Neurology residency training in Europe--the current situation.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Thirty per cent of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients have non-motor symptoms, including executive and memory deficits. The in vivo anatomical basis of memory deficits in ALS has not been elucidated. In this observational study, brain atrophy in relation to memory function was investiga...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Raaphorst J,van Tol MJ,de Visser M,van der Kooi AJ,Majoie CB,van den Berg LH,Schmand B,Veltman DJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelitis is one of the most severe central nervous system complications seen in association with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections and both acute transverse myelitis (ATM) as well as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) have been observed. We reviewed all available literature on cases of Mycoplasma spp. associat...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Tsiodras S,Kelesidis T,Kelesidis I,Voumbourakis K,Giamarellou H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients are often emotionally disturbed. We investigated anger in these patients in relation to demographic, clinical, and mood characteristics. PATIENTS AND METHODS:About 195 cognitively unimpaired MS patients (150 relapsing-remitting and 45 progressive) were evaluated ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Nocentini U,Tedeschi G,Migliaccio R,Dinacci D,Lavorgna L,Bonavita S,Bresciamorra V,Comanducci G,Coniglio G,Livrea P,Mannu R,Orefice G,Paciello M,Patti F,Quattrone A,Salemi G,Savettieri G,Simone IL,Valentino P,Zappia

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic underpinnings of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a rare yet early onset disorder still remains elusive. As FTD is characterized by a serotonergic deficit in the frontal lobe, and as some symptoms of FTD resemble conditions of monoamino oxidase A (MAO-A) deficiency, MAO-A is an attractive candidate gene for ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Reif A,Scarpini E,Venturelli E,Töpner T,Fenoglio C,Lesch KP,Galimberti D

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least 13 different disease entities affecting the central nervous system, peripheral nervous system and connective tissue of the skin or kidneys are associated with immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) immune reactivity. IgG4 has always been considered a benign, non-inflammatory subclass of IgG, in contrast to the well-known c...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Huijbers MG,Querol LA,Niks EH,Plomp JJ,van der Maarel SM,Graus F,Dalmau J,Illa I,Verschuuren JJ

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progression of atherosclerosis at extracranial carotid and intracranial arteries in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) is not well defined. We carried out a 5-year longitudinal study with magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of patients with IHD to assess the incidence of progression of atherosclerosis at extr...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Uehara T,Tabuchi M,Mori E,Yamadori A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) 1C due to mutations in LITAF/SIMPLE is a rare subtype amongst the autosomal dominant demyelinating forms of CMT. Our objective was to report the clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of 18 CMT1C patients and compare them to 20 patients with PMP22 mutations: 1...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Guimarães-Costa R,Iancu Ferfoglia R,Leonard-Louis S,Ziegler F,Magy L,Fournier E,Dubourg O,Bouche P,Maisonobe T,Lacour A,Moerman A,Latour P,Stojkovic T

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levodopa-carbidopa (LD) in low dosages adequately controls symptoms in most patients with Parkinson's disease and delays the appearance of fluctuations and dyskinesias. It has been suggested that early combination therapy with bromocriptine and levodopa delays or prevents the onset of late treatment complication assoc...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Alarcon F,Cevallos N,Lees AJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs), prior to step initiation, are bradykinetic in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) and may be one of the factors associated with 'start hesitation'. However, little is known about APAs in the early stage of PD. In this study, we determined whether body-worn ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Mancini M,Zampieri C,Carlson-Kuhta P,Chiari L,Horak FB

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias (ADCAs) are a complex group of slowly progressive neurodegenerative disorders characterized by gait and stance ataxia, dysarthria and other symptoms of nervous system involvement. ADCA type I is the commonest form and is genetically heterogeneous; several loci have been identified...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Giuffrida S,Lanza S,Restivo DA,Saponara R,Valvo SC,Le Pira F,Trovato Salinaro A,Spinella F,Nicoletti A,Condorelli DF

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Several studies have reported associations between brain iron deposits (IDs), white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) and cognitive ability in older individuals. Whether the association between brain IDs and cognitive abilities in older people is mediated by or independent of total brain tissue dama...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Valdés Hernández M,Allerhand M,Glatz A,Clayson L,Muñoz Maniega S,Gow A,Royle N,Bastin M,Starr J,Deary I,Wardlaw J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:McLeod neuroacanthocytosis syndrome (MLS) is an X-linked multisystem disorder with CNS manifestations resembling Huntington disease. Neuroimaging studies revealed striatal atrophy with predominance of the caudate nucleus. Our previous cross-sectional MRI study showed an association of volume loss...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Valko PO,Hänggi J,Meyer M,Jung HH

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Fatigue and pain have been previously shown to be important determinants for decreasing quality of life (QoL) in one report in patients with non-dystrophic myotonia. The aims of our study were to assess QoL in skeletal muscle channelopathies (SMC) using INQoL (individualized QoL) and SF-36 questi...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Sansone VA,Ricci C,Montanari M,Apolone G,Rose M,Meola G,INQoL Group.

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To evaluate the incidence and predictors of ischaemic recurrent stroke and the adverse events of antithrombotic therapy in patients with first intra- or extracranial vertebral artery dissection (VAD) who were treated with aspirin or oral anticoagulation (OA). METHODS:A 21-year database of consec...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Arauz A,Ruiz A,Pacheco G,Rojas P,Rodríguez-Armida M,Cantú C,Murillo-Bonilla L,Ruiz-Sandoval JL,Barinagarrementeria F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to investigate utilization rates, treatment pathways and survival prognosis in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) undergoing non-invasive (NIV) and tracheostomy invasive ventilation (TIV) in a real-world setting. METHODS:A prospective cohort study using a...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Spittel S,Maier A,Kettemann D,Walter B,Koch B,Krause K,Norden J,Münch C,Meyer T

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Conversion disorder (CD), or functional neurological disorder, is manifested as a neurological disturbance that is not macroscopically visible on clinical structural neuroimaging and is instead ascribed to underlying psychological stress. Known for many years in neuropsychiatry, a comprehensive e...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Monsa R,Peer M,Arzy S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with motor and non-motor symptoms, including cognitive deficits. Several magnetic resonance imaging approaches have been applied to investigate brain atrophy in PD. The aim of this study was to detect early structural cortical a...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Danti S,Toschi N,Diciotti S,Tessa C,Poletti M,Del Dotto P,Lucetti C

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No studies have prospectively investigated headache at onset of first-ever ischemic stroke along with a large concurrent control group. Our aims were to answer two important questions: (i) Are headaches at stroke onset causally related to the stroke, and what are their typical clinical characteristics? (ii) What etiol...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Lebedeva ER,Ushenin AV,Gurary NM,Tsypushkina TS,Gilev DV,Kislyak NV,Olesen J

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Neuromelanin of the brainstem, which is considered a marker of neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD), can be detected by T1-weighted neuromelanin-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging (NM-MRI). Our aim was to investigate the NM-MRI features of de novo PD and to determine whether these feat...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Wang J,Li Y,Huang Z,Wan W,Zhang Y,Wang C,Cheng X,Ye F,Liu K,Fei G,Zeng M,Jin L

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the relative anti-Parkinson's disease (PD) tremor potencies of pergolide and pramipexole in people with PD, using a 3-month double-blind cross-over design. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either pergolide and then pramipexole (n=9) or vice versa (n=8). The dose of the respective dopamine...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Navan P,Findley LJ,Undy MB,Pearce RK,Bain PG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of multiple sclerosis (MS) includes fatigue, depression and worsening of health-related quality of life (HRQOL). These changes have not been yet measured in neuromyelitis optica (NMO). Our aim was to assess the HRQOL, fatigue and depression in NMO. METHODS:We administered French validated self-qu...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Chanson JB,Zéphir H,Collongues N,Outteryck O,Blanc F,Fleury M,Vermersch P,de Seze J

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Anosognosia refers to a deficit of self-awareness or impaired insight for cognitive and behavioral problems. Cognitive anosognosia was explored in de novo patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and its relationship to cognitive function and neuropsychiatric symptoms was investigated. METHODS:The...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Yoo HS,Chung SJ,Lee YH,Ye BS,Sohn YH,Lee PH

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive battery of neuropsychological tests sampling a wide range of cognitive functions was administrated to 36 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and a control group consisting of 31 patients with persistent symptoms after whiplash injury. Our results demonstrated significant group differences...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Waterloo K,Omdal R,Mellgren SI,Husby G

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the clinical features, prognostic factors, and therapeutic results of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in order to improve the therapeutic strategy for this disease. We retrospectively reviewed the electrodiagnostic study and medical records of patients with GBS admitted to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaoh...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Cheng BC,Chang WN,Chang CS,Chee CY,Huang CR,Chen JB,Chang CJ,Hung PL,Wang KW,Chang HW,Lu CH

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Patients with the cerebellar variant of multiple system atrophy (MSA-C) often show cognitive deficits in various cognitive domains. The association between morphometric changes in cortical and subcortical structures and cognitive impairments in MSA-C were investigated to explore the neural correl...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Lee MJ,Shin JH,Seoung JK,Lee JH,Yoon U,Oh JH,Jung DS,Kim EJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) causes a mean lymphocyte count drop of approximately 30% in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients. The relationship between this reduction and DMF effectiveness is controversial. The objective was to investigate if the decrease in absolute lymphocyte count...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Tsantes E,Curti E,Ferraro D,Lugaresi A,Baldi E,Montepietra S,Immovilli P,Simone AM,Mancinelli L,Strumia S,Vitetta F,Foschi M,Ferri C,Ferrarini C,Sola P,Granella F

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of the neuropathological lesions and the severity of the clinical symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS) are correlated with the amount of the transferred autoreactive T cells. The balance between the T helper 1 (Th1) and T helper 2 (Th2) cytokine phenotypes may affect the activity of the disease in MS pati...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Ersoy E,Kuş CN,Sener U,Coker I,Zorlu Y

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystemic, recurrent, inflammatory disorder. Neurological involvement is well-known but cerebral vasculitis and ischaemic stroke are unusual. CASE DESCRIPTION:A 43-year-old male patient presented with acute left hemiparesis, he had recurrent oral aphthae and scrotal ulcerati...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Krespi Y,Akman-Demir G,Poyraz M,Tugcu B,Coban O,Tuncay R,Serdaroglu P,Bahar S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Limited information is available about the impact of seizures on stroke outcome, health care delivery and resource utilization. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the presence of seizures after stroke increases disability, mortality and health care utilization (length of hospital stay, ICU admission, consults...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Burneo JG,Fang J,Saposnik G,Investigators of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network.

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Increased arterial stiffness causes vessel damage in the end-organs. Therefore small vessels in the brain may be susceptible to increased arterial stiffness. Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) are topographically or pathophysiologically categorized as deep or infratentorial type and strictly lobar type....

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Song TJ,Kim J,Kim YD,Nam HS,Lee HS,Nam CM,Heo JH

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00