Heterozygous carriers of Pseudoxanthoma elasticum were not found among patients with cervical artery dissections.

abstract：:In Huntington's disease (HD) atrophy of the caudate nucleus and putamen has been described many years before clinical manifestation. Volume changes of the pallidum, thalamus, brainstem, accumbens nucleus, hippocampus, and amygdala are less well investigated, or reported with contradicting results. The aim of our study...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： van den Bogaard SJ,Dumas EM,Acharya TP,Johnson H,Langbehn DR,Scahill RI,Tabrizi SJ,van Buchem MA,van der Grond J,Roos RA,TRACK-HD Investigator Group.

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To use arterial spin labelling to investigate differences in perfusion in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies (MCI-LB) compared to Alzheimer type MCI (MCI-AD) and healthy controls. METHODS:We obtained perfusion images on 32 MCI-LB, 30 MCI-AD and 28 healthy subjects of similar age. Perfusion relative t...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Firbank MJ,O'Brien JT,Durcan R,Allan LM,Barker S,Ciafone J,Donaghy PC,Hamilton CA,Lawley S,Lloyd J,Roberts G,Taylor JP,Thomas AJ

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive deficits mainly involving visuospatial functions have been defined in patients with bilateral and even unilateral vestibular loss (UVL). We compared the cognitive test results of 21 patients with acute UVL with age- and education-matched healthy controls. The diagnosis of UVL was based on the clinical findin...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ayar DA,Kumral E,Celebisoy N

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old man presented with an acute amnestic syndrome of Korsakoff's type and an upper brain-stem oculomotor syndrome. After a moderate improvement with steroid therapy, he developed progressive behavioural changes due to a frontal lobe syndrome, in addition to motor and visual impairment. Memory performance was...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vighetto A,Charles N,Salzmann M,Confavreux C,Aimard G

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral paramedian thalamic infarctions are usually associated with impaired consciousness, oculomotor disturbances and neuropsychological changes. A 44-year-old healthy woman presented with amaurosis fugax of the right eye immediately after a Valsalva maneuver. Neurological examination, in particular visual acuity,...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Emond H,Landis T,Perren F

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system localizations of sarcoidosis may be refractory to conventional treatment such as steroids and immunosuppressive drugs. Infliximab, a TNF-α antagonist chimeric antibody, has been shown to be effective for treatment of these localizations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and saf...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cohen Aubart F,Bouvry D,Galanaud D,Dehais C,Mathey G,Psimaras D,Haroche J,Pottier C,Hie M,Mathian A,Devilliers H,Nunes H,Valeyre D,Amoura Z

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric complaints are common in Parkinson's disease (PD), and have a significant influence in disease outcome and quality of life. Little attention has been paid to psychiatric symptoms at early stage disease. We aimed to screen a population of early stage PD patients for psychiatric symptoms and to study the rel...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bugalho P,da Silva JA,Cargaleiro I,Serra M,Neto B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep disorders can occur in early Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the relationship between different sleep disturbances and their longitudinal evolution has not been fully explored. OBJECTIVE:To describe the frequency, coexistence, and longitudinal change in excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), insomnia,...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Xu Z,Anderson KN,Saffari SE,Lawson RA,Chaudhuri KR,Brooks D,Pavese N

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty patients were studied by angiography within 6 h of an ischaemic stroke. Angiography was carried out with digital equipment and was usually limited to the vascular territory responsible for the neurological deficits. In 12 of 19 patients with internal carotid occlusion, the contralateral side was also studied. T...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bozzao L,Fantozzi LM,Bastianello S,Bozzao A,Argentino C,Lenzi GL,Fieschi C

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial paroxysmal exercise-induced dyskinesia (PED) is a rare movement disorder that is mostly caused by mutations in the solute carrier family 2, member 1 (SLC2A1) gene and inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Clinical, laboratory, and genetic studies were performed in three family members. The proband's symp...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tacik P,Loens S,Schrader C,Gayde-Stephan S,Biskup S,Dressler D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The significance of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been explored in different diseases. Few studies addressed its role in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), with promising results regarding its association with disease activity or disability. OBJECTIVES:We aimed at confirming the role of NLR a...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gelibter S,Pisa M,Croese T,Dalla Costa G,Orrico M,Preziosa P,Sangalli F,Martinelli V,Furlan R,Filippi M

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The symptomatology of 18 patients with the severest clinical course after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is described and analyzed. Seventeen patients died, five with an acute bulbar syndrome with cardiac arrest, and 12 with irreversible breakdown of brain function. One patient had an apallic syndrome with minimal sign...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Binder H,Gerstenbrand F,Jellinger K,Krenn J,Watzek C

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of unilateral spatial neglect associated with an isolated right frontal lobe lesion. Case 1 was a 59-year-old, right-handed man, who developed a left hemiplegia, disorientation, and frontal lobe neglect associated with a haemorrhagic contusion following a head injury. Case 2 was a 55-year-old, righ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Maeshima S,Terada T,Nakai K,Nishibayashi H,Ozaki F,Itakura T,Komai N

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated uric acid levels have recently been found to be associated with slower disease progression in Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, multiple system atrophy, and mild cognitive impairment. The aim of this study is to determine whether serum uric acid levels predict survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Paganoni S,Zhang M,Quiroz Zárate A,Jaffa M,Yu H,Cudkowicz ME,Wills AM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine is a common debilitating neurological disease characterised by attacks of severe headache with or without preceding aura. Its aetiology remains elusive; however it is clear that an interplay of genetic and environmental components play an important role. Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) is a rare and severe...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ramagopalan SV,Ramscar NE,Cader MZ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic apheresis has emerged as a major treatment option for autoantibody-associated inflammatory diseases of the nervous system. This includes patients with autoimmune encephalitides caused by antibodies against neuronal proteins. Plasma exchange (PE) and immunoadsorption (IA) constitute two possibilities to eli...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Heine J,Ly LT,Lieker I,Slowinski T,Finke C,Prüss H,Harms L

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsychological assessment is one of the main fields of activity of clinical neuropsychologists. Goals of this assessment are verification and description of cognitive and affective impairments as the consequence of brain damage. Included are examinations of basal and higher sensory functions, the intellectual prof...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sturm W

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) of the human brain is a recently developed technique which allows to assay noninvasively in vivo key molecules of brain metabolism. After a review of the origin of the signals detected by phosphorus and proton MRS of human brain, the impact of MRS on clinical neuro...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vion-Dury J,Meyerhoff DJ,Cozzone PJ,Weiner MW

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：:Clinical diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in patients presenting with cramps and fasciculations may not be evident at the first consultation. Sequential reviews, clinical and neurophysiological, form an important part of clinical practice in such cases. Recent attempts to delineate a more benign group ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Singh V,Gibson J,McLean B,Boggild M,Silver N,White R

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:This review gives an overview of various neuroimmunological diseases in terms of incidence and prevalence rates, age and sex distribution, and the frequency of subtypes, if applicable. The disorders selected for review are inflammatory muscle disorders (polymyositis, dermatomyositis and inclusion body myositis), myast...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Flachenecker P

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:PCT is used in the diagnosis of acute neurological syndromes, particularly stroke. We aimed to evaluate PCT abnormalities in patients with acute epileptic seizures or status epilepticus (SE). METHODS:We collected patients undergoing acute PCT for the suspicion of acute ischemic stroke (AIS), who received ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Strambo D,Rey V,Rossetti AO,Maeder P,Dunet V,Browaeys P,Michel P

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited neuropathies caused by mutations of the major structural protein of peripheral myelin, myelin protein zero (MPZ), contribute to 5% of all cases of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). They can be divided into an early-onset neuropathy with symptoms prior to the stage of walking, and a late-onset neuropathy wit...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kleffner I,Schirmacher A,Gess B,Boentert M,Young P

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin B(12) (VitB(12), cobalamin) deficiency has been associated with various neuropsychiatric conditions, such as peripheral neuropathy, subacute combined degeneration, affective disorders, and cognitive impairment. Current assays analyze vitamin B(12), of which only a small percentage is metabolically active. Meas...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Schrempf W,Eulitz M,Neumeister V,Siegert G,Koch R,Reichmann H,Storch A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that still lacks reliable diagnostic biomarkers. This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic potential of CSF total Tau (t-Tau), phospho-Tau (p-Tau) and p-Tau/t-Tau ratio in ALS patients using CSF neurofilament light (NFL)...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Scarafino A,D'Errico E,Introna A,Fraddosio A,Distaso E,Tempesta I,Morea A,Mastronardi A,Leante R,Ruggieri M,Mastrapasqua M,Simone IL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to assess the effectiveness of conservative treatments in children with tension-type headaches (TTH). METHOD:We searched Medline, Embase and the Cochrane Library and performed reference checking. Two independent authors assessed trial quality and extracted data. Analysis was carried out according to...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Verhagen AP,Damen L,Berger MY,Passchier J,Merlijn V,Koes BW

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease which was thought to be untreatable. However, recent evidence in both experimental animals and men indicates that antiglutamatergic strategies are the first to have an influence on its pathogenesis and slow down the disease process. Since the eff...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ludolph AC

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to identify factors associated with decisions made by patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to accept or decline non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and/or gastrostomy in a prospective population-based study. Twenty-one people with ALS, recruited from the South-East ALS Register who made an in...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Greenaway LP,Martin NH,Lawrence V,Janssen A,Al-Chalabi A,Leigh PN,Goldstein LH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise therapy (ET) can be beneficial in disabled multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Intermittent transcranial magnetic theta burst stimulation (iTBS) induces long-term excitability changes of the cerebral cortex and may ameliorate spasticity in MS. We investigated whether the combination of iTBS and a program of ET ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mori F,Ljoka C,Magni E,Codecà C,Kusayanagi H,Monteleone F,Sancesario A,Bernardi G,Koch G,Foti C,Centonze D

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00