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French experience with Zolgensma® in type I SMA
On 07/01/2025
Between June 2019 and June 2022, 95 children with treatment-naive type I SMA were identified in one of the 23 neuromuscular disease centres of reference.…
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Use of psychostimulants to treat daytime hypersomnolence in myotonic dystrophies
On 06/01/2025
A Cochrane review of clinical trials evaluating psychostimulant drugs in myotonic dystrophies was published in November 2024. Six clinical trials were selected, involving 136 participants.…
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A natural history of FSHD established after five years of observation
On 06/01/2025
Dutch researchers have designed a follow-up protocol for patients suffering from facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) in order to gain a better understanding of the natural…
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ERN EURO-NMD, 9 Jan.: Dr. Teresinha Evangelista (France)
On 03/01/2025
The role of biopsy in Autophagic Myopathies Thursday 09 January 2025 – 16:00 – 17:00 Paris time Dr. Teresinha Evangelista (Institute of Myology & Pitié…
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DMD: a summary of the factors correlated with cardiac damage
On 02/01/2025
A review of the literature on predictors of cardiac involvement in Duchenne muscular dystrophy included 33 articles concerning 9,232 patients. Most (76%) were retrospective studies,…
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NDUFA11, a possible autoantigen in inclusion body myositis
On 31/12/2024
An international study involving the Nice University Hospital and the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital : evaluated IgG reactivity to a panel of 357 proteins in a total…
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New European recommendations for Pompe disease
On 30/12/2024
The European Reference Network for Metabolic Diseases (MetabERN) has drawn up new recommendations for Pompe disease, the most common muscular glycogenosis: experts in the field…
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Towards a better understanding of myopathy linked to the DNAJB4 gene
On 29/12/2024
An international consortium of researchers and clinicians report the clinical and biological data of patients diagnosed with DNAJB4-related myopathy: 5 families of distinct and unrelated…
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For once, a heterozygous variant of the TTN gene can lead to a dominant myopathy
On 28/12/2024
The 14 members (eight affected and six healthy) of a family with autosomal dominant myopathy were examined in detail: the patients presented the same picture…
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Danon disease: a single-centre Chinese retrospective study of 29 paediatric cases
On 27/12/2024
Between July 2014 and December 2023, 21 boys and 8 girls undergoing follow-up at a paediatric cardiology centre in Shanghai were genetically diagnosed with Danon…
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Becker myopathy: a more specific mouse model
On 26/12/2024
A new rat model of Becker muscular dystrophy, with a deletion of exons 45-47 of the Dmd gene, has been developed by a French team…
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Searching for markers of myasthenia gravis in French National Health Insurance data
On 24/12/2024
Over the period 2013-2020, 14,459 people in France received reimbursements for care related to autoimmune myasthenia gravis, including 6,354 for the first time. Of these,…
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Disease progression in BMD depends on the type of deletion
On 23/12/2024
A retrospective natural history study of 943 patients with Becker myopathy (BMD) followed in 17 Italian neuromuscular centres provides information on the correlation between genetic…
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Recommendations for cardiac monitoring of adults with canalopathy on mexiletine
On 20/12/2024
Cardiac monitoring is recommended in adults with muscular canalopathy treated for myotonia with mexiletine (Namuscla®), due to a possible pro-arrhythmic effect of the product. To…
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Viltolarsen slows the decline in respiratory function in walking and non-walking patients
On 19/12/2024
A drug targeting exon 53 skipping of the DMD gene authorised in the United States and Japan, viltolarsen was evaluated for 48 weeks (80mg/kg/week) in…
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Real-life data for gene therapy in SMA: the German-speaking area experience
On 17/12/2024
A transnational registry containing real-life data from patients with SMN1-related proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has been set up in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland:…
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Dimitrios Kourtzas awarded Master Prize at JSFM 2024 – Interview
On 16/12/2024
Dimitrios Kourtzas has been awarded the Master’s Prize for his research project on collagen VI (COLVI)-related disorders at the JSFM 2024. He just started…
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CAR-T cells to treat severe forms of Lambert-Eaton syndrome
On 16/12/2024
German researchers report the case of a patient with Lambert-Eaton syndrome (or LEMS, a presynaptic disorder of the neuromuscular junction very often of paraneoplastic origin)…
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Report on the ‘1,000 researchers in schools’ operation
On 13/12/2024
The 12th edition of the ‘1,000 researchers in schools’ operation has just come to an end. This year it ran from 4 November to 6…
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New data on life expectancy in DM2
On 13/12/2024
Of the 125 Dutch patients with myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) recorded in the Dutch neuromuscular database, 26 died between 2000 and 2023 : the…