Cerebrospinal fluid may mediate CNS ischemic injury by Soriano Sulpicio G, Zhang Guorong, Gwathmey Judith K, Wang Yanming F, He Shunli, Wang Yanguang

“…</p> <p>Spinal cord ischemia for 1 h resulted in permanent paraplegia in the control group. Depletion of the CSF significantly prevented paraplegia. …”
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An unusual presentation of Ewing sarcoma mimicking Guillain–Barré syndrome in a 17-year-old male by Ozgur Deniz Sadioglu, Ozgur Sogut, Baris Agca

“…The patient underwent immediate neurosurgery due to rapid progression of paraplegia. Keywords: Ewing sarcoma, Paraplegia, Guillain–Barré syndrome, Spinal cord compression …”
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Changes of brain activation and networks in patients with spinal cord injury based on functional near⁃infrared spectroscopy by SUN Zhi⁃fang, LI Xing⁃lou, SUN Wei⁃zhen, LUO Mei⁃ling, WANG Yong⁃hui

“…Results 1) Degree of brain activation: compared with the control group, the HbO2 β values corresponding to channel 2 (t=⁃2.482, P=0.020), channel 8 (t=⁃3.315, P=0.003) and channel 16 (t=⁃2.738, P=0.011) was increased in the tetraplegia group, while the HbO2 β value corresponding to channel 25 was decreased (t=2.104, P=0.045), and the HbO2 β value of channel 8 was increased (t=⁃2.475, P=0.020) in paraplegia group. Compared with the tetraplegia group, the HbO2 β values in channel 17 (t=2.552, P=0.017) and channel 25 (t=2.342, P=0.027) were increased in the paraplegia group. …”
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Anterior thoracic intradural spinal arachnoid cyst- A rare cause of spinal cord compression in a Two-Year old child by C A Ndubuisi, T N Mbadugha, S C Ohaegbulam, G O Ejembi

“…Examination revealed spastic paraplegia, grade 4 deep tendon reflexes in both lower limbs, with T6 sensory level. …”
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Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injury – Are we Closer to Clinical Application in Humans? by Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Rashid Jooma

“…Keywords: Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Stem Cell, Transplantation, Interneurons …”
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Use of Sugammadex in Strumpell-Lorrain Disease: a Report of Two Cases by José Antonio Franco-Hernández, Luis Muñoz Rodríguez, Pilar Jubera Ortiz de Landázuri, Alejandra García Hernández

“…Content: : Strumpell-Lorrain disease - or familial spastic paraplegia (FSP) - is a rare hereditary neurological disorder, mainly characterized by variable degrees of stiffness and weakening of the muscles, with cognitive impairment, deafness, and ataxia in the more severe cases. …”
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IMPACT OF MICRO CREDIT SCHEME FOR PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES IN HERAT, AFGHANISTAN. by Jean Fiasse

“…Since the beginning of 2009 however, efforts are under way to register persons with paraplegia and to involve physiotherapists in their follow- up.…”
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Reliability of five-minute vs. one-hour heart rate variability metrics in individuals with spinal cord injury by Siriwipa Srirubkhwa, Lars Brockmann, Ratana Vichiansiri, Kenneth J. Hunt, Jittima Saengsuwan

“…Participants with tetraplegia had lower relative reliability compared to participants with paraplegia in all HRV metrics for the 5-min duration (ICCs ranged from −0.01–0.34 vs. 0.21–0.57). …”
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Requirements for Universally Accessible Upper-Body Exercise Equipment: The Case of People with Spinal Cord Injuries in Korea by Kwang-Ok An, Myo-Jung Choi, Sung-Shin Kim, Bo-Ra Kang, Young-Hyeon Bae, Hyosun Kweon

“…Especially for individuals with paraplegia with spinal cord injuries, it is necessary to maintain continuous participation in physical activity even after discharge, as it helps to maintain mobility and daily living activities through upper body strength. …”
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Extramedullary hematopoiesis and spinal cord compression complicating polycythemia rubra vera. by Rice, G, Assis, L, Barr, R, Ebers, G

“…A 68-year-old man with polycythemia rubra vera developed gradually progressive paraparesis followed by an acute, painless paraplegia. Extradural thoracic spinal cord compression was found to be secondary to extramedullary hematopoiesis (EH). …”

Impact of Reconstructing Intercostal Artery on Spinal Cord Circulation During Open Surgery for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm by Kei Kobayashi, Satoshi Saito

“…Results: The hospital death rate was 5.9%, and paraplegia occurred in four patients (4.7%). The Adamkiewicz artery or other intercostal arteries were reconstructed selectively in 46 patients (54.7%). …”
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Spastin depletion increases tubulin polyglutamylation and impairs kinesin-mediated neuronal transport, leading to working and associative memory deficits. by André T Lopes, Torben J Hausrat, Frank F Heisler, Kira V Gromova, Franco L Lombino, Timo Fischer, Laura Ruschkies, Petra Breiden, Edda Thies, Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer, Michaela Schweizer, Jürgen R Schwarz, Christian Lohr, Matthias Kneussel

“…Mutations in the gene encoding the microtubule-severing protein spastin (spastic paraplegia 4 [SPG4]) cause hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), associated with neurodegeneration, spasticity, and motor impairment. …”
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A novel ABCD1 G1202A mutation in a Chinese patient with pure adrenomyeloneuropathy and literature review by Yu Zhang, Guoyong Zhang, Wenhui Chen, Zheng Pu, Lu Song, Xinghua Tang, Zhenguo Liu

“…The literature review indicates that spastic paraplegia is the mainly clinical manifestation in patients with AMN. …”
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Biological modalities for treatment of acute spinal cord injury: a pilot study and review of the literature by Akbary Kutbuddin, Arora Shobha S

“…Objective: Paraplegia due to traumatic spinal cord injuries is one of the devastating effects of dorsolumbar vertebral fractures. …”
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Trends in Rates of ASIA Impairment Scale Conversion in Traumatic Complete Spinal Cord Injury by Ralph J. Marino, Michael Leff, Diana D. Cardenas, Jayne Donovan, David Chen, Steve Kirshblum, Benjamin E. Leiby

“…We grouped subjects into 3-year intervals and assessed trends in conversion for the total sample and by tetraplegia (Tetra), high paraplegia (levels T1?9, HPara), and low paraplegia (levels T10?…”
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Neuraxial anesthesia after local anesthesia for management of percutaneous vertebroplasty complication during vertebroplasty by Hüseyin Balkarlı, Mesut Kılıç, İbrahim Öztürk

“…Those are pulmonary embolism, severe infection, paraplegia and an occurrence of a new fracture in an adjacent vertebra after vertebroplasty. …”
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Spinal cord multiple segmental aplasia in cat / <br> Aplasia segmentar múltipla da medula espinhal em gato by Ana Paula Frederico Rodrigues Loureiro Bracarense, Mônica Vicky Bahr Arias, Felipe Purcell de Araújo, Elisângela Olegário da Silva

“…The neurological examination showed paraplegia, absence tail movement, analgesia and lower motor neuron damage. …”
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Case report: Necrotizing leukomyelitis and meningitis in a Pomeranian by Koen M. Santifort, Koen M. Santifort, Laurent Garosi, Erik A. W. S. Weerts

“…A 2.5-year-old female entire Pomeranian dog was presented for acute paraparesis progressing within 2 days to paraplegia. General physical examination was unremarkable. …”
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Reversible paraparesis due to extramedullary hematopoiesis by Eti Muharremi, Pavllo Djamandi, Arben Rroji, Jera Kruja

“…Key Clinical Message Extramedullary hematopoiesis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of spastic paraplegia in a patient with thalassemia. Radiotherapy remains the treatment of choice, and regain of motor power is expected.…”
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Neuroimmunology: towards more-accurate diagnosis in neuromyelitis optica. by Fujihara, K, Palace, J

“…Avoiding misdiagnosis is crucial, because some disease-modifying drugs for MS can aggravate NMOSD, causing blindness and paraplegia. A recent study reports that misdiagnosis of NMOSD as MS occasionally occurs, and that a two-step antibody assay could improve differential diagnosis.…”