Basal ganglia calcification and psychosis in mongolism.

abstract：:The frontal lobe is the largest lobe of the brain, and it is thus commonly involved in stroke. Moreover, almost one in five strokes is limited to the prerolandic areas. This high frequency of anatomical involvement is in sharp contrast with the apparent rarity of clinical frontal dysfunction in stroke. It is remarkabl...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the association between APOE-epsilon4 allele and memory phenotype in the preclinical stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We compared an extensive preclinical memory profile at the baseline evaluation of 2 AD genotype groups: APOE-epsilon4 allele carriers and patients with APOE-epsilon3 homozygosity. Base...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Estévez-González A,García-Sánchez C,Boltes A,Otermín P,Baiget M,Escartín A,del Rio E,Gironell A,Kulisevsky J

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Three patients with unusual presentations of basilar artery ectasia are described: subarachnoid hemorrhage was manifest in one and autonomic dysfunction developed in the other two. Aneurysmal rupture was the cause in the first patient, while compression of the brainstem and/or of the baroreceptor afferences of the IXt...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Nogues M,Casas Parera I,Starkstein S,Micheli F

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:The case of an 8-year-old boy presenting diffuse, prevalently right-sided nevus flammeus, venous angioma of the right cerebral hemisphere, right-sided facial hyperplasia, lef-handedness and recurring strokes is reported together with the clinical, angiographic and CT features. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Tomaccini D,Venturi C,Scarfò GB

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:QTc intervals were measured in 30 patients with Parkinson's disease and 30 healthy control subjects. The mean value of QTc intervals in patients with Parkinson's disease significantly exceeded that of healthy controls (418 +/- 14 ms vs. 403 +/- 18 ms). Prolongation of the QTc interval was unrelated to the administrati...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Oka H,Mochio S,Sato H,Katayama K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of carbamazepine (CBZ) and its metabolite carbamazepine-10, 11-epoxide (CE) were determined in serum (free and total), brain tumors and paratumorous cortex from 37 epileptic patients. Tumor biopsies were available from 25 different gliomas, 5 hamartomas and 1 angioma. The free serum concentrations of CB...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Schnabel R,Rambeck B,May TW,Jürgens U,Lahl R

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of a giant aneurysm of the distal portion of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery presenting the classical picture of a tumor of the posterior fossa. CT scan of a giant aneurysm reveals the clear margin and high density area of aneurysm wall, and the homogeneous and high density area of t...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Yoshii Y,Maki Y,Egashira T

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a case where a parkinsonian symptomatology is associated with pneumoencephalographic and RISA-cisternographic findings typical of an occult normal pressure hydrocephalus. They discuss their personal contribution in the light of what has been already reported in the literature on the same subject. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Mazza S,Laudisio A,Bergonzi P

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the safety and clinical efficacy of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (LF-rTMS) combined with intensive speech therapy (ST) in poststroke patients with aphasia. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Twenty-four patients with left-hemispheric stroke and aphasia were subjected. During 11-day hospit...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Abo M,Kakuda W,Watanabe M,Morooka A,Kawakami K,Senoo A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical severity of EAE is enhanced by pre-treatment with distemper, measles and BCG vaccine, measles vaccine gives a more severe onset of disease. Rubella vaccine and TAB leads to mild disease which recurs on re-treatment with the appropriate vaccine. These findings and their possible significance in MS are brie...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Caspary EA

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Saccade may be abnormal in Parkinson's disease (PD), but there have been no systematic studies on directional asymmetries of horizontal saccades in early PD. The aims of this study were to determine the saccadic abnormalities and their directional asymmetries. METHODS:We recorded visually guided horizontal ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Choi SM,Lee SH,Choi KH,Nam TS,Kim JT,Park MS,Kim BC,Kim MK,Cho KH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum toxin type B (BT-B) therapy failure due to formation of botulinum toxin type B antibodies (BT-B-AB) has only been reported in patients with botulinum toxin type A antibodies (BT-A-AB). We are reporting BT-B-AB-induced therapy failure in 2 patients with no previous exposure to botulinum toxin. In patient 1 co...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Dressler D,Bigalke H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of dosage schedules on plasma drug levels was evaluated in two groups of ambulant epileptic patients, whose treatment with diphenylhydantoin (DPH) or phenobarbital (PB) had been simplified by reducing the daily frequency of the dosage regimens. Although the patients received the same milligram per kilogram ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Zaccara G,Galli A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of malignant tumours of the nerve sheaths are reported. In the first patient, who had von Recklinghausen's disease, light- and electron-microscopic investigations showed an undifferentiated mesenchymal tumour of the radial nerve with the property of producing collagen fibres, an aspect characteristic of sarc...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Vuia O

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with Down's syndrome (DS) who developed progressive parkinsonian symptomatology at the age of 43 years. His parkinsonism was responsive to levodopa/carbidopa, but he developed end of dose wearing off. We discuss basal ganglia and dopamine abnormalities in DS and suggest that DS may be associated wi...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Singer C,Sanchez-Ramos J,Weiner WJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cerebral infarction (CI) occurring soon after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has been rarely reported. The purpose of the present study was to characterize this condition and discuss the possible pathophysiology. METHOD:We retrospectively studied 6 patients who developed CI within 10 days after ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Kim CH,Kim JS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of post-convulsive spinal spidural haematoma in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis is presented. As acute tetraplegia developed, surgery was performed with finding of blood clots in the extradural space from C6 to D8. Lethal evolution due to late referral to medical care stresses the need for prompt decompre...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Agnetti V,Monaco F,Mutani R

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To examine the therapeutic effect of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) therapy for stroke patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis (HD). methods: Of 600 stroke patients receiving intravenous rt-PA using 0.6 mg/kg alteplase who were enrolled in a multicenter observational study i...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Naganuma M,Mori M,Nezu T,Makihara N,Koga M,Okada Y,Minematsu K,Toyoda K,SAMURAI Study Investigators.

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:A case of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in a young patient who suffered from an acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is presented. The diagnosis was reached following the isolation of the virus from the urine and the demonstration of high titers of both IgM and IgG antibodies in the serum. In contrast to previous cas...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Mozes B,Pines A,Sayar Y,Kaplinsky N,Frankl O

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) on blood lymphocytes was studied in multiple sclerosis, patients with acute CNS infections, and healthy controls. No significant differences in lymphocyte proliferation were registered between the group of MS patients and the two other groups, irrespect...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Kinnman J,Link H,Frydén A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicorandil, an ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel opener, is known to have protective effects on ischemic injury in heart and brain. One of the most important protective mechanisms is the anti-apoptotic effect on cardiomyocytes and neurons. This study explored the anti-apoptotic effect of nicorandil against neurot...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Kong J,Ren G,Jia N,Wang Y,Zhang H,Zhang W,Chen B,Cao Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Fisher's syndrome which recurred 10 years apart was reported. Laterality of cranial nerve findings in the initial episode was replicated in the recurrence. Some kind of localized immune sensitization is supposed to play a role in replicating such a laterality. Increased CD4/CD8 ratio and elevated IgE were no...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Uchihara T,Ikeda M,Tsukagoshi H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculous meningitis is the severest and commonest form of central nervous system tuberculosis causing high mortality and morbidity. We aim to study the clinical, biochemical, and radiological characteristics of tuberculous meningitis in adult patients in Qatar and to calculate the incidence. METHODS:A de...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Imam YZ,Ahmedullah HS,Akhtar N,Chacko KC,Kamran S,Al Alousi F,Alsuwaidi Z,Almaslmani M,Al Khal AL,Deleu D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper is a study of a microcystic intraspinal tumour that developed in a 4-year-old child. The histologic examination showed the presence of neuroblastic elements developing next to smooth muscle fibers. The tumour had diffusely invaded the meninges, presenting a marked collagen reaction. Ultrastructurally...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Vuia O,Hager H

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 17-year-old patient who presented a chronic relapsing sensorimotor demyelinating neuropathy with 6 relapses over a 7-year period, preceding by 4 years the diagnosis of a multicentric angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia. A role for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as a trigger of the neuropathy may be suggested ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Vingerhoets F,Kuntzer T,Delacrétaz,Steck AJ,Knecht H,Bogousslavsky J,Meier C,Regli F

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the ipsilateral cortex surrounding the lesion or the non-injured contralateral cortex is important for motor recovery after brain damage in the photochemically initiated thrombosis (PIT) model. RESEARCH DESIGN:We induced PIT in the sensorimotor cortex in rats and examined the rec...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Takata K,Yamauchi H,Tatsuno H,Hashimoto K,Abo M

更新日期：2006-01-01 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