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ArticleScientific reports2022

Association of subcortical structural shapes with fatigue in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

Jin Myoung Seok, Wanzee Cho, Doo-Hwan Son, Jong Hwa Shin, Eun Bin Cho, Sung Tae Kim, Byoung Joon Kim, Joon-Kyung Seong, Ju-Hong Min

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Jin Myoung Seok *Department of Neurology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Cheonan, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, South Korea.
Wanzee Cho *Department of Artificial Intelligence, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Doo-Hwan SonSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Jong Hwa ShinDepartment of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea.
Eun Bin ChoDepartment of Neurology, Gyeongsang Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, South Korea.
Sung Tae KimDepartment of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Byoung Joon KimDepartment of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea.
Joon-Kyung SeongDepartment of Artificial Intelligence, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea. jkseong@korea.ac.kr.
Ju-Hong MinDepartment of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea. juhongm@skku.edu.
Korea University · KRSamsung Medical Center · KRGyeongsang National University · KRSoonchunhyang University Hospital · KRSungkyunkwan University · KR

Funding

Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2016R1D1A1B03934476National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) 2019R1A2C109021211
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although fatigue is a major symptom in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We explored the relationship between subcortical structures and fatigue severity to identify neural substrates of fatigue in NMOSD. Clinical characteristics with brain magnetic resonance imaging were evaluated in forty patients with NMOSD. Fatigue was assessed using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-fatigue) questionnaire (a higher score indicates less fatigue). We assessed the correlation between subcortical structures and fatigue severity using surface-based shape analysis. Most of the enrolled patients showed fatigue (72.5%; mean FACIT-fatigue score, 34.8 ± 10.8). The FACIT-fatigue score was negatively correlated with Expanded Disability Status Scale and Beck Depression Inventory scores (r = - 0.382, p = 0.016; r = - 0.578, p < 0.001). We observed that the right thalamus was the only extracted region for various threshold experiments. Further, patients with lower FACIT-fatigue scores (more fatigue) had decreased local shape volume in the right thalamus. Fatigue is common in patients with NMOSD, and atrophy in the right thalamus is strongly correlated with fatigue severity. The local shape volume of the right thalamus might serve as a biomarker of fatigue in NMOSD.

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FatigueMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeuromyelitis OpticaAdultBrainFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesThalamus

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