Search for cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus genetic information in multiple sclerosis.

abstract：:In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, randomized clinical trial, we studied the efficacy of long-term (1-year) oral treatment with acetyl-L-carnitine in 130 patients with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. We employed 14 outcome measures to assess functional and cognitive impairment. After 1...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Spagnoli A,Lucca U,Menasce G,Bandera L,Cizza G,Forloni G,Tettamanti M,Frattura L,Tiraboschi P,Comelli M

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a radioreceptor technique, we assayed serum trihexyphenidyl levels in patients with dystonia being treated chronically with high dosage. We found a significant correlation between total daily dose and the daily lowest (trough) serum levels. There was no relationship between serum levels and therapeutic response ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Burke RE,Fahn S

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the results of a prospective trial of nonoperative management of the cubital tunnel syndrome in 128 patients. Forty-three of the patients had bilateral ulnar nerve compression. At study's end, information was available on 94% of patients and 164 managed extremities, at a mean of 58.6 months of follo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dellon AL,Hament W,Gittelshon A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is defined by absence seizures in a normally developing child, with onset between 4 and 10 years of age.(1) Typical absence seizures consist of behavioral arrest with or without automatisms, usually last 30-60 seconds, and demonstrate a characteristic 3-Hz generalized spike-wave (GSW) ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bernson-Leung ME,Mazumdar M

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of lecithin has failed to improve memory in aged or demented individuals. We studied the effect of lecithin on another cholinergic function, REM sleep latency. Intravenous doses of physostigmine shortened the latency to the first REM sleep period, but oral lecithin did not. In contrast to physostigm...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kapen S,Fleming PD,Drachman DA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiretroviral therapy has improved survival for HIV-1-infected individuals. The neuroepidemiologic implications of HIV-1 in an aging population are not well known, particularly the prevalence of HIV-associated dementia (HAD). METHODS:The authors report a baseline cross-sectional analysis of 202 HIV-1-serop...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Valcour V,Shikuma C,Shiramizu B,Watters M,Poff P,Selnes O,Holck P,Grove J,Sacktor N

更新日期：2004-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection in an HIV-infected patient who presented with an isolated flaccid monoparesis of the right upper extremity. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of flaccid paralysis caused by WNV infection in an HIV-infected patient. We then review the medical literat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Torno M,Vollmer M,Beck CK

更新日期：2007-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnancy registries for women taking anticonvulsant drugs have been developed to determine more efficiently the fetal risks of each drug. A total of 722 drug-exposed pregnancies are needed to identify a sevenfold increase in the rate of occurrence of a specific abnormality, such as spina bifida, with a freq...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Holmes LB,Baldwin EJ,Smith CR,Habecker E,Glassman L,Wong SL,Wyszynski DF

更新日期：2008-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Arm-diaphragm synkinesis may occur after injury to the proximal portion of the brachial plexus or cervical nerve roots. Regenerating axons of phrenic motor neurons are misdirected to supply limb muscles. Electrodiagnostic investigations of three patients with symptoms referable to upper brachial plexus or cervical roo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Swift TR,Leshner RT,Gross JA

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using a stereologic approach, the density of nerve fibers innervating sweat gland (SG) fragments in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and healthy controls using protein gene product (PGP), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) was measured to determine which marker best detect...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liu Y,Billiet J,Ebenezer GJ,Pan B,Hauer P,Wei J,Polydefkis M

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a door-to-door-survey to screen a community of 14,010 people (Parsis living in colonies in Bombay, India) for possible neurologic diseases, and used defined diagnostic criteria to evaluate people who tested positive on the screening survey. There were three clinically definite cases of multiple sclerosi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bharucha NE,Bharucha EP,Wadia NH,Singhal BS,Bharucha AE,Bhise AV,Kurtzke JF,Schoenberg BS

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was not until the first half of the 19th century that the vascular nature of strokes was readily recognized and accepted. Brain "softenings" were distinguished from hemorrhagic "apoplexy," but stroke etiology remained unstudied. The terms artherosclerosis, thrombosis, embolism, and lacune were introduced to indicat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Paciaroni M,Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the MR images of a patient with juvenile ALS. MRI of the brain showed bilateral hyperintensities along the corticospinal tracts extending from the corona radiata to the brainstem on T2-weighted images. These findings should be differentiated from the slight hyperintensities seen in the posterior limbs of t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Midani H,Truwit CL,Parry GJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess reversibility of focal cerebral ischemia, we performed a neurologic and pathologic study of 27 monkeys subjected to temporary middle cerebral artery occlusion. An implanted snare ligature occluded the artery in awake monkeys for 30 minutes, 4 hours, 8 hours, 16 hours, 24 hours, or permanently. Serial neurolo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Crowell RM,Marcoux FW,DeGirolami U

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize a large family with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathy without mutations in the gap junction protein B1 (GJB1) gene, which has an unusual phenotype that is different in some aspects from classic CMTX1. METHODS:We tested CMT families consistent with X-linked inheritance for GJB1 mut...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Huttner IG,Kennerson ML,Reddel SW,Radovanovic D,Nicholson GA

更新日期：2006-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the rate of relapse occurrence during pregnancy and postpartum. METHODS:In a cross-sectional study using the national multiple sclerosis (MS) registry, pregnant women with relapsing MS were identified. Data on demographics, clinical characteristics, and disease-modifying therapies (DMTs), includ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Alroughani R,Alowayesh MS,Ahmed SF,Behbehani R,Al-Hashel J

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of ceruloplasmin in the antioxidative process in the brain in a patient with hereditary ceruloplasmin deficiency (HCD). Immunohistochemistry revealed an accumulation of Nepsilon-(carboxymethyl) lysine (CML) in basal ganglia of the HCD brain. In vitro study disclosed that ceruloplasmin inhibite...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tajima K,Kawanami T,Nagai R,Horiuchi S,Kato T

更新日期：1999-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with ALS commonly exhibit pseudobulbar affect. METHODS:The authors conducted a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, controlled, parallel, three-arm study to test a defined combination of dextromethorphan hydrobromide (DM) and quinidine sulfate (Q) (AVP-923) for the treatment of pseudobulbar affec...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brooks BR,Thisted RA,Appel SH,Bradley WG,Olney RK,Berg JE,Pope LE,Smith RA,AVP-923 ALS Study Group.

更新日期：2004-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative efficacy of amantadine, pemoline, and placebo in treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS)-related fatigue. BACKGROUND:Fatigue is a complication of MS. Both pemoline and amantadine have been used to treat MS fatigue, but their relative efficacy is not known. METHODS:Amantadine, pemoline...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Krupp LB,Coyle PK,Doscher C,Miller A,Cross AH,Jandorf L,Halper J,Johnson B,Morgante L,Grimson R

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out an open study of the effects of large doses (12 to 16 gm per day) of oral choline on medically intractable human complex partial seizures (CPS). Marked increases of plasma choline concentration (75 to 300%) in three subjects were associated with (1) shorter duration of CPS, (2) less postseizure fatigue,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： McNamara JO,Carwile S,Hope V,Luther J,Miller P

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the rate of progression of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). METHODS:We followed 337 patients with MCI in the Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (range 2-12 years). Competing risks survival models were used to examine the rates of progression to clinically...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ferman TJ,Smith GE,Kantarci K,Boeve BF,Pankratz VS,Dickson DW,Graff-Radford NR,Wszolek Z,Van Gerpen J,Uitti R,Pedraza O,Murray ME,Aakre J,Parisi J,Knopman DS,Petersen RC

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Findings from a small clinical study suggested that statins may counteract the therapeutic effects of interferon beta (IFNbeta) in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). METHODS:We conducted a post hoc analysis of data from the Safety and Efficacy of Natalizumab in Combination With IFN...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rudick RA,Pace A,Rani MR,Hyde R,Panzara M,Appachi S,Shrock J,Maurer SL,Calabresi PA,Confavreux C,Galetta SL,Lublin FD,Radue EW,Ransohoff RM

更新日期：2009-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether the human sciatic nerve might have a consistent somatotopic organization according to proximal fascicle input by spinal nerves. METHODS:Twelve patients (55.3 ± 15.5 years) with confirmed lesions of either the L5 or S1 spinal nerve root underwent magnetic resonance neurography of sciat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bäumer P,Weiler M,Bendszus M,Pham M

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed our experience with cough, exertional, and vascular sexual headaches, evaluated the interrelationships among them, and examined the possible symptomatic cases. Seventy-two patients consulted us because of headaches precipitated by coughing (n = 30), physical exercise (n = 28), or sexual excitement (n = 14)...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pascual J,Iglesias F,Oterino A,Vázquez-Barquero A,Berciano J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize humoral response to cerebellum in patients with gluten ataxia. BACKGROUND:Gluten ataxia is a common neurologic manifestation of gluten sensitivity. METHODS:The authors assessed the reactivity of sera from patients with gluten ataxia (13), newly diagnosed patients with celiac disease without ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hadjivassiliou M,Boscolo S,Davies-Jones GA,Grünewald RA,Not T,Sanders DS,Simpson JE,Tongiorgi E,Williamson CA,Woodroofe NM

更新日期：2002-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Asians who carry the HLA-B*1502 allele have an elevated risk of developing Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) when treated with the antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) carbamazepine (CBZ) and phenytoin (PHT). With a focus on Singapore, this analysis identifies circumstances in which ge...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dong D,Sung C,Finkelstein EA

更新日期：2012-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the long-term cognitive trajectories of individuals with normal cognition at baseline and distinct amyloid/tau/neurodegeneration (ATN) profiles. METHODS:Pooling data across 4 cohort studies, 814 cognitively normal participants (mean baseline age = 59.6 years) were classified into 8 ATN groups usin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Soldan A,Pettigrew C,Fagan AM,Schindler SE,Moghekar A,Fowler C,Li QX,Collins SJ,Carlsson C,Asthana S,Masters CL,Johnson S,Morris JC,Albert M,Gross AL

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A subset of meningiomas recur after surgery and radiation therapy, but no medical therapy for recurrent meningioma has proven effective. METHODS:Pasireotide LAR is a long-acting somatostatin analog that may inhibit meningioma growth. This was a phase II trial in patients with histologically confirmed recurre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Norden AD,Ligon KL,Hammond SN,Muzikansky A,Reardon DA,Kaley TJ,Batchelor TT,Plotkin SR,Raizer JJ,Wong ET,Drappatz J,Lesser GJ,Haidar S,Beroukhim R,Lee EQ,Doherty L,Lafrankie D,Gaffey SC,Gerard M,Smith KH,McCluskey

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute global aphasia without hemiparesis has been considered pathognomonic of embolic stroke. During 1 year, we encountered six patients with this syndrome. Two had multiple strokes, probably embolic. One had atrial fibrillation; at autopsy, there were metastases as well as multiple infarcts in the left hemisphere. On...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Legatt AD,Rubin MJ,Kaplan LR,Healton EB,Brust JC

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical hallmark of adult Refsum disease (ARD) is an isolated deficiency in the breakdown of phytanic acid. This usually results from a PHYH gene defect, although some cases have been found to carry a PEX7 defect. We describe the phenotype of such a patient, indistinguishable from that of classic ARD. Hence, w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Horn MA,van den Brink DM,Wanders RJ,Duran M,Poll-The BT,Tallaksen CM,Stokke OH,Moser H,Skjeldal OH

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00