Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: factor analysis and relationship with cognitive impairment.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is a challenging subtype of peripheral neuropathies. Once the diagnosis has been established, there is an uncertainty how SFN may progress, whether larger fibers will become involved over time, whether quality of life may be compromised, or whether repeated diagnostic workup in p...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Flossdorf P,Haupt WF,Brunn A,Deckert M,Fink GR,Lehmann HC,Wunderlich G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the remote effects of botulinum toxin injections by examining the motor unit architecture of noninjected distant muscles. In 21 dystonia patients treated with botulinum toxin (n = 11, mean cumulative dose = 815 mU; n = 10, mean cumulative dose = 7,207 mU) and 10 control individuals, a blinded s...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Fertl E,Schnider P,Schneider B,Auff E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) are warning episodes predicting that such patients are at high risk for stroke which potentially could be life-threatening or leave an individual with substantial disability. TIAs result from large or small vessel disease, cardiogenic embolic events and hematological abnormalities. Th...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Anwer UE

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological findings of 3 cases of Kaeser's scapulo-peroneal muscular atrophy are described. 1 of them is the first complete autopsy report on this disease. While the number of motor neurons in the spinal cord was grossly normal, the neuropil of the anterior horn exhibited axonal swellings, accumulations of possibly...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Probst A,Ulrich J,Kaeser HE,Heitz P

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a direct (door-to-door) epidemiological study, the prevalence rate of cerebrovascular disease in the rural population of northwest Peloponnese, Greece, was found to be 995 strokes per 100,000 inhabitants over 20 years of age. This number is considerably lower than the prevalence rate (1,417 strokes per 100,000 inha...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Paschalis C,Polychronopoulos P,Makris N,Kondakis X,Papapetropoulos T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The history of Sayk's cell sedimentation chamber is examined and reviewed in the context of clinically utilizable cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology. METHODS:A review of the literature was undertaken in PubMed and Google Scholar to search for primary and secondary sources on the history of CSF diagnosis. Mor...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Dahlmann N,Zettl UK,Kumbier E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superior orbital fissure syndrome is a symptomatologic complex, consisting of retroorbital pain, paralysis of extraocular muscles, impairment of first trigeminal branches and frequent involvement of the optic nerve. From a review of 130 published cases including two personal observations, it appears that the clinical ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lenzi GL,Fieschi C

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the frequency of epilepsies in the family members of epileptic patients. METHODS:The records of 4,851 patients with epilepsy were reviewed. The frequency and patterns of different epilepsies and epileptic syndromes in the patients, number of affected relatives and consanguinity were studied. RESULTS:...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Sozmen V,Baybas S,Dirican A,Koksal A,Ozturk M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute ischemia of the brain induces a cascade of biochemical and physiological events. The final consequences depend on the fact whether ischemia is of transient or permanent, total or partial nature. Alteration of extracellular potassium concentration, intracellular calcium and potassium concentration, development of...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hartmann A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are intracranial vascular malformations that can exist as a single lesion or mixed vascular lesions. The most common mixed form is the coexistence of CCM with an associated developmental venous anomaly (DVA). In this paper, we aim to give a comprehensive review of CCM,...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Idiculla PS,Gurala D,Philipose J,Rajdev K,Patibandla P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:QTc intervals were measured in 30 patients with Parkinson's disease and 30 healthy control subjects. The mean value of QTc intervals in patients with Parkinson's disease significantly exceeded that of healthy controls (418 +/- 14 ms vs. 403 +/- 18 ms). Prolongation of the QTc interval was unrelated to the administrati...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Oka H,Mochio S,Sato H,Katayama K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients suffering from migraine, tension-type headache (TTH), or combined headache (CH) are at risk of developing drug-induced headache (DIH) due to regular use of analgesics, ergot alkaloids, and triptans. The aim of our study was to determine (1) the clinical features of DIH, (2) the outcome of withdrawal therapy u...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Fritsche G,Eberl A,Katsarava Z,Limmroth V,Diener HC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percussion of the skull dates from a time when there were virtually no radiological methods for examining the skull and brain. Three apparently independent contributions appeared within the years 1893-1895. The sound elicited, tenderness, and auscultatory percussion have each been employed for diagnostic purposes, but...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Pearce JM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MPTP, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-pyridinium ion (MPP+) and the structurally related compounds including N-methyltetrahydroisoquinilinium ion inhibited the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) system in tissue slices of rat striatum at 10(-5) M. Mouse striatum is more susceptible to MPTP than rat striatum. A similar degree of inhibition b...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Nagatsu T,Hirata Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman who had spontaneous pain, hyperpathia and wasting of her left hand due to a subcortical lesion in the right parietal lobe is reported. The presentation and evaluation of this most unusual case are discussed. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Sandyk R

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The child prodigy Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens received his medical degree at Montpellier when aged 19. As a young promising physician Flourens was asked to investigate Gall's controversial views on cerebral localization. To test Gall's assertions, Flourens developed ablation as a procedure to explore the workings of th...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Pearce JM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated the predictive value of standard neurological evaluation, a commercially available biomarker assay and neuroimaging in the subacute phase for outcome after thrombolytic therapy in ischemic stroke. METHODS:Thirty-four consecutive ischemic stroke patients were evaluated by means of the NIH S...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Brouns R,Sheorajpanday R,Kunnen J,De Surgeloose D,De Deyn PP

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a laser microprobe mass analysis of aluminum and iron content in the hippocampus and in the inferior temporal cortex in 2 cases of dementia pugilistica (DP), 4 cases of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and 3 controls. There was a predominant accumulation of Al and Fe within neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) in both DP ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Bouras C,Giannakopoulos P,Good PF,Hsu A,Hof PR,Perl DP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the association between interleukin-6 (IL-6) and soluble E-selectin (sE-selectin) levels with the electrodiagnostic abnormalities in patients with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). METHODS:Serum HbA1c, C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), f...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Tiftikcioglu BI,Duksal T,Bilgin S,Kose S,Zorlu Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The biological mechanisms by which cerebral aneurysms emerge, enlarge and rupture are not totally understood. In the present study, we analyzed the genome-wide gene expression profile in human intracranial aneurysms using cDNA microarrays. METHODS:Affymetrix HU133 Plus 2.0 microarrays were used to compare g...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Li L,Yang X,Jiang F,Dusting GJ,Wu Z

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegenerative tauopathies may be inherited as autosomal-dominant disorders with variable clinicopathological phenotypes, and causative mutations in the microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) gene are not regularly seen. Herein, we describe a patient with clinically typical and autopsy-proven corticobasal degene...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Jung HH,Bremer J,Streffer J,Virdee K,Spillantini MG,Crowther RA,Brugger P,Van Broeckhoven C,Aguzzi A,Tolnay M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet counts (PCs) <100,000/µl are considered as a contraindication for intravenous thrombolysis (IVT). While US guidelines recommend IVT initiation before the availability of clotting tests, the guidelines of the European Stroke Organization give no such practical advice. We aimed to assess the incidence...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Breuer L,Huttner HB,Kiphuth IC,Ringwald J,Hilz MJ,Schwab S,Köhrmann M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies showed that late-life depression with subjective memory complaints (SMC) may be associated with an increased risk of developing dementia. However, not all such patients have cognitive decline. The aim of this longitudinal study was to identify possible clinical determinants of progressive de...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： von Gunten A,Giannakopoulos P,Duc R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We attempted to investigate changes of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) according to walking ability in chronic stroke patients, using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). METHODS:55 consecutive chronic stroke patients who were not able to walk due to injury of the corticospinal tract (CST) at stroke onset and...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Yeo SS,Ahn SH,Choi BY,Chang CH,Lee J,Jang SH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work was to precisely analyse the reduction of the antiparkinsonian treatment in 18 consecutive patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) operated on for bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation, first after 1 month of follow-up, then at 1 year postoperatively. Trihexyphenidyle, selegiline, e...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Thobois S,Corvaisier S,Mertens P,Di Guardo C,Mollion H,Guenot M,Rochefort F,Chazot G,Sindou M,Broussolle E

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two prospective projects were started in May 1985 to evaluate the long-term effects of bromocriptine in patients with Parkinson's disease. One of the projects is to see if combination therapy with levodopa and bromocriptine is superior to levodopa alone with regard to the prevention of late side effects of levodopa th...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Nakanishi T,Mizuno Y,Goto I,Iwata M,Kanazawa I,Kowa H,Mannen T,Nishitani H,Ogawa N,Takahashi A

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An HIV-positive patient presented the classical syndrome of pure alexia. Neuroradiologic investigation by computed tomography showed a ring-like lesion in the left posterior white matter. The clinical manifestations as well as the radiologic findings resolved after antiprotozoal treatment. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lüscher C,Horber FF

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is associated with a risk of causing diabetes mellitus and ischemic stroke. However, the association between hs-CRP levels and functional outcome after small-artery occlusion (SAO) is unknown. METHODS:Data for 836 patients diagnosed with SAO were collected from t...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Gao Y,Liu J,Wang W,Gao C,Yu C,Liu S,Wu J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recently, neurosyphilis was found to be associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). Whether the association was specific to neurosyphilis among central nervous system (CNS) infections, and whether neurosyphilis is associated with other prevalent metabolic disorders deserves further study. METHODS:An in-depth ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Xiao Y,Chen MJ,Shen X,Lin LR,Liu LL,Yang TC,Niu JJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of patent foramen ovale (PFO) has long been discussed in the literature in relation to different coexisting medical conditions. Many researchers focused on the occurrence of PFO in ischemic stroke patients, especially in the subgroup of young patients with a recurrent event. Unfortunately, before establ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Piechowski-Jozwiak B,Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00