Reversible abnormal functional neuroimaging presentations in polycythemia vera with chorea.

abstract：:Multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy are disabling neurodegenerative disorders, also known as atypical parkinsonian syndromes. Currently, no health economic evaluations of these diseases are available. The objective of this study was to evaluate disease-related costs in German patients with multi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Winter Y,Stamelou M,Cabanel N,Sixel-Döring F,Eggert K,Höglinger GU,Herting B,Klockgether T,Reichmann H,Oertel WH,Dodel R,Spottke AE

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with haemorrhage in the right tegmentum of the pons demonstrated ipsilateral disturbance of taste on both the anterior two-thirds and posterior one-third of the tongue. The contralateral medial lemniscus was not disturbed, contrary to the early descriptions that the secondary gustatory neurons from the nucle...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Nakajima Y,Utsumi H,Takahashi H

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Polyneuropathy is a common disease and is more prevalent (at least 3 %) in elderly people. However, routine neurological examination of healthy elderly people may show distal sensory loss and absent tendon reflexes, which can obscure the distinction from polyneuropathy. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relation be...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vrancken AF,Kalmijn S,Brugman F,Rinkel GJ,Notermans NC

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:Silver syndrome/SPG17 is a motor manifestation of mutations in the BSCL2 gene and usually presents as a complicated form of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). We present clinical data, follow-up, and genetic results of seven patients with Silver syndrome/SPG17 including a family with a variable intrafamilial phenoty...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Musacchio T,Zaum AK,Üçeyler N,Sommer C,Pfeifroth N,Reiners K,Kunstmann E,Volkmann J,Rost S,Klebe S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the goals in treating subarachnoid hemorrhage patients is to prevent or minimize vasospasm-induced ischemia. Intracerebral microdialysis is a rapidly developing tool to monitor physiological and pathophysiological changes in chemical processes associated with ischemia. OBJECTIVE:To determine the diag...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Peerdeman SM,van Tulder MW,Vandertop WP

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Fabry disease (FD) is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder resulting in vascular glycosphingolipid accumulation and increased stroke risk. MRI findings associated with FD include white matter hyperintensities (WMH) and cerebral microbleeds (CMBs), suggesting the presence of cerebral small vessel disease....

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lyndon D,Davagnanam I,Wilson D,Jichi F,Merwick A,Bolsover F,Jager HR,Cipolotti L,Wheeler-Kingshott C,Hughes D,Murphy E,Lachmann R,Werring DJ

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A man, aged 63, had an illness which lasted 11 months from onset with pain under the left costal margin which radiated to the epigastrium, until his death from cardiac failure. His symptoms consisted principally of parasthesias and proximal weakness of both upper and lower extremities with atrophy of the shoulder and ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Zangemeister WH,Schwendemann G,Colmant HJ

更新日期：1978-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five patients with intraventricular haemorrhage shown by CT underwent cerebral arteriography. In 15 patients arteriography showed an occlusion of a carotid or middle cerebral artery. Secondary bleeding into an infarction caused the intraventricular haemorrhage. All 15 patients were aged over 40 years. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cohn DF,Avrahami E

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small subcortical infarctions resulting from large-vessel disease are often observed. It is important to distinguish these from pure lacunar infarction resulting from small-vessel disease because the investigations and examinations differ. We investigated the differences on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) betwe...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Adachi T,Kobayashi S,Yamaguchi S,Okada K

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients in a minimally conscious state (MCS) show restricted signs of awareness but are unable to communicate. We assessed cerebral glucose metabolism in MCS patients and tested the hypothesis that this entity can be subcategorized into MCS- (i.e., patients only showing nonreflex behavior such as visual pursuit, loca...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bruno MA,Majerus S,Boly M,Vanhaudenhuyse A,Schnakers C,Gosseries O,Boveroux P,Kirsch M,Demertzi A,Bernard C,Hustinx R,Moonen G,Laureys S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk of relapse after natalizumab (NAT) cessation and switch to dimethyl fumarate (DMF) is unknown. The objective of this paper is to identify the risk and associated risk factors for relapse after switching from NAT to DMF in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Patients (n = 30) were treated with NAT for ≥12 mont...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Zurawski J,Flinn A,Sklover L,Sloane JA

更新日期：2016-08-01 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

abstract：:An autopsy case of Creutzfeld-Jacob disease with widespread amyloid plaques is reported. A 45-year-old Japanese man, whose father had died of a similar disease, had a 5-year illness characterized by progressive cerebellar signs. Mental changes and brain-stem signs developed in the late stage. Myoclonus frequently occu...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Yagishita S,Iwabuchi K,Amano N,Yokoi S

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited ataxias are heterogeneous disorders affecting both children and adults, with over 40 different causative genes, making molecular genetic diagnosis challenging. Although recent advances in next-generation sequencing have significantly improved mutation detection, few treatments exist for patients with inherit...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Balreira A,Boczonadi V,Barca E,Pyle A,Bansagi B,Appleton M,Graham C,Hargreaves IP,Rasic VM,Lochmüller H,Griffin H,Taylor RW,Naini A,Chinnery PF,Hirano M,Quinzii CM,Horvath R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut with its variety of microbiota may serve as an etiological origin of diseases. Gut microbes may also play a role in the pathogenesis of diseases beyond their simple nutritional maintenance and support. For example, gut protein aggregation, possibly aided by microbes as well as nasal influences, might be linked...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Choudhry H,Perlmuter LC

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain metastases occur in 20-40% of patients with cancer and their frequency has increased over time. Lung, breast and skin (melanoma) are the commonest sources of brain metastases, and in up to 15% of patients the primary site remains unknown. After the introduction of MRI, multiple lesions have outnumbered single le...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Soffietti R,Rudā R,Mutani R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The various clinical features of multiple system atrophy (MSA) make the diagnosis of the disease difficult, especially in its early stages, when signs of differentiated neuroanatomical system involvement have not yet appeared. Mortality studies may be affected by the variability of the diagnostic criteria and selectio...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Testa D,Filippini G,Farinotti M,Palazzini E,Caraceni T

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine is a common and disabling nervous system disease with a significant genetic predisposition. The sex hormones play an important role in the pathogenesis of migraine. However, the conclusions of the previous genetic relation studies are conflicting. The aim of this study is to determine whether variants in gene...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： An X,Fang J,Lin Q,Lu C,Ma Q,Qu H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic neuropathy is the most frequent condition affecting the peripheral nervous system. It includes symmetrical polyneuropathies, multifocal mononeuropathies, mononeuropathies and radiculopathies. Mononeuropathies are mainly due to compression or entrapment and are not discussed in this review, which focuses on pol...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Léger JM

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auto-oxidation of levodopa generates toxic metabolites, such as free radicals, semiquinones and quinones. In vitro, levodopa is a powerful toxin that is lethal to cultures of neurones. This raises the concern that levodopa may also be toxic in vivo, and that chronic treatment with levodopa could induce further damage ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Melamed E,Offen D,Shirvan A,Ziv I

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the neuronal antibodies described in CNS disorders in order to clarify their diagnostic value, emphasize potentials pitfalls and limitations in the diagnosis of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS), and examine the current evidence for a possible pathogenic role. We propose to classify the neuronal an...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Graus F,Saiz A,Dalmau J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) often have evidence of compromised gastrointestinal motility. Ghrelin is a gut hormone that influences gastrointestinal motility in humans. The aim of this study was to determine whether ghrelin secretion is affected in MSA patients, and to investigate the relation between g...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ozawa T,Tokunaga J,Arakawa M,Ishikawa A,Takeuchi R,Mezaki N,Miura T,Sakai N,Hokari M,Takeshima A,Utsumi K,Kondo T,Yokoseki A,Nishizawa M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a novel trial design, we prospectively examined the effect of intravenous immunoglobulin in seven patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) in a double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study. We suggest that the commonly used manual muscle testing and Rankin scale are not...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Thompson N,Choudhary P,Hughes RA,Quinlivan RM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Report of a further case with coexisting diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, optic atrophy und neurogenic deafness. It was not possible to find a cause for these symptoms. The cases reported in the literature are brought together and discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Foerster K,Spranger J,Beyer J,Regli F

更新日期：1975-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increase in disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) allows individualization of treatment in relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS); however, the long-term impact of different treatment sequences is not well established. This is particularly relevant for MS patients who may need to postpone more aggressive DMD strate...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Paolicelli D,Lucisano G,Manni A,Avolio C,Bonavita S,Brescia Morra V,Capobianco M,Cocco E,Conte A,De Luca G,De Robertis F,Gasperini C,Gatto M,Gazzola P,Lus G,Iaffaldano A,Iaffaldano P,Maimone D,Mallucci G,Maniscalco

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) is an often misdiagnosed inherited myopathy for which treatment exists. We noticed a bright tongue sign on brain MRIs of two patients who were admitted to the ICU for respiratory failure of unclear origin, and who were eventually diagnosed with LOPD. This led us to systematica...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Karam C,Dimitrova D,Yutan E,Chahin N

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to learn more on the occurrence of pains and motor deficit in severe diabetic polyneuropathy we reviewed the data of a series of 30 diabetic patients with an uncommonly severe length-dependent diabetic polyneuropathy (LDDP). Extensive sensory loss predominated with pains and temperature sensations and affecte...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Said G,Baudoin D,Toyooka K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac conduction and/or rhythm abnormalities (CCRA) are the most frequent and life-threatening complications in DM1. In order to determine prevalence, incidence, characteristics, age of onset and predictors of CCRA, CCRA progression and sudden cardiac death (SCD) in DM1, we collected ECG/24hECG-Holter data from a ye...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bucci E,Testa M,Licchelli L,Frattari A,El Halabieh NA,Gabriele E,Pignatelli G,De Santis T,Fionda L,Vanoli F,Morino S,Garibaldi M,Di Pasquale A,Vanacore N,Botta A,Antonini G

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyposmia can develop with age and in neurodegenerative conditions, including Parkinson's disease (PD). The University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) is a 40-item smell test widely used for assessing hyposmia. However, in a number of situations, such as identifying hyposmic individuals in l...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Joseph T,Auger SD,Peress L,Rack D,Cuzick J,Giovannoni G,Lees A,Schrag AE,Noyce AJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00