Rehabilitation for patients with multiple sclerosis?

abstract：:We report the case of a 17.5-year old girl with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG). When she was 13, she started to complain of episodic diplopia, ptosis and mild fatigability of upper and lower extremity muscles. She was diagnosed with MG 3 years later, after exacerbation of her limb muscle weakness. Acetylcholine re...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Kostera-Pruszczyk A,Kwiecinski H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few regional and seasonal Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) clusters have been reported so far. It is unknown whether patients suffering from sporadic GBS differ from GBS clusters with respect to clinical and paraclinical parameters, HLA association and antibody response to glycosphingolipids and Campylobacter jejuni (Cj)...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Schirmer L,Worthington V,Solloch U,Loleit V,Grummel V,Lakdawala N,Grant D,Wassmuth R,Schmidt AH,Gebhardt F,Andlauer TF,Sauter J,Berthele A,Lunn MP,Hemmer B

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction is prevalent in Parkinson's disease (PD). Symptoms are evident throughout the disease course, affect the length of the GI tract and impact on patient quality of life and management. We clarify real-life differences in the frequency and severity of GI symptoms in a cohort of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lubomski M,Davis RL,Sue CM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary worsening of stroke symptoms is described in 13-37% of stroke patients, but the exact mechanism of this phenomenon remains unclear. The aim of this study is to find prognostic variables in correlation to secondary worsening of stroke symptoms in patients with lacunar or cortical strokes. In this prospective ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Schweitzer JR,Koehler PJ,Voogd AC,Franke CL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen patients with dural arteriovenous fistulas or intradural arteriovenous malformations underwent clinical and neurophysiological examination. Bladder disturbances, pain, sensory abnormalities and involvement of both upper and lower motor neurons were commonly observed. Abnormal findings were obtained both in el...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Linden D,Berlit P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific mutations in COL6A3 have recently been reported as the cause of isolated recessive dystonia, which is a rare movement disorder. In all patients, at least one mutation was located in Exons 41 and 42. In an attempt to replicate these findings, we assessed by direct sequencing the frequency of rare variants in E...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lohmann K,Schlicht F,Svetel M,Hinrichs F,Zittel S,Graf J,Lohnau T,Schmidt A,Mir P,Krause P,Lang AE,Jabusch HC,Wolters A,Kamm C,Zeuner KE,Altenmüller E,Naz S,Chung SJ,Kostic VS,Münchau A,Kühn AA,Brüggemann N,Kl

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gait variability has potential utility as a predictive measure of dysfunction in Parkinson's disease (PD). Current understanding implicates non-dopaminergic pathways. This study investigated the explanatory characteristics of gait variability in PD on and off medication under single and dual task conditions. Fifty peo...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lord S,Baker K,Nieuwboer A,Burn D,Rochester L

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This short review summarizes epilepsy papers published in the Journal of Neurology in 2009, covering pathophysiology (inflammation; propagation pathways), new treatments (oxcarbazepine in paediatrics; levetiracetam in status epilepticus), and non-seizure outcomes (violence; foetal/pregnancy). ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lozsadi DA,Von Oertzen J,Cock HR

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adequate cerebral blood flow (CBF) is mainly governed by neurovascular coupling (NC) which adapts local CBF to underlying cortical activity,and cerebral autoregulation (CA)that tends to maintain constant CBF despite changes in arterial blood pressure (BP). Since it was suggested that resistance vessels play ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Azevedo E,Rosengarten B,Santos R,Freitas J,Kaps M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 199 consecutive patients who underwent 220 liver transplantations, to define the type, frequency and aetiology of posttransplant neurological complications and their prognostic value. We found neurological complications in 63 patients (32%), mostly involving the central nervous system. The most frequent co...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Guarino M,Stracciari A,Pazzaglia P,Sterzi R,Santilli I,Donato F,D'Alessandro R

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spastic paraplegia type 7 (SPG7) is an autosomal recessive form of hereditary spastic paraparesis (ARHSP) caused by mutations in paraplegin, a subunit of an ATP-dependent AAA-protease located within the inner mitochondrial membrane. We have identified a novel paraplegin mutation, c.1047insC, in a non-consanguineous No...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tzoulis C,Denora PS,Santorelli FM,Bindoff LA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A study of cognitive, psychological and social aspects in benign multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods One hundred and sixty three patients with benign MS (defined as disease duration > or = 15 years and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score < or = 3.0 ) underwent neuropsychological testing on the Rao's B...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Amato MP,Zipoli V,Goretti B,Portaccio E,De Caro MF,Ricchiuti L,Siracusa G,Masini M,Sorbi S,Trojano M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the association of Medial Temporal lobe Atrophy (MTA) and White Matter Hyperintensities (WMHs) with gray matter perfusion in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). METHODS:56 MCI patients (age = 69.3 +/- 7.0, 32 females) underwent brain MR scan and (99m)Tc ECD SPECT. We evaluated MTA according to Schelte...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Caroli A,Testa C,Geroldi C,Nobili F,Guerra UP,Bonetti M,Frisoni GB

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the observation of bilateral temporoparietal hypoperfusion in Alzheimer's disease (AD), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is advocated by some as a powerful diagnostic tool in the evaluation of demented patients. We studied whether routine brain SPECT in elderly, mildly demented outpatients i...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Van Gool WA,Walstra GJ,Teunisse S,Van der Zant FM,Weinstein HC,Van Royen EA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three main immunoglobulin classes obey the basic principles of passive protein transfer at the blood-CSF barrier and the serum-derived portions could therefore be quantified with the help of the permeability marker albumin. The Ig fractions secreted into the CSF by sessile plasma cell clones have been determined i...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Felgenhauer K

更新日期：1982-01-01 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:Despite advances in the field, diagnosis and management of the wide spectrum of neurological events post allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) remain challenging. Therefore, we investigated their incidence, diagnosis, management and long-term prognosis in alloHCT recipients. METHODS:We ret...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sakellari I,Gavriilaki E,Papagiannopoulos S,Gavriilaki M,Batsis I,Mallouri D,Vardi A,Constantinou V,Masmanidou M,Yannaki E,Smias C,Geroukis T,Kazis D,Kimiskidis V,Anagnostopoulos A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated cyclosporine A (CsA) treatment in 9 patients (6 female and 3 male), 16-63 years old, with severe myasthenia gravis (MG) for a mean period of 2 years (range 16-36 months). All of the patients had been previously treated either with corticosteroids or by combined immunotherapy, and 5 needed periodic plasma ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bonifati DM,Angelini C

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disability in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients is associated with white matter (WM) and gray matter (GM) pathology, and both processes contribute differently over the disease course. Total and regional GM volume loss can be imaged via voxel-based morphometry (VBM). Here, we retrospectively analyzed a group of 213 MS p...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Grothe M,Lotze M,Langner S,Dressel A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to determine whether survival changed during 2002-2009 at a French amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) center. We included all patients with ALS who were seen consecutively at the center from January 2002-May 2009. Participants were followed from date of first visit through death, date of cens...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gordon PH,Salachas F,Bruneteau G,Pradat PF,Lacomblez L,Gonzalez-Bermejo J,Morelot-Panzini C,Similowski T,Elbaz A,Meininger V

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) was found in 57% of 123 autopsy brains removed from patients aged 59-101 years. The incidence of CAA increased with age. CAA was seen most frequently in the occipital cortex. Immunohistochemically, amyloid of CAA was positive for amyloid P component and negative for human AA protein a...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Yamada M,Tsukagoshi H,Otomo E,Hayakawa M

更新日期：1987-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We characterised the clinical and neuro-otological characteristics of patients with Susac syndrome. METHODS:The medical records of 30 patients with Susac syndrome were reviewed for details of their clinical presentation and course, neuro-otological symptoms, investigation results including audiology and vest...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hardy TA,Taylor RL,Qiu J,O'Brien B,Gopinath S,Trewin B,Spring PJ,Shaffi M,Bolitho SJ,Garsia RJ,Roxburgh R,Mason DF,Ip J,Chan F,Chen L,Wilson I,Beadnall HN,Barnett MH,Parratt JDE,Watson JDG,Welgampola MS,Reddel S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Argaet EC,Young AS,Bradshaw AP,Welgampola MS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients developed acute Guillain-Barré syndrome while on steroid treatment. The first patient suffered from ulcerative colitis and developed Guillain-Barré syndrome when the steroid dosage was being tapered. Another patient with long-standing multiple sclerosis received steroids during relapse and the Guillain-...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Steiner I,Wirguin I,Abramsky O

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Classifying and diagnosing peripheral vestibular disorders based on their symptoms is challenging due to possible symptom overlap or atypical clinical presentation. To improve the diagnostic trajectory, gadolinium-based contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the inner ear is nowadays frequently used...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： van der Lubbe MFJA,Vaidyanathan A,Van Rompaey V,Postma AA,Bruintjes TD,Kimenai DM,Lambin P,van Hoof M,van de Berg R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conflicting findings have been reported on the prognostic significance of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level in patients with stroke. The objective of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the prognostic utility of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in stroke patients. METHODS:PubMed and Embase databases were systematical...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Liu H,Wang J,Xu Z

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated floccular infarction is extremely rare, and impairments of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) have not been explored in humans with isolated floccular lesions. The purpose of this study was to examine and report selective impairment of VOR in response to high acceleration using head impulse in a patient with i...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Park HK,Kim JS,Strupp M,Zee DS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain metastases occur in 20-40% of patients with cancer and their frequency has increased over time. Lung, breast and skin (melanoma) are the commonest sources of brain metastases, and in up to 15% of patients the primary site remains unknown. After the introduction of MRI, multiple lesions have outnumbered single le...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Soffietti R,Rudā R,Mutani R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten female patients suffering from catamenial epilepsy were treated with a synthetic analogue of the gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) in addition to antiepileptic drugs. Three of the patients became seizure free, in four patients seizure frequency decreased and in one patient seizures were of shorter duration. I...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Bauer J,Wildt L,Flügel D,Stefan H

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00