Cerebral vasculitis and hemorrhage associated with phenylpropanolamine.

abstract：:We investigated the prevalence of Parkinson's disease and other types of parkinsonism in a Sicilian population using a door-to-door two-phase approach. This design called for the administration of a brief screening instrument to all subjects who, on November 1, 1987, were residents of Terrasini (Palermo Province), San...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Morgante L,Rocca WA,Di Rosa AE,De Domenico P,Grigoletto F,Meneghini F,Reggio A,Savettieri G,Castiglione MG,Patti F

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Based on the hippocampus disconnection hypothesis in Alzheimer disease (AD), which postulates that uncoupling from cortical inputs contributes to disinhibition-like changes in hippocampus activity, we suggested that in patients with AD, the more the intrinsic functional connectivity between hippocampus and p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tahmasian M,Pasquini L,Scherr M,Meng C,Förster S,Mulej Bratec S,Shi K,Yakushev I,Schwaiger M,Grimmer T,Diehl-Schmid J,Riedl V,Sorg C,Drzezga A

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Five women are presented with a subacute pure pancerebellar syndrome of ataxia and dysarthria to emphasize that this illness may occur without anti-Purkinje-cell or anti-Yo antibodies, or associated systemic cancer. The syndrome evolved over weeks or less and stabilized in four of the patients. Three had had a precedi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ropper AH

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Call-Fleming syndrome is a reversible segmental vasoconstriction of cerebral arteries manifested by a "thunderclap" headache and focal neurologic symptoms. Although of unknown etiology, it has been reported in association with vasoactive sympathomimetic drugs. The authors report Call-Fleming syndrome in two patients w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Noskin O,Jafarimojarrad E,Libman RB,Nelson JL

更新日期：2006-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory antibody to von Willebrand factor (vWF)-cleaving protease (ADAMTS13) was detected in a patient with intravascular lymphomatosis. The increased serum level of the antibody paralleled an increase in the expression of uncleaved vWF, which might cause microvascular thrombosis and platelet consumption. Malignant...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kawahara M,Kanno M,Matsumoto M,Nakamura S,Fujimura Y,Ueno S

更新日期：2004-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied the association of an exon 4 (E4*epsilon2/3/4) and three promoter polymorphisms of APOE with disease course and severity stratified by gender in 221 patients with multiple sclerosis from two overlapping population-based prevalence cohorts. Women carriers of the E4*epsilon2 allele took longer to att...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kantarci OH,Hebrink DD,Achenbach SJ,Pittock SJ,Altintas A,Schaefer-Klein JL,Atkinson EJ,De Andrade M,McMurray CT,Rodriguez M,Weinshenker BG

更新日期：2004-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a Jewish family of Yemenite origin in which three brothers born from a consanguineous marriage had juvenile parkinsonism. The DNA samples from three affected brothers and one healthy brother were analyzed for the linkage to markers covering the autosomal-recessive juvenile parkinsonism (AR-JP) locus. A perfe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nisipeanu P,Inzelberg R,Blumen SC,Carasso RL,Hattori N,Matsumine H,Mizuno Y

更新日期：1999-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lowering cholesterol is associated with reduced CNS amyloid deposition and increased dietary cholesterol increases amyloid accumulation in animal studies. Epidemiologic data suggest that use of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) may decrease the risk of Alzheimer d...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sano M,Bell KL,Galasko D,Galvin JE,Thomas RG,van Dyck CH,Aisen PS

更新日期：2011-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the frequency of mutations in C19orf12 in the greater neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) population and further characterize the associated phenotype. METHODS:Samples from 161 individuals with idiopathic NBIA were screened, and C19orf12 mutations were identified in 23 subjects. D...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hogarth P,Gregory A,Kruer MC,Sanford L,Wagoner W,Natowicz MR,Egel RT,Subramony SH,Goldman JG,Berry-Kravis E,Foulds NC,Hammans SR,Desguerre I,Rodriguez D,Wilson C,Diedrich A,Green S,Tran H,Reese L,Woltjer RL,Hayfli

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old woman had cardiac arrest requiring treatment with a left ventricular assist device. After regaining consciousness, examination revealed upbeating nystagmus, otherwise normal bulbar function, left arm dysmetria, and numbness periorally and in areas she described as "a turtleneck of numbness with a T-shirt...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ryman DC,Ju YE

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with active epilepsy, adverse medication effects and severity of depression are correlated with health-related quality of life, but seizure frequency is not. We sought to examine if the same pattern exists in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). METHODS:We administered seizure...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： LaFrance WC Jr,Syc S

更新日期：2009-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a retrospective study to characterize the type, frequency, and timing of neurologic complications in patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL). We reviewed 962 total charts with a median follow-up time of 57.5 months. There were 109 cases (11.3%) of neurologic complications, including 69 c...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bower JH,Hammack JE,McDonnell SK,Tefferi A

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the relatively poor results of frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) surgery, identification of prognostic factors for surgical outcome is of great importance. METHODS:To identify predictive factors for FLE surgery, we analyzed the data of 61 patients (mean age at surgery 19.2) who had undergone presurgica...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Janszky J,Jokeit H,Schulz R,Hoppe M,Ebner A

更新日期：2000-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:UK veterans who were deployed to the Gulf in 1990 to 1991 reported higher prevalence of neuromuscular symptoms. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether these Gulf War-related symptoms were associated with objective evidence of neuromuscular dysfunction. METHODS:Forty-nine Gulf War veterans with more than four neu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sharief MK,Priddin J,Delamont RS,Unwin C,Rose MR,David A,Wessely S

更新日期：2002-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide variety of movement disorders are associated with alcohol abuse. Some idiopathic movement disorders are markedly improved by small amounts of alcohol and this response occasionally may lead to alcoholism. Alcohol abuse alone or combined with hepatic encephalopathy can cause various types of tremor, asterixis, a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Neiman J,Lang AE,Fornazzari L,Carlen PL

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young girl who initially presented with jaw hypomobility at age 4 years subsequently developed signs of a slowly progressive myopathy. Rods were found in all sampled muscles, and were associated with fibrous contractures in the temporomandibular joint muscles. Rods in fibers undergoing necrosis displayed a pattern o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Powers JM,Young GF,Bass EB Jr,Reed FE Jr

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define a clinical syndrome associated with active drug abuse in HIV-infected individuals. METHODS:We performed a retrospective review to identify individuals treated at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1993 to 2008 who were HIV-infected and were actively abusing drugs and had bilateral basal ganglia lesion...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Newsome SD,Johnson E,Pardo C,McArthur JC,Nath A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between the degree of handedness and hemispheric language dominance in patients with epilepsy. METHODS:The authors examined the relationship between degree of handedness and hemispheric language dominance in 174 epilepsy surgery candidates using the intracarotid amobarbital proced...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Isaacs KL,Barr WB,Nelson PK,Devinsky O

更新日期：2006-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes are recruited to active sites of multiple sclerosis (MS) demyelination and may promote local tissue injury by generating an inflammatory response, mediated in part by the production of toxic oxygen metabolites. Corticosteroids are frequently and effectively used to ameliorate MS exacerbations, despite inadeq...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fisher M,Levine PH,Doyle EM,Arpano MM,Bergeron DA,Cohen RA,Hoogasian JJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported a large Charcot-Marie-Tooth family not linked to the Duffy blood group marker, supporting the existence of genetic heterogeneity in this neuropathy. In order to investigate the possibility of another disease locus on chromosome 1, we analyzed this family further, using DNA polymorphisms of 6 gen...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Raeymaekers P,De Jonghe P,Backhovens H,Wehnert A,De Winter G,Swerts L,Gheuens J,Martin JJ,Vandenberghe A,Van Broeckhoven C

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess if multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) with and MMN without conduction block (CB) are similar or distinct diseases. METHODS:The authors reviewed the clinical features and responses to IV immunoglobulin (IVIg) treatment of patients with MMN with and without CB at diagnosis, after 4 years of follow-up ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Delmont E,Azulay JP,Giorgi R,Attarian S,Verschueren A,Uzenot D,Pouget J

更新日期：2006-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the presence of prodromal markers of Parkinson disease (PD) in patients with longstanding idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (IRBD), a small subgroup of individuals with IRBD with long-term follow-up thought not to be at risk of developing PD. METHODS:Demographic, clinical, and neuroimaging m...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Iranzo A,Stefani A,Serradell M,Martí MJ,Lomeña F,Mahlknecht P,Stockner H,Gaig C,Fernández-Arcos A,Poewe W,Tolosa E,Högl B,Santamaria J,SINBAR (Sleep Innsbruck Barcelona) group.

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report 5-year outcomes from the subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) in early-stage Parkinson disease (PD) pilot clinical trial. METHODS:The pilot was a prospective, single-blind clinical trial that randomized patients with early-stage PD (Hoehn & Yahr II off medications) to receive bila...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hacker ML,Turchan M,Heusinkveld LE,Currie AD,Millan SH,Molinari AL,Konrad PE,Davis TL,Phibbs FT,Hedera P,Cannard KR,Wang L,Charles D

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Saccades are essential for optimal visual function. Chiari type II malformation (CII) is a congenital anomaly of the cerebellum and brainstem, associated with spina bifida. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of CII on saccades and correlate saccadic parameters with brain MRI measurements. METHODS:Saccade...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Salman MS,Sharpe JA,Eizenman M,Lillakas L,To T,Westall C,Steinbach MJ,Dennis M

更新日期：2005-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolcapone is a potent, reversible inhibitor of catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) intended for use as an adjunct to levodopa therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD). Findings from the first pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics and tolerability studies of tolcapone in volunteers are reviewed. Following linear and dose-propo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jorga KM

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether lifetime physical activity during work and leisure time is associated with an increased risk of developing ALS and to determine the association between physical activity and duration or age at onset of disease. METHODS:Patients referred to our clinic during the 1-year period 2001 to 2002 wh...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Veldink JH,Kalmijn S,Groeneveld GJ,Titulaer MJ,Wokke JH,van den Berg LH

更新日期：2005-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate patient susceptibility to neuropsychiatric symptoms in the context of progression of more classic motor symptoms in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and to examine the impact of neuropsychiatric symptoms on survival. METHODS:The study cohort consisted of 219 patients with ALS (limb onset =...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mioshi E,Caga J,Lillo P,Hsieh S,Ramsey E,Devenney E,Hornberger M,Hodges JR,Kiernan MC

更新日期：2014-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoparoxysmal response (PPR) is sometimes incidentally encountered in EEGs performed for evaluation of nonepileptic symptoms. We conducted the first long-term study of a cohort of nonepileptic patients to determine their risk of having seizures subsequent to incidental recording of PPR. After 6 to 12 years (mean, 9 ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： So EL,Ruggles KH,Ahmann PA,Olson KA

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) ALS Practice Parameter was published in April 1999. The ALS CARE Database has been collecting data on the management of patients with ALS in North America since 1996. OBJECTIVE:To compare the management of patients with ALS in North America as recorded in the ALS CARE...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bradley WG,Anderson F,Bromberg M,Gutmann L,Harati Y,Ross M,Miller RG,ALS CARE Study Group.

更新日期：2001-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN), little is known of the long-term effect of human immunoglobulin (HIG) infusions as a maintenance therapy. We report a patient who improved after an initial HIG infusion of 2 g/kg and continued to improve both clinically and electrophysiologically during maintenance HIG treatment c...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Van den Berg LH,Franssen H,Wokke JH

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00