Short-term and long-term effects of immunoadsorption in refractory chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a prospective study in 17 patients.

abstract：:The cause of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) remains unknown, and no consensus exists on how patients should be monitored and treated. Acetazolamide is a common treatment but has never been examined in a randomised controlled trial. The objectives of this pilot trial are to prospectively evaluate the use of...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ball AK,Howman A,Wheatley K,Burdon MA,Matthews T,Jacks AS,Lawden M,Sivaguru A,Furmston A,Howell S,Sharrack B,Davies MB,Sinclair AJ,Clarke CE

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Conflicting findings have been reported on the prognostic significance of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level in patients with stroke. The objective of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the prognostic utility of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in stroke patients. METHODS:PubMed and Embase databases were systematical...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Liu H,Wang J,Xu Z

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natalizumab, an anti-alpha4 integrin antibody, significantly reduces the number of visibly enhancing multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions. In this substudy of a 2-year trial of natalizumab monotherapy versus placebo, contrast-enhanced imaging investigated for subtle blood brain barrier (BBB) leakage in relapsing remitting ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Soon D,Altmann DR,Fernando KT,Giovannoni G,Barkhof F,Polman CH,O'Connor P,Gray B,Panzara M,Miller DH

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disturbances of balance, gait and posture are a hallmark of parkinsonian syndromes. Recognition of these axial features can provide important and often early clues to the nature of the underlying disorder, and, therefore, help to disentangle Parkinson's disease from vascular parkinsonism and various forms of atypical ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Raccagni C,Nonnekes J,Bloem BR,Peball M,Boehme C,Seppi K,Wenning GK

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is induced by a wide spectrum of mutations such as exon deletions, duplications and small mutations in the dystrophin gene. This is the first study on the mutational spectrum in a cohort of DMD children from India, with an emphasis to compare the mutations in familial and ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Polavarapu K,Preethish-Kumar V,Sekar D,Vengalil S,Nashi S,Mahajan NP,Thomas PT,Sadasivan A,Warrier M,Gupta A,Arunachal G,Debnath M,Keerthipriya MS,Pradeep-Chandra-Reddy C,Puttegowda A,John AP,Tavvala A,Gunasekaran S,S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease management is defined as any medical or pharmaceutical intervention designed to improve both outcomes for the patient and overall cost-effectiveness of the health plan. Disease management focuses on the patient throughout the entire course of the disease, involving both health providers and third-party payers....

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Matheron L,Barrau K,Blin O

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moderate unilateral cerebral ischemia was produced by microembolism in 24 adult cats. Two million plastic microspheres with a diameter of 15 +/- 5 microns were injected into the left common carotid artery via the lingual artery. The physiological and metabolic responses to embolism were accessed by electrocorticograp...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sugi T,Schuier FJ,Hossmann KA,Zülch KJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic neuropathy is the most frequent condition affecting the peripheral nervous system. It includes symmetrical polyneuropathies, multifocal mononeuropathies, mononeuropathies and radiculopathies. Mononeuropathies are mainly due to compression or entrapment and are not discussed in this review, which focuses on pol...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Léger JM

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to other neurodegenerative diseases, sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is rarely diagnosed in patients older than 75 years. Data describing the characteristics of sCJD in the very old are rare and inconclusive. Therefore, a historical cohort study was designed to evaluate clinical, cerebrospinal fl...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Karch A,Raddatz LM,Ponto C,Hermann P,Summers D,Zerr I

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with congenital myotonia and 4 patients with myotonic dystrophy have been examined clinically before and after the administration of N-propyl-ajmalin, an alkaloid frequently used as a cardiac antiarrhythmic drug. All patients but one reported a good to moderate improvement of their myotonic muscle stiffne...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Birnberger KL,Rüdel R,Struppler A

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle samples obtained in patients with different neuromuscular diseases were stored at 0 degree C for periods of 6-12h and were subsequently frozen for histochemical processing. Compared to reference samples which had been immediately frozen, the individual test sections displayed different degrees of swelling of th...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Heene R,Haar F

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyposmia can develop with age and in neurodegenerative conditions, including Parkinson's disease (PD). The University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) is a 40-item smell test widely used for assessing hyposmia. However, in a number of situations, such as identifying hyposmic individuals in l...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Joseph T,Auger SD,Peress L,Rack D,Cuzick J,Giovannoni G,Lees A,Schrag AE,Noyce AJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gait variability has potential utility as a predictive measure of dysfunction in Parkinson's disease (PD). Current understanding implicates non-dopaminergic pathways. This study investigated the explanatory characteristics of gait variability in PD on and off medication under single and dual task conditions. Fifty peo...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lord S,Baker K,Nieuwboer A,Burn D,Rochester L

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep disorders can occur in early Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the relationship between different sleep disturbances and their longitudinal evolution has not been fully explored. OBJECTIVE:To describe the frequency, coexistence, and longitudinal change in excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), insomnia,...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Xu Z,Anderson KN,Saffari SE,Lawson RA,Chaudhuri KR,Brooks D,Pavese N

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Widespread metabolic changes are seen in neurodegenerative disease and could be used as biomarkers for diagnosis and disease monitoring. They may also reveal disease mechanisms that could be a target for therapy. In this study we looked for blood-based biomarkers in syndromes associated with frontotemporal lo...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Murley AG,Jones PS,Coyle Gilchrist I,Bowns L,Wiggins J,Tsvetanov KA,Rowe JB

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presently, there are more than 50 possible indications for the application of botulinum toxin. In some indications the use of botulinum toxin has already been approved; others are about to be approved. For most of these indications a sufficient number of studies have been published. For rare indications, an insufficie...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Jost WH,Kohl A

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody to CD20, is an effective treatment for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) reducing relapse rate by at least 50% over time. Although the mechanism for this clinical benefit is unclear, rituximab depletes circulating B cells, which can perform antigen presentation and stimulatio...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Baber U,Bouley A,Egnor E,Sloane JA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that still lacks reliable diagnostic biomarkers. This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic potential of CSF total Tau (t-Tau), phospho-Tau (p-Tau) and p-Tau/t-Tau ratio in ALS patients using CSF neurofilament light (NFL)...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Scarafino A,D'Errico E,Introna A,Fraddosio A,Distaso E,Tempesta I,Morea A,Mastronardi A,Leante R,Ruggieri M,Mastrapasqua M,Simone IL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a novel trial design, we prospectively examined the effect of intravenous immunoglobulin in seven patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) in a double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study. We suggest that the commonly used manual muscle testing and Rankin scale are not...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Thompson N,Choudhary P,Hughes RA,Quinlivan RM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological findings in 40 cases of non-progressive myopathies are reported, and compared with a group of 20 cases of Duchenne progressive muscular dystrophy and a control group. In all cases the electrophysiological changes were of the mild s. c. myogenic type. The involvement of proximal and distal muscles ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz I,Ryniewicz B

更新日期：1976-02-13 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：: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：:Levodopa treatment does improve Parkinson's disease (PD) dysgraphia, but previous research is not in agreement about which aspects are most responsive. This study investigated the effect of levodopa on the kinematics of writing. Twenty-four patients with PD of less than 10 years duration and 25 age-matched controls we...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Zham P,Kumar D,Viswanthan R,Wong K,Nagao KJ,Arjunan SP,Raghav S,Kempster P

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the prevalence of vertebral artery (VA) stenosis or occlusion and its influence on outcome in patients with acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO). We studied 141 patients with acute BAO enrolled in the Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS) registry of whom baseline CT angiography (CTA) of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Compter A,van der Hoeven EJ,van der Worp HB,Vos JA,Weimar C,Rueckert CM,Kappelle LJ,Algra A,Schonewille WJ,BASICS Study Group.

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare, non-Langerhans form of histiocytosis of unknown etiology that affects multiple organs. We report 6 cases of ECD with neurological involvement and neuroradiological abnormalities on brain MRI. A literature review revealed 60 other cases of ECD with neurological involvement. We t...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lachenal F,Cotton F,Desmurs-Clavel H,Haroche J,Taillia H,Magy N,Hamidou M,Salvatierra J,Piette JC,Vital-Durand D,Rousset H

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：:Early identification of cardiogenic vertigo (CV) is necessary to prevent serious complications of cardiovascular diseases. However, the literature is limited to case reports without detailed clinical features or diagnostic criteria. The aim of this study was to define characteristics of CV and propose diagnostic crite...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kim HA,Ahn J,Park HS,Lee SM,Choi SY,Oh EH,Choi JH,Kim JS,Choi KD

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Additional autoimmune diseases in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their relatives have been studied many times. Studies have employed different designs, and yielded conflicting results. We performed a systematic review, and calculated overall risk of additional autoimmune diseases in people with MS and their f...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Dobson R,Giovannoni G

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00