Publications by authors named "Kolenc Matej"
Background: Huntington's disease (HD) patients often report anorectal dysfunction; however, in HD research no detailed analysis of these complaints has been published.
Objective: To report anorectal dysfunction in a systematically studied cohort of HD subjects.
Methods: In 54 HD patients (24 men) and 10 presymptomatic HD mutation carriers (2 men) and in 99 controls (44 men) a history of anal incontinence and constipation was obtained and data was compared accordingly.
Background: Although in Huntington's disease (HD) movement, cognition, and personality are most significantly affected, autonomic dysfunction should not be neglected. In women with HD sexual dysfunction has not been adequately studied yet.
Objective: To report sexual dysfunction in a systematically studied cohort of female HD patients and compare it with controls of a similar age.
The objective of this study was to report bladder dysfunction and cystometric findings in a systematically studied cohort of Huntington's disease (HD) patients. In HD patients and asymptomatic HD gene carriers a urinary function questionnaire, neurologic assessment using the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale, and postvoid residual volume measurement were applied. All patients were also invited to cystometric studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: In several degenerative neurologic diseases degeneration of Onuf's nucleus has been demonstrated using histologic and electromyographic (EMG) methods. Although Huntington's disease (HD) patients also frequently complain of bladder and bowel symptoms, degeneration of Onuf's nucleus has not been systematically studied in this group.
Methods: From our inventory of patients with genetically confirmed HD, all patients willing and capable of participating in the study, which utilized several standard questionnaires, were included.