Acute effects of acetazolamide in hyperkalemic periodic paralysis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of hypoglycemia on cardiovascular outcomes in a sample of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS:Information about study participants was extracted from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan for the years 1998 through 2008. We...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yu TM,Lin CL,Chang SN,Sung FC,Kao CH

更新日期：2014-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether the incidence, comorbidity, and mortality of first-time ischemic stroke changed in Denmark between 1996 and 2016 overall and according to age and sex using a nationwide cohort design. METHODS:In this cohort study, 224,617 individuals ≥18 years of age admitted with first-time ischemic strok...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yafasova A,Fosbøl EL,Christiansen MN,Vinding NE,Andersson C,Kruuse C,Johnsen SP,Gislason GH,Torp-Pedersen C,Køber L,Butt JH

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Precise genetic analyses were conducted with ring finger protein 213 (RNF213) in relation to a particular clinical phenotype in Chinese patients with moyamoya disease (MMD) to determine whether heterozygosity is responsible for the early-onset and severe form of this disease. METHODS:A case-control study for...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wang Y,Zhang Z,Wei L,Zhang Q,Zou Z,Yang L,Li D,Shang M,Han C,Mambiya M,Bao X,Li Q,Hao F,Zhang K,Wang H,Liu S,Liu M,Zeng F,Nie F,Wang K,Liu W,Duan L

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the evidence demonstrating efficacy, tolerability, and safety of seven new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) (gabapentin, lamotrigine, topiramate, tiagabine, oxcarbazepine, levetiracetam, and zonisamide) in the treatment of children and adults with refractory partial and generalized epilepsies. METHODS:A ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： French JA,Kanner AM,Bautista J,Abou-Khalil B,Browne T,Harden CL,Theodore WH,Bazil C,Stern J,Schachter SC,Bergen D,Hirtz D,Montouris GD,Nespeca M,Gidal B,Marks WJ Jr,Turk WR,Fischer JH,Bourgeois B,Wilner A,Faught R

更新日期：2004-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether recurrent epileptic seizures induce brain damage is debated. Disease progression in epilepsy has been evaluated only in a few community-based studies involving patients with seizures well controlled by medication. These studies concluded that epilepsy does not inevitably lead to global cerebral damag...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bernhardt BC,Worsley KJ,Kim H,Evans AC,Bernasconi A,Bernasconi N

更新日期：2009-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:IgM anti-GM1 antibodies occur with increased frequency in the serum of patients with multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN). We tested the ability of serum IgM from patients with MMN to bind to GM1 ganglioside covalently bound to secondary amino groups on ELISA plates (Co-GM1). The Co-GM1 technique detected high titer (> 1...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pestronk A,Choksi R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients presented with unilateral progressive optic neuropathy. None of these patients had signs of symptoms referable to the chiasm or eye, thus confining their decline in vision to the optic nerve. Clinical and neuroradiographic evidence suggested a meningioma involving the optic nerve at the orbital-canalicu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gudeman SK,Selhorst JB,Susac JO,Waybright EA

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We established the frequency of Horner's syndrome (HS) in 248 elective patients after coronary artery bypass surgery. Patients were evaluated neurologically pre- and post-operatively and 6 months after surgery. Nineteen patients (7.7%) developed unilateral HS postoperatively, 12 involving the left eye. The finding per...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Barbut D,Gold JP,Heinemann MH,Hinton RB,Trifiletti RR

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether there is a relationship between aortic plaques and intracranial (IC) atherosclerosis. METHODS:We reviewed 922 patients with stroke who had both transesophageal echocardiography and cerebral angiography. The plaques of these patients were classified as either complex aortic plaques (CAP),...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nam HS,Han SW,Lee JY,Ahn SH,Ha JW,Rim SJ,Lee BI,Heo JH

更新日期：2006-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy surgery is a well-established treatment for certain types of intractable epilepsy. While there is a relatively high number of epilepsy surgery centers in Canada and the United States, the same cannot be said about many other parts of the world, such as South America. Although there are notable exceptions, suc...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Steven DA,Vasquez CM,Delgado JC,Zapata-Luyo W,Becerra A,Barreto E,Arango MF,Burneo JG

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracarotid amobarbital test (IAT) examines hemispheric memory and language. We set out to determine whether memory performance on the IAT correlated with seizure relief after anterior temporal lobectomy in 117 patients with refractory epilepsy. The IAT assessed recognition memory performance for nine items with ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sperling MR,Saykin AJ,Glosser G,Moran M,French JA,Brooks M,O'Connor MJ

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) exerts many effects upon spinal cord function in animals, and may also play a role in human spinal cord function. We have used the technique of quantitative autoradiography to anatomically localize specific receptors for TRH within human spinal cord. Highest concentrations of TRH re...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Manaker S,Winokur A,Rhodes CH,Rainbow TC

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of imipramine on the absorption of a single dose of levodopa was studied in male volunteers. By delaying gastric emptying and retarding delivery to intestinal absorptive sites, imipramine interfered with the absorption of levodopa. This action caused by the anticholinergic effect of imipramine. The retardat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Morgan JP,Rivera-Calimlim L,Messiha F,Sundaresan PR,Trabert N

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 10 patients with chronic autonomic failure, the sympathetic perivascular nerve plexuses from quadriceps muscle biopsies were studied by catecholamine fluorescence and electronmicroscopy. There was almost complete absence of catecholamine fluorescence and fewer than normal numbers of small granular (noradrenergic) v...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bannister R,Crowe R,Eames R,Burnstock G

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively investigate the relationships between serum tissue inhibitor metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) and clinical outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke. METHODS:We derived data from the China Antihypertensive Trial in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Baseline serum TIMP-1 concentrations were measured i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zhong C,Wang G,Xu T,Zhu Z,Guo D,Zheng X,Wang A,Bu X,Peng H,Chen J,Xu T,Peng Y,Li Q,Ju Z,Geng D,He J,Zhang Y

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy of acetyl-l-carnitine (ALCAR) on the rate of decline in early-onset AD patients. METHODS:A 1-year, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial was conducted. Subjects were 45 to 65 years old, with a diagnosis of probable AD according to National Institute of Neur...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Thal LJ,Calvani M,Amato A,Carta A

更新日期：2000-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report five stroke patients with sensory deficits including prominent chest discomfort mimicking angina. BACKGROUND:Chest wall sensory discomfort, as a part of unilateral sensory dysfunction, has seldom been recognized as a potential imitator of cardiac ischemia. METHODS:A retrospective review of stroke ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gorson KC,Pessin MS,DeWitt LD,Caplan LR

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested three serotonin antagonists--lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), 2-bromolysergic acid diethylamide (BOL), and cinanserin--for effects on experimental spinal cord ischemia in the rabbit. Blood flow to spinal cord was obstructed. Drugs were administered before or after initiation of occlusion, and flow was later...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zivin JA,Venditto JA

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the episodic migraine (EM)-obesity association and the influence of age, race, and sex on this relationship. METHODS:We examined the EM-obesity association and the influence of age, race, and sex in 3,862 adult participants of both black and white race interviewed in the National Comorbidity Surv...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Peterlin BL,Rosso AL,Williams MA,Rosenberg JR,Haythornthwaite JA,Merikangas KR,Gottesman RF,Bond DS,He JP,Zonderman AB

更新日期：2013-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the clinical implications and the pathophysiologic determinants of interictal bitemporal hypometabolism (BTH) in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) not associated with bilateral MRI abnormalities or intracranial space-occupying lesions. METHODS:The authors compared the clinical, interictal, and ictal EEG...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Koutroumanidis M,Hennessy MJ,Seed PT,Elwes RD,Jarosz J,Morris RG,Maisey MN,Binnie CD,Polkey CE

更新日期：2000-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between the presence of a circadian body temperature rhythm and behaviorally assessed consciousness levels in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC; i.e., vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome or minimally conscious state). METHODS:In a cross-sectional stu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Blume C,Lechinger J,Santhi N,del Giudice R,Gnjezda MT,Pichler G,Scarpatetti M,Donis J,Michitsch G,Schabus M

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the difference in risk for dementing diseases between men and women. BACKGROUND:Previous studies suggest women have a higher risk for dementia than men. However, these studies include small sample sizes, particularly in the older age groups, when the incidence of dementia is highest. METHODS:Pooled...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Andersen K,Launer LJ,Dewey ME,Letenneur L,Ott A,Copeland JR,Dartigues JF,Kragh-Sorensen P,Baldereschi M,Brayne C,Lobo A,Martinez-Lage JM,Stijnen T,Hofman A

更新日期：1999-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess hearing in patients with essential tremor (ET) vs patients with Parkinson disease (PD) and normal controls. METHODS:The authors assessed demographic and clinical information including use of hearing aids in 250 patients with ET, 127 patients with PD, and 127 normal controls. The authors administere...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ondo WG,Sutton L,Dat Vuong K,Lai D,Jankovic J

更新日期：2003-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The relevance of neutralizing antibodies (NAb) to interferon-beta (IFNbeta) for patients with MS treated with IFNbeta injections has been controversial. Published data from several double-blind, randomized clinical trials demonstrate that disease activity in IFNbeta-treated patients with MS is similar to placebo-treat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rudick RA

更新日期：2003-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Parent of origin effects caused by genomic imprinting may influence the phenotypic expression of a number of heritable human disorders. To test this phenomenon in Tourette's syndrome (TS), we studied 437 first degree relatives systematically ascertained through 57 probands. We compared age at onset, age at diagnosis, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Eapen V,O'Neill J,Gurling HM,Robertson MM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasospasm is the leading cause of death and disability in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) can detect the arterial narrowing noninvasively, but the sensitivity and specificity of this technique have not been reported in a population of patients with a h...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sloan MA,Haley EC Jr,Kassell NF,Henry ML,Stewart SR,Beskin RR,Sevilla EA,Torner JC

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and macular volume in neuromyelitis optica (NMO) spectrum patients using optical coherence tomography (OCT). BACKGROUND:OCT can quantify damage to retinal ganglion cell axons and can identify abnormalities in multiple sclerosis and optic neuritis (ON...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ratchford JN,Quigg ME,Conger A,Frohman T,Frohman E,Balcer LJ,Calabresi PA,Kerr DA

更新日期：2009-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Episodic paroxysmal hemicrania (EPH) is a rare disorder characterized by discrete bouts of hemicranial headache separated by headache-free remissions. Although EPH resembles episodic cluster headache in the location and quality of pain as well as the pattern of associated autonomic features, it is distinguished by the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Newman LC,Gordon ML,Lipton RB,Kanner R,Solomon S

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the outcome (developmental, neurologic, and seizure) and prognostic factors of 57 cases of infantile spasms (17 cryptogenic, 40 symptomatic). The mean developmental score of the cryptogenic group (71.2 +/- 24.2) was significantly higher than that of the symptomatic group (48.4 +/- 24.5), as assessed by the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Koo B,Hwang PA,Logan WJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We conducted a nationwide case-control study in Sweden to test the hypothesis that specific clinical characteristics are associated with increased risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). METHODS:The study included 255 SUDEP cases (definite and probable) and 1,148 matched controls. Clinical infor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sveinsson O,Andersson T,Mattsson P,Carlsson S,Tomson T

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00