Spinal cord venous infarction following endoscopic sclerotherapy for esophageal varices.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that brain pathology is associated with total daily physical activity proximate to death in older adults. METHODS:We studied brain autopsies from 428 decedents of the Rush Memory and Aging Project. The quantity of all physical activity was measured continuously for up to 10 days with a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Buchman AS,Dawe RJ,Yu L,Lim A,Wilson RS,Schneider JA,Bennett DA

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether subthalamic nucleus (STN) stimulation has an effect on the orthostatic regulation of patients with Parkinson disease (PD), we studied cardiovascular regulation during on and off phases of STN stimulation. METHODS:We examined 14 patients with PD (mean age 58.1 +/- 5.8 years, 4 women, 10 me...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stemper B,Beric A,Welsch G,Haendl T,Sterio D,Hilz MJ

更新日期：2006-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Quality of neurologic emergency management in an under-resourced country may be improved by standard operating procedures (SOPs). METHODS:Neurologic SOPs were implemented in a large urban (Banjul) and a small rural (Brikama) hospital in the Gambia. As quality indicators of neurologic emergency management, pe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jaiteh LES,Helwig SA,Jagne A,Ragoschke-Schumm A,Sarr C,Walter S,Lesmeister M,Manitz M,Blaß S,Weis S,Schlund V,Bah N,Kauffmann J,Fousse M,Kangankan S,Ramos Cabrera A,Kronfeld K,Ruckes C,Liu Y,Nyan O,Fassbender K

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relationship between CSF creatine kinase BB isoenzyme activity (CSF CKBB) and neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest in clinical practice. BACKGROUND:CSF CKBB reflects the extent of brain damage following cardiac arrest. METHODS:To help with prognosis, treating physicians ordered CSF CKBB tes...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tirschwell DL,Longstreth WT Jr,Rauch-Matthews ME,Chandler WL,Rothstein T,Wray L,Eng LJ,Fine J,Copass MK

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No data exist on whether the syndrome of amnestic mild cognitive impairment occurs in the oldest old, or if the relationships for functional status and neuropsychometric performance based on clinical diagnosis hold true in this age group. DESIGN/METHODS:The authors performed comprehensive neurologic evaluat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Boeve B,McCormick J,Smith G,Ferman T,Rummans T,Carpenter T,Ivnik R,Kokmen E,Tangalos E,Edland S,Knopman D,Petersen R

更新日期：2003-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The MS Functional Composite (MSFC), a recently developed outcome measure for clinical trials, was applied to 240 patients with MS to explore its utility in different subgroups of MS and for comparison with the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). METHOD:Three clinical dimensions were examined: arm/hand f...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kalkers NF,de Groot V,Lazeron RH,Killestein J,Adèr HJ,Barkhof F,Lankhorst GJ,Polman CH

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of stroke-like episodes in patients with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) remains unknown. METHODS:Fourteen stroke-like episodes in six patients with MELAS were studied using clinical, neuroradiologic, and electrophysiologic approaches...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Iizuka T,Sakai F,Suzuki N,Hata T,Tsukahara S,Fukuda M,Takiyama Y

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that treatment with an antibody to tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) improves an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS) and is beneficial in two systemic inflammatory disease in humans, but there are no reports about anti-TNF treatment of MS. Therefore, we treated two rapidly progressive MS pa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van Oosten BW,Barkhof F,Truyen L,Boringa JB,Bertelsmann FW,von Blomberg BM,Woody JN,Hartung HP,Polman CH

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To empirically validate the expanded concept of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which differentiates between four clinical subtypes-amnestic MCI-single domain, amnestic MCI-multiple domains, nonamnestic MCI-single domain, and nonamnestic MCI-multiple domains-and to examine the prevalence, course, and outcome...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Busse A,Hensel A,Gühne U,Angermeyer MC,Riedel-Heller SG

更新日期：2006-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) fall frequently, beginning early in the course of their disease. Abnormal vestibulospinal reflexes are suspected, but the angular vestibulo-ocular reflex, which is mediated by the labyrinthine semicircular canals, survives late into the course of the disease...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liao K,Wagner J,Joshi A,Estrovich I,Walker MF,Strupp M,Leigh RJ

更新日期：2008-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The topodiagnostic value and specificity of nystagmus in patients with mesencephalic lesions and its relation to tonic torsional deficits and vertical saccade deficits is controversial and anecdotal. METHODS:The authors examined 11 patients with vascular MRI-identified mesencephalic lesions and clinical evi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Helmchen C,Rambold H,Kempermann U,Büttner-Ennever JA,Büttner U

更新日期：2002-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate possible correlations between tumor location and genetic alterations in a series of oligodendrogliomas. METHODS:A series of 158 consecutive oligodendrogliomas were retrospectively reviewed. In each case, the radiologic picture and the chromosome 1p (chr 1p) status of the tumor detected by the ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Laigle-Donadey F,Martin-Duverneuil N,Lejeune J,Crinière E,Capelle L,Duffau H,Cornu P,Broët P,Kujas M,Mokhtari K,Carpentier A,Sanson M,Hoang-Xuan K,Thillet J,Delattre JY

更新日期：2004-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical, genetic and MR characteristics of patients with familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). DESIGN/METHODS:The familial occurrence of MTLE was identified by a systematic search of family history of seizures in patients followed in the authors' epilepsy clinic. All probands and, w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kobayashi E,Lopes-Cendes I,Guerreiro CA,Sousa SC,Guerreiro MM,Cendes F

更新日期：2001-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of low-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on motor cortex excitability in humans. TMS at 0.1 Hz for 1 hour did not change cortical excitability. Stimulation at 0.9 Hz for 15 minutes (810 pulses), similar to the parameters used to induce long-term depression (LTD) in cortical slice...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chen R,Classen J,Gerloff C,Celnik P,Wassermann EM,Hallett M,Cohen LG

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Confusion, speech arrest, automatic behavior, and amnesia characterize the prolonged twilight states of both petit mal and psychomotor status. However, in psychomotor status two electroclinical phases were differentiated: (1) A continuous twilight state with partial responsiveness and reactive automatisms interrupted ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Belafsky MA,Rosman NP,Miller P,Waddell G,Boxley-Johnson J,Delgado-Escueta AV

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical features and outcome of anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis in patients ≥45 years old. METHOD:Observational cohort study. RESULTS:In a cohort of 661 patients with anti-NMDAR encephalitis, we identified 31 patients ≥45 years old. Compared with younger adults (18-44 years), older ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Titulaer MJ,McCracken L,Gabilondo I,Iizuka T,Kawachi I,Bataller L,Torrents A,Rosenfeld MR,Balice-Gordon R,Graus F,Dalmau J

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the lifetime cumulative incidence of dementia and its subtypes from a community-dwelling elderly population in Japan. METHODS:A total of 1,193 community-dwelling Japanese individuals without dementia, aged 60 years or older, were followed up prospectively for 17 years. The cumulative incidence of...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yoshida D,Ohara T,Hata J,Shibata M,Hirakawa Y,Honda T,Furuta Y,Oishi E,Sakata S,Kanba S,Kitazono T,Ninomiya T

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand the experience and identify drivers and mitigating factors of burnout and well-being among US neurologists. METHODS:Inductive data analysis was applied to free text comments (n = 676) from the 2016 American Academy of Neurology survey of burnout, career satisfaction, and well-being. RESULTS:Re...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miyasaki JM,Rheaume C,Gulya L,Ellenstein A,Schwarz HB,Vidic TR,Shanafelt TD,Cascino TL,Keran CM,Busis NA

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A woman with typical features of myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERRF) had a novel heteroplasmic mutation (G611A) in the mitochondrial DNA tRNA phenylalanine gene. The mutation was heteroplasmic (91%) in muscle but undetectable in accessible tissues from the patient and her maternal relatives. Single-fiber...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mancuso M,Filosto M,Mootha VK,Rocchi A,Pistolesi S,Murri L,DiMauro S,Siciliano G

更新日期：2004-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Using transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography in patients with high-grade (> or = 70%) internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis, we examined the relation between the rate of TCD-detected silent microembolism of the ipsilateral middle cerebral artery and a history of recent (< 121 days) ischemic symptoms attributable ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Siebler M,Kleinschmidt A,Sitzer M,Steinmetz H,Freund HJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to widely used criteria (Bohan and Peter criteria, 1975), dermatomyositis (DM) is differentiated from polymyositis (PM) only by skin changes. More recent criteria also include histopathologic characteristics enabling the distinction between PM and DM and the differentiation of sporadic inclusion bo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van der Meulen MF,Bronner IM,Hoogendijk JE,Burger H,van Venrooij WJ,Voskuyl AE,Dinant HJ,Linssen WH,Wokke JH,de Visser M

更新日期：2003-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subjective memory deficit (SMD) is one of few potential presenting symptoms for people with early cognitive impairment. However, associations with underlying brain changes are unclear. METHODS:In a community sample of 1,779 people without dementia, and with neuroimaging (MRI) data, associations were investi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stewart R,Dufouil C,Godin O,Ritchie K,Maillard P,Delcroix N,Crivello F,Mazoyer B,Tzourio C

更新日期：2008-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old nonimmunocompromised man developed secondary syphilis confirmed by serum and CSF findings. His course was complicated by chorioretinitis, extensive skin lesions, and spastic paraparesis secondary to syphilitic meningomyelitis. MRI of the spinal cord was strikingly abnormal. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Strom T,Schneck SA

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resources of the Rochester Epidemiology Project were used to estimate prevalence rates for dementia on January 1, 1975, 1980, and 1985, and to evaluate trends over time. Prevalence rates increased with age for both men and women. There was no difference in the prevalence rates for January 1, 1975, and January 1, 1980,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Beard CM,Kokmen E,O'Brien PC,Kurland LT

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical characteristics and clinical-anatomic correlations of homonymous hemianopia (HH). BACKGROUND:Homonymous hemianopia impairs visual function and frequently precludes driving. Most knowledge of HH is based on relatively few cases with clinical-anatomic correlations. METHODS:The authors...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zhang X,Kedar S,Lynn MJ,Newman NJ,Biousse V

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The Finnish Twin Cohort includes all Finnish same-sexed twins born before 1958 and alive in 1967; the number of individuals alive in 1975 was 33,247. We performed a search for cases with Parkinson's disease among this cohort by linking the Twin Cohort Register with the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register and the Finni...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marttila RJ,Kaprio J,Koskenvuo M,Rinne UK

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant with transient neonatal myasthenia gravis had a double-blood-volume exchange transfusion because of maternal-fetal blood group incompatibility. This seemed to accelerate both decline in antiacetylcholine antibody titer and clinical improvement. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Donat JF,Donat JR,Lennon VA

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is characterized by nerve infiltration of leukocytes and autoantibodies of the immunoglobulin G (IgG) isotype directed against nerve constituents. Leukocyte receptors for IgG (FcgammaR) constitute an important link between the humoral and cellular parts of the immune system and c...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van der Pol WL,van den Berg LH,Scheepers RH,van der Bom JG,van Doorn PA,van Koningsveld R,van den Broek MC,Wokke JH,van de Winkel JG

更新日期：2000-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the sex difference in prevalence of depression at 90 days after first-ever stroke. METHODS:Patients with first-ever stroke (n = 786) were identified from the population-based Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi project (2011-2016). Poststroke depressive symptoms were assessed ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dong L,Sánchez BN,Skolarus LE,Stulberg E,Morgenstern LB,Lisabeth LD

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Unilateral temporoparietal injury may result in an attentional deficit for stimuli presented in contralesional space. Thus, bilateral temporoparietal degeneration associated with Alzheimer disease (AD) might result in a bilateral attentional disturbance. Tests for hemispatial neglect, however, primarily asses...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kim EJ,Lee BH,Seo SW,Moon SY,Jung DS,Park KH,Heilman KM,Na DL

更新日期：2007-09-11 00:00:00