Mode of action of dantrolene sodium in spasticity.

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the relationship between people with epilepsy and birth order. METHODS:A case-control study of 336 epileptics, 15 years and above, and their 1961 full siblings. The data was analysed by birth order and then stratified by sibship size. The 95% confidence interval (CI) for each odds ratio (OR) was ob...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Obeid T,Awada A,Amene P,Oni G

更新日期：2002-03-01 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:To study migraine without aura (MwoA) prevalence in the commune of Vågå, Norway; 1838 (18- to 65-year-old) individuals were included. A special search was made for cervicogenic characteristics in MwoA, as it has been claimed that such characteristics may frequently be present. A comparison with cervicogenic ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sjaastad O,Bakketeig LS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54 year-old woman showed the unusual association of a Guillain-Barré syndrome and opsoclonus, a rare eye movement characterized by involuntary bursts of jerking, ataxic and multidirectional saccades, without an intersaccadic interval. Since opsoclonus is a phenomenon described exclusively in CNS diseases, the case r...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nicolai A,Lazzarino LG

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prescriptions of antiepileptic drugs in the years 1985 and 1986 were used to identify all possible cases of epilepsy in a population of about 50,000 people. The general practitioners of the study area filled out a questionnaire for each user of antiepileptic drugs registered as a patient of theirs. This informatio...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Giuliani G,Terziani S,Senigaglia AR,Luccioni G,Foschi N,Maffei C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to transcode integers from ideographic to alphabetic script was assessed in patients with dementia of Alzheimer type. Eleven of 13 consecutive patients made characteristic errors of intrusion. We propose that this may be a simple bedside test for dementia. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Tegnér R,Nybäck H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report three cases of premature death in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), a benign form of idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) in which no case of epilepsy-related death has been reported. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed all medical records of JME patients first referred to two epile...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Genton P,Gelisse P

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with wasting confined to a single lower limb are reported. The characteristic features were: sporadic occurrence, insidious onset with slow progression and in 2 cases arrested course for at least 4 years, wasting out of proportion with disability, absence of sensory, pyramidal tract or bulbar signs. CK,...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Uncini A,Servidei S,Delli Pizzi C,Cutarella R,Di Muzio A,Gambi D,Tonali P

更新日期：1992-06-01 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：:Three patients are presented who developed conduction aphasia after a small infarction almost exclusively confined to the arcuate fasciculus. All of them were diagnosed as conduction aphasia within a week after the stroke and showed a rapid amelioration. On the basis of the 3 patients and conduction aphasics in the li...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Tanabe H,Sawada T,Inoue N,Ogawa M,Kuriyama Y,Shiraishi J

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Interindividual variability in intestinal absorption and bioavailability might contribute to inadequate control of seizures under treatment with carbamazepine and phenytoin. We therefore correlated intestinal expression levels and genetics of CYP3A4, CYP2C9/19, MDR1 and MRP2 with dose requirement and plasma ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Simon C,Stieger B,Kullak-Ublick GA,Fried M,Mueller S,Fritschy JM,Wieser HG,Pauli-Magnus C

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) is characterized by the clinical motor symptoms of hypokinesia, rigidity, and tremor. Apart from these motor symptoms, cognitive deficits often occur in IPD. The positive effect of cholinesterase inhibitors on cognitive deficits in IPD and findings of earlier molecular im...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lorenz R,Samnick S,Dillmann U,Schiller M,Ong MF,Faßbender K,Buck A,Spiegel J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the relationship between mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variations and phenotypes in patients with A3243G mutation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We studied whole mtDNA sequences in two families with A3243G mutation and characteristic clinical features. Two brothers in Family 1 had shown thiamine defi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Morovvati S,Nakagawa M,Sato Y,Hamada K,Higuchi I,Osame M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:It was shown previously that low-Mg2+-induced epileptiform activity in rat entorhinal cortex slices changes with time from a pattern of serial seizure-like events (SLEs) to a state of continuously recurring epileptiform activity. Valproic acid blocked the early SLEs but not the late activity. It was proposed...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Dreier JP,Zhang CL,Heinemann U

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From September 1985 to December 1989 a total of 158 patients had primary intracerebral haemorrhage in the population of 116,000 in the Jyväskylä Region, Central Finland. All had the diagnosis confirmed by either computerised tomography or necropsy, and information on cigarette smoking habits was available in 155 patie...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Fogelholm R,Murros K

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our purpose was to identify the incidence and significance of markers of systemic connective tissue abnormalities (CTA) in patients with saccular intracranial aneurysms (SIA). MATERIALS AND METHODS:This prospective case-control study included 199 consecutive patients with SIA (103 women and 96 men, mean age...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lebedeva ER,Sakovich VP

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied clinically and electrophysiologically 8 patients affected by orthostatic tremor (OT), which is an unusual movement disorder consisting of shaking movements of the legs and trunk in the standing position. We failed to find any cause in 6 of the 8 cases. In 2 patients OT was clearly secondary to neurologic di...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gabellini AS,Martinelli P,Gullì MR,Ambrosetto G,Ciucci G,Lugaresi E

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the ophthalmic artery (OA) as a collateral to the cerebral circulation in carotid occlusive disease is somewhat controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the importance of this collateral by comparing the results of transorbital Doppler ultrasonography and regional cerebral blood flow measurements...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kerty E,Nyberg-Hansen R,Dahl A,Bakke SJ,Russell D,Rootwelt K

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated executive function in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, and focused on executive dysfunction in PD with hallucinations, but without dementia. METHODS:PD patients were classified by cognitive or neuropsychotic status as PD group, PD with vivid dreaming group, PD with hallucinations group and ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Imamura K,Wada-Isoe K,Kitayama M,Nakashima K

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The epidemiology, manifestations, and course of Parkinson's disease (PD) may differ in men and women. Assessments of severity of the illness and quality of life (QoL), and the burden on their caregivers (CG) may change as the disease advances. We determined gender differences in assessment by patients with P...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Balash Y,Korczyn AD,Migirov AA,Gurevich T

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis (PEM) and small cell lung cancer had a clinical presentation of acute polyneuritis. The patient had an antibody (anti-Hu) restricted to nuclei of neurons identical to that reported in patients with subacute sensory neuronopathy and lung cancer. This finding further suppo...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Graus F,Elkon KB,Lloberes P,Ribalta T,Torres A,Ussetti P,Valls J,Obach J,Agusti-Vidal A

更新日期：1987-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Although patients >80 years were excluded in RCTs for tPA treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS), many centers treat old patients. We wanted to examine whether age ≥80 years is an independent predictor of outcome after tPA. MATERIALS:We included 77 consecutive patients ≥80 years and 83 patients <80 years t...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Henriksen EH,Ljøstad U,Tveiten A,Naess H,Thomassen L,Mygland A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease. There is evidence that oxidative stress is implicated in the pathophysiology of the neurodegenerative disorders, including ALS. Data from the literature suggests that the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) partic...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Iłzecka J

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:Using the macrophage electrophoretic mobility (MEM) test, the in vitro effects of oleic, linoleic and arachidonic acid, as well as Naudicell oil and methyl gamma-linolenate, on lymphocyte response to various antigens (PPD, thyroid antigen and EF) were studied in patients with mutiple sclerosis, patients with other neu...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Field EJ,Shenton BK

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of seizures on synthesis of the polyadenylic acid (poly(A]-containing messenger RNA (mRNA) isolated from brain polysomes in a genetically seizure-susceptible E1 mouse was studied in vivo. The seizure in the E1 mice was induced by tossed-up stimulation. Immediately after the seizure ceased, the labeled oroti...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Yamagami S,Onishi H,Kawakita Y

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of the treatment with valproic acid (VPA) in patients with status epilepticus (SE) or acute repetitive seizures (ARS) comparing it with phenytoin (PHT) treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients with SE or ARS were treated in a consecutive manner with either VPA or PH...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gilad R,Izkovitz N,Dabby R,Rapoport A,Sadeh M,Weller B,Lampl Y

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Optic neuritis (ON) often precedes multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is associated with a significant socioeconomic burden. However, the burden of ON with and without MS before and after its diagnosis has never been calculated. METHODS:Using complete national records from the Danish National Patient Registry (199...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jennum P,Frederiksen JL,Wanscher B,Kjellberg J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00