) inflammation, demyelination, axonal degeneration and gliosis which ... with multiplesclerosis Pain Pain is one of the most common symptoms ofMS and can be seen in more than half of all patients with MS Pain can either be neuropathic or nociceptive Patients with MS ... 2012:4 Elderly patient with multiplesclerosis as CVA and CAD Many symptoms of diabetes can overlap or mimic symptoms ofMS For example, the neuropathy of diabetes consists of pain and paresthesias...
... MultipleSclerosis Quality of Life Inventory (MSQLI) [12], the Functional Assessment ofMultipleSclerosis (FAMS) [13], the MultipleSclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) [14], the UK Neurological ... physical impact dimension (MSIS-29-PHYS: consisting of 20 items) and the psychological impact dimension (MSIS-29-PSYCH: consisting of nine items) measure related, but distinct, constructs (correlatingr ... removal of one person (N = 91) Targeting map for the 20-item MSIS-29-PHYS after rescoring and removal of one person (N = 91) relation matrix falling below 0.3 Dimensionality of the rescored MSIS-29-PHYS...
... characteristics of fatigue among persons with MS in the North American Research Committee onMultipleSclerosis (NARCOMS) Patient Registry, a project of the Consortium ofMS Centers (CMSC) A longitudinal ... and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:100 Background Chronic fatigue is one of the most common disabling symptoms among persons with multiplesclerosis (MS) , interfering with, and considerably ... difference of years) than those with mild to moderate fatigue In terms of disease duration, fatigue increased steadily for people with MS durations of one to 14 years, but for those with longer durations...
... epochs, each consisting of the presentation of all three targets (one for each direction), in random order Each rehabilitation session consisted of six phases: (i) Familiarization (5 epochs, ... Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2010, 7:37 http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/7/1/37 Page of 11 best reflects the operation of the feed-forward component of control Late portions of ... treatment of incoordination in MultipleSclerosis Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2010 7:37 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online...
... for MS patients compared to healthy persons and that these Table Differential diagnosis of fatigue or causes of secondary weakness/tiredness in MSMS related causes for lack of energy Non -MS related ... lack of energy Depression Depression Nocturia Thyroid function Sleep disturbance Anemia Spasticity, paresis, uneconomic movement Infection (bladder) Lack of condition Electrolytes Side effects of ... Cognitive Functions (FSMC): validation of a new instrument to assess multiple sclerosis- related fatigue MultipleSclerosis 2009, 15(12):1509-1517 34 Guidelines MSCfCP: Fatigue and Multiple Sclerosis: ...
... fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI images showing confluent demyelination Axial T1-weighted fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI images showing confluent demyelination MRIs were taken ... performed, one 18 months after initiation of pioglitazone and the second 10 months later (Figure 1) There was no perceptible change in overall brain atrophy, extent of demyelination, or in Gd-enhancement ... ofmultiple sclerosis: results of an international survey National MultipleSclerosis Society (USA) Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials of New Agents in MultipleSclerosis Neurology 1996, 46:907-911...
... severity of relapsing disease, of inflammation, and of demyelination, as well as the extent of axonal damage [19] We provided evidence of regulation of IL-16 in EAE, which suggested that production of ... of axonal cytoskeleton lesions Alterations of axonal cytoskeleton are suggested by markedly increased levels of phosphorylated medium and heavy chains of neurofilament [NF (M+H)P] in MS lesions ... one half those of acute lesions but still markedly higher than those of controls The observed patterns of regulation of [NF(M+H)]P correspond to those of IL-16 (Fig 1) in MS lesions Abnormalities...
... subjects Number ofMS patients Age (Mean ± SD) MS duration prior to diagnosis Number of T1-weighted post-contrast enhancing lesions At least one at month At least one at month Number of relapses ... images Comparison of brain MRI at months and did not show any new contrast-enhancing lesions Comparison of the mean volumes of T2-weighted lesions as well as the average count of T1-weighted ... IFN-γ Since monocyte-derived HLA-G inhibits autologous CD4 T cell activation, its upregulation by IFN-β was considered as one of the mechanisms of action of IFN-β In the present study, longitudinal...
... condition Additional material Additional file 1: Additional file 1contains MRI Acquisition Protocol, Image Analysis methods and Table S1 Acknowledgements Support from the National MultipleSclerosis ... interpretation and manuscript preparation RZ contributed to study design, MRI data acquisition, data interpretation and manuscript preparation EC contributed to MRI data acquisition AD contributed ... Serono, Pfizer, Novartis, the National MultipleSclerosis Society, the Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation He received compensation as a consultant...