Epidemiological characteristics of motor neuron disease in Chinese patients.

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the relationship between people with epilepsy and birth order. METHODS:A case-control study of 336 epileptics, 15 years and above, and their 1961 full siblings. The data was analysed by birth order and then stratified by sibship size. The 95% confidence interval (CI) for each odds ratio (OR) was ob...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Obeid T,Awada A,Amene P,Oni G

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated levels of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) neuronal injury markers (neurofilament light chain [NF-L] and total tau protein [t-tau]) and of the astroglial marker glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) are found in etiologically different neurological disorders affecting the peripheral and the central ne...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Constantinescu R,Mahamud U,Constantinescu C,Eriksson B,Novakova L,Olsson B,Rosengren L,Blennow K,Axelsson M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothyroidism induced by anti-epileptic drug treatment gave rise to thyroid function test studies in patients treated with carbamazepine (CBZ) only. In 42 patients on long-term CBZ treatment thyroxine (T4), free T4-index (FT4I), and triiodothyronine (T3) concentrations in serum were significantly lower than in contro...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Strandjord RE,Aanderud S,Myking OL,Johannessen SI

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 30 ischemic stroke patients, divided into 2 groups depending on the side of their hemispheric cerebral lesion, the authors evaluated the levels of CSF homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA). The changes of these metabolites in CSF samples collected 3, 14 and 25 days after stroke have been c...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ferrarese C,Bassi S,Frattola L,Locatelli P,Piolti R,Trabucchi M

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the macrophage electrophoretic mobility (MEM) test, the in vitro effects of oleic, linoleic and arachidonic acid, as well as Naudicell oil and methyl gamma-linolenate, on lymphocyte response to various antigens (PPD, thyroid antigen and EF) were studied in patients with mutiple sclerosis, patients with other neu...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Field EJ,Shenton BK

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological examinations were done on 20 patients aged 40-71 years with recently diagnosed high grade non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. General chemotherapy and intrathecal chemotherapy in order to prevent central nervous system (CNS) involvement were begun. On the first day of chemotherapeutic cycle patients received...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Grzelec H,Fryze C,Nowacki P,Zdziarska B

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some recent studies have found an association between foetal malformations in earlier antiepileptic drug (AED)-exposed pregnancies and an increased hazard of such malformations in subsequent pregnancies. We investigated this matter further, and also considered the possible role of spontaneous abortions in pr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Vajda FJ,O'Brien TJ,Graham JE,Hitchcock AA,Lander CM,Eadie MJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a rare but debilitating neurological disease where the body develops antibodies against neuronal cell surface/synaptic proteins. Rituximab is an anti-CD20 chimeric monoclonal antibody which shows promise in AE treatment observational studies. To our knowledge, there has been n...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nepal G,Shing YK,Yadav JK,Rehrig JH,Ojha R,Huang DY,Gajurel BP

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the ophthalmic artery (OA) as a collateral to the cerebral circulation in carotid occlusive disease is somewhat controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the importance of this collateral by comparing the results of transorbital Doppler ultrasonography and regional cerebral blood flow measurements...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kerty E,Nyberg-Hansen R,Dahl A,Bakke SJ,Russell D,Rootwelt K

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The death rate from Parkinson's disease (PD) were analyzed using Japanese vital statistics for 1950-1992. The age-adjusted PD death rate increased statistically significantly with the years between 1950 and 1992 for both sexes. However, decline in the PD death rate were observed among the population under 65 years old...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Imaizumi Y,Kaneko R

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:As part of a door-to-door survey of neurologic diseases, we investigated the prevalence of lumbosacral radiculopathy (LR) in two Sicilian municipalities (N = 14,540, as of November 1, 1987). MATERIAL & METHODS:During phase 1, we administered a brief screening instrument to subjects in the study population. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Savettieri G,Salemi G,Rocca WA,Meneghini F,D'Arpa A,Morgante L,Coraci MA,Reggio A,Grigoletto F,Di Perri R

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence on the cystometrogram of repeated filling and varying filling rates was studied in two groups of neurological patients, one with normal and one with uninhibited neurogenic bladder. A technique which permits an even bladder filling and a continuous recording of the intravesical pressure was used. The effe...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jensen D Jr

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of 7 mitochondrial enzymes, fumarase, NAD-malate dehydrogenase (MDH), citrate synthase (CS), valine dehydrogenase (VDH), succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC) has been measured in platelet preparations from patients affected by Friedreich's ata...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sorbi S,Piacentini S,Fani C,Tonini S,Marini P,Amaducci L

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the relationship between depression, physical disability, cognitive deficit and brain abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with early MS. Eighteen relapsing-remitting MS patients were evaluated: depression was diagnosed according to DSM-III R and measured by the MMPI de...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Millefiorini E,Padovani A,Pozzilli C,Loriedo C,Bastianello S,Buttinelli C,Di Piero V,Fieschi C

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to illuminate adult's experienced quality of life in newly-debuted epilepsy and to test the American instrument Quality of Life Index (QLI) for the first time on an epilepsy population. A second aim was to find appropriate questions to measure patient perceptions in epilepsy. MATERIAL AND M...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Räty L,Hamrin E,Söderfeldt B

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study concerns the distribution of T-cell subsets as determined by specific monoclonal antibodies in 50 individuals with complex partial seizures (31) and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures (19), and in 30 healthy controls. The epileptic group had significantly fewer circulating T4 "helper" lymphocytes and...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Eeg-Olofsson O,Prchal JF,Andermann F

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a young woman who developed left ventricular failure and pulmonary edema during fulminant onset of multiple sclerosis. One of the numerous plaques was located in the left inferior cerebellar peduncle near the dorsal motor vagal and solitary tract nuclei. Within two days pulmonary edema had cleared, and wit...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Melin J,Usenius JP,Fogelholm R

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Analysis of the CTG-repeat number and three biallelic markers, Alu(+/-), HinfI(+/-), and TaqI(+/-), in the DMPK gene in healthy and myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) Serbian individuals. Also, the consideration of haplotypes in the light of the proposed models of CTG-repeat evolution and origin of the DM1 muta...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Krndija D,Savić D,Mladenović J,Rakocević-Stojanović V,Apostolski S,Todorović S,Romac S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children are reported, who became diseased at the age of 4 and 2 years, respectively, with progressive upper motor neuron symptoms leading to severe disability within a few years. The boy died at age 10 and autopsy disclosed a severe gangliolipidosis throughout the central nervous system, maximal in the brain stem...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Brandt S,Clausen J,Diemer NH,Faurholt-Pedersen V,Jensen GE,Lademann A,Melchior JC

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a multiple sclerosis (MS)-like disorder in a male patient with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) harbouring the mitochondrial DNA 11778 base pair mutation. Given the population frequencies of MS and LHON, coincidental occurrence is unlikely. Hypothetically the mitochondrial mutation unde...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Olsen NK,Hansen AW,Nørby S,Edal AL,Jørgensen JR,Rosenberg T

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease (PD) and stroke (ST) subjects show balance impairments due to damage of the balance control system. The objective of the study was to assess the impact of MS, PD and ST on upright posture in eyes open condition and when visual and/or proprioceptive inputs are alter...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Cattaneo D,Carpinella I,Aprile I,Prosperini L,Montesano A,Jonsdottir J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to estimate the risk of hip fracture after first-ever stroke, using a nationwide population-base data set and a retrospective cohort design. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The cohort study involved 18,413 patients surviving a first-ever stroke during the 12-year period from 1997 to 2008. Ano...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lin HL,Lin HC,Tseng YF,Liao HH,Worly JA,Pan CY,Hsu CY

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is caused by large expansions of cytosine-thymine-guanine (CTG)-repeats in myotonic dystrophy protein kinase (DMPK)-gene. This gene is highly polymorphic in healthy individuals. It has been proposed that expanded alleles originated from the group of large sized normal alleles....

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Culjković B,Stojković O,Vukosavić S,Savić D,Rakocevic V,Apostolski S,Romac S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to assess the efficacy of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) in Parkinson's disease (PD)-associated trunk posture abnormalities retrospectively analyzing data from 101 patients reporting mild-to-severe trunk posture abnormalities of a cohort of 216 PD patients treated with STN-DBS...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Artusi CA,Zibetti M,Romagnolo A,Rizzone MG,Merola A,Lopiano L

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of disturbed dopamine and serotonin metabolism in senile dementia of Alzheimer type was studied. The basal concentrations of homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were studied in 28 patients with senile dementia of Alzheimer type and in 13 controls...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Soininen H,MacDonald E,Rekonen M,Riekkinen PJ

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large Japanese family with probable Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is described. Detailed neurological examination in 12 patients from 3 generations revealed variable combinations of cerebellar ataxia, ocular paresis, difficulty in eye-lid opening, bulging eyes, facial "myokymia", facial dystonia, pyramidal signs, ext...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Takiyama Y,Ikemoto S,Tanaka Y,Mizuno Y,Yoshida M,Yasuda N

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) by month of birth in Sweden. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cases (n = 9361) were obtained from the Swedish MS Registry. All births in Sweden 1900-2007 served as controls (n = 12,116,853). The risk of MS was analyzed for each month of birth separately compared with birt...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Salzer J,Svenningsson A,Sundström P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study migraine without aura (MwoA) prevalence in the commune of Vågå, Norway; 1838 (18- to 65-year-old) individuals were included. A special search was made for cervicogenic characteristics in MwoA, as it has been claimed that such characteristics may frequently be present. A comparison with cervicogenic ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sjaastad O,Bakketeig LS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features of multiple sclerosis (MS) in north-east Scotland have been examined along with an epidemiological study to determine the prevalence of the disease on 1st December, 1970. Patient information was collected from all available diagnostic indices, both retrospectively and prospectively from 1965. Eve...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Shepherd DI

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Neuropsychiatric symptoms commonly found after aneurysmal SAH are covered in the astheno-emotional disorder (AED) of Lindqvist & Malmgrens diagnostic system for organic psychiatry. This study aims to describe the reliability and symptomatology of AED and its relationship with social outcome. MATERIAL AND ME...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rödholm M,Starmark JE,Svensson E,Von Essen C

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00