Screening for thrombophilic risk factors among 25 German patients with cerebral venous thrombosis.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We describe 2 patients with epilepsy as an early manifestation of late onset metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). METHODS AND RESULTS:The first patient presented with epileptic seizures at the age of 34 years while neurological and cognitive abnormalities appeared later. MRI findings were compatible with leu...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bostantjopoulou S,Katsarou Z,Michelakaki H,Kazis A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To conduct a psychometric analysis to determine the adequacy of instruments that measure cognition in Alzheimer's disease trials. BACKGROUND:Both the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognition (ADAS-Cog) and the Neuropsychological Test Battery (NTB) are validated outcome measures for clinical trials in Alzh...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Karin A,Hannesdottir K,Jaeger J,Annas P,Segerdahl M,Karlsson P,Sjögren N,von Rosen T,Miller F

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the clinical details of 20 elderly patients with idiopathic small fiber neuropathy. This neuropathy is ubiquitous in practice but has not been well characterized. The clinical syndrome is relatively stereotyped and appears to be a frequent cause of burning feet in the elderly. The main features were burnin...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gorson KC,Ropper AH

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of metabolic abnormalities in the development of diabetic neuropathy is controversial. To investigate the peripheral nerve function and the influence of hyperglycemia on nerve conduction in insulin-dependent diabetes, a one-year neurophysiological study was carried out in 30 type 1 diabetic patients ranging i...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Meli F,Cardella F,Raimondo D,Modica A,Muscarella A,Fierro B

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of recent interesting hypotheses of transient global amnesia (TGA) pathophysiology is the preexisting vulnerability of the memory network in patients with TGA. AIM OF THE STUDY:To verify the hypothesis that patients with recurrent amnestic attacks may have more disrupted structural connectivity than pat...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Moon Y,Moon WJ,Han SH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present 2 sibs with autosomal recessive spastic paraparesis and severe amyotrophy of the distal limb muscles. Elaborate neurophysiologic studies disclosed slight to moderate slowing of motor conduction, moderate to severe reduction of motor action potentials, denervation potentials, and increased distal motor laten...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bruyn RP,Scheltens P,Lycklama à Nijeholt J,de Jong JM

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levodopa (LD) sales from wholesalers to pharmacies during the periods, 1977-1989 in Denmark, 1981-1989 in Greenland, and April 1988-May 1989 in Danish counties and the Faroe Islands, were evaluated using a reported method and a procedure expressly developed for assessment of random variation comparative levodopa use (...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： de Pedro-Cuesta J,Wermuth L,Abraira V,Stawiarz L

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The epidemiology, manifestations, and course of Parkinson's disease (PD) may differ in men and women. Assessments of severity of the illness and quality of life (QoL), and the burden on their caregivers (CG) may change as the disease advances. We determined gender differences in assessment by patients with P...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Balash Y,Korczyn AD,Migirov AA,Gurevich T

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The importance of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in multiple sclerosis (MS) is widely acknowledged. In 2015, a multicenter study was launched to assess the HRQoL and coping styles of chronically ill persons in Germany. The aims of this paper were (i) to describe how persons affected by MS assess thei...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nickel S,von dem Knesebeck O,Kofahl C

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this paper is to evaluate the accuracy of conventional diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease and give an overview of alternative causes to parkinsonian syndromes. We also propose a new approach to the clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, which may improve the diagnostic accuracy. The avail...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Larsen JP,Dupont E,Tandberg E

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients with presenile Alzheimer type dementia (ATD) were treated with N-terminal ACTH fragments for 14 days. No change in cognitive functions was observed during the treatment. A significant increase in CSF beta-endorphin (beta-EP) levels was found, while ACTH and beta-lipoprotein remain unaffected. The possi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nappi G,Facchinetti F,Martignoni E,Petraglia F,Sinforiani E,Bono G,Genazzani AR

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The pathophysiology of migraine headaches is not clearly understood yet. The dopaminergic system has been hypothesized to be involved in migraine pathogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) polymorphisms and chronic headaches. We analyzed five single nucleotide ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Takigawa H,Kowa H,Nakashima K

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A defined general population of 159,200 male and female native Swedes born in the period 1911-1940 from an urban catchment area of the then only general hospital, was followed over a decade (1970-79) with regard to in-patient hospitalization for all kinds of diagnoses. As a part of this population cohort study, multip...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lindegård B

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bladder dysfunction with increased voiding frequency and incontinence is a common problem in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). In the present study, the effect of the synthetic vasopressin analogue, desmopressin, was evaluated on the voiding frequency in 26 patients with MS suffering from socially handicapping vo...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Fredrikson S

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate eventual differences between women and men with Parkinson's disease (PD) before and after surgery, with respect to clinical status, disability and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Twenty-four men and 14 women with PD received a total of 46 surgical procedures (pall...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hariz GM,Lindberg M,Hariz MI,Bergenheim AT

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Comprehensive epidemiologic data for multiple sclerosis (MS) in Spain are limited. The aim of this study was to collect epidemiologic data on MS in the Northern Seville District of Spain. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This longitudinal study identified possible MS cases every year from nine centres between 1 Januar...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Izquierdo G,Venegas A,Sanabria C,Navarro G

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A three generation family is presented in which rapidly progressive, early-onset Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease without typical EEG changes segregates as an autosomal dominant disease. An aspartic acid to asparagine mutation at codon 178 of the prion gene, PRNP, co-segregates with the disease. As expected, the disease alle...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Holm IE,Abelskov K,Bojsen-Møller M,Nielsen AL,Jørgensen AL

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The F response can provide a measure of motoneurone excitability (MNE) and so it may be used to investigate upper motoneurone disorders. This report studies the F-wave configuration in patients with stroke to evaluate the changes of the central excitability of the motoneurones at different times after an acute cerebra...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Fierro B,Raimondo D,Modica A

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single, small (less than 1 cm) enhancing lesions are frequent findings on CT scans of Indian patients with seizures. These lesions have also been reported in patients from other parts of the world. They often resolve spontaneously and their etiology has been disputed for over a decade. Initially diagnosed in Indian pa...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rajshekhar V

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decompressive craniectomy is a neurosurgical technique in which a portion of the skull is removed to reduce intracranial pressure. The rationale for this procedure is based on the Monro-Kellie Doctrine; expanding the physical space confining edematous brain tissue after traumatic brain injury will reduce intracranial ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Quinn TM,Taylor JJ,Magarik JA,Vought E,Kindy MS,Ellegala DB

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomographic features of 7 cases of the late infantile form of MLD confirmed by sural nerve biopsy are presented. Diffuse symmetrical white matter, low attenuation of the cerebral parenchyma was the common feature. Hypodensity of the temporal lobes and the cerebellar hemispheres are 2 features which have not b...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jayakumar PN,Aroor SR,Jha RK,Arya BY

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated levels of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) neuronal injury markers (neurofilament light chain [NF-L] and total tau protein [t-tau]) and of the astroglial marker glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) are found in etiologically different neurological disorders affecting the peripheral and the central ne...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Constantinescu R,Mahamud U,Constantinescu C,Eriksson B,Novakova L,Olsson B,Rosengren L,Blennow K,Axelsson M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the mechanisms of alternative strategies developed by stroke patients to compensate their motor impairment and their role in recovery. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The three-dimensional kinematics of the upper limb were quantified during unconstrained reaching movements in seven healthy individuals and i...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Roby-Brami A,Feydy A,Combeaud M,Biryukova EV,Bussel B,Levin MF

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Further studies pm yjr rofr,op;phu pg ,i;yo;r dv;rtpdod (MS) IN Finland were carried out in three different types of geographical unit: in counties, combined clerical districts, and single clerical district. For longitudinal studies, the prevalence of MS by present domicile was compared to that by place of birth, and ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Wikström J,Palo J

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed cognitive performance and its relationship with clinical and anatomic disease severity in MS with mild to moderate handicap; 34 definite MS and 18 healthy subjects matched for age and education were submitted to a neuropsychological test battery. Both groups were examined for anxiety. MS patients underwent...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Maurelli M,Marchioni E,Cerretano R,Bosone D,Bergamaschi R,Citterio A,Martelli A,Sibilla L,Savoldi F

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study focused on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DQB1, DQA1 and DRB1 allelic variation according to ethnicity and analyzed whether susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) depends on population characteristics. METHODS:Eighty-eight healthy African-Brazilians and 92 healthy white Brazilians living ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Alves-Leon SV,Papais-Alvarenga R,Magalhães M,Alvarenga M,Thuler LC,Fernández y Fernandez O

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of sulfur-containing amino acids (taurine, methionine, cystine, cystathionine, homocystine) in lumbar CSF from patients with consciousness disturbances and controls were measured, and it was investigated whether there was any correlation between the sequential changes of these amino acid concentrati...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Yanai Y,Shibasaki T,Kohno N,Mitsui T,Nakajima H

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) has considerable impact on patients and society. However, long-term studies on PSCI are scarce and may be influenced by assessment methods and selection bias. We aimed to (i) assess the prevalence of long-term PSCI; (ii) compare two common cognitive assessment instrume...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Delavaran H,Jönsson AC,Lövkvist H,Iwarsson S,Elmståhl S,Norrving B,Lindgren A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transitional progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) is quite an unusual form of presentation and course of the disease. A case with this progressive form is presented and brain MRI and MTI findings are discussed in relation to the possible insight they may provide for understanding the mechanisms that determine progressi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Filippi M,Campi A,Martinelli V,Pereira C,Scotti G,Comi G

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a thorough surveillance of viral infections of the central nervous system an outbreak of aseptic meningitis was discovered in the western part of Finland in late 1985. The 21 diseased young adults were carefully studied by different virological methods. A presumed viral etiology, in all cases of enteroviral ori...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kinnunen E,Hovi T,Stenvik M,Hellström O,Porras J,Kleemola M,Kantanen ML

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00