Unusual manifestations of basilar artery ectasia.

abstract：:Although repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for hemiparesis is beneficial, so far no study has examined the usefulness of rTMS for apathy. Thirteen patients with chronic stroke were assigned randomly to 2 groups: rTMS group (n = 7) and sham stimulation group (n = 6). The patients received 5 sessions o...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Sasaki N,Hara T,Yamada N,Niimi M,Kakuda W,Abo M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to assess the plasma levels of factor VIII (FVIII), von Willebrand factor (vWF) and their association in patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST). METHODS:We prospectively included 25 CVST patients admitted to the university hospital and 53 voluntary subjects as a cont...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Shahsavarzadeh T,Javanmard SH,Saadatnia M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with clinical features of corticobasal degeneration (CBD) were studied with PET imaging. The main clinical findings included a unilateral extrapyramidal motor disorder, without significant response to levodopa, as well as clumsiness, dysarthria, apraxia and a clear asymmetry of neurological signs. PET st...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lutte I,Laterre C,Bodart JM,De Volder A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most of the previously described pathogenic mutations in desmin are located in highly conserved α-helical domains that play an important role in intermediate filament assembly. The role of the C-terminus non-α-helical 'tail' domain is much less investigated and until recently mutations in this domain have be...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Maddison P,Damian MS,Sewry C,McGorrian C,Winer JB,Odgerel Z,Shatunov A,Lee HS,Goldfarb LG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of thoracic hematomyelia secondary to anticoagulant therapy is presented. Clinical features, similar to 2 other previously reported cases, are discussed. A high index of suspicion may lead to a quick diagnostic procedure and successful decompressive surgery. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Constantini S,Ashkenazi E,Shoshan Y,Israel Z,Umansky F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prealbumin, was determined in serum, lumbar and ventricular cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and compared with albumin and IgG. The measured concentrations of prealbumin in the CSF indicate that there are two sources of prealbumin: a minor fraction enters the CSF via the blood-cerebrospinal fluid (B-CSF) barrier like albumin...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Weisner B,Roethig HJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year-old male developed back pain, fever, and rapidly progressive quadriparesis. Lumbar tap yielded frank pus which was confirmed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to be located mainly in the cervical epidural space. Conservative antibiotic remedy was partially effective for restoration of the neurological defi...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Fukui T,Ichikawa H,Kawate N,Nozawa T,Sugita K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After briefly evaluating the contraindications and indications of vasoactive and eumetabolic therapy of cerebral ischemia, the paper considers the main drugs at present in use in therapy of the syndrome induced by diffused cerebral arteriosclerosis. Among the drugs with a mainly vasoactive effect, consideration is giv...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Strano A,Pinto A,Davì G,Novo S,Riolo F

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether writing errors are predictive of longitudinal brain atrophy progression in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:The frequency of writing errors in 6 ALS patients without dementia was compared with longitudinal changes in lateral ventricular areas of the bilateral anteri...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Ichikawa H,Ohno H,Murakami H,Ohnaka Y,Kawamura M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To perform a large and detailed epidemiologic study on restless legs syndrome (RLS) during pregnancy in a European country. METHODS:A cross-sectional questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was distributed by the medical staff in different outpatient waiting rooms (obstetrics and gynecology department of the univ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Neau JP,Porcheron A,Mathis S,Julian A,Meurice JC,Paquereau J,Godeneche G,Ciron J,Bouche G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To quantitate embolic risk we studied a retrospective series of 61 patients with strictly defined bacterial endocarditis. Eighteen patients had neurological complications attributable to cerebral embolism. Seventeen embolic episodes occurred prior to antibiotic treatment and 8 episodes after its commencement. The rate...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Paschalis C,Pugsley W,John R,Harrison MJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a short-term double-blind, crossover study of CoQ10 in 8 patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathies. Four patients had myoclonus epilepsy with ragged-red fibers syndrome, 3 had mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes syndrome, and 1 had chronic progressive extern...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Chen RS,Huang CC,Chu NS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lupus anticoagulant, an immunoglobulin of the IgG or IgM class, is one of a group of antiphospholipid antibodies. Although an anticoagulant in vitro, its action in vivo is that of a procoagulant. This procoagulant activity may involve many organ systems including the nervous system. Thus far cerebral thrombosis, s...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Englert H,Derue G,Hughes GR

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Joseph Babiński pioneered development of French neurosurgery and world clinical neurology. Although he was best known for his discovery of the extensor plantar response, his foundations in the modern semiology of neurology are unequivocal. He introduced the concepts and terminology of cerebellar symptoms and discovere...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Gasecki AP,Kwieciński H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluation for surgical treatment is offered to patients who do not respond to antiepileptic drugs. Pseudo-pharmacoresistance (PPR) has been described in the context of impaired compliance, incorrect diagnosis of epilepsy or pharmacological interference resulting in too low blood levels. We were interested to...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Constantinescu I,Korff CM,Vulliemoz S,Picard F,Seeck M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While Alfred Vulpian (1826-1887) is not completely forgotten, he cannot match the uninterrupted celebrity which Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) still enjoys today. After becoming interne (residents) at the same institute in 1848, both were involved in shaping the cradle of what would become modern neurology. Both star...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Bogousslavsky J,Walusinski O,Moulin T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tuberculous meningitis is the severest and commonest form of central nervous system tuberculosis causing high mortality and morbidity. We aim to study the clinical, biochemical, and radiological characteristics of tuberculous meningitis in adult patients in Qatar and to calculate the incidence. METHODS:A de...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Imam YZ,Ahmedullah HS,Akhtar N,Chacko KC,Kamran S,Al Alousi F,Alsuwaidi Z,Almaslmani M,Al Khal AL,Deleu D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of biologically active light (BL) on subjective and objective quality of sleep and awakening, as well as circadian rhythms in cortisol, temperature and well-being were studied in 10 hospitalized normal female volunteers as compared with partial sleep deprivation (PSD). After 2 adaption days, three 24-hour ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Saletu B,Dietzel M,Lesch OM,Musalek M,Walter H,Grünberger J

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) with urokinase is the standard reperfusion therapy for acute cerebral infarction (ACI) in China. Only about 30% patients who use urokinase for IVT can recanalize. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the influencing factors of recanalization after IVT using urokinase in ACI p...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Zeng J,Wang F,Feng H,Chen F,Wang R,Chen Y,Chen X,Miao J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diplopia, blurred vision and colour disturbances are well-known side effects associated with anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs). Farnsworth-Munsell 100-hue colour test (F-100) is an accepted and sensitive tool to detect changes in colour perception. To determine the impact of AEDs upon colour vision, we evaluated 37 consecut...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： López L,Thomson A,Rabinowicz AL

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum from patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other diseases was added to the medium perfusing isolated hemisected frog spinal cord, and the effect on ventral root responses (VRR) tested. As control, a standardized commercial human serum (Moni-trol I) was used. In 25 out of 40 spinal cord preparations Moni-trol...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Schmutz M,von Hahn HP,Honegger CG

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Fisher's syndrome associated with trigeminal herpes zoster is reported for the first time. Retrograde propagation of the virus to the brainstem through the trigeminal root was thought to be the most probable pathogenic mechanism. We provide additional evidence suggesting that the focus of Fisher's syndrome i...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Uematsu D,Satoh T,Tanahashi N,Koto A,Gotoh F

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally believed that a homonymous defect of macular vision (HMV) is caused by a small lesion restricted to the occipital lobe tip and rarely results from ischemic stroke. The incidence of HMV was studied retrospectively in 54 patients with infarction of the posterior cerebral artery territory who underwent Go...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Isa K,Miyashita K,Yanagimoto S,Nagatsuka K,Naritomi H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) function improves with blepharospasm (BSP) symptom remission using a verbal fluency task and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). METHODS:Nineteen BSP patients and 9 healthy controls (HCs) matched by gender and education were examined using NIRS. The BSP patients...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Shen CY,Wang YJ,Liu XM,Zhang XQ,Ren XJ,Ma XY,Sun JJ,Feng K,Sun GX,Xu B,Liu PZ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical severity of EAE is enhanced by pre-treatment with distemper, measles and BCG vaccine, measles vaccine gives a more severe onset of disease. Rubella vaccine and TAB leads to mild disease which recurs on re-treatment with the appropriate vaccine. These findings and their possible significance in MS are brie...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Caspary EA

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that mitochondrial genes may implicate susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) is supported by an increasing number of case reports on Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON)-associated mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutations in patients with MS. A number of mtDNA mutations with primary pathogeni...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Houshmand M,Sanati MH,Rashedi I,Sharifpanah F,Asghari E,Lotfi J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyze the trajectory to diagnosis and information provided in a series of cluster headache (CH) patients from five headache clinics. METHODS:CH patients were asked to fill in an ad hoc questionnaire. RESULTS:Seventy-five patients (mean age 41.5 years, 67 males) completed the questionnaire. Patients ha...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Sánchez Del Rio M,Leira R,Pozo-Rosich P,Laínez JM,Alvarez R,Pascual J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension and hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) are independent risk factors of stroke and are associated with each other. Although evidence suggests that they are related to cognitive impairment, the relationship between hypertension accompanied with HHcy and poststroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) is unclear. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Lu ZH,Li J,Li XL,Ding M,Mao CJ,Zhu XY,Liu CF

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate whether there are clues for a correlation between tumor progression and serum anti-Hu antibody concentration in patients with anti-Hu-associated paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS). 19 patients with anti-Hu-associated PNS were assigned to three groups according to the c...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Rauer S,Andreou I

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-eight asymptomatic HIV-seropositive (aHIV) subjects were examined by means of an extensive neuropsychological test battery in comparison with 32 HIV-seronegative controls. They were also tested with regard to CD4+ and serum p24 antigen. Fifty-six of them completed a clinical follow-up of 12 up to 36 months and...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Villa G,Solida A,Moro E,Tavolozza M,Antinori A,De Luca A,Murri R,Tamburrini E

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00