Peroneal nerve neuropathy in cancer patients: a paraneoplastic syndrome?

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：:The transcranial activation and the conduction properties of corticospinal and callosal neurons were investigated in 12 early-treated adolescents (aged 17.3, SD 3.5 years; range 14-27 years) with phenylketonuria (PKU) by focal transcranial magnetic stimulation (fTMS) of the motor cortex. The patients had no functional...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Röricht S,Meyer BU,Irlbacher K,Ludolph AC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation studies with positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) represent a powerful tool to study the functional anatomy of Parkinson's disease (PD). Activation studies offer the opportunity to study regional cerebral function in man in vivo under different conditions with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ceballos-Baumann AO

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Putaminal iron deposition is a histopathological feature of multiple system atrophy (MSA), which is not observed in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). T2*-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gradient echo (GE) sequences are sensitive for paramagnetic susceptibility changes and therefore...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： von Lewinski F,Werner C,Jörn T,Mohr A,Sixel-Döring F,Trenkwalder C

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease which was thought to be untreatable. However, recent evidence in both experimental animals and men indicates that antiglutamatergic strategies are the first to have an influence on its pathogenesis and slow down the disease process. Since the eff...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ludolph AC

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the records of all patients who had received an epidural catheter for management of chronic cancer pain in a 3-year period (1993-1996). Patients with nervous system infections were identified, and pertinent clinical, radiological (magnetic resonance imaging), and bacteriological data were analyzed. We iden...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Sillevis Smitt P,Tsafka A,van den Bent M,de Bruin H,Hendriks W,Vecht C,Teng-van de Zande F

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thymoma is frequently associated with paraneoplastic diseases (PDs), most commonly with myasthenia gravis (MG). This association is thought to depend on thymoma's capacity to produce and export T lymphocytes. OBJECTIVE:(1) To determine the frequency and characteristics of thymoma-associated PDs other than M...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Evoli A,Minicuci GM,Vitaliani R,Battaglia A,Della Marca G,Lauriola L,Fattorossi A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 2 (PCH2) is a very rare autosomal recessive disorder. We report two unrelated female patients born to consanguineous parents presenting with this condition. Patient 1 showed a classical clinical/neuroradiological phenotype of PCH2 with dyskinesia/dystonia. Patient 2 had a neonatal onset...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Grosso S,Mostadini R,Cioni M,Galluzzi P,Morgese G,Balestri P

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There exist controversial and discrepant results on the risk of spontaneous abortions and teratogenesis induced by interferon treatment in people with MS.Aim of this study is to evaluate risks of the administration of INFbeta related not only to the foetus, but also to children development up to 12-months dev...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Patti F,Cavallaro T,Lo Fermo S,Nicoletti A,Cimino V,Vecchio R,Laisa P,Zarbo R,Zappia M

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with an increased risk of fragility fracture. FRAX and Qfracture are risk calculators that estimate the 10-year risk of hip and major fractures and guide definitive investigation for osteoporosis using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) imaging. It is unclear which PD patients shou...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Shribman S,Torsney KM,Noyce AJ,Giovannoni G,Fearnley J,Dobson R

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke in young adults is not a rare entity, and often provides difficult management decisions for neurologists. The knowledge gained from stroke in older adults does not transfer easily to this younger group given the different causes of stroke observed. Cardiac causes of stroke are common in this group, but often co...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Cotter PE,Belham M,Martin PJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spontaneous cervical artery dissections (sCAD) are often preceded by infections. However, existing data about inflammatory parameters remained inconsistent. Remarkably, concurrent information about the coagulation system, whose affection seems also reasonable to cause ischaemic events, are still lacking in s...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Pelz JO,Harms K,Metze M,Michalski D

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last few years, deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) has emerged as a promising therapy, alleviating major motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, in times of growing budgetary limitations, medical decisions are no longer merely based on clinical efficacy, but also on c...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Meissner W,Schreiter D,Volkmann J,Trottenberg T,Schneider GH,Sturm V,Deuschl G,Kupsch A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory/demyelinating disorder predominantly affecting the optic nerves and spinal cord. Recent findings showed an underlying humoral abnormality in NMO, characterized by a serum antibody against aquaporin-4 (Aqp-4-Ab). In this study, we evaluated the Aqp-4-Ab status among Turkish...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Akman-Demir G,Tüzün E,Waters P,Içöz S,Kürtüncü M,Jarius S,Yapıcı Z,Mutlu M,Yeşilot N,Vincent A,Eraksoy M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent-onset spastic ataxia is a proposed novel phenotype in compound heterozygous carriers of an intronic mutation (c.1909 + 22G > A) in the POLR3A gene. Here, we present ten new cases of POLR3A-related spastic ataxia and discuss the genetic, clinical and imaging findings. Patients belonged to six pedigrees with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Infante J,Serrano-Cárdenas KM,Corral-Juan M,Farré X,Sánchez I,de Lucas EM,García A,Martín-Gurpegui JL,Berciano J,Matilla-Dueñas A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) type 7 is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by neural loss, mainly in the cerebellum and regions of the brainstem and particularly the inferior olivary complex. This neurodegeneration disease is associated with expansion of unstable CAG repeats within the 5'-translated region of...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Hsieh M,Lin SJ,Chen JF,Lin HM,Hsiao KM,Li SY,Li C,Tsai CJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue is a frequent and often severe symptom in multiple sclerosis. Pathogenic mechanisms proposed for fatigue include the release of proinflammatory cytokines, which is thought to have an important effect on changes in the blood-brain barrier (BBB). To investigate whether fatigue is related to BBB disruption we stu...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Mainero C,Faroni J,Gasperini C,Filippi M,Giugni E,Ciccarelli O,Rovaris M,Bastianello S,Comi G,Pozzilli C

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate cognitive dysfunction in 24-60-year-old neuromyelitis optica (NMO) patients, demographically matched healthy subjects, and MS patients. We conducted a comprehensive literature review of the PubMed, Medline, EMBASE, CNKI, Wan Fang Date, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Meng H,Xu J,Pan C,Cheng J,Hu Y,Hong Y,Shen Y,Dai H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:58 patients with various underlying neurological diseases, who had an impairment of attention, were examined. 12 patients without clinically evident disorders of attention were examined as a control group. The aim of the study was the development of a standardized procedure for the assessment of impaired attention. An...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： von Cramon D,Brinkmann R,Schulz H

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apraxia of lid opening (ALO) is a non-paralytic inability to open the eyes or sustain lid elevation at will. The exact pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the syndrome are still unknown. ALO has been reported in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) after subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS), s...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Tommasi G,Krack P,Fraix V,Pollak P

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) was first described by Rebeiz et al. in 1967, and was called corticodentatonigral degeneration with neuronal achromasia [1]. Since then, our knowledge of the clinical features and underlying tau pathology has grown tremendously. Clinical antemortem diagnosis of CBD pathology remains cha...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Ali F,Josephs KA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Parkinson's disease (PD), nonmotor symptoms manifest before motor symptoms. In this report, we present a remarkable case of a semiprofessional painter with PD whose painting style dramatically changed from abstract painting to realism before he developed motor, psychiatric, and autonomic nerve disorders. This case ...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Shimura H,Tanaka R,Urabe T,Tanaka S,Hattori N

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During recent years, evidence has come up that bipedal locomotion is based on a quadrupedal limb coordination. A task-dependent neuronal coupling of upper and lower limbs allows one to involve the arms during gait but to uncouple this connection during voluntarily guided arm/hand movements. Hence, despite the evolutio...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Dietz V

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Due to common pathophysiological findings of Alzheimer's disease (AD) with diabetes mellitus (DM), insulin has been suggested as a possible treatment of AD or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). A safe alternative of IV insulin is intranasal (IN) insulin. The aim of this systematic review is to investi...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Avgerinos KI,Kalaitzidis G,Malli A,Kalaitzoglou D,Myserlis PG,Lioutas VA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detects substantial subclinical disease activity in multiple sclerosis (MS) and is presently included in most treatment trials as an objective outcome measure. Our current knowledge of the role of MRI in MS treatment trials is derived from very limited patient studies, and the a...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Barkhof F,Filippi M,Miller DH,Tofts P,Kappos L,Thompson AJ

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar dysfunction is an important contributor to disability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), however, few in vivo studies focused on cerebellar volume loss so far. This relates to technical challenges regarding the segmentation of the cerebellum. In this study, we evaluated the semi-automatic ECCET softw...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Weier K,Beck A,Magon S,Amann M,Naegelin Y,Penner IK,Thürling M,Aurich V,Derfuss T,Radue EW,Stippich C,Kappos L,Timmann D,Sprenger T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to identify factors associated with decisions made by patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to accept or decline non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and/or gastrostomy in a prospective population-based study. Twenty-one people with ALS, recruited from the South-East ALS Register who made an in...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： Greenaway LP,Martin NH,Lawrence V,Janssen A,Al-Chalabi A,Leigh PN,Goldstein LH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with classic ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) generally die in the second or third decade of life. Clinical descriptions of A-T tend to focus on the symptoms at presentation. However, during the course of the disease, other symptoms and complications emerge. As long-term survivors with classic A-T develop...

journal_title：Journal of neurology

authors： van Os NJH,van Deuren M,Weemaes CMR,van Gaalen J,Hijdra H,Taylor AMR,van de Warrenburg BPC,Willemsen MAAP

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00