Epilepsy surgery in children with drug-resistant epilepsy, a long-term follow-up.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the possibility that the occurrence of seizures or the use of antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy might have influenced the rate of occurrence of volunteered histories of patient-recognized depression during pregnancy in women with epilepsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Analysis of data from 2039 pregnancie...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Vajda FJE,O'Brien TJ,Graham JE,Hitchcock AA,Mitchell J,Horgan D,Lander CM,Eadie MJ

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Alzheimer's disease assessment scale-cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) has become a standard clinical trials outcome for cognition, but has been recognized as deficient in areas including coverage of cognitive domains, sensitivity and standardization. Computerized test batteries may address some of these issues....

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Wesnes K,Edgar C,Andreasen N,Annas P,Basun H,Lannfelt L,Zetterberg H,Blennow K,Minthon L

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroacanthocytosis is a progressive multisystem disease with a wide range of symptoms. The involuntary movements mainly include chorea and orofaciolingual dyskinesias. The descriptive name of the disease refers to the presence of abnormal erythrocytes in peripheral blood. Two siblings are presented. One young female ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Aasly J,Skandsen T,Rø M

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the association between tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) G-308A, tumor necrosis factor-beta (TNF-beta) G+252A and interleukin-4 (IL-4) C-590T polymorphisms and susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) development and clinical course of the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Two hundred an...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kamali-Sarvestani E,Nikseresht A,Aflaki E,Sarvari J,Gharesi-Fard B

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine headache characteristics in the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and in insomnia. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty-six OSAS patients and 50 insomnia patients were assessed in the same time period. Patients in both groups underwent an accurate interview to investigate headache occurrence and it...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Alberti A,Mazzotta G,Gallinella E,Sarchielli P

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the existence of polyautoimmunity in a Greek cohort of multiple sclerosis (MS), particularly multiple autoimmune syndrome (MAS), i.e., the presence of three or more distinct autoimmune disorders (ADs) in the same individual. METHODS:Cross-sectional control study. RESULTS...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Deretzi G,Kountouras J,Polyzos SA,Koutlas E,Pelidou SH,Xeromerisiou G,Zavos C,Tsiptsios I

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:"Epileptic dementia" is reported in adults with childhood-onset refractory epilepsy. Cognitive deterioration can also occur in a "second-hit model". MATERIALS AND METHODS:We studied the clinical and neuropsychological characteristics of patients with cognitive deterioration (≥1 SD discrepancy between curren...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Breuer LEM,Grevers E,Boon P,Bernas A,Bergmans JWM,Besseling RMH,Klooster DCW,de Louw A,Mestrom RMC,Vonck K,Zinger S,Aldenkamp AP

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brivaracetam (BRV) is a new antiseizure medication (ASM) that is currently approved for adjunctive treatment in patients with focal onset seizures. Similarly to levetiracetam (LEV), BRV works by binding SV2A vesicles with a high affinity and a linear pharmacokinetic profile. Retrospective studies and randomized clinic...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Verrotti A,Grasso EA,Cacciatore M,Matricardi S,Striano P

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to ascertain whether there is an association between risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) and birth order position. Our reference population was 198,000 persons born in the period 1930-50 and recorded in the register of school health records from the school health service of the Copenhagen council...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Isager H,Andersen E,Hyllested K

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports concerning the treatment of symptoms deriving from prolapsed lumbar disc with systemic administration of the potent steroid dexamethasone, have shown favourable results. The present clinical study includes 39 patients with symptoms of prolapsed lumbar disc, treated in a controlled double-blind investi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hedeboe J,Buhl M,Ramsing P

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of bromocriptine in patients with Parkinson's disease manifesting various problems in levodopa therapy were tested in a double-blind manner with the collaboration of 59 institutions. The slow and low principle was in part adopted. Either bromocriptine or placebo was added to levodopa. Twenty-nine % of the ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Toyokura Y,Mizuno Y,Kase M,Sobue I,Kuroiwa Y,Narabayashi H,Uono M,Nakanishi T,Kameyama M,Ito H

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with lamotrigine (LTG) during pregnancy is associated with a pronounced risk of seizure deterioration, because pregnancy accelerates LTG elimination. The extent to which pregnancy affects LTG pharmacokinetics is unpredictable and varies considerably among patients. AIM:We propose an algorithm for ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sabers A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the long-term neuropsychological effects and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings among retired patients with a history of exposure to carbon disulfide (CS2). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Seventy-four patients with a history of exposure to CS2 were divided into two equal groups according to their l...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Cho SK,Kim RH,Yim SH,Tak SW,Lee YK,Son MA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental alcoholic myopathy was induced in rats by a combination of prolonged alcohol intake (mean 15.3 g ethanol/kg/day for up to 10 weeks) and a short fast. In view of literature evidence for impairment of both glycolytic and oxidative metabolism in alcoholic myopathy, we combined histological and histochemical ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Trounce I,Byrne E,Dennett X

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), excessive daytime sleepiness (PD-EDS) is a debilitating non-motor symptom and may be affected by mood symptoms, especially depression and anxiety. Few neuroimaging works have attempted to identify the neural features of PD-EDS, but various findings were reported. The purpose...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Wen MC,Chan LL,Tan LCS,Tan EK

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD) are the two most common causes of dementia. As yet, no definitive biological antemortem marker has been established for differential diagnosis of AD or VD. In this study, proteins of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from AD, VD and control patients were analyzed by two-dime...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Mattila KM,Pirttilä T,Blennow K,Wallin A,Viitanen M,Frey H

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thirty patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) were treated by boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) at the Studsvik facility in Sweden, in a clinical trial exploring a procedure in which 900 mg p-boronophenylalanine (BPA) per kilo body weight was infused in 6 h. OBJECTIVE:The present study was designed ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： H-Stenstam B,Pellettieri L,Sköld K,Rezaei A,Brun A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study focused on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DQB1, DQA1 and DRB1 allelic variation according to ethnicity and analyzed whether susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) depends on population characteristics. METHODS:Eighty-eight healthy African-Brazilians and 92 healthy white Brazilians living ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Alves-Leon SV,Papais-Alvarenga R,Magalhães M,Alvarenga M,Thuler LC,Fernández y Fernandez O

更新日期：2007-05-01 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:The pathophysiology of migraine headaches is not clearly understood yet. The dopaminergic system has been hypothesized to be involved in migraine pathogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) polymorphisms and chronic headaches. We analyzed five single nucleotide ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Takigawa H,Kowa H,Nakashima K

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Patients with multiple sclerosis were reported to harbour antibodies not only against proteins and glycoproteins but also against glycolipids, including sulfatide and galactosylceramide (GalCer), the two major glycosphingolipids of myelin. However, previous results were inconsistent concerning glycosphingoli...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Haghighi S,Lekman A,Nilsson S,Blomqvist M,Andersen O

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of variations of therapeutic response (dyskinesia and on-off phenomenon) in Parkinson's disease was conducted on 278 patients treated with levodopa for at least 6 months and hospitalized at National Neurological Institute "C. Besta" of Milan between 1974 and 1984. Variations of therapeutic respon...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Geminiani G,Cesana BM,Scigliano G,Soliveri P,Girotti F,Giovannini P,Caraceni T

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three Alzheimer's disease patients with Pisa syndrome were presented. These patients were treated with cholinesterase inhibitors within a post-marketing surveillance study. The clinical and pharmacological histories of these patients suggest a relation between cholinesterase inhibitors and the pleurothotonus. The diff...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Vanacore N,Suzzareddu G,Maggini M,Casula A,Capelli P,Raschetti R

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of IgA, IgG and IgM were determined in sera of 16 patients, all of whom had partial epilepsy and had received CBZ as the only drug since the beginning of therapy. Fifty-three healthy subjects served as controls. Serum concentrations of IgA and IgG were significantly higher in patients than in contro...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Strandjord RE,Johannessen SI,Aarli JA

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated cardiovascular and renin responses to head-up tilt tests in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple system atrophy (MSA), and in controls to determine variables for the assignment of parkinsonism to the potential underlying neurologic condition. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sequential chang...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Plaschke M,Schwarz J,Dahlheim H,Backmund H,Trenkwalder C

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Studies demonstrating reduced quality of life and psychological well-being in multiple sclerosis (MS) have typically investigated patients within more advanced stages of disease. The aim of the present paper was to evaluate the emotional burden and quality of life of recently diagnosed MS patients and their ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Janssens AC,van Doorn PA,de Boer JB,van der Meché FG,Passchier J,Hintzen RQ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single, small (less than 1 cm) enhancing lesions are frequent findings on CT scans of Indian patients with seizures. These lesions have also been reported in patients from other parts of the world. They often resolve spontaneously and their etiology has been disputed for over a decade. Initially diagnosed in Indian pa...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rajshekhar V

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We wanted to describe the use of thrombolytic treatment for stroke in Scandinavia, to assess stroke doctors' opinions on this treatment, to identify barriers against treatment, and to suggest improvements to overcome these barriers. METHODS:We sent questionnaires to 493 Scandinavian doctors, who were involve...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Slot KB,Murray V,Boysen G,Berge E

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00