Abstract：
:DNA amplification of three Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific DNA sequences by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were evaluated as a means for rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM). The DNA sequences amplified were a 123 bp region of the IS6110 insertion elements which occur in multiple copies in the mycobacterial genome, a 240 bp region (nts 460-700) from the MPB 64 protein coding gene, and the 383 bp region of the 65 kDa heat shock protein (HSP) antigen. Twenty-seven cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens were studied. Six were obtained from patients with TBM diagnosed by culture (4/6) or by the patients' response to anti-tuberculous therapy (2/6). The remaining 21 specimens were obtained from patients with febrile seizures (3/21), aseptic meningitis (3/21), septic meningitis (14/21), and cryptococcal meningitis (1/21), and these served as negative controls. Our results indicate that although the protocols involving the 3 DNA sequences were able to detect TB DNA in the 6 TBM specimens, the main drawback was their extreme sensitivity, thus giving rise to false positive results. In particular, the repeat copy sequence, IS6110, and the 65 kDa HSP gave unacceptably large numbers of false positive results (62% and 33%, respectively).
journal_name
J Neurol Scijournal_title
Journal of the neurological sciencesauthors
Lee BW,Tan JA,Wong SC,Tan CB,Yap HK,Low PS,Chia JN,Tay JSdoi
10.1016/0022-510x(94)90220-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-05-01 00:00:00pages
173-9issue
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0022-510Xissn
1878-5883pii
0022-510X(94)90220-8journal_volume
123pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:This paper reviews the current state of knowledge about the use of diffusion-weighted MRI in the field of multiple sclerosis (MS) research. The contribution that diffusion-weighted imaging has made to our understanding of MS is critically appraised, and pointers are given to the sort of work that needs to be done befo...
journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(76)90051-4
更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(81)90173-8
更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2014.10.006
更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(89)90186-x
更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2016.05.053
更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(81)90043-5
更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2004.03.033
更新日期：2004-08-30 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2006.06.009
更新日期：2006-11-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(79)90016-9
更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(92)90017-f
更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2015.02.046
更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0022-510x(96)00044-5
更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2008.12.019
更新日期：2009-07-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2014.03.020
更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Baseline severity and clinical stroke syndrome (Oxford Community Stroke Project, OCSP) classification are predictors of outcome in stroke. We used data from the 'Tinzaparin in Acute Ischaemic Stroke Trial' (TAIST) to assess the relationship between stroke severity, early recovery, outcome and OCSP syndrome...
journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2006.12.016
更新日期：2007-03-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2017.02.013
更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2016.02.053
更新日期：2016-06-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2011.07.030
更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(83)90192-2
更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0022-510x(02)00319-2
更新日期：2003-01-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2004.11.044
更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(90)90024-h
更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(82)90203-9
更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(80)90200-2
更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of subthreshold depression (subD) in Parkinson's Disease (PD) is not clear. The present study aimed to compare the quality of life (QoL) in PD patients with subD vs patients with no depressive disorder (nonD). Factors related to subD were identified. MATERIAL AND METHODS:PD patients and controls re...
journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2020.117109
更新日期：2020-11-15 00:00:00
abstract：:A boy, who had shown muscle weakness and hypotonia from early childhood and fiber type disproportion (FTD) with no dystrophic changes on muscle biopsy, was initially diagnosed as having congenital fiber type disproportion (CFTD). Subsequently, he developed cardiac conduction blocks. We reconsidered the diagnosis as po...
journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jns.2014.02.036
更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0022-510x(81)90029-0
更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00
