Background: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting upper and lower motor neurons. Many conditions may mimic ALS, especially cervical spine pathology. Recognizing these mimics is crucial, since some of them are treatable. Objective: To describe four clinical cases of different cerv...
F. Gomez, Filipe Tupinambá Di Pace, Rodrigo de Holanda Mendonça et al.· ANPAbstract_CBN26· 0 citations
Background: ALS is a neurodegenerative disorder with a broad phenotypic spectrum. Diagnosis is challenging in non-classical presentations or early in the disease course. Beyond electromyography, complementary tests may provide evidence of lower motor neuron (LMN) and upper motor neuron (UMN) dysfunction and help exclud...
A. Mendes, Filipe Tupinambá Di Pace, G. Dousseau et al.· ANPAbstract_CBN26· 0 citations
Background: Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) is a hallmark clinical manifestation of mitochondrial diseases, characterized by progressive weakness of the extraocular muscles and ptosis. Its genetic etiology is heterogeneous, commonly arising from either primary large-scale single mitochondrial DNA (m...
Tatiana Ribeiro Fernandes, Ana Paula dos Anjos Lança, André G. C. Martins et al.· ANPAbstract_CBN26· 0 citations
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