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ReviewJournal of neurology2024

Non-motor symptoms in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: current state and future directions.

Bogdan Bjelica, Maj-Britt Bartels, Jasper Hesebeck-Brinckmann, Susanne Petri

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Review in Journal of neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Restless Legs Syndrome in Patients With PMP22-Related Neuropathies.Journal of the peripheral nervous system : JPNS · 2026
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  5. Uncoupling of apnea-hypopnea index and oxygen desaturation in als: characterization and diagnostic implications of an "AHI-SpO₂ dissociation" phenotype.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  7. ALS and Huntington Disease: Unraveling the Connections between TDP-43 and Huntingtin.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Bogdan BjelicaDepartment of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, 1, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse, 30625, Hannover, Germany. bjelica.bogdan@mh-hannover.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1783-703X
Maj-Britt BartelsPrecision Neurology of Neuromuscular and Motoneuron Diseases, University of Luebeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Jasper Hesebeck-BrinckmannNeurology Department, Division for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University Medicine Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim Center for Translational Medicine, Mannheim, Germany.
Susanne PetriDepartment of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, 1, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse, 30625, Hannover, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progressive degeneration of both upper and lower motor neurons. A defining histopathological feature in approximately 97% of all ALS cases is the accumulation of phosphorylated trans-activation response (TAR) DNA-binding protein 43 protein (pTDP-43) aggregates in the cytoplasm of neurons and glial cells within the central nervous system. Traditionally, it was believed that the accumulation of TDP-43 aggregates and subsequent neurodegeneration primarily occurs in motor neurons. However, contemporary evidence suggests that as the disease progresses, other systems and brain regions are also affected. Despite this, there has been a limited number of clinical studies assessing the non-motor symptoms in ALS patients. These studies often employ various outcome measures, resulting in a wide range of reported frequencies of non-motor symptoms in ALS patients. The importance of assessing the non-motor symptoms reflects in a fact that they have a significant impact on patients' quality of life, yet they frequently go underdiagnosed and unreported during clinical evaluations. This review aims to provide an up-to-date overview of the current knowledge concerning non-motor symptoms in ALS. Furthermore, we address their diagnosis and treatment in everyday clinical practice.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisHumansALSAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisMotor neuron diseaseNon-motor symptoms

Identifiers

PMID38805053
PMCPMC11233299

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