Duong Chu, MD
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2025
Clinical Reasoning: A 5-year-Old Boy With Subacute and Refractory Myoclonus
Park P, Chu D, Bamford N. Clinical Reasoning: A 5-year-Old Boy With Subacute and Refractory Myoclonus. Neurology 2025, 106: e214457. PMID: 41337684, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000214457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTeaching Video NeuroImage: Painful Tonic Spasms
Zheng Y, Chu D, Moeller J. Teaching Video NeuroImage: Painful Tonic Spasms. Neurology 2025, 104: e213518. PMID: 40112270, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000213518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeuromyelitis optica spectrum disorderAquaporin-4-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorderEpisodes of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitisLongitudinally extensive transverse myelitisExtensive transverse myelitisPainful tonic spasmsSodium channel blockersSpasm frequencyVoltage-gated sodium channelsMyelitis episodesSpasm-freeTransverse myelitisTonic spasmsAcute attackNeurological examinationSpinal cordSodium channelsSymptomatic treatmentResidual weaknessEctopic activityOxcarbazepineSpasmRemyelinated fibersExtremity flexionGabapentin
2022
In vivo spatiotemporal control of voltage-gated ion channels by using photoactivatable peptidic toxins
Montnach J, Blömer LA, Lopez L, Filipis L, Meudal H, Lafoux A, Nicolas S, Chu D, Caumes C, Béroud R, Jopling C, Bosmans F, Huchet C, Landon C, Canepari M, De Waard M. In vivo spatiotemporal control of voltage-gated ion channels by using photoactivatable peptidic toxins. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 417. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-27974-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Gaetano Perusini: The Forgotten Neuroscientist Behind “Alzheimer’s” Disease
Pellegrini F, Rosso M, Chu D. Gaetano Perusini: The Forgotten Neuroscientist Behind “Alzheimer’s” Disease. The Neuroscientist 2021, 29: 273-276. PMID: 34836480, DOI: 10.1177/10738584211059466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPliny the Elder: Lessons from the Naturalist as an Early Neuroscientist
Chu D, Rosso M, Santoro J. Pliny the Elder: Lessons from the Naturalist as an Early Neuroscientist. The Neuroscientist 2021, 29: 150-157. PMID: 34160310, DOI: 10.1177/10738584211026527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObesity is associated with the Optic Neuritis severity in Male patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Chu D, Rosso M, Gonzalez C, Saxena S, Healy B, Weiner H, Chitnis T. Obesity is associated with the Optic Neuritis severity in Male patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis And Related Disorders 2021, 51: 102910. PMID: 33799288, DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.102910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute optic neuritisBody mass indexModifiable risk factorsMultiple sclerosisFemale patientsMale patientsSerum concentrationsSerum concentrations of estrogenSex hormone-binding globulinVisual acuity outcomesSerum estrogen levelsRisk factors of MSHigher Body Mass IndexAssociated with body mass indexAssociated with higher body mass indexSerum leptin levelsHormone-binding globulinFactors of MSConcentrations of estrogenAcuity outcomesOptic neuritisSerum estrogenLeptin levelsSerum leptinEstrogen levelsGaetano Perusini (1879–1915)
Rosso M, Chu D. Gaetano Perusini (1879–1915). Journal Of Neurology 2021, 268: 4400-4401. PMID: 33646328, DOI: 10.1007/s00415-021-10493-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWilliam Gordon Lennox (1884–1960)
Rosso M, Chu D, Santoro JD. William Gordon Lennox (1884–1960). Journal Of Neurology 2021, 268 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-020-10338-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWilliam Gordon Lennox (1884–1960)
Rosso M, Chu D, Santoro J. William Gordon Lennox (1884–1960). Journal Of Neurology 2021, 268: 3512-3513. PMID: 33417002, DOI: 10.1007/s00415-020-10338-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Neurologic complications of Down syndrome: a systematic review
Santoro J, Pagarkar D, Chu D, Rosso M, Paulsen K, Levitt P, Rafii M. Neurologic complications of Down syndrome: a systematic review. Journal Of Neurology 2020, 268: 4495-4509. PMID: 32920658, DOI: 10.1007/s00415-020-10179-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystematic reviewCo-morbid medical problemsDown syndromeCo-occurring conditionsReview of MEDLINEComplication of Down syndromeHealthcare interventionsRetrospective reviewClinically pertinent informationCervical instabilityAutism spectrum disorderClinically-relevantMeSH termsCerebrovascular diseaseLearning DisabilitiesMedical problemsSpectrum disorderNeuropsychiatric diseasesClinically relevant conditionsClinical neurologistsInterventionFrequently-occurringDisease coursePersonsClinical conditions
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