Neurological and electrophysiological examinations on three groups of workers with different levels of exposure to mercury vapors.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The frequency of sural sensory nerve action potential (SNAP) abnormalities in large fibre sensory neuropathy (LFSN) is uncertain. When sural SNAPs are normal, the sural/radial amplitude ratio (SRAR) was found to improve diagnostic yield in some studies. Motor parameters have been studied rarely, but may be h...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Rajabally YA,Beri S,Bankart J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jaw-opening dystonia (oromandibular dystonia with jaw-opening; Brueghel's syndrome) is a rare condition, and only a limited number of cases have been reported in the literature. However, many patients may remain undiscovered or misdiagnosed, like a patient described previously. A case (40-year-old man) of jaw-opening ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Miyaoka T,Miura S,Seno H,Inagaki T,Horiguchi J

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Essential tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder worldwide. Three susceptibility loci on chromosomes 3q13, 2p24.1, and 6p23 have been reported, but no causative genes were found. The Ser9Gly variant of dopamine D3 receptor (DRD3) receptor was found associated to ET in a French and US population. M...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Vitale C,Gulli R,Ciotti P,Scaglione C,Bellone E,Avanzino L,Lantieri F,Abbruzzese G,Martinelli P,Barone P,Mandich P

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients discontinuing natalizumab are at risk of rebound of disease activity. METHODS:In the present multi-center, open-label, non-randomized, prospective, pilot study, we tested whether treatment with glatiramer acetate (GA) is safe and effective after natalizumab in MS...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Rossi S,Motta C,Studer V,De Chiara V,Barbieri F,Monteleone F,Fornasiero A,Coarelli G,Bernardi G,Cutter G,Stüve O,Salvetti M,Centonze D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience gradual progression of disability, either as secondary progressive MS (SPMS) or primary progressive MS (PPMS). A subgroup with relapsing-remitting MS shows a benign course with little or no disease progression and minimal disability decades after the fir...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Ramsaransing GS,Heersema DJ,De Keyser J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs), prior to step initiation, are bradykinetic in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) and may be one of the factors associated with 'start hesitation'. However, little is known about APAs in the early stage of PD. In this study, we determined whether body-worn ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Mancini M,Zampieri C,Carlson-Kuhta P,Chiari L,Horak FB

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder mediated by antibodies against the acethylcholine receptor (AchR) of the neuromuscular junction in the majority of patients. METHODS: Here, we examined IgG antibodies against the type 1 nuclear antigen of Epstein-Barr virus (EBNA-1) in the sera of 158 patien...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Csuka D,Banati M,Rozsa C,Füst G,Illes Z

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this narrative review is to evaluate the pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of intracranial artery dissection (IAD). IAD is a rare and often unrecognized cause of stroke or subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), especially in young adults. Two types of IAD can be identified: a subi...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Sikkema T,Uyttenboogaart M,Eshghi O,De Keyser J,Brouns R,van Dijk JM,Luijckx GJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The guidelines for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) therapy suggest to use immunoglobulins (IVIg) and steroid as first-line therapies. Patients who do not respond to one of the two drugs should be switched to the other drug. We collected therapeutic outcome data in...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Cocito D,Paolasso I,Antonini G,Benedetti L,Briani C,Comi C,Fazio R,Jann S,Matà S,Mazzeo A,Sabatelli M,Nobile-Orazio E,Italian Network for CIDP Register.

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The relative frequency of the different autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) varies widely amongst different geographic locations. Here we describe a series of 45 ADCA families from Portugal. METHODS:Patients with progressive cerebellar dysfunction of autosomal dominant transmission under...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Vale J,Bugalho P,Silveira I,Sequeiros J,Guimarães J,Coutinho P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Certain miscellaneous idiopathic headache disorders, which are regarded as entities, are grouped in Chapter 4 of the International Classification of Headache Disorders. Recent epidemiological research suggests that these headache disorders are underdiagnosed. OBJECTIVES:To give expert recommenda...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Evers S,Goadsby P,Jensen R,May A,Pascual J,Sixt G,EFNS task force.

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:CACNA1S encodes Cav 1.1, a voltage sensor for muscle excitation-contraction coupling, which activates the ryanodine receptor 1 (RYR1) leading to calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. CACNA1S mutations cause hypokalemic periodic paralysis, malignant hyperthermia and congenital myopathy....

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Anandan C,Cipriani MA,Laughlin RS,Niu Z,Milone M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Despite advances in the understanding of Huntington's disease (HD), treatment remains symptomatic. Multidisciplinary rehabilitation, however, appears to impact disease progression. Here we show the feasibility, safety and efficacy of a 9-month multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme in a small...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Thompson JA,Cruickshank TM,Penailillo LE,Lee JW,Newton RU,Barker RA,Ziman MR

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Several studies have reported associations between brain iron deposits (IDs), white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) and cognitive ability in older individuals. Whether the association between brain IDs and cognitive abilities in older people is mediated by or independent of total brain tissue dama...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Valdés Hernández M,Allerhand M,Glatz A,Clayson L,Muñoz Maniega S,Gow A,Royle N,Bastin M,Starr J,Deary I,Wardlaw J

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:A case is described in which non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) prompted further investigation leading to the diagnosis of Lafora body disease (LBD). The onset of NCSE was temporally related to the withdrawal of sodium valproate and introduction of carbamazepine, which may have been precipitating factors. NCSE h...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Corkill RG,Hardie RJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms are frequently treated either by microsurgical clipping of the aneurysm neck, by endovascular coiling of the aneurysm sac or by balloon occlusion of the parent vessel. For some broad-based aneurysms that may not be suitable for any of these options, microsurgical wr...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Berger C,Hartmann M,Wildemann B

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy (CIP/CIM) is being increasingly recognized as a significant clinical problem in critically ill children especially if they have spent long periods in the intensive care unit. So the aim was to determine the frequency of CIP/CIM amongst mechanically ven...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Thabet Mahmoud A,Tawfik MAM,Abd El Naby SA,Abo El Fotoh WMM,Saleh NY,Abd El Hady NMS

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The severity of Wilson's disease (WD) is linked to free copper accumulating in the liver and brain. Exchangeable copper (CuEXC) is a new technique to determine plasmatic copper and is useful in the diagnosis of WD. It is hypothesized that it may also enable a good evaluation of extra-hepatic invo...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Poujois A,Trocello JM,Djebrani-Oussedik N,Poupon J,Collet C,Girardot-Tinant N,Sobesky R,Habès D,Debray D,Vanlemmens C,Fluchère F,Ory-Magne F,Labreuche J,Preda C,Woimant F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Autoantibodies (abs) to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and to voltage-gated potassium channels (VGKC) induce distinct courses of limbic encephalitis, related to MRI findings, seizure outcome and cognition. METHODS:A detailed analysis of the cognitive course of the two forms is presented, span...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Frisch C,Malter MP,Elger CE,Helmstaedter C

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Motor symptoms form the hallmark of Parkinson's Disease (PD), although features like depression are often present. Depression rating scales [e.g. Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)] used in PD measure affective, cognitive and somatic symptoms. An important clinical question is which items of t...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Koerts J,Leenders KL,Koning M,Bouma A,van Beilen M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP) is an inherited neurodegenerative adult-onset movement disorder associated with striatal atrophy. As the dopaminergic system has not yet been systemically studied in this basal ganglia model disease, it is unclear whether nigrostriatal dysfunction contributes ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Brüggemann N,Rosales RL,Waugh JL,Blood AJ,Domingo A,Heldmann M,Jamora RD,Münchau A,Münte TF,Lee LV,Buchmann I,Klein C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) removal improves clinical symptoms of many patients with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation of changes in the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) with patient responses to CSF removal. METHODS:Transor...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Ertl M,Aigner R,Krost M,Karnasová Z,Müller K,Naumann M,Schlachetzki F

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloproliferative disorders (MPD) are associated with an increased risk for thrombembolic events. In this study, we examined the prognostic value of transcranial Doppler (TCD) microemboli detection regarding clinical events and correlated TCD findings with results of blood cell counts and platelet flow cytometry to g...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Weber CA,Matzdorff AC,Gerriets T,Villmow T,Stolz E

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain treatment remains unsatisfactory despite a substantial increase in the number of trials. This EFNS Task Force aimed at evaluating the existing evidence about the pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain. Studies were identified using first the Cochrane Database then Medline. Trials were classifie...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Attal N,Cruccu G,Haanpää M,Hansson P,Jensen TS,Nurmikko T,Sampaio C,Sindrup S,Wiffen P,EFNS Task Force.

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various breathing abnormalities (Neurology 2009; 73: 1218) have been proposed as indicators for the introduction of non-invasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIV) in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We were interested in the usefulness of symptoms of respiratory insufficiency and abnormal...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Leonardis L,Dolenc Grošelj L,Vidmar G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to assess the ability in objects and actions naming in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. Further, we wished to assess the effect of a particular conceptual dimension, i.e. manipulability, on the naming of object and actions. Patients were recruited from the Department of Neurology, University ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Cotelli M,Borroni B,Manenti R,Zanetti M,Arévalo A,Cappa SF,Padovani A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Randomized trials and meta-analyses indicate positive effects of stroke unit (SU) care on survival and dependency of patients with stroke. However, data on the advantages of SU in 'real-world' settings are limited. We prospectively assessed, in a large University Hospital, the effect of SU versus other conve...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Di Carlo A,Lamassa M,Wellwood I,Bovis F,Baldereschi M,Nencini P,Poggesi A,Cramaro A,Pescini F,Lucente G,Wolfe CD,Inzitari D,European Registers of Stroke (EROS) Project.

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We previously reported that certain optical coherence tomography (OCT) measures were sensitive and reliable in identifying idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). This prospective study aimed to define OCT measures that allow differentiation of IIH with and without papilledema, thereby helpin...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Huang-Link Y,Eleftheriou A,Yang G,Johansson JM,Apostolou A,Link H,Jin YP

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although migraine is a neurovascular disorder, both scalp tenderness and referred pain have been observed in migraine patients. The present study was carried out to investigate the presence of trigger points eliciting referred pain in 98 migraine patients and in 32 healthy subjects. Trigger points were found in 92 (93...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Calandre EP,Hidalgo J,García-Leiva JM,Rico-Villademoros F

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00