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@ARTICLE{Schreiber:153359,
author = {Schreiber, Stefanie and Vielhaber, Stefan and Schreiber,
Frank and Cartwright, Michael S.},
title = {{P}eripheral nerve imaging in amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis},
journal = {Clinical neurophysiology},
volume = {131},
number = {9},
issn = {1388-2457},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier Science},
reportid = {DZNE-2020-01356},
pages = {2315 - 2326},
year = {2020},
abstract = {We systematically identified and reviewed 29 studies of
peripheral nerve ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging
(MRN) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The majority
of the ultrasound studies reported smaller nerves and nerve
roots in ALS compared to healthy controls, but there was a
large overlap of the cross-sectional nerve area between ALS
and controls. Most of the MRN studies confirmed nerve
abnormalities demonstrating slight T2 hyperintensities and,
sometimes, mild enlargement of more proximal nerve segments
(plexus, roots) in ALS. The size of the proximal nerve
segments, i.e. nerve roots, is thus somewhat incongruent
between nerve ultrasound and MRN in ALS. Peripheral nerve
ultrasound has the potential to differentiate between ALS
and multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) in that patients with
MMN have significantly larger nerves. Conversely, there is
an overlap of MRN abnormalities in ALS and MMN, restricting
the techniques’ utility in the clinical setting. A
subgroup of patients with ALS seems to reveal a sonographic
nerve pattern suggesting peripheral nerve inflammation. In
the future, combined imaging with nerve ultrasound and MRN
assessing parameters such as blood flow or textural markers
may aid in the understanding of the deep nerve
microstructure down to the fascicle level, and thus, in the
classification of the nerve state as more degenerative or
more inflammatory in ALS. This systematic review provides
evidence that nerve imaging abnormalities are common in
ALS.},
subtyp = {Review Article},
keywords = {Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: diagnostic imaging / Humans
/ Magnetic Resonance Imaging: methods / Peripheral Nerves:
diagnostic imaging / Ultrasonography: methods},
cin = {AG Reymann / U Clinical Researchers - Magdeburg / AG
Düzel},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1310005 / I:(DE-2719)7000000 /
I:(DE-2719)5000006},
pnm = {342 - Disease Mechanisms and Model Systems (POF3-342) / 344
- Clinical and Health Care Research (POF3-344)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-342 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-344},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:32340815},
doi = {10.1016/j.clinph.2020.03.026},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/153359},
}