Somatostatin cerebrospinal fluid levels in dementia.

abstract：:Three cases of Fahr's syndrome are described. All patients had disturbances of calcium metabolism and had had a meningoencephalitis in childhood. It is suggested that gliovascular changes, induced by cerebral inflammation, can later facilitate the occurrence of calcification of the striopallidodentate system when abno...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Morgante L,Vita G,Meduri M,Di Rosa AE,Galatioto S,Coraci MA,Di Perri R

更新日期：1986-02-01 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：:The concentrations of glucose, pyruvate and lactate were determined in the blood and lumbar CSF of 63 patients with neuromuscular disorders and 40 controls. The glucose/lactate and lactate/pyruvate ratios were also calculated, in addition to the cytoplasmic NADH/NAD+ (nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide-H/nicotinamide-a...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mechler F,Diószeghy P,Csenkér E,Molnár L

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using high-performance liquid chromatography, adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) were diagnosed by the analysis of fatty acids in sphingomyelin. The analytical method was simple, sensitive and accurate. In ALD and AMN patients, very long chain fatty acids (C26:0, C25:0 and C24:0 on the base of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kobayashi T,Katayama M,Suzuki S,Tomoda H,Goto I,Kuroiwa Y

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting unfavorable outcome is of paramount importance in clinical decision making. Accordingly, we designed this multinational study, which provided the largest case series of tuberculous meningitis (TBM). 43 centers from 14 countries (Albania, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Macedonia, Roma...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Erdem H,Ozturk-Engin D,Tireli H,Kilicoglu G,Defres S,Gulsun S,Sengoz G,Crisan A,Johansen IS,Inan A,Nechifor M,Al-Mahdawi A,Civljak R,Ozguler M,Savic B,Ceran N,Cacopardo B,Inal AS,Namiduru M,Dayan S,Kayabas U,Par

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An IgM antibody cytotoxic to normal human lymphocytes was found in 46.2% (male: 61.5%; female: 30.8%) of sera from chronic schizophrenics by means of a complement-dependent cytotoxicity test. The relationship between this antibody and the immunological manifestations of schizophrenia is discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kagami M,Koike T,Maruyama N,Takabayashi K,Tomioka H,Yoshida S,Kon Y

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the diagnostic value of computed tomographic angiography (CTA) in the posterior circulation as a noninvasive substitute for intra-arterial digital subtraction angiography (DSA). We prospectively investigated 103 patients with acute stroke in the posterior circulation. All patients underwent CTA and Doppler ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Graf J,Skutta B,Kuhn FP,Ferbert A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natalizumab (TYSABRI(®)), a specific α4-integrin antagonist, is approved as a second-line treatment of relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) patients who fail therapy with interferons or as first-line treatment of patients with highly active relapsing-remitting disease. Since the market introduction of natalizumab as a monoth...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hellwig K,Gold R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is an autosomal dominant neuromuscular disease with an estimated incidence of 1 in 8000 and is the most common form of muscular dystrophy affecting adults. An unstable, untranslated part of the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase gene on the long arm of chromosome 19, composed of CTG repeats, is ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Brugnoni R,Morandi L,Brambati B,Briscioli V,Cornelio F,Mantegazza R

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticospinal lesions cause impairments in voluntary motor control. Recent findings suggest that some degree of voluntary control may be taken over by a compensatory pathway involving the reticulospinal tract. In humans, evidence for this notion mainly comes from StartReact studies. StartReact is the acceleration of r...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： van Lith BJH,Coppens MJM,Nonnekes J,van de Warrenburg BPC,Geurts AC,Weerdesteyn V

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) with interferon beta (IFNbeta) can be associated with the development of binding antibodies (BAbs) and neutralizing antibodies (NAbs). NAbs are a subset of BAbs that prevent IFNbeta from effectively binding to or activating its receptor, thereby blocking its biologic effects and in...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Deisenhammer F,Schellekens H,Bertolotto A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of Guillain-Barré syndrome is reported in a patient, who had previously received botulinum toxin type A injections into both orbicularis oculi muscles to treat idiopathic blepharospasm. The possibility of a causal relationship is discussed with consideration of the literature on adverse effects of vacc...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Haug BA,Dressler D,Prange HW

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dysarthria may be classified as flaccid, spastic, ataxic, hypokinetic, choreatic, dystonic, or mixed. We hypothesized that in routine neurological practice the reliability and accuracy of perceptual analysis alone in the classification of dysarthria is low and that this classification is mainly based on the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fonville S,van der Worp HB,Maat P,Aldenhoven M,Algra A,van Gijn J

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of malignant diseases among 1866 living and 340 deceased multiple sclerosis (MS) patients was investigated in Finland. The study revealed a low prevalence (0.64%) and mortality (0.07%) rate of cancer among MS patients. The difference between MS patients and general population was significant. The highest...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Palo J,Duchesne J,Wikström J

更新日期：1977-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recessive mutations in GJC2, the gene-encoding connexin 47 (Cx47), cause Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease type 1, a severe dysmyelinating disorder. One recessive mutation (p.Ile33Met) has been associated with a much milder phenotype--hereditary spastic paraplegia type 44. Here, we present evidence that a novel Arg98L...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Abrams CK,Scherer SS,Flores-Obando R,Freidin MM,Wong S,Lamantea E,Farina L,Scaioli V,Pareyson D,Salsano E

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the change in prevalence of comorbidities during the disease course of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and whether the prevalences vary by MS onset type. OBJECTIVE:To calculate the change in prevalence of comorbidities between symptom onset and the time of study, to compare the pre...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lo LMP,Taylor BV,Winzenberg T,Palmer AJ,Blizzard L,van der Mei I

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents have been proposed as potential causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recently, we documented a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in patients with AD. We aim to access the effect of Hp eradication on the AD cognitive (MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination and CAMCOG: Cambridge Cogniti...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kountouras J,Boziki M,Gavalas E,Zavos C,Grigoriadis N,Deretzi G,Tzilves D,Katsinelos P,Tsolaki M,Chatzopoulos D,Venizelos I

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A night-time polygraphic sleep recording with continuous HbSaO2 monitoring was performed in 11 chair-bound Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients with severe restrictive lung disease but with blood gas values within normal limits when awake. No abnormalities of sleep pattern were detected. Nocturnal sleep did not have s...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Manni R,Ottolini A,Cerveri I,Bruschi C,Zoia MC,Lanzi G,Tartara A

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate cognitive dysfunction in 24-60-year-old neuromyelitis optica (NMO) patients, demographically matched healthy subjects, and MS patients. We conducted a comprehensive literature review of the PubMed, Medline, EMBASE, CNKI, Wan Fang Date, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Meng H,Xu J,Pan C,Cheng J,Hu Y,Hong Y,Shen Y,Dai H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of spontaneous internal carotid or vertebral artery dissection after childbirth remains rare. To our knowledge, seven cases of arterial dissection in the postpartum period have been described in the literature as single case reports. We report four additional cases of internal carotid and vertebral arte...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gasecki AP,Kwiecinski H,Lyrer PA,Lynch TG,Baxter T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Richards-Rundle syndrome (RRS) is characterized by hearing loss, mental deterioration, ataxia, primary hypogonadism and autosomal recessive transmission. In a sibship of six members we found two sisters with RRS together with baldness, impaired GH and PRL secretion after stimulation and different degrees of impair...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Franceschi M,Parmigiani F,Zamproni P,Cairoli G,Canal N

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present evidence that Willy Loman, the protagonist of Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman", meets current diagnostic criteria for probable dementia with Lewy bodies. In particular, he presents with attentional deficits and executive dysfunction (with additional subtle visuoperceptual deficits) in addition to ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fearon C,Taylor JP,O'Dowd S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This short review summarizes epilepsy papers published in the Journal of Neurology in 2009, covering pathophysiology (inflammation; propagation pathways), new treatments (oxcarbazepine in paediatrics; levetiracetam in status epilepticus), and non-seizure outcomes (violence; foetal/pregnancy). ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lozsadi DA,Von Oertzen J,Cock HR

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue is an important contributor to quality of life in patients who survive aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), but the determinants of this fatigue are unclear. We assessed the occurrence of fatigue 1 year after SAH and its relation to physical or cognitive impairment, passive coping, and emotional problems,...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Passier PE,Post MW,van Zandvoort MJ,Rinkel GJ,Lindeman E,Visser-Meily JM

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three members of a single family with an apparently autosomal dominant, nonparoxysmal, hyperkinetic movement disorder with onset in adolescence. The proband, a 56-year-old woman, manifested dystonia, tremor and myoclonus; one of her daughters exhibited myoclonus with tremor, and the other demonstrated myoclo...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lossos A,Cohen O,Meiner V,Blumenfeld A,Reches A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Out of 72 patients treated for Borrelia burgdorferi meningopolyradiculoneuritis facial palsies occurred in 22 (12 unilateral, 10 bilateral). Eleven of the 32 pareses were initially complete. By the follow-up examination patients had recovered well with slight sequelae in 22% without cosmetically disfiguring pareses or...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Angerer M,Pfadenhauer K,Stöhr M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is the archetypic disorder of both the neuromuscular junction and autoantibody-mediated disease. In most patients, IgG1-dominant antibodies to acetylcholine receptors cause fatigable weakness of skeletal muscles. In the rest, a variable proportion possesses antibodies to muscle-specific tyrosine...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Binks S,Vincent A,Palace J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cognitive impairment is a debilitating symptom experienced by ~ 50% of multiple sclerosis patients, with processing speed (PS) and memory most affected. Until now, the field has considered cognition in a binary fashion: patients are designated as impaired or not impaired. This designation is typically arrive...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Leavitt VM,Tosto G,Riley CS

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The variability of the severity and regional distribution of pathological process in basal ganglia (BG) and brainstem-cerebellar systems results in clinical heterogeneity and represents the motor subtype of multiple system atrophy (MSA). This study aimed to quantify spatial patterns of multimodal MRI abnormal...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lee MJ,Kim TH,Mun CW,Shin HK,Son J,Lee JH

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor tests were performed in 50 HIV-infected patients in all stages according to the current CDC classification, but without any clinically evident central nervous system deficit, and the results compared with an age-matched control group. Patients were excluded from the study if there was alcohol or drug abuse, feve...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Arendt G,Hefter H,Elsing C,Strohmeyer G,Freund HJ

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00