Occult normal pressure hydrocephalus with parkinsonian symptomatology.

abstract：:Here we review a total of 17 patients, including 4 of our own, with young-adult-onset arteriosclerotic leukoencephalopathy, alopecia and lumbago without hypertension. All were Japanese and the illness seemed to be transmitted in an autosomal recessive fashion. The male to female ratio was 7.5:1. The age of onset usual...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Fukutake T,Hirayama K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2 patients with hypoparathyroidism, one idiopathic and the other pseudoform, were studied by overnight polygraphic recording of the sleep EEG and related activities before and after start of treatment to investigate their sleep EEG patterns and states, with the results as follows. (1) Conspicuous abnormalities were no...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Fukuyama Y,Hayashi M

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：:A critical analysis of cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and chorea is presented. Choreatic movements occurred early in the course of the disease in most cases; the duration varied from several days to 3 years. No sex predominance was found and no relationship could be demonstrated between chorea and other n...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Bruyn GW,Padberg G

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM)/extrapontine myelinolysis (EPM) is one of the most serious neurological complications that can occur after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). We analyzed the risk factors for CPM/EPM in OLT patients. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the records of 1,247 patients wh...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lee EM,Kang JK,Yun SC,Kim KH,Kim SJ,Hwang KS,Lee SG

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Although many studies have been performed on nervous tissue pathology in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), much less is known about pathological changes in skeletal muscle in this disorder. We have studied muscle biopsies from 5 patients with GBS, 5 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (control A), and 5 patients ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Ono S,Inoue K,Munakata S,Nagao K,Shimizu N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of card game-induced reflex epilepsy has not been determined so far. The aim of this study was to evaluate structural abnormalities using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analysis, which may give some clue about the pathogenesis in card game-induced reflex epilepsy. METHODS:The 3 subjects were...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Park KM,Kim SE,Lee BI

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dysnatremia, which is associated with increased mortality in general intensive care units (ICU), has not been thoroughly studied in neurologic ICU (NICU). METHODS:Prevalence of dysnatremia was retrospectively assessed. The multivariable binary logistic regression model was used to determine the influence of...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Zhang YZ,Qie JY,Zhang QH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the Multiple Sclerosis Neuropsychological Questionnaire (MSNQ) in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS). METHODS:130 European CIS patients and 60 relatives completed the MSNQ. RESULTS:The mean (SD) MSNQ score for CIS patients was 15.5 (10.8) and for their informants 11.3 (9.6). Neither ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Langdon DW,Benedict RH,Wicklein EM,Beckmann K,Fredrikson S

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Four patients who experienced isolated transient global amnesia had computed tomographic evidence for a cerebral infarct (3 cases) or hemorrhage (1 case). The medial part of the temporal lobe was involved in 2 patients (left in 1, right in 1), the left lentiform nucleus in 1 patient, and the left thalamus in 1 left-ha...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Bogousslavsky J,Regli F

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to assess the plasma levels of factor VIII (FVIII), von Willebrand factor (vWF) and their association in patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST). METHODS:We prospectively included 25 CVST patients admitted to the university hospital and 53 voluntary subjects as a cont...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Shahsavarzadeh T,Javanmard SH,Saadatnia M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the maximal rate of some cerebral enzymatic activities related to 400ene transduction and neurotransmission (lactate dehydrogenase; citrate synthase and malate dehydrogenase; total NADH-cytochrome c reductase and cytochrome oxidase; glutamate dehydrogenase; acetylcholine esterase) were assayed both in the c...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Villa RF

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension and hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) are independent risk factors of stroke and are associated with each other. Although evidence suggests that they are related to cognitive impairment, the relationship between hypertension accompanied with HHcy and poststroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) is unclear. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lu ZH,Li J,Li XL,Ding M,Mao CJ,Zhu XY,Liu CF

更新日期：2019-01-01 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 interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMs) from 75 untreated myasthenia gravis (MG) patients and 48 control patients. Patients with MG consisted of those with elevated PBM IL-2 production (>1,250 pg/ml; mean + 2SD of the controls) (n = 2...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Utsugisawa K,Nagane Y,Obara D,Kondoh R,Yonezawa H,Tohgi H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to investigate the association of autonomic nervous system abnormalities on head-up tilt table test (HUTT) with generalized joint hypermobility, expressed by Beighton score (BS). METHODS:This was a prospective study that included 115 consecutive patients (91 females; mean age 34.35 ± 14.1...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Adamec I,Junakovic A,Krbot Skorić M,Habek M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of patent foramen ovale (PFO) has long been discussed in the literature in relation to different coexisting medical conditions. Many researchers focused on the occurrence of PFO in ischemic stroke patients, especially in the subgroup of young patients with a recurrent event. Unfortunately, before establ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Piechowski-Jozwiak B,Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contribution of the postsynaptic mechanism to the development of motor fluctuation in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). We used 123I-iodobenzamide single-photon emission computed tomography to measure the striatal dopamine D2 receptor densities in early levodopa-naïve PD,...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hwang WJ,Yao WJ,Wey SP,Shen LH,Ting G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

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

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hu CJ,Sung SM,Liu HC,Lee CC,Tsai CH,Chang JG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on management strategies and clinical outcomes in 4 cases of acute symptomatic congestive intracranial hypertension associated with cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Congestion resulted from high-volume shunts exhausting the drainage capacity of the cerebral venous system in 3 patients, and from s...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Rosenkranz M,Regelsberger J,Zeumer H,Grzyska U

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is now recognized as a distinct, albeit rare, neurological condition, the path to its recognition was long and winding. This article provides an insight into the medical history of MMN "patient zero" and the first scientific publication that led to the recognition of MMN by t...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Ochsner F,Tatu L

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The profile and degree of cognitive impairment in Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) and the impact of sleep disorders, REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) in particular, in parkinsonism-related cognitive deficits are currently being debated. SUMMARY:We reviewed the cognitive, affective and sleep findings in MSA a...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Stanzani-Maserati M,Gallassi R,Calandra-Buonaura G,Alessandria M,Oppi F,Poda R,Sambati L,Provini F,Cortelli P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased levels of lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have been reported in association with several intracranial pathologies. We studied LDH isoenzymes in the CSF of children with infantile spasms. CSF samples collected from 12 patients (aged 4-9 months) with infantile spasms were analyzed for t...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Nussinovitch M,Harel D,Eidlitz-Markus T,Amir J,Volovitz B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About one third of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy do not achieve seizure control despite medical therapy and should be assessed in detail to confirm the diagnosis, to determine the epilepsy syndrome and to plan treatment strategy. Refractory epilepsy is established when there is inadequate seizure control desp...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Beleza P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue is one of the most frequent and most disabling symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS). We investigated the possible association of the MS-related fatigue syndrome with the available disease-modifying therapies and the main disease characteristics in a cross-sectional study on 320 consecutive patients. The prevale...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Putzki N,Katsarava Z,Vago S,Diener HC,Limmroth V

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:A 39-year-old intravenous drug user presented with dysarthria and a syndrome of the left cerebellar hemisphere. While in hospital, he developed progressive brainstem findings. Repeated CT scans revealed a lucency in the white matter of the left cerebellar hemisphere. Brainstem auditory and short-latency somatosensory ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lipton RB,Krupp L,Horoupian D,Hershkovitz S,Arezzo JC,Kurtzberg D

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocturnal polygraphic recordings (electroencephalography, electro-oculography, submental and intercostal muscle electromyography, electrocardiography, respiration by thoracic strain gauges and oronasal thermistors) with continuous monitoring of arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation by pulse oximeter were performed in 8 pa...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Manni R,Piccolo G,Banfi P,Cerveri I,Bruschi C,Zoia C,Tartara A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00