Epilepsy in an Italian community as assessed by a survey for prescriptions of antiepileptic drugs: epidemiology and patterns of care.

abstract：:Adult mice were injected intramuscularly in the region of the vibrissae muscles on the left side of the nose with a small volume of mercuric chloride dissolved in distilled water. The animals were killed after 1-6 weeks and fixed by whole-body perfusion. Frozen sections were taken from different levels of the brain st...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Arvidson B

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively detect significant transient F wave abnormalities obtained after exercise in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and to assess the potential diagnostic sensitivity of dynamic F wave study in such a context. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A series of 40 electrical stimuli were delivered to ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Argyriou AA,Tsolakis I,Papadoulas S,Polychronopoulos P,Gourzis P,Chroni E

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Subjective feelings of memory decline are fairly common among the elderly. The causes of this are heterogeneous, and may be related to both affective and cognitive disorders. We attempted to explore the associations between subjective and cognitive measures. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Healthy subjects were studi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Balash Y,Mordechovich M,Shabtai H,Merims D,Giladi N

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe clinical features of a patient with secretions of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) during an epileptic attack. PATIENT:A 65-year-old woman experienced frequent bouts of polyuria, pyrexia and general fatigue after several years of a cerebral contusion involving ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Obi T,Takatsu M,Konishi T,Mizoguchi K,Nishimura Y

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsychiatric symptoms such as delusions and misidentifications have been reported in dementia ranging from 10% to 73% in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and up to 40% in multi-infarct dementia (MID) patients. The aim of this study was to investigate in 61 AD and 31 MID patients both the frequency and the content...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Binetti G,Bianchetti A,Padovani A,Lenzi G,De Leo D,Trabucchi M

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the central nervous and the cardiovascular mechanisms mediating the Cushing response (CR) during intracranial hypertension, the effects of continuous and prolonged expansion of an epidural supratentorial balloon was studied in six dogs. Regional cerebral blood flow, cardiac output, extracerebral tissue bloo...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Schrader H,Hall C,Zwetnow NN

更新日期：1985-09-01 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:To measure clinical and immunological parameters in a patient with myasthenia gravis (MG) treated with antibodies against CD25 (basiliximab, Simulect). Patient and methods - Injections of basiliximab were given repeatedly together with cyclosporin A and corticosteroids for 9 months to a patient with severe M...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kakoulidou M,Pirskanen-Matell R,Lefvert AK

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:Clinical measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP) is often performed to aid diagnosis of hydrocephalus. This review discusses analysis of ICP and its components' for the investigation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics. The role of pulse, slow and respiratory waveforms of ICP in diagnosis, prognostication and man...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kasprowicz M,Lalou DA,Czosnyka M,Garnett M,Czosnyka Z

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical course of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) up to 3 months after double filtration plasmapheresis (DFP). MATERIAL AND METHODS:We recorded the MG score and measured the level of acetylcholine receptor antibody (AchRAb) at baseline and day 1 (D1), week 1 (W1), 1 month (M1), 2 (M2) a...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Yeh JH,Chen WH,Chiu HC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the activity of cortico-cortical (intracortical) inhibitory circuits within the motor cortex in patients with progressive asymmetric limb-kinetic apraxia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We studied 4 patients with progressive limb-kinetic apraxia whose clinical diagnosis was corticobasal degeneration (CBD...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Okuma Y,Urabe T,Mochizuki H,Miwa H,Shimo Y,Mori H,Mizuno Y

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demented patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) (n = 67), multi-infarct dementia (MID) (n = 77) and probable vascular dementia (PVD) (n = 45) were studied with electroencephalography (EEG). All patients underwent a routine EEG examination and quantitative EEG was recorded from 14 patients with AD, 20 with MID, and 12 ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Erkinjuntti T,Larsen T,Sulkava R,Ketonen L,Laaksonen R,Palo J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The LRRK2-G2019S mutation is the most common cause of Parkinson's disease (PD) in North Africa. G2019S-PD has been described as similar to idiopathic with minor clinical differences. The aim of this study was to determine the G2019S-related phenotype and to investigate gender and gene dosage effects on clini...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ben Romdhan S,Farhat N,Nasri A,Lesage S,Hdiji O,Ben Djebara M,Landoulsi Z,Stevanin G,Brice A,Damak M,Gouider R,Mhiri C

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cognitive impairment occurs in 40%-65% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Several techniques for cognitive rehabilitation (CR) in these patients have been evaluated; however, the results have been controversial. In this study, we investigated the efficacy of group compensatory CR in patients with MS-re...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Mani A,Chohedri E,Ravanfar P,Mowla A,Nikseresht A

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenylate kinase (AK) was determined in a lumbo-cisternal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) gradient and in CSF from patients with mental deterioration. AK activity was unchanged in the gradient and different from albumin and albumin ratio (alb CSF/albumin serum), a blood-brain barrier marker in the same gradient. No differen...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ahlberg J,Blomstrand C,Ronquist G,Wikkelsö C

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-hundred and eighty-one children born with forceps delivery and 372 with normal delivery were followed up for 4-7 years. More children in the forceps group developed seizures than in normal group, i.e. 22:10. This was statistically significant (P less than 0.05). A prolonged follow-up is necessary for further obs...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Maheshwari MC

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To re-evaluate middle-aged Swedish patients diagnosed with dysequilibrium syndrome (DES) in childhood and to compare their clinical and neuroimaging features to DES with VLDLR gene mutations (DES-VLDR). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Six patients from five families underwent neurological examination and magnetic res...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Melberg A,Orlén H,Raininko R,Entesarian M,Dahlqvist J,Gustavson KH,Dahl N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of oxygen-free radicals and their subsequent peroxidative action on membrane unsaturated fatty acids could be enhanced after subarachnoid hemorrhage. High-dose methylprednisolone (30 mg/Kg i.v.) treatment can antagonize acute SAH-induced brain hypoperfusion and protect the ultrastructural integrity of e...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Marzatico F,Gaetani P,Buratti E,Messina AL,Ferlenga P,Rodriguez y Baena R

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the sensitivity and specificity of isoelectric focusing (IEF) with immunofixation, agarose gel electrophoresis (AGE) and the IgG index in detecting intrathecally synthesized IgG in multiple sclerosis (MS) and in other nervous system disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and se...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lunding J,Midgard R,Vedeler CA

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Therapy of acute relapses in multiple sclerosis with corticosteroids (CC) remains uncertain with respect to route, dosage and effectiveness. This makes the treatment of relapses a clinical field where 'shared decision-making (SDM)' could be of advantage for the patients. A prerequisite for SDM is the provisi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Köpke S,Heesen C,Kasper J,Mühlhauser I

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the differences in brain morphology among patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy according to the occurrence of absence seizures. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty-one juvenile myoclonic epilepsy patients with (n = 6) and without (n = 15) absence seizures were enrolled. We analyzed whole-brain T1-...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Park KM,Kim TH,Han YH,Mun CW,Shin KJ,Ha SY,Park JS,Kim SE

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to estimate the risk of hip fracture after first-ever stroke, using a nationwide population-base data set and a retrospective cohort design. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The cohort study involved 18,413 patients surviving a first-ever stroke during the 12-year period from 1997 to 2008. Ano...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lin HL,Lin HC,Tseng YF,Liao HH,Worly JA,Pan CY,Hsu CY

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A three generation family is presented in which rapidly progressive, early-onset Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease without typical EEG changes segregates as an autosomal dominant disease. An aspartic acid to asparagine mutation at codon 178 of the prion gene, PRNP, co-segregates with the disease. As expected, the disease alle...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Holm IE,Abelskov K,Bojsen-Møller M,Nielsen AL,Jørgensen AL

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia is a global health problem with a huge impact on the lives of those afflicted. There are several distinct diseases that are classified under the umbrella term "dementia" ranging from neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease to chronic infections of the central nervous system such as subacute sc...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Malek N,Baker MR,Mann C,Greene J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid intimal medial thickening (c-IMT) is an established surrogate marker for atherosclerosis. There have been sporadic reports about an increase of c-IMT on the left carotid artery among populations with a mean age of +/-50 years. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether there is a di...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Arbel Y,Maharshak N,Gal-Oz A,Shapira I,Berliner S,Bornstein NM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the epidemiological and clinical features of motor neuron disease (MND) in a region (835,000 inhabitants) of south-western Greece. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The medical records of all patients diagnosed with adult-onset MND at the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital of Patras from 1990 ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Argyriou AA,Polychronopoulos P,Papapetropoulos S,Ellul J,Andriopoulos I,Katsoulas G,Salakou S,Chroni E

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acute severe headache may have a secondary form of headache. Standard head computer tomography (CT) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination are often performed in the absence of neurological deficits to exclude subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Increasingly, patients undergo subsequent CT angiography (CTA...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Alons IM,van den Wijngaard IR,Verheul RJ,Lycklama à Nijeholt G,Wermer MJ,Algra A,Jellema K

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that nitric oxide could be implicated in the neuronal degeneration of substantia nigra compacta in patients with Parkinson's disease. Recently, it has been reported decreased CSF nitrate levels (oxidation product that provides an indirect estimation of nitric oxide) in Parkinson's disease patient...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Molina JA,Jiménez-Jiménez FJ,Navarro JA,Vargas C,Gómez P,Benito-León J,Ortí-Pareja M,Cisneros E,Arenas J

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00