Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Nigerian patients with Parkinson's disease.

abstract：:Transitional progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) is quite an unusual form of presentation and course of the disease. A case with this progressive form is presented and brain MRI and MTI findings are discussed in relation to the possible insight they may provide for understanding the mechanisms that determine progressi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Filippi M,Campi A,Martinelli V,Pereira C,Scotti G,Comi G

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:White matter (WM) integrity of Spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (SCA2) is poorly understood, more so in the early stages of SCA2. In this study, we evaluated the microstructural integrity of the WM tracts with an emphasis on the nature of in vivo pathological involvement in early SCA2. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We evalu...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Stezin A,Bhardwaj S,Khokhar S,Hegde S,Jain S,Bharath RD,Saini J,Pal PK

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomographic features of 7 cases of the late infantile form of MLD confirmed by sural nerve biopsy are presented. Diffuse symmetrical white matter, low attenuation of the cerebral parenchyma was the common feature. Hypodensity of the temporal lobes and the cerebellar hemispheres are 2 features which have not b...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jayakumar PN,Aroor SR,Jha RK,Arya BY

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the rheological properties of the blood on cerebral perfusion is still unresolved. Data on normal subjects are lacking and difficulties arise regarding the effect of blood viscosity owing to its close relationship with hematocrit. For these reasons we have studied the relationship between two rheologi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Cavestri R,Radice L,Ferrarini F,Longhini M,Longhini E

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-hundred and eighty-one children born with forceps delivery and 372 with normal delivery were followed up for 4-7 years. More children in the forceps group developed seizures than in normal group, i.e. 22:10. This was statistically significant (P less than 0.05). A prolonged follow-up is necessary for further obs...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Maheshwari MC

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical course of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) up to 3 months after double filtration plasmapheresis (DFP). MATERIAL AND METHODS:We recorded the MG score and measured the level of acetylcholine receptor antibody (AchRAb) at baseline and day 1 (D1), week 1 (W1), 1 month (M1), 2 (M2) a...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Yeh JH,Chen WH,Chiu HC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of metabolic abnormalities in the development of diabetic neuropathy is controversial. To investigate the peripheral nerve function and the influence of hyperglycemia on nerve conduction in insulin-dependent diabetes, a one-year neurophysiological study was carried out in 30 type 1 diabetic patients ranging i...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Meli F,Cardella F,Raimondo D,Modica A,Muscarella A,Fierro B

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A previous epidemiological study of Parkinson's disease (PD) in the county of Tartu, Estonia, found an adjusted prevalence rate of 152/100 000 persons. We aimed to determine PD prevalence almost 20 years later, as well as evaluate any dynamic changes in disease frequency compared to the first study. METHODS...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kadastik-Eerme L,Taba N,Asser T,Taba P

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one patients continued a double-blind crossover study to compare the prophylactic effect on migraine of propranolol and clonidine. The daily dosage of propranolol and clonidine was 160 mg and 100 microgram, respectively. Statistical analysis did not show any significant difference between the two drugs in respe...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kåss B,Nestvold K

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus (SE) describes an enduring epileptic state during which seizures are unremitting and tend to be self-perpetuating. We describe the clinical phases of generalized convulsive SE, impending SE, established SE, and subtle SE. We discuss the physiological and biochemical cascades which characterize self-...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Chen JW,Naylor DE,Wasterlain CG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prognosticating the outcome of an unconscious patient continues to pose a serious challenge to the clinicians. BAERs are the latest addition to neurological diagnostic aids for predicting the outcome of coma. The relative value of BAERs in predicting the outcome of 15 comatosed meningoencephalitis patients has been st...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jain S,Maheshwari MC

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the contribution of the demographical, clinical, analytical and genetic factors to brain signal intensity changes in T2-weighted MR images in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients and controls. METHODS:Susceptibility-weighted and FLAIR sequences were obtained in a 3T MR scanner. Iron-rela...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Vázquez-Costa JF,Mazón M,Carreres-Polo J,Hervás D,Pérez-Tur J,Martí-Bonmatí L,Sevilla T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large Japanese family with probable Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is described. Detailed neurological examination in 12 patients from 3 generations revealed variable combinations of cerebellar ataxia, ocular paresis, difficulty in eye-lid opening, bulging eyes, facial "myokymia", facial dystonia, pyramidal signs, ext...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Takiyama Y,Ikemoto S,Tanaka Y,Mizuno Y,Yoshida M,Yasuda N

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of buccally absorbed prochlorperazine (BAP) to intravenous prochlorperazine (IVP) for the abortive treatment of migraine headaches. METHODS:Randomized double-blind trial. Eighty subjects aged 18-65 presenting with migraines to the ED of a safety-net, urban hospital. Subjects were rand...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Fernando T,Lumanauw DD,Youn S,Shimada M,Yadav K,Chappell B,Horeczko T,Tanen DA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a dominantly inherited disease characterized by a wide variety of clinical manifestations, including pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs), which due to paradoxical embolization may cause cerebral abscess. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the risk of cerebral abs...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kjeldsen AD,Tørring PM,Nissen H,Andersen PE

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Both pregnancy and high vitamin D concentration seem to generate a protective environment against multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses. Longitudinal case-control analysis of vitamin D concentrations during pregnancy and lactation of MS mothers is lacking. AIMS OF THE STUDY:To examine serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D3 ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jalkanen A,Kauko T,Turpeinen U,Hämäläinen E,Airas L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Strokes represent the most common etiology of epilepsy in patients over the age of 60 years, with an incidence of 2-4% occurring in different studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this observational study, 1,428 patients were included who had stroke and were admitted to our Stroke Unit between the years 1996 an...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Benbir G,Ince B,Bozluolcay M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young woman with firm evidence of early multiple sclerosis (MS), who had never had measles, developed a clinically and serologically evident measles infection. Follow-up 1 year later confirmed the MS diagnosis. Thus, if measles can have a causal role in MS, it is probably not the only agent with this ability. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ryberg B

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the activity of cortico-cortical (intracortical) inhibitory circuits within the motor cortex in patients with progressive asymmetric limb-kinetic apraxia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We studied 4 patients with progressive limb-kinetic apraxia whose clinical diagnosis was corticobasal degeneration (CBD...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Okuma Y,Urabe T,Mochizuki H,Miwa H,Shimo Y,Mori H,Mizuno Y

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the clinical outcome of patients with epileptic seizures due to ischemic stroke (IS) of cardiac or artery-to-artery embolism. METHODS:Seizures due to IS of cardiac or artery-to-artery embolism are differentiated by clinical, neuroimaging and cardiovascular test data. RESULTS:From 174 cases with su...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kraus JA,Berlit P

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No systematic study has been made to separate age-related clinical deterioration and dysfunctional brain areas from those associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS:This study included 73 de novo patients with PD and 43 age-matched controls. All subjects underwent [(18)F]-fluorodeoxy glucose (FDG) po...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lee MS,Lyoo CH,Ryu YH,Lim HS,Nam CM,Kim HS,Rinne JO

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain perfusion was studied interictally with 99mTc-HM-PAO SPECT in 47 adult patients with partial epilepsy and normal brain CT. Epilepsy was classified as secondarily generalized in 24 patients, as complex partial in 17 patients and as simple partial in 6 patients. In 24 patients good seizure control was not achieved...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Launes J,Iivanainen M,Salmi T,Nikkinen P,Lindroth L,Liewendahl K

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiological characteristics of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) before the age of 55 are reviewed in 399 patients admitted to the Department of Neurology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, from 1973-77. The material was well-defined with regard to subtypes of stroke as well as to the diseased population. The control ma...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Mettinger KL,Söderström CE,Neiman J

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Presence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as a predictor for Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) has been discussed from a clinical perspective. Recently, a Movement Disorder Society (MDS) commissioned Task Force published guidelines for PD-MCI. However, long-term follow-ups of the PD-MCI guidelines for the...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Domellöf ME,Ekman U,Forsgren L,Elgh E

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CSF cytology, immunocytochemistry and biochemical tumor markers were compared in 12 patients with a meningeal carcinomatosis regarding diagnostic significance and therapy control; 50 samples were investigated. Cytology was tumor-positive in 39 samples and immunocytochemistry in 45 samples. Intrathecally produced tumor...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Oschmann P,Kaps M,Völker J,Dorndorf W

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Most studies revealing intellectual deficits in myotonic dystrophy (MyD) involved heterogeneous groups of patients with respect to intelligence and onset of disease. The present study was undertaken to investigate whether patients with early adult and adult MyD show subtle cognitive deficits despite a norm...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Van Spaendonck KP,Ter Bruggen JP,Weyn Banningh EW,Maassen BA,Van de Biezenbos JB,Gabreëls FJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 158 recordings of brain stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) were obtained in 121 patients with multiple sclerosis. A statistically significant increased incidence of abnormality and diffusely abnormal recordings was found with increasing duration and severity of symptoms. Alterations in follow-up record...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kjaer M

更新日期：1980-03-01 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：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