Listeria and atypical presentations of Listeria in the central nervous system.

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：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is caused by mutations in several genes expressed in myelinating Schwann cells and the axons they ensheathe. Typical patients present with distally accentuated motor weakness, muscle wasting, and sensory loss leading to significant and progressive clinical morbidity and impaired quali...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Jani-Acsadi A,Krajewski K,Shy ME

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary brain tumors are common causes of focal epilepsy, accounting for 5% of new-onset seizures in adults and over 10% of lesional focal epilepsies. These epilepsies are often refractory to medical treatment, and high rates of seizure freedom can be achieved with gross total resections. However, the management strat...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Nowell M,Miserocchi A,McEvoy AW

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological and individual case studies indicate that genetic factors play a significant role in the genesis of Alzheimer Disease (AD). To date, molecular genetic studies in families multiply affected with AD have identified three genes (Presenilin 1-PS1, Presenilin 2-PS2, and beta-amyloid precursor protein--betaA...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： St George-Hyslop PH

更新日期：1999-01-01 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 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 clinical history and neurological examination provide the most important data on which the diagnosis of autoimmune myasthenia gravis (MG) is based. MG produces symptomatic weakness that predominates in certain muscle groups and typically fluctuates in response to effort and rest. The diagnosis of MG therefore depe...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Meriggioli MN,Sanders DB

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions encountered worldwide. The development of newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) has expanded over recent years, and the use of such drugs for indications other than epilepsy has also broadened. These factors insure that the majority of health care providers will be...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Morrell MJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before embarking on expensive ancillary testing, it is crucial for the neurologist to distinguish visual loss due to optic nerve dysfunction from other causes of visual loss. This can usually be accomplished based on specific features of the history and bedside examination. Once it has been established that a patient ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Purvin VA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe brain injury may cause disruption of neural networks that sustain arousal and awareness, the two essential components of consciousness. Despite the potentially devastating immediate and long-term consequences, disorders of consciousness (DoC) are poorly understood in terms of their underlying neurobiology, the ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Bodien YG,Chatelle C,Edlow BL

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) disorders are a heterogeneous group of diseases with variable expression that often pose diagnostic dilemmas. Although definitive diagnosis of these disorders usually requires a muscle biopsy and mtDNA and enzymatic testing, standard metabolic studies including organic ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Dougherty FE

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic plexopathy is often a disabling accompaniment of advanced systemic cancer and may involve any of the peripheral nerve plexuses. Brachial plexopathy most commonly occurs in carcinoma of the breast and lung; lumbosacral plexopathy is most common with colorectal and gynecologic tumors, sarcomas, and lymphomas....

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Jaeckle KA

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：:Pregnancy can precipitate new neurological diseases as a result of the alterations in physiology that accompany the pregnant state. The pregnant patient presenting with neurological problems poses both diagnostic and therapeutic challenges, often forcing the clinician to rely on neuroimaging as part of the workup. Thi...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Brass SD,Copen WA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Clinicians commonly encounter patients with cerebrovascular disorders in the hospital. Now, as never before, there are many effective diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Several examples of typical cases of stroke and transient ischemic attack are presented in order to illustrate a rational approach to diagnosis an...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Demaerschalk BM

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriovenous malformations of the brain can carry considerable morbidity and mortality in the setting of rupture. The complex angioarchitecture and hemodynamic alteration requires careful consideration in diagnostic and management approaches. In this review, the authors define the pathophysiology, outline diagnostic ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Asif K,Leschke J,Lazzaro MA

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most prolific chemical and anatomical imaging techniques of recent decades, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), includes the ability to noninvasively assess neurochemical changes with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Practical concerns are paramount in applying MRS, such as what the manufacturer provide...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Xu V,Chan H,Lin AP,Sailasuta N,Valencerina S,Tran T,Hovener J,Ross BD

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual field deficits are common in neurologic disease conditions such as cerebrovascular disease, traumatic brain injury, and brain tumors. Loss of visual fields may lead to impairment of reading skills (hemianopic dyslexia) and limitations of daily activities such as driving, which can have a significant impact on a...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Agarwal A,Kedar S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telemedicine is the use of electronic communication methods, such as the telephone, the Internet, and videoconferencing, to exchange medical information from one geographic site to another. Telestroke is the use of telemedicine specifically for stroke care. A strokologist is a physician with the special skills require...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Demaerschalk BM

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:Mitochondrial diseases are multiorgan system disorders and the brain is the most commonly affected organ. The high-energy requirement of the brain leaves it vulnerable to energy failure. All components of the neuraxis including muscle, the neuromuscular junction, peripheral nerve, spinal cord, and brain can be affecte...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Haas RH,Zolkipli Z

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing acceptance of the right of patients to refuse life-sustaining treatment, some have argued that terminally ill patients have a corollary right to physician-assisted suicide (PAS) on request. However, there are important moral and legal distinctions between patients' refusals of therapy and requests ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Bernat JL

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical evaluation of peripheral neuropathies can be challenging. This article presents an approach based on a structured assessment that asks a series of yes or no questions during the history and examination that leads to localization and characterization of the neuropathy. The final assessment includes further...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Bromberg MB

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal central nervous system infections present in a myriad of clinical manifestation and remain a significant diagnostic challenge. Presenting symptoms, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, conventional fungal serum markers and imaging correlates of disease are seldom sensitive or specific; fungal culture growth or histopa...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Jia DT,Thakur K

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep medicine can be a particularly rewarding clinical area for neurologists. After all, the driving organ of sleep is the brain. Many of the sleep disorders are primary brain disorders, whereas other sleep disorders (and their medications) influence brain function. But without an organized approach, even the engaged...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Ellenbogen JM

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:The PPS is now a well-recognized entity encompassing the late manifestations that occur because of previous poliomyelitis. Common signs and symptoms include fatigue, cold intolerance, joint deteriorations with pain, and prominent neurologic problems that include new weakness, muscle pain, atrophy, respiratory insuffic...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Jubelt B,Drucker J

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blepharospasm is a focal dystonia characterized by involuntary, repetitive eye closure. Orofacial and oromandibular dystonia describe involuntary dystonic movements of orofacial and oromandibular musculature. Hemifacial spasm is characterized by repetitive synchronous contraction of facial nerve innervated muscles on ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Karp BI,Alter K

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects more than 500,000 Americans, and it is commonly on the differential diagnosis associated with patient referrals to neurology offices. Diagnostically, there are several nuances to the established criteria. Understanding the usefulness of various tests and the potential diagnoses that can...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Frohman EM,Greenberg BM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00