Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

abstract：:Syndromes characterized by persistent fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, sleep disturbance, and subjective cognitive impairment have been common problems in clinical practice for decades. The chronic fatigue syndrome case definition was created to standardize the patient population in research studies and to foster a syst...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Goshorn RK

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of inherited neuropathies can be challenging in several ways. First, a hereditary neuropathy must be suspected. Although some family histories are clear with multiple members affected, other families require directed inquiry. Second, even when a hereditary neuropathy is clear, it can be difficult to make...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Lawson V,Gharibshahi S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the development of multiple options for immunotherapy in multiple sclerosis, the clinician is faced with the challenge of keeping pace with the literature, acquiring familiarity with the various treatment options and opinions, and then offering the patients the most current and appropriate management. Given the i...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Mattson DH

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The muscular dystrophies are disorders of progressive muscular degeneration and weakness. As a group they display clinical heterogeneity that reflects the heterogeneity of molecular mechanisms responsible for them, and range from congenital to adulthood onset. Recent advances in the field include improved methods of d...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Flanigan KM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of neurologic disease and ichthyosis defines a heterogeneous group of rare inherited disorders that present in infancy through early adulthood. Although affected patients share the cutaneous feature of ichthyosis, there is variability in the nature and severity of neurologic disease. Impaired cognition...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Rizzo WB,Jenkens SM,Boucher P

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fields of neurology and psychiatry were originally practiced as a unitary model. As the fields dichotomized patients into "organic" and "functional," patients with medically unexplained symptoms fell between the borderlands. Despite their significant prevalence, somatoform disorders (SDs) are grossly under-recogni...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： LaFrance WC Jr

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synucleinopathies, with and without dementia, encompass a wide range of diseases including Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder, and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). DLB is a neurodegenerative disorder resulting in slowly progressive and unrelenting dementia un...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Weisman D,McKeith I

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune encephalopathy represents a complex category of disease with diverse immunologic associations, clinical manifestations, and therapeutic outcomes. Three main subgroups include autoimmune encephalopathies without cancer but with neural nonspecific serologic evidence of autoimmunity (encompassing "Hashimoto's ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Flanagan EP,Caselli RJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral interventions such as biofeedback training, relaxation training, and cognitive-behavior stress management therapy have been identified as efficacious treatments for migraine headache. These treatments, and the formats (clinic-based, limited-contact, and home-based) in which they are taught, are described in...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Holroyd KA,Drew JB

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The traditional view of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) as a monophasic inflammatory disorder that affects both the optic nerves and the spinal cord is expanding. Over the last decade, a combination of clinical, radiological, pathological, and serological findings have resulted in evolving definitions of NMO and the apprec...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Pittock SJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I argue that there is no mind-brain problem but rather that there are irreducible subjective-objective problems. These include the difference between "inside" and "outside" perspectives on neural states, the creation of subjective neural states with objectified outside objects, and awareness of the self as an object i...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Feinberg TE

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diet may influence stroke risk via several mechanisms, but the optimal dietary habits for stroke prevention are not well established. We reviewed English-language MEDLINE publications from January 1979 through November 2004 for experimental, observational, and clinical studies of dietary factors (minerals, fats, chole...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Ding EL,Mozaffarian D

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical hallmark of myasthenia gravis (MG) is fluctuating, painless weakness of muscles that most often affect extraocular, lower bulbar, or limb musculature. Predicting the probability of successful treatment for the patient assumes that the physician has made an accurate diagnosis. In this review, the practical...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Engstrom JW

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of technology in neurology education has revolutionized many aspects of medical teaching, addressing some important challenges of modern education such as information overload and the unique needs of millennial learners. However, it also has inherent problems, such as depersonalization and high development cos...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Lau KHV,Lakhan SE,Achike F

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is common but often underrecognized after stroke. Poststroke pain (PSP) hinders recovery, impairs quality of life, and is associated with the psychological state of patients with stroke. The most common subtypes of PSP include central PSP, complex regional pain syndrome, shoulder pain, spasticity-related pain, an...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Yang S,Chang MC

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Infective endocarditis (IE) is a systemic disease with many potential neurologic manifestations including ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, cerebral microbleeding, infectious intracranial aneurysms, meningitis, brain abscesses, and encephalopathy. The majority of left-sided (heart) IE patients have brain lesions that ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Carneiro TS,Awtry E,Dobrilovic N,Fagan MA,Kimmel S,Weinstein ZM,Cervantes-Arslanian AM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of bioethics as a practical, meaningful player in the arena of health care has paralleled that of clinical neurology not only in time but also in interaction between the two disciplines. Almost every advance in neurology has spawned an ethical dilemma, the unraveling of which has brought new insights to bot...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： McQuillen MP

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke in the distribution of the posterior circulation may present as acute onset spontaneous vertigo and imbalance. Although vertigo due to posterior circulation stroke is usually associated with other neurologic symptoms or signs, small infarcts in the cerebellum or brainstem can present with vertigo without other ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Kim JS,Lee H

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optic nerve is our most important cranial nerve. As it courses from the eyeball to the brain, it is divided into four segments: intraocular, intraorbital, intracanalicular, and intracranial. Four tests are primarily used to assess its functional integrity and detect optic nerve disorders. These tests are described...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Selhorst JB,Chen Y

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine agonists provide an effective means of treating early, middle, and late stages of Parkinson's disease. This article outlines the advantages and disadvantages of dopamine agonists as compared with levodopa therapy. The features and costs of the four Food and Drug Administration-approved agonists (bromocriptine...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Tuite P,Ebbitt B

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is the third most common X-linked muscular dystrophy. This disorder is characterized by childhood onset of early contractures, humeroperoneal muscle atrophy, and cardiac conduction abnormalities. Weakness is slowly progressive, but there is a broad spectrum of clinical severity...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Zacharias AS,Wagener ME,Warren ST,Hopkins LC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), which constitutes 10 to 15% of all strokes and affects approximately 65,000 people each year in the United States, has the highest mortality rate of all stroke subtypes. Hypertension, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and anticoagulation underlie the majority of cases of ICH. Warfarin not on...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Towfighi A,Greenberg SM,Rosand J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of dementias represents an important but relatively neglected part of neurological care of the elderly population. Individual therapeutic interventions may make only small changes to the quality of life of individuals afflicted with dementia, but when used in combination these interventions synergize and can...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Tisher A,Salardini A

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is a time sensitive medical emergency and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Intravenous (IV) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (IV alteplase) is currently the only proven effective medication for the treatment of AIS with promising adjuvant medications currently u...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Gottula AL,Barreto AD,Adeoye O

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Alteration in neural control from suprapontine areas to the nerves innervating the bladder can lead to bladder dysfunction and the development of a neurogenic bladder (NGB). Patients with NGB often suffer from urinary incontinence, which can lead to adverse events such as urinary tract infections and decubiti, in addi...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Smith CP,Chancellor MB

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurology has not typically been associated with international relief work; however, with the growth of chronic cardiovascular disease and stroke associated with unhealthy eating and sedentary ways, the appearance of "new" neurologic diseases, such as the Zika and West Nile viruses, and the high numbers of seizure dis...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Schiess N,Saylor D,Zunt J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy and the postpartum period confer an increased risk of stroke. The risk appears to be increased for all strokes during the puerperium and for hemorrhagic strokes during pregnancy. During pregnancy, physiologic systems are under increased stress to accommodate the growing fetus, which results in substantial he...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Sells CM,Feske SK

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathic pain management is challenging, and typically requires a multifaceted approach. There are several treatment options, both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic. Of the available pharmacologic agents, those with the strongest supporting evidence include tricyclic antidepressants, serotonin-norepinephrine reupt...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Macone A,Otis JAD

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimmunologic and systemic rheumatic diseases are frequently accompanied by inflammation of the eye, ocular adnexa, and orbital tissues. An understanding of the diverse forms of ophthalmic pathology in these conditions aids the clinician in making appropriate preventative, diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic de...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Vodopivec I,Lobo AM,Prasad S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune epilepsy is increasingly recognized as a distinct clinical entity, driven in large part by the recent discovery of neural autoantibodies in patients with isolated or predominant epilepsy presentations. Detection of neural autoantibodies in high-risk epilepsy patients supports an immune-mediated cause of sei...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Quek AML,O'Toole O

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00