Human immunodeficiency virus-associated myopathy: analysis of 11 patients.

abstract：:We assessed nigrostriatal dopaminergic function in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients undergoing a double-blind, placebo-controlled surgical trial of embryonic dopamine cell implantation. Forty PD patients underwent positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with [18F]fluorodopa (FDOPA) prior to randomization to transp...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Nakamura T,Dhawan V,Chaly T,Fukuda M,Ma Y,Breeze R,Greene P,Fahn S,Freed C,Eidelberg D

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lymphocytes from three young patients undergoing acute exacerbations of multiple sclerosis were studied by flow cytometry. Using a new method that simultaneously measures cell-surface antigens and the cell-cycle phase, we determined that the CSF lymphocytes in these patients were activated. T...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Noronha A,Richman DP,Arnason BG

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of intensive prevalence surveys on multiple sclerosis carried out in different small regions of Italy have suggested that this country falls into the high-frequency zone for the disease. To verify this hypothesis by studying a large population, we conducted intensive incidence and prevalence survey in the prov...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Granieri E,Tola R,Paolino E,Rosati G,Carreras M,Monetti VC

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study antibody-independent contributions of B cells to inflammatory disease activity, and the immune consequences of B-cell depletion with rituximab, in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:B-Cell effector-cytokine responses were compared between MS patients and matched controls using a 3-signal...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Bar-Or A,Fawaz L,Fan B,Darlington PJ,Rieger A,Ghorayeb C,Calabresi PA,Waubant E,Hauser SL,Zhang J,Smith CH

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Wide interindividual variability exists in response to tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) treatment in the acute phase of ischemic stroke. We aimed to find genetic variations associated with hemorrhagic transformation (HT) and mortality rates after t-PA. We then generated a clinical-genetic model for predict...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： del Río-Espínola A,Fernández-Cadenas I,Giralt D,Quiroga A,Gutiérrez-Agulló M,Quintana M,Fernández-Álvarez P,Domingues-Montanari S,Mendióroz M,Delgado P,Turck N,Ruíz A,Ribó M,Castellanos M,Obach V,Martínez S,Freijo MM,Ji

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional (volume) magnetic resonance angiography is a noninvasive technique that images the intracranial and cervical arterial vasculature without contrast agents. Twenty-four children with strokes had combined parenchymal magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography 1 day to 4 years after ac...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Wiznitzer M,Masaryk TJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathies are inherited neuromuscular disorders caused by a length-dependent neurodegeneration of peripheral nerves. More than 900 mutations in 60 different genes are causative of the neuropathy. Despite significant progress in therapeutic strategies, the disease remains incurable. The inc...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Bouhy D,Timmerman V

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease characterized by various combinations of ataxia, choreoathetosis, myoclonus, epilepsy, and dementia as well as a wide range of ages at onset. A specific unstable trinucleotide repeat expansion in a gene on the short arm of chromoso...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Ikeuchi T,Koide R,Tanaka H,Onodera O,Igarashi S,Takahashi H,Kondo R,Ishikawa A,Tomoda A,Miike T

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody against acetylcholine receptor (AChR) of human skeletal muscle was measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and found in 23 (74%) of 31 Japanese patients with generalized myasthenia gravis. In 15 patients with generalized myasthenia gravis who had not undergone thymectomy and who were not receiving ad...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Kawanami S,Tsuji R,Oda K

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear neutral protease activity (PMN-NPA) was examined in 87 patients with definite multiple sclerosis (MS) (48 active, 39 inactive), 49 patients with other neurological diseases (OND), 24 patients with immune-mediated non-neurological diseases (INND), and 32 normal subjects. PMN-NPA was found to be signif...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Guarnieri B,Lolli F,Amaducci L

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with Parkinson's disease and in normal subjects, the influence of tremor on repetitive voluntary movement was investigated in the index finger by comparing frequency of isometric force tremor with frequency of voluntary alternating isometric contractions. Tremor frequency, measured over the range from 0 to...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Logigian E,Hefter H,Reiners K,Freund HJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saturated very long-chain fatty acids in erythrocyte membranes, blood plasma, and mononuclear cells were studied in 4 patients with childhood-adolescent adrenoleukodystrophy and 4 patients with adult adrenoleukodystrophy and 19 normal control subjects by using high-performance liquid chromatography. Ratios of C26:0 to...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Antoku Y,Koike F,Ohtsuka Y,Sakai T,Tsukamoto K,Nagara H,Iwashita H,Goto I

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin is a major Ca2+ -binding protein that may mediate many Ca2+ -regulated processes in neuronal function. Calmodulin is present in the presynaptic nerve terminal in association with synaptic vesicles and in postsynaptic density fractions. Several calmodulin-regulated synaptic biochemical processes have been id...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： DeLorenzo RJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the mechanism by which carbamazepine lowers somatostatin concentration in cerebrospinal fluid of humans, the effect of carbamazepine on secretion of this peptide was studied in rat cerebral cell cultures. Concentrations of carbamazepine within the therapeutic range (4 x 10(-5) M) inhibited spontaneous rel...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Reichlin S,Mothon S

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the use of a new stable isotope-labeled form of levodopa (LD) to examine in vivo central LD metabolism in Parkinson's disease (PD). Eight patients representing a wide spectrum of disease severity were administered 50 mg of carbidopa orally followed in 1 hour by an intravenous bolus of 150 mg of stable isotop...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Durso R,Evans JE,Josephs E,Szabo GK,Evans BA,Handler JS,Jennings D,Browne TR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reductions in cerebral metabolism sufficient to impair cognition in normal individuals also occur in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The degree of clinical disability in AD correlates closely to the magnitude of the reduction in brain metabolism. Therefore, we tested whether impairments in tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle enz...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Bubber P,Haroutunian V,Fisch G,Blass JP,Gibson GE

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of reports have suggested an increasing incidence of primary brain tumors, especially malignant astrocytomas, in the elderly population. To investigate this issue, we analyzed the incidence and temporal trends of primary intracranial neoplasms diagnosed in the population of Rochester, Minnesota, over the 40 y...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Radhakrishnan K,Mokri B,Parisi JE,O'Fallon WM,Sunku J,Kurland LT

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound scans of three newborn infants with cerebral ischemic lesions demonstrated on computed tomographic scan showed unexpected changes in echogenicity of brain parenchyma in addition to lateralized mass effect. Areas of increased echogenicity were present adjacent to regions of infarction identified on computed ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Wilson-Davis SL,Lo W,Filly RA

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this study was to determine the concordance of the anatomical location of interictal magnetoencephalographic (MEG) spike foci with the location of ictal onset zones identified by invasive ictal intracranial electroencephalographic recordings in children undergoing evaluation for epilepsy surgery. MEG was...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Minassian BA,Otsubo H,Weiss S,Elliott I,Rutka JT,Snead OC 3rd

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency is a major cause of primary lactic acidosis and neurological dysfunction in infancy and early childhood. Most cases are caused by mutations in the X-linked gene for the E1alpha subunit of the complex. Mutations in DLAT, the gene encoding dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase, the E2 core...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Head RA,Brown RM,Zolkipli Z,Shahdadpuri R,King MD,Clayton PT,Brown GK

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) is one form of childhood-onset idiopathic torsion dystonia. Adult-onset parkinsonism has appeared in several previously unaffected members in families with DRD suggesting that this may be an additional phenotypical expression of the disease. We report a family with DRD in which 2 women a...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Nygaard TG,Takahashi H,Heiman GA,Snow BJ,Fahn S,Calne DB

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify those factors associated with cerebral hemorrhage among brains with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), we undertook a comparative postmortem histopathological study of amyloid-containing vessels in the brains of patients with and without hemorrhage. Those without hemorrhage were represented by the followin...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Vonsattel JP,Myers RH,Hedley-Whyte ET,Ropper AH,Bird ED,Richardson EP Jr

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) afflicting approximately 250,000 individuals in the United States. This inflammatory disease has variable clinical manifestations, ranging from a relapsing-remitting course to a chronic progressive disease. Approximately one third o...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Bansil S,Cook SD,Rohowsky-Kochan C

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult GM2 gangliosidosis is a rare disorder that often presents with both neurological and psychiatric syndromes. Effective treatment of the psychotic and affective symptoms associated with this disorder has been complicated by poor treatment response and the concern that many psychotropic agents may worsen the underl...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Renshaw PF,Stern TA,Welch C,Schouten R,Kolodny EH

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical value of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) polyamine determinations in childhood medulloblastoma has been suggested. We performed 72 CSF polyamine determinations in 35 children with primary brain tumors. Spermine values were normal and spermidine values were inconsistently elevated. CSF putrescine values, however...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Phillips PC,Kremzner LT,De Vivo DC

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five patients with recently diagnosed leptomeningeal metastases underwent a prospective clinical and electro-physiological study to assess the mode and extent of peripheral nerve and spinal root involvement. Motor conduction velocities and F wave latencies in the legs were found frequently to be disturbed compa...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Argov Z,Siegal T

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Averaged electroencephalographic activity related to rhythmic jerking movements was recorded in a patient with a complex neurological symptomatology. The diagnosis of a functional disorder was strongly suggested by his clinical course, inconsistent findings from physical examination, and negative workup. His abnormal ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Toro C,Torres F

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cells have long played an enigmatic role in the scenario of multiple sclerosis pathogenesis. This review summarizes recent progress in our understanding of B-cell trafficking, survival, and differentiation in the central nervous system (CNS). We propose four possible routes of intrathecal immunoglobulin-producing ce...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Meinl E,Krumbholz M,Hohlfeld R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 36 and 44 weeks after conception, telencephalic white matter in the newborn appears to be particularly vulnerable to insults that result in morphological disturbances. Available evidence indicates that this disorder (or group of disorders), named acquired perinatal leukoencephalopathy, reflects a decrease in b...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Leviton A,Gilles FH

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of nine related aromatic monocarboxylic acids (ACAs) previously shown to inhibit muscle membrane chloride conductance (GCl) selectively in the rat were studied for their ability to produce myotonia. All nine induced characteristic repetitive electrical activity and delayed relaxation in isolated muscle, altho...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Furman RE,Barchi RL

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00