Multifocal central nervous system damage caused by toluene abuse.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the sensitivity of MRI of the spine compared with CT myelography (CTM) in detecting CSF leaks. METHODS:Between July 1998 and October 2010, 12 patients with orthostatic headache and a CTM-confirmed spinal CSF leak underwent an MRI of the spine with and without contrast. Using CTM as the gold st...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Starling A,Hernandez F,Hoxworth JM,Trentman T,Halker R,Vargas BB,Hastriter E,Dodick D

更新日期：2013-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To devise a neurophysiologic strategy to select X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy syndrome (CMTX) families for connexin 32 mutation screening. BACKGROUND:Once the common chromosome 17 DNA duplication (CMT1A syndrome) has been excluded, clinical features are not sufficiently distinctive to select which ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nicholson GA,Yeung L,Corbett A

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Autonomic symptoms may occur frequently in diabetic and other neuropathies. There is a need to develop a simple instrument to measure autonomic symptoms in subjects with neuropathy and to test the validity of the instrument. METHODS:The Survey of Autonomic Symptoms (SAS) consists of 11 items in women and 12 ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zilliox L,Peltier AC,Wren PA,Anderson A,Smith AG,Singleton JR,Feldman EL,Alexander NB,Russell JW

更新日期：2011-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the etiology of aseptic meningitis and encephalitis in an adult population using modern microbiologic methods. METHODS:Consecutive patients (ages > or =16) with aseptic meningitis or encephalitis treated in Turku University Hospital, Finland, during 1999 to 2003 were included in the study. Mic...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kupila L,Vuorinen T,Vainionpää R,Hukkanen V,Marttila RJ,Kotilainen P

更新日期：2006-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:"Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have."-Sir Winston Churchill. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sharma M

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hirayama disease is a nonprogressive, asymmetric amyotrophy of the hands and forearms, possibly caused by compression of the lower cervical cord on neck flexion. The authors used phase-contrast MR angiography to study a patient with this disorder and observed abnormal spinal epidural venous dilation on neck flexion. I...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Baba Y,Nakajima M,Utsunomiya H,Tsuboi Y,Fujiki F,Kusuhara T,Yamada T

更新日期：2004-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:There was a report of spongiform encephalopathy transmitted to Syrian hamsters by intracerebral inoculation with the blood buffy coat of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their unaffected first-degree relatives. We attempted to verify that report, taking measures to reduce the risk of contaminating samples wi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Godec MS,Asher DM,Kozachuk WE,Masters CL,Rubi JU,Payne JA,Rubi-Villa DJ,Wagner EE,Rapoport SI,Schapiro MB

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether whole-brain, event-related fMRI can distinguish healthy older adults with known Alzheimer disease (AD) risk factors (family history, APOE epsilon4) from controls using a semantic memory task involving discrimination of famous from unfamiliar names. METHODS:Sixty-nine cognitively asymptom...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Seidenberg M,Guidotti L,Nielson KA,Woodard JL,Durgerian S,Antuono P,Zhang Q,Rao SM

更新日期：2009-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied five patients with nonhemorrhagic thalamic infarction with neuropsychological tests, CT, and somatosensory evoked responses (SERs). The three patients with left thalamic lesions had abnormalities of language, memory, visuospatial processing, intellect, and personality-changes compatible with dementia. The t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Graff-Radford NR,Eslinger PJ,Damasio AR,Yamada T

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a large series of BIN1 patients, in which a novel founder mutation in the Roma population of southern Spain has been identified. METHODS:Patients diagnosed with centronuclear myopathy (CNM) at 5 major reference centers for neuromuscular disease in Spain (n = 53) were screened for BIN1 mutations. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cabrera-Serrano M,Mavillard F,Biancalana V,Rivas E,Morar B,Hernández-Laín A,Olive M,Muelas N,Khan E,Carvajal A,Quiroga P,Diaz-Manera J,Davis M,Ávila R,Domínguez C,Romero NB,Vílchez JJ,Comas D,Laing NG,Laporte J,Ka

更新日期：2018-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine serial MRI and CT abnormalities around calcified cysts due to cysticercosis in previously treated patients during periods of seizure activity. BACKGROUND:Some patients with calcified lesions due to cysticercosis have seizures. How and why seizures occur in this setting are unknown. METHODS:Thre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nash TE,Patronas NJ

更新日期：1999-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:INeuro@neurolist.mcg. edu: An e-mail discussion list for neurologists Neuro@neurolist.mcg.edu (Neurolist) is a discussion list for neurologists. This Internet tool, established in 1994, allows the worldwide community of neurologists to communicate quickly and efficiently using e-mail, web browsers, and newsreaders. Ne...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rivner MH

更新日期：1999-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that an anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) titer of > or = 10 IgG phospholipid (GPL) at the time of an index ischemic stroke is associated with an increased risk of subsequent thrombo-occlusive events or death. First-time ischemic stroke patients from the Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Stroke Stu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors：

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with "reflex sympathetic dystrophy" or "causalgia" underwent sympathetic blocks. In protocol A (77 patients), we infused placebo (saline) for 30 minutes followed by phentolamine (35 mg). In protocol B (23 patients), the saline phase was followed by double-blind infusion of phentolamine or phenylephrine (500 m...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Verdugo RJ,Ochoa JL

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 20-year-old patient with the classic form of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, electroencephalograms during wakefulness were moderately diffusely abnormal, and an overnight polygraphic sleep recording showed distorted nonrapid eye movement sleep patterns without vertex sharp waves, K-complexes, spindles, or positive ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wilkus RJ,Farrell DF

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Silent infarcts are commonly discovered on cranial MRI in the elderly. OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between risk of stroke and presence of silent infarcts, alone and in combination with other stroke risk factors. METHODS:Participants (3,324) in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) without a histor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bernick C,Kuller L,Dulberg C,Longstreth WT Jr,Manolio T,Beauchamp N,Price T,Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Reseach Group.

更新日期：2001-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed a highly topographically specific and consistent pattern of degeneration in the auditory system of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Senile plaques (SP) and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) were distributed throughout the ventral nucleus of the medial geniculate body (MGB) and the central nucleus of the infe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sinha UK,Hollen KM,Rodriguez R,Miller CA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Rebleeding of an aneurysm is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Whereas numerous studies have demonstrated the risk factors associated with rebleeding, few data on complications of rebleeding, including its effect on the development of delayed cerebral ischemia (DC...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lord AS,Fernandez L,Schmidt JM,Mayer SA,Claassen J,Lee K,Connolly ES,Badjatia N

更新日期：2012-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:While intracranial tuberculomas have become uncommon in industrial nations, 12 patients with signs and symptoms of an intracranial mass lesion were recently found to have tuberculomas. Clinical findings suggestive of tuberculosis were frequently subtle or absent. Five patients did not have extracranial tuberculosis. T...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mayers MM,Kaufman DM,Miller MH

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 64 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), the basal level of prolactin (PRL) was normal. Bromocriptine (BCT) caused a significant suppression of PRL in all parkinsonian patients and controls. When given after BCT treatment, thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) induced a significantly lower PRL rise in recent-onset ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Laihinen A,Rinne UK

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent positive trials have thrust acute cerebral perfusion imaging into the routine evaluation of acute ischemic stroke. Updated guidelines state that in patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusions presenting beyond 6 hours from time last known well, advanced imaging selection including perfusion-based...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vagal A,Wintermark M,Nael K,Bivard A,Parsons M,Grossman AW,Khatri P

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and genetic features of three non-Portuguese and non-Japanese patients with aprataxin gene mutations are reported. Patient 1 came from Italy and presented with typical ataxia with ocular motor apraxia (OMA). She was homozygous for the W279X nonsense mutation, which is associated with the Portuguese foundi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tranchant C,Fleury M,Moreira MC,Koenig M,Warter JM

更新日期：2003-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:Neglect has been attributed to sensory-attentional, motor-intentional, and representational disorders. Although patients with neglect may have defective visual exploration, the nature of this exploration deficit has not been entirely elucidated. The purpose of this study is to learn how, compared w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kim M,Anderson JM,Heilman KM

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors performed serial transcranial Doppler (TCD) and carbon dioxide reactivity (CO2R) testing in 20 aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients to determine whether impaired cerebrovascular reactivity was associated with symptomatic vasospasm. Symptomatic vasospasm occurred in 9 of 14 patients with abnormal CO2...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Frontera JA,Rundek T,Schmidt JM,Claassen J,Parra A,Wartenberg KE,Temes RE,Mayer SA,Mohr JP,Marshall RS

更新日期：2006-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated 14 patients with idiopathic optic neuritis, 50 years of age or older, within 1 month of symptomatic onset from 1980 through 1985. We obtained follow-up information from case records an average of 13 months after initial examination and from telephone interviews an average of 57 months after initial evalua...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jacobson DM,Thompson HS,Corbett JJ

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few population-based studies with long-term follow-up have compared risk of recurrent stroke and cardiac events after first ischemic stroke. The relative risk of these two outcomes may inform treatment decisions. METHODS:In the population-based Northern Manhattan Study, first ischemic stroke patients age 40...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dhamoon MS,Sciacca RR,Rundek T,Sacco RL,Elkind MS

更新日期：2006-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with postanoxic intention myoclonus, two patients with intention tremor, and one patient with cerebral palsy were administered L-5-hydroxytryptophan (L-5HTP), the precursor of serotonin, in combination with MK 486, a peripheral amino acid decarboxylase inhibitor. L-5HTP combined with MK 486 were potent ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Van Woert MH,Sethy VH

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the neurologic and cognitive performance of 15 young veterans who suffered unilateral penetrating missile wounds to the basal forebrain 15 years ago in the Vietnam War with uninjured controls and patients with lesions elsewhere in the brain. The subjects performed worse on tests of episodic memory, reasoni...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Salazar AM,Grafman J,Schlesselman S,Vance SC,Mohr JP,Carpenter M,Pevsner P,Ludlow C,Weingartner H

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urinary excretion of some important phenylethylamines, catecholamines, their metabolites, amphetamine, and methamphetamine were measured in parkinsonian patients on Sinemet (L-dopa plus carbidopa, a peripheral dopadecarboxylase inhibitor) and depressed patients after chronic (-) deprenyl treatment. Deprenyl was ef...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Karoum F,Chuang LW,Eisler T,Calne DB,Liebowitz MR,Quitkin FM,Klein DF,Wyatt RJ

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated tyrosine-hydroxylase (TH)-immunoreactive neurons in the medulla oblongata corresponding to the A1 and A2 cell groups in autopsy tissue of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) (n = 3), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) (n = 3), striatonigral degeneration (SND) (n = 2), and in controls (n = 4). The ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Malessa S,Hirsch EC,Cervera P,Duyckaerts C,Agid Y

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00