Improvement of Orbitofrontal Cortex Function Associated with Blephrospasm Symptom Remission.

abstract：:We present a long-term follow-up examination concerning patients with isolated extra-ocular muscle involvement in thyroid-related orbitopathy. Within the previous 13 years we observed 7 patients with endocrine orbitopathy and marked myopathy of the extra-ocular muscles. Five of these patients had no detectable proptos...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Gerlach M,Ferbert A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most of the previously described pathogenic mutations in desmin are located in highly conserved α-helical domains that play an important role in intermediate filament assembly. The role of the C-terminus non-α-helical 'tail' domain is much less investigated and until recently mutations in this domain have be...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Maddison P,Damian MS,Sewry C,McGorrian C,Winer JB,Odgerel Z,Shatunov A,Lee HS,Goldfarb LG

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of psychosocial variables on patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and the relationship between these variables and the onset of MS. BACKGROUND:The current evidence indicates that many types of psychosocial factors are involved in the development and rel...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Liu XJ,Ye HX,Li WP,Dai R,Chen D,Jin M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local cerebral glucose utilization (LCGU) was determined in 2- to 8-day-old beagle dogs by the quantitative 14C-deoxyglucose autoradiographic method. In physiologically controlled puppies (BP 66 +/- 3 mm Hg; paO2 71 +/- 2 mm Hg; paCO2 35 mm Hg, pH 7.39 +/- 0.04; hematocrit 39 +/- 2%), the 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) autorad...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Grégoire N,Pontier R,Salamon G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed gender differences in diabetic patients with ischemic stroke with respect to vascular risk factors, clinical features and early outcome. Ischemic stroke was diagnosed in 261 diabetic women and 300 diabetic men of 2,446 ischemic stroke patients included in a prospective stroke registry over 17 years...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Arboix A,Milian M,Oliveres M,García-Eroles L,Massons J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed serial neurophysiological tests in 22 patients with confirmed Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) for 12 months following onset of the disease. Twenty-five age- and sex-matched healthy controls were also tested. Tests included nerve conduction and automated quantitative thermal threshold measurements. The commo...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Thomaides TN,Kerezoudi EP,Zoukos Y,Chaudhuri KR

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Estrogen receptor (ER) analysis was performed with an enzyme immunoassay using monoclonal antibodies against human ER protein (estrophilin) in 70 meningiomas. [3H]methyltrienolone, a synthetic androgen, was used for concurrent determination of the androgen receptor (AR)-binding activity. Low levels of ER immunoreactiv...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lesch KP,Schott W,Engl HG,Gross S

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Saccade may be abnormal in Parkinson's disease (PD), but there have been no systematic studies on directional asymmetries of horizontal saccades in early PD. The aims of this study were to determine the saccadic abnormalities and their directional asymmetries. METHODS:We recorded visually guided horizontal ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Choi SM,Lee SH,Choi KH,Nam TS,Kim JT,Park MS,Kim BC,Kim MK,Cho KH

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:A 28-year-old man with negative family history for neuromuscular diseases showed a distal myopathy. Creatine kinase was slightly increased. Two muscle biopsies were performed. The first showed myopathic features, rimmed vacuoles in a limited area and increase of free glycogen; the second showed only nonspecific pathol...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Mongini T,Doriguzzi C,Palmucci L,Pollo B,Arnaudo E,Bresolin N

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 29 patients with chronic progressive ganglionopathy of different etiology. Neurophysiological abnormalities were dominated by a widespread decrease in sensory nerve action potential amplitudes, which involved both upper and lower limb nerves, even in patients with asymmetrical or patchy clinical presentati...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lauria G,Pareyson D,Sghirlanzoni A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The K variant of butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE-K) exhibits a reduced acetylcholine-hydrolyzing capacity; so the clinical response to rivastigmine may differ in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with the BCHE-K gene. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinical response to rivastigmine transdermal patch monotherapy o...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Han HJ,Kwon JC,Kim JE,Kim SG,Park JM,Park KW,Park KC,Park KH,Moon SY,Seo SW,Choi SH,Cho SJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between edentulism and cerebral small vessel disease is controversial. We aimed to assess this relationship in community-dwelling older adults living in rural Ecuador. METHODS:MRI was performed in 311 (81%) of 385 individuals ≥60 years enrolled in the Atahualpa Project. Participants were cla...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Del Brutto OH,Mera RM,Zambrano M

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：BACKGROUND AND STUDY PURPOSE:Autonomic nervous system dysfunction is a common complication of acute cerebrovascular disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible location-dependent difference in cardio-autonomic function in patients with ischaemic stroke. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sympathetic function was ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Strittmatter M,Meyer S,Fischer C,Georg T,Schmitz B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kearns-Sayre syndrome has been associated with large heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA deletions and morphological alterations at the cytological level. We have measured the activities of different respiratory chain complexes in 3 patients presenting mitochondrial DNA deletions and found no close correlation between gen...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Reichmann H,Degoul F,Gold R,Meurers B,Ketelsen UP,Hartmann J,Marsac C,Lestienne P

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:To clarify the function of human atrial natriuretic peptide (hANP) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), we examined hANP levels in the CSF of patients with various neurological diseases. The subjects were 16 controls without neurological disease and 45 patients with neurological disease. The 45 patients with neurological...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Yamasaki H,Sugino M,Ohsawa N

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case presenting continuous muscle fiber activity syndrome, which was slightly reduced by the blocking of nerve conduction and abolished by ischemia. Clinical, electromyographical and bioptical evidence of marked abnormalities of peripheral motoneurons were observed. Association with central motoneuron le...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Cotrufo R,Di Iorio G,Ammendola A,Bravaccio F

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dysnatremia, which is associated with increased mortality in general intensive care units (ICU), has not been thoroughly studied in neurologic ICU (NICU). METHODS:Prevalence of dysnatremia was retrospectively assessed. The multivariable binary logistic regression model was used to determine the influence of...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Zhang YZ,Qie JY,Zhang QH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:In this case-control study, our aim was to check for a possible independent role of hypertension in increasing the risk of developing Bell's palsy. METHODS:All patients diagnosed as having Bell's palsy referred to a neurology clinic were enrolled as cases. Controls were selected among other patients ref...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Savadi-Oskouei D,Abedi A,Sadeghi-Bazargani H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study aims to assess cognitive involvement in pre-AIDS, not drug abuser subjects and to determine whether CD4 status or disease stage best correlates with cognitive changes that may portend development of ADC. 328 cases were analyzed. No differences in psychometric performance in relation to CDC sta...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Grassi MP,Perin C,Borella M,Mangoni A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies focusing on the anatomy and pathology of the 7th cranial nerve have already been published. However, only scattered cases of herpes zoster oticus (HZO) have been described and only the MRI appearance of the soft temporal bone structures has been reporte...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Berrettini S,Bianchi MC,Segnini G,Sellari-Franceschini S,Bruschini P,Montanaro D

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:The IgG oligoclonal bands in CSF can be found in high percentage of MS patients but the existence of a limited number of cases with CSF normal IgG profile is known as well. In the present study 63 out of 70 patients with definite MS and 24 out of 35 with probable MS had oligoclonal bands in the CSF at the isoelectric ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Rocchelli B,Poloni M,Mazzarello P,Delodovici M

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：:The frontal lobe is the largest lobe of the brain, and it is thus commonly involved in stroke. Moreover, almost one in five strokes is limited to the prerolandic areas. This high frequency of anatomical involvement is in sharp contrast with the apparent rarity of clinical frontal dysfunction in stroke. It is remarkabl...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embolism from the aneurysmal sac is a rare but possible manifestation of intracranial aneurysm; thrombus formation is probably related to the combined action of turbulent flow and a 'stagnant zone'. Three cases are presented: 2 with giant aneurysms (1 internal carotid and 1 sylvian) and 1 with a large aneurysm of the ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Parenti G,Fiori L,Marconi F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00