The brain diseases causing senile dementia. A morphological study on 54 consecutive autopsy cases.

abstract：:Forty-four patients (mean age 66, SD 8 years) with either clinical evidence of a focal lacunar syndrome (n = 36) or with disorders of memory or gait (n = 8) in the presence of a lacunar infarct on CT were studied for cognitive functioning and for the presence of white matter lesions on MRI. MR images were assessed by ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： van Swieten JC,Staal S,Kappelle LJ,Derix MM,van Gijn J

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) often have evidence of compromised gastrointestinal motility. Ghrelin is a gut hormone that influences gastrointestinal motility in humans. The aim of this study was to determine whether ghrelin secretion is affected in MSA patients, and to investigate the relation between g...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ozawa T,Tokunaga J,Arakawa M,Ishikawa A,Takeuchi R,Mezaki N,Miura T,Sakai N,Hokari M,Takeshima A,Utsumi K,Kondo T,Yokoseki A,Nishizawa M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare form of plasma cell dyscrasia characterized by associated polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein and skin changes has been termed the POEMS syndrome. The pathophysiology is unknown; plasma cell dyscrasia is essential; secondary manifestations are unexplained. We report a 67-year-old man with a ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Vidaković A,Simić P,Stojisavljević N,Elezović I,Trikić R,Apostolski S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface antigens on peripheral blood lymphocytes from myasthenia gravis patients were investigated. The expression of DR+ and CD8+/DR+ T lymphocytes was increased and the expression of CD4+ T cells reduced. Neither thymectomy, clinical condition nor anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody titre correlated with any of the...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Crosti F,Armanini M,Confalonieri P,Antozzi C,Mantegazza R

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight cases of malignancies with concurrent motor neuron disease (MND), derived from an unselected population representing all cases of MND diagnosed during a 15-year period in two Italian provinces, were studied to verify the existence of paraneoplastic forms of the disease. No statistically significant association b...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Chiò A,Brignolio F,Meineri P,Rosso MG,Tribolo A,Schiffer D

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, it has been widely recognised that modern doctors are not receiving the training they need to provide appropriate and effective palliative care. Deficiencies in care have been reported in several formal studies and, anecdotally, in many professional and popular lay publications. Doctors themselves hav...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Doyle D

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diminished activity of uroporphyrinogen I-synthetase in the liver and other tissues may be regarded to be the primary genetic deficiency of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). Increased production and renal excretion of delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) und porphobilinogen (PBG) are secondary phenomena. The neuropsychia...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Flügel KA,Druschky KF

更新日期：1977-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) is a rare, metabolic disease primarily affecting the musculoskeletal and respiratory systems. Forced vital capacity (FVC) is commonly used to measure pulmonary function; however, associations between FVC and other LOPD outcomes remain unclear. METHODS:A systematic literature ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Berger KI,Kanters S,Jansen JP,Stewart A,Sparks S,Haack KA,Bolzani A,Siliman G,Hamed A

更新日期：2019-09-01 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 course of multiple sclerosis (MS) can be monitored by measuring changes in brain volume, but consensus is still lacking on the best strategy to be adopted. We compared the reproducibility and sensitivity of volume measurements from different brain portions for detecting changes on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Rovaris M,Inglese M,van Schijndel RA,Sormani MP,Rodegher M,Comi G,Filippi M

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term treatment studies with any antiparkinsonian drug are rather limited. Especially, double-blind, randomized and multicenter studies do not exist except for some rare exceptions. Nonetheless, such studies are mandatory to prove certain therapy regimens. This overview reports on the comparison between dopamine a...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Reichmann H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two adult Japanese sisters with L-2-hydroxy-glutaric aciduria (acidemia), both of whom were much older (aged 57, 47 years old) than previously reported patients (from neonate to 44 years old), and who presented with differing severity. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed typical subcortical white matter lesi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fujitake J,Ishikawa Y,Fujii H,Nishimura K,Hayakawa K,Inoue F,Terada N,Okochi M,Tatsuoka Y

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that the risk of cerebral infarction is increased during the puerperium but not during pregnancy itself. Most of the known causes of ischaemic stroke in the young have been reported during pregnancy. In most of these conditions, it is uncertain whether pregnancy is coincidental or plays a role i...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mas JL,Lamy C

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukocyte recruitment and inflammatory response play an important patho-physiologic role after cerebral ischemia. This study aimed to evaluate whether leukocyte adhesion molecules can predict clinical outcome in patients after ischemic stroke. We prospectively examined serial changes in p-selectin glycoprotein ligand-...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tsai NW,Chang WN,Shaw CF,Jan CR,Huang CR,Chen SD,Chuang YC,Lee LH,Lu CH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis and management of lesions of the brachial roots and of the brachial plexus is improved by appropriate investigation, both in acute and chronic disorders. The choice of investigation should be determined by the clinical problem. Since they are relatively non-invasive, electrophysiological investigations a...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Swash M

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The INCOMIN study (INdependent COMparison of INterferons) lends further support to the growing body of evidence that both dose and frequency of interferon beta (IFNbeta) administration are important in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). High-dose, high-frequency IFNbeta (IFNbeta-1b 250 microg eod sc and IFNbeta...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Durelli L,Clerico M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system localizations of sarcoidosis may be refractory to conventional treatment such as steroids and immunosuppressive drugs. Infliximab, a TNF-α antagonist chimeric antibody, has been shown to be effective for treatment of these localizations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and saf...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cohen Aubart F,Bouvry D,Galanaud D,Dehais C,Mathey G,Psimaras D,Haroche J,Pottier C,Hie M,Mathian A,Devilliers H,Nunes H,Valeyre D,Amoura Z

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluating freezing of gait (FOG) and quantifying its severity in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) is challenging; objective assessment is not sufficiently established. We aimed to improve the ability to objectively evaluate FOG severity by investigating the value of measuring the duration of the test and its co...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Herman T,Dagan M,Shema-Shiratzky S,Reches T,Brozgol M,Giladi N,Manor B,Hausdorff JM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum toxin (BT) therapy is an established treatment of spasticity due to stroke. For multiple sclerosis (MS) spasticity this is not the case. IAB-Interdisciplinary Working Group for Movement Disorders formed a task force to explore the use of BT therapy for treatment of MS spasticity. A formalised PubMed literatu...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Dressler D,Bhidayasiri R,Bohlega S,Chahidi A,Chung TM,Ebke M,Jacinto LJ,Kaji R,Koçer S,Kanovsky P,Micheli F,Orlova O,Paus S,Pirtosek Z,Relja M,Rosales RL,Sagástegui-Rodríguez JA,Schoenle PW,Shahidi GA,Timerbaeva S,

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A myasthenia gravis (MG) patient who seems to have recovered can later have recurrence of myasthenic signs. Clearly clinical remission does not always correspond to the normalization of all the factors involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. In ten patients who had apparently recovered from MG, electromyographic ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Scoppetta C,Bartoccioni E,David P,Flamini G,Lo Monaco M,Scuderi F,Tonali P

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A consecutive series of 327 patients (188 males, 139 females; mean age 68.4, SEM 1.33) were hospitalized within 12 h of the onset of their first-ever hemispheric infarct. Three groups of patients were identified: diabetics (n = 70), non-diabetic hyperglycaemics (n = 93) and normoglycaemics (n = 164). Case-fatality rat...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Toni D,Sacchetti ML,Argentino C,Gentile M,Cavalletti C,Frontoni M,Fieschi C

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with chorea and polycythaemia vera are described. The literature on this rare association is reviewed and its pathophysiology discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mas JL,Gueguen B,Bouche P,Derouesné C,Varet B,Castaigne P

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke patients with "pusher syndrome" show severe misperception of their own upright body orientation although visual-vestibular processing is almost intact. This dissociation argues for a second graviceptive system in humans for the perception of body orientation. Recent studies revealed that the posterior thalamus ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Johannsen L,Broetz D,Naegele T,Karnath HO

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：:Optic neuritis usually presents with rapid and gradual loss of vision that is either complete or incomplete, and typically associated with retro-orbital pain. To our knowledge there have been no documented reports of optic neuritis presenting with multiple episodes of amaurosis fugax, the sudden and transient loss of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Awad AM,Estephan B,Warnack W,Stüve O

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the diagnostic value of computed tomographic angiography (CTA) in the posterior circulation as a noninvasive substitute for intra-arterial digital subtraction angiography (DSA). We prospectively investigated 103 patients with acute stroke in the posterior circulation. All patients underwent CTA and Doppler ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Graf J,Skutta B,Kuhn FP,Ferbert A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyronine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), and reverse-triiodothyronine (rT3) levels were evaluated in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and in serum of 12 patients with definite amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by specific radioimmunoassays. Circulating microsomal and thyroglobulin antibodies were also evaluated. In all patie...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Malin JP,Ködding R,Fuhrmann H,von zur Mühlen A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze the in vivo biological effect of anti-interferon beta (IFN-beta) neutralizing antibodies (NABs), blood concentrations of neopterin, beta2microglobulin (Beta2-MG), mRNA-dependent myxovirusresistant protein A (MxA) and dsRNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) were measured before (predose) and 24 hours after (pos...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Scagnolari C,Duda P,Bagnato F,De Vito G,Alberelli A,Lavolpe V,Girardi E,Durastanti V,Trojano M,Kappos L,Antonelli G

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are the standard of care for multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses, but the most desirable route of administration is still matter of debate. The aim of the study was to compare the efficacy and safety of oral versus intravenous steroids for treatment of acute relapses in patients with MS. Randomized or qua...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lattanzi S,Cagnetti C,Danni M,Provinciali L,Silvestrini M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SOX10 transcription factor is involved in development of neural crest derivatives and fate determination in glial cells. SOX10 mutations have been found in patients with intestinal aganglionosis and depigmentation with deafness (Waardenburg-Hirschsprung). Associated neurological signs have been reported in some ca...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Pingault V,Bondurand N,Le Caignec C,Tardieu S,Lemort N,Dubourg O,Le Guern E,Goossens M,Boespflug-Tanguy O,Clinical E.N.B.D.D. Clinical European Network on Brain Dysmyelinating Disease.

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00