Prevalence of spontaneous lingual-facial-buccal dyskinesias in the elderly.

abstract：:Phenotypic heterogeneity of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been linked to biochemically distinct types of the protease-resistant form of the prion protein (type 1 and type 2 PrP(Sc)). We investigated 14 cases of sporadic CJD and found that both type 1 and type 2 PrP(Sc) coexisted in 5 subjects. The disti...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Puoti G,Giaccone G,Rossi G,Canciani B,Bugiani O,Tagliavini F

更新日期：1999-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Many aging-associated neurologic disorders, including primary malignant brain tumors (MBT), share a common biphasic age-specific mortality rate pattern: initially increasing exponentially with age, and then declining. A modeling study using MBT mortality was conducted to determine if the observed biphasic pattern of M...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Riggs JE

更新日期：2000-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic adult-onset primary dystonia usually affects the upper body and remains focal. Underlying mechanisms are unknown, and there are only limited neuropathologic studies in the literature. Recently, ubiquitinated perinuclear inclusion bodies were found in the brainstem of patients with DYT1-related dys...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Holton JL,Schneider SA,Ganesharajah T,Gandhi S,Strand C,Shashidharan P,Barreto J,Wood NW,Lees AJ,Bhatia KP,Revesz T

更新日期：2008-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty patients underwent superficial temporal lobectomy for intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. Total cure rate was 52%, and significant improvement was achieved in 88%. Cytoarchitectural changes in gray and white tissue were analyzed under light microscopy. Neuronal dysgenesis was correlated with the duration of seiz...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hardiman O,Burke T,Phillips J,Murphy S,O'Moore B,Staunton H,Farrell MA

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether prior statin use affects outcome and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) rates in stroke patients receiving IV thrombolysis (IVT). METHODS:In a pooled observational study of 11 IVT databases, we compared outcomes between statin users and nonusers. Outcome measures were excellent 3-month outcome ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Engelter ST,Soinne L,Ringleb P,Sarikaya H,Bordet R,Berrouschot J,Odier C,Arnold M,Ford GA,Pezzini A,Zini A,Rantanen K,Rocco A,Bonati LH,Kellert L,Strbian D,Stoll A,Meier N,Michel P,Baumgartner RW,Leys D,Tatlisum

更新日期：2011-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Compressive neuropathy due to tight application of handcuffs occurred in 5 patients. The superficial radial nerve was affected in 8 hands and the median nerve in two. Neurologic deficits persisted as long as 3 years after handcuffing. Nerve conduction studies helped to exclude malingering and other diagnoses. All pati...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stone DA,Laureno R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the accuracy of the clinical history performed by epileptologists in the identification of seizures in patients with suspected temporal lobe epilepsy. METHODS:The clinical and EEG telemetry (EEGT) monitoring data of 88 patients with suspected refractory temporal lobe seizures referred for evalua...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Deacon C,Wiebe S,Blume WT,McLachlan RS,Young GB,Matijevic S

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimum exposure to estrogen required to cause estrogen-withdrawal migraine has been studied by giving long-acting estradiol valerate to four women and short-acting estradiol benzoate to two women. It was found that several days of exposure to high estrogen levels were needed to cause migraine on estrogen withdraw...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Somerville BW

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the prognostic significance of preoperative EEG findings in 25 patients who underwent functional hemispherectomy. Bilateral independent epileptogenic foci, found in five patients, generally indicate a less satisfactory outcome, with only three of the five patients becoming seizure free following hemisphere...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Smith SJ,Andermann F,Villemure JG,Rasmussen TB,Quesney LF

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endogenous auditory P300 event-related potential (P3) has been used to differentiate functional and organic cognitive disorders in adults. We found that children with organic cognitive impairments (as determined by the Halstead-Reitan [HR] test) had greater P3 latencies than children with normal HR evaluations. Th...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Finley WW,Faux SF,Hutcheson J,Amstutz L

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 21 normal subjects, far-field somatosensory potentials were recorded from the scalp after stimulation of the tibial nerve at the ankle (tibial SEP). With the use of a knee reference contralateral to the side of stimulation, the tibial SEP consisted of three major positive peaks, P17, P24, and P31, and three additio...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yamada T,Machida M,Kimura J

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to assess the innervation density of dermal nerves in human skin biopsies by bright-field immunohistochemistry. METHODS:The size of dermal area where nerve length was quantified was validated in 30 skin biopsy sections (5 controls and 5 patients with small-fiber neuropathy [SFN]). It was obtained di...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lauria G,Cazzato D,Porretta-Serapiglia C,Casanova-Molla J,Taiana M,Penza P,Lombardi R,Faber CG,Merkies IS

更新日期：2011-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a method for the detection of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) carriers. The method is based on the quantitative analysis of the products of standard multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from 18 different exons of the dystrophin gene, and is designated "QM-PCR." W...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ioannou P,Christopoulos G,Panayides K,Kleanthous M,Middleton L

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) is a relatively common disabling disorder of unknown pathophysiology. From a cohort of 52 patients, carefully selected to fulfill the recently formulated diagnostic criteria for RSD, venous blood samples were taken for typing of class I and II major histocompatibility antigens. The f...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kemler MA,van de Vusse AC,van den Berg-Loonen EM,Barendse GA,van Kleef M,Weber WE

更新日期：1999-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic trigeminal sensory neuropathy is a benign disorder. We report two patients with transient MRI abnormalities, suggesting transient inflammation of the trigeminal nerve caused temporary facial sensory symptoms. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rorick MB,Chandar K,Colombi BJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of pharmacologic therapy for patients with epilepsy is to suppress seizures without side effects. There is growing interest in developing antiepileptogenic drugs capable of preventing the onset of seizures in patients at high risk and inducing a permanent remission of seizures in patients with epilepsy, i.e.,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schachter SC

更新日期：2002-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the phenotype, genotype, and MRI findings of Korean patients with cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) and mutation carriers. METHODS:The authors studied 40 members of nine unrelated Korean CADASIL families. After genetic analysis o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kim Y,Choi EJ,Choi CG,Kim G,Choi JH,Yoo HW,Kim JS

更新日期：2006-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed 44 cases of ischemia and infarction of the spinal cord at two university hospitals. Three patients experienced transient ischemic attacks. Etiologies of completed strokes were diverse and included rupture and surgical repair of aortic aneurysms, aortic dissection, aortic rupture and thrombosis, global isch...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cheshire WP,Santos CC,Massey EW,Howard JF Jr

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytic meningoradiculitis (Bannwarth's syndrome) is a radicular neuralgia associated with a chronic lymphocytic pleocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid and frequently with unilateral or bilateral peripheral facial weakness. Most reported cases have occurred during the summer among adults living in central Europe. Lymp...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Donaldson JO,Lewis RA

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a clinical and morphological study concerning a kindred with slowly progressive X-linked muscular dystrophy (Becker type). Five males were affected; one died of heart failure at age 16. Severe and early cardiac disorder is unusual in this type of muscular dystrophy, and death at such an early age had not be...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kuhn E,Fiehn W,Schröder JM,Assmus H,Wagner A

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prognostic value of selected biomarkers in clinically isolated syndromes (CIS) for conversion to multiple sclerosis (MS) and disability accrual. METHODS:Data were acquired from 2 CIS cohorts. The screening phase evaluated patients developing clinically definite MS (CIS-CDMS) and patients who...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Arrambide G,Espejo C,Eixarch H,Villar LM,Alvarez-Cermeño JC,Picón C,Kuhle J,Disanto G,Kappos L,Sastre-Garriga J,Pareto D,Simon E,Comabella M,Río J,Nos C,Tur C,Castilló J,Vidal-Jordana A,Galán I,Arévalo MJ,Auger C

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent advances in the molecular genetics of Alzheimer's disease (AD), several fundamental questions concerning risk of illness are unresolved, namely, if Mendelian factors account for the incidence of the disease, and if AD is an inevitable consequence of the aging process. This study was designed to address ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lautenschlager NT,Cupples LA,Rao VS,Auerbach SA,Becker R,Burke J,Chui H,Duara R,Foley EJ,Glatt SL,Green RC,Jones R,Karlinsky H,Kukull WA,Kurz A,Larson EB,Martelli K,Sadovnick AD,Volicer L,Waring SC,Growdon JH,Fa

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether 24 weeks of high-intensity progressive aerobic exercise (PAE) affects brain MRI measures in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:We conducted a randomized, controlled, phase 2 trial (with a crossover follow-up) including an exercise group (supervised PAE followed by self-guided p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Langeskov-Christensen M,Grøndahl Hvid L,Nygaard MKE,Ringgaard S,Jensen HB,Nielsen HH,Petersen T,Stenager E,Eskildsen SF,Dalgas U

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that US neurologists were experiencing significant challenges with lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), rapid changes in practice, and varying institutional protocols, we conducted this survey study. The current coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused widespre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sharma A,Maxwell CR,Farmer J,Greene-Chandos D,LaFaver K,Benameur K

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with meningeal gliomatosis who had signs of meningitis, hypoglycorrhachia, and an intracranial mass. Despite suspicion of a primary intracranial neoplasm, repeated CSF cytologies were not diagnostic and led to a brain biopsy for diagnosis. Immunoperoxidase staining for glial fibrillary acidic prote...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wechsler LR,Gross RA,Miller DC

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the illusional sensation of movement evoked by vibration of an immobilized arm. METHODS:Patients with idiopathic focal dystonia were compared with those with idiopathic PD and with patients with dystonia secondary to PD. A 100-Hz transcutaneous vibratory stimulus was applied to the biceps brachii...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rome S,Grünewald RA

更新日期：1999-11-10 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：OBJECTIVE:To describe four patients with temporal lobe epilepsy with limbic encephalitis unrelated to neoplasm. METHODS:The authors performed a retrospective evaluation of patient data obtained during presurgical evaluation, with additional CSF analyses, serum analyses, and histopathologic investigations. RESULTS:The...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bien CG,Schulze-Bonhage A,Deckert M,Urbach H,Helmstaedter C,Grunwald T,Schaller C,Elger CE

更新日期：2000-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old girl presented with headache, nausea, decreased level of consciousness, and diplopia. Brain MRI, arteriography (figure e-1 on the Neurology® Web site at www.neurology.org), vasculitic markers, and CSF were normal, as were EEGs and ECGs. Transcranial color-coded ultrasonography of the basilar artery revea...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kraft P,Müllges W

更新日期：2013-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the histories and the clinical course of 111 patients who had nonlesional temporal lobe epilepsy. We compared 61 patients with unilateral hippocampal sclerosis (UHS group) and 50 patients with minimal change (MRI negative group) assessed on the basis of MRI. In agreement with previous reports, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kanemoto K,Takeuchi J,Kawasaki J,Kawai I

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00