Season of birth and multiple sclerosis in Sweden.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of caudal zona incerta-deep brain stimulation (cZi-DBS) on word-level speech intelligibility in patients with Parkinson's disease, under both an optimal listening condition and a simulated more naturalistic listening condition. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Spoken single words were extract...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Johansson L,Möller S,Olofsson K,Linder J,Nordh E,Blomstedt P,van Doorn J,Karlsson F

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the clinical characteristics of autoimmune encephalitis associated with the glutamate decarboxylase 65 (GAD 65) antibody. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Medical records of all patients that diagnosed with GAD 65 antibody-associated encephalitis were retrospectively analyzed. Data regarding demographics an...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Zhu F,Shan W,Lv R,Li Z,Wang Q

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 20 subjects with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS) and a group of healthy controls were compared as to their cognitive performance. Subjects with ACAS showed substantial deficits on tasks of mental speed, learning, visuospatial abilities, verbal processing and deductive reasoning. The cognitive pr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Benke T,Neussl D,Aichner F

更新日期：1991-06-01 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 AND PURPOSE:Carotid artery disease (CAD) is able to critically impair cerebral autoregulation which increases the risk for stroke. As therapeutic strategy largely depends on the degree of CAD, we investigated whether this gradation is also related to significant changes in autoregulatory capacity. We applied...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Haubrich C,Klemm A,Diehl RR,Möller-Hartmann W,Klötzsch C

更新日期：2004-03-01 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

authors： Tigaran S,Rasmussen V,Dam M,Pedersen S,Høgenhaven H,Friberg B

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the prognosis and possible prognostic factors associated with a bening course, 118 cases of motor neuron disease diagnosed 1948-1975 were followed up. Survival curves, based on the actuarial method showed a survival rate of 18.7 per cent (95 per cent confidence limits: 11.4-26.0) and 7.6 per cent ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kristensen O,Melgaard B

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We described a patient with progressive non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL) harboring the A3243G mutation in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Muscle biopsy showed scattered ragged-red, cytochrome c oxidase negative fibers, whereas the biochemical analysis of the mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes was normal. Restri...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Mancuso M,Filosto M,Forli F,Rocchi A,Berrettini S,Siciliano G,Murri L

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the proposed association of restless legs syndrome (RLS) with cerebrovascular/cardiovascular outcomes. METHODS:We calculated the corresponding odds ratios on the prevalence of cerebrovascular/cardiovascular risk factors and standardized mean diff...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Katsanos AH,Kosmidou M,Konitsiotis S,Tsivgoulis G,Fiolaki A,Kyritsis AP,Giannopoulos S

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to estimate the risk of hip fracture after first-ever stroke, using a nationwide population-base data set and a retrospective cohort design. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The cohort study involved 18,413 patients surviving a first-ever stroke during the 12-year period from 1997 to 2008. Ano...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lin HL,Lin HC,Tseng YF,Liao HH,Worly JA,Pan CY,Hsu CY

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 43 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) consecutively admitted to the Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Hospital in Haslev completed a Danish version of the Laman & Lankhorst Questionnaire (LLQ) on quality of life (qol), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Twenty-one of the 43 pts completed the questi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jønsson A,Dock J,Ravnborg MH

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of high-dose polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in the treatment of autoimmune neurological diseases has expanded over the last decade. Based on controlled clinical trials IVIG can be considered currently as the first-line treatment in Guillain-Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyn...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Elovaara I,Hietaharju A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:FUNDAMENTALS AND OBJECTIVE: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the prototype of demyelinating disease, but recently, it has been shown that the existence of axonal lesions contribute to irreversible central nervous system damage in this disease. Tau proteins are considered to be important for maintaining the stabili...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jiménez-Jiménez FJ,Zurdo JM,Hernanz A,Medina-Acebrón S,de Bustos F,Barcenilla B,Sayed Y,Ayuso-Peralta L

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the mechanisms of alternative strategies developed by stroke patients to compensate their motor impairment and their role in recovery. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The three-dimensional kinematics of the upper limb were quantified during unconstrained reaching movements in seven healthy individuals and i...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Roby-Brami A,Feydy A,Combeaud M,Biryukova EV,Bussel B,Levin MF

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe spinal epidural abscess after treatment with rituximab. METHODS:Report of a new case of cervical epidural spinal abscess after treatment with rituximab and review of the literature. RESULTS:Biologic agents are associated with an increased risk of serious infections, there are only few reports of...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Avila JD,Živković S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The objective of this study was to describe facial myokymia in experimental animals accompanying kainic acid affects on facial motor neurons. MATERIAL & METHODS:Anesthetized cats were injected with kainic acid into the pons adjacent to the facial nucleus. Facial movements appeared shortly after the inject...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Zaaroor M,Starr A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports on the incidence of alcoholic polyneuropathies are variable depending on diagnostic tools. In this study, 50 chronic alcoholics with positive MALT (Munich Alcoholism Test) and greater than seven years history of excessive alcohol abuse were examined neurologically. Tibial and peroneal motor and sural nerve con...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hilz MJ,Zimmermann P,Claus D,Neundörfer B

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Bilateral hippocampal abnormality is frequent in mesial temporal lobe sclerosis and might affect outcome in epilepsy surgery. The objective of this study was to compare the lateralization of interictal and ictal scalp EEG with MRI T2 relaxometry. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Forty-nine consecutive patients with intr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Okujava M,Schulz R,Hoppe M,Ebner A,Jokeit H,Woermann FG

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) is a multidimensional measurement tool for multiple sclerosis (MS) including a measure of ambulation (Timed 25-foot Walk [TWT]), arm function (Nine-Hole Peg Test [9HPT]) and cognition (Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test [PASAT]). OBJECTIVES:To assess the r...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rosti-Otajärvi E,Hämäläinen P,Koivisto K,Hokkanen L

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:Symptoms of acute renal failure were observed in an anorexia patient who had a history of frequent vomiting. The acute renal failure might have resulted from rhabdomyolysis subsequent to a disturbance of electrolyte balance. This acute renal failure might have resulted in death if not treated. We postulate that even a...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Abe K,Mezaki T,Hirono N,Udaka F,Kameyama M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the need for and the costs of carotid Doppler and carotid endarterectomy after stroke or TIA in non-selected hospitalized patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:During 25 months hospitalized patients with stroke or TIA, in whom carotid endarterectomy could be relevant, were examined with carotid Doppler...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jespersen HF,Jørgensen HS,Nakayama H,Reith J,Olsen TS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermal tests were performed in 117 healthy subjects on the face, wrist and leg; 32 were tested on the legs with different rates of cooling and warming. Additionally 2 groups of diabetics (37 patients) were tested. Thermotesting was most sensitive on the legs using a rate of temperature change of 2.5-2.8 oC/s. Warm an...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Claus D,Hilz MJ,Hummer I,Neundörfer B

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We performed nerve conduction and needle electromyographic tests in 29 patients with spastic cerebral palsy (SCP) and severe limb deformities. Nerve conduction abnormalities were detected in 32 of 400 sensory or motor nerves, while 11 of 29 patients (37.9%) showed abnormal nerve conduction, indicating one or...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Frascarelli M,Frascarelli F,Gentile MG,Serrao M,De Santis F,Pierelli F,Santilli V

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) has considerable impact on patients and society. However, long-term studies on PSCI are scarce and may be influenced by assessment methods and selection bias. We aimed to (i) assess the prevalence of long-term PSCI; (ii) compare two common cognitive assessment instrume...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Delavaran H,Jönsson AC,Lövkvist H,Iwarsson S,Elmståhl S,Norrving B,Lindgren A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Debate about the lesion site in the Miller Fisher syndrome is still going on. We studied a patient with features of the Miller Fisher syndrome in whom arguments for both central and peripheral nervous system dysfunction were found. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Taphoorn MJ,Lanting P,Hazenberg GJ,Uitdehaag BJ,Kaiser MC

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study concerns the distribution of T-cell subsets as determined by specific monoclonal antibodies in 50 individuals with complex partial seizures (31) and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures (19), and in 30 healthy controls. The epileptic group had significantly fewer circulating T4 "helper" lymphocytes and...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Eeg-Olofsson O,Prchal JF,Andermann F

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single, small (less than 1 cm) enhancing lesions are frequent findings on CT scans of Indian patients with seizures. These lesions have also been reported in patients from other parts of the world. They often resolve spontaneously and their etiology has been disputed for over a decade. Initially diagnosed in Indian pa...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rajshekhar V

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) family with a manifesting carrier. Proximal muscle weakness, pseudohypertrophy of the calves, significantly elevated serum creatine kinase and dystrophic alterations in the muscle biopsy were the characteristic phenotypical features of this manifesting carrier. The recombin...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ionasescu VV,Searby CC,Ionasescu R

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00