Contribution of nerve biopsy to unclassified neuropathy.

abstract：:So-called apraxia of eyelid opening (scAEO) has been described chiefly in the context of extrapyramidal disorders. We described 10 new patients with scAEO developing in the absence of any other CNS sign and reviewed the 11 cases with isolated scAEO reported in the literature. Combining our patients and those from the ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Defazio G,Livrea P,Lamberti P,De Salvia R,Laddomada G,Giorelli M,Ferrari E

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral choroid plexus papillomas, or villous hypertrophy of the choroid plexus, is a very rare entity that presents serious therapeutical problems in the management of secondary oversecretive hydrocephalus. The authors report the cases of 2 infants affected by this condition, and cured with removal of the lateral v...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Di Rocco C,Iannelli A

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Seventy-eight asymptomatic HIV-seropositive (aHIV) subjects were examined by means of an extensive neuropsychological test battery in comparison with 32 HIV-seronegative controls. They were also tested with regard to CD4+ and serum p24 antigen. Fifty-six of them completed a clinical follow-up of 12 up to 36 months and...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Villa G,Solida A,Moro E,Tavolozza M,Antinori A,De Luca A,Murri R,Tamburrini E

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most reports on thalamic infarcts have focused on clinicoanatomical correlations while the mechanisms of stroke have rarely been investigated. Moreover, most series have included mainly elderly stroke patients, whereas scarce information is available about the etiology of thalamic infarcts in the young. OBJ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Pezzini A,Del Zotto E,Archetti S,Albertini A,Gasparotti R,Magoni M,Vignolo LA,Padovani A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical analysis of cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and chorea is presented. Choreatic movements occurred early in the course of the disease in most cases; the duration varied from several days to 3 years. No sex predominance was found and no relationship could be demonstrated between chorea and other n...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Bruyn GW,Padberg G

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A catamnestic study of 50 patients with Wernicke's disease showed that nearly all patients retained residual symptoms and that the prognosis as to life expectancy and social functioning was poor, even after early institution of vitamin B-complex medication. It is advisable to give vitamin B-complex prophylactically in...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Groen RH,Hoff HC

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Newly developed troponin assays have superior diagnostic and prognostic performance in acute coronary syndrome (ACS), when compared to conventional troponin assays; however, highly sensitive troponin has not been evaluated in patients with acute ischemic stroke. METHODS:Highly sensitive troponin T (hsTnT) w...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Jensen JK,Ueland T,Aukrust P,Antonsen L,Kristensen SR,Januzzi JL,Ravkilde J

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：: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：:In a prospective study we evaluated myoglobin (MG) and serum creatine kinase (CK) levels in two groups of subjects different in age and carrier status. CK and MG values were significantly lower in the older group. Whereas both parameters fully coincided in the younger group, CK was detected in a higher number of carri...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Sabria-Leal M,Gimeno-Leal JM,Paret-Masana A,Rey-Joly Barroso C

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 150 new cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma diagnosed in Israel during a 9-year period (nationwide study 1960--1968), 74 patients developed neurological complications. In 92% of the cases, neurologic deficits were confined exclusively to cranial nerves. The majority of these patients presented general symptoms of dis...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Turgman J,Braham J,Modan B,Goldhammer Y

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Antioxidant enzymes like copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase and gluthatione peroxidase (GSHPx) are part of intracellular protection mechanisms to overcome oxidative stress and are known to be activated in vascular diseases and acute stroke. We investigated the differences of antioxi...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Zimmermann C,Winnefeld K,Streck S,Roskos M,Haberl RL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of the 5-HT1 receptor agonist sumatriptan in the acute treatment of migraine has been investigated in an extensive programme of controlled clinical trials. Sumatriptan provided rapid relief from migraine headache with onset of relief occurring within 10 min of a 6 mg subcutaneous injection and within 30 m...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Pilgrim AJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of genetics in Parkinson's disease (PD), previously controversial, is now supported by several studies. A major breakthrough has been the discovery of a single gene defect in familial Parkinson's disease. A single base pair change at position 209 from G to A (G209A) in the fourth exon of the alpha-synuclein g...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hu CJ,Sung SM,Liu H,Chang JG

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of biologically active light (BL) on subjective and objective quality of sleep and awakening, as well as circadian rhythms in cortisol, temperature and well-being were studied in 10 hospitalized normal female volunteers as compared with partial sleep deprivation (PSD). After 2 adaption days, three 24-hour ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Saletu B,Dietzel M,Lesch OM,Musalek M,Walter H,Grünberger J

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preventive effect of Atrovent Dosier-Aerosol on the airway flow resistance (Raw) caused by Tensilon was studied on 10 patients suffering from myasthenia gravis. Atrovent completely prevented the increase of Raw in 8 cases and considerably decreased it in 2 cases. The measure of the reaction observed may be influen...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Szathmáry I,Magyar P,Szobor A

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with cerebral tumor involving diencephalic midline structures (2 malignant gliomas, 1 craniopharyngioma) and no metabolic abnormalities developed disorientation in time and place or coma with triphasic waves (TW) seen on electroencephalograms. Serial EEG recordings showed persistence or disappearance of...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Aguglia U,Gambardella A,Oliveri RL,Lavano A,Camerlingo R,Quattrone A

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Cavernomas are vascular malformations mostly observed in the central nervous system. They occur in sporadic and familial forms. Familial forms are characterized by the presence of multiple lesions, an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance and possible de novo lesions. We report two sporadic cases whose follow-up s...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Labauge P,Brunereau L,Coubes P,Clanet M,Tannier C,Laberge S,Lévy C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to elucidate the influence of insular infarction on blood pressure (BP) variability and outcomes according to the region of the insular cortex affected. METHODS:A total of 90 patients diagnosed with acute unilateral ischemic stroke were registered. The BP variability was calculated...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Kitamura J,Ueno H,Nagai M,Hosomi N,Honjo K,Nakamori M,Mukai T,Imamura E,Nezu T,Aoki S,Ohshita T,Nomura E,Wakabayashi S,Maruyama H,Matsumoto M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year-old male developed back pain, fever, and rapidly progressive quadriparesis. Lumbar tap yielded frank pus which was confirmed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to be located mainly in the cervical epidural space. Conservative antibiotic remedy was partially effective for restoration of the neurological defi...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Fukui T,Ichikawa H,Kawate N,Nozawa T,Sugita K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebral hemispheres show prominent involvement in hypertensive encephalopathy far more frequently than the brainstem. Two patients with severe paroxysmally accelerated hypertension associated with brainstem hyperintensity in T2-weighted magnetic resonance images are presented. Both present hyperintense lesions im...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Uchino M,Haga D,Nomoto J,Mito T,Kuramitsu T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 167 patients with cerebrovascular disorders 323 carotid bifurcations were investigated by Duplex ultrasound. In 100 of these patients, additionally intravenous digital subtraction angiography (DSA) was performed and in 35 patients, also intra-arterial DSA was carried out. In 32 patients all three procedures were pe...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Boné G,Ladurner G,Karas I,Grobovschek M,Punzengruber J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of thoracic hematomyelia secondary to anticoagulant therapy is presented. Clinical features, similar to 2 other previously reported cases, are discussed. A high index of suspicion may lead to a quick diagnostic procedure and successful decompressive surgery. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Constantini S,Ashkenazi E,Shoshan Y,Israel Z,Umansky F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lupus anticoagulant, an immunoglobulin of the IgG or IgM class, is one of a group of antiphospholipid antibodies. Although an anticoagulant in vitro, its action in vivo is that of a procoagulant. This procoagulant activity may involve many organ systems including the nervous system. Thus far cerebral thrombosis, s...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Englert H,Derue G,Hughes GR

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the role of some sex hormones in migraine headaches, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and characteristics of headache, especially migraine, in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCO) compared with women without this disease. METHODS:One hundred and thirty-three women with...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Pourabolghasem S,Najmi S,Arami MA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old mongoloid girl (trisomy 21) of Asian descent presented two symptoms rarely associated with mongolism (Down's syndrome). (1) Brain stem calcification; the first case diagnosed in vivo in mongolism on computerized axial tomography. (2) Hallucinatory psychotic depression; the first case successfully treate...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Jakab I

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：:The European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees (EAYNT) is a non-profit organization which acts on behalf of young neurologists in Europe and concertedly exerts influence on the formation of a new generation of neurologists [Struhal et al.: Eur J Neurol 2009;16:e146-e148]. This concerns particularly the Ge...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Struhal W,Falup-Pecurariu C,Sztriha LK,Grisold W,Sellner J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00