Identification of genetic risk loci and prioritization of genes and pathways for myasthenia gravis: a genome-wide association study

R Chia, S Saez-Atienzar, N Murphy… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibody-
mediated interference of signal transmission across the neuromuscular junction. We …

Treatment of epilepsy in patients with Alzheimer's disease

FS Giorgi, M Guida, A Vergallo… - Expert review of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Epilepsy is significantly more frequent in AD patients than in age-matched
controls, even though the true extent of the phenomenon is not clear yet. Areas covered: In …

Effects of antiepileptic drugs on interictal epileptiform discharges in focal epilepsies: an update on current evidence

M Guida, A Iudice, E Bonanni… - Expert Review of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs), occurring in the electroencephalograms (EEG) of
patients with focal epilepsy, are crucial for diagnosis, while their relationship with seizure …

Social cognition in idiopathic generalized epilepsies and potential neuroanatomical correlates

M Guida, L Caciagli, M Cosottini, U Bonuccelli… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
Social cognition allows us to elaborate mental representations of social relationships and
use them appropriately in a social environment. One of its main attributes is the so-called …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-neuronal IgG4 autoimmune diseases and IgG4-related diseases may not be part of the same spectrum: a comparative study

V Endmayr, C Tunc, L Ergin, A De Rosa… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background IgG4 is associated with two emerging groups of rare diseases: 1) IgG4
autoimmune diseases (IgG4-AID) and 2) IgG4-related diseases (IgG4-RLD). Anti-neuronal …

[HTML][HTML] Somatic mutations of thymic epithelial tumors with myasthenia gravis

E Pardini, F Cucchiara, S Palumbo, G Tarrini… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Thymic epithelial tumors are rare malignant neoplasms that are frequently
associated with paraneoplastic syndromes, especially myasthenia gravis. GTF2I is an …

Social cognition in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

FS Giorgi, M Guida, L Caciagli, C Pagni, C Pizzanelli… - Epilepsy research, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME) is a common genetic generalized
epilepsy syndrome. Several studies have detailed cognitive and imaging abnormalities …

Usefulness of a simple sleep-deprived EEG protocol for epilepsy diagnosis in de novo subjects

FS Giorgi, D Perini, M Maestri, M Guida… - Clinical …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective In case series concerning the role of EEG after sleep deprivation (SD-EEG) in
epilepsy, patients' features and protocols vary dramatically from one report to another. In this …

Robotic thymectomy for thymoma in patients with myasthenia gravis: neurological and oncological outcomes

G Romano, CC Zirafa, I Ceccarelli… - European Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to analyse the outcomes in 53 patients with
thymoma, 34 of whom had myasthenia gravis (MG), who were treated with robotic surgery …

[HTML][HTML] Preferential X chromosome inactivation as a mechanism to explain female preponderance in myasthenia gravis

V Nicolì, SM Tabano, P Colapietro, M Maestri… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular autoimmune disease characterized by
prevalence in young women (3: 1). Several mechanisms proposed as explanations for …