Diagnostic CT scan findings in an adult case of acute disseminated leuco-encephalitis.

abstract：:Apoptotic deletion of autoreactive T-cells is defective in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Glatiramer acetate (GA) treatment seems to restore apoptosis of detrimental T-cells. We analyzed the mitochondria membrane pro- (Bax) and anti-apoptotic (Bcl- 2) and cytosolic pro-apoptotic (Cyt-c, APAF-1) proteins expres...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ruggieri M,Avolio C,Scacco S,Pica C,Lia A,Zimatore GB,Papa S,Livrea P,Trojano M

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：:Twenty-four patients with unilateral facial weakness of various aetiologies were investigated using a magnetic stimulator to stimulate the proximal segment of the facial nerve directly (short latency response) and also to activate the facial motoneurons bilaterally via corticonuclear pathways by placing the stimulatin...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Meyer BU,Britton TC,Benecke R

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are a genetically heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative diseases characterised by progressive cerebellar ataxia, dysarthria and oculomotor abnormalities. Recently the prodynorphin (PDYN) gene was identified as the cause of SCA23 in four Dutch families displaying progressive gait and li...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fawcett K,Mehrabian M,Liu YT,Hamed S,Elahi E,Revesz T,Koutsis G,Herscheson J,Schottlaender L,Wardle M,Morrison PJ,Morris HR,Giunti P,Wood N,Houlden H

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary cause of neurological syndromes with antibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD65-Ab) is unknown, but genetic predisposition may exist as it is suggested by the co-occurrence in patients and their relatives of other organ-specific autoimmune diseases, notably type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), an...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Muñiz-Castrillo S,Ambati A,Dubois V,Vogrig A,Joubert B,Rogemond V,Picard G,Lin L,Fabien N,Mignot E,Honnorat J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man, aged 46, who had been taking Clioquinol in high doses for a long period, developed a characteristic neurological syndrome of subacute myelo-optic neuropathy rather abruptly. Electron microscopical examination of the muscle biopsy, obtained five months after the onset of the disease, revealed severe degenerative...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Otte G,de Coster W,Thiery E,de Reuck J,vander Eecken H

更新日期：1977-05-13 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：BACKGROUND:Recently, therapeutic attempts to control motor choreatic hyperkinesia of Huntington's disease (HD) by means of pallidal deep brain stimulation (Gp-DBS) were successful. With respect to the clinical effects of Gp-DBS in juvenile hypokinetic-rigid HD (jHD; Westphal variant), only one single-case has been repo...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ferrea S,Groiss SJ,Elben S,Hartmann CJ,Dunnett SB,Rosser A,Saft C,Schnitzler A,Vesper J,Wojtecki L,Surgical Approaches Working Group of the European Huntington’s Disease Network (EHDN).

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article Diagnostic accuracy of a smartphone bedside test to assess the fixation suppression of the vestibulo‑ocular reflex: when nothing else matters, written by Florin Gandor, Manfred Tesch, Hannelore Neuhauser, Doreen Gruber, Hans‑Jochen Heinze, Georg Ebersbach and Thomas Lempert, was originally published electr...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gandor F,Tesch M,Neuhauser H,Gruber D,Heinze HJ,Ebersbach G,Lempert T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to monitor the development of anti-natalizumab antibodies to evaluate their first appearance in multiple sclerosis patients, since their presence has been associated with a reduction in the efficacy of the treatment and an increase of adverse events. A total of 134 multiple sclerosis patie...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Oliver-Martos B,Órpez-Zafra T,Urbaneja P,Maldonado-Sanchez R,Leyva L,Fernández O

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Fatigue is a common and frequently disabling symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this study was to develop the Fatigue index Kliniken Schmieder (FKS) for detecting motor fatigue in patients with MS using kinematic gait analysis. The FKS relies on the chaos theoretical term "attractor", which, if unchanged, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sehle A,Vieten M,Sailer S,Mündermann A,Dettmers C

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levamisole seems to regulate cell-mediated immunity by restoring T-cell function. Since a deficiency of T lymphocytes has been described by various authors in multiple sclerosis patients. Of the 85 patients involved in the trial, evaluation of functional and neurological scores was possible in 54 (32 with placebo and ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Gonsette RE,Demonty L,Delmotte P,Decree J,de Cock W,Verhaeghen H,Symoens J

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nusinersen recently became available as the first treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and data on its effectiveness and safety in adult SMA patients are still scarce. METHODS:We evaluated the effectiveness and safety of nusinersen treatment during 14 months in 16 adult patients with SMA types 3 and ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： De Wel B,Goosens V,Sobota A,Van Camp E,Geukens E,Van Kerschaver G,Jagut M,Claes K,Claeys KG

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple mononeuropathy (MM) occurs rarely during systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) but may lead to major disability. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinic-pathological presentations of MM during SLE, as well as long-term outcomes. We conducted a multicentric retrospective study that included patients r...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Rivière E,Cohen Aubart F,Maisonobe T,Maurier F,Richez C,Gombert B,Gousseff M,Adoue D,Mathian A,Hié M,Haroche J,Amoura Z

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:In 40 rabbits cerebral ischaemia was induced by autologous blood clot emboli injected into the middle cerebral artery. Autologous blood clot formed spontaneously (within 2 h) in a catheter fixed in the internal carotid artery. The effects of embolization were investigated on arterial blood pressure, respiration, local...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Fekete I,Hegedüs K,Molnár L

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To disclose the neuropathological progression course of Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of six genetically confirmed MJD cases (four males and two females, including an autopsied female, all unrelated to one another) were further investigated on neurodegeneration. Brain MRI stud...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Horimoto Y,Matsumoto M,Akatsu H,Kojima A,Yoshida M,Nokura K,Yuasa H,Katada E,Yamamoto T,Kosaka K,Hashizume Y,Yamamoto H,Mitake S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-seven cases of the optic-spinal form of multiple sclerosis (OSMS) were collected from 6 institutes in 3 cities of Japan, and the clinical and MRI features were analyzed. Two-thirds of the OSMS patients had longitudinally extensive spinal cord MRI lesions (LESL), and had clinical features similar to those of re...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Nakashima I,Fukazawa T,Ota K,Nohara C,Warabi Y,Ohashi T,Miyazawa I,Fujihara K,Itoyama Y

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local administration of botulinum toxin (BoTx) inhibits presynaptic acetylcholine release. All cholinergically innervated muscles and glands can be paralyzed accordingly. Studies on the application of BoTx in multiple sclerosis have shown good results for focal spasticity, in particular, of the extremities. The first ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Jost WH

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma encephalitis, cryptococcal meningitis, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) encephalitis are the most common opportunistic infections of the central nervous system (CNS) in HIV-infected patients. They occur at variable degrees of immunosuppression, and their diagnosis ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Roullet E

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postpartum lower limb motor and/or sensory deficit is an uncommon obstetrical complication. We aimed to identify its incidence, etiology, and precipitating factors, as well as the neurological prognosis by retrospectively analyzing the successive neurological evaluations, electrophysiological, and MRI data from all th...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Richard A,Vellieux G,Abbou S,Benifla JL,Lozeron P,Kubis N

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cause of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) remains unknown, and no consensus exists on how patients should be monitored and treated. Acetazolamide is a common treatment but has never been examined in a randomised controlled trial. The objectives of this pilot trial are to prospectively evaluate the use of...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ball AK,Howman A,Wheatley K,Burdon MA,Matthews T,Jacks AS,Lawden M,Sivaguru A,Furmston A,Howell S,Sharrack B,Davies MB,Sinclair AJ,Clarke CE

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the efficacy and safety of the therapeutic regimen using oral and intravenous L-arginine for pediatric and adult patients with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS). METHODS:In the presence and absence of an ictus of stroke-like episodes within 6...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Koga Y,Povalko N,Inoue E,Nakamura H,Ishii A,Suzuki Y,Yoneda M,Kanda F,Kubota M,Okada H,Fujii K

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：UNLABELLED:The aim of the study was to assess adjunctive intravenous dexamethasone in adult community-acquired bacterial meningitis (BM) in daily practice. Analysis of consecutive patients (1990-2009) with acute community-acquired bacterial meningitis in a single centre in Zagreb, Croatia, N = 304. Adjusted relative ri...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Peterković V,Trkulja V,Kutleša M,Krajinović V,Lepur D

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the neuronal antibodies described in CNS disorders in order to clarify their diagnostic value, emphasize potentials pitfalls and limitations in the diagnosis of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS), and examine the current evidence for a possible pathogenic role. We propose to classify the neuronal an...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Graus F,Saiz A,Dalmau J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is a progressive systemic autosomal dominant disease caused by pathogenic mutations in the transthyretin (TTR) gene. We studied clinical, electrophysiological, histopathological, and genetic characteristics in 15 (13 late-onset and two early-onset) patients belonging to 14 familie...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Dohrn MF,Röcken C,De Bleecker JL,Martin JJ,Vorgerd M,Van den Bergh PY,Ferbert A,Hinderhofer K,Schröder JM,Weis J,Schulz JB,Claeys KG

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare, non-Langerhans form of histiocytosis of unknown etiology that affects multiple organs. We report 6 cases of ECD with neurological involvement and neuroradiological abnormalities on brain MRI. A literature review revealed 60 other cases of ECD with neurological involvement. We t...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Lachenal F,Cotton F,Desmurs-Clavel H,Haroche J,Taillia H,Magy N,Hamidou M,Salvatierra J,Piette JC,Vital-Durand D,Rousset H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed the kinetics and clinical impact of binding antibodies (BAbs) and neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) to three interferon beta (IFNbeta) products in patients with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS). Patients with RRMS received IFNbeta-1b 8 MIU subcutaneously (SC) every other day, intramuscular (IM) IFNbeta-1a 30 mcg...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Perini P,Calabrese M,Biasi G,Gallo P

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00