Articles by author - German A Roth

No association with the ETM2 locus in Czech patients with familial essential tremor.

Zahorakova D, Ulmanova O, Kemlink D, Kofrankova M, Roth J, Martasek P, Ruzicka E.

Journal Article 2010; 31(4): 549-552 PubMed PMID: 20802447  Keywords:  Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alleles, Czech Republic, Essential Tremor:genetics, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Heterogeneity, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genotype, Haplotypes, Humans, Male, Microsatellite Re.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Essential tremor (ET) is one of the most common neurological movement disorders. In more than half of the cases, ET is inherit.....

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Parkin mutations and phenotypic features in Czech patients with early-onset Parkinson's disease.

Fiala O, Pospisilova L, Prochazkova J, Matejckova M, Martasek P, Novakova L, Roth J, Ruzicka E.

Journal Article 2010; 31(2): 187-192 PubMed PMID: 20424582  Keywords:  Adult, Age of Onset, Czech Republic, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Heterozygote, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, Parkinson Disease:genetics, Phenotype, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Genetic, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases:genetics,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Mutations in several genes such as parkin can be detected in up to 20% of patients with early-onset Parkinson's disease (EOPD).....

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Fear of falling has greater influence than other aspects of gait disorders on quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Brozova H, Stochl J, Roth J, Ruzicka E.

Journal Article 2009; 30(4): 453-457 PubMed PMID: 20010494  Keywords:  Accidental Falls, Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Fear:psychology, Female, Gait Disorders, Neurologic:physiopathology, Health Status, Humans, Linear Models, Male, Middle Aged, Parkinson Disease:physiopathology, Quality of Life,.    Citation

: We assessed the influence of gait disorders (GD) on quality of life (QOL) in Parkinson's disease (PD). In a survey including the PDQ-39 .....

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Slowly progressive voluntary-automatic dissociation of facial movements (Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome).

Jiroutek P, Růzicka E, Roth J, Jech R.

Case Reports 2007; 28(2): 137-140 PubMed PMID: 17435674  Keywords:  Atrophy, Brain Diseases:physiopathology, Diagnosis, Differential, Disease Progression, Facial Muscles:physiopathology, Female, Frontal Lobe:pathology, Humans, Middle Aged, Movement Disorders:diagnosis, Muscle, Skeletal:physiopathology, Reflex:physiology, .    Citation

: We describe a case of slowly developing Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome associated with distinctive bilateral cortical atrophy of frontal lo.....

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Serum testosterone and corticosterone levels in acute experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in male Wistar rats.

Macció D, Calfa G, Volosín M, Roth G.

Journal Article 2004; 25(3): 196-200 PubMed PMID: 15349085  Keywords:  Acute Disease, Animals, Corticosterone:blood, Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental:blood, Male, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Testosterone:blood, Time Factors,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) was induced to investigate the levels of circulating total testosterone (TT) a.....

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