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Martin Tegenthoff

Weitere Migräne-Studie der Modellvorhaben veröffentlicht: Effektivität der Akupunktur zur Prophylaxe der Migräne: eine multizentrische, randomisierte, kontrollierte Studie

Background Our aim was to assess the efficacy of a part-standardised verum acupuncture procedure, in accordance with the rules of traditional Chinese medicine, compared with that of part-standardised sham acupuncture and standard migraine prophylaxis with beta blockers, calcium-channel blockers, or antiepileptic drugs in the reduction of migraine days 26 weeks after the start of treatment. Methods This study was a prospective, randomised, multicentre, doubleblind, parallel-group, controlled, clinical trial, undertaken between April 2002 and July 2005. Patients who had two to six migraine attacks per month were randomly assigned verum acupuncture (n = 313), sham acupuncture (n = 339), or sta…

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Efficacy of acupuncture for the prophylaxis of migraine: a multicentre randomised controlled clinical trial.

Our aim was to assess the efficacy of a part-standardised verum acupuncture procedure, in accordance with the rules of traditional Chinese medicine, compared with that of part-standardised sham acupuncture and standard migraine prophylaxis with beta blockers, calcium-channel blockers, or antiepileptic drugs in the reduction of migraine days 26 weeks after the start of treatment.This study was a prospective, randomised, multicentre, double-blind, parallel-group, controlled, clinical trial, undertaken between April 2002 and July 2005. Patients who had two to six migraine attacks per month were randomly assigned verum acupuncture (n=313), sham acupuncture (n=339), or standard therapy (n=308). …

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Mutation analysis in myophosphorylase deficiency (McArdle's disease).

Inherited deficiency of myophosphorylase leads to glycogen storage disease type V (McArdle's disease). We performed mutation analysis in 9 patients of eight unrelated families from Germany with typical cliniclal presentation of myophos-phorylase deficiency. Beside previously described mutations we identified four novel mutations in the myophorsphorylase gene. Four patients were homozygous for a nonsense mutation Arg49Stop that has been reported to be the most common mutation in white patients. Two affected siblings were compound heterozygotes for a novel missense mutation Gly685Arg and the nonsense mutation Arg49Stop. One patient carried a novel nonsense mutation Arg575Stop and a previously…

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