Motor neuron disease and malignancies: results of a population-based study.

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：:Sudden death has been reported in patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA), although the frequency of this event has not been well delineated. We investigated the frequency and potential causes of sudden death in patients with MSA. During the 5-year observation period, 10 of 45 patients with probable MSA died. The ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Shimohata T,Ozawa T,Nakayama H,Tomita M,Shinoda H,Nishizawa M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was performed to investigate seasonal variation in stroke incidence and to evaluate the hypothesis that cold might be a risk factor. Data were obtained from the central registry of the Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal, concerning 4048 patients consecutively admitted for cerebrovascular diseas...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Azevedo E,Ribeiro JA,Lopes F,Martins R,Barros H

更新日期：1995-03-01 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 investigate whether intracranial arachnoid cysts (AC) compromise visual attention and if so, whether surgical cyst decompression leads to improvement in visual attention performance. METHODS:The experiments were carried out on 27 patients with temporal (n=21) or frontal (n=6) AC, and 27 healthy control su...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gundersen H,Helland CA,Raeder MB,Hugdahl K,Wester K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabry disease (FD) is a rare inherited disorder of the metabolism, associated with renal, cardiac, and cerebrovascular complications. Ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in FD present with a similar proportion to that observed in the general population, but usually at an early age. Ischemic stroke may result from cardiac ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Viana-Baptista M

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:Mitochondrial diseases are due to impairment of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. A plausible pathogenic mechanism leading to cellular dysfunction and phenotypic expression is oxidative stress, but there are surprisingly few clinical studies on this subject. Glutathione (GSH) deficiency has been reported in mitocho...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mancuso M,Orsucci D,Logerfo A,Rocchi A,Petrozzi L,Nesti C,Galetta F,Santoro G,Murri L,Siciliano G

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type and frequency of neurological manifestations of Behçet's disease (BD) vary with ethnicity. We analyzed the neurological manifestations of BD in Japanese patients. All patients undergoing treatment at one of the two Yokohama City University hospitals from July 1991 to December 2007 and who fulfilled the Japane...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ideguchi H,Suda A,Takeno M,Kirino Y,Ihata A,Ueda A,Ohno S,Baba Y,Kuroiwa Y,Ishigatsubo Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of free and total valproic acid (VPA) in plasma and whole blood after oral administration during steady state was investigated in seven infants (mean age 10.7 months) receiving monotherapy. The VPA concentrations in whole blood closely followed those in plasma but at a reduced level. A positive co...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Herngren L,Lundberg B,Nergårdh A

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production and release of extracellular vesicles (EV) is a property shared by all eukaryotic cells and a phenomenon frequently exacerbated in pathological conditions. The protein cargo of EV, their cell type signature and availability in bodily fluids make them particularly appealing as biomarkers. We recently dem...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Denis HL,Lamontagne-Proulx J,St-Amour I,Mason SL,Weiss A,Chouinard S,Barker RA,Boilard E,Cicchetti F

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Childhood arterial ischaemic stroke (AIS) is rare, but causes significant morbidity and mortality. We aimed to investigate incidence, age-dependent clinical presentation, and risk factors and to discuss the medical care situation in Germany. METHODS:This prospective epidemiological study was conducted via ES...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gerstl L,Weinberger R,Heinen F,Bonfert MV,Borggraefe I,Schroeder AS,Tacke M,Landgraf MN,Vill K,Kurnik K,Sorg AL,Olivieri M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nystagmus is a rhythmical rotation of the eyeball. Its characteristics can be defined mathematically by the axis of rotation and the angular velocity around this axis. We analysed the axis of rotation for the nystagmus in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) to elucidate its pathophysiology. Thirteen patients w...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hayashi Y,Kanzaki J,Etoh N,Higashino K,Goto F,Schneider E,Kunihiro T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated floccular infarction is extremely rare, and impairments of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) have not been explored in humans with isolated floccular lesions. The purpose of this study was to examine and report selective impairment of VOR in response to high acceleration using head impulse in a patient with i...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Park HK,Kim JS,Strupp M,Zee DS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To date, insertable cardiac monitors (ICMs) are the most effective method for the detection of occult atrial fibrillation (AF) in cryptogenic stroke. The overall detection rate after 12 months, however, is low and ranges between 12.4 and 33.3%, even if clinical predictors are considered. Ischemic stroke pati...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vollmuth C,Stoesser S,Neugebauer H,Hansel A,Dreyhaupt J,Ludolph AC,Kassubek J,Althaus K

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are rare dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorders that lead to severe disability and premature death. OBJECTIVE:To better characterize the natural history of the most common SCAs, SCA1, SCA2, SCA3 and SCA6, we performed a meta-analysis of literature to determine diseas...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Diallo A,Jacobi H,Tezenas du Montcel S,Klockgether T

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess metabolite levels in normal-appearing white matter in sporadic and familial multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:Using H-MRS and applying one voxel measure we assessed NAA/Cho, NAA/Cr and Cho/Cr ratios in 26 patients with sporadic and in 25 with familial MS and compared them with healthy subjects. RES...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Siger-Zajdel M,Selmaj KW

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term benefits of levodopa/carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG) in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) are well documented, but the long-term benefits are still uncertain. The aim of this study was to investigate the motor and cognitive outcome of LCIG treatment in advanced PD after a follow-up period ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cáceres-Redondo MT,Carrillo F,Lama MJ,Huertas-Fernández I,Vargas-González L,Carballo M,Mir P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes topical papers from the fields of neuro-ophthalmology and neuro-otology published from August 2013 to February 2015. The main findings are: (1) diagnostic criteria for pseudotumor cerebri have been updated, and the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial evaluated the efficacy of ac...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gold DR,Zee DS

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although multiple sclerosis (MS) is considered to be an inflammatory demyelinating disease, increasing evidence indicates that it is also an axonal pathology; indeed, studies of experimental allergic encephalitis showed that several neuronal proteins such as synapsins take part in the pathogenesis of the axonal dysfun...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Liguori M,Cittadella R,Manna I,Valentino P,La Russa A,Serra P,Trojano M,Messina D,Ruscica F,Andreoli V,Romeo N,Livrea P,Quattrone A

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of chronic mechanical compression of the cervical spinal cord on the number of spinal accessory motoneurons in 25 tiptoe-walking Yoshimura mice. The animals had calcified deposits in the atlantoaxial membrane at the C1-C2 vertebral level, compressing the spinal cord posterolaterally. Motoneu...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Baba H,Maezawa Y,Uchida K,Imura S,Kawahara N,Tomita K,Kudo M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder. Recent advances in genetics and pathophysiology have led to new insights into the pathogenesis of PD. Ten loci have been linked to hereditary PD. Mutations in alpha-synuclein and ubiquitin carboxy hydrolase L1 (UchL1) cause autosomal domi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Chung KK,Dawson VL,Dawson TM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of restless legs syndrome (RLS) has greatly increased in recent years due to the many advances that have been made in diagnosis, management and genetics. Tools have been developed that facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of RLS, in particular the essential diagnostic criteria for RLS have been refined, se...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Trenkwalder C,Högl B,Winkelmann J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) was carried out to determine whether MR spectroscopy can provide an in vivo marker for the neuronal loss and gliosis that occur in this condition. We compared spectra in frontal and temporal regions known to be affected early in the course of the disease with spectra in the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Coulthard E,Firbank M,English P,Welch J,Birchall D,O'Brien J,Griffiths TD

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of glucose, pyruvate and lactate were determined in the blood and lumbar CSF of 63 patients with neuromuscular disorders and 40 controls. The glucose/lactate and lactate/pyruvate ratios were also calculated, in addition to the cytoplasmic NADH/NAD+ (nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide-H/nicotinamide-a...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mechler F,Diószeghy P,Csenkér E,Molnár L

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is still a need to prove that even static magnetic fields up to 1.5 T used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are biologically safe and harmless for humans. Recordings of median and ulnar nerves and brain-stem auditory evoked potentials in 20 patients were completed prior to and after MRI investigation of the c...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Niemann G,Schroth G,Klose U,Buettner UW

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare association of spinocerebellar ataxia and motor neuron disease (MND) in a woman with genetically confirmed SCA2 who subsequently developed a rapidly progressive and fatal form of MND. Considering the rarity of these two neurological conditions, it is interesting to note that the concomitant occurrence...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Nanetti L,Fancellu R,Tomasello C,Gellera C,Pareyson D,Mariotti C

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bulbocavernosus reflex (BCR) was examined in 39 normal potent men and in 252 patients with impaired potency of varying aetiology. For BCR evaluation minimum, maximum and mean latencies, the temporal dispersion in ten successive responses, together with minimum and maximum side differences from simultaneous recordi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tackmann W,Porst H,van Ahlen H

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Windmill nystagmus is characterized by a clock-like rotation of the beating direction of a jerk nystagmus suggesting separate horizontal and vertical oscillators, usually 90° out of phase. We report oculographic characteristics in three patients with variants of windmill nystagmus in whom the common denominator was pr...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Choi KD,Shin HK,Kim JS,Kim SH,Choi JH,Kim HJ,Zee DS

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal dysfunction, especially constipation, is one of the major problems in the daily life of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). About 60 to 80% of PD patients suffer from constipation. Several studies have proven that constipation appears about 10 to 20 years prior to motor symptoms. More recently, Ab...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ueki A,Otsuka M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00