Positive Predictive Value of French Hospitalization Discharge Codes for Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to ascertain the clinical manifestations of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's) (GPA) with the involvement of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and central nervous system (CNS). SUMMARY:All neurologic inpatients in a hospital over a 12-year period were reviewed. Nine pat...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Huang YH,Ro LS,Lyu RK,Chang HS,Wu YR,Chang KH,Kuo HC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that mitochondrial genes may implicate susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) is supported by an increasing number of case reports on Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON)-associated mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutations in patients with MS. A number of mtDNA mutations with primary pathogeni...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Houshmand M,Sanati MH,Rashedi I,Sharifpanah F,Asghari E,Lotfi J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients who experienced isolated transient global amnesia had computed tomographic evidence for a cerebral infarct (3 cases) or hemorrhage (1 case). The medial part of the temporal lobe was involved in 2 patients (left in 1, right in 1), the left lentiform nucleus in 1 patient, and the left thalamus in 1 left-ha...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Bogousslavsky J,Regli F

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to estimate the risk factors, early course, outcome and neuroimaging patterns in primary intracerebral hemorrhages (PIH). Using the Besançon Stroke Registry, 350 patients with first PIH documented by computed tomography (CT) between 1987 and 1993 were included in the present study. Patien...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Tatu L,Moulin T,El Mohamad R,Vuillier F,Rumbach L,Czorny A

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Newer Scandinavian data on intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are scarce. We aimed at providing updated community-based data on the incidence, characteristics and outcome of ICH leading to hospitalization in the southernmost region in Norway. METHODS:We analyzed data from all consecutive patients hospitali...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Tveiten A,Ljøstad U,Mygland A,Thomassen L,Pripp AH,Naess H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of primary degenerative dementia is still unknown and current therapeutic approaches can aim only at ameliorating some of the symptoms associated with this brain disease. At present, most approaches, attempt to correct a cholinergic deficit. Although the therapeutic benefits obtained so far with curre...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Markstein R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease in 5 generations of a family living in Sagamihara City is reported. Clinical features of this family did not differ from common PD, however, neuropathological findings were different from PD. In autopsied cases, the loss of melanin-containing cells was mild to moderate, and the n...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hasegawa K,Kowa H

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：: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：:This study investigated the maximum number of collaterals that can be maintained by 1 axon during regeneration of rat peripheral nerve. The tibial nerve was transected, the proximal residual, with its variable number of axons, was fixed to the distal stump and served as the donor nerve. The number of myelinated axons ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Jiang BG,Yin XF,Zhang DY,Fu ZG,Zhang HB

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with monomelic spinal muscular atrophy are described. Clinical features included insidious onset of wasting and weakness of one limb, lack of involvement of the cranial nerves, brain stem, pyramidal tracts and sensory system, and a stable condition over a period of 4-20 years. Clinical findings, electrom...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： de Visser M,Ongerboer de Visser BW,Verbeeten B Jr

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous retrospective study, we demonstrated that falls are common and often injurious in dominant spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) and that nonataxia features play an important role in these falls. Retrospective surveys are plagued by recall bias for the presence and details of prior falls. We therefore sought to...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Fonteyn EM,Schmitz-Hübsch T,Verstappen CC,Baliko L,Bloem BR,Boesch S,Bunn L,Giunti P,Globas C,Klockgether T,Melegh B,Pandolfo M,Schöls L,Timmann D,van de Warrenburg BP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress and generation of reactive oxygen species are believed to be implicated in Parkinson's disease (PD). Erythrocyte activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase, the blood glutathione system, and plasma levels of thiobarbituric-acid-reactive substances (TBARS) were measured in 80 PD patients. Thes...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Younes-Mhenni S,Frih-Ayed M,Kerkeni A,Bost M,Chazot G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of novel, motivated or useful material defines creativity, which appears to be one of the higher, specific, human brain functions. While creativity can express itself in virtually any domain, art might particularly well illustrate how creativity may be modulated by the normal or pathological brain. Evid...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder affecting neuromuscular transmission. Exacerbations may involve increasing bulbar weakness and/or sudden respiratory failure, both of which can be critically disabling. Management of MG exacerbations includes plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVI...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Karelis G,Balasa R,De Bleecker JL,Stuchevskaya T,Villa A,Van Damme P,Lagrange E,Heckmann JM,Nicolle M,Vilciu C,Bril V,Mondou E,Griffin R,Chen J,Henriquez W,Garcia B,Camprubi S,Ayguasanosa J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) on blood lymphocytes was studied in multiple sclerosis, patients with acute CNS infections, and healthy controls. No significant differences in lymphocyte proliferation were registered between the group of MS patients and the two other groups, irrespect...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Kinnman J,Link H,Frydén A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Endovascular mechanical thrombectomy is an important approach for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) treatment. Multimodal neuroimaging methods ideally provide the exact localization, extent, and metabolic activity of target tissues. Post-stroke cognitive impairment has recently been realized to be a...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Xu G,Dong X,Niu X,Zheng G,Wang H,Zhang F,Li L,Lv P

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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 9-year-old girl with huge, double arachnoid cysts at the cerebellopontine angle is reported. After a cyst-peritoneal shunt operation, she developed fine, high-frequency gaze nystagmus towards the lesion side combined with coarse, large amplitude nystagmus in the opposite direction, which is the reverse of the Bruns'...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Yokota J,Imai H,Okuda O,Sato K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human slow wave sleep (hSWS) is an important form of sleep that seems to take priority over REM sleep. Although hSWS is commonly thought to be associated with enhanced tissue repair, evidence supporting this view is questioned. For example, total sleep deprivation and loss of hSWS have little or no adverse effect on b...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Horne JA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 2 years we have systematically treated 31 sleep apnea patients with 25-50 mg imipramine HCl given 30 min before bedtime. Imipramine treatment was attempted for nonoverweight patients with negative ear, nose and throat (ENT) findings and for patients who had not responded to weight reduction or ENT surgery ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Rubin AH,Alroy GG,Peled R,Lavie P

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old patient with a lifelong history of epileptic attacks is described. A skull X-ray showed a round calcified nonhomogenous left frontotemporal mass. A CT scan confirmed its presence, as well as displacement of the left lateral and the third ventricles. At surgery a calcified inactive hydatid cyst was totall...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Micheli F,Lehkuniec E,Giannaula R,Caputi E,Paradiso G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The English electrophysiologist Edgar Adrian (1889-1977) was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for physiology in 1932 for his research on the functions of neurons. During World War I, at Queen Square in London, he devised an intensive electrotherapeutic treatment for shell-shocked soldiers. The procedure, developed wit...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Tatu L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leonardo da Vinci clearly observed and described capillaries. Using the microscope, Marcello Malpighi examined the brain and major organs to demonstrate their finer anatomical features. This led to his discovery in 1661, of capillaries that proved fundamental to our understanding of the vascular system in the brain an...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Pearce JM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke as a presenting manifestation of sarcoidosis has rarely been reported. This contrasts with the frequent anatomopathological findings of cerebrovascular involvement in neurosarcoidosis. We present a patient who developed acutely a right brachiofacial weakness and dysarthria. Pulmonary sarcoidosis was found. A br...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Michotte A,Dequenne P,Jacobovitz D,Hildebrand J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:This study aimed at assessing the feasibility of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy (MCSM) and quantifying the association between DTI parameters and neuronal status as a whole. METHODS:Fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were ob...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Ying J,Zhou X,Zhu M,Zhou Y,Huang K,Zhou B,Teng H

更新日期：2016-01-01 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