Prognostic value of amyloid PET scan in normal pressure hydrocephalus.

abstract：RATIONALE:Phase I/II studies of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for multiple sclerosis ( MS) were initiated, based on results of experimental transplantation in animal models of multiple sclerosis and clinical observations in patients treated concomitantly for malignant disease. PATIENTS:Eigh...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fassas A,Passweg JR,Anagnostopoulos A,Kazis A,Kozak T,Havrdova E,Carreras E,Graus F,Kashyap A,Openshaw H,Schipperus M,Deconinck E,Mancardi G,Marmont A,Hansz J,Rabusin M,Zuazu Nagore FJ,Besalduch J,Dentamaro T,Fouill

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PNPLA6 mutations, known to be associated with the development of motor neuron phenotypes, have recently been identified in families with Boucher-Neuhäuser syndrome. Boucher-Neuhäuser is a rare autosomal recessive syndrome characterized by the co-occurrence of cerebellar ataxia, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and chori...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Deik A,Johannes B,Rucker JC,Sánchez E,Brodie SE,Deegan E,Landy K,Kajiwara Y,Scelsa S,Saunders-Pullman R,Paisán-Ruiz C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local administration of botulinum toxin (BoTx) inhibits presynaptic acetylcholine release. All cholinergically innervated muscles and glands can be paralyzed accordingly. Studies on the application of BoTx in multiple sclerosis have shown good results for focal spasticity, in particular, of the extremities. The first ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Jost WH

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disability in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients is associated with white matter (WM) and gray matter (GM) pathology, and both processes contribute differently over the disease course. Total and regional GM volume loss can be imaged via voxel-based morphometry (VBM). Here, we retrospectively analyzed a group of 213 MS p...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Grothe M,Lotze M,Langner S,Dressel A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing evidence that intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) are effective in some neuroimmunological disorders of childhood. This short review summarizes the evidence-based indications and recommendations of IVIG therapy in these disorders. Despite considerable efforts to define the role and mechanisms of IVIG, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Archelos JJ,Fazekas F

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two adult Japanese sisters with L-2-hydroxy-glutaric aciduria (acidemia), both of whom were much older (aged 57, 47 years old) than previously reported patients (from neonate to 44 years old), and who presented with differing severity. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed typical subcortical white matter lesi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fujitake J,Ishikawa Y,Fujii H,Nishimura K,Hayakawa K,Inoue F,Terada N,Okochi M,Tatsuoka Y

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary worsening of stroke symptoms is described in 13-37% of stroke patients, but the exact mechanism of this phenomenon remains unclear. The aim of this study is to find prognostic variables in correlation to secondary worsening of stroke symptoms in patients with lacunar or cortical strokes. In this prospective ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Schweitzer JR,Koehler PJ,Voogd AC,Franke CL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal degeneration (CBD) are often clinically confused with each other. Moreover, the discrepancy between clinical and pathological diagnoses of CBD and PSP are still controversial. We report here two atypical cases of PSP and CBD. A 73-year old woman was admitted with r...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mizuno T,Shiga K,Nakata Y,Nagura J,Nakase T,Ueda Y,Takanashi Y,Urasaki K,Oyamada Y,Fushiki S,Nishikawa J,Yasuhara M,Nakajima K,Nakagawa M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in SCN2A cause epilepsy syndromes of variable severity including neonatal-infantile seizures. In one case, we previously described additional childhood-onset episodic ataxia. Here, we corroborate and detail the latter phenotype in three further cases. We describe the clinical characteristics, identify the ca...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Schwarz N,Hahn A,Bast T,Müller S,Löffler H,Maljevic S,Gaily E,Prehl I,Biskup S,Joensuu T,Lehesjoki AE,Neubauer BA,Lerche H,Hedrich UBS

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The highest risk of subsequent stroke after a TIA occurs within the first week after the index event. However, the risk of stroke recurrence (SR) remains high during the first year of follow-up. We studied the temporal pattern and predictors of SR (at 7 days and from 7 days to 1-year follow-up). Between April 2008 and...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Purroy F,Jiménez Caballero PE,Gorospe A,Torres MJ,Alvarez-Sabin J,Martínez-Sánchez P,Cánovas D,Freijo M,Egido JA,Ramírez-Moreno JM,Alonso-Arias A,Rodríguez-Campello A,Casado-Naranjo I,Martí-Fàbregas J,Silva Y,Cardona P,Mo

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three members of a single family with an apparently autosomal dominant, nonparoxysmal, hyperkinetic movement disorder with onset in adolescence. The proband, a 56-year-old woman, manifested dystonia, tremor and myoclonus; one of her daughters exhibited myoclonus with tremor, and the other demonstrated myoclo...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lossos A,Cohen O,Meiner V,Blumenfeld A,Reches A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Crossed aphasia (CA), usually referred to as an acquired language disturbance, is caused by a lesion in the cerebral hemisphere ipsilateral to the dominant hand, and the exact mechanism is not clear. The development of handedness is influenced by education and training and the impact of habitualization, while...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tan X,Guo Y,Dun S,Sun H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrafast brain MRI is required for uncooperative patients and time-critical diseases such as stroke because it reduces scan times and motion artifacts. This study investigated the clinical feasibility of a 1-min ultrafast brain MRI protocol for detecting intracranial abnormalities in restless and uncooperat...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ryu KH,Choi DS,Baek HJ,Cho SB,Ha JY,Kim TB,Hwang MJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticospinal lesions cause impairments in voluntary motor control. Recent findings suggest that some degree of voluntary control may be taken over by a compensatory pathway involving the reticulospinal tract. In humans, evidence for this notion mainly comes from StartReact studies. StartReact is the acceleration of r...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： van Lith BJH,Coppens MJM,Nonnekes J,van de Warrenburg BPC,Geurts AC,Weerdesteyn V

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction is prevalent in Parkinson's disease (PD). Symptoms are evident throughout the disease course, affect the length of the GI tract and impact on patient quality of life and management. We clarify real-life differences in the frequency and severity of GI symptoms in a cohort of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lubomski M,Davis RL,Sue CM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elective programs for medical students in the last year of their university training are poorly evaluated. The goal of this study was to determine the gain in theoretical and practical skills in a group of students during their elective in neurology. Students were trained by either conventional teaching meth...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Heckmann JG,Bleh C,Dütsch M,Lang CJ,Neundörfer B

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of α-synuclein (α-syn) are highly elevated in patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) compared to controls. However, the diagnostic value of CSF α-syn in CJD has not been established. To confirm whether CSF α-syn is increased in CJD and is a useful ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kasai T,Tokuda T,Ishii R,Ishigami N,Tsuboi Y,Nakagawa M,Mizuno T,El-Agnaf OM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 14-year-old boy with congenital isolated hemifacial hyperplasia. Hemifacial hypertrophy most likely represents a minor form of congenital hemihypertrophy. MRI of the soft tissue is particularly suitable to support the diagnosis and reveal associated bony asymmetries. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Urban PP,Bruening R

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recognizes 43.7 million forcibly displaced persons and asylum seekers due to conflict and persecution worldwide. Neurological disorders have rarely been described in displaced persons but likely pose a significant burden of disease. We describe the disease spec...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mateen FJ,Carone M,Nyce S,Ghosn J,Mutuerandu T,Al-Saedy H,Lowenstein DH,Burnham G

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a rare, autoimmune-inflammatory disease of the peripheral nervous system. Recently, various immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) type auto-antibodies have been described in patients with CIDP which can effectively be removed by immunoadsorption (IA). Therefore, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Dorst J,Ludolph AC,Senel M,Tumani H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged clinico-immunological observation of 85 patients with definite multiple sclerosis (MS) was performed in order to elucidate the connections between the clinical and immune state. A battery of immunological investigations was performed, including estimation of T-cell subpopulations in blood and cerebrospinal f...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gusev EI,Demina TL,Boiko AN,Pinegin BV

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyronine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), and reverse-triiodothyronine (rT3) levels were evaluated in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and in serum of 12 patients with definite amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by specific radioimmunoassays. Circulating microsomal and thyroglobulin antibodies were also evaluated. In all patie...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Malin JP,Ködding R,Fuhrmann H,von zur Mühlen A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the changes of muscle-related biomarkers at the early stage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and to confirm these findings in an experimental animal model. METHODS:Thirty-nine subjects with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and 20 healthy controls were enrolled and longitudinally evaluated. W...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ito D,Hashizume A,Hijikata Y,Yamada S,Iguchi Y,Iida M,Kishimoto Y,Moriyoshi H,Hirakawa A,Katsuno M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by both genetic and environmental factors. Sirtuins are highly-conserved, NAD-dependent class III deacetylases that regulate a variety of cellular functions. Most of the known sirtuins have been involved in animal models of neurodegenerative disorders, suc...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Jesús S,Gómez-Garre P,Carrillo F,Cáceres-Redondo MT,Huertas-Fernández I,Bernal-Bernal I,Bonilla-Toribio M,Vargas-González L,Carballo M,Mir P

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipids were extracted from brains of a patient with membranous lipodystrophy (ML) and three normal patients and the neutral lipid and sphingolipid constituents were investigated. The storage of a large amount of free fatty acid was observed in the ML brain, but no cholesterol ester was found. Total lipid, cholesterol ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ohtani Y,Miura S,Tamai Y,Kojima H,Kashima H

更新日期：1979-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a neurological syndrome determined by a rise in intracranial pressure without a detectable cause. Course and prognosis may be changeable, requiring a multidisciplinary approach for its diagnosis and management. Although its precise pathogenesis is still unknown, many studies hav...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Toscano S,Lo Fermo S,Reggio E,Chisari CG,Patti F,Zappia M

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the efficacy of botulinum toxin A (BtxA) therapy in patients with atypical parkinsonian disorders (APD) exhibiting different types of disabling focal dystonia unresponsive to oral drug therapy. Eight patients with functionally disabling focal dystonia out of a series of 60 consecutive patients with APD...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Müller J,Wenning GK,Wissel J,Seppi K,Poewe W

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman affected by chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia and muscle mitochondrial DNA deletion was studied by phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) prior to and after 1 and 7 months of treatment with oral lipoic acid. Before treatment a decreased phosphocreatine (PCr) content was found in the oc...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Barbiroli B,Medori R,Tritschler HJ,Klopstock T,Seibel P,Reichmann H,Iotti S,Lodi R,Zaniol P

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) with interferon beta (IFNbeta) can be associated with the development of binding antibodies (BAbs) and neutralizing antibodies (NAbs). NAbs are a subset of BAbs that prevent IFNbeta from effectively binding to or activating its receptor, thereby blocking its biologic effects and in...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Deisenhammer F,Schellekens H,Bertolotto A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia type 3 (ARCA3) is a rare inherited disorder caused by mutations in the ANO10 gene. The disease is characterized by slowly progressive spastic ataxia variably associated with motor neuron involvement, epilepsy, and cognitive decline. We performed mutational screening in 80 patients...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Nanetti L,Sarto E,Castaldo A,Magri S,Mongelli A,Rossi Sebastiano D,Canafoglia L,Grisoli M,Malaguti C,Rivieri F,D'Amico MC,Di Bella D,Franceschetti S,Mariotti C,Taroni F

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00