Presymptomatic DNA and MRI diagnosis of neurofibromatosis 2 with mild clinical course in an extended pedigree.

abstract：:Large doses of phenytoin were administered on 159 occasions to 139 adult patients. Most patients had had more than three seizures or were in status epilepticus. Based on response to treatment, patients could be divided into two groups. Those with excellent response (recurrent seizures, 10%; mortality, 1%) included kno...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cranford RE,Leppik IE,Patrick B,Anderson CB,Kostick B

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E.C. Seguin was one of the early, influential 19th-century neurologists who participated in the development of neurology as a specialty in the United States. Born in France, but raised from early childhood in the United States, Seguin published widely, developed a high-profile New York City practice, and was named Cli...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Goetz CG,Harter DH

更新日期：2013-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To improve clinical recognition and provide research diagnostic criteria for three clinical syndromes associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration. METHODS:Consensus criteria for the three prototypic syndromes-frontotemporal dementia, progressive nonfluent aphasia, and semantic dementia-were developed b...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Neary D,Snowden JS,Gustafson L,Passant U,Stuss D,Black S,Freedman M,Kertesz A,Robert PH,Albert M,Boone K,Miller BL,Cummings J,Benson DF

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated CSF free kappa light chains (FKLCs) may predict disability in multiple sclerosis (MS). We reviewed records of 57 patients with MS with 15-year median follow-up for correlations of disability and CSF FKLCs. Levels > or = 1.53 microg/mL predicted progression to need for ambulatory assistance during follow-up (s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rinker JR 2nd,Trinkaus K,Cross AH

更新日期：2006-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated how history of concussion affects symptom reporting prior to and after sustaining a concussion. At baseline, athletes with a positive concussion history reported more current symptomatology than athletes who had never been concussed. At 2 hours postinjury, concussed athletes with a history of pre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bruce JM,Echemendia RJ

更新日期：2004-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to perform a third cognitive assessment in our pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) patient cohort and determine predictors of the individual cognitive outcome. METHODS:After 4.7 ± 0.7 years from baseline evaluation, 48 of 63 patients in the original cohort were reassessed on an e...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Amato MP,Goretti B,Ghezzi A,Hakiki B,Niccolai C,Lori S,Moiola L,Falautano M,Viterbo RG,Patti F,Cilia S,Pozzilli C,Bianchi V,Roscio M,Martinelli V,Comi G,Portaccio E,Trojano M,MS Study Group of the Italian Neurological

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of gabapentin on sensory and motor symptoms in patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS). METHODS:Patients with RLS (22 idiopathic, 2 secondary to iron deficiency) were randomized and treated for 6 weeks with either gabapentin or placebo. After a 1-week washout they crossed over to the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Garcia-Borreguero D,Larrosa O,de la Llave Y,Verger K,Masramon X,Hernandez G

更新日期：2002-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We used two analytic methods (a multichannel coulometric electrode array with high-performance liquid chromatography, and gas chromatography-mass spectrophotometry) to measure CSF dopamine (DA) and its metabolites in mildly affected, unmedicated subjects with Parkinson's disease (PD). The mean (+/- SD) concentration o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： LeWitt PA,Galloway MP,Matson W,Milbury P,McDermott M,Srivastava DK,Oakes D

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypotheses predicted in a hypothetical model of Alzheimer disease (AD) biomarkers that rates of β-amyloid (Aβ) accumulation on PET imaging are not related to hippocampal neurodegeneration whereas rates of neurodegenerative brain atrophy depend on the presence of both amyloid and neurodegeneration ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jack CR Jr,Wiste HJ,Knopman DS,Vemuri P,Mielke MM,Weigand SD,Senjem ML,Gunter JL,Lowe V,Gregg BE,Pankratz VS,Petersen RC

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the clinical, urodynamic, and neurophysiologic features of patients with persisting bladder, bowel, and sexual dysfunction after transverse myelitis in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody (MOG-Ab) disease. METHODS:Patients with a history of MOG-Ab disease-related transverse myelitis seen p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Li V,Malladi P,Simeoni S,Pakzad M,Everett R,Satukijchai C,Leite MI,Palace J,Panicker JN

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the degrees to which 8 domains of health are affected across types of cerebrovascular events and to identify factors associated with domain scores in different event types. METHODS:This was an observational cohort study of 2,181 patients with ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), subar...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Katzan IL,Schuster A,Newey C,Uchino K,Lapin B

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore sensitivity of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in detecting prior unilateral optic neuritis. METHODS:This is a retrospective, observational clinical study of all patients who presented from January 1, 2014, to January 6, 2017, with unilateral optic neuritis and OCT available at least 3 months a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Xu SC,Kardon RH,Leavitt JA,Flanagan EP,Pittock SJ,Chen JJ

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Activation of the type 1 interferon (IFN1) pathway is a prominent feature of dermatomyositis (DM) muscle and may play a role in the pathogenesis of this disease. However, the relevance of the IFN1 pathway in patients with other types of myositis such as the antisynthetase syndrome (AS), immune-mediated necrot...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pinal-Fernandez I,Casal-Dominguez M,Derfoul A,Pak K,Plotz P,Miller FW,Milisenda JC,Grau-Junyent JM,Selva-O'Callaghan A,Paik J,Albayda J,Christopher-Stine L,Lloyd TE,Corse AM,Mammen AL

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To verify the previously reported association between long-term use of β2-adrenoreceptor (β2AR) agonist and antagonist with reduced and increased risk of Parkinson disease (PD), respectively. METHODS:We obtained odds ratios (ORs) associating time of β2AR agonist and antagonist use with PD risk in nationwide ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hopfner F,Wod M,Höglinger GU,Blaabjerg M,Rösler TW,Kuhlenbäumer G,Christensen K,Deuschl G,Pottegård A

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the risk of peripheral neuropathy (PN) with oral fluoroquinolone (FQ) use. METHODS:We conducted a case-control study within a cohort of men aged 45 to 80 years in the United States followed from 2001 to 2011. Cases were defined as those with the first physician visit diagnosis of PN, polyneuropat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Etminan M,Brophy JM,Samii A

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Titus Lucretius Carus was an ancient Roman philosopher of the Epicurean school whose epic poem On the Nature of Things described numerous aspects of the natural world. In fact, much contemporary scientific understanding is consistent with or inspired by his work. Among Lucretius's contributions to neurology were his d...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hyam JA,Paterson DJ,Aziz TZ,Green AL

更新日期：2011-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with thymoma-associated neuromyotonia and voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv1.2 and Kv1.6) antibodies by immunoprecipitation and rat brain immunolabeling was treated successfully with immunoadsorption and cyclophosphamide. Curiously, glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies, absent at onset, appeared later. S...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Antozzi C,Frassoni C,Vincent A,Regondi MC,Andreetta F,Bernasconi P,Ciano C,Chang T,Cornelio F,Spreafico R,Mantegazza R

更新日期：2005-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the number of new gadolinium-enhancing and T2-weighted lesions on six monthly MRI scans in eight patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis before and during treatment with weekly intramuscular interferon beta-1a (Avonex; 30 microg). MRI activity was modestly reduced during treatment (p = 0.016). The treat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Waubant E,Goodkin DE,Sloan R,Andersson PB

更新日期：1999-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In four patients who received periocular injections of botulinum toxin for blepharospasm, abnormal neuromuscular transmission was demonstrated by single-fiber EMG in arm muscles. The time course with which the abnormalities developed and cleared, as well as the inverse relationship between the neuromuscular jitter and...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sanders DB,Massey EW,Buckley EG

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is characterized by relative sparing of primary sensory and motor cortex and a lack of sensory or motor symptomatology. We report a case of presenile onset dementia accompanied by a slowly progressive hemiparesis. Autopsy examination showed severe pathologic involvement of somatosensory cortex with...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jagust WJ,Davies P,Tiller-Borcich JK,Reed BR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the pathogenesis of proximal diabetic neuropathy (PDN) with nerve and muscle biopsies. BACKGROUND:Recent evidence suggests that nerve ischemia secondary to immune-mediated vasculopathy rather than diabetic microangiopathy may be responsible for PDN. METHOD:- Fifteen patients with PDN and two ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kelkar P,Masood M,Parry GJ

更新日期：2000-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the outcome of five patients with a cardiac thrombus selected among 183 patients with stroke (2.7 %) who were given IV tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). No early systemic or cerebral embolism occurred. Two patients made a complete recovery at 3 months. Two patients had a moderate outcome. One pa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Derex L,Nighoghossian N,Perinetti M,Honnorat J,Trouillas P

更新日期：2001-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-year-old woman with levodopa-responsive parkinsonism complicated by motor fluctuations and generalized levodopa dyskinesia underwent bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) 7 years after symptom onset. DBS improved levodopa-responsive upper extremity bradykinesia but aggravated speech, swallowing, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tarsy D,Apetauerova D,Ryan P,Norregaard T

更新日期：2003-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:As the substantia nigra degenerates in Parkinson's disease (PD), the nigrostriatal pathway is disrupted, reducing striatal dopamine and producing PD symptoms. Although dopamine does not readily cross the blood-brain barrier, its precursor, levodopa, does. Levodopa is absorbed in the small bowel and is rapidly cataboli...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Koller WC,Rueda MG

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite evidence for the efficacy of thrombolytic therapy in acute ischemic stroke, only 1 to 7% of patients receive this therapy. The authors sought to determine the reasons for exclusion from tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in an acute setting and found avoidable causes in 18% of patients. Improvements in intraho...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cocho D,Belvís R,Martí-Fàbregas J,Molina-Porcel L,Díaz-Manera J,Aleu A,Pagonabarraga J,García-Bargo D,Mauri A,Martí-Vilalta JL

更新日期：2005-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the North Dublin Population Stroke Study, we investigated the risk of recurrent stroke within the 14-day time window recommended for endarterectomy. METHODS:In a population-based prospective cohort study, all ischemic stroke patients were identified over 1 year and categorized into those with (CS-positive...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marnane M,Ni Chroinin D,Callaly E,Sheehan OC,Merwick A,Hannon N,Horgan G,Kyne L,Moroney J,McCormack PM,Dolan E,Duggan J,Williams D,Crispino-O'Connell G,Kelly PJ

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a case of neurologic involvement in mild hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA), not due to tetrahydrobiopterin (BH(4)) deficiency, with low levels of monoamine neurotransmitter metabolites in CSF. The combined BH(4)-Phe loading test suggested a BH(4) response, confirmed by clinical improvement after BH(4) t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bonafé L,Blau N,Burlina AP,Romstad A,Güttler F,Burlina AB

更新日期：2001-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 78-year-old man with right hemiballism as the presenting symptom of a metastatic occult adenocarcinoma of the lung. CT demonstrated two contrast-enhancing lesions: one in the left subthalamic region and the other in the left parietal region. Metastatic tumor was confirmed at autopsy. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Glass JP,Jankovic J,Borit A

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Affective-motivational and sensory-discriminative aspects of pain were investigated in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer disease (AD) and healthy elderly controls using the cold pressor test tolerance and repetitive stimuli of warmth and heat stimuli, evaluating the stimulus-response function. METHOD...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jensen-Dahm C,Werner MU,Jensen TS,Ballegaard M,Andersen BB,Høgh P,Waldemar G

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate, examine the internal validity, and adapt to children the electronic version of the composite cerebellar functional severity (CCFS) score. METHODS:In this multicenter study, we compared the validated manual device with the new electronic version (n = 46) and analyzed its kinetics in 146 patients ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Filipovic Pierucci A,Mariotti C,Panzeri M,Giunti P,Boesch S,Schulz JB,Pandolfo M,Durr A,Tezenas du Montcel S,EFACTS Study Group.

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00