A comparative electrophysiological and histological study of sensory conduction velocity and Meissner corpuscles of the median nerve in pneumatic tool workers.

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：:The European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees (EAYNT) is a non-profit organization which acts on behalf of young neurologists in Europe and concertedly exerts influence on the formation of a new generation of neurologists [Struhal et al.: Eur J Neurol 2009;16:e146-e148]. This concerns particularly the Ge...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Struhal W,Falup-Pecurariu C,Sztriha LK,Grisold W,Sellner J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young man presented with myokymias, cramp-like difficulty in muscle relaxation and peroneal atrophy. EMG studies revealed continuous muscle activity (CMA) manifested as grouped potentials and high frequency discharges. Sensory nerve conduction studies and sural nerve biopsy gave normal results, and he was thought to...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Castilla JM,Alberca R,Chinchon I,Gil-Neciga E,Rafel E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this open study patients with advanced Parkinson's disease, who experienced pronounced fluctuations in symptoms while on standard L-dopa, were switched from Madopar/Sinemet to Madopar HBS. The dosage was adjusted until optimal response was obtained. The effect was unsatisfactory in 4 cases and side effects interven...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Jensen NO,Dupont E,Hansen E,Mikkelsen B,Mikkelsen BO

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to quantitatively assess the motor performance characteristics of 14 patients with congenital myotonia, the reaction time, speed of movement, synergy of different muscle groups and accuracy were measured. The Human Performance Measurement/Basic Elements of Performance device was used for recordings. Warned si...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Baumann P,Vanharanta H,Kauranen K,Myllylä V

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of thoracic duct lymph drainage (5-34 days) in 12 patients with myasthenia gravis on muscular function has been followed for 5-43 months. Among the results obtained were: (1) During the drainage the myasthenic symptoms decreased markedly after 1-4 days and remained so during the drainage. (2) The doses of c...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Bergström K,Franksson C,Matell G,Nilsson BY,Persson A,von Reis G,Stensman R

更新日期：1975-01-01 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：:Nocturnal polygraphic recordings (electroencephalography, electro-oculography, submental and intercostal muscle electromyography, electrocardiography, respiration by thoracic strain gauges and oronasal thermistors) with continuous monitoring of arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation by pulse oximeter were performed in 8 pa...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Manni R,Piccolo G,Banfi P,Cerveri I,Bruschi C,Zoia C,Tartara A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the fast moving field of muscular dystrophy, therapeutic matters are now high on the agenda. Despite little progress made in the understanding of the exact pathogenesis, hopes have been raised with the advent of molecular medicine applied to such disorders. A constellation of techniques or therapeutic solutions are...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Urtizberea JA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of peripheral neuropathy due to styrene is described. The diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy was confirmed by a motor-nerve conduction study and sural nerve biopsy. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Behari M,Choudhary C,Roy S,Maheshwari MC

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:In this case-control study, our aim was to check for a possible independent role of hypertension in increasing the risk of developing Bell's palsy. METHODS:All patients diagnosed as having Bell's palsy referred to a neurology clinic were enrolled as cases. Controls were selected among other patients ref...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Savadi-Oskouei D,Abedi A,Sadeghi-Bazargani H

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We prospectively assessed the frequency, type, severity and cause of treatment among the long-term residents of the Kork Epilepsy Centre in the year 2005. METHODS:All long-term residents were exclusively referred to the general surgeon practicing on the campus. Patients were divided into 2 groups compr...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Steinhoff BJ,Hartmann R,Luy M,Rombach A,Ziegler G,Schulte-Mönting J,Gilliam FG

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the maximal rate of some cerebral enzymatic activities related to 400ene transduction and neurotransmission (lactate dehydrogenase; citrate synthase and malate dehydrogenase; total NADH-cytochrome c reductase and cytochrome oxidase; glutamate dehydrogenase; acetylcholine esterase) were assayed both in the c...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Villa RF

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old man with negative family history for neuromuscular diseases showed a distal myopathy. Creatine kinase was slightly increased. Two muscle biopsies were performed. The first showed myopathic features, rimmed vacuoles in a limited area and increase of free glycogen; the second showed only nonspecific pathol...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Mongini T,Doriguzzi C,Palmucci L,Pollo B,Arnaudo E,Bresolin N

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:The central motor pathways were studied with the technique of percutaneous electrical stimulation of the central nervous system in 40 normal volunteers. There were no significant differences between the right and left sides, or between males and females. A linear correlation between the cortical latency (Lcor) or the ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Ugawa Y,Genba K,Shimpo T,Mannen T

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:The purpose of this pilot study was to determine whether 20 mg oral 311C90 can prevent the development of migraine headache when taken during the aura phase of a migraine attack. The study also aimed to provide an initial safety profile for 311C90 when taken during the aura. Forty patients (31 females, 9 males) were e...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Dowson A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct evidence of the anatomical localization of brain function is provided by functional neurological changes during awake surgery combined with data from preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor imaging studies. The goal of the present study was to analyze the etiology and mechanism o...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Shinoura N,Yoshida M,Yamada R,Tabei Y,Saito K,Suzuki Y,Yagi K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We attempted to investigate changes of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) according to walking ability in chronic stroke patients, using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). METHODS:55 consecutive chronic stroke patients who were not able to walk due to injury of the corticospinal tract (CST) at stroke onset and...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Yeo SS,Ahn SH,Choi BY,Chang CH,Lee J,Jang SH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a group of 60 patients of which 30 were affected by myasthenia, we used the regional curare test. The results were evaluated from a critical point of view and were then compared with the results obtained by the repetitive stimulation of the circumflex nerve, deriving from deltoid muscle. We considered too the speci...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Boiardi A,Bussone G,Negri S

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous findings regarding the role of TNF-alpha-308 gene polymorphism in multiple sclerosis (MS) are contradictory. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible influence of TNF-alpha-308 polymorphism on MS susceptibility and the MS disease process in a Croatian and Slovenian population. Genotyping was perf...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Ristić S,Lovrecić L,Starcević-Cizmarević N,Brajenović-Milić B,Sega Jazbec S,Sepcić J,Kapović M,Peterlin B

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Positron emission tomography (PET) has opened new fields of investigation on clinicometabolic correlations in subcortical infarcts. Functional changes occurring in structurally unaffected brain regions represent one of the most interesting aspects of PET application. So far, the only one PET study on lacunar infarcts ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Di Piero V,Lenzi GL,Fieschi C

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kearns-Sayre syndrome has been associated with large heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA deletions and morphological alterations at the cytological level. We have measured the activities of different respiratory chain complexes in 3 patients presenting mitochondrial DNA deletions and found no close correlation between gen...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Reichmann H,Degoul F,Gold R,Meurers B,Ketelsen UP,Hartmann J,Marsac C,Lestienne P

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Divers may be at risk of long-term CNS damage from non-symptomatic hyperbaric exposure. We investigated the effect of severe, controlled hyperbaric exposure on a group of healthy goats with similar histories. Thirty goats were exposed to various dive profiles over a period of 5 years, with 17 experiencing decompressio...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Blogg SL,Loveman GA,Seddon FM,Woodger N,Koch A,Reuter M,Gennser M,White MG

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with left-sided visuospatial neglect due to cerebrovascular accident were monitored using the Behavioural Inattention Test (BIT) at weekly intervals, on a long-term basis. The novel finding was that some patients showed occasional but transitory marked improvement in their visuospatial neglect at times pr...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Small M,Ellis S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two prospective projects were started in May 1985 to evaluate the long-term effects of bromocriptine in patients with Parkinson's disease. One of the projects is to see if combination therapy with levodopa and bromocriptine is superior to levodopa alone with regard to the prevention of late side effects of levodopa th...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Nakanishi T,Mizuno Y,Goto I,Iwata M,Kanazawa I,Kowa H,Mannen T,Nishitani H,Ogawa N,Takahashi A

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00