HTLV-1-associated myelopathy: first case reported in Taiwan.

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：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：OBJECTIVES:Evaluate interim long-term tolerability, safety and efficacy of adjunctive perampanel, a novel α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-5-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-receptor antagonist, in patients with refractory partial-onset seizures. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Study 207, an open-label extension (OLE) study (ClinicalTr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rektor I,Krauss GL,Bar M,Biton V,Klapper JA,Vaiciene-Magistris N,Kuba R,Squillacote D,Gee M,Kumar D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The cost-effectiveness of available pharmacological treatments for narcolepsy is largely unknown. Available pharmacological treatments are associated with tolerability, abuse, and adherence issues. Pitolisant is the first inverse agonist of the histamine H3 receptor to be prescribed for the treatment of narc...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bolin K,Niska PÅ,Pirhonen L,Wasling P,Landtblom AM

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：MATERIALS AND METHODS:In a prospective study we evaluated patients with first generalized tonic-clonic seizure (GTCS) (n = 16, age: 31 +/- 11 years, 8 women) and patients with vaso-vagal syncope (VVS) (n = 17, age: 32 +/- 13 years, 8 women), diagnosed on the basis of past history and clinical presentation who had serum...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Neufeld MY,Treves TA,Chistik V,Korczyn AD

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:Brivaracetam (BRV) is a new antiseizure medication (ASM) that is currently approved for adjunctive treatment in patients with focal onset seizures. Similarly to levetiracetam (LEV), BRV works by binding SV2A vesicles with a high affinity and a linear pharmacokinetic profile. Retrospective studies and randomized clinic...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Verrotti A,Grasso EA,Cacciatore M,Matricardi S,Striano P

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine differences in cerebrovascular reactivity between multi-infarct and Alzheimer types of dementia. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Using transcranial Doppler, measurements of flow velocity in the middle cerebral arteries during apnea, thumb-to-finger opposition and verbal and design discrimination tasks were ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Matteis M,Silvestrini M,Troisi E,Bragoni M,Vernieri F,Caltagirone C

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromyograms (EMGs) are usually considered artifacts during electroencephalographic (EEG) recording for determination of electrocerebral silence (ECS). Appearance of scalp motor unit activity, however, may reflect residual brainstem function and can introduce difficulty in establishing a secure diagnosis of brain d...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Wee AS

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure-volume compensation may change over time as part of normal ageing, where the resistance to CSF outflow increases and the formation of CSF decreases with age. Is CSF compensation dependent on duration of symptoms in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH)? METHODS:We...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Czosnyka Z,Owler B,Keong N,Santarius T,Baledent O,Pickard JD,Czosnyka M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Health-related quality of life (HRQL) has become an important outcome criterion of medical interventions, but was hardly studied in patients with facial spasms. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients with blepharospasm or hemifacial spasm treated with botulinum toxin were included. A healthy control group sociodemo...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Reimer J,Gilg K,Karow A,Esser J,Franke GH

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Until now, the significance of plasma exchange (PE) as a treatment for steroid-unresponsive optic neuritis (ON) is still unclear because placebo-controlled and larger studies are missing. We report our experience with 23 patients treated by PE due to steroid-unresponsive ON. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients w...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Roesner S,Appel R,Gbadamosi J,Martin R,Heesen C

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if visual hallucinations in patients with Parkinson's disease are associated with an increased prevalence of white matter lesions. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifteen patients with (group 1) and 15 patients without (group 2) a history of visual hallucinations were studied. Both groups were matched for...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kraft E,Winkelmann J,Trenkwalder C,Auer DP

更新日期：1999-06-01 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：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：:The possibility of disturbed dopamine and serotonin metabolism in senile dementia of Alzheimer type was studied. The basal concentrations of homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were studied in 28 patients with senile dementia of Alzheimer type and in 13 controls...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Soininen H,MacDonald E,Rekonen M,Riekkinen PJ

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of bromocriptine in patients with Parkinson's disease manifesting various problems in levodopa therapy were tested in a double-blind manner with the collaboration of 59 institutions. The slow and low principle was in part adopted. Either bromocriptine or placebo was added to levodopa. Twenty-nine % of the ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Toyokura Y,Mizuno Y,Kase M,Sobue I,Kuroiwa Y,Narabayashi H,Uono M,Nakanishi T,Kameyama M,Ito H

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current understanding on the historic, epidemiologic, genetic, clinical, neuropathologic, neurochemical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) are revisited. In addition, new research directions are described. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Litvan I

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to illuminate adult's experienced quality of life in newly-debuted epilepsy and to test the American instrument Quality of Life Index (QLI) for the first time on an epilepsy population. A second aim was to find appropriate questions to measure patient perceptions in epilepsy. MATERIAL AND M...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Räty L,Hamrin E,Söderfeldt B

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of probable multiple sclerosis (MS) in Caltanissetta city, Sicily, is at least 51 per 100,000. If possible multiple sclerosis patients are included, it is 54 per 100,000. This value is similar to that found in other cities in Sicily: Enna, Monreale and Agrigento. The high prevalence of multiple sclerosi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Savettieri G,Elian M,Giordano D,Grimaldi G,Ventura A,Dean G

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiological characteristics of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) before the age of 55 are reviewed in 399 patients admitted to the Department of Neurology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, from 1973-77. The material was well-defined with regard to subtypes of stroke as well as to the diseased population. The control ma...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Mettinger KL,Söderström CE,Neiman J

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate acute effects of intra-amygdalar excitatory amino acid administration on blood flow, relaxation time and apparent diffusion coefficient in rat brain. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Several days after MR-compatible cannula placement in right basolateral amygdala, anesthetized rats were imaged at 7 T. R...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Munasinghe JP,Banerjee M,Acosta MT,Banks M,Heffer A,Silva AC,Koretsky A,Theodore WH

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Understanding how antiepileptic (AED) monotherapy influences normative test scores is of importance in the clinic for correct interpretation of neuropsychological profiles. Previous studies have primarily reported minor influence on neuropsychological raw scores, and the clinical relevance of these findings ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hessen E,Lossius MI,Gjerstad L

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cortical blindness, a rare form of cyclosporine (CSA) neurotoxicity, has previously been described in only nine bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients. METHODS:Our institution averages 35 allogeneic BMT's per year. In the past year we have seen two women with reversible cortical blindness secondary to CS...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Edwards LL,Wszolek ZK,Normand MM

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Comorbidities of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH), such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's spectrum (PS) disorder, can affect the long-term prognosis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting. Therefore, it is important to be able to predict comorbidities in the early stage of the disease...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kamohara C,Nakajima M,Kawamura K,Akiba C,Ogino I,Xu H,Karagiozov K,Arai H,Miyajima M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult-onset muscular dystrophy. It is associated with motor symptoms but patients also display non-motor symptoms such as particular personality traits. Studies have reported mixed results about personality characteristics which may be attributable to small ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bertrand JA,Jean S,Laberge L,Gagnon C,Mathieu J,Gagnon JF,Richer L

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a young woman who developed left ventricular failure and pulmonary edema during fulminant onset of multiple sclerosis. One of the numerous plaques was located in the left inferior cerebellar peduncle near the dorsal motor vagal and solitary tract nuclei. Within two days pulmonary edema had cleared, and wit...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Melin J,Usenius JP,Fogelholm R

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Strokes represent the most common etiology of epilepsy in patients over the age of 60 years, with an incidence of 2-4% occurring in different studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this observational study, 1,428 patients were included who had stroke and were admitted to our Stroke Unit between the years 1996 an...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Benbir G,Ince B,Bozluolcay M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00