The prevalence of hereditary spastic paraplegia and the occurrence of SPG4 mutations in Estonia.

abstract：:Most available data on the prognosis of epileptic seizures come from hospital-based clinics in which patients with chronic or severe disease are over-represented. The National General Practice Study of Epilepsy and Epileptic Seizures is a large prospective community-based study of people with newly diagnosed seizures ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Hart YM,Sander JW,Sharvon SD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison of epidemiological and clinical features of trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GN) in Rochester, Minn., reveals several differences. The overall age- and sex-adjusted annual incidence rates were significantly higher for TN than for GN (4.7 vs. 0.8 per 100,000 population). The TN:GN ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Katusic S,Williams DB,Beard CM,Bergstralh EJ,Kurland LT

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Poorer socioeconomic conditions early in life have been linked with memory, attention and learning deficits in adulthood, as well as with specific areas of educational achievement. It remains unclear, however, whether these distal associations are mediated by more current socioeconomic factors. In this study,...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kobrosly RW,van Wijngaarden E,Galea S,Cory-Slechta DA,Love T,Hong C,Shamlaye CF,Davidson PW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some dementias, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, may result from transmissible agents. To assess the possibility of a blood-borne transmissible agent in Alzheimer's disease (AD), we compared informant-reported history of blood transfusions among 326 newly recognized probable AD cases and 330 control subjects of simi...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： O'Meara ES,Kukull WA,Schellenberg GD,Bowen JD,McCormick WC,Teri L,Pfanschmidt M,Thompson JD,Larson EB

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the feasibility of a fully automated brain MRI voxel count technique--automated labeling pathway (ALP)--in a sample of 15 demented and 13 cognitively normal women (age 75-85 years) participating to the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS). We hypothesized that ALP would replicate well-established findings of th...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Rosano C,Becker J,Lopez O,Lopez-Garcia P,Carter CS,Newman A,Kuller L,Aizenstein H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple sclerosis (MS) mortality 1968-1977 in France, as reported by Alpérovitch and Bouvier, was tested for a possible correlation with a number of sociogeographic variables from relevant periods. The MS rate was associated with the main industry groups (metal processing and textile industry), with industry as a...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Lauer K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge of the prevalence of spinal cord disorders (SCD) is important to understand specific causes in each part of the worldand to allow to potentially adapt health care and public policy including law enforcement to the main causes. SCD have important personal, biopsychological, socio-economic, short-term and ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： El Tallawy HN,Farghly WM,Badry R,Rageh TA,Hakeem Metwally NA,Shehata GA,Sayd MA,Hamed Y,Kandil MR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Austria is almost unknown. We evaluated the prevalence of MS in Austria using data from questionnaires completed by neurologists, comprising information on a total of 1,006 MS patients who attended 30 out-patient specialized clinics nationwide. Additional data were collec...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Baumhackl U,Eibl G,Ganzinger U,Hartung HP,Mamoli B,Pfeiffer KP,Fazekas F,Vass K,Austrian MS Study Committee.

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective was to determine the cerebrovascular prevalence in a town in the Brazilian Amazon basin and compare the ribeirinhos (riparians) to the urban population in the same municipality. METHODS:From May to October 2011, 6,216 residents over 35 years of age in the town of Coari were interviewed using a...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Fernandes TG,Benseñor IM,Goulart AC,Tavares BM,Alencar AP,Santos IS,Lotufo PA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of dementia increases by 15-28% in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). However, studies on dementia risk in type 1 DM have been neither comprehensive nor conclusive. METHODS:We carried out a cohort study involving 1,077 patients registered to have type 1 DM from 1998 to 2009 and 32,310 mat...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kuo CL,Lu CL,Chang YH,Li CY

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between smoking status and incident Alzheimer's disease (AD) was investigated in a random stratified sample of a biracial community in Chicago. Analyses are based on 1,064 persons (of 1,134 evaluated) who had data on smoking status, disease incidence, and key covariates such as apolipoprotein allele s...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Aggarwal NT,Bienias JL,Bennett DA,Wilson RS,Morris MC,Schneider JA,Shah RC,Evans DA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report anticipation in an extensive sample of myotonic dystrophy (MyD) kindreds taken from an epidemiological survey recently conducted in Guipúzcoa, Spain. Analysis of the parent-child pairs ascertained showed a mean anticipation of 2.86 decades (range 0-6). Greater anticipation occurred when the transmissor paren...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： López de Munain A,Blanco A,Emparanza JI,Martí Massó JF,Cobo A,Basauri B,Martorell L,Baiget M,Martínez Lage JM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to determine the accuracy of the iScore for predicting mortality and early disability following ischemic stroke in a French population-based study. METHODS:All patients with acute ischemic stroke were identified among residents of the city of Dijon, France, between 2006 and 2011, using a population...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Béjot Y,Jacquin A,Daubail B,Durier J,Giroud M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The previously reported prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Bulgaria is considerably lower than that reported for neighbouring countries. The aim of this study was to perform a detailed epidemiological investigation in well-defined populations in this country to obtain an accurate estimate of the frequency of multiple...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Milanov I,Georgiev D,Kmetska K,Jordanova L,Topalov N

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence is emerging that exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POP) is a risk factor for atherosclerosis-related diseases and for diabetes mellitus (DM). We hypothesized that residential proximity to sources of POP will be associated with an increase in hospitalization rates for ischemic stroke (IS) wi...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Sergeev AV,Carpenter DO

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality rates for deaths 'due to' and 'with' hereditary ataxias are presented for the first time. Age-adjusted mortality rates were higher for whites than for nonwhites of either sex, and for men in both racial groups. Age-specific mortality rates for whites showed a peak for 'hereditary spinal ataxia' in the 20-29 ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Leone M,Chandra V,Schoenberg BS

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a community-based study on a cohort of 221 stroke patients followed for 3 years. In this paper, we tried to answer the following questions: Is the risk of dying increased throughout the first 3 years after stroke? What are the causes of death after the 1st month? What factors at stroke onset are independe...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Loor HI,Groenier KH,Limburg M,Schuling J,Meyboom-de Jong B

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past several years, a substantial amount of new information on the epidemiology and pathophysiology of diabetes and vascular disease has become available. Autopsy studies suggest that diabetic patients are susceptible to cerebral small-artery disease and lacunar infarction and may be at risk for large-artery at...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Lukovits TG,Mazzone TM,Gorelick TM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:There is increasing evidence that the pathophysiologic mechanisms are different between migraine and tension-type headache. The aim of the study was to determine possible sociodemographic differences in Saudi Arabia subjects with headache. METHODOLOGY:A community-based door-to-door survey with i...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Abdul Jabbar M,Ogunniyi A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the age and sex variations in the relationship between diabetes and stroke. METHODS:This analysis was based on data from 61,327 Canadians > or =45 years of age who participated in the Canadian Community Health Survey in 2000-2001. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the associ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Lin M,Chen Y,Sigal RJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures precipitated by the stimulus of hot water known as 'hot water epilepsy' (HWE) have been commonly reported from South India. The present report outlines certain descriptive epidemiological aspects of 78 cases from two rural satellite clinics of National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Gururaj G,Satishchandra P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite decades of research, there are no national estimates of the incidence or prevalence of spinal cord injury (SCI) in Canada. Our objective was to utilize the best available data to estimate the incidence and prevalence of traumatic SCI (TSCI) and non-traumatic SCI (NTSCI) in Canada for 2010. METHODS:I...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Noonan VK,Fingas M,Farry A,Baxter D,Singh A,Fehlings MG,Dvorak MF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that oxidative stress is involved in cerebral aging and dementia. The objective of this review is to give a progress report on the more recent results of the various epidemiologic cohorts studied for the association between nutrition of older people, the evolution of cognitive performances...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Deschamps V,Barberger-Gateau P,Peuchant E,Orgogozo JM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has been suggested as a term for a boundary area between normal aging and dementia. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of MCI in the elderly in the Hebei province, China, and explore its related factors. METHODS:Participants included 2,601 community-dwelling ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Xu S,Xie B,Song M,Yu L,Wang L,An C,Zhu Q,Han K,Zhao X,Zhang R,Dong L,Chai N,Gao Y,Zhang Q,Wang X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incidence and prevalence studies of neurological disorders play an extremely important role in hypothesis-generation, assessing the burden of disease and planning of health services. However, the assessment of disease estimates is hindered by the poor quality of reporting for such studies. We developed the S...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Bennett DA,Brayne C,Feigin VL,Barker-Collo S,Brainin M,Davis D,Gallo V,Jetté N,Karch A,Kurtzke JF,Lavados PM,Logroscino G,Nagel G,Preux PM,Rothwell PM,Svenson LW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence rates in five districts of Bulgaria were compared with some geographic and climatic factors. In Bulgaria the latitude seems not to be a factor influencing the MS distribution. As to the climatic factors, a negative correlation was obtained between MS prevalence and mean annual su...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kalafatova O

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study is a long-standing effort to report consistent and comprehensive measures of disease burden for the world. In this paper, we describe the methods used to estimate the global burden of stroke for the GBD 2013 study. Pathologic subtypes of stroke are modeled separately for two mu...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Roth GA,Johnson CO,Nguyen G,Naghavi M,Feigin VL,Murray CJ,Forouzanfar MH,Vos T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial aggregation has been shown for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) separately, and it has been hypothesized that these diseases also coaggregate in families. METHODS:The authors investigated familial coaggregation of AD and PD by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis. P...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Feldman AL,Johansson AL,Lambert PC,Sieurin J,Yang F,Pedersen NL,Wirdefeldt K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on dyskinesia and Parkinson's syndrome associated with chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have been mainly limited to case reports or case series studies. This population-based study investigated the risk of Parkinson's disease in patients with ESRD. METHODS:From a universal in...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Wang IK,Lin CL,Wu YY,Chou CY,Lin SY,Liu JH,Yen TH,Huang CC,Sung FC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anthropometric indexes are powerful indicators of the environment and the plasticity of the human body. This study aimed at exploring the anthropometric indexes that are associated with late-life cognition impairment among the elderly Chinese in the Shanghai Aging Study. METHODS:The height, weight, and sitt...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Liang X,Li X,Ding D,Zhao Q,Luo J,Guo Q,Hong Z

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00