T E Bertorini
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Recent Articles
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Escolar D, Hache L, Clemens P, Cnaan A, McDonald C, Viswanathan V, et al.
Neurology
. 2011 Jul;
77(5):444-52.
PMID: 21753160
Objective: To perform a double-blind, randomized study comparing efficacy and safety of daily and weekend prednisone in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Methods: A total of 64 boys with...
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Bertorini T, Sebes J, Palmieri G, Igarashi M, Horner L
J Clin Neuromuscul Dis
. 2008 Dec;
2(4):191-3.
PMID: 19078635
Subcutaneous calcifications occur in a variety of diseases, including juvenile dermatomyositis. These calcifications cause disabling symptoms that do not always respond to immunosuppressant therapy. The calcium antagonist diltiazem reduces subcutaneous...
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Bedlack R, Bertorini T, Sanders D
J Clin Neuromuscul Dis
. 2008 Dec;
1(4):186-90.
PMID: 19078585
Afterdischarges in motor nerve stimulation studies help distinguish slow channel congenital myasthenic syndrome (SCCMS) from acquired myasthenia gravis (MG) We present a patient with fatigable weakness in whom afterdischarges were...
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Long-term tracheostomy ventilation in neuromuscular diseases: patient acceptance and quality of life
Narayanaswami P, Bertorini T, Pourmand R, Horner L
Neurorehabil Neural Repair
. 2004 Oct;
14(2):135-9.
PMID: 15470824
Domiciliary assisted ventilation has been used to prolong life in patients with neuromuscular diseases. Although earlier studies suggest that the majority of patients are satisfied with their lives, the physician's...
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Khan R, Bertorini T, Levin M
Neurologist
. 2003 Jun;
7(5):271-8.
PMID: 12803668
Background: Since its discovery in 1980, human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) has been associated with a number of neurological diseases. The distribution of HTLV-1-associated neurological disease is worldwide. In...
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Narayanaswami P, Bertorini T
J Neurol Sci
. 2001 Mar;
184(1):11-3.
PMID: 11231026
A delayed syndrome of progressive weakness has been described in survivors of paralytic poliomyelitis - "Post-Polio Muscular Atrophy (PPMA)". One proposed etiology is a drop-out of motor neurons due to...
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Khan R, Laster R, Bertorini T
Am J Med Sci
. 2000 Nov;
320(4):281-5.
PMID: 11061355
We describe a patient who developed, over a 22-month period, a giant aneurysm of his basilar artery. A prior MRI of the brain done for nonspecific symptoms showed a normal...
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Narayanaswami P, Bertorini T, Halford 3rd H
J Neurol Sci
. 2000 Jun;
176(1):70-4.
PMID: 10865095
A 56-year-old female presented with mild low back pain. Examination revealed severe, selective atrophy of the thoracic and lumbar paraspinal muscles. Fibrillations were seen in the paraspinal muscles on EMG....
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Alzagatiti B, Bertorini T, Horner L, Maccarino V, OBrien T
Muscle Nerve
. 1999 Jul;
22(7):956-9.
PMID: 10398220
Focal myositis is a rare inflammatory pseudotumor of skeletal muscle which usually has a benign course. We report a 56-year-old woman with a painful mass in the left arm with...
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Varelas P, Bertorini T, Halford H
Am J Kidney Dis
. 1999 Apr;
33(5):966-9.
PMID: 10213657
We describe a 58-year-old woman who presented with bilateral ophthalmoplegia, exophthalmos, and headache and was found to have retrograde internal jugular vein flow secondary to a high-grade obstruction of the...