Differential effects of beta and gamma interferons on expression of major histocompatibility complex antigens and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in cultured fetal human astrocytes.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The relationship between relapses and long-term disability in multiple sclerosis (MS) remains to be fully elucidated. Current literature is conflicting and focused on early relapses. We investigated the effects of relapses at different stages on disability progression. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective re...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tremlett H,Yousefi M,Devonshire V,Rieckmann P,Zhao Y,UBC Neurologists.

更新日期：2009-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients with epilepsy can be successfully treated with a single antiepileptic drug (monotherapy). However, in a substantial number of patients, monotherapy does not provide satisfactory seizure control, and the use of two or more drugs, or polypharmacy, is required. Selection of rational combination therapy requ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ferrendelli JA

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Bevacizumab has been shown to be effective in the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma in combination with chemotherapy compared with historic controls but not in randomized trials. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients treated for recurrent glioblastoma with bevacizumab vs a control group...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nghiemphu PL,Liu W,Lee Y,Than T,Graham C,Lai A,Green RM,Pope WB,Liau LM,Mischel PS,Nelson SF,Elashoff R,Cloughesy TF

更新日期：2009-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In two patients, a sensory neuronopathy was the initial presentation of Sjögren's syndrome. There was no systemic or peripheral nerve vasculitis. Immunochemical studies failed to demonstrate specific antibodies against the nervous system. These features suggest that the damage to the sensory neurons might not be media...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Graus F,Pou A,Kanterewicz E,Anderson NE

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seronegative (SN) patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) have clinical and electrophysiologic features similar to those of seropositive (SP) patients, and they respond to the same therapeutic measures. However, because SN patients lack detectable (by standard radioimmunoassays) serum antibodies to acetylcholine receptor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Karni A,Zisman E,Katz-Levy Y,Paas-Rozner M,Dayan M,Brautbar C,Abramsky O,Sela M,Mozes E

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical efficacy of a standardized special root extract from the plant Petasites hybridus as a preventive therapy for migraine. METHODS:This is a three-arm, parallel-group, randomized trial comparing Petasites extract 75 mg bid, Petasites extract 50 mg bid, or placebo bid in 245 patients wit...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lipton RB,Göbel H,Einhäupl KM,Wilks K,Mauskop A

更新日期：2004-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested serum specimens from patients with HAM/TSP and asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers from endemic areas of Japan, Jamaica, Colombia, and Chile for neutralizing antibodies against HTLV-I. The data suggest a trend for neutralizing activity to be found more frequently in the sera from HAM/TSP patients than in sera from ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Minagawa H,Yoshida T,Itoyama Y,Mora CA,Albert P,Mori R

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate patients with early HIV-cognitive motor complex (HIV-CMC) for possible regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) abnormalities on perfusion MRI (pMRI). BACKGROUND:Nuclear medicine techniques have demonstrated global and focal cerebral perfusion abnormalities in patients with HIV dementia. Ultrafast pMR...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chang L,Ernst T,Leonido-Yee M,Speck O

更新日期：2000-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the severity of impairments in the decision-making abilities (understanding, appreciation, reasoning, and choice) and competency to make a decision to use an Alzheimer disease (AD)-slowing medication in patients with AD and the relationships between these impairments, insight, and overall cognition...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Karlawish JH,Casarett DJ,James BD,Xie SX,Kim SY

更新日期：2005-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety, tolerability, and biological activity of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) administered by an implanted intracerebroventricular (ICV) catheter and access port in advanced PD. BACKGROUND:GDNF is a peptide that promotes survival of dopamine neurons. It improved 6-OHDA- or...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nutt JG,Burchiel KJ,Comella CL,Jankovic J,Lang AE,Laws ER Jr,Lozano AM,Penn RD,Simpson RK Jr,Stacy M,Wooten GF,ICV GDNF Study Group. Implanted intracerebroventricular. Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor.

更新日期：2003-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop evidence-based recommendations for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:We searched the literature (1970-March 2011; March 2011-September 2013 MEDLINE search), classified articles, and linked recommendations to evidence. RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:Clin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yadav V,Bever C Jr,Bowen J,Bowling A,Weinstock-Guttman B,Cameron M,Bourdette D,Gronseth GS,Narayanaswami P

更新日期：2014-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional mail survey evaluated the prevalence and predictors of unconventional therapy (UT) utilization among 569 community-based people with MS. One-third reported having visited a UT practitioner in the last 6 months. Utilizers tended to report at least one medical comorbidity, earn at least $50,000 a ye...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schwartz CE,Laitin E,Brotman S,LaRocca N

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no published MRI studies comparing interferon beta 1b (IFNbeta-1b) and glatiramer acetate (GA) for treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of IFNbeta-1b and GA for suppression of MS disease activity as evidenced on frequent brain MRI. METHODS:A total of 7...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cadavid D,Wolansky LJ,Skurnick J,Lincoln J,Cheriyan J,Szczepanowski K,Kamin SS,Pachner AR,Halper J,Cook SD

更新日期：2009-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A decade of empirical work in brain imaging, genomics, and other areas of research has yielded new knowledge about the frequency of incidental findings, investigator responsibility, and risks and benefits of disclosure. Straightforward guidance for handling such findings of possible clinical significance, however, has...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Illes J,Kirschen MP,Edwards E,Bandettini P,Cho MK,Ford PJ,Glover GH,Kulynych J,Macklin R,Michael DB,Wolf SM,Grabowski T,Seto B

更新日期：2008-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the eye movements and visual perception in a man with extensive bilateral occipital lesions acquired at birth. He had 3/500 acuity, limited visual fields, and extrafoveal fixation attributable to an intact left superior visual cortex. Analysis of digitized electro-oculography and magnetic search coil data s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rizzo M,Hurtig R

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and genetic findings are described for 16 patients from a large Italian family with a variant form of hereditary spastic paraplegia and congenital arachnoid cysts inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. A molecular study has revealed a novel missense mutation, T614I, in exon 17 of SPG4, which may play a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Orlacchio A,Gaudiello F,Totaro A,Floris R,St George-Hyslop PH,Bernardi G,Kawarai T

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the neuropathologic findings in a case of Sneddon's syndrome. There were multiple small, predominantly cortical, infarcts, with focal hyperplasia and fibrotic occlusion of arterial vessels in the superficial white matter, cortex, and leptomeninges. A very occasional arterial thrombus was seen. These...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hilton DA,Footitt D

更新日期：2003-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Spontaneous spinal CSF leaks are an important cause of new-onset headaches. Such leaks are reported to be particularly common at the cervico-thoracic junction. The authors undertook a study to determine the significance of these cervico-thoracic CSF leaks. METHODS:The patient population consisted of a consec...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schievink WI,Maya MM,Chu RM,Moser FG

更新日期：2015-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and angiographic correlations of small deep infarcts seen on computed tomography (CT) scan were studied in 297 consecutive patients. Some of these showed the features described by Fisher as part of the lacunar syndrome. In a large number, a source of emboli from either a cardiac or a carotid source was hi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pullicino P,Nelson RF,Kendall BE,Marshall J

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial decision in the management of idiopathic parkinsonism is whether any pharmacotherapy is indicated. There is no conclusive evidence that treatment is helpful before symptoms start to affect the patient's life, although some neurologists believe that deprenyl, also known as selegiline, could be useful. Once ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Calne DB

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The state-of-the-art tools of neurology, in particular modern neuroimaging techniques, have yet to benefit from the revolution in mobile technologies that provide new insights into the mechanisms underlying clinical syndromes. This study demonstrates the manner in which mobile technologies may provide informa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lassalle-Lagadec S,Allard M,Dilharreguy B,Schweitzer P,Swendsen J,Sibon I

更新日期：2012-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The authors report the results of a prospective, placebo-controlled, randomized study to evaluate the effectiveness of 3,4-diaminopyridine (DAP) in patients with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) and to determine the acute and long-term side effects of DAP. METHODS:Twenty-six patients with LEMS compl...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sanders DB,Massey JM,Sanders LL,Edwards LJ

更新日期：2000-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We used the Mayo Clinic medical records linkage system to detect all cases of intracranial vascular malformation (IVM) among residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota from 1965 to 1992 and found 48 IVMs over the 27-year period, including four patients with IVM detected at autopsy, without prior symptoms. Twenty-nine of 4...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brown RD Jr,Wiebers DO,Torner JC,O'Fallon WM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors used PET to show that the abnormal pattern of cerebral blood flow (CBF) activation described in PD is normalized by electrical stimulation of subthalamic nucleus. Improvement in bradykinesia correlated with increase in CBF due to stimulation in the supplementary motor area and anterior cingulate cortex. Co...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Strafella AP,Dagher A,Sadikot AF

更新日期：2003-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a clinical syndrome of cerebellar ataxia associated with muscle coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) deficiency. BACKGROUND:Muscle CoQ10 deficiency has been reported only in a few patients with a mitochondrial encephalomyopathy characterized by 1) recurrent myoglobinuria; 2) brain involvement (seizures, ataxia, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Musumeci O,Naini A,Slonim AE,Skavin N,Hadjigeorgiou GL,Krawiecki N,Weissman BM,Tsao CY,Mendell JR,Shanske S,De Vivo DC,Hirano M,DiMauro S

更新日期：2001-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to review 4 patients with encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy (EMRN) and assess for autoantibodies against neutral glycolipids. METHODS:We studied the progression of clinical, radiologic, neurophysiologic, and CSF findings, as well as anti-neutral glycolipid antibodies in sera. RESULT...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shima S,Kawamura N,Ishikawa T,Masuda H,Iwahara C,Niimi Y,Ueda A,Iwabuchi K,Mutoh T

更新日期：2014-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a 3-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 300 mg of gangliosides (Cronassial) in 40 outpatients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We evaluated drug effect through physical examinations and symptom scales. Though this dosage had no major toxic effect, Cronassial treatment did not signifi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lacomblez L,Bouche P,Bensimon G,Meininger V

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old chronically immunosuppressed woman with systemic lupus erythematosus developed fulminant meningoencephalitis due to Acanthamoeba castellanii. Amebic trophozoites were also found in the lungs, suggesting a primary pulmonary focus of infection. This case illustrates that Acanthamoeba can cause a fulminant,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grunnet ML,Cannon GH,Kushner JP

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apraxia is the loss of the ability to perform learned skilled movements correctly. In right-handers, apraxia and aphasia are most frequently associated with left-hemisphere lesions. When they are dissociated, however, aphasia is more common in the absence of apraxia than vice versa. There are two hypotheses that can a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Foundas AL,Henchey R,Gilmore RL,Fennell EB,Heilman KM

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The antivirally active MxA protein is induced by interferon (IFN) alpha/beta and inhibits the replication of single-stranded RNA viruses including measles virus (MV). The authors investigated whether the MxA gene contributed to the development of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in Japanese individ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Torisu H,Kusuhara K,Kira R,Bassuny WM,Sakai Y,Sanefuji M,Takemoto M,Hara T

更新日期：2004-02-10 00:00:00