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Monica Rezzonico

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Prognostic indicators in pediatric clinically isolated syndrome

2017

To assess prognostic factors for a second clinical attack and a first disability worsening event in pediatric clinically isolated syndrome (pCIS) suggestive of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. Objective: To assess prognostic factors for a second clinical attack and a first disability-worsening event in pediatric clinically isolated syndrome (pCIS) suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Methods: A cohort of 770 pCIS patients was followed up for at least 10 years. Cox proportional hazard models and Recursive Partitioning and Amalgamation (RECPAM) tree-regression were used to analyze data. Results: In pCIS, female sex and a multifocal onset were risk factors for a second clinical att…

RegistrieMaleMultiple SclerosisAdolescentAdolescent; Age of Onset; Child; Demyelinating Diseases; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Multiple Sclerosis; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Disease Progression; Registries; Neurology; Neurology (clinical)PrognosiONSET MULTIPLE-SCLEROSISCHILDHOODCHILDRENPARACLINICAL FEATURESDISABILITY PROGRESSIONNOFollow-Up StudieRisk FactorsRetrospective Studieprognostic indicatorsMultiple Sclerosipediatric multiple sclerosis prognosis indicatorsHumansRegistriesAge of OnsetChildOPTIC NEURITISRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorDemyelinating DiseaseNATURAL-HISTORYPrognosismultiple sclerosis clinically isolated syndrome prognostic indicatorsNeurologyTRANSVERSE MYELITISclinically isolated syndromeINTERFERON BETA-1BDisease ProgressionSettore MED/26 - NeurologiaFemaleNeurology (clinical)FOLLOW-UPDemyelinating DiseasesFollow-Up StudiesHuman
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To do or not to do? plasma exchange and timing of steroid administration in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

2016

OBJECTIVE: To retrospectively analyze the effect of plasma exchange (PLEX; yes = PLEX+ , no = PLEX- ) and steroids administration timing (prophylactically [proST] or therapeutically [therST]) on the longitudinal clinical course of patients with natalizumab-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) and full-blown immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (PML-IRIS). METHODS: Clinical and radiological data of 42 Italian patients with PML were analyzed. Patient's data are available until 12 months after PML diagnosis. PLEX and steroids treatment as time-dependent covariates were entered in: (1) a Cox model to investigate their impact on full-blown PML-IRIS latency; (2) an anal…

AdultMaleAdult; Databases Factual; Disability Evaluation; Female; Humans; Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome; Leukoencephalopathy Progressive Multifocal; Male; Plasma Exchange; Retrospective Studies; Steroids; Young Adult; Neurology; Neurology (clinical)Adult; Databases Factual; Disability Evaluation; Female; Humans; Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome; Leukoencephalopathy Progressive Multifocal; Male; Plasma Exchange; Retrospective Studies; Steroids; Young AdultDatabases FactualPlasma ExchangeLeukoencephalopathy Progressive MultifocalProgressive MultifocalDatabasesDisability EvaluationYoung AdultNeurologyLeukoencephalopathyImmune Reconstitution Inflammatory SyndromeRetrospective StudieHumansSteroidsFemaleSettore MED/26 - NeurologiaNeurology (clinical)SteroidFactualRetrospective StudiesHuman
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The still under-investigated role of cognitive deficits in PML diagnosis

2017

Background: Despite cognitive deficits frequently represent the first clinical manifestations of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) in Natalizumab-treated MS patients, the importance of cognitive deficits in PML diagnosis is still under-investigated. The aim of the current study is to investigate the cognitive deficits at PML diagnosis in a group of Italian patients with PML. Methods: Thirty-four PML patients were included in the study. The demographic and clinical data, the lesion load and localization, and the longitudinal clinical course was compared between patients with (n = 13) and without (n = 15) cognitive deficit upon PML suspicion (the remaining six patients were asy…

0301 basic medicinecognitionmedicine.medical_specialtyPediatricscognition; italian database; natalizumab; neuropsychological impairment; progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; neurology (clinical); neurology; immunology; immunology and allergy; natalizumab; cognition; neuropsychological impairment; italian databaseNeurologySettore MED/17 - Malattie InfettiveAsymptomaticApraxiaprogressive multifocal leukoencephalopathyimmunology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinenatalizumabitalian databasemedicineDementiaimmunology and allergyPsychiatryCognitive deficitneurology (clinical)Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathyneurologyNeuropsychologyCognitionProgressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy Natalizumab Cognition Neuropsychological impairment Italian databasemedicine.disease030104 developmental biologyCognition; Italian database; Natalizumab; Neuropsychological impairment; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathyCognition Italian database Natalizumab Neuropsychological impairment Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathyCognition; Italian database; Natalizumab; Neuropsychological impairment; Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; Immunology and Allergy; Immunology; Neurology; Neurology (clinical)Settore MED/26 - Neurologiamedicine.symptomPsychologyneuropsychological impairment030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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