Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) of the median nerve, and acoustic and visual evoked potentials (AEP, VEP) were also performed. Most patients reported symptoms since

early childhood. There was a positive correlation between age and SARA scores (r=.721, P<0.05). Patients had cerebellar ataxia, mild dystonia (focal, task-specific or segmental), subtle pyramidal signs and myoclonus. SICI increased with increasing conditioning pulse intensities in healthy controls but not in patients. Other neurophysiological parameters did not differ between groups. SCA14 is a slowly progressive ataxia associated LY3023414 in vivo with mild dystonia and myoclonus. Reduced SICI reflects abnormalities of intracortical inhibitory circuits.”
“Objective: Twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is a severe complication of monochorionic pregnancies. Placental hydrops might be a marker for TTTS. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether differences in the placental parenchyma due to TTTS can be seen with fetal MRI. Methods: In a retrospective study, 34 monochorionic pregnancies were investigated

on a 1.5 Tesla MR. Seventeen pregnancies were affected by TTTS, and 17 showed no clinical signs of TTTS. Placental maturation and vascular pathologies, as well as the extent of the placental findings and allocation of placental tissue to each twin, were investigated. P005091 Placental findings were reported for origin, size, maturation, and placental thickness, and were correlated with the presence of TTTS. Results: All placentas affected by TTTS showed abnormal maturation on MR scans, but only 64.7% of the non-TTTS group (p = 0.018). Vascular placental pathologies did not differ significantly between the TTTS and non-TTTS group. Conclusions: MR-signs of placental maturity in monochorionic twin pregnancies may indicate a lower risk of development of TTTS.”
“Background: Hemoptysis is a potentially serious clinical problem. However, there is no consensus on the clinical characteristics, treatment and patient outcome of catamenial hemoptysis. Objective:

Clinical characteristics, treatments and outcome in patients of catamenial hemoptysis were evaluated. Methods: We conducted a retrospective nationwide observational analysis of Korean patients with catamenial FOX inhibitor hemoptysis. Results: Nineteen patients with catamenial hemoptysis were evaluated from 13 tertiary-care hospitals in Korea. The median age of the patients was 25 years; 8 (42%) were ever-smokers. Eight patients were pathologically diagnosed; 11 were diagnosed by clinical criteria. Sixteen (84%) patients had a history of obstetric or gynecological procedures before developing hemoptysis. The mean amount of hemoptysis (mean +/- SD) was 58.3 +/- 71.3 for surgery, 46.4 +/- 33.2 for hormonal and 29.1 +/- 26.3 for conservative treatment groups. Hemoptysis did not recur in 8 (89%) of 9 patients after surgery.