Diagnosis of and treatment for symptomatic carotid stenosis: an updated review.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of motor neuron disease (MND) in Chinese patients are ill known. METHODS:A registered study of 461 MND patients was conducted across 10 facilities in 7 Chinese cities from February 2009 to March 2010. RESULTS:Patients were classified as amyotrophic lateral scleros...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Cui F,Liu M,Chen Y,Huang X,Cui L,Fan D,Pu C,Lu J,Zhou D,Zhang C,Yan C,Li C,Ding X,Liu Y,Li X,Jiang Y,Zhang J,Shang H,Yao X,Ding Y,Niu Q,Wang L

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The above article from Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, published online on 18 June 2011 in Wiley Online Library (http://wileyonlinelibrary.com) and in Volume 125, pp. 279-284, has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the Journal Editor-in-Chief Elinor Ben-Menachem and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Retraction h...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors：

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET) have a higher risk of cognitive impairment than age-matched controls. Only a few small studies (11-18 subjects per group) have directly compared the cognitive profile of these conditions. Our aim was to compare the cognitive profile of patients...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sánchez-Ferro Á,Benito-León J,Louis ED,Contador I,Hernández-Gallego J,Puertas-Martín V,Bermejo-Pareja F

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this study the frequency of inherited thrombophilic risk factors in a population of German CVT patients and their influence on clinical outcome were evaluated. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Twenty-five patients (age 37.1 +/- 16.3 years) with CVT were screened for inherited coagulation disorders. All participants ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Stolz E,Kemkes-Matthes B,Pötzsch B,Hahn M,Kraus J,Wirbartz A,Kaps M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To selectively investigate postganglionic sympathetic cardiac neurons in patients with Parkinson's disease and autonomic failure. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) is a pharmacologically inactive analogue of noradrenaline, which is similarly metabolized in noradrenergic neurons. Therefore t...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Braune S,Reinhardt M,Bathmann J,Krause T,Lehmann M,Lücking CH

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with pseudotumor cerebri were studied. The diagnosis was based on bilateral papilledema and absence of intracranial masses and hydrocephalus. Based on the radiological findings, three groups of patients emerged: (A) Five patients with an empty sella. Four had an enlarged sella; (B) Two patients with a pit...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bjerre P,Lindholm J,Gyldensted C

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is believed to be an autoimmune disease of the human central nervous system mediated by autoreactive T cells. Interferon-beta1b (IFN-beta1b) has been shown to be effective in reducing disease activity defined by clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) criteria in relapsing-remit...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Chatzimanolis N,Kraus J,Bauer R,Engelhardt B,Bregenzer T,Kuehne BS,Tofighi J,Laske C,Stolz E,Blaes F,Voigt K,Traupe H,Kaps M,Oschmann P

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 30 cases of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) was studied for total protein and protein electrophoresis. Total CSF protein values were normal in almost all the cases, but the gamma-globulin was increased and had an oligoclonal morphology in all the cases. Absolute and rel...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Silva CA,Rio ME,Cruz C

更新日期：1981-04-01 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

authors： Shibata-Hamaguchi A,Samuraki M,Furui E,Iwasa K,Yoshikawa H,Hayashi S,Yamada M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe eight patients from three families presenting with myoclonus, ataxia, infrequent seizures and minimal intellectual impairment. All were Arabs from different parts of the Arabian peninsula. The new consensus on terminology, genetic and clinical definition of Baltic myoclonus, Ramsay Hunt syndrome and Unverr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Shakir RA,Khan RA,al-Zuhair AG

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Risk factors for aseptic intracranial venous occlusive disease are varied but only few epidemiologic studies were performed to verify the relative importance of particular factors. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A 2-year hospital-based prospective study was conducted in two hospitals to identify the clinical charac...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Najim al-Din AS,Mubaidin A,Wriekat AL,Alqam M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Recognition of stroke symptoms and activation of emergency services are essential in minimizing delay for acute stroke treatments. In this study, we assessed public stroke awareness in Sweden. METHODS:One thousand and five hundred residents aged 18-79 years participated in a telephone survey. Open-...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nordanstig A,Jood K,Rosengren L

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To compare the sensitivity and specificity of isoelectric focusing (IEF) with immunofixation, agarose gel electrophoresis (AGE) and the IgG index in detecting intrathecally synthesized IgG in multiple sclerosis (MS) and in other nervous system disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and se...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lunding J,Midgard R,Vedeler CA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levodopa (LD) sales from wholesalers to pharmacies during the periods, 1977-1989 in Denmark, 1981-1989 in Greenland, and April 1988-May 1989 in Danish counties and the Faroe Islands, were evaluated using a reported method and a procedure expressly developed for assessment of random variation comparative levodopa use (...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： de Pedro-Cuesta J,Wermuth L,Abraira V,Stawiarz L

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) occurs commonly and is linked with development of dementia. We investigated the relationship between demographic, clinical and stroke symptoms at stroke onset and the presence of PSCI at 1 and 3 years after stroke. METHODS:We accessed anonymized data from the Virtual ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Arba F,Quinn T,Hankey GJ,Inzitari D,Ali M,Lees KR,VISTA Collaboration.

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Fatigue and apathy are two of the most common and most disabling non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). They have a high coincidence and can often be confused; moreover, their relationship is not fully understood. The aim of our study was to describe the coincidence of apathy with different fatigue ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Skorvanek M,Gdovinova Z,Rosenberger J,Saeedian RG,Nagyova I,Groothoff JW,van Dijk JP

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is paucity of information about the association of seizure severity and quality of life in people with epilepsy (PWE) in sub-Saharan Africa. We evaluated the relationship of seizure severity to health-related quality of life of patients with epilepsy being followed up in an outpatient neurology clinic ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Adebayo PB,Akinyemi RO,Ogun SA,Ogunniyi A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To present clinical features at diagnosis for a large nationwide incident cohort of multiple sclerosis (MS) among those serving in the US military during the Gulf War era (GWE). MATERIALS & METHODS:Medical records and databases from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for cases of MS with onset in or af...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Wallin MT,Culpepper WJ,Maloni H,Kurtzke JF

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:We reviewed the medical records and CT scans of 138 patients hospitalized for spontaneous supratentorial hemorrhage and conservatively treated. Seventeen clinico-anamnestic variables and five CT desumed findings were collected. Using univariate analysis we found eight significant predictors of 30-day mortality: intrav...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Masè G,Zorzon M,Biasutti E,Tasca G,Vitrani B,Cazzato G

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts were made to trace a possible retrovirus in multiple sclerosis (MS) by means of polymerase chain reaction. The primers derived from conserved sequences in the genome of human T cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type I (HTLV-I) and the amplifications were carried out at varying stringency conditions (i.a. annealing...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rasmussen HB,Clausen J

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EEG, regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and neuropathological autopsy data were studied in 17 patients with presenile dementia. RCBF was measured in 14 cases using the intra-arterial-133-Xenon clearance technique. The neuropathological study included semi-serial whole brain microscopical sections in which the severit...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jóhannesson G,Brun A,Gustafson I,Ingvar DH

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively detect significant transient F wave abnormalities obtained after exercise in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and to assess the potential diagnostic sensitivity of dynamic F wave study in such a context. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A series of 40 electrical stimuli were delivered to ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Argyriou AA,Tsolakis I,Papadoulas S,Polychronopoulos P,Gourzis P,Chroni E

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the occurrence in hypertensive patients of new subclinical changes in the brain by serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS:MRI was performed serially in 98 hypertensive subjects without neurologic deficits at least once a year for 3 years. All received antihypertensive medicines Blo...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Shintani S,Shiigai T,Arinami T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Therapy of acute relapses in multiple sclerosis with corticosteroids (CC) remains uncertain with respect to route, dosage and effectiveness. This makes the treatment of relapses a clinical field where 'shared decision-making (SDM)' could be of advantage for the patients. A prerequisite for SDM is the provisi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Köpke S,Heesen C,Kasper J,Mühlhauser I

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated levels of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) neuronal injury markers (neurofilament light chain [NF-L] and total tau protein [t-tau]) and of the astroglial marker glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) are found in etiologically different neurological disorders affecting the peripheral and the central ne...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Constantinescu R,Mahamud U,Constantinescu C,Eriksson B,Novakova L,Olsson B,Rosengren L,Blennow K,Axelsson M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features in 268 patients with diffuse cerebral atrophy of initially unknown origin have been analysed. Pneumoencephalography showed supratentorial ventricular atrophy in 87 per cent (cortical in 71 per cent), and brain stem and/or cerebellar atrophy in 17 per cent of the patients. Epileptic seizures, dizz...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Iivanainen M

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional blood flow in the spinal cord was measured in rabbits, cats and monkeys with radioactively labelled microspheres. The reproducibility of the method was tested in rabbits by 3 consecutive determinations with differently labelled microspheres within the different cord regions, and was found to be good. In all 3...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nyström B,Stjernschantz J,Smedegård G

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00