Lamotrigine-associated anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the evidence demonstrating efficacy, tolerability, and safety of seven new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) (gabapentin, lamotrigine, topiramate, tiagabine, oxcarbazepine, levetiracetam, and zonisamide) in the treatment of children and adults with refractory partial and generalized epilepsies. METHODS:A ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： French JA,Kanner AM,Bautista J,Abou-Khalil B,Browne T,Harden CL,Theodore WH,Bazil C,Stern J,Schachter SC,Bergen D,Hirtz D,Montouris GD,Nespeca M,Gidal B,Marks WJ Jr,Turk WR,Fischer JH,Bourgeois B,Wilner A,Faught R

更新日期：2004-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is endemic in the Caribbean basin and Japan. Because of the close proximity of the United States to the Caribbean and the presence of HTLV-I-seropositive persons in the United States, we sought reports of patients who were HTLV-I seropositive and had ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Janssen RS,Kaplan JE,Khabbaz RF,Hammond R,Lechtenberg R,Lairmore M,Chiasson MA,Punsalang A,Roberts B,McKendall RR

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Academy of Neurology Workforce Task Force (WFTF) report predicts a future shortfall of neurologists in the United States. The WFTF data also suggest that for most states, the current demand for neurologist services already exceeds the supply, and by 2025 the demand for neurologists will be even higher. Th...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Freeman WD,Vatz KA,Griggs RC,Pedley T

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the clinical implications and the pathophysiologic determinants of interictal bitemporal hypometabolism (BTH) in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) not associated with bilateral MRI abnormalities or intracranial space-occupying lesions. METHODS:The authors compared the clinical, interictal, and ictal EEG...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Koutroumanidis M,Hennessy MJ,Seed PT,Elwes RD,Jarosz J,Morris RG,Maisey MN,Binnie CD,Polkey CE

更新日期：2000-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the role of beta oscillations in urinary voiding and their association with lower urinary tract symptoms in Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:We used surgically implanted deep brain stimulation electrodes to record local field potential signals from the subthalamic nucleus (STN) and globus pall...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Roy HA,Aziz TZ,Fitzgerald JJ,Green AL

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The authors report the results of a prospective, placebo-controlled, randomized study to evaluate the effectiveness of 3,4-diaminopyridine (DAP) in patients with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) and to determine the acute and long-term side effects of DAP. METHODS:Twenty-six patients with LEMS compl...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sanders DB,Massey JM,Sanders LL,Edwards LJ

更新日期：2000-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors imaged the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) in 58 patients with MS and chronic internuclear ophthalmoparesis (INO) to determine which MRI technique best shows the characteristic lesion associated with this ocular motor syndrome. METHODS:Using quantitative infrared oculography, the authors det...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Frohman EM,Zhang H,Kramer PD,Fleckenstein J,Hawker K,Racke MK,Frohman TC

更新日期：2001-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromyography (EMG) was performed in 10 patients with multiple system atrophy, laryngeal or pharyngeal symptoms, or both. In patients with stridor, EMG during quiet breathing revealed persistent tonic activity in both abductor and adductor vocal cord muscles. In patients with dysphagia, the cricopharyngeal muscle s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Merlo IM,Occhini A,Pacchetti C,Alfonsi E

更新日期：2002-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Spontaneous spinal CSF leaks are an important cause of new-onset headaches. Such leaks are reported to be particularly common at the cervico-thoracic junction. The authors undertook a study to determine the significance of these cervico-thoracic CSF leaks. METHODS:The patient population consisted of a consec...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schievink WI,Maya MM,Chu RM,Moser FG

更新日期：2015-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The malformation of inverse cerebellum and occipital encephalocele is situated morphologically between the Arnold-Chiari and Dandy-Walker malformations. In the three reported cases, hydrocephalus was not present, concomitant malformations of the lamina terminalis were present in two, and polymicrogyria was found in al...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Smith MT,Huntington HW

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the detection frequency and clinical associations of immunoglobulin G (IgG) targeting dipeptidyl-peptidase-like protein-6 (DPPX), a regulatory subunit of neuronal Kv4.2 potassium channels. METHODS:Specimens from 20 patients evaluated on a service basis by tissue-based immunofluorescence yielded a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tobin WO,Lennon VA,Komorowski L,Probst C,Clardy SL,Aksamit AJ,Appendino JP,Lucchinetti CF,Matsumoto JY,Pittock SJ,Sandroni P,Tippmann-Peikert M,Wirrell EC,McKeon A

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the frequency of this finding in patients with minor stroke and TIAs compared to those with stroke mimics and to evaluate the level of agreement between examiners to detect an upgoing thumb sign. METHODS:We previously reported an upgoing thumb sign as a subtle clinical finding in patients with tran...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hachinski V,Alsubaie R,Azarpazhooh MR

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocyte calcium transport as a function of free [Ca++] was examined using inside-out vesicles from eight pairs of patients with Duchenne dystrophy and age- and sex-matched controls. The Km for Ca++ of the transport protein and the Vmax were higher in the Duchenne vesicles in seven of the eight pairs. The mean Km a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mollman JE,Cardenas JC,Pleasure DE

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a simple small vessel disease (SVD) score, which uses information available on rapid visual assessment of clinical MRI scans, predicts risk of cognitive decline and dementia, above that provided by simple clinical measures. METHODS:Three prospective longitudinal cohort studies (SCANS [St...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Amin Al Olama A,Wason JMS,Tuladhar AM,van Leijsen EMC,Koini M,Hofer E,Morris RG,Schmidt R,de Leeuw FE,Markus HS

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association of established multiple sclerosis (MS) risk variants in 3,254 African Americans (1,162 cases and 2,092 controls). METHODS:Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1, HLA-DQB1, and HLA-A alleles were typed by molecular techniques. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping was conducte...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Isobe N,Gourraud PA,Harbo HF,Caillier SJ,Santaniello A,Khankhanian P,Maiers M,Spellman S,Cereb N,Yang S,Pando MJ,Piccio L,Cross AH,De Jager PL,Cree BA,Hauser SL,Oksenberg JR

更新日期：2013-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Human subjects normally have miniature eye movements during tasks that require steady visual fixation. These eye movements were compared in 12 control subjects and 4 patients with degenerative cerebellar disorders. Slow drifts, small fixation saccades, square waves, saccadic oscillations, flutter, and vertical nystagm...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hotson JR

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate if patterns of CSF biomarkers (T-tau, P-tau, and Abeta42) can predict cognitive progression, outcome of cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) treatment, and mortality in Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS:We included outpatients with AD (n = 151) from a prospective treatment study with ChEI. At baselin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wallin AK,Blennow K,Zetterberg H,Londos E,Minthon L,Hansson O

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:CSF lymphocyte subpopulations of eight patients with neurosarcoidosis were examined. CSF or CT was abnormal in all. The CSF T4/T8 (helper/suppressor) ratio was elevated at 6.8 and 7.6 in two patients; in one, there were only CSF T4 cells. The ratio was normal in five patients. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stern BJ,Griffin DE,Luke RA,Krumholz A,Johns CJ

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the clinical heterogeneity associated with the Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) expanded repeat and provide preliminary guidance for future gene testing in patients suspected of having FRDA, we tested patients with typical FRDA (group I), late-onset FRDA or FRDA with retained reflexes (group II), as well as those...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Geschwind DH,Perlman S,Grody WW,Telatar M,Montermini L,Pandolfo M,Gatti RA

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kuru plaques are the pathologic hallmark in Gerstmann-Sträussler syndrome (GSS). To demonstrate that prion protein (PrP) is a component of kuru plaque cores, we fractionated and sequenced kuru plaque core derived peptides, following digestion with Achromobacter lyticus protease I. We identified 3 PrP-derived peptides ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kitamoto T,Yamaguchi K,Doh-ura K,Tateishi J

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was not until the first half of the 19th century that the vascular nature of strokes was readily recognized and accepted. Brain "softenings" were distinguished from hemorrhagic "apoplexy," but stroke etiology remained unstudied. The terms artherosclerosis, thrombosis, embolism, and lacune were introduced to indicat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Paciaroni M,Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluating rehabilitation requires rating scales that detect change. The authors examined Barthel Index (BI) data from 1,495 patients at a neurorehabilitation unit to determine whether total scale responsiveness accurately reflects item responsiveness. Total score effect sizes were moderate to large (0.47 to 1.09). It...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： O'Connor RJ,Cano SJ,Thompson AJ,Hobart JC

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the lifetime prevalence and the concordance risk of cluster headache (CH) in a twin sample representative of the Swedish general population. METHODS:The authors assessed CH as defined by the second edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders in 31,750 registered twins born fr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ekbom K,Svensson DA,Pedersen NL,Waldenlind E

更新日期：2006-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that transcranial magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (tcMRgFUS) thalamotomy is effective, durable, and safe for patients with medication-refractory essential tremor (ET), we assessed clinical outcomes at 3-year follow-up of a controlled multicenter prospective trial. METHODS:...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Halpern CH,Santini V,Lipsman N,Lozano AM,Schwartz ML,Shah BB,Elias WJ,Cosgrove GR,Hayes MT,McDannold N,Aldrich C,Eisenberg HM,Gandhi D,Taira T,Gwinn R,Ro S,Witt J,Jung NY,Chang JW,Rosenberg J,Ghanouni P

更新日期：2019-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To detect and quantify lesions of the small-caliber sural nerve (SN) in symptomatic and asymptomatic transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy (TTR-FAP) by high-resolution magnetic resonance neurography (MRN) in correlation with electrophysiologic and histopathologic findings. METHODS:Twenty-five patient...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kollmer J,Sahm F,Hegenbart U,Purrucker JC,Kimmich C,Schönland SO,Hund E,Heiland S,Hayes JM,Kristen AV,Röcken C,Pham M,Bendszus M,Weiler M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 22 patients with human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-associated chronic progressive myelopathy, agarose isoelectric focusing (AIF) revealed oligoclonal IgG bands in 21: in 3 in CSF only; in 11 in CSF and to some extent in serum; and in 7, identical patterns in CSF and serum. By immunoblot after AIF of CSF...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Link H,Cruz M,Gessain A,Gout O,de Thé G,Kam-Hansen S

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States was evaluated using national multiple cause-of-death data and medical information obtained from state health departments. Twelve CJD deaths were identified for 1981 through 2002, and the average annual age-...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Maddox RA,Holman RC,Belay ED,Cheek JE,Yorita KL,Schonberger LB

更新日期：2006-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants in children with a first episode of acquired demyelinating syndromes (PD-ADS) of the CNS and their relationship to disease phenotype, including subsequent diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:This exploratory analysis included the initial 213 childr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Venkateswaran S,Zheng K,Sacchetti M,Gagne D,Arnold DL,Sadovnick AD,Scherer SW,Banwell B,Bar-Or A,Simon DK,Canadian Pediatric Demyelinating Disease Network.

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral testing following division of the corpus callosum has shown that the anterior commissure can transfer information related to visual tasks interhemispherically in nonhuman primates but not in humans. We have found that the ratio of anterior commissure cross-sectional area to total neocortical commissural are...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Foxman BT,Oppenheim J,Petito CK,Gazzaniga MS

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is a high risk of readmission within 30 days of index acute ischemic stroke (AIS), but effect of readmission to a different hospital is not known. We performed a retrospective cohort study to assess our hypothesis that 30-day readmission outcomes after AIS are worse for those readmitted to another hospi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stein LK,Agarwal P,Thaler A,Kwon CS,Jette N,Dhamoon MS

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00