Bulbocavernosus reflex latencies and somatosensory evoked potentials after pudendal nerve stimulation in the diagnosis of impotence.

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop specific diagnostic ultrasound (US) models for hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies (HMSN) in patients with primarily demyelinating or axonal polyneuropathies (PNP) according to standard nerve conduction studies (NCS) criteria. METHODS:Single-centre, examiner-blinded cross-sectional study in ac...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Loewenbrück KF,Dittrich M,Böhm J,Klingelhöfer J,Baum P,Schäfer J,Reichmann H,Hermann A,Storch A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An upper motor neuron (UMN) lesion in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is often difficult to identify because clinical signs may be discrete or masked by severe simultaneous LMN lesions. We compared the diagnostic sensitivity of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to cranial muscles and limb muscles i...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Urban PP,Wicht S,Hopf HC

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:KIF1A gene encodes the kinesin 1a protein, an axonal motor protein working in cargo transport along neurites. Variants in KIF1A were identified in different forms of neurodegenerative diseases with dominant and recessive inheritance. Homozygous recessive mutations were found in the hereditary sensory and autonomic neu...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Citterio A,Arnoldi A,Panzeri E,Merlini L,D'Angelo MG,Musumeci O,Toscano A,Bondi A,Martinuzzi A,Bresolin N,Bassi MT

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recognizes 43.7 million forcibly displaced persons and asylum seekers due to conflict and persecution worldwide. Neurological disorders have rarely been described in displaced persons but likely pose a significant burden of disease. We describe the disease spec...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mateen FJ,Carone M,Nyce S,Ghosn J,Mutuerandu T,Al-Saedy H,Lowenstein DH,Burnham G

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas the effect of interferons (IFNs) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcome measures in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been convincingly shown, little work has been done to define the between-patient heterogeneity of treatment response. Our aim was to assess the distribution of the effect of IFNbet...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sormani MP,Bruzzi P,Beckmann K,Kappos L,Miller DH,Polman C,Pozzilli C,Thompson AJ,Wagner K,Filippi M

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been few reports on facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) without 4q35 deletion. Most of them had either only mild FSHD phenotype or so called "borderline" EcoRI-fragments (35-38 kb). We analysed the clinical, electrophysiological, histological and genetic features of 46 consecutive patients from 31 families...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Krasnianski M,Neudecker S,Eger K,Jakubiczka S,Zierz S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious agents have been proposed as potential causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recently, we documented a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in patients with AD. We aim to access the effect of Hp eradication on the AD cognitive (MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination and CAMCOG: Cambridge Cogniti...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kountouras J,Boziki M,Gavalas E,Zavos C,Grigoriadis N,Deretzi G,Tzilves D,Katsinelos P,Tsolaki M,Chatzopoulos D,Venizelos I

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:An optimal management of vascular risk factors, associated with antithrombotic drugs and carotid surgery when appropriate, reduces the risk of a new vascular event after stroke. Although secondary prevention is not optimal in many patients in practice, the question of whether there is an improv...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Girot M,Mackowiak-Cordoliani MA,Deplanque D,Hénon H,Lucas C,Leys D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and angiographic findings are described in a patient with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, who also had a cerebral haemorrhage from an arteriovenous malformation. The resulting aphasia disappeared completely after resorption of the haemorrhage. In this syndrome, the occur...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Jaksch H,Bewermeyer H,Dreesbach HA,Heiss WD

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most inflammatory neuropathies, both acute and chronic, probably result from an immune attack against antigens of the peripheral nervous system. Specific antibodies in serum that react with the peripheral nervous system have been described in a number of inflammatory neuropathies. We review the pathophysiological sign...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Steck AJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Considerable studies have reported inconsistent relationships between ischemic stroke and a large number of factors. These uncertainties may reflect the susceptibility to confounding in observational studies. We aimed to assess genetic correlations and causal relationships between ischemic stroke...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cai H,Cai B,Liu Z,Wu W,Chen D,Fang L,Chen L,Sun W,Liang J,Zhang H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the clinical features of anterior semicircular canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (AC-BPPV) and a new therapeutic maneuver for its management. Our study was a retrospective review of cases from an ambulatory tertiary referral center. Thirteen patients afflicted with positional paroxysmal...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Yacovino DA,Hain TC,Gualtieri F

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased tongue strength (TS) might herald bulbar involvement in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) well before dysarthria or dysphagia occur, and as such might be prognostic of short survival. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of a decreased TS, in addition to other pro...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Weikamp JG,Schelhaas HJ,Hendriks JC,de Swart BJ,Geurts AC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a neurological syndrome determined by a rise in intracranial pressure without a detectable cause. Course and prognosis may be changeable, requiring a multidisciplinary approach for its diagnosis and management. Although its precise pathogenesis is still unknown, many studies hav...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Toscano S,Lo Fermo S,Reggio E,Chisari CG,Patti F,Zappia M

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcl2-associated athanogene 3 (BAG3) gene mutations cause dilated cardiomyopathy and myofibrillar myopathy. Recently, a novel c.625C>T (p.Pro209Ser) mutation in BAG3 was reported to cause axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease in three families. Here, we describe two patients with adult-onset and moderate CMT in a Ch...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fu J,Ma M,Song J,Pang M,Li G,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the relationship between cognitive dysfunctions and the non-motor complex in subjects with newly diagnosed untreated Parkinson's disease (PD). The aim of this study was to explore the association between non-motor symptoms (NMS) and cognitive dysfunctions in an incident cohort of de novo, drug-na...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Erro R,Santangelo G,Picillo M,Vitale C,Amboni M,Longo K,Costagliola A,Pellecchia MT,Allocca R,De Rosa A,De Michele G,Santoro L,Barone P

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silver syndrome/SPG17 is a motor manifestation of mutations in the BSCL2 gene and usually presents as a complicated form of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). We present clinical data, follow-up, and genetic results of seven patients with Silver syndrome/SPG17 including a family with a variable intrafamilial phenoty...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Musacchio T,Zaum AK,Üçeyler N,Sommer C,Pfeifroth N,Reiners K,Kunstmann E,Volkmann J,Rost S,Klebe S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimethyl fumarate (DMF), fingolimod (FTY) and teriflunomide (TFN) are oral disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) approved for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) whose efficacy and tolerability have been separately assessed in phase III trials. Conversely, little evidence exists about their head-to-head compari...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lattanzi S,Danni M,Taffi R,Cerqua R,Carlini G,Pulcini A,Provinciali L,Silvestrini M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological manifestations in pandemics frequently cause short and long-term consequences which are frequently overlooked. Despite advances in the treatment of infectious diseases, nervous system involvement remains a challenge, with limited treatments often available. The under-recognition of neurological manifestat...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Valerio F,Whitehouse DP,Menon DK,Newcombe VFJ

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyography (EMG), often shortened to 'EMGs', are a useful adjunct to clinical examination of the peripheral nervous system and striated skeletal muscle. NCS provide an efficient and rapid method of quantifying nerve conduction velocity (CV) and the amplitude of both sensory ner...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kane NM,Oware A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the overlap of and differences between quantitative muscle MRI and ultrasound in characterizing structural changes in leg muscles of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) patients. METHODS:We performed quantitative MRI and quantitative ultrasound of ten leg muscles in 27 FSHD patients and a...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mul K,Horlings CGC,Vincenten SCC,Voermans NC,van Engelen BGM,van Alfen N

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome (GTS) and restless legs syndrome (RLS) are two different neurological disorders with common features such as involuntary movements. In both disorders a disturbance of the dopaminergic system has been considered among other possible mechanisms. Since periodic leg movements (PLMS) during...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Voderholzer U,Müller N,Haag C,Riemann D,Straube A

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:The development of Guillain-Barré syndrome is reported in a patient, who had previously received botulinum toxin type A injections into both orbicularis oculi muscles to treat idiopathic blepharospasm. The possibility of a causal relationship is discussed with consideration of the literature on adverse effects of vacc...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Haug BA,Dressler D,Prange HW

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 2 (PCH2) is a very rare autosomal recessive disorder. We report two unrelated female patients born to consanguineous parents presenting with this condition. Patient 1 showed a classical clinical/neuroradiological phenotype of PCH2 with dyskinesia/dystonia. Patient 2 had a neonatal onset...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Grosso S,Mostadini R,Cioni M,Galluzzi P,Morgese G,Balestri P

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:Current findings suggest that multipotent stem cells may be suitable for cell replacement therapies in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. Embryonic stem (ES) cells are pluripotent cells isolated from the inner cell mass of the preimplantation blastocyst, which give rise to all cells in the organism. Similar...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gerlach M,Braak H,Hartmann A,Jost WH,Odin P,Priller J,Schwarz J

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:More research is needed to understand the contribution of comorbidities to MS symptomatology. OBJECTIVES:To examine the dose-response relationship between the number of comorbidities and severity of MS symptoms and to assess the relative contribution of comorbidity groups and individual comorbidities to the...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lo LMP,Taylor BV,Winzenberg T,Palmer AJ,Blizzard L,van der Mei I

更新日期：2020-09-02 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