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J M Spies

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Mathey E, Garg N, Park S, Nguyen T, Baker S, Yuki N, et al.
J Neuroimmunol . 2017 Jun; 309:41-46. PMID: 28601286
Autoantibodies to nodal/paranodal proteins have been reported in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN). To determine the frequency of anti-paranodal antibodies in our cohort...
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Jankelowitz S, Spies J, Burke D
Eur J Neurol . 2012 Oct; 20(3):509-514. PMID: 23078293
Background And Purpose: Thalidomide was marketed for the treatment of morning sickness and resulted in foetal death and physical deformities. The exact mechanism of action of thalidomide in its teratogenicity...
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Spies J, Sheikh K
Expert Rev Neurother . 2009 Oct; 1(1):119-29. PMID: 19811053
Guillain-Barré syndrome is now the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis. Although modern intensive care facilities have significantly reduced the mortality associated with this monophasic immune mediated neuropathy, up...
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Thurtell M, Keed A, Yan M, Gottlieb T, Spies J, Halmagyi G
Neurology . 2007 Jan; 68(4):298-300. PMID: 17242338
We describe two immunocompetent patients with tuberculous cranial pachymeningitis. Both patients underwent biopsy after focal dural thickening was identified on MRI. Histopathologic examination of tissue revealed necrotizing granulomatous inflammation. PCR...
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Singer W, Spies J, McArthur J, Low J, Griffin J, Nickander K, et al.
Neurology . 2004 Feb; 62(4):612-8. PMID: 14981179
Background: There are a number of distal and generalized small-fiber neuropathies. The neuropathologic basis is poorly understood as somatic and autonomic C fibers are not usually studied in the same...
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Spies J
Med J Aust . 2001 Jul; 174(11):598-604. PMID: 11453336
An acute polyneuropathy developing over days to several weeks is most likely to be Guillain-Barré syndrome or a toxic neuropathy, although vasculitis can also present acutely. This presentation should be...
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Spring P, Spies J
BioDrugs . 2001 Jul; 15(3):173-83. PMID: 11437683
The autoimmune pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis is relatively well understood. The current options for treatment of this disease are acute and long term immunotherapies, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and thymectomy. Many factors...
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Low P, Novak V, Spies J, Novak P, Petty G
Am J Med Sci . 1999 Feb; 317(2):124-33. PMID: 10037116
Patients with the postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) have symptoms of orthostatic intolerance despite having a normal orthostatic blood pressure (BP), which suggests some impairment of cerebrovascular regulation. Cerebrovascular autoregulation...
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Novak V, Spies J, Novak P, McPhee B, Rummans T, Low P
Stroke . 1998 Sep; 29(9):1876-81. PMID: 9731612
Background And Purpose: Orthostatic and other stresses trigger tachycardia associated with symptoms of tremulousness, shortness of breath, dizziness, blurred vision, and, often, syncope. It has been suggested that paradoxical cerebral...
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Novak V, Novak P, Spies J, Low P
Stroke . 1998 Jan; 29(1):104-11. PMID: 9445337
Background And Purpose: We sought to evaluate cerebral autoregulation in patients with orthostatic hypotension (OH). Methods: We studied 21 patients (aged 52 to 78 years) with neurogenic OH during 80...