Fourth ventricular meningioma: a case report and literature review.

abstract：:Evaluation of the analgesic effect after a single application of the capsaicin 8 % cutaneous patch (Qutenza™) in 37 patients suffering from painful, distal symmetric polyneuropathy (PNP) for an average of 5 years. Patients ranged from 40 to 78 years of age and 22 subjects were HIV-positive. Patients were observed 4 we...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Raber JM,Reichelt D,Grüneberg-Oelker U,Philipp K,Stubbe-Dräger B,Husstedt IW

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Çakar A,Akçay Hİ,Gündüz T,Kürtüncü M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have reported that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is beneficial for post-stroke patients with upper limb hemiparesis. It was reported that application of rTMS during sleep could possibly strengthen neural plasticity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship betwee...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Niimi M,Sasaki N,Kimura C,Hara T,Yamada N,Abo M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is the most common heritable cause of stroke and vascular dementia in adults. We present a family from Serbia presenting with stroke and depression in the lack of vascular risk factors, with brain MRI indicating CADASI...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Pavlovic AM,Dobricic V,Semnic R,Lackovic V,Novakovic I,Bajcetic M,Sternic N

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was introduced in 1974 aiming at standardizing assessment of level of consciousness in head injured patients. It has been used mainly in evaluating prognosis, comparing different groups of patients and monitoring the neurological status. However its use expanded beyond the original intenti...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Matis G,Birbilis T

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosarcoidosis is a diagnostic challenge, especially in the absence of systemic involvement, even when cerebral biopsies show noncaseating granulomas. We report a patient with a pineal germinoma associated with a extensive peri- and intra- tumoural granulomatous reaction, who was first diagnosed as possible neurosar...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Visée H,Duprez TP,Godfraind C,Sindic CJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to the classic, slowly progressive polyneuropathy in alcoholic patients, acute forms, clinically mimicking Guillain-Barré syndrome, are rare. We present a patient who developed motor weakness and sensory loss in all four limbs within four days. Laboratory data were consistent with long-term alcohol abuse a...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Vandenbulcke M,Janssens J

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is best viewed as a clinical syndrome which can have at least two clinical substrates: the commonest is an acquired demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy and the other is an acute motor axonal neuropathy. An acute acquired neuropathy can also sometimes cause the Miller Fisher syndrome of o...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Hughes RA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, different research lines have examined the epileptogenic process in order to understand the different stages in this process, and with the hope that early recognition and intervention could prevent chronic epilepsy in patients with epileptic seizures. In animals, acquired epilepsy is studied most comm...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Lagae L,Buyse G,Ceulemans B,Claeys P,Dedeurwaerdere S,de Meirleir L,Hauman R,Janssen A,Schmedding E,Verhelst H,Vonck K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse multicentric sarcomas of the brain, also called cerebral malignant lymphomas, sometimes present symmetrical topography. This is well demonstrated by a CAT mirror image obtained by the authors in the reported case. The diagnostic value of the image is underlined in view of the possible forms of therapy, in part...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Kevers L,Brucher JM,Laterre EC

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-reporting scales are commonly utilized in determining appropriate treatment strategies and follow-up in hand-related disorders. Responsiveness is described as the ability of a scale to detect clinically significant changes. We aimed to evaluate responsiveness of Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHQ), Duruöz ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Kocyigit BF,Akaltun MS

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:BRAT1-related neurodevelopmental disorders are characterized by heterogeneous phenotypes with varying levels of clinical severity. Since the discovery of BRAT1 variants as the molecular etiology of lethal neonatal rigidity and multifocal seizure syndrome (RMFSL, OMIM 614498), these variants have also been identified i...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Colak FK,Guleray N,Azapagasi E,Yazıcı MU,Aksoy E,Ceylan N

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropraxia of the cervical spinal cord is a rare condition which is almost exclusively reported in American football players following cervical hyperextension or hyperflexion trauma. In this entity-neurological symptoms of both arms and legs for a period of up to 15 minutes are observed with complete recovery. We rep...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Bernsen HJ,Koetsveld A,Frenken CW,van Norel GJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As dystonia may represent a severe disease with possible fatal outcome or physical or social incapacity, and considering the limited efficacy of drug treatments (excepted doparesponsive dystonia), efforts have been made since the 1950s to propose alternative treatment. In this paper, an overview of the works done by n...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Vercueil L

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catatonia was first described by Kahlbaum in 1874. Ever since, the concept of catatonia has been the focus of debate, a major point of discussion being its nosological status. The question rises whether it is to be considered a syndrome with a wide variety of causes and clinical signs or a distinct clinical entity. Si...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Vancaester E,Santens P

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the relationship between sympathetic skin responses (SSR), electrodiagnostic reflex activities (F wave, H reflex), and functional capacity in post-stroke patients. The study comprised 40 hemiplegia patients (mean age 57.8 ± 10.9 years) and 40 healthy volunteers (mean age 557 ± ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Çakır T,Evcik FD,Subaşı V,Demirdal ÜS,Kavuncu V

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40 year-old woman with subacute headache and visual impairment was admitted. Neurological examination revealed meningismus, diminished visual acuity, bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy, and papillary edema. Dermatologic examination was normal. The brain CT scan showed hydrocephalus and hyperdense edging around fiss...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Arias M,Alberte-Woodward M,Arias S,Dapena D,Prieto A,Suárez-Peñaranda JM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and CHARGE syndrome are complex neurological disorders, which never occurred together in the same family and, to date, no putative correlation between them has been described on PubMed Central. Due to our aim was to evaluate the presence of different genetic variants involved in these pat...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Ungaro C,Citrigno L,Trojsi F,Sprovieri T,Gentile G,Muglia M,Monsurrò MR,Tedeschi G,Cavallaro S,Conforti FL

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neuro-immunological demyelinating disease. From the immunological aspects, it is well accepted that T cells play a pivotal role in the etiology of the disease. T helper (Th) 1 and Th17 cells are thought to be the main pathogenic T cells in the pathogenesis of MS and are known as effector T...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Seidkhani-Nahal A,Noori-Zadeh A,Bakhtiyari S,Khosravi A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) in patients is diverse. The primary objective of this article was to discuss one of the causes, spontaneous intracranial hypotension with spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, which is usually neglected by the neurosurgeon. All the consecutive 15 patients who underwent...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Wan Y,Xie J,Xie D,Xue Z,Wang Y,Yang S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The large choice of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in Belgium complicates the selection of the appropriate product for the individual patient. International guidelines on the treatment of epilepsy have been published, but are not tailored to the Belgian situation. This publication presents recommendations from a group of ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Boon P,Engelborghs S,Hauman H,Jansen A,Lagae L,Legros B,Ossemann M,Sadzot B,Urbain E,van Rijckevorsel K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focusses on the validation and standardization of Alzheimer's disease (AD) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers, as well as on the current clinical indications and rational use of CSF biomarkers in daily clinical practice. The validated AD CSF biomarkers, Aβ1-42, T-tau, and P-tau181, have an added value in...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Niemantsverdriet E,Valckx S,Bjerke M,Engelborghs S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) has unknown risk factors. The aim of this study was to identify the environmental risk factors for NMOSD. A case-control study was conducted in Tehran from 2015 to 2016 among 100 patients with NMOSD. Sex-matched healthy controls (n = 400) were selected through random digi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Eskandarieh S,Nedjat S,Abdollahpour I,Azimi AR,Moghadasi AN,Asgari N,Sahraian MA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to determine the correlations among hippocampal damage, spontaneous recurrent seizures (SRS), and mossy fiber sprouting (MFS) using pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) kindling model. METHODS:Chronic epileptic model was established by administration of PTZ. Behaviour and EEG seizure activity were re...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Tian FF,Zeng C,Guo TH,Chen Y,Chen JM,Ma YF,Fang J,Cai XF,Li FR,Wang XH,Huang WJ,Fu JJ,Dang J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis is considered to be an immune mediated inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system. It mainly affects young, socioeconomic active patients. Although our armamentarium for this disease has significantly evolved in recent years some patients remain refractory to conventional therapies. In thes...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Laureys G,Willekens B,Vanopdenbosch L,Deryck O,Selleslag D,D'Haeseleer M,De Becker A,Dubois B,Dierickx D,Perrotta G,De Wilde V,van Pesch V,Straetmans N,Dive D,Beguin Y,Van Wijmeersch B,Theunissen K,Kerre T,Van de Veld

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a consanguineous family with a homozygous and heterozygous membrane metallo-endopeptidase (MME) mutation (c.467delC) and two clinical conditions: fetomaternal alloimmune membranous glomerulopathy (FMG) and hereditary motor and sensory axonal neuropathy. The penetrance of both phenotypes was variable. Some in...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Dupuis M,Raymackers JM,Ackermans N,Boulanger S,Verellen-Dumoulin C

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Incecik F,Ozcanyuz DG,Yılmaz M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporine-A is a highly potent immunosuppressive agent for solid organ transplantation, but has many side effects including nephrotoxicity, hypertension, gum hyperplasia, hepatotoxicity, and neurotoxicity. Neurotoxicity is a less known toxic effect. The pathogenesis of this effect is unclear. However, it has been p...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Derici U,Arinsoy T,Sindel S,Tali T,Leventoglu A,Sert S

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recovery of stroke-related aphasia can be affected by language therapy in the early and chronic stage. Objectively monitoring therapy-induced neuroplasticity is possible by several measurement techniques including electro- and magneto-encephalography. The obtained event-related potentials (ERPs) and fields (ERFs) prov...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Cocquyt EM,Vandewiele M,Bonnarens C,Santens P,De Letter M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in the treatment of MG have allowed most patients to effectively treat their disorder with oral medications. In parallel, non-adherence to medication treatment regimens is a worldwide health problem. Other chronic neurological disorders have already been associated with low adherence to treatment. However, th...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Vitturi BK,Pellegrinelli A,Valerio BCO

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00