Bilateral sphenoid wing metastases of prostate cancer presenting with extensive brain edema.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Accumulation of iron (Fe) is often detected in brains of people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases. However, no studies have compared the Fe load between these disease entities. The present study investigates by T2*-weighted gradient-echo 7.0 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) the Fe conte...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： De Reuck JL,Deramecourt V,Auger F,Durieux N,Cordonnier C,Devos D,Defebvre L,Moreau C,Caparros-Lefebvre D,Leys D,Maurage CA,Pasquier F,Bordet R

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of mitochondrial encephalomyopathies is complex and a system for classification of the diagnosis as definite, probable, and possible has been proposed. The objective of this study was to explore the spectrum of epileptic disorders associated with probable and definite mitochondrial disease in children us...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Sadleir LG,Connolly MB,Applegarth D,Hendson G,Clarke L,Rakshi C,Farrell K

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water drinking recently has been shown to raise blood pressure in normal subjects and in patients with autonomic failure who have orthostatic hypotension. However, in normal young subjects, ingestion of approximately 500 ml has no pressor effect; but in older subjects there is an increase in blood pressure. An even gr...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Mathias CJ,Young TM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD-1) were measured in the red blood cells (RBC) of 34 patients with acute ischemic hemispheric stroke on the first and seventh day after their stroke onset, and compared with 30 control individuals matched for sex, age and...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Demirkaya S,Topcuoglu MA,Aydin A,Ulas UH,Isimer AI,Vural O

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) has been classified into two types: demyelinating forms (CMT1) and axonal forms (CMT2). Mutations in the CMT2A locus have been linked to the KIF1B and the mitofusin 2 (MFN2) genes. Here, we report a German patient with CMT2 with an underlying spontaneous mutation (c.281G-->A) in the M...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Neusch C,Senderek J,Eggermann T,Elolff E,Bähr M,Schneider-Gold C

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:  A low ankle-brachial index (ABI) is predictive of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). For unknown reasons, patients with PAD demonstrate higher vascular mortality during follow-up than do those without. Initial stroke severity is a strong predictor of long-term outcome and may be different between patients ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Lee DH,Kim J,Lee HS,Cha MJ,Kim YD,Nam HS,Nam CM,Heo JH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Educating the public to screen for vascular risk factors and have them treated is a major public health issue. We assessed the vascular risk factor awareness and frequency of treatment in a cohort of patients with cerebral ischaemia. METHODS:Data on awareness and pharmacological treatment of vas...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Nolte CH,Jungehulsing GJ,Rossnagel K,Roll S,Haeusler KG,Reich A,Willich SN,Villringer A,Muller-Nordhorn J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progression of atherosclerosis at extracranial carotid and intracranial arteries in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) is not well defined. We carried out a 5-year longitudinal study with magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of patients with IHD to assess the incidence of progression of atherosclerosis at extr...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Uehara T,Tabuchi M,Mori E,Yamadori A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Routine screening for asymptomatic cranial-carotid stenosis (ACCS) is controversial and recommendation in clinical practice is vague. The ankle-brachial index (ABI) is reported as a predictor for cardiovascular disease. However, there is a scarcity of data about the association between abnormal A...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Qiu J,Zhou Y,Yang X,Zhang Y,Li Z,Yan N,Wang Y,Ge S,Wu S,Zhao X,Wang W

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) recover quickly under corticosteroid treatment and have a favourable long-term prognosis. We report on a young woman with acute onset of an extensive and solitary white-matter lesion in the left hemisphere. Fever, high pleocytosis and elevated protein in c...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Harloff A,Rauer S,Hofer M,Klisch J,Els T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosarcoidosis occurs in 5-15% of sarcoidosis cases. Approximately 50% of patients with neurosarcoidosis present with a neurological disease at the time sarcoidosis is first diagnosed. Spinal sarcoidosis is rare. We report the case of a 61-year-old man with a highly aspecific intramedullary lesion as the first manif...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Caneparo D,Lucetti C,Nuti A,Cipriani G,Tessa C,Fazzi P,Bonuccelli U

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the putative factors for the onset of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in Harbin, China by a case-control study based on the information from GBS patients identified from a population-based incidence survey, which is the first study of this kind in China. Sixty-nine GBS patients were identified during a 1-ye...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Cheng Q,Wang DS,Jiang GX,Han H,Zhang Y,Wang WZ,Fredrikson S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a long-term outcome of motor function in a patient with adult-onset adrenoleukodystrophy after bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Clinically motor function gradually improved and became almost normal in 2 years after BMT. Serial transcranial magnetic stimulation showed gradual improvement of central motor co...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Hitomi T,Mezaki T,Tomimoto H,Ikeda A,Shimohama S,Okazaki T,Uchiyama T,Shibasaki H

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the prevalence and correlates of apathy and irritability in a consecutive series of 101 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD). Based on clinical criteria, 46 (46%) patients had apathy, and 13 (13%) patients had irritability. Apathy was significantly associated with more severe impairments in acti...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Starkstein SE,Migliorelli R,Manes F,Tesón A,Petracca G,Chemerinski E,Sabe L,Leiguarda R

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The influence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on cognitive and affective functions in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) was examined. METHODS:A total of 570 AD patients were divided into two subgroups depending on waist circumference (WC) (normal versus achieving Japanese diagnostic criteria o...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Hishikawa N,Fukui Y,Sato K,Kono S,Yamashita T,Ohta Y,Deguchi K,Abe K

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to investigate utilization rates, treatment pathways and survival prognosis in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) undergoing non-invasive (NIV) and tracheostomy invasive ventilation (TIV) in a real-world setting. METHODS:A prospective cohort study using a...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Spittel S,Maier A,Kettemann D,Walter B,Koch B,Krause K,Norden J,Münch C,Meyer T

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no report of patients in whom pathological laughter, a rare condition characterized by uncontrollable episodes of laughter usually triggered by unrelated stimuli, was ever closely associated with a loss of consciousness overtly linked with the onset of such uncontrollable laughter, also referred to as a gelas...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Famularo G,Corsi FM,Minisola G,De Simone C,Nicotra GC

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex painful reflex syndrome is sometimes described in the chronic phase of stroke. Acute autonomic dysfunction (AAD), which is occasionally present in cases of acute stroke, has not been studied prospectively. The aim of the study was to investigate AAD on the hemibody contralateral to the lesion in the acute phas...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Diserens K,Vuadens P,Michel P,Reichhart M,Herrmann FR,Arnold P,Bogousslavsky J,Ghika J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To evaluate the incidence and predictors of ischaemic recurrent stroke and the adverse events of antithrombotic therapy in patients with first intra- or extracranial vertebral artery dissection (VAD) who were treated with aspirin or oral anticoagulation (OA). METHODS:A 21-year database of consec...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Arauz A,Ruiz A,Pacheco G,Rojas P,Rodríguez-Armida M,Cantú C,Murillo-Bonilla L,Ruiz-Sandoval JL,Barinagarrementeria F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Studies investigating the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and cognition in the very old (85+) are lacking. METHODS:Cross-sectional (baseline) and prospective data (up to 3 years follow-up) from 775 participants in the Newcastle 85+ Study were analysed for global (measured by th...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Granic A,Hill TR,Kirkwood TB,Davies K,Collerton J,Martin-Ruiz C,von Zglinicki T,Saxby BK,Wesnes KA,Collerton D,Mathers JC,Jagger C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a frequently encountered condition that can severely affect the quality of life. In this study, we aimed to assess the possible relations between serum uric acid (SUA) levels and BPPV. METHODS:Fifty patients with BPPV, and 40 age- and sex-matched co...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Celikbilek A,Gencer ZK,Saydam L,Zararsiz G,Tanik N,Ozkiris M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between March 1996 and December 1997, 15 consecutive patients with carotid artery occlusion diagnosed with duplex sonography were treated with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA), following a protocol similar to that of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) study....

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Rudolf J,Neveling M,Grond M,Schmulling S,Stenzel C,Heiss WD

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Anxiety is potentially a pre-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD). Our aim was to investigate the association between anxiety and subsequent PD risk in a population-based sample. METHODS:A total of 174 776 participants, who were free of prior PD, dementia and stroke, were enrolled from Taiw...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Lin CH,Lin JW,Liu YC,Chang CH,Wu RM

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used 123I-Ioflupane SPECT to study striatal dopamine transporter (DAT) binding in 36 Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with history of severe occupational exposure to hydrocarbons. Data were compared with 38 PD patients without exposure history as well as healthy controls. Both PD cohorts showed significant striata...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Canesi M,Benti R,Marotta G,Cilia R,Isaias IU,Gerundini P,Pezzoli G,Antonini A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Interferon beta (IFNbeta) preparations have some effect on the progressive phase of multiple sclerosis (MS). This limited effect might be partially because of a certain number of IFNbeta non-responders. Myxovirus resistance protein A (MxA)--a marker of IFNbeta bioactivity--was correlated with the...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Millonig A,Dressel A,Bahner D,Bitsch A,Bogumil T,Elitok E,Kitze B,Tumani H,Weber F,Gneiss C,Deisenhammer F

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In 2005, we presented for the first time overall estimates of annual costs for brain disorders (mental and neurologic disorders) in Europe. This new report presents updated, more accurate, and comprehensive 2010 estimates for 30 European countries. METHODS:One-year prevalence and annual cost per...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Olesen J,Gustavsson A,Svensson M,Wittchen HU,Jönsson B,CDBE2010 study group.,European Brain Council.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To evaluate the association between having non-thymoma myasthenia and the risk of extra-thymic cancer in a population-based setting. METHODS:A nationwide case-control study was conducted in Denmark based on medical registries. The study included all cases with a first time diagnosis of cancer du...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Pedersen EG,Pottegård A,Hallas J,Friis S,Hansen K,Jensen PE,Gaist D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We here present the case of a patient with a sleep disturbance attributed to the exploding head syndrome, recently redefined as 'episodic cranial sensory shock'. The patient, who suffered with concomitant migraine, was treated for headache prevention with daily single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation. Following...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Puledda F,Moreno-Ajona D,Goadsby PJ

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:There is a high incidence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in narcoleptic patients. Some narcoleptics with SDB may benefit from treatment with continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP). The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of SDB in narcoleptics referred to a tertiary s...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Pataka AD,Frangulyan RR,Mackay TW,Douglas NJ,Riha RL

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is the second most common cause of mortality and a major cause of long-term disability of adults in most countries. This study was performed to determine the level of knowledge and awareness regarding risk factors and warning signs of stroke in a selected sample. This cross-sectional study was carried out in Ay...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Evci ED,Memis S,Ergin F,Beser E

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00