Diffusion-weighted MR findings in a reversible case of acute Wernicke encephalopathy.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Because of the limited information on cervical spondylotic radiculopathy, we conducted a door-to-door two-phase survey in a Sicilian municipality. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We first screened for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy among the inhabitants of the municipality: (N = 7653, as of the prevalence day, N...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Salemi G,Savettieri G,Meneghini F,Di Benedetto ME,Ragonese P,Morgante L,Reggio A,Patti F,Grigoletto F,Di Perri R

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the optimum trace count for jitter calculation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Single-fiber electromyography was performed during voluntary contraction (VC-SFEMG) of extensor digitorum muscle in six healthy and five myasthenic subjects. Twenty single-fiber action potential (SFAP) pairs were recorded from e...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Baslo MB,Yalinay P,Yildiz N,Ertaş M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether there are predictors for initial severity of ideomotor apraxia (IMA) in focal left-hemisphere vascular patients. One hundred and twenty-nine subjects were examined between 15 and 30 days post-onset. Twenty-five patients with bilateral lesions were also studied in order to delineate the ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Basso A,Capitani E,Della Sala S,Laiacona M,Spinnler H

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a long-standing interest in the possible role of the hippocampus in autism and both postmortem brain and neuroimaging studies have documented varying abnormalities in this limbic system structure. AIMS:This study investigates the density of subsets of hippocampal interneurons, immunostained w...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lawrence YA,Kemper TL,Bauman ML,Blatt GJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the frequency of ECG abnormalities suggestive of myocardial ischaemia in patients with severe drug resistant epilepsy and without any indication of previous cardiac disease, assuming that these changes may be of significance for the group of epileptic patients with sudden unexpected death. MA...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Tigaran S,Rasmussen V,Dam M,Pedersen S,Høgenhaven H,Friberg B

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the total costs of multiple sclerosis (MS) for all Canadians in 1994. METHODS:Prevalence-based study estimating disease-related societal costs for Canadians with MS in 1994. The human capital approach was used to estimate the value of lost productivity due to illness. Two components were reveale...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Asche CV,Ho E,Chan B,Coyte PC

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：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:Ischaemic stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Although the secondary preventive medication should be continued for life, its use commonly declines in time. This may lead to recurrent vascular events. In this study, we investigated if during a long follow-up period discontin...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rijkmans M,de Jong G,van den Berg JSP

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to characterize the CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) lymphocytes in CNS (central nervous system) inflammation, we examined paired samples of CSF and PB (peripheral blood) of 19 patients with acute aseptic meningitis, performing the dual labelling method on flow cytometry. Significantly higher percentages of CD3+ (T ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Uchihara T,Ikeda M,Takahashi H,Yoshida S,Tsukagoshi H

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Patients with multiple sclerosis were reported to harbour antibodies not only against proteins and glycoproteins but also against glycolipids, including sulfatide and galactosylceramide (GalCer), the two major glycosphingolipids of myelin. However, previous results were inconsistent concerning glycosphingoli...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Haghighi S,Lekman A,Nilsson S,Blomqvist M,Andersen O

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the period 1935-1976, 200 cases of brain abscess were treated in the University Clinic of Neurosurgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. 119 patients survived. Out of 40 deaths during the follow-up period, 37 were unrelated to the previous brain abscess. 12 patients emigrated and were lost to follow-up. History and ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nielsen H,Harmsen A,Gyldensted C

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study we found that nine of 47 siblings to multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with a normal neurological examination carry an intrathecal oligoclonal immunopathy with limited specificity, a condition we termed MS immunopathic trait. The purpose of this study is to further characterize the MS immunopathic t...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Haghighi S,Andersen O,Odén A,Rosengren L

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cognitive impairment is a common and disabling consequence of stroke. Its prevalence, the best way to screen for it in the acute setting, and its relation with premorbid status have not been thoroughly clarified. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients admitted to our stroke unit un...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Cova I,Mele F,Zerini F,Maggiore L,Cucumo V,Brambilla M,Rosa S,Bertora P,Salvadori E,Pomati S,Pantoni L

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study mathematical deficits in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS:Sixty-eight patients with mild AD and 242 normal controls (NC) received a standardized battery (EC 301-R) assessing number processing and calculation abilities. AD patients also received testing for language, memory, visu...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Carlomagno S,Iavarone A,Nolfe G,Bourène G,Martin C,Deloche G

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIG) is effective treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Quality of life (QoL) increases following switch from intravenous administration to SCIG, but its correlation with clinical functioning is sparsely studied. AIMS OF THE STUDY:The aim of thi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ryltoft AK,Al-Zuhairy A,Sindrup SH,Andersen H,Markvardsen LK

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The prognosis after Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) is debated. The aim of this study was to assess health-related Quality of Life (QoL) and neurological symptoms 30 months after treatment in European patients with LNB. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In a prospective case-control designed study, we investigated 50 well-...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Eikeland R,Mygland A,Herlofson K,Ljøstad U

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prognosticating the outcome of an unconscious patient continues to pose a serious challenge to the clinicians. BAERs are the latest addition to neurological diagnostic aids for predicting the outcome of coma. The relative value of BAERs in predicting the outcome of 15 comatosed meningoencephalitis patients has been st...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jain S,Maheshwari MC

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Patients with prior poliomyelitis with paresis and excessive use (n = 8) and low use (n = 6) of residual anterior tibial motor units (MUs) during walking were subjected to muscle biopsy of the anterior tibial muscle (TA). Antibodies directed against cytoskeletal proteins, spectrin and desmin, and against Leu-19, a myo...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Borg K,Edström L

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A CSF Poly(C)-avid ribonuclease (RNase) activity was determined in serum and CSF of 11 controls and 75 neurological patients (34 multiple sclerosis (MS), 18 infectious processes and 23 other neurological diseases (OND]. In controls, the blood-CSF ratio of RNase activity is low. This fact and the absence of correlation...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Allinquant B,Musenger C,Schuller E

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:When the vascular disorder of the cochleovestibular system is mentioned, the diagnosis is based on exclusion of other diseases. Since arteries of the cochleovestibular system cannot be directly visualized, physicians must deduce from the vascular risk factors and the vascular lesion of other territories to t...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Szirmai A,Küstel M,Pánczél G,Kocher I,Répássy G,Nagy Z

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young woman with firm evidence of early multiple sclerosis (MS), who had never had measles, developed a clinically and serologically evident measles infection. Follow-up 1 year later confirmed the MS diagnosis. Thus, if measles can have a causal role in MS, it is probably not the only agent with this ability. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ryberg B

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence of thyroid diseases and the cumulative risk of thyroid diseases during a follow-up period after myasthenia gravis (MG) diagnosis compared with non-MG controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We used the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database linked to Registry of Catastrophic Illness da...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Chou CC,Huang MH,Lan WC,Kong SS,Kuo CF,Chou IJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic peripheral facial nerve palsy or Bell's palsy (BP) is the most common cause of facial nerve palsy. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of glucose metabolism abnormalities in BP. METHODS:We identified 148 patients with unilateral BP and 128 control subjects. In all we evaluated glucose level at fastin...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bosco D,Plastino M,Bosco F,Consoli A,Labate A,Pirritano D,Consoli D,Fava A

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Twenty-one patients continued a double-blind crossover study to compare the prophylactic effect on migraine of propranolol and clonidine. The daily dosage of propranolol and clonidine was 160 mg and 100 microgram, respectively. Statistical analysis did not show any significant difference between the two drugs in respe...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kåss B,Nestvold K

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid artery stenting (CAS) are common treatments for carotid artery stenosis. Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have compared CEA to CAS in the treatment of carotid artery stenosis. These studies have suggested that CAS is more strongly associated with periprocedural ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lamanna A,Maingard J,Barras CD,Kok HK,Handelman G,Chandra RV,Thijs V,Brooks DM,Asadi H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00