Early postpartum headache: case discussions.

abstract：:The PPS is now a well-recognized entity encompassing the late manifestations that occur because of previous poliomyelitis. Common signs and symptoms include fatigue, cold intolerance, joint deteriorations with pain, and prominent neurologic problems that include new weakness, muscle pain, atrophy, respiratory insuffic...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Jubelt B,Drucker J

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy can precipitate new neurological diseases as a result of the alterations in physiology that accompany the pregnant state. The pregnant patient presenting with neurological problems poses both diagnostic and therapeutic challenges, often forcing the clinician to rely on neuroimaging as part of the workup. Thi...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Brass SD,Copen WA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in elderly individuals. Although the diagnosis of AD requires pathological confirmation, several common clinical features of AD have been identified. These include insidious onset, gradual progression, medial temporal atrophy, temporoparietal hypoperfusion, ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Kramer JH,Miller BL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of dementias represents an important but relatively neglected part of neurological care of the elderly population. Individual therapeutic interventions may make only small changes to the quality of life of individuals afflicted with dementia, but when used in combination these interventions synergize and can...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Tisher A,Salardini A

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent development in the evaluation of peripheral neuropathy patients has been the identification of autoantibodies directed against various peripheral nerve antigens. For some conditions, assay for the antibodies can be very helpful in confirming a diagnosis. In others, an antibody may be associated with clinical ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Kissel JT

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of patients with cranial neuropathies requires an understanding of brainstem anatomy and nerve pathways. Advances in neuroimaging, particularly high spatial resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have enabled visualization of these tiny structures and their related pathology. This review provides an a...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Jha RM,Klein JP

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the growth of wheelchair athletics at both grassroots and national levels, there has been an increased incidence of sports-related and overuse syndromes in the wheelchair-user population. This article provides an overview of the available literature on the incidence, prevalence, evaluation, prevention, and rehabi...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Groah SL,Lanig IS

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke in the distribution of the posterior circulation may present as acute onset spontaneous vertigo and imbalance. Although vertigo due to posterior circulation stroke is usually associated with other neurologic symptoms or signs, small infarcts in the cerebellum or brainstem can present with vertigo without other ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Kim JS,Lee H

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune epilepsy is increasingly recognized as a distinct clinical entity, driven in large part by the recent discovery of neural autoantibodies in patients with isolated or predominant epilepsy presentations. Detection of neural autoantibodies in high-risk epilepsy patients supports an immune-mediated cause of sei...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Quek AML,O'Toole O

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of epilepsy in women encompasses a complex interplay between seizures, sex steroid hormones, and antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). These interactions impact every aspect of the sexual and reproductive health of women with epilepsy throughout their lifetimes. Neurologists comfortable treating seizures may feel...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Noe KH

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine agonists provide an effective means of treating early, middle, and late stages of Parkinson's disease. This article outlines the advantages and disadvantages of dopamine agonists as compared with levodopa therapy. The features and costs of the four Food and Drug Administration-approved agonists (bromocriptine...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Tuite P,Ebbitt B

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Headache is one of the more common reasons for adults to visit an emergency department. Most of these visits are for primary headache disorders, most commonly migraine headache. The authors discuss management options for patients presenting to the emergency department with prolonged, severe, or refractory migraine hea...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Robertson CE,Black DF,Swanson JW

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telemedicine is the use of electronic communication methods, such as the telephone, the Internet, and videoconferencing, to exchange medical information from one geographic site to another. Telestroke is the use of telemedicine specifically for stroke care. A strokologist is a physician with the special skills require...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Demaerschalk BM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev (1891-1953) was one of the great Russian composers. He died, at age 61, of a supposed intracerebral brain hemorrhage. During the 8 years before his death, he suffered from episodic headaches, nausea and dizziness. This article reviews the historical information about Prokofiev's illness lea...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Hingtgen CM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of bioethics as a practical, meaningful player in the arena of health care has paralleled that of clinical neurology not only in time but also in interaction between the two disciplines. Almost every advance in neurology has spawned an ethical dilemma, the unraveling of which has brought new insights to bot...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： McQuillen MP

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the population ages, the prevalence of many neurologic diseases is increasing. At the same time, older patients are undergoing more surgical procedures. This confluence of events puts neurohospitalists in a unique position to provide both pre- and postoperative guidance to minimize complications, improve clinical o...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Hudson KA,Greene JG

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delusions may be the most prominent manifestations of brain dysfunction, and a host of medical and neurologic conditions can present with or produce delusions. Recognition of the underlying disorder frequently aids in successful treatment. Comparison of organic delusional syndromes with schizophrenia suggests that lim...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Gorman DG,Cummings JL

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) or somnolence is common in our patients and in society in general. The most common cause of EDS is "voluntary" sleep restriction. Other common causes include sleep-fragmenting disorders such as the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Somewhat less familiar to the clinician are EDS cond...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Black JE,Brooks SN,Nishino S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal central nervous system infections present in a myriad of clinical manifestation and remain a significant diagnostic challenge. Presenting symptoms, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, conventional fungal serum markers and imaging correlates of disease are seldom sensitive or specific; fungal culture growth or histopa...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Jia DT,Thakur K

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy of multiple sclerosis (MS) will continue to benefit from an increasing understanding of this disease. This knowledge results in newly defined targets for novel therapies. In this article the development of future immunotherapies will be discussed by classifying the approaches into three main types: (1) a...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Blevins G,Martin R

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of fibrillar α-synuclein protein is the pathological hallmark occurring in both multiple system atrophy (MSA) and diffuse Lewy body disease (DLBD). The oligodendrocytes are especially involved in MSA, while subtypes of neurons are the targets in DLBD. In both instances, the changes are widespread with...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Ramirez EP,Vonsattel JP

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both general neurologists and neurologists with a broad spectrum of subspecialty interests are often asked to evaluate patients with disorders of the spinal cord. Over the past decade, there have been significant advances in our understanding of a wide spectrum of immune-mediated, infectious, metabolic, hereditary, pa...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Kumar N

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotonic dystrophies and channelopathies are rare but important causes of muscle diseases which may present with myotonia, episodic attacks of weakness, fixed muscle weakness, and atrophy or their combination. Here, the authors provide an overview of these disorders and describe their clinical and pathophysiological f...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Quinn C,Salajegheh MK

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alteration in neural control from suprapontine areas to the nerves innervating the bladder can lead to bladder dysfunction and the development of a neurogenic bladder (NGB). Patients with NGB often suffer from urinary incontinence, which can lead to adverse events such as urinary tract infections and decubiti, in addi...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Smith CP,Chancellor MB

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a significant neurodegenerative disease of the elderly, affecting 1 to 2% of those over 60 years of age. The disorder is characterized by resting tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, postural instability, and pathologically by alpha-synuclein-positive Lewy bodies. For most, the etiology is unkno...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Lorincz MT

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical evaluation of peripheral neuropathies can be challenging. This article presents an approach based on a structured assessment that asks a series of yes or no questions during the history and examination that leads to localization and characterization of the neuropathy. The final assessment includes further...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Bromberg MB

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing acceptance of the right of patients to refuse life-sustaining treatment, some have argued that terminally ill patients have a corollary right to physician-assisted suicide (PAS) on request. However, there are important moral and legal distinctions between patients' refusals of therapy and requests ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Bernat JL

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological and individual case studies indicate that genetic factors play a significant role in the genesis of Alzheimer Disease (AD). To date, molecular genetic studies in families multiply affected with AD have identified three genes (Presenilin 1-PS1, Presenilin 2-PS2, and beta-amyloid precursor protein--betaA...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： St George-Hyslop PH

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrest is a common disease in the United States, and many patients will die as a result of the neurological damage suffered during the anoxic period, or will live in a neurologically debilitated state. When cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation results in the return of spontaneous circulation, intensive care ...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Wright WL,Geocadin RG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most prolific chemical and anatomical imaging techniques of recent decades, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), includes the ability to noninvasively assess neurochemical changes with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Practical concerns are paramount in applying MRS, such as what the manufacturer provide...

journal_title：Seminars in neurology

authors： Xu V,Chan H,Lin AP,Sailasuta N,Valencerina S,Tran T,Hovener J,Ross BD

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00