Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.

abstract：:In Huntington's disease (HD) atrophy of the caudate nucleus and putamen has been described many years before clinical manifestation. Volume changes of the pallidum, thalamus, brainstem, accumbens nucleus, hippocampus, and amygdala are less well investigated, or reported with contradicting results. The aim of our study...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： van den Bogaard SJ,Dumas EM,Acharya TP,Johnson H,Langbehn DR,Scahill RI,Tabrizi SJ,van Buchem MA,van der Grond J,Roos RA,TRACK-HD Investigator Group.

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced level of consciousness is a common clinical finding in acutely sick patients. In the majority of cases a cause for the encephalopathy is readily identifiable,whilst in a minority the aetiology is more difficult to ascertain. Frequently the onset of encephalopathy is associated with, or follows, infection. The ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Davies NW,Sharief MK,Howard RS

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features of 31 cases of syringomyelic syndrome, confirmed by metrizamide CT myelography (CTM) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), were analysed. Bilateral suspended sensory disturbance, previously regarded as a characteristic feature, was encountered in only 2 cases (6.5%). Thirteen patients (41.9%) show...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tashiro K,Fukazawa T,Moriwaka F,Hamada T,Isu T,Iwasaki Y,Abe H

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absence of AMP-deaminase was demonstrated by histochemical and biochemical methods in a muscle biopsy of a 25-year-old woman with facial and limb girdle myopathy. Venous ammonia failed to rise after ischaemic exercise. This patient further contributes to the variety of clinical pictures associated with AMP-deaminase d...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mercelis R,Martin JJ,Dehaene I,de Barsy T,Van den Berghe G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In vascular dementia (VaD), assessment of cerebral blood flow by single photon emission computed tomography (CBF SPECT) has been used to detect a patchy decrease of blood flow or a frontal reduction. In addition to reduced blood flow, the heterogeneous distribution of cerebral blood flow is often observed in...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Yoshikawa T,Murase K,Oku N,Kitagawa K,Imaizumi M,Takasawa M,Rishu P,Hashikawa K,Nishikawa T,Hori M,Matsumoto M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 17.5-year old girl with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG). When she was 13, she started to complain of episodic diplopia, ptosis and mild fatigability of upper and lower extremity muscles. She was diagnosed with MG 3 years later, after exacerbation of her limb muscle weakness. Acetylcholine re...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kostera-Pruszczyk A,Kwiecinski H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Analog Model was developed for use in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) at an international roundtable meeting in 2001. Three key disease components are monitored, namely relapses, disability progression and magnetic resonance imaging activity. Its use provides a rapid, straightforward means of assessing the e...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sharief MK

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing deficits associated with cognitive impairment have attracted much recent interest, motivated by emerging evidence that impaired hearing is a risk factor for cognitive decline. However, dementia and hearing impairment present immense challenges in their own right, and their intersection in the auditory brain re...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hardy CJ,Marshall CR,Golden HL,Clark CN,Mummery CJ,Griffiths TD,Bamiou DE,Warren JD

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Childhood arterial ischaemic stroke (AIS) is rare, but causes significant morbidity and mortality. We aimed to investigate incidence, age-dependent clinical presentation, and risk factors and to discuss the medical care situation in Germany. METHODS:This prospective epidemiological study was conducted via ES...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gerstl L,Weinberger R,Heinen F,Bonfert MV,Borggraefe I,Schroeder AS,Tacke M,Landgraf MN,Vill K,Kurnik K,Sorg AL,Olivieri M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alemtuzumab is an anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody recently licensed for use in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Here, we report our experience of its use in neuromyelitis optica (NMO) spectrum disorders. A retrospective case review of patients treated with alemtuzumab in Cambridge, UK, was conducted to identify t...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Azzopardi L,Cox AL,McCarthy CL,Jones JL,Coles AJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of myopathies occurring in critically ill patients (critical illness myopathy, CIM) is poorly understood. Both local and systemic responses to sepsis and other severe insults to the body are presumed to be involved but the precise mechanisms by which muscle function is impaired are far from clear. To ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Friedrich O,Hund E,Weber C,Hacke W,Fink RH

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe three patients in whom an isolated sixth nerve palsy was the only clinical symptom or sign of multiple sclerosis (MS). Data were collected prospectively over 6 years on these three patients, who showed no other signs of brainstem dysfunction or prior symptoms; in addition. Retrospective analysis of all pat...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Barr D,Kupersmith MJ,Turbin R,Bose S,Roth R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Headache attributed to ingestion of a cold stimulus (ICHD-3 beta 4.5.1) is also known as ice cream headache (ICH). This cross-sectional epidemiological study included 283 students (10-14-year-olds) attending a grammar school in Germany, their parents (n = 401), and 41 teachers. A self-administered questionnaire was us...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Zierz AM,Mehl T,Kraya T,Wienke A,Zierz S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global aphasia is described as a unitary syndrome which is characterized by a severe impairment of all linguistic capabilities. Speech production is extremely limited and consists of stereotyped phrases, recurring utterances or a few isolated words which are usually neologistically distorted. The patients are unable t...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Stachowiak FJ,Huber W,Kerschensteiner M,Poeck K,Weniger D

更新日期：1977-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the visual event-related potentials (ERPs) in two subtypes of multisystem atrophy (MSA) in 15 MSA-C patients, 12 MSA-P patients, and 21 normal control (NC) subjects. We used a visual oddball task to elicit ERPs. No significant changes were seen in N1 or N2 latency, in either MSA-C or MSA-P, compared wi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kamitani T,Kuroiwa Y,Wang L,Li M,Suzuki Y,Takahashi T,Ikegami T,Matsubara S

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to monitor the development of anti-natalizumab antibodies to evaluate their first appearance in multiple sclerosis patients, since their presence has been associated with a reduction in the efficacy of the treatment and an increase of adverse events. A total of 134 multiple sclerosis patie...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Oliver-Martos B,Órpez-Zafra T,Urbaneja P,Maldonado-Sanchez R,Leyva L,Fernández O

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although silent infarcts (SIs) are frequent in stroke patients, their clinical significance remains controversial, and their effect on stroke outcome remains unclear. This study evaluated the prevalence of SI on computed tomography, associated factors, and the effect on outcome in stroke patients. We studied 202 conse...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Corea F,Hénon H,Pasquier F,Leys D,Lille Stroke\/Dementia Study Group.

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of pathology and neurological deficit with quality of life (QoL) in multiple sclerosis (MS) is not fully understood. In this study, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures of pathology--T1 and T2 lesion volume and ratio; active T2 lesion number; global and regional brain volume and atrophy; magnetiza...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hayton T,Furby J,Smith KJ,Altmann DR,Brenner R,Chataway J,Hunter K,Tozer DJ,Miller DH,Kapoor R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several viruses have the capacity to cause serious infections of the nervous system in patients who are immunosuppressed. Individuals may be immunosuppressed because of primary inherited immunodeficiency, secondary immunodeficiency due to particular diseases such as malignancy, administration of immunosuppressant drug...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kennedy PGE

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persistent postural perceptual dizziness (PPPD) is a common chronic condition presenting in neurology and neuro-otology clinics. Symptoms lie on a spectrum in the general population. The cause is unknown and thought to involve interactions between visual and vestibular systems, but symptoms also correlate wi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Powell G,Derry-Sumner H,Shelton K,Rushton S,Hedge C,Rajenderkumar D,Sumner P

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes topical papers from the fields of neuro-ophthalmology and neuro-otology published from August 2013 to February 2015. The main findings are: (1) diagnostic criteria for pseudotumor cerebri have been updated, and the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial evaluated the efficacy of ac...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gold DR,Zee DS

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of Hallervorden-Spatz disease (HSD) has usually been made post mortem, although the recent description of characteristic abnormalities in the globus pallidus has suggested the possibility of an in vivo diagnosis. We present the clinical histories, neurological features and MRI findings of 11 patients, di...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Angelini L,Nardocci N,Rumi V,Zorzi C,Strada L,Savoiardo M

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perivascular spaces can become detectable on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) upon enlargement, referred to as enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) or Virchow-Robin spaces. EPVS have been linked to small vessel disease. Some studies have also indicated an association of EPVS to neuroinflammation and/or neurod...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Granberg T,Moridi T,Brand JS,Neumann S,Hlavica M,Piehl F,Ineichen BV

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neutrotrophins stimulate survival and differentiation of a range of target neurons. A wealth of evidence suggests that central cholinergic neurons depend on nerve growth factor (NGF) for trophic support. Grafts of NGF-producing cells rescue axotomized basal forebrain cholinergic neurons and reduce cholinergic cell...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ebendal T,Lönnerberg P,Pei G,Kylberg A,Kullander K,Persson H,Olson L

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To disclose the neuropathological progression course of Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of six genetically confirmed MJD cases (four males and two females, including an autopsied female, all unrelated to one another) were further investigated on neurodegeneration. Brain MRI stud...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Horimoto Y,Matsumoto M,Akatsu H,Kojima A,Yoshida M,Nokura K,Yuasa H,Katada E,Yamamoto T,Kosaka K,Hashizume Y,Yamamoto H,Mitake S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 2 (PCH2) is a very rare autosomal recessive disorder. We report two unrelated female patients born to consanguineous parents presenting with this condition. Patient 1 showed a classical clinical/neuroradiological phenotype of PCH2 with dyskinesia/dystonia. Patient 2 had a neonatal onset...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Grosso S,Mostadini R,Cioni M,Galluzzi P,Morgese G,Balestri P

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1 (AOA1) is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease, recently associated with mutations in the aprataxin gene. Main features are early onset cerebellar ataxia, oculomotor apraxia and peripheral neuropathy. The presence of choreoathetosis or dystonia in some patients sug...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Salvatore E,Varrone A,Criscuolo C,Mancini P,Sansone V,Strisciuglio C,Cicala D,Scarano V,Salvatore M,Pappatà S,De Michele G,Filla A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stavudine (2',3'-didehydro-3'deoxythymidine) is a pyrimidine analogue that may be of great value in combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) for treating patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). We assessed potential neurotoxic side effects by comparing peripheral nerve function in patients ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： von Giesen HJ,Hefter H,Jablonowski H,Arendt G

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted an open-labeled clinical trial of interferon beta-1b (IFNB) treatment in 20 patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) and longitudinally monitored autoantibodies against double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), thyroid peroxidase (TPO),myelin basic protein (MBP), myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bitsch A,Dressel A,Meier K,Bogumil T,Deisenhammer F,Tumani H,Kitze B,Poser S,Weber F

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of hand movements in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has repeatedly demonstrated increased activation in cortical and subcortical areas, whereas a single study has suggested decreased rather than increased activations for tongue movements in patients with bulbar involve...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kollewe K,Münte TF,Samii A,Dengler R,Petri S,Mohammadi B

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00