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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2024

Effect of nutritional therapy in Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy: a case report.

Filippo Valoriani, Giovanni Pinelli, Silvia Gabriele, Renata Menozzi

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Filippo ValorianiDivision of Metabolic Diseases and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Specialist Medicines, University Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia - Policlinico, Modena, Italy.
Giovanni PinelliInternal and Emergency Medicine, Modena - Ospedale Civile Baggiovara, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Modena, Modena, Italy.
Silvia GabrieleDivision of Metabolic Diseases and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Specialist Medicines, University Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia - Policlinico, Modena, Italy.
Renata MenozziDivision of Metabolic Diseases and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Specialist Medicines, University Hospital of Modena and Reggio Emilia - Policlinico, Modena, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a rare, inherited human disease. Similar to other neuromuscular dystrophies, EDMD is clinically characterized by muscle atrophy and weakness, multi-joint contractures with spine rigidity, and cardiomyopathy. Over time, muscular weakness can lead to dysphagia and a severe lowering of body mass index (BMI), worsening the prognosis. We present the case of a young male patient affected by EDMD, admitted to the hospital for pneumothorax in a severe state of undernourishment. The patient was treated with total parenteral nutrition (TPN) with Smofkabiven®, supplemented with micronutrients (vitamins and trace elements), and with minimal enteral nutrition through food. Within a year, the patient gained 8.5 kg and kept his body weight stable for the 6 years of the follow-up. In this study, we show that TPN ensures the nutritional requirements of EDMD patients in a safe and well-tolerated manner, allowing a considerable and stable improvement in nutritional status, which has a positive impact on the disease itself and the patients' quality of life.

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EDMDEmery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophymuscular dystrophiesREEresting energy expendituretotal parenteral nutritionTPN

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PMCPMC11089097

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