Publications by authors named "E Ruiu"
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- * Researchers analyzed 202 MG patients from 2010 to 2019, finding that the incidence was 32.6/million and prevalence was 55.3/100,000, with the majority testing positive for acetylcholine receptor antibodies.
- * The findings suggest that Sardinia has a higher prevalence of MG than the European average for rare diseases, highlighting the need to explore environmental and genetic factors contributing to this increased risk.
Olfactory dysfunction is a prevalent non-motor symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD), affecting approximately 65-90% of subjects. PD patients may also report odor perception in the absence of any external source, often referred to as olfactory hallucinations (OHs) or phantosmia. This study aims to explore the current understanding of OHs in PD and offer a comprehensive overview of their prevalence and characteristics.
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- - The study aimed to assess the risks and safety of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for patients with chronic inflammatory neuropathies, particularly looking at relapse rates before and after vaccination.
- - Involved 336 patients, with 91% vaccinated; 5% experienced mild relapses post-vaccination, while no relapses occurred in unvaccinated patients, indicating a relative risk increase for those who did receive the vaccine.
- - Overall, the vaccination didn’t strongly correlate with an increased relapse risk, although CIDP patients showed a slightly higher risk compared to the three months before getting vaccinated, with mild side effects being the main safety concerns.
Recently several patients, who developed Guillain-Barré syndrome characterized by prominent bifacial weakness after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination, were described from different centers. We recently observed a patient who developed a similar syndrome, later in the follow up he showed worsening of the neuropathy two months after the initial presentation. Repeat EMG showed reduced nerve sensory and motor conduction velocities of both upper and lower limbs, and a diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (typical CIDP) was made according to established criteria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExcitatory and inhibitory responses to cervical root magnetic stimulation in healthy subjects.
Clin Neurophysiol Pract
October 2021
Objectives: To characterize direct and reflex hand muscle responses to cervical root magnetic stimulation (CRMS) in healthy volunteers during sustained voluntary contraction.
Methods: In 18 healthy volunteers, we recorded from the first dorsal interosseous (FDI) muscle the responses to CRMS of progressively increasing intensity and level of muscle contraction. The compound muscle action potential (CMAP) and the silent period (SP) were compared to those obtained with plexus, midarm and wrist stimulation.