(99m)Tc-ethyl cysteinate dimer brain SPECT findings in early stage of dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease patients: a correlation with neuropsychological tests.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a higher risk of stroke and atrial fibrillation (AF). There are limited data on the comorbidity of renal dysfunction and AF in stroke patients. Our aim was to determine the frequency of kidney dysfunction in ischaemic stroke patients with and withou...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Laible M,Horstmann S,Rizos T,Rauch G,Zorn M,Veltkamp R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, a number of potential new therapeutic indications of botulinum toxin injections have emerged, amongst which sialorrhea has attracted considerable attention. Based on open-label and controlled studies, botulinum toxin can be used to improve sialorrhea in patients with Parkinson's disease, parkinsonian ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Tan EK

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:For Parkinson's disease (PD), an extended-release (ER) pramipexole formulation taken once daily, has shown efficacy, safety, and tolerability resembling those of immediate-release (IR) pramipexole taken three times daily. The present study assessed, in advanced PD, the success of an overnight swi...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Schapira AH,Barone P,Hauser RA,Mizuno Y,Rascol O,Busse M,Debieuvre C,Fraessdorf M,Poewe W

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy-induced binding and neutralizing antibodies is a major problem in interferon (IFN)-beta treatment of multiple sclerosis. The objective of this study was to provide guidelines outlining the methods and clinical use of the measurements of binding and neutralizing antibodies. Systematic search of the Medline data...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Sørensen PS,Deisenhammer F,Duda P,Hohlfeld R,Myhr KM,Palace J,Polman C,Pozzilli C,Ross C,EFNS Task Force on Anti-IFN-beta Antibodies in Multiple Sclerosis.

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among patients who underwent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination during a 5-year period, we found 18 patients at the multiple sclerosis center of the University of Rome and clinically definite multiple sclerosis, MRI white matter abnormalities, normal CSF examination, a disease d...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Fieschi C,Gasperini C,Ristori G,Bastianello S,Girmenia F,Leuzzi V,Buttinelli C,Pozzilli C,Rasura M

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation of general antiepileptic treatment patterns and utilization of particular drugs was carried out based on the prevalence study of adult active epilepsy in a sample of the Estonian population. The antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) used, and their doses were recorded and compared with clinical characteristics. Nin...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Oun A,Haldre S,Mägi M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Fabry disease is an X-linked disease, and enzyme-based screening methods are not suitable for female patients. METHODS:In total, 1000 young stroke patients (18-55 years, 661 with ischaemic stroke and 339 with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage) were recruited. The Sequenom iPLEX assay was use...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Lee TH,Yang JT,Lee JD,Chang KC,Peng TI,Chang TY,Huang KL,Liu CH,Ryu SJ,Burlina AP

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Approximately 9000 people in the UK are affected by Huntington's disease (HD). People with HD require ongoing health and social care support. There is a knowledge gap about costs of health and social care use associated with HD in the UK. This paper estimates the economic cost in the UK. METHODS...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Jones C,Busse M,Quinn L,Dawes H,Drew C,Kelson M,Hood K,Rosser A,Edwards RT

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Conversion disorder (CD), or functional neurological disorder, is manifested as a neurological disturbance that is not macroscopically visible on clinical structural neuroimaging and is instead ascribed to underlying psychological stress. Known for many years in neuropsychiatry, a comprehensive e...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Monsa R,Peer M,Arzy S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water drinking recently has been shown to raise blood pressure in normal subjects and in patients with autonomic failure who have orthostatic hypotension. However, in normal young subjects, ingestion of approximately 500 ml has no pressor effect; but in older subjects there is an increase in blood pressure. An even gr...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Mathias CJ,Young TM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (pRNFL) thickness is a strong candidate as a biomarker of axonal degeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim was to determine a cut-off value of pRNFL thinning rates in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) to discriminate between stable and progressing patien...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Bsteh G,Hegen H,Teuchner B,Berek K,Wurth S,Auer M,Di Pauli F,Deisenhammer F,Berger T

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to clarify the influence of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) changes in language-relevant areas of the dominant hemisphere on rCBF in each region in the non-dominant hemisphere in post-stroke aphasic patients. METHODS:The study subjects were 27 aphasic patients who suffere...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Uruma G,Kakuda W,Abo M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias (ADCAs) are a complex group of slowly progressive neurodegenerative disorders characterized by gait and stance ataxia, dysarthria and other symptoms of nervous system involvement. ADCA type I is the commonest form and is genetically heterogeneous; several loci have been identified...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Giuffrida S,Lanza S,Restivo DA,Saponara R,Valvo SC,Le Pira F,Trovato Salinaro A,Spinella F,Nicoletti A,Condorelli DF

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the baseline characteristics of 101 patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), entering a study that evaluates the diagnostic reliability of CSF outflow resistance. Patients were assessed by a gait scale consisting of 10 features of walking and the number of steps and seconds necessary for 10 m, a d...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Boon AJ,Tans JT,Delwel EJ,Egeler-Peerdeman SM,Hanlo PW,Wurzer JA,Hermans J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The expanded repeat length in ATXN1 negatively correlates with age at onset (AAO) of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) but can explain only part of it, indicating that other factors affect AAO. Some studies have explored the influence of non-causative CAG repeats on the AAO of SCA patients. Ho...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Wang P,Chen Z,Peng Y,Cao L,Li X,Wang C,Yang H,Peng H,Shi Y,Zhou X,Li T,Feng L,Wu C,Qiu R,Xia K,Tang B,Jiang H

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Spastic pes equinovarus is a frequent pathological posture of the lower extremity. Botulinum toxin (BoNT/A) has been successfully applied to treat lower limb spasticity. However, the best time to initiate treatment remains unclear. A beneficial effect of an early treatment has been suggested in p...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Fietzek UM,Kossmehl P,Schelosky L,Ebersbach G,Wissel J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The aim of this prospective study was to show and compare the rate of large-fiber involvement with near-nerve needle sensory (NNNS) nerve conduction study (NCS) and with medial plantar NCS recorded with surface electrodes in a group of patients who had clinically pure small-fiber sensory neuropat...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Uluc K,Temucin CM,Ozdamar SE,Demirci M,Tan E

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To examine the relative risk (RR) for living in nursing homes for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) compared with the general population and to ascertain society's costs related to nursing home placement for this patient group. METHODS:We evaluated the frequency of admission to nursing home...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Vossius C,Nilsen OB,Larsen JP

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Migraine and metabolic syndrome have been reported to coexist to a marked degree, especially in women migraine patients, but the relationship between these two conditions is still unclear. This study was performed to evaluate the association of headache characteristics and its comorbidities with ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： He Z,Dong L,Zhang Y,Kong Q,Tan G,Zhou J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The clinical predictors of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in multiple sclerosis (MS) have mainly been studied in patients with long-standing disease. The objective of this study was to investigate the longitudinal association among HRQoL and clinical characteristics in early MS. METHODS:...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Nourbakhsh B,Julian L,Waubant E

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The report focused on investigating the relationship between cigarette smoking and dementia in elderly people through prospective studies. We did a 2-year follow-up study of elderly people. A total of 2820 participants aged 60 years old and over from six communities of Chongqing agreed to take part. Dementia was diagn...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Juan D,Zhou DH,Li J,Wang JY,Gao C,Chen M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous, controlled study we demonstrated that the general lower limb activity measured by three-channel actometry is a promising objective measure of restless legs syndrome (RLS) severity. In the present study we have further evaluated the method in measuring RLS symptom severity in an open, single-day pramipex...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Tuisku K,Holi MM,Wahlbeck K,Ahlgren AJ,Lauerma H

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Increased arterial stiffness causes vessel damage in the end-organs. Therefore small vessels in the brain may be susceptible to increased arterial stiffness. Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) are topographically or pathophysiologically categorized as deep or infratentorial type and strictly lobar type....

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Song TJ,Kim J,Kim YD,Nam HS,Lee HS,Nam CM,Heo JH

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Variations in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) occur. This study was performed to obtain insight into the reasons why patients with MS use or do not use immunomodulating treatment (DMT). METHODS:We held a survey on the use of DMT in a group of 1572 patients with MS. RESULTS:Response rate was 89%. O...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Visser LH,van der Zande A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No studies have prospectively investigated headache at onset of first-ever ischemic stroke along with a large concurrent control group. Our aims were to answer two important questions: (i) Are headaches at stroke onset causally related to the stroke, and what are their typical clinical characteristics? (ii) What etiol...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Lebedeva ER,Ushenin AV,Gurary NM,Tsypushkina TS,Gilev DV,Kislyak NV,Olesen J

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the relative anti-Parkinson's disease (PD) tremor potencies of pergolide and pramipexole in people with PD, using a 3-month double-blind cross-over design. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either pergolide and then pramipexole (n=9) or vice versa (n=8). The dose of the respective dopamine...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Navan P,Findley LJ,Undy MB,Pearce RK,Bain PG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Intrathecal immunoglobulin (Ig) synthesis occurs in various chronic inflammatory neurological diseases. Different formulae have been developed for quantitative determination of Ig synthesis within the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) compartment. The hyperbolic formula of Reiber is frequently used which...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Auer M,Hegen H,Zeileis A,Deisenhammer F

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients are often emotionally disturbed. We investigated anger in these patients in relation to demographic, clinical, and mood characteristics. PATIENTS AND METHODS:About 195 cognitively unimpaired MS patients (150 relapsing-remitting and 45 progressive) were evaluated ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Nocentini U,Tedeschi G,Migliaccio R,Dinacci D,Lavorgna L,Bonavita S,Bresciamorra V,Comanducci G,Coniglio G,Livrea P,Mannu R,Orefice G,Paciello M,Patti F,Quattrone A,Salemi G,Savettieri G,Simone IL,Valentino P,Zappia

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the corticomotor projection to the upper limb in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) and the changes that occur with botulinum toxin (BTX)-A. METHODS:The study design is a pilot prospective randomized trial. Twenty-two children with hemiplegic CP aged 7 years to 13 years 11 months were recr...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Redman TA,Gibson N,Finn JC,Bremner AP,Valentine J,Thickbroom GW

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the cephalic vascular system have markedly contributed towards an understanding of the mechanisms of migraine pain. Whereas cerebral blood flow changes, and thereby changes in the arterioles, correlate poorly with migraine headache, abnormal regulation of the large cranial arteries seems to play a significa...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Thomsen LL

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00