Neurophysiological findings and serum aluminium in dialysis encephalopathy.

abstract：:A 32-year-old patient with a lifelong history of epileptic attacks is described. A skull X-ray showed a round calcified nonhomogenous left frontotemporal mass. A CT scan confirmed its presence, as well as displacement of the left lateral and the third ventricles. At surgery a calcified inactive hydatid cyst was totall...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Micheli F,Lehkuniec E,Giannaula R,Caputi E,Paradiso G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The English electrophysiologist Edgar Adrian (1889-1977) was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for physiology in 1932 for his research on the functions of neurons. During World War I, at Queen Square in London, he devised an intensive electrotherapeutic treatment for shell-shocked soldiers. The procedure, developed wit...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Tatu L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the advent of whole-body CT scanning in 1974, many studies have been made in its application to all parts of the body. One of the most fruitful areas has been CT of the spinal cord. The only limitation appears to be the technique used; there is no substitute for a good technique. We shall first review standard C...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Ledley RS

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：:Nerve conduction of single impulses and the ability to transmit frequent trains of stimuli were studied in sensory median and in sural nerves of controls and patients with diabetes mellitus. Decrease of relative amplitudes and increase of relative latencies were more marked in the diabetics as compared with normal con...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Tackmann W,Lehmann HJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether writing errors are predictive of longitudinal brain atrophy progression in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:The frequency of writing errors in 6 ALS patients without dementia was compared with longitudinal changes in lateral ventricular areas of the bilateral anteri...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Ichikawa H,Ohno H,Murakami H,Ohnaka Y,Kawamura M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral paramedian thalamic infarcts are characterised initially by the association of acute vigilance disorders and vertical gaze palsy, followed by persisting dementia with severe mnemic disturbance, global aspontaneity and apathy. We describe a patient with a dramatic neuropsychological recovery, confirmed by tes...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Krolak-Salmon P,Croisile B,Houzard C,Setiey A,Girard-Madoux P,Vighetto A

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Neurosyphilis (NS) is nowadays a less frequent disease. Its incidence and clinical spectrum have changed over time. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the incidence of NS and describe the clinical spectrum of NS in immunocompetent patients in the last decade. METHODS:Demographic and clinical features, cerebrospinal flu...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Conde-Sendín MA,Amela-Peris R,Aladro-Benito Y,Maroto AA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic efficacy of Madopar HBS was investigated in 5 patients with advanced parkinsonism. They were under treatment with standard Madopar and suffered from marked fluctuations, mainly end-of-dose akinesia. All patients were abruptly switched from standard Madopar to the HBS formulation. For the first few days...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Fischer PA,Baas H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed serial neurophysiological tests in 22 patients with confirmed Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) for 12 months following onset of the disease. Twenty-five age- and sex-matched healthy controls were also tested. Tests included nerve conduction and automated quantitative thermal threshold measurements. The commo...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Thomaides TN,Kerezoudi EP,Zoukos Y,Chaudhuri KR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several testing options are available to detect asymptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD). Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) has been reported to increase the sensitivity and specificity of stress testing to detect CAD. Most studies concerned patients with known or suspected CAD who have a high prete...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Nighoghossian N,Cakmak S,Derex L,Barthelet M,Thibault H,Finet G,Ovize M,Derumeaux G,Nemoz C,Chapuis F,Rioufol G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heretofore unreported findings in skeletal muscle in a 4th case of pure postganglionic dysautonomia are described. They consist of variation in fiber size, Z line and myofilamentous disorganization, intracytoplasmic inclusions and honeycomb formations. The most striking alterations, however, was excess lipid accumulat...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Afifi AK,Harik SI,Bergman RA,Mire-Salman J,Bahuth NB

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 17-year-old patient who presented a chronic relapsing sensorimotor demyelinating neuropathy with 6 relapses over a 7-year period, preceding by 4 years the diagnosis of a multicentric angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia. A role for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as a trigger of the neuropathy may be suggested ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Vingerhoets F,Kuntzer T,Delacrétaz,Steck AJ,Knecht H,Bogousslavsky J,Meier C,Regli F

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9-year-old girl with huge, double arachnoid cysts at the cerebellopontine angle is reported. After a cyst-peritoneal shunt operation, she developed fine, high-frequency gaze nystagmus towards the lesion side combined with coarse, large amplitude nystagmus in the opposite direction, which is the reverse of the Bruns'...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Yokota J,Imai H,Okuda O,Sato K

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Fatigue is one of the most frequent and most disabling symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS). We investigated the possible association of the MS-related fatigue syndrome with the available disease-modifying therapies and the main disease characteristics in a cross-sectional study on 320 consecutive patients. The prevale...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Putzki N,Katsarava Z,Vago S,Diener HC,Limmroth V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dysnatremia, which is associated with increased mortality in general intensive care units (ICU), has not been thoroughly studied in neurologic ICU (NICU). METHODS:Prevalence of dysnatremia was retrospectively assessed. The multivariable binary logistic regression model was used to determine the influence of...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Zhang YZ,Qie JY,Zhang QH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To perform a large and detailed epidemiologic study on restless legs syndrome (RLS) during pregnancy in a European country. METHODS:A cross-sectional questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was distributed by the medical staff in different outpatient waiting rooms (obstetrics and gynecology department of the univ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Neau JP,Porcheron A,Mathis S,Julian A,Meurice JC,Paquereau J,Godeneche G,Ciron J,Bouche G

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:In the last 2 years we have systematically treated 31 sleep apnea patients with 25-50 mg imipramine HCl given 30 min before bedtime. Imipramine treatment was attempted for nonoverweight patients with negative ear, nose and throat (ENT) findings and for patients who had not responded to weight reduction or ENT surgery ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Rubin AH,Alroy GG,Peled R,Lavie P

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients who experienced isolated transient global amnesia had computed tomographic evidence for a cerebral infarct (3 cases) or hemorrhage (1 case). The medial part of the temporal lobe was involved in 2 patients (left in 1, right in 1), the left lentiform nucleus in 1 patient, and the left thalamus in 1 left-ha...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Bogousslavsky J,Regli F

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:We assessed the, hitherto unknown, impact of intravenous methylprednisolone (ivMP) pulses during relapses of multiple sclerosis (MS) on the kinetics of anti-interferon-beta neutralizing antibodies (Nabs) and binding antibodies (Babs). METHODS:Babs (ELISA) and Nabs (antiviral cytopathic effect assay) ti...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Giantzi V,Karapanayiotides T,Lagoudaki R,Poulatsidou KN,Lourbopoulos A,Daniilidis M,Taskos N,Milonas I,Grigoriadis N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathological changes such as dystrophic neurites and the presence of abnormal tau protein in the olfactory system, including primary sensory cells and nerve fibres have previously been demonstrated in nasal mucosa tissue of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). These changes were detected in autopsy-derived mat...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Hock C,Golombowski S,Müller-Spahn F,Peschel O,Riederer A,Probst A,Mandelkow E,Unger J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood samples from 45 cases of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in Israel were tested for the presence of antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus capsid antigen and early antigen by the indirect immunofluorescence method. Significantly higher titers were found in patients as compared to healthy controls with higher titers...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Gotlieb-Stematsky T,Rannon L,Vonsover A

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical severity of EAE is enhanced by pre-treatment with distemper, measles and BCG vaccine, measles vaccine gives a more severe onset of disease. Rubella vaccine and TAB leads to mild disease which recurs on re-treatment with the appropriate vaccine. These findings and their possible significance in MS are brie...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Caspary EA

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within non-rapid eye movement sleep, two complementary modalities of arousal organization may be identified: (1) the cyclic alternating pattern (CAP), correlated with successive upward (phase A) and downward (phase B) fluctuations of arousal and arousal-related vegetative functions, and (2) non-CAP, corresponding to a...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Terzano MG,Parrino L,Spaggiari MC

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posterior tibial somatosensory evoked potentials were obtained in a group of cystic fibrosis patients and age-matched controls. A small but significant delay of the lumbar potential and larger delays of the early scalp potentials were observed. These findings are consistent with earlier pathological studies demonstrat...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Staley K,Iragui VJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of thoracic hematomyelia secondary to anticoagulant therapy is presented. Clinical features, similar to 2 other previously reported cases, are discussed. A high index of suspicion may lead to a quick diagnostic procedure and successful decompressive surgery. ...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Constantini S,Ashkenazi E,Shoshan Y,Israel Z,Umansky F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies focusing on the anatomy and pathology of the 7th cranial nerve have already been published. However, only scattered cases of herpes zoster oticus (HZO) have been described and only the MRI appearance of the soft temporal bone structures has been reporte...

journal_title：European neurology

authors： Berrettini S,Bianchi MC,Segnini G,Sellari-Franceschini S,Bruschini P,Montanaro D

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00