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Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Immune-mediated Neuropathies

Latov N; Gorson KC; Brannagan TH 3rd; Freeman RL; Apostolski S; Berger AR; Bradley WG; Briani C; Bril V; Busis NA; Cros DP; Dalakas MC; Donofrio PD; Dyck PJ; England JD; Fisher MA; Herrmann DN; Menkes DL; Sahenk Z; Sander HW; Triggs WJ; Vallat JM
The chronic autoimmune neuropathies are a diverse group of disorders, whose diagnosis and classification is based on the clinical presentations and results of ancillary tests. In chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, controlled therapeutic trials demonstrated efficacy for intravenous gamma-globulins, corticosteroids, and plasmaphereis. In multifocal motor neuropathy, intravenous gamma-globulins have been shown to be effective. In the other immune-mediated neuropathies, there are no reported controlled therapeutic trials, but efficacy has been reported for some treatments in non-controlled trials on case studies. Choice of therapy in individual cases is based on reported efficacy, as well as severity, progression, coexisting illness, predisposition to developing complications, and potential drug interactions
PMID: 19078800
ISSN: 1537-1611
CID: 112114

Reporting the results of needle EMG and nerve conduction studies: an educational report

Jablecki, Charles K; Busis, Neil A; Brandstater, Murray A; Krivickas, Lisa S; Miller, Robert G; Robinton, John E
PMID: 16116647
ISSN: 0148-639x
CID: 4261372

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy [Guideline]

Berger, Alan R; Bradley, Walter G; Brannagan, Thomas H; Busis, Neil A; Cros, Didier P; Dalakas, Marinos C; Danon, Moris J; Donofrio, Peter; Engel, W King; England, John D; Feldman, Eva L; Freeman, Roy L; Kinsella, Laurence J; Lacomis, David; Latov, Norman; Menkes, Daniel L; Sander, Howard W; Thomas, Florian P; Triggs, William J; Windebank, Anthony J; Wolfe, Gil I
PMID: 14641652
ISSN: 1085-9489
CID: 112121

Regulatory and reimbursement issues in treating patients with immune-mediated neuropathies

Donofrio, Peter D; Busis, Neil A
Neurologists are prescribing intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) with increasing frequency to treat many neurologic conditions that have a proven or presumed autoimmune or inflammatory pathogenesis. Although IVIg is not FDA approved for any neurologic condition, physicians can safely prescribe it for several disorders with reasonable certainty that the cost for the agent will be reimbursed by third-party carriers. This article discusses present FDA indications for using IVIg, off-label uses of IVIg, policies of third-party payers toward reimbursement, the Local Medical Review Policy of Medicare, coding, billing, and reimbursement for IVIg infusion, and approaches to use when reimbursement is delayed or denied.
PMID: 12499470
ISSN: 0028-3878
CID: 4261362

Medical record documentation in 1999: let's cooperate [Comment]

Busis, N A
PMID: 10634461
ISSN: 0003-9942
CID: 4261632

Neurologists and the Internet

Busis, N A; Honig, L S
PMID: 10555651
ISSN: 0003-9942
CID: 4261622

Femoral and obturator neuropathies

Busis, N A
Femoral, saphenous, and obturator neuropathies have diverse causes, many of which are iatrogenic. They have overlapping, but distinct, clinical features. Electrodiagnostic testing can distinguish between these disorders and others in the differential diagnosis. Imaging studies may demonstrate the origin of the neuropathy in some cases. Conservative treatment is usually sufficient, but occasionally surgical exploration of the affected nerve is indicated.
PMID: 10393757
ISSN: 0733-8619
CID: 4261612

Neurology in the electronic information age

Busis, N A
This review discusses the state of neurology and the Internet at the turn of the millennium. First, some basic definitions about the Internet and its component protocols are presented. Next, ways neurologists and patients can use the Internet are enumerated. Internet resources or applications are available or are being created that can aid in the successful fulfillment of a neurologist's core professional activities: clinical care, teaching, research, and practice issues. Currently, the most useful categories of Internet resources for neurologists are electronic communication and access to knowledge bases. They fulfill needs that are not met by traditional, non-electronic media. There are many other types of Internet applications that supplement traditional medical methodologies. Finally, some problems and prospects concerning medical uses of the Internet are discussed: technological infrastructure including usability, security, meaning, validity/quality, value, outcomes, and responsibility. These issues must be successfully addressed if Internet computing is to become truly useful 'just in time' at the point of medical care. Solutions are actively under development today. The prospects are bright for neurology, and medicine in general, on the Internet. The Internet will become an essential medical device in the near future.
PMID: 10362892
ISSN: 1351-5101
CID: 4261602

Internet health ratings systems: knowledge vs Babel [Letter]

Malet, G F; Busis, N A
PMID: 9728636
ISSN: 0098-7484
CID: 4261792

Neurological manifestations of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy [Case Report]

Comu, S; Verstraeten, T; Rinkoff, J S; Busis, N A
BACKGROUND:Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE) is a chorioretinal disease that causes acute visual symptoms with characteristic fundus findings. Although this entity has been associated with a variety of neurological complications, it has received little attention in the neurological literature. We wanted to emphasize the spectrum of neurological involvement, in particular the occurrence and management of strokes in patients with APMPPE. CASE DESCRIPTIONS/METHODS:We report three patients with APMPPE and neurological disease. All three presented with marked visual disturbances and headaches. One patient developed recurrent strokes involving different vascular territories of the brain and required immunosuppressive treatment for presumed cerebral vasculitis. The other two patients had cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and persistent headaches but recovered spontaneously. The review of the literature demonstrates a particular pattern of neurological complications in a subgroup of patients with APMPPE. CONCLUSIONS:APMPPE should be considered among the causes of stroke and aseptic meningitis in young adults. The diagnosis is critically dependent on a thorough ophthalmologic examination. Severe neurological complications are difficult to predict at the onset of the ophthalmologic disease. The patients should be monitored closely. If investigations suggest cerebral vasculitis, immunosuppressive treatment may be helpful to prevent recurrences.
PMID: 8623125
ISSN: 0039-2499
CID: 4261762