Optimum trace count necessary for jitter calculation in single-fiber electromyography.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the expression of chemokine-like factor (CKLF) in biopsied muscle fibers in inflammatory myopathies, non-inflammatory myopathies and neurologically diseased controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We studied the expression of CKLF in 15 polymyositis (PM), five dermatomyositis (DM), 15 non-inflammatory ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Chowdhury MH,Nagai A,Terashima M,Sheikh A,Murakawa Y,Kobayashi S,Yamaguchi S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of the study was to develop a simplified method for the acquisition and analysis of data from positron emission tomography (PET) using the ligand 11C-L-deuterium-deprenyl. This is motivated by an increased interest in methods to characterize gliosis in neurodegenerative diseases and epilepsy, whi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bergström M,Kumlien E,Lilja A,Tyrefors N,Westerberg G,Långström B

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Persons who have suffered from acute poliomyelitis may decades later experience reduction of balance and gait capacity due to muscle weakness, fatigue and/or pain. This may affect the activity level in daily life of these persons. AIMS OF THE STUDY:The aim of this study was to describe observer assessed and...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lehmann K,Sunnerhagen KS,Willén C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy/adrenomyeloneuropathy presents a wide variation of clinical manifestations and may mimic several diseases. A screening investigation by measuring plasma saturated very long-chain fatty acids was performed in two groups of patients. Among six patients with hereditary spastic paraparesis on...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Holmberg BH,Hägg E,Duchek M,Hagenfeldt L

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral blood flow and cerebral oxygen uptake were studied during severe arterial hypoxia in anesthetized dogs. It was shown that the hypoxic vasodilatation in the brain reaches a limit at an arterial oxygen saturation at about 25% and that this vasodilatation is less than that which may be induced by hypercapnia. A ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ekström-Jodal B,Elfverson J,von Essen C

更新日期：1979-07-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To validate the diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) from the Swedish National Patient Register (NPR) and investigate the incidence of IIH, as well as co-morbidities and medication use in a large Swedish population-based sample. METHODS:We searched the NPR to find all patients ≥18 years ol...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sundholm A,Burkill S,Sveinsson O,Piehl F,Bahmanyar S,Nilsson Remahl AIM

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:The dibenzazepines particularly carbamazepine are associated with known adverse effects (AEs) and drug to drug interactions. Eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) is structurally distinct from other members of the dibenzazepine family and has the advantage of once daily dosing. Observational and trial data report successful s...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Watkins L,O'Dwyer M,Oak K,Lawthom C,Maguire M,Thomas R,Shankar R

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epileptic seizures are refractory to treatment in approximately one-third of patients despite the recent introduction of many newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Development of novel AEDs therefore remains a high priority. Perampanel is a first-in-class non-competitive selective AMPA receptor antagonist with a unique me...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Tsai JJ,Wu T,Leung H,Desudchit T,Tiamkao S,Lim KS,Dash A

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess hemispheric differences in the duration of focal onset seizures and its association with clinical and demographic factors. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed on adult patients with drug-resistant unifocal epilepsy, who underwent intracranial EEG recording between 01/2006 and 06/2016. Se...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Seethaler M,Lauseker M,Ernst K,Rémi J,Vollmar C,Noachtar S,Kaufmann E

更新日期：2020-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:3 patients with the condition of "painful legs and moving toes" are reported. The etiology was unknown in 2 of them, but in 1 patient the symptoms were temporarily relieved by surgery for a lumbar herniated disc. The movements restarted 6 months after surgery. EMG studies showed near rhythmical muscle action potential...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Wulff CH

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic investigation of 74 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, resistant to medication, who underwent unilateral temporal lobectomy 1960-1969. Thirty per cent had a positive family history of epilepsy; 49 per cent of other neurological diseases; and 46 per cent of major psychiatric disorders. Neither of the genetic...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jensen I

更新日期：1975-11-01 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：:Two cases of adrenoleukodystrophy are described. The pathological picture was consistent with earlier observations about the disease with the difference that the brain tissue revealed material which stained metachromatically with toluidine blue and was insoluble in fat solvents. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hormia M

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the association between tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) G-308A, tumor necrosis factor-beta (TNF-beta) G+252A and interleukin-4 (IL-4) C-590T polymorphisms and susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) development and clinical course of the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Two hundred an...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kamali-Sarvestani E,Nikseresht A,Aflaki E,Sarvari J,Gharesi-Fard B

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A previous epidemiological study of Parkinson's disease (PD) in the county of Tartu, Estonia, found an adjusted prevalence rate of 152/100 000 persons. We aimed to determine PD prevalence almost 20 years later, as well as evaluate any dynamic changes in disease frequency compared to the first study. METHODS...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kadastik-Eerme L,Taba N,Asser T,Taba P

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of asymptomatic HIV-infected patients (CDC II and III) was followed-up over a two year period with semi-annual neuropsychological testing. Of the total sample of 36 subjects, all were retested at test two (T2), 19 at test three (T3) and 13 at test four (T4). A subgroup of subjects was further tested on a simpl...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Karlsen NR,Reinvang I,Frøland SS

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Most studies revealing intellectual deficits in myotonic dystrophy (MyD) involved heterogeneous groups of patients with respect to intelligence and onset of disease. The present study was undertaken to investigate whether patients with early adult and adult MyD show subtle cognitive deficits despite a norm...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Van Spaendonck KP,Ter Bruggen JP,Weyn Banningh EW,Maassen BA,Van de Biezenbos JB,Gabreëls FJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate changes and regional variations in annual incidence rates of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in Norway between 1999 and 2007. METHODS:The authors retrospectively reviewed data from the Norwegian Patient Register for the period 1999-2007. RESULTS:Crude incidence of aneurysmal SAH was ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lindekleiv HM,Njølstad I,Ingebrigtsen T,Mathiesen EB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little is known about the frequency of abnormal visually evoked potentials (VEPs) in patients with respiratory chain disorders (RCDs). We thus wanted to investigate the frequency of abnormal VEPs in RCDs, how often VEPs are abnormal despite normal visual acuity, and which of the VEP variables are most often ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Finsterer J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Clinical research has documented a range of evidence-based treatment approaches for spatial neglect (SN), but there is a lack of research on the implementation of treatment into clinical practice. The purpose of this study is to describe the current clinical practice of SN treatment across healthcare sectors...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Evald L,Wilms IL,Nordfang M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catabolism of orally and subcutaneously administered 14C histamine was studied in myotonic dystrophy patients. No definite abnormalities were observed as for subcutaneously administered histamine. The catabolism of orally administered histamine followed two distinct patterns: In patients with a relatively low endo...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sjaastad O,Sjaastad OV

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 43 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) consecutively admitted to the Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Hospital in Haslev completed a Danish version of the Laman & Lankhorst Questionnaire (LLQ) on quality of life (qol), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Twenty-one of the 43 pts completed the questi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jønsson A,Dock J,Ravnborg MH

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 is a rare autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive cerebellar and retinal degeneration, described in various population groups in the literature. This is the first description from South Africa. The objective was to document the clinical and gen...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Modi G,Modi M,Martinus I,Rodda J,Saffer D

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine headache characteristics in the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and in insomnia. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty-six OSAS patients and 50 insomnia patients were assessed in the same time period. Patients in both groups underwent an accurate interview to investigate headache occurrence and it...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Alberti A,Mazzotta G,Gallinella E,Sarchielli P

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00