Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:The aim of this open label pilot study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of levetiracetam (LEV) as 'de novo' monotherapy in children and adolescents with late onset childhood occipital epilepsy-Gastaut type (COE-G). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Twelve patients suffering from COE-G were enrolled in this prospective study. The age of seizures onset ranged from 6.1 to 16.2 years with a peak of frequency at mean (+/-SD) 10.54 +/- 2.77 years. Therapy with LEV was started at 10 mg/kg/day and, after titration, the final dose was generally achieved within 4 weeks and ranged from 20.7 to 45.2 mg/kg/day. RESULTS:At the 6 month evaluation, 11 (91.6%) of the 12 patients studied were seizure free, and one (8.3%) showed four additional episodes. Electroencephalography (EEG) activity was normal in six (54.5%) patients, unchanged in two (18.1%) children, and in four (33.3%) patients sporadic occipital abnormalities persisted. At the 12-month evaluation all patients were completely seizure free. Four patients (33.3%) continued to show some EEG abnormalities, while eight (72.8%) patients had normal EEG. At the 18-month evaluation all patients were seizure free and 10 patients (83.3%) showed a complete normalization of EEG abnormalities. DISCUSSION:Monotherapy with LEV was effective and well tolerated in patients with COE-G. Nevertheless, prospective, large, long-term double-blind studies are needed to confirm these findings.
journal_name
Acta Neurol Scandjournal_title
Acta neurologica Scandinavicaauthors
Verrotti A,Parisi P,Loiacono G,Mohn A,Grosso S,Balestri P,Tozzi E,Iannetti P,Chiarelli F,Curatolo Pdoi
10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01264.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-11-01 00:00:00pages
342-6issue
5eissn
0001-6314issn
1600-0404pii
ANE1264journal_volume
120pub_type
临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究abstract::Beat-to-beat variation (R-R variation) in the electrocardiogram was studied in experimental allergic neuritis in the Sprague-Dawley rat. Reduced R-R variations were found in 2 of 10 animals, probably as a sign of autonomic dysfunction. The vagal nerves from these two animals, studied in vitro, showed disturbed conduct...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1985.tb01542.x
更新日期:1985-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Amino acid concentrations in plasma of patients with Huntington's disease (HD) were determined in 16 patients and 21 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Alanine and isoleucine were significantly decreased in HD plasma whereas arginine, histidine, leucine, lysine, ornithine, proline, serine, threonine, tyrosine, and...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb00438.x
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To analyze the correlation between blood pressure (BP) variability and leukoaraiosis (LA) amount in patients with symptomatic cerebral small-vessel disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We included 25 hypertensive patients: 13 with Binswanger's disease (BD) and 12 with a first-ever lacunar infarction (LI). Baselin...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1034/j.1600-0404.2001.00082.x
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe the incidence and explore the quality of registered diagnosis for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in a population-based retrospective study in South-West Stockholm (SWS), Sweden, during the period 1973-1991. We used data on registered hospital discharges and open-care visits, and from medical records. Medica...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb00416.x
更新日期:1995-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Variants in the EIF4G1 gene have been recently identified to be responsible for autosomal dominant PD (PARK18), but its role in the PD-related neurodegeneration is unclear. Several EIF4G1 mutation/variants were found to be associated with PD, and functional studies have suggested that these variants may impair the abi...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/ane.12397
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We used an electrical conditioning stimulation followed by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to facilitate the occurrence of long latency potentials (LLPs) in order to study the relationship between primary motor evoked potentials (MEPs) and LLPs in the lower limbs. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study gro...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb07323.x
更新日期:1998-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study is a report of 34 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) observed in Bangalore (South India), an endemic area for Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection. Virological and immunological findings suggested an antecedent and recent JEV infection in 21/34 patients. Nineteen patients among them showed high l...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1994.tb02681.x
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Association of leuko-araiosis (LA) with certain risk factors has been reported in Western patients. This is a case-control study to determine the risk factors and the type of stroke associated with LA in Saudi patients. DESIGN AND SETTING:398 consecutive Saudi patients with the diagnosis of stroke admitted o...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00054.x
更新日期:1996-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) injections in the salivary glands and radiotherapy (RT) on these glands are commonly used to alleviate severe drooling in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This study compares BoNT type A with RT based on patient-rated evaluations. MATERIALS & METHODS:A prospecti...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/ane.12559
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To re-evaluate middle-aged Swedish patients diagnosed with dysequilibrium syndrome (DES) in childhood and to compare their clinical and neuroimaging features to DES with VLDLR gene mutations (DES-VLDR). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Six patients from five families underwent neurological examination and magnetic res...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01335.x
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::While the association of spinal cord tumor and high-pressure hydrocephalus is well known, only 5 cases of spinal cord tumor associated with normotensive hydrocephalus have been reported. Two further cases are described here, discussing the possible pathophysiological mechanism. It is suggested that these patients go t...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1987.tb03585.x
更新日期:1987-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To assess predictors of headache in patients who had sustained a head injury 22 years earlier. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A questionnaire about headache was sent to 361 subjects hospitalized for head injury in 1974-1975. RESULTS:A total of 249 patients (69%) responded to the questionnaire. The prevalence of hea...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00344.x
更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Patients with multiple sclerosis have an increased risk of infections compared to the general population. The increased risk has been described for decades and is not alone attributed to the use of disease-modifying drugs, but secondary to the disability. The introduction of more potent immunomodulatory drugs may caus...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/ane.12835
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Supernatants of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL), containing lymphokines, isolated from MS patients and healthy subjects were tested for demyelinating activity in organotypic culture of the rat cerebellum. PBL were isolated on Ficoll-paque gradient and cultures in RPMI 1640 medium for 72 h with or without phytohemag...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1986.tb07853.x
更新日期:1986-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01109.x
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Sparse information on dose-response characteristics for initial antiepileptic drug monotherapy in children with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) is available. The aim of this study is to characterize the therapeutic dose of valproate in children with newly diagnosed IGE. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Effect of...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01308.x
更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The clinical findings and pathological changes of the visual pathway of vitamin B12 deficient monkeys have been described. The cellular morphology and counts of the peripheral blood and bone marrow remained normal during the study (nine deficient, three controls: one still alive in each group). Visual impairment was n...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1980.tb02991.x
更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To describe two patients with progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO) and mitochondrial myopathy associated with mutations in mitochondrial DNA, encoding the tRNAAsn gene (MT-TN), which have not previously been published with clinical descriptions. MATERIALS & METHODS:Two unrelated patients with PEO were...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ane.13339
更新日期:2020-08-31 00:00:00
abstract::We prospectively investigated 131 consecutive cases (both in- and outpatients) of suspected dementia to evaluate the relative frequency of different types of dementia in Chinese patients. Dementia was confirmed in 110 cases (84.0%). In contrast to the Western series, vascular dementia (39.1%) was slightly more frequen...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1991.tb04981.x
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Anti-muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (MuSK) antibody-positive myasthenia gravis (MG) patients show various responses to conventional immunosuppressive treatment and some patients are resistant to these therapies. We report a 50-year-old Japanese man with anti-MuSK antibody-positive MG, who showed no or poor r...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00877.x
更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a case of a cystic lesion in the left cerebellopontine (CP) angle cistern. The magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features closely resembled an epidermoid inclusion cyst, and was interpreted as such. However, at surgery and on histopathological examination the lesion was found to be a cysticercus cyst. It may b...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb07359.x
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Paralytic poliomyelitis presenting with quadriparesis, transient encephalitis and bulbar symptoms in 2 patients in close contact with recently vaccinated children with trivalent live oral polio vaccine is described. Symmetrical lower motor neuron involvement of deltoid muscles with electromyographic confirmation was f...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1987.tb03569.x
更新日期:1987-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The role of metabolic abnormalities in the development of diabetic neuropathy is controversial. To investigate the peripheral nerve function and the influence of hyperglycemia on nerve conduction in insulin-dependent diabetes, a one-year neurophysiological study was carried out in 30 type 1 diabetic patients ranging i...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1989.tb03905.x
更新日期:1989-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of transient global amnesia has been neuropsychologically assessed during the attack. Global involvement of any memory modalities and far-reaching retrograde amnesia were found. Follow-up retesting, 1 week and 6 months later, showed persistence of mild verbal memory impairment. ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1981.tb00747.x
更新日期:1981-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare the mortality rate in Parkinson's disease (PD) with a control group without PD, and to assess the relationship between mortality and features of PD. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Ninety PD patients and 50 controls, mortality ascertained at 11 years follow-up. RESULTS:The hazard ratio (HR) for mortality in...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.2004.00292.x
更新日期:2004-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To study the clinical outcome of patients with epileptic seizures due to ischemic stroke (IS) of cardiac or artery-to-artery embolism. METHODS:Seizures due to IS of cardiac or artery-to-artery embolism are differentiated by clinical, neuroimaging and cardiovascular test data. RESULTS:From 174 cases with su...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb00629.x
更新日期:1998-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To investigate the frequency of ECG abnormalities suggestive of myocardial ischaemia in patients with severe drug resistant epilepsy and without any indication of previous cardiac disease, assuming that these changes may be of significance for the group of epileptic patients with sudden unexpected death. MA...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00242.x
更新日期:1997-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Biomarkers with the potential for longitudinal measurements are needed in multiple sclerosis (MS). Urine is easy to collect, and repeated sampling is possible. METHODS:39 paired CSF and urine samples were taken. Oligoclonal bands (OCBs) were measured in CSF. Kappa and lambda free light chain (FLC), neopteri...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ane.12119
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Parkinson's disease (PD) surveys and death-record studies in European populations were reviewed. Particular attention was given to methodological aspects. Two sets of quality criteria were used. Four door-to-door surveys revealed underdiagnosis of prevalent idiopathic parkinsonism ranging from 30% to 71%. Quality surv...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1991.tb04969.x
更新日期:1991-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The pathophysiology of migraine headaches is not clearly understood yet. The dopaminergic system has been hypothesized to be involved in migraine pathogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) polymorphisms and chronic headaches. We analyzed five single nucleotide ...
journal_title:Acta neurologica Scandinavica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ane.12583
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00