Visual event-related potential changes in two subtypes of multiple system atrophy, MSA-C and MSA-P.

abstract：:Headache attributed to ingestion of a cold stimulus (ICHD-3 beta 4.5.1) is also known as ice cream headache (ICH). This cross-sectional epidemiological study included 283 students (10-14-year-olds) attending a grammar school in Germany, their parents (n = 401), and 41 teachers. A self-administered questionnaire was us...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Zierz AM,Mehl T,Kraya T,Wienke A,Zierz S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Fabry disease (FD) is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder resulting in vascular glycosphingolipid accumulation and increased stroke risk. MRI findings associated with FD include white matter hyperintensities (WMH) and cerebral microbleeds (CMBs), suggesting the presence of cerebral small vessel disease....

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lyndon D,Davagnanam I,Wilson D,Jichi F,Merwick A,Bolsover F,Jager HR,Cipolotti L,Wheeler-Kingshott C,Hughes D,Murphy E,Lachmann R,Werring DJ

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the records of all patients who had received an epidural catheter for management of chronic cancer pain in a 3-year period (1993-1996). Patients with nervous system infections were identified, and pertinent clinical, radiological (magnetic resonance imaging), and bacteriological data were analyzed. We iden...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sillevis Smitt P,Tsafka A,van den Bent M,de Bruin H,Hendriks W,Vecht C,Teng-van de Zande F

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delayed ischaemic neurological deficit (DID) following subarachnoid haemorrhage from aneurysm rupture (aSAH) is a serious complication and a major cause of mortality and morbidity. No empirical estimates of resource use and costs of patients with delayed ischaemic deficit compared to those without have been ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Rivero-Arias O,Wolstenholme J,Gray A,Molyneux AJ,Kerr RS,Yarnold JA,Sneade M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A study of cognitive, psychological and social aspects in benign multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods One hundred and sixty three patients with benign MS (defined as disease duration > or = 15 years and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score < or = 3.0 ) underwent neuropsychological testing on the Rao's B...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Amato MP,Zipoli V,Goretti B,Portaccio E,De Caro MF,Ricchiuti L,Siracusa G,Masini M,Sorbi S,Trojano M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical data and the serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings of 71 patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), 7 with Fisher syndrome and 24 with chronic inflammatory polyradiculoneuropathy (CIP), were analysed. Isoelectric focusing of serum and CSF together with different formulae and diagrams were applied to ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Segurado OG,Krüger H,Mertens HG

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of dementia patients requesting euthanasia in the Netherlands has increased over the past five years. The issue is highly controversial. In this contribution we discuss some of the main arguments: the nature of suffering, the voluntariness of the request and the role of the physician. We argue that society ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： de Beaufort ID,van de Vathorst S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few regional and seasonal Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) clusters have been reported so far. It is unknown whether patients suffering from sporadic GBS differ from GBS clusters with respect to clinical and paraclinical parameters, HLA association and antibody response to glycosphingolipids and Campylobacter jejuni (Cj)...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Schirmer L,Worthington V,Solloch U,Loleit V,Grummel V,Lakdawala N,Grant D,Wassmuth R,Schmidt AH,Gebhardt F,Andlauer TF,Sauter J,Berthele A,Lunn MP,Hemmer B

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Considerable studies have reported inconsistent relationships between ischemic stroke and a large number of factors. These uncertainties may reflect the susceptibility to confounding in observational studies. We aimed to assess genetic correlations and causal relationships between ischemic stroke...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cai H,Cai B,Liu Z,Wu W,Chen D,Fang L,Chen L,Sun W,Liang J,Zhang H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The association between anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) and thrombosis is well recognized, but its role as an independent risk factor for stroke is not. The study's aim was to investigate the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) and ischemic vascular events by using both traditional mea...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Caso V,Parnetti L,Panarelli P,Magni MP,Gallai V,Albi E

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study of patients with spontaneous cervical artery dissections (sCAD) we searched for mutations in ABCC6, the candidate gene for Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE). Genomic DNA samples from 12 sCAD patients with pronounced electron microscopic alterations in their dermal connective tissue and from 2 patients with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Morcher M,Hausser I,Brandt T,Grond-Ginsbach C

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are the standard of care for multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses, but the most desirable route of administration is still matter of debate. The aim of the study was to compare the efficacy and safety of oral versus intravenous steroids for treatment of acute relapses in patients with MS. Randomized or qua...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lattanzi S,Cagnetti C,Danni M,Provinciali L,Silvestrini M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients with Wallenberg's lateral medullary syndrome (WLMS) were studied. Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evidence demonstrated infarction in the dorsolateral medulla which produced loss of pain and temperature sensation on one side of the face ipsilateral to the lesion in seven patients. Howev...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Chia LG,Shen WC

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old woman with coeliac disease developed myoclonus of cortical origin and palatal myoclonus with lesions of subcortical white matter on magnetic resonance imaging. Myoclonus can thus be a prominent feature of coeliac disease encephalopathy. A slight vitamin E deficiency was found but does not satisfactorily ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tison F,Arne P,Henry P

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A boy was suspected of having meningoencephalitis probably of viral origin, although all microbiological, including virological, tests were negative. Postmortem examination revealed a dissecting aortic aneurysm and disseminated intravascular coagulation involving the central nervous system exclusively. The clinical ev...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hens L,Dom R,Goddeeris P,van den Bergh R

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptotic deletion of autoreactive T-cells is defective in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Glatiramer acetate (GA) treatment seems to restore apoptosis of detrimental T-cells. We analyzed the mitochondria membrane pro- (Bax) and anti-apoptotic (Bcl- 2) and cytosolic pro-apoptotic (Cyt-c, APAF-1) proteins expres...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ruggieri M,Avolio C,Scacco S,Pica C,Lia A,Zimatore GB,Papa S,Livrea P,Trojano M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is described in four clinically heterogeneous patients: an athlete who developed myoglobinuria after physical exercise; a 7-year-old, mildly mentally retarded boy, who had episodes of dark urine and high creatine kinase; and two brothers of Sardinian origin, t...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bresolin N,Bet L,Moggio M,Meola G,Fortunato F,Comi G,Adobbati L,Geremia L,Pittalis S,Scarlato G

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The greatest unmet need in multiple sclerosis (MS) are treatments that delay, prevent or reverse progression. One of the most tractable strategies to achieve this is to therapeutically enhance endogenous remyelination; doing so restores nerve conduction and prevents neurodegeneration. The biology of remyelination-cent...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cunniffe N,Coles A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is an acute neurological disorder affecting children and adults. We aimed to compare the clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes between children and adults with anti-NMDAR encephalitis and to assess the probable risk factors. In this observational stu...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Huang Q,Wu Y,Qin R,Wei X,Ma M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents have been proposed as potential causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recently, we documented a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in patients with AD. We aim to access the effect of Hp eradication on the AD cognitive (MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination and CAMCOG: Cambridge Cogniti...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kountouras J,Boziki M,Gavalas E,Zavos C,Grigoriadis N,Deretzi G,Tzilves D,Katsinelos P,Tsolaki M,Chatzopoulos D,Venizelos I

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cobrotoxin-binding protein was isolated by affinity chromatography from human thymoma which had been surgically removed from patients with myasthenia gravis. The protein was composed of polypeptides with a molecular mass of 40, 51, 65, and 74 kilodaltons as determined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the prese...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kawanami S,Kamei H,Oita J,Kurokawa M,Uchida Y,Hayashi K

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of our understanding of the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis are reviewed in the context of Charcot's contribution. The implications for treatment of the new knowledge gained from studies during life of pathology and pathogenesis (by MRI) and pathophysiology (by evoked potentials) are...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： McDonald WI

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced level of consciousness is a common clinical finding in acutely sick patients. In the majority of cases a cause for the encephalopathy is readily identifiable,whilst in a minority the aetiology is more difficult to ascertain. Frequently the onset of encephalopathy is associated with, or follows, infection. The ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Davies NW,Sharief MK,Howard RS

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with an increased risk of fragility fracture. FRAX and Qfracture are risk calculators that estimate the 10-year risk of hip and major fractures and guide definitive investigation for osteoporosis using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) imaging. It is unclear which PD patients shou...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Shribman S,Torsney KM,Noyce AJ,Giovannoni G,Fearnley J,Dobson R

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody to CD20, is an effective treatment for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) reducing relapse rate by at least 50% over time. Although the mechanism for this clinical benefit is unclear, rituximab depletes circulating B cells, which can perform antigen presentation and stimulatio...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Baber U,Bouley A,Egnor E,Sloane JA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific mutations in COL6A3 have recently been reported as the cause of isolated recessive dystonia, which is a rare movement disorder. In all patients, at least one mutation was located in Exons 41 and 42. In an attempt to replicate these findings, we assessed by direct sequencing the frequency of rare variants in E...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lohmann K,Schlicht F,Svetel M,Hinrichs F,Zittel S,Graf J,Lohnau T,Schmidt A,Mir P,Krause P,Lang AE,Jabusch HC,Wolters A,Kamm C,Zeuner KE,Altenmüller E,Naz S,Chung SJ,Kostic VS,Münchau A,Kühn AA,Brüggemann N,Kl

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cerebellum is a predilection site of pathology in progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) patients, contributing to cognitive deficits. Aim of this study was to investigate lobular cerebellar functional connectivity (FC) in PMS patients in relation to cognition. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, resti...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cocozza S,Pontillo G,Russo C,Russo CV,Costabile T,Pepe A,Tedeschi E,Lanzillo R,Brescia Morra V,Brunetti A,Inglese M,Petracca M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alzheimer's disease (AD) leads to a degeneration of the nucleus basalis of Meynert and thus to decreased cholinergic tonus in the brain. The transcription of endothelial nitric oxide synthase depends on an adequate cholinergic innervation of microvessels and vasoregulative abnormalities have been reported in...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Rosengarten B,Paulsen S,Molnar S,Kaschel R,Gallhofer B,Kaps M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natalizumab (NAT) is an effective therapy for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), but is associated with an increased risk of progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy after 2 years therapy. Thus, NAT treated patients often decide to stop NAT therapy after 2 years. Reports on recurrence of disease activity a...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Havla J,Gerdes LA,Meinl I,Krumbholz M,Faber H,Weber F,Pellkofer HL,Hohlfeld R,Kümpfel T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy are disabling neurodegenerative disorders, also known as atypical parkinsonian syndromes. Currently, no health economic evaluations of these diseases are available. The objective of this study was to evaluate disease-related costs in German patients with multi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Winter Y,Stamelou M,Cabanel N,Sixel-Döring F,Eggert K,Höglinger GU,Herting B,Klockgether T,Reichmann H,Oertel WH,Dodel R,Spottke AE

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00