Step length predicts executive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: a 3-year prospective study.

abstract：:Acid maltase deficiency is described in non-identical adult twins. The onset of the disease can be traced into late infancy; the clinical picture is one of severe muscular dystrophy; respiratory insuficiency was the cause of death in one case. The autopsy showed the central nervous system, heart and liver to be spared...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Martin JJ,de Barsy T,den Tandt WR

更新日期：1976-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder of the aging population with unknown etiopathogenesis. It is assumed that the underlying pathobiochemical processes comprise multifactorial and multigenetic disturbances leading to a progressive and devastating disorder without remission. Subtypes exist suggesti...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Riederer P,Sian J,Gerlach M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is an autosomal dominant neuromuscular disease with an estimated incidence of 1 in 8000 and is the most common form of muscular dystrophy affecting adults. An unstable, untranslated part of the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase gene on the long arm of chromosome 19, composed of CTG repeats, is ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Brugnoni R,Morandi L,Brambati B,Briscioli V,Cornelio F,Mantegazza R

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine cases of both clinically and neuropathologically diagnosed dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) were retrospectively examined for autonomic symptoms. Twenty-eight cases showed some kind of autonomic dysfunction. Urinary incontinence (97 %) and constipation (83 %) were the two most common. Although urinary reten...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Horimoto Y,Matsumoto M,Akatsu H,Ikari H,Kojima K,Yamamoto T,Otsuka Y,Ojika K,Ueda R,Kosaka K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) is an often misdiagnosed inherited myopathy for which treatment exists. We noticed a bright tongue sign on brain MRIs of two patients who were admitted to the ICU for respiratory failure of unclear origin, and who were eventually diagnosed with LOPD. This led us to systematica...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Karam C,Dimitrova D,Yutan E,Chahin N

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:Non motor symptoms (NMS) of PD are a key determinant of health, quality of life and societal cost of PD. Contrary to common perception, many NMS of PD occur early in PD and some may even predate the diagnosis of PD which is based on motor signs. These include olfactory deficit, sleep problems such as REM behaviour dis...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Chaudhuri KR,Naidu Y

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seasonal occurrence of relapses was analysed retrospectively in a group of 53 patients with treated dermatomyositis (DM) or polymyositis (PM). In DM, the incidence of both myositic and cutaneous relapses was highest in summer whereas in the PM group relapses was more evenly distributed throughout the seasons but l...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Phillips BA,Zilko PJ,Garlepp MJ,Mastaglia FL

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Out of 72 patients treated for Borrelia burgdorferi meningopolyradiculoneuritis facial palsies occurred in 22 (12 unilateral, 10 bilateral). Eleven of the 32 pareses were initially complete. By the follow-up examination patients had recovered well with slight sequelae in 22% without cosmetically disfiguring pareses or...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Angerer M,Pfadenhauer K,Stöhr M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of neopterin was measured in serum samples taken from individuals infected with HTLV-I: 5 from asymptomatic individuals, 1 from a patient with adult T-cell leukaemia and 30 from patients with tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP). In addition, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was available from 22 of the TSP p...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ali A,Rudge P,Dalgleish AG

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated 49 paired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum samples of 35 patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) for laboratory evidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. The patients were grouped according to clinical criteria as probable CMV encephalitis/polyradiculomyelitis, CMV ret...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Weber T,Beck R,Stark E,Gerhards J,Korn K,Haas J,Lüer W,Jahn G

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 and 2 in cerebrospinal fluid of 17 patients with serologically diagnosed HSV encephalitis and meningitis or acute limbic encephalitis was determined by stringent hybridization of polymerase chain reaction--amplified DNAs. Ten of 17 patients were positive; six with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Shoji H,Koga M,Kusuhara T,Kaji M,Ayabe M,Hino H,Hondo R

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peduncular hallucinosis (PH) is a syndrome of hallucinations and brainstem symptoms which has only been described in single case reports. A detailed analysis of five patients was undertaken to investigate the clincial characteristics, hallucinations and behavioural abnormalities of PH in greater detail. Frequent clini...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Benke T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) indicates a lesion involving the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) that interconnects the abducens nucleus and medial rectus subnucleus of the oculomotor nuclear complex. In fact, rostral-caudal localization value of the INO is often limited except when it accompanies symptoms and...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lee SU,Kim HJ,Park JJ,Kim JS

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is described in four clinically heterogeneous patients: an athlete who developed myoglobinuria after physical exercise; a 7-year-old, mildly mentally retarded boy, who had episodes of dark urine and high creatine kinase; and two brothers of Sardinian origin, t...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bresolin N,Bet L,Moggio M,Meola G,Fortunato F,Comi G,Adobbati L,Geremia L,Pittalis S,Scarlato G

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spontaneous cervical artery dissections (sCAD) are often preceded by infections. However, existing data about inflammatory parameters remained inconsistent. Remarkably, concurrent information about the coagulation system, whose affection seems also reasonable to cause ischaemic events, are still lacking in s...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Pelz JO,Harms K,Metze M,Michalski D

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) is a rare early onset neurodegenerative disease that typically results in ataxia, upper motor neuron dysfunction and sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy. Dysarthria and dysphagia are anecdotally described as key features of ARSACS but the natu...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vogel AP,Rommel N,Oettinger A,Stoll LH,Kraus EM,Gagnon C,Horger M,Krumm P,Timmann D,Storey E,Schöls L,Synofzik M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence and characteristics of the cricopharyngeal bar (CPB), defined as marked protrusion with lacking relaxation and stricture of the upper esophageal sphincter on videofluoroscopy, in patients with inclusion body myositis (IBM). METHODS:We conducted a case-control study of comprehensiv...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Taira K,Yamamoto T,Mori-Yoshimura M,Sajima K,Takizawa H,Shinmi J,Oya Y,Nishino I,Takahashi Y

更新日期：2020-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:An autopsy case of Creutzfeld-Jacob disease with widespread amyloid plaques is reported. A 45-year-old Japanese man, whose father had died of a similar disease, had a 5-year illness characterized by progressive cerebellar signs. Mental changes and brain-stem signs developed in the late stage. Myoclonus frequently occu...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Yagishita S,Iwabuchi K,Amano N,Yokoi S

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is still uncertainty regarding risk factors for cancer occurrence in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of extrathymic neoplasms in patients with MG and the factors associated with tumor occurrence. The archives of four tertiary MG centers were consul...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Citterio A,Beghi E,Millul A,Evoli A,Mantegazza R,Antozzi C,Baggi F,Cornelio F,Durelli L,Clerico M,Piccolo G,Cosi V

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In paralytic shellfish poisoning a mollusc contaminated with a toxin (saxitoxin) causes a potentially lethal disease, clinically characterised by gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms, of which possible respiratory depression is the most serious. The toxin acts by blocking the sodium channels. We report 9 Portugu...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： de Carvalho M,Jacinto J,Ramos N,de Oliveira V,Pinho e Melo T,de Sá J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epileptic syndromes are distinctive disorders with specific features, which when taken together, permit a specific diagnosis. There is actually a debate on that medial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis is an epileptic syndrome. To address this issue, we searched for discriminative semiological features...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： No YJ,Zavanone C,Bielle F,Nguyen-Michel VH,Samson Y,Adam C,Navarro V,Dupont S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of dementia patients requesting euthanasia in the Netherlands has increased over the past five years. The issue is highly controversial. In this contribution we discuss some of the main arguments: the nature of suffering, the voluntariness of the request and the role of the physician. We argue that society ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： de Beaufort ID,van de Vathorst S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lumbar spondylosis (LS) is a common spinal degenerative disorder which causes various types of lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD). However, it is not certain whether LS may cause urinary retention in elderly women. METHODS:In a period covering the past 3 years, we retrospectively reviewed: a) urodynamic...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sakakibara R,Yamamoto T,Uchiyama T,Liu Z,Ito T,Yamazaki M,Awa Y,Yamanishi T,Hattori T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the hereditary cerebellar ataxias (CAs), there are at least 36 different forms of autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCAs), 20 autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias (ARCAs), two X-linked ataxias, and several forms of ataxia associated with mitochondrial defects. Despite the steady increase in the number of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mancuso M,Orsucci D,Siciliano G,Bonuccelli U

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A night-time polygraphic sleep recording with continuous HbSaO2 monitoring was performed in 11 chair-bound Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients with severe restrictive lung disease but with blood gas values within normal limits when awake. No abnormalities of sleep pattern were detected. Nocturnal sleep did not have s...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Manni R,Ottolini A,Cerveri I,Bruschi C,Zoia MC,Lanzi G,Tartara A

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological complications following rubella are only rarely encountered. However, in many cases severe neurological impairment may occur, leading to permanent disability. In a recent epidemic of rubella in Israel during the years 1978-1979, 20 patients with severe neurological complications have been seen. We report ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bechar M,Davidovich S,Goldhammer G,Machtey I,Gadoth N

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various ancillary investigations can assist clinicians in the differential diagnosis of patients with parkinsonism. It is unknown which test offers greatest diagnostic value in clinical practice. We included 156 consecutive patients with parkinsonism, but with an initially uncertain diagnosis. At baseline, all patient...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Aerts MB,Esselink RA,Abdo WF,Meijer FJ,Drost G,Norgren N,Janssen MJ,Borm GF,Bloem BR,Verbeek MM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freezing of gait (FOG) is a disabling motor symptom experienced by a large proportion of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). While it is known that FOG contributes to lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL), previous studies have not accounted for other important factors when measuring the specific impact of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Walton CC,Shine JM,Hall JM,O'Callaghan C,Mowszowski L,Gilat M,Szeto JY,Naismith SL,Lewis SJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory trick may relieve dystonic symptoms in patients with idiopathic cervical dystonia (CD). We investigated the patterns of brain functional MRI (fMRI) during resting state, sensory trick simulation and sensory trick imagination in CD patients both with and without an effective sensory trick. We recruited 17 CD pa...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sarasso E,Agosta F,Piramide N,Bianchi F,Butera C,Gatti R,Amadio S,Del Carro U,Filippi M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00