Autoimmunity and ALS.

abstract：:We reviewed retrospectively 114 prednisone dose reduction attempts in 63 myasthenic patients. Dose reduction was considered successful if a patient remained asymptomatic for more than 1 year on no prednisone or a stable low dose of prednisone. Successful dose reduction attempts were more common in patients taking azat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miano MA,Bosley TM,Heiman-Patterson TD,Reed J,Sergott RC,Savino PJ,Schatz NJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the determinants of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) phenotypes in a population-based cohort. METHODS:The study population included 2,839 patients with ALS diagnosed in Piemonte, Italy (1995-2015). Patients were classified according to motor (classic, bulbar, flail arm, flail leg, predominantly ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chiò A,Moglia C,Canosa A,Manera U,D'Ovidio F,Vasta R,Grassano M,Brunetti M,Barberis M,Corrado L,D'Alfonso S,Iazzolino B,Peotta L,Sarnelli MF,Solara V,Zucchetti JP,De Marchi F,Mazzini L,Mora G,Calvo A

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) involves abnormal limb sensations that diminish with motor activity, worsen at rest, have a circadian peak in expression in the evening and at night, and can severely disrupt sleep. Primary treatment is directed at CNS dopaminergic systems, particularly activation of D(2)-like (D(2), D(3),...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Clemens S,Rye D,Hochman S

更新日期：2006-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant with Pena-Shokeir phenotype was born to a cocaine-using mother. The pathologic findings included polyhydramnios, facial anomalies, arthrogryposis, camptodactyly, pulmonary hypoplasia, and tetralogy of Fallot. The neuropathologic findings were diffuse brainstem and spinal cord neuronal degeneration and focal ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lavi E,Montone KT,Rorke LB,Kliman HJ

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence and nature of cognitive changes associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using a large scale study. METHODS:Consecutive patients with sporadic ALS (n = 279) underwent comprehensive neurologic evaluation and neuropsychological testing. Testing data from normal...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ringholz GM,Appel SH,Bradshaw M,Cooke NA,Mosnik DM,Schulz PE

更新日期：2005-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The relevance of neutralizing antibodies (NAb) to interferon-beta (IFNbeta) for patients with MS treated with IFNbeta injections has been controversial. Published data from several double-blind, randomized clinical trials demonstrate that disease activity in IFNbeta-treated patients with MS is similar to placebo-treat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rudick RA

更新日期：2003-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the introduction of computed tomography (CT), there have been numerous reports of brain abscess treated successfully without surgery. Because pathologic confirmation was lacking in these patients, diagnosis was based on CT abnormalities, usually ring enhancement. However, our recent clinical experience and the e...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dobkin JF,Healton EB,Dickinson PC,Brust JC

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical artery dissection is often attributed to an underlying arteriopathy related to a generalized extracellular matrix defect. OBJECTIVE:The authors compared the hemodynamic and morphologic properties of the carotid artery, as assessed noninvasively by ultrasonography, in patients with spontaneous inter...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Guillon B,Tzourio C,Biousse V,Adraï V,Bousser MG,Touboul PJ

更新日期：2000-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the attitudes, knowledge, and practice patterns of US neurologists regarding migraine management relative to the US Headache Consortium Guidelines (the Guidelines). METHODS:Two samples of 600 neurologists each were selected from the American Academy of Neurology membership database. The first group...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lipton RB,Bigal ME,Rush SR,Yenkosky JP,Liberman JN,Bartleson JD,Silberstein SD

更新日期：2004-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To relate signs and symptoms to morphologic changes and presence of multiple mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions in a patient with autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia (adPEO) and mitochondrial myopathy. BACKGROUND:An etiologic association between the somatic multiple mtDNA deletions in ad...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Moslemi AR,Melberg A,Holme E,Oldfors A

更新日期：1999-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between baseline hypertension and severity of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) at 4-year follow-up in a sample of subjects aged 59 to 71 years old at entry. METHODS:Subjects were participants in the Epidemiology of Vascular Ageing study, a longitudinal study on vascular agi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dufouil C,de Kersaint-Gilly A,Besançon V,Levy C,Auffray E,Brunnereau L,Alpérovitch A,Tzourio C

更新日期：2001-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied imagery for learned, skilled movements (praxis imagery) in a patient with severe ideomotor apraxia and intact language abilities. This patient, who made predominantly spatial and movement errors when performing transitive movements demonstrating the use of tools (transitive gestures), was also impaired in h...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ochipa C,Rapcsak SZ,Maher LM,Rothi LJ,Bowers D,Heilman KM

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between spinal cord injury (SCI) and type 2 diabetes in a large representative sample and to determine whether an association exists irrespective of known risk factors for type 2 diabetes. METHODS:Data were obtained on 60,678 respondents to the Stat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cragg JJ,Noonan VK,Dvorak M,Krassioukov A,Mancini GB,Borisoff JF

更新日期：2013-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old woman had myasthenia gravis with only moderate weakness and a consistently poor response to anticholinesterase medication. She was investigated with routine electrophysiologic studies and single-fiber electromyography. The studies showed a limited effect of anticholinesterase medication. There was a decr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schwartz MS,Stålberg E

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of giant-cell arteritis with cerebral arteritis are presented. The clinical situation and the suggestive but nonspecific angiographic features make the antemortem diagnosis possible. Greater awareness of this entity will facilitate its diagnosis and the institution of effective steroid therapy. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Enzmann D,Scott WR

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ullrich disease is a form of congenital muscular dystrophy characterized clinically by generalized muscle weakness, contractures of the proximal joints, and hyperflexibility of the distal joints from birth or early infancy. Recently, mutations of the collagen VI gene have been associated with Ullrich disease. The auth...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ishikawa H,Sugie K,Murayama K,Ito M,Minami N,Nishino I,Nonaka I

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We attempted to define the role of subtle changes in the normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) in the development of disability in multiple sclerosis (MS). Twenty-seven clinically definite MS patients with either relapsing-remitting or chronic-progressive courses and 10 sex- and age-matched controls entered the study. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Filippi M,Campi A,Dousset V,Baratti C,Martinelli V,Canal N,Scotti G,Comi G

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one individuals awaiting trial or sentencing for murder or undergoing an appeal process requested a neurologic examination through legal counsel. We attempted in each instance to obtain EEG, MRI or CT, and neuropsychological testing. Neurologic examination revealed evidence of "frontal" dysfunction in 20 (64.5%...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Blake PY,Pincus JH,Buckner C

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial EEG recording is often required to identify an area of the brain for resective surgery for intractable epilepsy. We simultaneously compared bilaterally placed depth and limited subdural electrode EEG to determine the most effective method of recording seizures from the temporal lobes. Localized complex pa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sperling MR,O'Connor MJ

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the efficacy of rizatriptan and the consistency of treatment response in migraine attacks of children and adolescents. METHODS:We conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled three-way crossover trial in patients ages 6 to 17 years diagnosed with migraine in two pediatric hospital outpatient clini...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ahonen K,Hämäläinen ML,Eerola M,Hoppu K

更新日期：2006-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Delusions and other manifestations of psychotic behavior are common side effects in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients chronically treated with dopaminergic drugs. Clozapine, a dibenzodiazepine derivative, is an antipsychotic drug largely devoid of extrapyramidal side effects. We evaluated the effects of low doses of c...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rabey JM,Treves TA,Neufeld MY,Orlov E,Korczyn AD

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three neuropathologists evaluated brain sections from 43 aged subjects for the presence of Alzheimer's disease. Moderate-to-substantial agreement was obtained. After discussion of disparate diagnoses, agreement was almost perfect for standardized and substantial for personal criteria. We conclude that reproducibility ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Paulus W,Bancher C,Jellinger K

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the effects of cognitive training (CT) on cognitive and behavioral outcome measures in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:We systematically searched 5 databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of CT in patients with PD reporting cognitive or behavioral outcomes. Efficacy was me...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leung IH,Walton CC,Hallock H,Lewis SJ,Valenzuela M,Lampit A

更新日期：2015-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using a stereologic approach, the density of nerve fibers innervating sweat gland (SG) fragments in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and healthy controls using protein gene product (PGP), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) was measured to determine which marker best detect...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liu Y,Billiet J,Ebenezer GJ,Pan B,Hauer P,Wei J,Polydefkis M

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Motivationally responsive motor deficits may occur in isolation or as part of more general neglect syndromes. We describe three patients with two discrete syndromes of isolated motor neglect, differentiated primarily by their performance in motor tasks enacted within or toward the contralesional hemispace. The lesions...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Simon ES,Hegarty AM,Mehler MF

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bilateral absent N20 responses of median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) reliably predict poor prognosis after cardiac arrest. However, the studies supporting this fact were carried out before hypothermia was established as standard treatment. Recent evidence suggests that hypothermia treatment ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leithner C,Ploner CJ,Hasper D,Storm C

更新日期：2010-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthostatic hypotension is a fall in blood pressure on standing that causes symptoms of dizziness, visual changes, and discomfort in the head and neck. The goal of treatment is the improvement of the patient's functional capacity, rather than a target blood pressure. For treatment to be successful, it must be individu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Robertson D,Davis TL

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 11 patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and 11 patients with chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP), absent myotatic reflexes were significantly associated more often with CIDP than with CIAP, an absent biceps-reflex having the highest sensitivity and specificity for the d...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van Dijk GW,Wokke JH,Notermans NC,van Gijn J,Franssen H

更新日期：1999-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the involvement of the epidermal small sensory fibers in the neurodegenerative process in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:In the present study, skin biopsies of 28 patients with ALS were obtained at an average of 34 months after disease onset by history. Protein gene product 9.5 (...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weis J,Katona I,Müller-Newen G,Sommer C,Necula G,Hendrich C,Ludolph AC,Sperfeld AD

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To survey US physicians involved in acute stroke care to determine the proportion of hospitals that currently meet the recommended Brain Attack Coalition (BAC) criteria for Primary Stroke Centers (PSC) and obtain opinions regarding the value of stroke centers. METHODS:A survey regarding the BAC guidelines f...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kidwell CS,Shephard T,Tonn S,Lawyer B,Murdock M,Koroshetz W,Alberts M,Hademenos GJ,Saver JL

更新日期：2003-05-13 00:00:00