Patients with homocystinuria: high metal concentrations in hair, blood and urine.

abstract：:Decompressive craniectomy is a neurosurgical technique in which a portion of the skull is removed to reduce intracranial pressure. The rationale for this procedure is based on the Monro-Kellie Doctrine; expanding the physical space confining edematous brain tissue after traumatic brain injury will reduce intracranial ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Quinn TM,Taylor JJ,Magarik JA,Vought E,Kindy MS,Ellegala DB

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic mutation underlying Huntington's disease (HD) has been identified as an expansion and instability of a specific CAG repeat sequence in a gene on chromosome 4. A simple polymerase chain reaction assay has been used for the assessment of the (CAG)n expansion in a 72-year-old woman with typical HD symptoms, b...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bozza A,Malagù S,Calzolari E,Novelletto A,Pavoni M,del Senno L

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate a psychological therapy program used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and including cognitive/behavioral strategies, relaxation training and physical exercise. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The participants were 29 patients with MS recruited from an outpatient u...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Tesar N,Baumhackl U,Kopp M,Günther V

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subjects ranging in age from 50 to 89 years old, either with or without dementia were studied by both ELISA for anti-human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) gag 100-130 antibody and by cranial CT in order to clarify the relationship between HTLV-I infection and dementia. The frequency of anti-HTLV-I antibody w...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kira J,Hamada T,Kawano Y,Okayama M,Yamasaki K

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of bromocriptine in patients with Parkinson's disease manifesting various problems in levodopa therapy were tested in a double-blind manner with the collaboration of 59 institutions. The slow and low principle was in part adopted. Either bromocriptine or placebo was added to levodopa. Twenty-nine % of the ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Toyokura Y,Mizuno Y,Kase M,Sobue I,Kuroiwa Y,Narabayashi H,Uono M,Nakanishi T,Kameyama M,Ito H

更新日期：1985-08-01 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：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：: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：:Variants in the EIF4G1 gene have been recently identified to be responsible for autosomal dominant PD (PARK18), but its role in the PD-related neurodegeneration is unclear. Several EIF4G1 mutation/variants were found to be associated with PD, and functional studies have suggested that these variants may impair the abi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Deng H,Wu Y,Jankovic J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) by month of birth in Sweden. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cases (n = 9361) were obtained from the Swedish MS Registry. All births in Sweden 1900-2007 served as controls (n = 12,116,853). The risk of MS was analyzed for each month of birth separately compared with birt...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Salzer J,Svenningsson A,Sundström P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In a previous study, we found that nine of the 47 siblings to multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with a normal neurologic examination carry an intrathecal oligoclonal immunopathy with limited specificity, a condition we termed MS immunopathic trait. Here we searched for neurological dysfunction with increased s...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

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

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:LMNB1-related autosomal dominant leukodystrophy is caused by an overexpression of the protein lamin B1, usually due to a duplication of the LMNB1 gene. Symptoms start in 5th to 6th decade. This slowly progressive disease terminates with death. We studied brain glucose metabolism in this disease using 18 F-flu...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Finnsson J,Lubberink M,Savitcheva I,Fällmar D,Melberg A,Kumlien E,Raininko R

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe eight patients from three families presenting with myoclonus, ataxia, infrequent seizures and minimal intellectual impairment. All were Arabs from different parts of the Arabian peninsula. The new consensus on terminology, genetic and clinical definition of Baltic myoclonus, Ramsay Hunt syndrome and Unverr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Shakir RA,Khan RA,al-Zuhair AG

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the clinical details of 20 elderly patients with idiopathic small fiber neuropathy. This neuropathy is ubiquitous in practice but has not been well characterized. The clinical syndrome is relatively stereotyped and appears to be a frequent cause of burning feet in the elderly. The main features were burnin...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gorson KC,Ropper AH

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：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：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：:A model is described in which transient ischemia is induced in rats anaesthetized with N2O:O2 (70:30) by bilateral carotid artery clamping combined with a lowering of mean arterial blood pressure to 50 mm Hg, the latter being achieved by bleeding, or by bleeding supplemented with administration of trimetaphan or phent...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Smith ML,Bendek G,Dahlgren N,Rosén I,Wieloch T,Siesjö BK

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal Dystonia (FD) is a chronic neurological disorder, which causes twisting and repetitive movements and abnormal postures induced by involuntary sustained contractions of agonist and antagonist muscles. Based on the hypothesis that several dystonia-related brain regions, including cerebellum, are implicated in ocul...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hirsig A,Barbey C,Schüpbach MWM,Bargiotas P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examinations with directional Doppler (DD) with 10 MHz transducer, and pulsed Doppler in combination with two-dimensional sector scanner with 3 MHz transducer (Duplex) were carried out on 100 vessels in 51 patients with transitory ischemic attacks (TIA) and minor stroke within the territory of the internal carotid art...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Zbornikova V,Akesson JA,Lassvik C

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptoms of acute renal failure were observed in an anorexia patient who had a history of frequent vomiting. The acute renal failure might have resulted from rhabdomyolysis subsequent to a disturbance of electrolyte balance. This acute renal failure might have resulted in death if not treated. We postulate that even a...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Abe K,Mezaki T,Hirono N,Udaka F,Kameyama M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Many studies have shown that nitric oxide (NO) and growth factors including insulin growth factors (IGFs) may be involved in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) and neurodegenerative diseases. Our previous studies suggested a relationship between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) NO metabolites (nitrates and...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Pirttilä T,Vanhatalo S,Turpeinen U,Riikonen R

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CSF cytology, immunocytochemistry and biochemical tumor markers were compared in 12 patients with a meningeal carcinomatosis regarding diagnostic significance and therapy control; 50 samples were investigated. Cytology was tumor-positive in 39 samples and immunocytochemistry in 45 samples. Intrathecally produced tumor...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Oschmann P,Kaps M,Völker J,Dorndorf W

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Until now, the significance of plasma exchange (PE) as a treatment for steroid-unresponsive optic neuritis (ON) is still unclear because placebo-controlled and larger studies are missing. We report our experience with 23 patients treated by PE due to steroid-unresponsive ON. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients w...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Roesner S,Appel R,Gbadamosi J,Martin R,Heesen C

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Fatigue and apathy are two of the most common and most disabling non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). They have a high coincidence and can often be confused; moreover, their relationship is not fully understood. The aim of our study was to describe the coincidence of apathy with different fatigue ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Skorvanek M,Gdovinova Z,Rosenberger J,Saeedian RG,Nagyova I,Groothoff JW,van Dijk JP

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 5 patients with definite or highly probable MS, unusually large hypodense plaques are seen by computerized tomography (CT scan). The active plaques all show enhancement after i.v. contrast medium injection, suggestive of blood-brain-barrier-damage, and differ from the well-known CT findings in chronic MS patients, ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lidegaard O,Gyldensted C,Juhler M,Zeeberg I

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) as well as homovanillic acid (HVA) and cyclic AMP were estimated in the morning urine of 41 drug-free parkinsonian patients and 25 hospitalized controls. In 29 patients, the estimations were repeated after 2 weeks treatment with L-dopa plus...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Markianos M,Hadjikonstantinou M,Bistolaki E

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of D-amphetamine (D-amph) and physical therapy separately or combined on fine motor performance, gross motor performance and cognition after middle cerebral artery thromboembolization in rats. METHODS:Seventy-four rats were trained in appropri...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rasmussen RS,Overgaard K,Hildebrandt-Eriksen ES,Boysen G

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children are reported, who became diseased at the age of 4 and 2 years, respectively, with progressive upper motor neuron symptoms leading to severe disability within a few years. The boy died at age 10 and autopsy disclosed a severe gangliolipidosis throughout the central nervous system, maximal in the brain stem...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Brandt S,Clausen J,Diemer NH,Faurholt-Pedersen V,Jensen GE,Lademann A,Melchior JC

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to analyse the presence of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in human cerebrospinal fluid (SF) of patients affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) in comparison with non-inflammatory neurological diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS:All SFs were collected from...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Leonardi A,Penco S,Gramigni C,Bason C,Ribizzi G,Gazzola P,Mancardi GL,Bianchi-Scarrà G,Abbruzzese M,Garrè C

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00