Treatment of Rasmussen's syndrome with ganciclovir.

abstract：:The technique of intrathecal enhancement using metrizamide (Amipaque) combined with CT imaging enables both the morphologic and dynamic (serial) evaluation of the intracranial cerebrospinal fluid pathways. Three distinct metrizamide CT cisternographic patterns (delayed, intermediate, and normal) emerge in pediatric pa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Drayer BP,Rosenbaum AE

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether baseline concentrations of plasma total tau (t-tau) and neurofilament light (NfL) chain proteins are associated with annual percent change (APC) of the basal forebrain cholinergic system (BFCS) in cognitively intact older adults at risk for Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS:This was a la...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cavedo E,Lista S,Houot M,Vergallo A,Grothe MJ,Teipel S,Zetterberg H,Blennow K,Habert MO,Potier MC,Dubois B,Hampel H,INSIGHT-preAD Study Group.,Alzheimer Precision Medicine Initiative

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary deficiency of merosin is the cause of the classic form of congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) accompanied by brain white matter abnormalities. We report a female infant with dystrophinopathy who was deficient in merosin in skeletal muscle. The patient had a phenotype of typical CMD and white matter abnormaliti...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tachi N,Ohya K,Chiba S,Matsuo M,Patria SY,Matsumura K

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians have long suspected an association of classic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia, or both. If proven, this would raise the possibility of a shared genetic susceptibility to the three disorders. To investigate this hypothesis, we compared 151 newly diagnosed ALS patie...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Majoor-Krakauer D,Ottman R,Johnson WG,Rowland LP

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old man presented with a painful, demyelinating sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy with lymphomatous infiltration on sural nerve biopsy, but no evidence of systemic lymphoma. The neuropathy responded to cytotoxic therapy. Seven years later he developed generalized lymphadenopathy due to B cell lymphoplasmacy...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ince PG,Shaw PJ,Fawcett PR,Bates D

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between early depressive behavior after stroke onset and occurrence of poststroke depression (PSD) at 3- and 12-month follow-up evaluations. METHODS:The study prospectively included 273 patients with first-ever single uncomplicated ischemic stroke. In the stroke unit, nurses sc...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Carota A,Berney A,Aybek S,Iaria G,Staub F,Ghika-Schmid F,Annable L,Guex P,Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：2005-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:IV immunoglobulin therapy can lead to vascular events through increased serum viscosity and possibly other mechanisms. The authors describe the successful use of tissue plasminogen activator in three of four patients who developed cerebral and peripheral arterial thrombosis after treatment with IV immunoglobulin. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Okuda D,Flaster M,Frey J,Sivakumar K

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This community-based study analyzed 54 patients with definite or probable tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in New Mexico from 1970 through 1990. Patients ranged in age from 4 months to 86 years. The highest age-specific incidence occurred in the elderly, but 22% of patients were less than 10 years old. Native American pat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Davis LE,Rastogi KR,Lambert LC,Skipper BJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine age- and sex-specific AD prevalence rates for whites using each of four severity-based definitions of a case: a person diagnosed as having at least questionable AD, one diagnosed as having at least mild AD, one diagnosed as having moderate or severe AD, and one diagnosed as having severe AD. MET...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hy LX,Keller DM

更新日期：2000-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a longitudinal follow-up study on six patients with chronic manganese-induced parkinsonism following cessation of manganese exposure. Compared with the 1987 study, their parkinsonian symptoms showed a slow progression, particularly in gait disturbances such as freezing during turning and walking backward wit...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Huang CC,Lu CS,Chu NS,Hochberg F,Lilienfeld D,Olanow W,Calne DB

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether the fornix and mamillary bodies, being part of the limbic system, are abnormal in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). BACKGROUND:The limbic system comprises the hippocampal formation, fornix, mamillary bodies, thalamus, and other integrated structures. This system is im...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kuzniecky R,Bilir E,Gilliam F,Faught E,Martin R,Hugg J

更新日期：1999-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The shortening reaction of tibialis anterior was observed in 6 of 25 normal subjects, in 6 of 40 patients with upper motor neuron syndromes, and in 11 of 17 patients with Parkinson's disease. The latency of the shortening reaction was comparable with that of the latter part of the long-latency stretch reflexes. The ma...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Berardelli A,Hallett M

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the safety and efficacy of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I (rhIGF-I) in ALS, 183 patients from eight European centers were randomized to receive double-blind placebo (n = 59) or rhIGF-I 0.1 mg/kg/day (n = 124) subcutaneously for 9 months. At study completion, the primary efficacy outcome measure...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Borasio GD,Robberecht W,Leigh PN,Emile J,Guiloff RJ,Jerusalem F,Silani V,Vos PE,Wokke JH,Dobbins T

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Small uncontrolled series suggest that treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with epilepsy may improve seizure control. Prior to conducting a definitive randomized controlled trial, we addressed critical design issues in a pilot study. METHODS:We identified a cohort of adult patients with me...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Malow BA,Foldvary-Schaefer N,Vaughn BV,Selwa LM,Chervin RD,Weatherwax KJ,Wang L,Song Y

更新日期：2008-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our experience delivering intrathecal nusinersen through cervical puncture in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) with no lumbar access. BACKGROUND:SMA is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by profound muscle weakness, atrophy, and paralysis due to degeneration of the anterior horn cell...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Veerapandiyan A,Pal R,D'Ambrosio S,Young I,Eichinger K,Collins E,Westesson PL,Kwon J,Ciafaloni E

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether immunoglobulin G (IgG) from patients with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) decreases action potential–evoked synaptic vesicle exocytosis,and whether the effect is mediated by P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs). METHODS:IgG was obtained from 4 patients with LEMS (3 ma...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Spillane J,Ermolyuk Y,Cano-Jaimez M,Lang B,Vincent A,Volynski KE,Kullmann DM

更新日期：2015-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare nondemented patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) with and without REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) to healthy controls on quantitative EEG characteristics for both wakefulness and REM sleep. METHODS:Fifteen patients with PD (7 patients with polysomnographic-confirmed RBD [PD-RBD] and 8 patients...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gagnon JF,Fantini ML,Bédard MA,Petit D,Carrier J,Rompré S,Décary A,Panisset M,Montplaisir J

更新日期：2004-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the frequency of neurologic events during commercial airline flights and to assess whether onboard emergency medical kits are adequate for in-flight neurologic emergencies. METHODS:Collaboration of the Mayo Clinic's Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medical Transportation Service and the Divis...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sirven JI,Claypool DW,Sahs KL,Wingerchuk DM,Bortz JJ,Drazkowski J,Caselli R,Zanick D

更新日期：2002-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine neurosurgical patients suffering from a variety of brain tumors were studied. Sodium valproate was given for 3 days before surgery. At craniotomy, sections of brain and samples of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma were obtained and assayed for sodium valproate concentrations. Brain levels were 6.8 to 27.9% of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vajda FJ,Donnan GA,Phillips J,Bladin PF

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolfram syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder beginning in childhood that consists of four cardinal features: optic atrophy, diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, and neurosensory hearing loss. Aside from these features, the clinical picture is highly variable and may include other neurologic abnormalities such...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rando TA,Horton JC,Layzer RB

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied brain sections from 10 patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) by in situ hybridization with a biotin-labeled JC virus (JCV) DNA probe and by immunohistochemistry using antibody against the JCV capsid antigen. We compared the results w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Aksamit AJ,Gendelman HE,Orenstein JM,Pezeshkpour GH

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pompe disease (acid maltase deficiency, glycogen storage disease type II; OMIM 232300) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder characterized by acid alpha-glucosidase deficiency due to mutations in the GAA gene. Progressive skeletal muscle weakness affects motor and respiratory functions and is ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kroos MA,Pomponio RJ,Hagemans ML,Keulemans JL,Phipps M,DeRiso M,Palmer RE,Ausems MG,Van der Beek NA,Van Diggelen OP,Halley DJ,Van der Ploeg AT,Reuser AJ

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is an effective therapy for treatment of acute ischemic stroke when administered within 3 hours of symptom onset. Three large randomized clinical trials that have attempted to extend the time window for tPA treatment beyond 3 hours have failed to demonstrate convincing ev...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Albers GW

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) may be used to quantify brainstem neuronal degeneration in ALS because of the neuronal localization of N-acetylaspartate and N-acetylaspartylglutamate, together termed NA, which are estimated with this technique. We measured the ratio of NA to creatine/phosphocreati...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cwik VA,Hanstock CC,Allen PS,Martin WR

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We administered 3 commonly employed tests of mental status (the Information-Memory-Concentration test [IMC], the Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE], and the Dementia Rating Scale [DRS]) to 92 patients with probable dementia of the Alzheimer type. The 3 tests were readministered to 55 of the patients (2-year subgroup...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Salmon DP,Thal LJ,Butters N,Heindel WC

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of ischemic stroke due to carotid artery dissection occurring during wind instrument playing, probably caused by increased intrathoracic and subsequent intrapharyngeal pressure, are presented. A review of the literature revealed three similar patients with other types of cerebrovascular events, such as parad...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Evers S,Altenmüller E,Ringelstein EB

更新日期：2000-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme-A reductase inhibitors ("statins") has been associated in some epidemiologic studies with reduced risk of Alzheimer disease (AD). However, direct evidence of statin effects on neuropathologic markers of AD is lacking. We investigated whether antecedent stati...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Li G,Larson EB,Sonnen JA,Shofer JB,Petrie EC,Schantz A,Peskind ER,Raskind MA,Breitner JC,Montine TJ

更新日期：2007-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the prevalence of brain MRI abnormalities in people with epilepsy in rural China and to compare it with that of individuals in the United Kingdom. METHODS:Brain MRI scans were obtained in people with epilepsy who participated in a rural community-based program in China between July 2010 and Decembe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Davagnanam I,Chen Z,Hoskote C,Ding D,Yang B,Wang Y,Wang T,Li W,Duncan JS,Wang W,Sander JW,Kwan P

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nonmotor symptoms (sleep dysfunction, sensory symptoms, autonomic dysfunction, mood disorders, and cognitive abnormalities) in Parkinson disease (PD) are a major cause of morbidity, yet are often underrecognized. This evidence-based practice parameter evaluates treatment options for the nonmotor symptoms of P...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zesiewicz TA,Sullivan KL,Arnulf I,Chaudhuri KR,Morgan JC,Gronseth GS,Miyasaki J,Iverson DJ,Weiner WJ,Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

更新日期：2010-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To quantify the quality of physicians' emergency first response to status epilepticus (SE) and to identify risk factors for nonadherence to treatment guidelines in a standardized simulated scenario. METHODS:In this prospective trial, 58 physicians (of different background) of the University Hospital Basel, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sutter R,Tisljar K,Opić P,De Marchis GM,Bassetti S,Bingisser R,Hunziker S,Marsch S

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00