Oligoclonal bands in cerebrospinal fluid: a comparative study of isoelectric focusing, agarose gel electrophoresis and IgG index.

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has enabled ante mortem diagnosis of Hallervorden Spatz disease (HSD). Childhood-onset cases are the most common type and usually present with progressive dystonia and dementia. The duration of illness is 15 to 20 years, leading to death. Presentation in adulthood and infancy have also...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hickman SJ,Ward NS,Surtees RA,Stevens JM,Farmer SF

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral blood flow (CBF) was studied in 4 patients with acute reversible ischemia (RIND). To test the ischemic areas' vasoreactivity, CBF was measured by the Xenon-133 inhalation method, before and after acetazolamide injected intravenously. At the baseline CBF study, 3 patients presented hypoperfused areas while one...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Di Piero V,Pozzilli C,Pantano P,Grasso MG,Fieschi C

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports the case of a man who developed a pure motor paraplegia following epidural anesthesia with a pattern of slow recovery over subsequent months. Reviewing the available literature on post-epidural paraplegia we noted a number of potential etiologies and analyzed their role in its causation. On the ba...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Skouen JS,Wainapel SF,Willock MM

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sparse information on dose-response characteristics for initial antiepileptic drug monotherapy in children with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) is available. The aim of this study is to characterize the therapeutic dose of valproate in children with newly diagnosed IGE. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Effect of...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Holland KD,Monahan S,Morita D,Vartzelis G,Glauser TA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to illuminate adult's experienced quality of life in newly-debuted epilepsy and to test the American instrument Quality of Life Index (QLI) for the first time on an epilepsy population. A second aim was to find appropriate questions to measure patient perceptions in epilepsy. MATERIAL AND M...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Räty L,Hamrin E,Söderfeldt B

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke although rare in children, is an important cause of morbidity in the paediatric age group. Over a period of 8 years, 43 children (17 boys and 26 girls) in the age groups of 1-16 years (mean 8.02 yrs) presented with stroke which constituted 10% of all strokes in the young and 0.7% of all paediatric admissions. T...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nagaraja D,Verma A,Taly AB,Kumar MV,Jayakumar PN

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：:Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured in 23 patients with brain tumors using the 133Xe intra-carotid injection method and a 254 channel gamma camera. The glioblastomas (4) and astrocytomas (4) all showed hyperemia in the tumor and tumor-near region. This was also seen in several meningiomas (4 of 7 cases) i...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kuroda K,Skyhøj Olsen T,Lassen NA

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined whether the modulatory effect of pregnancy on multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with changes in the apoptotic molecules in sera. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:The serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (sTRAIL), sFas, Fas ligand (sFasL) and macrophage migration inhibit...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rinta S,Airas L,Elovaara I

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients suffer from high levels of anxiety. However, it is unclear which factors are related to anxiety, since study results are inconsistent, and the associated factors have not been examined comprehensively. In this study, we investigated the demographic, disease-related and psycho...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Wallis O,Bol Y,Köhler S,van Heugten C

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Far from being uniform, Huntington's disease (HD)'s phenotype encompasses a large variety of motor and non-motor symptoms which occur in various combinations in individual patients. AIM:To describe an unusual association between restless legs syndrome (RLS) and HD. METHODS AND RESULTS:We report a patient w...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Savva E,Schnorf H,Burkhard PR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients with paralysis agitans took part in a double-blind, cross-over investigation of CB 154 (2-bromo-alpha-ergocryptine) and Madopar (L-Dopa + benserazid (a peripheral decarboxylase inhibitor), dose ratio 4:1). Each treatment phase lasted for 8 weeks. Modapar was found to be significantly superior to CB 154...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gerlach J

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of IgA, IgG and IgM were determined in sera of 16 patients, all of whom had partial epilepsy and had received CBZ as the only drug since the beginning of therapy. Fifty-three healthy subjects served as controls. Serum concentrations of IgA and IgG were significantly higher in patients than in contro...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Strandjord RE,Johannessen SI,Aarli JA

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features of multiple sclerosis (MS) in north-east Scotland have been examined along with an epidemiological study to determine the prevalence of the disease on 1st December, 1970. Patient information was collected from all available diagnostic indices, both retrospectively and prospectively from 1965. Eve...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Shepherd DI

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum immunoglobulin and HLA investigations were carried out in 21 probands with primary generalized corticoreticular epilepsy (PGCE) and in 26 of their first degree relatives. The mean serum levels of IgG, IgA and IgM in the epileptic probands were not significantly different from controls. In the relatives, however,...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Eeg-Olofsson O,Janjua NA,Andermann E,Guttmann RD,Osterland K

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide an update on recent research concerning obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and executive functions. METHODS:A systematic review was carried out on reports drawn from MEDLINE and PSYCHLIT (January 1990-December 2005) and identified from lists of references in these reports. The selection crit...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Saunamäki T,Jehkonen M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure gait and postural stability by objective methods in spastic MS patients and to evaluate the effect of baclofen on gait and postural stability. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fourteen spastic MS patients were examined in a placebo controlled double-blind, cross-over trial of oral baclofen treatment. The gai...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Orsnes GB,Sørensen PS,Larsen TK,Ravnborg M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Debate about the lesion site in the Miller Fisher syndrome is still going on. We studied a patient with features of the Miller Fisher syndrome in whom arguments for both central and peripheral nervous system dysfunction were found. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Taphoorn MJ,Lanting P,Hazenberg GJ,Uitdehaag BJ,Kaiser MC

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report a peculiar observation of a patient who developed a psychomotor inhibition state after a rapid cessation of lamotrigine (LTG). RESULTS:This man was referred to us at the age of 26 years for presurgical evaluation. His treatment [valproate (VPA), 1200 mg/day and LTG, 200 mg/day] was quickly decreas...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gelisse P,Kissani N,Crespel A,Jafari H,Baldy-Moulinier M

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that polymorphisms in the WT1 gene modulate the effect of IFN-β treatment in multiple sclerosis (MS) through regulation of the relationship between IFN-β and vitamin D. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether WT1 modulates the relationship between IFN-β and vitamin D in a longitudinal study with ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Holmøy T,Esbensen QY,Torkildsen Ø,Wergeland S,Bjerve KS,Beiske AG,Midgard R,Šaltytė-Benth J,Hovdal H,Myhr KM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Association of leuko-araiosis (LA) with certain risk factors has been reported in Western patients. This is a case-control study to determine the risk factors and the type of stroke associated with LA in Saudi patients. DESIGN AND SETTING:398 consecutive Saudi patients with the diagnosis of stroke admitted o...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Awada A,Omojola MF

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore (1) effects of test and subject variables in determining euphoric and dysphoric responses during unilateral amobarbital anesthesia and (2) which cerebral areas contribute to the emotional responses. METHOD:Incidence of euphoric and dysphoric reactions during left- and right-sided amobarbital anes...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Stabell KE,Andresen S,Bakke SJ,Bjørnaes H,Borchgrevink HM,Heminghyt E,Røste GK

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Blepharoclonus (BLC) denotes a large amplitude, involuntary tremors of the orbicularis oculi muscles, observed during gentle closure of the eyelids. BLC may follow major head trauma. Four patients with Arnold-Chiari malformation (ACM) and BLC are described. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The first patient had facial ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jacome DE

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We planned a descriptive study on the incidence of intracranial gliomas spanning a 16-year period (1976-1991) in the Local Health Service 31 of Ferrara, Northern Italy. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We used a complete enumeration approach by reviewing all the possible sources of case collection available in the st...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Tola MR,Casetta I,Granieri E,Pinna L,Veronesi V,Tamarozzi R,Trapella G,Monetti VC,Paolino E,Govoni V

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Bilateral hippocampal abnormality is frequent in mesial temporal lobe sclerosis and might affect outcome in epilepsy surgery. The objective of this study was to compare the lateralization of interictal and ictal scalp EEG with MRI T2 relaxometry. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Forty-nine consecutive patients with intr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Okujava M,Schulz R,Hoppe M,Ebner A,Jokeit H,Woermann FG

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients who developed rhabdomyolysis secondary to generalized seizures are presented. Minor traumas of skeletal muscles due to seizures may be associated with myoglobinuria and the development of acute renal failure. The diagnosis rhabdomyolysis may easily be confirmed by following serum creatine kinase. Myoglobi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Os I,Lyngdal PT

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to investigate whether neurological disability status, heart rate variability (HRV), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) explained the variance in depressive symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:Associations between CRF (via maximal oxygen uptake; VO2peak ), HRV indices of normalized ul...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ensari I,Pilutti LA,Motl RW

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Focal brain ischemia induced in rodents by occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) is a widely used paradigm of human brain infarct. The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness and reproducibility of MCA filament occlusion model in rats and mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 140 ro...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ardehali MR,Rondouin G

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 100 MS patients, BAEP and tibial SEP abnormality rates increased significantly with disease duration and clinical disability. VEP correlated non-linearly with disease duration, and median nerve SEP correlated with disability. In multifactorial analysis, however, BAEP correlated significantly only with clinical brai...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sand T,Sulg IA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00