Peripheral neuropathy of Machado-Joseph disease in Taiwan: a morphometric and genetic study.

abstract：:Camptocormia (bent spine syndrome, cyphose hystérique) is an abnormality characterized by severe forward flexion of the thoracolumbar spine which typically increases during walking or standing and completely disappears in supine position. Camptocormia can be due to central nervous system diseases, such as Parkinson's ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Finsterer J,Strobl W

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lupus anticoagulant, an immunoglobulin of the IgG or IgM class, is one of a group of antiphospholipid antibodies. Although an anticoagulant in vitro, its action in vivo is that of a procoagulant. This procoagulant activity may involve many organ systems including the nervous system. Thus far cerebral thrombosis, s...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Englert H,Derue G,Hughes GR

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined a 29-year-old woman who had language disturbances and memory impairment after a left thalamic infarction. MRI showed injury that was limited to the tuberothalamic artery territory. Beside reduced voice volume and verbal memory trouble, she presented with aspontaneity, loss of psychic self-activation and af...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lisovoski F,Koskas P,Dubard T,Dessarts I,Dehen H,Cambier J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegenerative tauopathies may be inherited as autosomal-dominant disorders with variable clinicopathological phenotypes, and causative mutations in the microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) gene are not regularly seen. Herein, we describe a patient with clinically typical and autopsy-proven corticobasal degene...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Jung HH,Bremer J,Streffer J,Virdee K,Spillantini MG,Crowther RA,Brugger P,Van Broeckhoven C,Aguzzi A,Tolnay M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most reports on thalamic infarcts have focused on clinicoanatomical correlations while the mechanisms of stroke have rarely been investigated. Moreover, most series have included mainly elderly stroke patients, whereas scarce information is available about the etiology of thalamic infarcts in the young. OBJ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Pezzini A,Del Zotto E,Archetti S,Albertini A,Gasparotti R,Magoni M,Vignolo LA,Padovani A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:70 cases of multiple sclerosis were seen at the Department of Neurology of the Capital Hospital in 1949--1977. There were 25 males and 45 females averaging 30.6 years of age. The most frequent sites of the lesions based on the clinical symptomatology were the spinal cord and optic nerve, the cerebellum was much less f...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Zhao BX,Liu XQ,Guo YP,Yang YC,Huang HF

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Missed cerebral aneurysms in CT-negative patients can have serious implications. We set out to determine the usefulness of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spectrophotometry and the individual significance of CSF oxyhaemoglobin, bilirubin and methaemoglobin in 463 CT scan-negative patients with suspected subarachnoid haemorr...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Gunawardena H,Beetham R,Scolding N,Lhatoo SD

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old woman presented with paralysis of upward gaze associated with Addison's pernicious anaemia. Administration of cyanocobalamin resulted in significant improvement of eye movements and haematological parameters. Isolated paralysis of upward gaze may be a feature of vitamin B12 deficiency. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Sandyk R

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a laser microprobe mass analysis of aluminum and iron content in the hippocampus and in the inferior temporal cortex in 2 cases of dementia pugilistica (DP), 4 cases of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and 3 controls. There was a predominant accumulation of Al and Fe within neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) in both DP ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Bouras C,Giannakopoulos P,Good PF,Hsu A,Hof PR,Perl DP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrocardiogram was analyzed in 31 patients with motor neurone disease. ECG abnormalities were encountered in 27 of the patients. The dominating ECG changes consisted of ST-T wave changes and supraventricular arrhythmias. The underlying mechanisms are discussed in relation to the neurological symptomatology. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hindfelt B

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T lymphocytes were determined according to their ability to form rosettes with sheep erythrocytes, in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 120 patients, and in peripheral blood from 59 patients. Normal CSF contained 74.9 +/- 9.6% T lymphocytes. Increased T lymphocyte percentage was found in CSF from patients with active mul...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Naess A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regressive painless left third nerve paralysis with pupillary involvement was followed 6 months later by a right painful complete ophthalmoplegia. The two attacks resolved without treatment. The patient, 22 years old, was recognized diabetic and no other cause was found. It is suggested that this clinical pattern is c...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Davous P,Demierre B,Massiou H

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:So-called apraxia of eyelid opening (scAEO) has been described chiefly in the context of extrapyramidal disorders. We described 10 new patients with scAEO developing in the absence of any other CNS sign and reviewed the 11 cases with isolated scAEO reported in the literature. Combining our patients and those from the ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Defazio G,Livrea P,Lamberti P,De Salvia R,Laddomada G,Giorelli M,Ferrari E

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leonardo da Vinci clearly observed and described capillaries. Using the microscope, Marcello Malpighi examined the brain and major organs to demonstrate their finer anatomical features. This led to his discovery in 1661, of capillaries that proved fundamental to our understanding of the vascular system in the brain an...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Pearce JM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three headache-free patients (19 F/14 M) suffering from common (n = 9) and classic migraine (n = 19) as well as cluster headache (n = 5) were investigated using the flow tracer 99mTc-hexamethyl propylenamino oxime and single photon emmission computed tomography. A regional decrease of cerebral tracer uptake was...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Schlake HP,Böttger IG,Grotemeyer KH,Husstedt IW,Vollet B,Schober O,Brune GG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological findings in 10 patients with polyneuropathy and nonmalignant IgMk plasma cell dyscrasia are reported. The amplitude of sensory action potentials and maximum conduction velocity along the sural and median nerves are related to the structural changes found at the biopsy and to the immunologic result...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Galassi G,Nemni R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that epileptic seizures and classic migraine episodes may occur in the same patient is discussed. The probable relationship between the neurophysiological mechanisms which underlie both types of attacks has not yet been agreed upon. The case of a young man who suffered from classic migraine and who pre...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Manzoni GC,Terzano MG,Mancia D

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed gender differences in diabetic patients with ischemic stroke with respect to vascular risk factors, clinical features and early outcome. Ischemic stroke was diagnosed in 261 diabetic women and 300 diabetic men of 2,446 ischemic stroke patients included in a prospective stroke registry over 17 years...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Arboix A,Milian M,Oliveres M,García-Eroles L,Massons J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether 20 mg oral 311C90 can prevent the development of migraine headache when taken during the aura phase of a migraine attack. The study also aimed to provide an initial safety profile for 311C90 when taken during the aura. Forty patients (31 females, 9 males) were e...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Dowson A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old mongoloid girl (trisomy 21) of Asian descent presented two symptoms rarely associated with mongolism (Down's syndrome). (1) Brain stem calcification; the first case diagnosed in vivo in mongolism on computerized axial tomography. (2) Hallucinatory psychotic depression; the first case successfully treate...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Jakab I

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke as a presenting manifestation of sarcoidosis has rarely been reported. This contrasts with the frequent anatomopathological findings of cerebrovascular involvement in neurosarcoidosis. We present a patient who developed acutely a right brachiofacial weakness and dysarthria. Pulmonary sarcoidosis was found. A br...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Michotte A,Dequenne P,Jacobovitz D,Hildebrand J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients suffering from migraine, tension-type headache (TTH), or combined headache (CH) are at risk of developing drug-induced headache (DIH) due to regular use of analgesics, ergot alkaloids, and triptans. The aim of our study was to determine (1) the clinical features of DIH, (2) the outcome of withdrawal therapy u...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Fritsche G,Eberl A,Katsarava Z,Limmroth V,Diener HC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of Wernicke's encephalopathy with cortical abnormalities (WEc). METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated the clinical features and MRI findings in 3 cases of WEc in comparison with those of 7 previously reported cases. RESULTS:Besides the cla...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Sakurai K,Sasaki S,Hara M,Yamawaki T,Shibamoto Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:64 patients on hemodialysis were investigated. The mean duration of dialysis was 43 months. In all the patients, serum aluminium levels, systolic blood pressure (averaged over a period of 6 weeks) and the EEG were investigated. Psychological testing to assess the level of intelligence (IQ) was also performed. The seru...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Ladurner G,Wawschinek O,Pogglitsch H,Petek W,Urlesberger H,Holzer H

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preventive effect of Atrovent Dosier-Aerosol on the airway flow resistance (Raw) caused by Tensilon was studied on 10 patients suffering from myasthenia gravis. Atrovent completely prevented the increase of Raw in 8 cases and considerably decreased it in 2 cases. The measure of the reaction observed may be influen...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Szathmáry I,Magyar P,Szobor A

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate whether the side and location of single small infarcts (< or = 3 cm) in the corona radiata (28 patients) and pontine base (36 patients) influence the incidence of contralateral upper or lower limb paresis and dysarthria. While the severity of contralateral limb paresis was not ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Tohgi H,Takahashi S,Takahashi H,Tamura K,Yonezawa H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with cerebral tumor involving diencephalic midline structures (2 malignant gliomas, 1 craniopharyngioma) and no metabolic abnormalities developed disorientation in time and place or coma with triphasic waves (TW) seen on electroencephalograms. Serial EEG recordings showed persistence or disappearance of...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Aguglia U,Gambardella A,Oliveri RL,Lavano A,Camerlingo R,Quattrone A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Data on the association between renal dysfunction and outcome in patients with stroke are controversial and scarce. We investigated the predictors of renal dysfunction upon admission and the association between renal dysfunction and clinical outcome in patients with acute stroke in a hospitalized...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hao Z,Wu B,Lin S,Kong FY,Tao WD,Wang DR,Liu M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Focal embouchure dystonia (FED) is a type of task-specific dystonia affecting wind instrument players, and it frequently ends their professional careers. The results of the treatments of FED in the reported literature are disappointing. OBJECTIVE:We report 3 patients with FED who were brass instrument playe...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Satoh M,Narita M,Tomimoto H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of genetics in Parkinson's disease (PD), previously controversial, is now supported by several studies. A major breakthrough has been the discovery of a single gene defect in familial Parkinson's disease. A single base pair change at position 209 from G to A (G209A) in the fourth exon of the alpha-synuclein g...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hu CJ,Sung SM,Liu H,Chang JG

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00