A clustering of unfavourable common genetic mutations in stroke cases.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) injections in the salivary glands and radiotherapy (RT) on these glands are commonly used to alleviate severe drooling in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This study compares BoNT type A with RT based on patient-rated evaluations. MATERIALS & METHODS:A prospecti...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Weikamp JG,Schinagl DA,Verstappen CC,Schelhaas HJ,de Swart BJ,Kalf JG

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vigabatrin (VGB), an irreversible inhibitor of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transaminase, is approved as adjunct treatment of refractory partial seizures as well as infantile spasms. Although VGB has been proven to be effective, its use is limited by the risk of retinopathy and associated peripheral visual field def...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Heim MK,Gidal BE

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family cases of recurrent cranial nerve palsies are seldom reported. This paper presents a family with recurrent facial and ocular nerve palsies in 2 brothers. Their father and his sister had Bell's palsies. Examinations provided no explanation. Six previous reports of families with recurrent cranial nerve palsies are...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sørensen TT

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with well-defined clinical and radiographic lesions have been studied with somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs). The data indicate that the primary scalp potentials from stimulation of both the arm and leg (N20 and P40) can be lost with thalamic lesions and would be consistent with these potentials b...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Fisher MA,Perlik SJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate dementia prevalence in Spain. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Nine probabilistic and geographically defined samples participated. A screening design based on the MMSE was implemented. Positively screened individuals underwent clinical evaluation. The total number of cases in Spain was estimated. Prevalenc...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Virués-Ortega J,de Pedro-Cuesta J,Vega S,Seijo-Martínez M,Saz P,Rodríguez F,Rodríguez-Laso A,Reñé R,de Las Heras SP,Mateos R,Martínez-Martín P,Mahillo-Fernández I,López-Pousa S,Lobo A,Reglà JL,Gascón J,García FJ,Fernánd

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the most important inhibitory transmitter, quantitatively, in the CNS. Evidence exists that decreased GABAergic neurotransmission may play a role in some forms of epilepsy. Consequently, manipulating the GABA system may be a therapeutic possibility in the treatment of this disease. In...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gram L

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of cortical tremor, myoclonus and epileptic seizures has been reported in many Japanese and European families with different acronyms. We reviewed the familial cases presenting the clinical picture of autosomal dominant cortical tremor, myoclonus and epilepsy and analysed the phenotypic differences bet...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Striano P,Zara F,Striano S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a rare but debilitating neurological disease where the body develops antibodies against neuronal cell surface/synaptic proteins. Rituximab is an anti-CD20 chimeric monoclonal antibody which shows promise in AE treatment observational studies. To our knowledge, there has been n...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nepal G,Shing YK,Yadav JK,Rehrig JH,Ojha R,Huang DY,Gajurel BP

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) is characterized by the clinical motor symptoms of hypokinesia, rigidity, and tremor. Apart from these motor symptoms, cognitive deficits often occur in IPD. The positive effect of cholinesterase inhibitors on cognitive deficits in IPD and findings of earlier molecular im...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lorenz R,Samnick S,Dillmann U,Schiller M,Ong MF,Faßbender K,Buck A,Spiegel J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), 8 patients with various brain diseases with an element of hydrocephalus, and 7 patients with miscellaneous dementia disorders were investigated with quantitative radionuclide cisternography (RC) using single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT). ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Larsson A,Arlig A,Bergh AC,Bilting M,Jacobsson L,Stephensen H,Wikkelsö C

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report three cases of premature death in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), a benign form of idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) in which no case of epilepsy-related death has been reported. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed all medical records of JME patients first referred to two epile...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Genton P,Gelisse P

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mutations in the p150 subunit of the axonal transport protein dynactin (DCTN1) have been reported in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Given the common features of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS), FTD and ALS, sequence variants of the DCTN1 gene...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Münch C,Meyer R,Linke P,Meyer T,Ludolph AC,Haas J,Hemmer B

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the prognosis and possible prognostic factors associated with a bening course, 118 cases of motor neuron disease diagnosed 1948-1975 were followed up. Survival curves, based on the actuarial method showed a survival rate of 18.7 per cent (95 per cent confidence limits: 11.4-26.0) and 7.6 per cent ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kristensen O,Melgaard B

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of clonazepam on steady-state serum levels of diphenylhydantoin, phenobarbital and carbamazepine was studied in 22 patients with epilepsy receiving one or two of these drugs. Clonazepam was given in slowly increasing doses for 2 weeks until a maximum dose of 4-6 mg per day was reached; thereafter the dos...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Johannessen SI,Strandjord RE,Munthe-Kaas AW

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The quality-of-life (QoL) perception by Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and their caregivers (CG) has not been studied in depth. OBJECTIVE:To examine patient/proxy agreements on the PD QoL Questionnaire (PDQ-39), the Scale of Quality of Life of Care-Givers (SQLC) and the Multidimensional Caregiver Strain ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

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

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the medical records and CT scans of 138 patients hospitalized for spontaneous supratentorial hemorrhage and conservatively treated. Seventeen clinico-anamnestic variables and five CT desumed findings were collected. Using univariate analysis we found eight significant predictors of 30-day mortality: intrav...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Masè G,Zorzon M,Biasutti E,Tasca G,Vitrani B,Cazzato G

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the need for and the costs of carotid Doppler and carotid endarterectomy after stroke or TIA in non-selected hospitalized patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:During 25 months hospitalized patients with stroke or TIA, in whom carotid endarterectomy could be relevant, were examined with carotid Doppler...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jespersen HF,Jørgensen HS,Nakayama H,Reith J,Olsen TS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychometric tests, visual reaction time tests and electroencephalograms were performed in 26 cirrhotic patients without overt portal-systemic encephalopathy and in 26 healthy individuals. Cirrhotics performed poorly, compared with controls, on intelligence, learning and memory, perceptual motor and spatial tests. Non...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Puca FM,Antonaci F,Panella C,Guglielmi FW,Barone M,Francavilla A,Cerutti R

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beat-to-beat variation (R-R variation) in the electrocardiogram was studied in experimental allergic neuritis in the Sprague-Dawley rat. Reduced R-R variations were found in 2 of 10 animals, probably as a sign of autonomic dysfunction. The vagal nerves from these two animals, studied in vitro, showed disturbed conduct...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Solders G,Persson A,Kristensson K,Hansson S

更新日期：1985-07-01 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：:Although intravenous (i.v.) heparin is widely used as the first line treatment for cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis (CVST), the most appropriate therapy for this disease is still controversial. We report 2 cases of CVST who were successfully treated by means of loco-regional thrombolysis with urokinase. In the fir...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Buccino G,Scoditti U,Pini M,Menozzi R,Piazza P,Zuccoli P,Mancia D

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 47-year-old white woman who had a definitive diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and developed cerebellar ataxia of sudden onset. MR imaging showed changes characteristics of cerebellar infarct. Due to the absence of vascular risk factors and to the previous diagnosis of SLE, we postulate tha...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lancman ME,Pomeraniec C,Norscini J

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the validity of a self-administered version of the minimal record of disability (MRD) for multiple sclerosis (MS) by measuring the agreement level between patients' self-assessment and neurologists' independent ratings. 96 MS patients and 4 neurologists took part in the experiment; the agreement level was me...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Solari A,Amato MP,Bergamaschi R,Logroscino G,Citterio A,Bochicchio D,Filippini G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may provide markers of severity and outcome of optic neuritis. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We examined the CSF from 29 patients with acute monosymptomatic optic neuritis (AMON) for content of myelin basic protein-like material (MBPLM) and correlated the levels with results of cranial ma...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Frederiksen JL,Whitaker JN

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies found low serum levels of nociceptin in migraine patients but high serum levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). CGRP can elicit migraine-like headache. Medication-Overuse Headache (MOH) often has migraine features and can mimic chronic migraine. We therefore hypothesized that as i...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Munksgaard SB,Ertsey C,Frandsen E,Bendtsen L,Tekes K,Jensen RH

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carotid stenoses of ≥50% account for about 15-20% of strokes. Their degree may be moderate (50-69%) or severe (70-99%). Current diagnostic methods include ultrasound, MR- or CT-angiography. Stenosis severity, irregular plaque surface, and presence of microembolic signals detected by transcranial Doppler predict the ea...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Momjian-Mayor I,Burkhard P,Murith N,Mugnai D,Yilmaz H,Narata AP,Lovblad K,Pereira V,Righini M,Bounameaux H,Sztajzel RF

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-phase epidemiological study of essential tremor was carried out by investigating a rural population aged over 40 years in 2 municipalities in southwestern Finland. In the first phase, the subjects answered a questionnaire as to whether they had experienced tremor during the month preceding the inquiry. In the se...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rautakorpi I,Takala J,Marttila RJ,Sievers K,Rinne UK

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the frequency of alcohol consumption and stroke mortality among eastern Finnish men. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This study is a population-based sample of men with an average follow-up of 20.2 years. A total of 2609 men with no history of stroke at ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rantakömi SH,Kurl S,Sivenius J,Kauhanen J,Laukkanen JA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The density and size of astrocyte-, oligodendrocyte-and neurone nuclei in corpus striatum were determined in rats with CCl4-induced liver encephalopathy by means of an electronic image analyzer. After 8 weeks of CCl4-administration, the astrocyte number had nearly doubled, and astrocytes with increased nuclear size qp...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Diemer NH

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 30 ischemic stroke patients, divided into 2 groups depending on the side of their hemispheric cerebral lesion, the authors evaluated the levels of CSF homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA). The changes of these metabolites in CSF samples collected 3, 14 and 25 days after stroke have been c...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ferrarese C,Bassi S,Frattola L,Locatelli P,Piolti R,Trabucchi M

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00