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ArticleAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration2020

Clinical care and therapeutic trials in PLS.

Mary Kay Floeter, Deborah Warden, Dale Lange, James Wymer, Sabrina Paganoni, Hiroshi Mitsumoto

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Article in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cell type-specific gene therapy confers protection against motor neuron disease caused by a TFG variant.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  4. Better understanding the neurobiology of primary lateral sclerosis.Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mary Kay FloeterNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Deborah WardenDepartments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Dale LangeDepartment of Neurology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
James WymerDepartment of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Sabrina PaganoniHealey Center for ALS at Mass General, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, and.
Hiroshi MitsumotoDepartment of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

Promoting Research in PLS: Current Knowledge and Future ChallengesR13NS111790 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MITSUMOTO, HIROSHI · 2019 to 2019
$11k
NINDS NIH HHS R13 NS111790
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) is an extremely rare central nervous system degenerative disorder characterized by slowly progressive upper motor neuron loss leading to severe limb and bulbar dysfunction and disability. Although not necessarily life-shortening, PLS disease burden is substantial and improved symptomatic treatments are a major unmet need, especially for the often refractory spasticity that is a core feature of the syndrome. In Section 1, we describe clinical care needs and emphasize a highly personalized approach that can be best attained through multidisciplinary management. In Section 2, we describe progress in clinical trials in PLS that includes advances in symptomatic treatment, disease-modifying therapy, and emerging innovative trials.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisMotor Neuron DiseaseHumansMotor NeuronsMuscle SpasticityCare and managementClinical trialsPLSReviewSupplement

Identifiers

PMID33602017
PMCPMC7899088

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