Subacute myelo-optic neuropathy. A toxic or a viral etiology?

abstract：:In contrast to the classic, slowly progressive polyneuropathy in alcoholic patients, acute forms, clinically mimicking Guillain-Barré syndrome, are rare. We present a patient who developed motor weakness and sensory loss in all four limbs within four days. Laboratory data were consistent with long-term alcohol abuse a...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Vandenbulcke M,Janssens J

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight cases of acute or subacute hypercalcemic encephalopathy are described. The symptoms comprise digestive disorders, signs of dehydration and neuropsychological anomalies. Among the latter, it is stressed that impairments of upright stance and locomotion are present in all cases. The clinical picture is not charact...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Cornette M,Grisar T

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual disorder is one of the non-motor symptoms found in Parkinson's disease (PD). It can be easily identified in the early stages even before the spread of pathological conditions to the brain parts. Studies have revealed that loss of dopamine (DA) cells in retinal layers is a prime cause for both retinal disturbanc...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Mohana Devi S,Mahalaxmi I,Aswathy NP,Dhivya V,Balachandar V

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood circulating endothelial cells and circulating hematopoietic progenitor cells (CPCs) are two cell populations that are thought to play important role in angiogenesis. In the present study, we investigated the role of CPCs in patients with brain tumors. We prospectively studied 19 brain tumor patients. Ten healthy...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Alexiou GA,Vartholomatos G,Karamoutsios A,Batistatou A,Kyritsis AP,Voulgaris S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As dystonia may represent a severe disease with possible fatal outcome or physical or social incapacity, and considering the limited efficacy of drug treatments (excepted doparesponsive dystonia), efforts have been made since the 1950s to propose alternative treatment. In this paper, an overview of the works done by n...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Vercueil L

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical, physiological and functional studies suggest that the brain renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is regulated independently of the peripheral RAS. Also, all enzymes and peptides necessary for the biosynthesis of various angiotensins have been recognized within the central nervous system. There are divergent opi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Ciobica A,Bild W,Hritcu L,Haulica I

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BRAT1-related neurodevelopmental disorders are characterized by heterogeneous phenotypes with varying levels of clinical severity. Since the discovery of BRAT1 variants as the molecular etiology of lethal neonatal rigidity and multifocal seizure syndrome (RMFSL, OMIM 614498), these variants have also been identified i...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Colak FK,Guleray N,Azapagasi E,Yazıcı MU,Aksoy E,Ceylan N

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathology plays a crucial role in the phenotypic individualization of hereditary disorders affecting the central and peripheral nervous system even if molecular genetics represents the most essential step in describing the genotypes. The neuropathological description of phenotypes and genotypes can be used for re...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Martin JJ,Ceuterick C

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord stimulation is an accepted treatment for neuropathic pain. Technical advances in electrode design and better patient selection have led to better and sustained pain control by these devices. Multilead electrical stimulation is the latest innovation in implantable electrostimulation (Mattrix, Medtronic Minn...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Devulder J,De Laat M,Rolly G

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebral haemodynamic and metabolic changes due to cavernous angiomas in three patients and to arteriovenous malformations in four patients were compared by positron emission tomography, using the steady state technique with 15O. In the brains with a cavernous angioma no important changes in blood flow were observ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： De Reuck J,De la Meilleure G,Boon P,Decoo D,Strijckmans K,Goethals P,Lemahieu I

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease, the etiology of which has yet to be clarified, which causes activation of proinflammatory pathways that bring about joint and systemic inflammation. Although peripheral nervous system anomalies are observed widely in RA, very few case reports on changes in the central ne...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Sağ S,Sağ MS,Tekeoğlu I,Kamanlı A,Nas K,Acar BA

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) often starts in the form of clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) and only some of the CIS patients progress to relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS). Biomarkers to predict conversion from CIS to MS are thus greatly needed for making correct treatment decisions. To identify a predictive cerebrospinal flui...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Timirci-Kahraman O,Karaaslan Z,Tuzun E,Kurtuncu M,Baykal AT,Gunduz T,Tuzuner MB,Akgun E,Gurel B,Eraksoy M,Kucukali CI

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the relationship between sympathetic skin responses (SSR), electrodiagnostic reflex activities (F wave, H reflex), and functional capacity in post-stroke patients. The study comprised 40 hemiplegia patients (mean age 57.8 ± 10.9 years) and 40 healthy volunteers (mean age 557 ± ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Çakır T,Evcik FD,Subaşı V,Demirdal ÜS,Kavuncu V

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, serum triglyceride, total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C), vitamin B12 and folic acid levels were studied in children with epilepsy who had been receiving long-term valproate (V...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Geda G,Caksen H,Içağasioğlu D

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The large choice of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in Belgium complicates the selection of the appropriate product for the individual patient. International guidelines on the treatment of epilepsy have been published, but are not tailored to the Belgian situation. This publication presents recommendations from a group of ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Boon P,Engelborghs S,Hauman H,Jansen A,Lagae L,Legros B,Ossemann M,Sadzot B,Urbain E,van Rijckevorsel K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical artery dissection is a frequent cause of stroke, more so in young patients. Innominate artery (IA) dissection is uncommon, and most often associated with dissection of other major arteries like the aorta. The leading cause of IA injury is high-energy thoracic trauma, as in motor vehicle crash. IA dissection a...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Francillard I,Grangeon L,Triquenot-Bagan A,Ozkul-Wermester O

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, different research lines have examined the epileptogenic process in order to understand the different stages in this process, and with the hope that early recognition and intervention could prevent chronic epilepsy in patients with epileptic seizures. In animals, acquired epilepsy is studied most comm...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Lagae L,Buyse G,Ceulemans B,Claeys P,Dedeurwaerdere S,de Meirleir L,Hauman R,Janssen A,Schmedding E,Verhelst H,Vonck K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We wanted to explore possible differences in disease presentation, frequency, and age of onset of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) between first-generation immigrants (FGI) and patients born in Belgium (PBIB). We conducted a retrospective study on all patients of our Memory Clinic between June 1, 2010 and January 31, 2...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Segers K,Benoit F,Meyts JM,Glibert G,Levy S,Surquin M

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients have reported an inverse correlation between disability, the number of relapses and vitamin D levels in mostly white patients. It is unclear if this relationship has the same behavior in individuals with Hispanic backgrounds. To determine the relationship between vi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Rito Y,Flores J,Fernández-Aguilar A,Escalante-Membrillo C,Barboza MA,Amezcua L,Corona T

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celiac disease (CD) and non celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) can be responsible for neurological complications such as ataxia and peripheral neuropathies but also cognitive impairment. This cognitive involvement is variable in its expression, its duration and its prognosis ranging from transient and reversible subtle ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Makhlouf S,Messelmani M,Zaouali J,Mrissa R

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and macular changes (central subfield thickness, cube average thickness, cube volume) in patients with chronic migraine (CM) without visual impairment using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and to compare the resul...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Kirbas S,Tufekci A,Turkyilmaz K,Kirbas A,Oner V,Durmus M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Headache is one of the chronic disorders that can trigger sexual dysfunction due to complex mechanisms. This study recruited 120 consecutive patients from our outpatient clinics with migraine (n = 60), TTH (n = 60) as well as healthy age-matched controls (n = 60) for a total of 180 patients. All the participants were ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Ahmed HEDH,GamalEl Din SF,Oraby MI,Elhameed HMA,Ahmed AR

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:123Iodo-Amphetamine (IAMP) brain distribution was studied with a specially dedicated multilevel tomographic system in 30 patients with vascular ischemic (18) or hemorrhagic (12) disorders. Results were compared with clinical data, CT scan and rCBF measurement obtained by the 133Xe continuous inhalation method. Abnorma...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Steinling M,Mazingue A,Rousseaux M,Destee A,Blanc D,Warot P,Vergnes R

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of the analgesic effect after a single application of the capsaicin 8 % cutaneous patch (Qutenza™) in 37 patients suffering from painful, distal symmetric polyneuropathy (PNP) for an average of 5 years. Patients ranged from 40 to 78 years of age and 22 subjects were HIV-positive. Patients were observed 4 we...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Raber JM,Reichelt D,Grüneberg-Oelker U,Philipp K,Stubbe-Dräger B,Husstedt IW

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January 1992 and June 1995, 160 patients were presurgically evaluated for medically refractory epilepsy by the Epilepsy Monitoring and Surgery Team at the University Hospital of Gent. All these patients underwent a comprehensive presurgical evaluation, including extensive neurological history and examination, ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Boon P,Vandekerckhove T,Calliauw L,Achten E,De Reuck J,Thiery E,Caemaert J,Desomer A,Drieghe C,Vanbelleghem H,Vonck K,Defreyne L,Van Duyse A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary source of malignant intracerebral nerve sheath tumors is still unclear We report the imaging and MR spectroscopic findings in a 39-year-old man with a very rare brain stem tumor MR examination revealed the presence of intraaxial brain stem tumor with a partial exophytic growth. On pathological examination,...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Kozić D,Nagulić M,Samardzić M,Ostojić J,Rasulić L,Cvetković-Dozić D

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile seizures (FS) are recognized as an antecedent to the development of temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (TLE-HS), but it is unclear whether prolonged FS are a direct cause of TLE-HS. Here, we used a rat model of infantile FS to study the effects of inflammatory cytokines on seizure susceptibility...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Fukuda M,Hino H,Suzuki Y,Takahashi H,Morimoto T,Ishii E

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catatonia was first described by Kahlbaum in 1874. Ever since, the concept of catatonia has been the focus of debate, a major point of discussion being its nosological status. The question rises whether it is to be considered a syndrome with a wide variety of causes and clinical signs or a distinct clinical entity. Si...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Vancaester E,Santens P

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the correlation between brain magnetic resonance imaging findings and blink reflex abnormalities in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. Twenty-six patients and 17 healthy subjects were included in this study. Blink reflex test (BRT) results were obtained using right and left s...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Degirmenci E,Erdogan C,Bir LS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High resolution MRI is very important in the evaluations of patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy in preoperative investigations. Morphologic abnormalities on cranial MRI usually indicate the epileptogenic focus. Intractable TLE patients who have normal cranial MRI or bilateral hippocampal atrophy may have ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Gomceli YB,Erdem A,Bilir E,Kutlu G,Kurt S,Erden E,Karatas A,Erbas C,Serdaroglu A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00