Sensitivity of transcranial Doppler for confirming brain death: a prospective study of 270 cases.

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：: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：BACKGROUND:Valproic acid (VPA) may induce hyperammonemic encephalopathy. On the other hand, seizure-inducing effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) may be a paradoxical reaction or a result of AED-induced encephalopathy (commonly induced by VPA). METHODS:We present the case of a 19-year-old male who developed acute men...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Velioğlu SK,Gazioğlu S

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Presence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as a predictor for Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) has been discussed from a clinical perspective. Recently, a Movement Disorder Society (MDS) commissioned Task Force published guidelines for PD-MCI. However, long-term follow-ups of the PD-MCI guidelines for the...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Domellöf ME,Ekman U,Forsgren L,Elgh E

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible and progressive neurodegenerative disorder. AD is the most common cause of dementia worldwide, and its incidence is increasing in line with population aging. The primary feature of AD is progressive cognitive decline, and severe AD is characterized by reduced communication s...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lee JH,Jeong SK,Kim BC,Park KW,Dash A

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:The epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of motor neuron disease (MND) in Chinese patients are ill known. METHODS:A registered study of 461 MND patients was conducted across 10 facilities in 7 Chinese cities from February 2009 to March 2010. RESULTS:Patients were classified as amyotrophic lateral scleros...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Cui F,Liu M,Chen Y,Huang X,Cui L,Fan D,Pu C,Lu J,Zhou D,Zhang C,Yan C,Li C,Ding X,Liu Y,Li X,Jiang Y,Zhang J,Shang H,Yao X,Ding Y,Niu Q,Wang L

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the types of syndrome, location, size and presumed causes of 72 patients with acute capsular lacunar infarction. Clinical syndromes were classified into pure motor hemiparesis (PM), sensorimotor stroke (SM) and ataxic hemiparesis (AH). Lesion sizes of AH were significantly smaller than those of PM (p <...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Tei H,Uchiyama S,Maruyama S

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that polymorphisms in the WT1 gene modulate the effect of IFN-β treatment in multiple sclerosis (MS) through regulation of the relationship between IFN-β and vitamin D. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether WT1 modulates the relationship between IFN-β and vitamin D in a longitudinal study with ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Holmøy T,Esbensen QY,Torkildsen Ø,Wergeland S,Bjerve KS,Beiske AG,Midgard R,Šaltytė-Benth J,Hovdal H,Myhr KM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebrovascular response to arterial hypoxia was studied during blockade of the vascular dopamine receptors and during alpha-adrenergic receptor stimulation and blockade in anaesthetized dogs. Dopamine receptor blockade with pimozide or haloperidol invariably decreased the degree of hypoxic vasodilatation in the ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

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

更新日期：1978-02-01 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：:We present 2 sibs with autosomal recessive spastic paraparesis and severe amyotrophy of the distal limb muscles. Elaborate neurophysiologic studies disclosed slight to moderate slowing of motor conduction, moderate to severe reduction of motor action potentials, denervation potentials, and increased distal motor laten...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bruyn RP,Scheltens P,Lycklama à Nijeholt J,de Jong JM

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The coincidence of coagulatopathy and chronic subdural haematoma (CSH) requires correction of coagulation to facilitate surgery. We investigated the correlation between coagulopathy and outcome in CSH patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We analysed past medical history, surgical treatment and coagulation paramete...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： König SA,Schick U,Döhnert J,Goldammer A,Vitzthum HE

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:There is a paucity of regional cerebral blood flow studies in Japanese encephalitis (JE). In this communication we report clinical, radiological and single photon emission computed tomography findings in subacute and chronic JE patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Eight JE patients whose ages ranged between 10 and...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kalita J,Das BK,Misra UK

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the possibility that the occurrence of seizures or the use of antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy might have influenced the rate of occurrence of volunteered histories of patient-recognized depression during pregnancy in women with epilepsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Analysis of data from 2039 pregnancie...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Vajda FJE,O'Brien TJ,Graham JE,Hitchcock AA,Mitchell J,Horgan D,Lander CM,Eadie MJ

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the EEG frequency distribution by quantitative EEG (QEEG) in 28 children with type 1 diabetes and 28 age- and sex-matched control children. Among the diabetic children, 15 had experienced episodes of severe hypoglycemia (SH group) and 13 had not experienced such episodes (non-SH group). The EEG analysi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bjørgaas M,Sand T,Gimse R

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hospital admission in otherwise healthy patients following a first unprovoked seizure is controversial. We aimed to evaluate the influence of admission in a neurology department on the identification of risk factors for seizure recurrence in patients with a first unprovoked seizure. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Goldberg I,Neufeld MY,Auriel E,Gandelman-Marton R

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A confident and accurate diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is important, but a specific diagnostic test for the disease does not exist. The traditional diagnostic criteria of Poser et al. were published in 1983, and recently, McDonald et al. recommended new criteria for the diagnosis of MS. PATIENTS AND ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Fangerau T,Schimrigk S,Haupts M,Kaeder M,Ahle G,Brune N,Klinkenberg K,Kotterba S,Möhring M,Sindern E,Multiple Sclerosis Study Group.

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alteration of amino acids in cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) from 14 cases of Parkinson's disease, five cases of cerebellar degeneration and five cases of headache (control) was studied using high performance liquid chromatography. In patients with Parkinson's disease, it was found that the CSF level of GABA showed a s...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Araki K,Takino T,Ida S,Kuriyama K

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:As part of a door-to-door survey of neurologic diseases, we investigated the prevalence of lumbosacral radiculopathy (LR) in two Sicilian municipalities (N = 14,540, as of November 1, 1987). MATERIAL & METHODS:During phase 1, we administered a brief screening instrument to subjects in the study population. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Savettieri G,Salemi G,Rocca WA,Meneghini F,D'Arpa A,Morgante L,Coraci MA,Reggio A,Grigoletto F,Di Perri R

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aetiological role of common genetic mutations was analysed in a subgroup of stroke patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A total of 406 patients were examined because of ischaemic stroke. After a detailed clinical scrutiny, 5 were found who did not exhibit any of the classical clinical risk factors. In this cl...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Szolnoki Z,Somogyvári F,Szabó M,Fodor L

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three consecutive patients with hemifacial spasm were studied. Magnetic resonance imaging angiography of the brain was performed in 20 patients and 15 controls. The angiograms were evaluated by two independent observers and blinded for side-location of the spasm. Contact between an artery from the vertebrobasil...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jespersen JH,Dupont E,Gelineck J,Lundorf E

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been considerable interest in the possible association between impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and neuropathy. A systematic literature search (Medline) and review was here performed. Twenty-three studies were evaluated. Fourteen investigated for the presence of neuropathy in patients with IGT. Nine studied ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rajabally YA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients at Stage II of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) were treated with semipurified alpha-interferon (IFN) using different combinations of intrathecal and intravenous routes: 1 x 10(6) IU of alpha-IFN were given every other day up to a total of 15 x 10(6) IU. Transient improvement of neurological s...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Maimone D,Grimaldi LM,Incorpora G,Biondi R,Sofia V,Mancuso GR,Siciliano L,Ruscica M,Pavone L

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first epidemiological study of myasthenia gravis (MG) in the area of Belgrade. During the survey period (1983 1992), 124 incidental cases of MG were observed, producing an average annual incidence rate of 7.1 per million population (women, 8.3; men, 5.8). Age and sex specific incidence rates for females de...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lavrnić D,Jarebinski M,Rakocević-Stojanović V,Stević Z,Lavrnić S,Pavlović S,Trikić R,Tripković I,Nesković V,Apostolski S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether anti-GM1 antibodies are increased in Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS:Serum immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG anti-GM1 antibodies were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 147 patients with PD and in 186 age-matched normal control subjects. Sera were assayed at initial...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Zappia M,Crescibene L,Bosco D,Arabia G,Nicoletti G,Bagalà A,Bastone L,Napoli ID,Caracciolo M,Bonavita S,Di Costanzo A,Gambardella A,Quattrone A

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:With the macrophage electrophoretic mobility (MEM) test of Field & Caspary, lymphocyte sensitization to thyroid antigen (F1-fraction) is demonstrable in all subjects--multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, those with other (destructive) neurological diseases (OND) and normals. The MEM-LAD test enables a further differentia...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jenssen HL,Meyer-Rienecker HJ,Köhler H,Günther JK

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Epilepsia partialis continua (Kojewnikow's syndrome) can be classified into 2 groups. The 1st group had stable neurological deficit, and the 2nd group had slowly progressive neurological deficit. The latter usually manifests not tetraplegia, but hemiplegia. We describe 3 patients with epilepsia partialis con...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Takahashi Y,Kubota H,Fujiwara T,Yagi K,Seino M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00