Diabetes mellitus in Kearns-Sayre syndrome.

abstract：:Many gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies focusing on the anatomy and pathology of the 7th cranial nerve have already been published. However, only scattered cases of herpes zoster oticus (HZO) have been described and only the MRI appearance of the soft temporal bone structures has been reporte...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Berrettini S,Bianchi MC,Segnini G,Sellari-Franceschini S,Bruschini P,Montanaro D

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the contribution of the postsynaptic mechanism to the development of motor fluctuation in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). We used 123I-iodobenzamide single-photon emission computed tomography to measure the striatal dopamine D2 receptor densities in early levodopa-naïve PD,...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hwang WJ,Yao WJ,Wey SP,Shen LH,Ting G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the diagnostic yield of nerve biopsy in patients with peripheral neuropathy of undetermined cause despite extensive diagnostic workup. METHODS:From November 2001 through January 2004, 38 patients underwent nerve biopsy because of unclassified neuropathy. RESULTS:The etiology of the neuropathies...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Schweikert K,Fuhr P,Probst A,Tolnay M,Renaud S,Steck AJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report evaluates the suppression of antiepileptic drugs in a group of 608 epileptics. Conditions for the suppression of antiepileptic treatment included a previous seizure-free period of 5 years under medication, and a careful evaluation of individual social and work-related circumstances. The reduction of...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Oller-Daurella L,Oller L

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:197 cases of patients with CVI, subjected to surgery by carotid endarterectomy, are examined. The results were nearly always good and hence the technique is recommended. Particular interest is attached to the risk connected with carotid clamping, through intraoperative study of CBF with 133Xe, such a risk is practical...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Fiorani P,Pistolese GR,Faraglia V,Spartera C

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with monomelic spinal muscular atrophy are described. Clinical features included insidious onset of wasting and weakness of one limb, lack of involvement of the cranial nerves, brain stem, pyramidal tracts and sensory system, and a stable condition over a period of 4-20 years. Clinical findings, electrom...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： de Visser M,Ongerboer de Visser BW,Verbeeten B Jr

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 5-year follow-up of a case of adult metachromatic leukodystrophy, already diagnosed in the preclinical stage, the development of the symptoms of this disease could be studied in detail: initially, lack of drive, emotional lability and depressive mood. At the same time, pain in the arms and beginning gait disturba...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Pilz H,Duensing I,Heipertz R,Seidel D,Lowitzsch K,Hopf HC,Goebel HH

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old man presented with dystonia, dementia, amyotrophy, choreoathetosis, and ataxia. Partial hexosaminidase A deficiency was documented in serum and leukocytes and confirmed by rectal biopsy with ganglion cells containing membranous cytoplasmic bodies. A brief review of the literature reveals that tremor, dys...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Oates CE,Bosch EP,Hart MN

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tardive dyskinesia (TD) induced by antipsychotic drugs represents a great concern for patients and psychiatrists. Considering its pathophysiological mechanisms, there exists a convergence towards the development of postsynaptic dopaminergic hypersensitivity as a possible cause of TD. Hypersensitivity following recepto...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Mouret J,Khomais M,Lemoine P,Sebert P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal arteritis (TA) is a vasculitis involving mainly cranial branches of the aorta that can lead to ischemic complications such as amaurosis or ischemic stroke. Increment in the platelet count has been described in the acute period of the disease. We studied retrospectively the platelet count in patients with TA, ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Gonzalez-Alegre P,Ruiz-Lopez AD,Abarca-Costalago M,Gonzalez-Santos P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Although ataxic hemiparesis is a common lacunar syndrome, the precise mechanism underlying hemiataxia is not clear. We attempted to identify ataxia-related, cerebral blood flow changes in patients presenting with ataxic hemiparesis after acute capsular infarct. METHODS:We used 99mTc-ECD brain pe...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Yamamoto R,Johkura K,Nakae Y,Tanaka F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Locked-in syndrome (LIS) is a condition characterized by quadriplegia and anarthria. The most common cause is a ventral pontine lesion due to atherosclerotic basilar artery disease. METHODS:Cases with LIS were prospectively identified among the patients with acute ischemic stroke over 3 years, between 2009 ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Nikić PM,Jovanović D,Paspalj D,Georgievski-Brkić B,Savić M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathological changes such as dystrophic neurites and the presence of abnormal tau protein in the olfactory system, including primary sensory cells and nerve fibres have previously been demonstrated in nasal mucosa tissue of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). These changes were detected in autopsy-derived mat...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hock C,Golombowski S,Müller-Spahn F,Peschel O,Riederer A,Probst A,Mandelkow E,Unger J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study we evaluated myoglobin (MG) and serum creatine kinase (CK) levels in two groups of subjects different in age and carrier status. CK and MG values were significantly lower in the older group. Whereas both parameters fully coincided in the younger group, CK was detected in a higher number of carri...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Sabria-Leal M,Gimeno-Leal JM,Paret-Masana A,Rey-Joly Barroso C

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients suffering from migraine, tension-type headache (TTH), or combined headache (CH) are at risk of developing drug-induced headache (DIH) due to regular use of analgesics, ergot alkaloids, and triptans. The aim of our study was to determine (1) the clinical features of DIH, (2) the outcome of withdrawal therapy u...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Fritsche G,Eberl A,Katsarava Z,Limmroth V,Diener HC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the frequency of epilepsies in the family members of epileptic patients. METHODS:The records of 4,851 patients with epilepsy were reviewed. The frequency and patterns of different epilepsies and epileptic syndromes in the patients, number of affected relatives and consanguinity were studied. RESULTS:...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Sozmen V,Baybas S,Dirican A,Koksal A,Ozturk M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Henri Duret (1849-1921) was a surgeon whose training started in the laboratory of Jean-Martin Charcot and Alfred Vulpian at La Salpêtrière in 1874. Using injections of colored gelatine, Duret was the first to describe the distribution of supply arteries in the brainstem and then in the cortex. His descriptions correla...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Walusinski O,Courrivaud P

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Automatic analysis of EMG (T/A analysis) and invasive muscle fiber conduction velocity in situ (MFCV) were performed in 15 patients after traumatic lesions of the knee and immobilization with quadriceps atrophy. T/A analysis showed transient reduced number of turns, consistent with inhibition of quadriceps motoneurons...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Cruz-Martínez A,Ramírez A,Arpa J

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:3 out of 24 patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP), mean age 25.7 +/- 3.1 displayed markedly thickened redundant and shaggy mitral leaflets in the two-dimensional echocardiogram. The anterior leaflet appeared in the parasternal long axis plane club-shaped in diastole. These three female patients had a history of is...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Zenker G,Boné G,Ladurner G,Lechner H

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Profound cellular and biochemical remodeling processes occur in the brain following an ischemic stroke, raising the possibility that we may be able to promote neurological recovery by harnessing the brain's endogenous recovery processes with pharmacological or cell-based therapies. There is a compelling body...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hermann DM,Chopp M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to ascertain the clinical manifestations of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's) (GPA) with the involvement of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and central nervous system (CNS). SUMMARY:All neurologic inpatients in a hospital over a 12-year period were reviewed. Nine pat...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Huang YH,Ro LS,Lyu RK,Chang HS,Wu YR,Chang KH,Kuo HC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The consequences of cerebral infarcts involving the left hemisphere differ from those of the right homologue areas. Data of 337 consecutive, unselected patients with acute ischaemic stroke in the territory of the right or left middle cerebral artery were analysed. Furthermore, lesion locations of 77 stroke patients wi...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Aszalós Z,Barsi P,Vitrai J,Nagy Z

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to consider the prognostic value of hyperdensity of the middle cerebral artery (MCA), we studied retrospectively the medical records of 80 consecutive patients with the diagnosis of ischemic stroke who underwent a non-enhanced computed tomography no longer than 24 h after the onset of the symptoms. To determi...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Zorzon M,Masè G,Pozzi-Mucelli F,Biasutti E,Antonutti L,Iona L,Cazzato G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Statins inhibit the production of 2,3-dimethoxy,5-methyl,6-polyisoprene parabenzoquinone also known as ubiquinone or coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), which is required for mitochondrial electron transport. Idiopathic or primary CoQ10 deficiencies have been known to cause mitochondrial encephalomyopathy. METHODS:We pre...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Thomas JE,Lee N,Thompson PD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased levels of lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have been reported in association with several intracranial pathologies. We studied LDH isoenzymes in the CSF of children with infantile spasms. CSF samples collected from 12 patients (aged 4-9 months) with infantile spasms were analyzed for t...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Nussinovitch M,Harel D,Eidlitz-Markus T,Amir J,Volovitz B

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who on presentation fulfilled diagnostic criteria for benign intracranial hypertension subsequently developed a lymphocytic meningitis. A final diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis was made and the patient responded well to oral steroids. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Redwood MD,Winer JB,Rossor M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurosyphilis (NS) is nowadays a less frequent disease. Its incidence and clinical spectrum have changed over time. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the incidence of NS and describe the clinical spectrum of NS in immunocompetent patients in the last decade. METHODS:Demographic and clinical features, cerebrospinal flu...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Conde-Sendín MA,Amela-Peris R,Aladro-Benito Y,Maroto AA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urinary clearance of pyridostigmine was studied in six patients with myasthenia gravis. In three patients on pyridostigmine alone, renal clearance ranged from 349 to 481 ml/min, corresponding to a pyridostigmine:creatinine clearance ratio of 2.64 to 3.46. In a patient on bendrofluazide as well as pyridostigmine, a...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Chan K,Calvey TN

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00