IVIG therapy in neurological disorders of childhood.

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：OBJECTIVE:Children with neuromuscular disorders have been assumed to be a particularly vulnerable population since the beginning of COVID-19. Although this is a plausible hypothesis, there is no evidence that complications or mortality rates in neuromuscular patients are higher than in the general population. The aim o...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Natera-de Benito D,Aguilera-Albesa S,Costa-Comellas L,García-Romero M,Miranda-Herrero MC,Rúbies Olives J,García-Campos Ó,Martínez Del Val E,Martinez Garcia MJ,Medina Martínez I,Cancho-Candela R,Fernandez-Garcia MA,Pascual-Pascual

更新日期：2021-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluating freezing of gait (FOG) and quantifying its severity in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) is challenging; objective assessment is not sufficiently established. We aimed to improve the ability to objectively evaluate FOG severity by investigating the value of measuring the duration of the test and its co...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Herman T,Dagan M,Shema-Shiratzky S,Reches T,Brozgol M,Giladi N,Manor B,Hausdorff JM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of making a decision in case of two clinical hypotheses is treated by the application of the Neyman-Pearson criterion. As an example, a pneumoencephalographic index (frontal horn width divided by septum-caudate distance) of two different diseases, Huntington's chorea and Parkinsonism, is analyzed. As the a...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gath I

更新日期：1978-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that the risk of cerebral infarction is increased during the puerperium but not during pregnancy itself. Most of the known causes of ischaemic stroke in the young have been reported during pregnancy. In most of these conditions, it is uncertain whether pregnancy is coincidental or plays a role i...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mas JL,Lamy C

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The association between anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) and thrombosis is well recognized, but its role as an independent risk factor for stroke is not. The study's aim was to investigate the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) and ischemic vascular events by using both traditional mea...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Caso V,Parnetti L,Panarelli P,Magni MP,Gallai V,Albi E

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder of the aging population with unknown etiopathogenesis. It is assumed that the underlying pathobiochemical processes comprise multifactorial and multigenetic disturbances leading to a progressive and devastating disorder without remission. Subtypes exist suggesti...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Riederer P,Sian J,Gerlach M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the records of all patients who had received an epidural catheter for management of chronic cancer pain in a 3-year period (1993-1996). Patients with nervous system infections were identified, and pertinent clinical, radiological (magnetic resonance imaging), and bacteriological data were analyzed. We iden...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sillevis Smitt P,Tsafka A,van den Bent M,de Bruin H,Hendriks W,Vecht C,Teng-van de Zande F

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tibial muscular dystrophy (TMD) or Udd myopathy is an autosomal dominant distal myopathy with late onset, at first described in the Finnish population. We report here the first Italian cases of TTN mutated titinopathy. The proband, a 60 year-old female, had the first muscular signs at the age of 59 years, with difficu...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Pollazzon M,Suominen T,Penttilä S,Malandrini A,Carluccio MA,Mondelli M,Marozza A,Federico A,Renieri A,Hackman P,Dotti MT,Udd B

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of chronic mechanical compression of the cervical spinal cord on the number of spinal accessory motoneurons in 25 tiptoe-walking Yoshimura mice. The animals had calcified deposits in the atlantoaxial membrane at the C1-C2 vertebral level, compressing the spinal cord posterolaterally. Motoneu...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Baba H,Maezawa Y,Uchida K,Imura S,Kawahara N,Tomita K,Kudo M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify spinal cord atrophy and its impact on clinical disability in spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) type 3 and 6. METHODS:Atrophy of the upper spinal cord was assessed by high resolution T1-weighted MRI of patients with SCA3 (n = 14) and SCA6 (n = 10). Furthermore, two groups of age- and sex-matched health...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lukas C,Hahn HK,Bellenberg B,Hellwig K,Globas C,Schimrigk SK,Köster O,Schöls L

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the relation between brain functional connectivity and disability in patients with multiple sclerosis; to investigate the existence of critical values of both disability and functional connectivity corresponding to exhaustion of functional adaptive mechanisms. METHODS:Hundred-and-nineteen pat...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tommasin S,De Giglio L,Ruggieri S,Petsas N,Giannì C,Pozzilli C,Pantano P

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue is a frequent and often severe symptom in multiple sclerosis. Pathogenic mechanisms proposed for fatigue include the release of proinflammatory cytokines, which is thought to have an important effect on changes in the blood-brain barrier (BBB). To investigate whether fatigue is related to BBB disruption we stu...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mainero C,Faroni J,Gasperini C,Filippi M,Giugni E,Ciccarelli O,Rovaris M,Bastianello S,Comi G,Pozzilli C

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early identification of cardiogenic vertigo (CV) is necessary to prevent serious complications of cardiovascular diseases. However, the literature is limited to case reports without detailed clinical features or diagnostic criteria. The aim of this study was to define characteristics of CV and propose diagnostic crite...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kim HA,Ahn J,Park HS,Lee SM,Choi SY,Oh EH,Choi JH,Kim JS,Choi KD

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:There is still uncertainty regarding risk factors for cancer occurrence in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of extrathymic neoplasms in patients with MG and the factors associated with tumor occurrence. The archives of four tertiary MG centers were consul...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Citterio A,Beghi E,Millul A,Evoli A,Mantegazza R,Antozzi C,Baggi F,Cornelio F,Durelli L,Clerico M,Piccolo G,Cosi V

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports suggest the possible beneficial effects of haemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The definition of the risk/benefit ratio for such a treatment is perceived as a major issue for the neurological community worldwide. The First Consensus Confe...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Comi G,Kappos L,Clanet M,Ebers G,Fassas A,Fazekas F,Filippi M,Hartung HP,Hertenstein B,Karussis D,Martino G,Tyndall A,van der Meché FG

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipids were extracted from brains of a patient with membranous lipodystrophy (ML) and three normal patients and the neutral lipid and sphingolipid constituents were investigated. The storage of a large amount of free fatty acid was observed in the ML brain, but no cholesterol ester was found. Total lipid, cholesterol ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ohtani Y,Miura S,Tamai Y,Kojima H,Kashima H

更新日期：1979-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon beta (IFNbeta) therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with a potential for the development of neutralising antibodies (NAbs) that negatively affect therapy. Several factors influence the development of NAbs, such as lack of complete sequence homology with the endogenous IFNbeta sequence, frequenc...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hartung HP,Polman C,Bertolotto A,Deisenhammer F,Giovannoni G,Havrdova E,Hemmer B,Hillert J,Kappos L,Kieseier B,Killestein J,Malcus C,Comabella M,Pachner A,Schellekens H,Sellebjerg F,Selmaj K,Sorensen PS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thymoma is frequently associated with paraneoplastic diseases (PDs), most commonly with myasthenia gravis (MG). This association is thought to depend on thymoma's capacity to produce and export T lymphocytes. OBJECTIVE:(1) To determine the frequency and characteristics of thymoma-associated PDs other than M...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Evoli A,Minicuci GM,Vitaliani R,Battaglia A,Della Marca G,Lauriola L,Fattorossi A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a strong risk factor for first-ever stroke and stroke recurrence. The detection rate is low and detection is often costly and time-consuming. We evaluated the diagnostic yield of an external loop recorder (ELR) in patients with acute ischemic stroke or TIA, and assessed factors that are ass...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Plas GJ,Bos J,Velthuis BO,Scholten MF,den Hertog HM,Brouwers PJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluctuation in daily performance of Parkinson patients on long-term L-dopa therapy is known as the so called "off-on" phenomenon. Cotzias et al. found that a low protein diet is able to control this phenomenon in patients taking L-dopa alone but not in those receiving a combination of L-dopa and decarboxylase inhi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Wajsbort J

更新日期：1977-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal degeneration (CBD) are often clinically confused with each other. Moreover, the discrepancy between clinical and pathological diagnoses of CBD and PSP are still controversial. We report here two atypical cases of PSP and CBD. A 73-year old woman was admitted with r...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mizuno T,Shiga K,Nakata Y,Nagura J,Nakase T,Ueda Y,Takanashi Y,Urasaki K,Oyamada Y,Fushiki S,Nishikawa J,Yasuhara M,Nakajima K,Nakagawa M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify the precise location of the primary motor area for the diaphragm with respect to the classical motor homunculus, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiments were performed utilizing independent component-cross correlation- sequential epoch (ICS) analysis on a high-field (3.0 Tesla) sy...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Nakayama T,Fujii Y,Suzuki K,Kanazawa I,Nakada T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in SCN2A cause epilepsy syndromes of variable severity including neonatal-infantile seizures. In one case, we previously described additional childhood-onset episodic ataxia. Here, we corroborate and detail the latter phenotype in three further cases. We describe the clinical characteristics, identify the ca...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Schwarz N,Hahn A,Bast T,Müller S,Löffler H,Maljevic S,Gaily E,Prehl I,Biskup S,Joensuu T,Lehesjoki AE,Neubauer BA,Lerche H,Hedrich UBS

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

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：:It is well known that neurorehabilitation can reduce disability or improve handicap of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a short period (6 weeks) of a tailored, individualised outpatient rehabilitation program in people with progressive MS. A randomised-con...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Patti F,Ciancio MR,Cacopardo M,Reggio E,Fiorilla T,Palermo F,Reggio A,Thompson AJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine cases of both clinically and neuropathologically diagnosed dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) were retrospectively examined for autonomic symptoms. Twenty-eight cases showed some kind of autonomic dysfunction. Urinary incontinence (97 %) and constipation (83 %) were the two most common. Although urinary reten...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Horimoto Y,Matsumoto M,Akatsu H,Ikari H,Kojima K,Yamamoto T,Otsuka Y,Ojika K,Ueda R,Kosaka K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elective programs for medical students in the last year of their university training are poorly evaluated. The goal of this study was to determine the gain in theoretical and practical skills in a group of students during their elective in neurology. Students were trained by either conventional teaching meth...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Heckmann JG,Bleh C,Dütsch M,Lang CJ,Neundörfer B

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From a family with essential familial myoclonus, 150 members in eight generations were studied. Twenty-five of them suffered from myoclonus of varying severity. The findings in routine examinations of blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid, EEG and skull radiographs were normal. Therapeutic trials did not produce lastin...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Przuntek H,Muhr H

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar dysfunction is an important contributor to disability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), however, few in vivo studies focused on cerebellar volume loss so far. This relates to technical challenges regarding the segmentation of the cerebellum. In this study, we evaluated the semi-automatic ECCET softw...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Weier K,Beck A,Magon S,Amann M,Naegelin Y,Penner IK,Thürling M,Aurich V,Derfuss T,Radue EW,Stippich C,Kappos L,Timmann D,Sprenger T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00