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ArticleClinical parkinsonism & related disorders2024

Role of alpha-synuclein seed amplification assay in Parkinson's disease clinical trials: A case of misdiagnosis.

Emily Tharp, Juan D Martinez-Lemus, Mya C Schiess, Timothy M Ellmore, Jessika Suescun, Mohammad Shahnawaz

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Article in Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Allogeneic Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Trial.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Emily TharpMovement Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases Division, Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, TX, United States.
Juan D Martinez-LemusMovement Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases Division, Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, TX, United States.
Mya C SchiessMovement Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases Division, Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, TX, United States.
Timothy M EllmoreDepartment of Psychology, The City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, United States.
Jessika SuescunMovement Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases Division, Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, TX, United States.
Mohammad ShahnawazMitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Brain Disorders, Department of Neurology McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, TX, United States.

Funding

Differentiation and characterization of conformational alpha-synuclein strains associated with Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathiesR01NS119689 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Sandra Pritzkow, Mohammad Shahnawaz · 2021 to 2026
$2.6M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS119689
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

•Early differentiation between PD and atypical parkinsonism is challenging.•Variability in diagnosis can weaken statistical power in trials.•Precise diagnostic tools are needed for trial population homogeneity.•This patient initially diagnosed with PD, was diagnosed with MSA via CSF αSyn-SAA.•Adding αSyn-SAA to inclusion criteria could enhance subject selection in trials.

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Alpha-synucleinClinical trialMultiple System AtrophyParkinson’s disease

Identifiers

PMID39963592
PMCPMC11832018

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