Cognitive symptoms, cervical range of motion and pain as prognostic factors after whiplash trauma.

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：:The spontaneous occurrence of blepharospasm and dystonic movements in face muscles, particularly those of the perioral and mandibular regions, has been named as Meige's disease which was first described by Henry Meige in 1910. We report the case of a woman with Meige's syndrome whose symptoms improved with the use of ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Yardimci N,Karatas M,Kilinc M,Benli S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of adrenoleukodystrophy are described. The pathological picture was consistent with earlier observations about the disease with the difference that the brain tissue revealed material which stained metachromatically with toluidine blue and was insoluble in fat solvents. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hormia M

更新日期：1978-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Some recent studies have found an association between foetal malformations in earlier antiepileptic drug (AED)-exposed pregnancies and an increased hazard of such malformations in subsequent pregnancies. We investigated this matter further, and also considered the possible role of spontaneous abortions in pr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Vajda FJ,O'Brien TJ,Graham JE,Hitchcock AA,Lander CM,Eadie MJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 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

authors： Reilmann R,Rolf LH,Lange HW

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of increased intracranial pressure associated with lumbar intraspinal tumours are reported. On the basis of protein investigations and constant flow infusion manometric tests, the pathophysiology of the increased intracranial pressure is discussed. It is demonstrated that protein macromolecules leak from the...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Borgesen SE,Sorensen SC,Olesen J,Gjerris F

更新日期：1977-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To clarify how chronic solvent abuse affects cognitive function using magnetic resonance imaging as an index of brain damage. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A total of 25 chronic solvent abusers underwent magnetic resonance imaging with quantitative neurometry and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales revised. RESULTS:T...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Yamanouchi N,Okada S,Kodama K,Sakamoto T,Sekine H,Hirai S,Murakami A,Komatsu N,Sato T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the alpha-adrenergic blocking agent thymoxamine by intravenous administration was studied in 25 patients with spastic paraplegia and uninhibited neurogenic bladder. By cystometry a shift to the right of the first desire to void, the threshold of the first uninhibited contraction and a reduction of the pr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Pedersen E,Tørring J,Klemar B

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Orthostatic hypotension (OH) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) are well-known causes of orthostatic intolerance (OI). In addition, there are OI patients who are characterized by the symptoms of OI and lack of abnormal findings in head-up tilt (HUT) test. The aim of this study was to determ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Shin KJ,Kim SE,Park KM,Park J,Ha SY,Kim SE,Kwon OY

更新日期：2016-08-01 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

authors： Chen JT,Chen CC,Kao KP,Wu ZA,Liao KK

更新日期：1998-12-01 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:Treatment with lamotrigine (LTG) during pregnancy is associated with a pronounced risk of seizure deterioration, because pregnancy accelerates LTG elimination. The extent to which pregnancy affects LTG pharmacokinetics is unpredictable and varies considerably among patients. AIM:We propose an algorithm for ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sabers A

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the most important inhibitory transmitter, quantitatively, in the CNS. Evidence exists that decreased GABAergic neurotransmission may play a role in some forms of epilepsy. Consequently, manipulating the GABA system may be a therapeutic possibility in the treatment of this disease. In...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gram L

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effectiveness and safety/tolerability of eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) in patients included in the Euro-Esli study who had focal seizures associated with post-stroke epilepsy (PSE). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Euro-Esli was a pooled analysis of 14 European clinical practice studies. Effectiveness as...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sales F,Chaves J,McMurray R,Loureiro R,Fernandes H,Villanueva V

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the prevalence of antibodies of IgA class against tissue transglutaminase (tTG), endomysium (EMA) and gliadin (AGA) in patients with chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP) and to characterize the patients clinically and neurophysiologically. METHODS:Of 182 patients, 126 patients agreed to ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Vrethem M,Lindh J,Tondel M,Persson B,Dahle C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immediate effects of selective sympathetic and somatic blockades on pain and tactile allodynia in 12 patients with long-standing ophthalmic or high cervical postherpetic neuralgia were compared. For the duration of the somatic blockade, pain was completely abolished in 11 patients and allodynia in 8 patients. In c...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nurmikko T,Wells C,Bowsher D

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Valproic acid (VPA) may induce hyperammonemic encephalopathy. On the other hand, seizure-inducing effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) may be a paradoxical reaction or a result of AED-induced encephalopathy (commonly induced by VPA). METHODS:We present the case of a 19-year-old male who developed acute men...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Velioğlu SK,Gazioğlu S

更新日期：2007-08-01 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

authors： Nestvold K,Lundar T,Mowinckel P,Stavem K

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although patients >80 years were excluded in RCTs for tPA treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS), many centers treat old patients. We wanted to examine whether age ≥80 years is an independent predictor of outcome after tPA. MATERIALS:We included 77 consecutive patients ≥80 years and 83 patients <80 years t...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Henriksen EH,Ljøstad U,Tveiten A,Naess H,Thomassen L,Mygland A

更新日期：2013-05-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to analyse the presence of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in human cerebrospinal fluid (SF) of patients affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) in comparison with non-inflammatory neurological diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS:All SFs were collected from...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Leonardi A,Penco S,Gramigni C,Bason C,Ribizzi G,Gazzola P,Mancardi GL,Bianchi-Scarrà G,Abbruzzese M,Garrè C

更新日期：1999-10-01 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: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

authors： Hughes TA,Ross HF,Mindham RH,Spokes EG

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative treatment with glucocorticoids in patients with an intracranial tumour has been neurosurgical practice for more than 30 years. Recently, however, a less beneficial effect in patients with a meningeoma is reported. This study included 4 patients with a glioma, 4 with a metastasis and 5 with a meningeoma. A...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Skjoeth J,Bjerre PK

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed cognitive performance and its relationship with clinical and anatomic disease severity in MS with mild to moderate handicap; 34 definite MS and 18 healthy subjects matched for age and education were submitted to a neuropsychological test battery. Both groups were examined for anxiety. MS patients underwent...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Maurelli M,Marchioni E,Cerretano R,Bosone D,Bergamaschi R,Citterio A,Martelli A,Sibilla L,Savoldi F

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether there are predictors for initial severity of ideomotor apraxia (IMA) in focal left-hemisphere vascular patients. One hundred and twenty-nine subjects were examined between 15 and 30 days post-onset. Twenty-five patients with bilateral lesions were also studied in order to delineate the ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Basso A,Capitani E,Della Sala S,Laiacona M,Spinnler H

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The basal ganglia are thought to be involved in the primary dystonias, largely because of the repeated demonstration of neuropathological changes in these nuclei in the secondary dystonias. A hyperactivity of a network involving basal ganglia has been suggested in experimental animal dystonia. To test this h...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Galardi G,Perani D,Grassi F,Bressi S,Amadio S,Antoni M,Comi GC,Canal N,Fazio F

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00