Publications by authors named "M Blazquez-Estrada"
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- * Data was collected from 37 patients treated between 2011 and 2022, highlighting that half started nocturnal treatment for motor issues, while others suffered from various non-motor symptoms.
- * The findings show 54% of patients maintained treatment by the end, with some discontinuing due to adverse reactions, indicating the treatment's overall effectiveness and safety despite some challenges.
Background: Limited information is available on patients' experience living with Huntington's disease (HD). The primary objective of this study was to assess the health-related quality of life and well being of patients with HD.
Methods: A non-interventional, cross-sectional study was conducted in 17 hospitals-based movement disorders units in Spain.
Parkinsonism-hyperpyrexia syndrome (PHS) is a rare neurological emergency that shares clinical features with neuroleptic malignant syndrome. It is usually due to sudden deprivation of dopaminergic treatment, although there are cases related to failure of the deep brain stimulation system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevious studies have suggested a relationship between the number of CAG triplet repeats in the HTT gene and neurodegenerative diseases not related to Huntington's disease (HD). This study seeks to investigate whether the number of CAG repeats of HTT is associated with the risk of developing certain tauopathies and its influence as a modulator of the clinical and neuropathological phenotype. Additionally, it aims to evaluate the potential of polyglutamine staining as a neuropathological screening.
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