Transient drug-induced abolition of BAEPs in coma.

abstract：:We report a woman with a chronic inflammatory myopathy who developed muscle stiffness and dystonic postures of both upper extremities. Electromyography demonstrated that involuntary complex repetitive discharges of muscle caused the posture. Rare cases of dystonic posturing may be of peripheral, and not central system...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Preston DC,Finkleman RS,Munsat TL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore alterations in gray matter volume in patients with functional movement disorders. METHODS:We obtained T1-weighted MRI on 48 patients with clinically definite functional movement disorders, a subset of functional neurologic symptom disorder characterized by abnormal involuntary movements, and on 55...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Maurer CW,LaFaver K,Limachia GS,Capitan G,Ameli R,Sinclair S,Epstein SA,Hallett M,Horovitz SG

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of intragenic deletions of ALDH7A1 in patients with clinical and biochemical evidence of pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy but only a single identifiable mutation in ALDH7A1. METHODS:We designed a custom oligonucleotide array with high-density probe coverage across the ALDH7A1 gene. We pe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mefford HC,Zemel M,Geraghty E,Cook J,Clayton PT,Paul K,Plecko B,Mills PB,Nordli DR Jr,Gospe SM Jr

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the incidence and clinical features of pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) and other forms of pediatric acquired demyelinating syndromes (ADS) vary by race/ethnicity in a population-based cohort. METHODS:We used a combination of electronic database searches followed by complete medical rec...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Langer-Gould A,Zhang JL,Chung J,Yeung Y,Waubant E,Yao J

更新日期：2011-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:With the use of the newer antidepressants beyond the traditional tricyclics and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, newer options in headache prophylaxis are provided as well as the potential for undesirable and even potentially life-threatening interactions between medications. In this article, four patient reports of a sp...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Diamond S,Pepper BJ,Diamond ML,Freitag FG,Urban GJ,Erdemoglu AK

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have developed an MG activities of daily living (ADL) profile (MG-ADL)-a simple eight-question survey of MG symptoms. In 254 consecutive encounters with established MG patients, the authors compared scores from the MG-ADL to the quantitative MG score (QMG)-a standardized, reliable scale used in clinical tr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wolfe GI,Herbelin L,Nations SP,Foster B,Bryan WW,Barohn RJ

更新日期：1999-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Babinski sign is a well-known sign of upper motor neuron dysfunction that is widely considered an essential element of a complete neurologic examination. Little is known about reliability and validity of this sign. A less well-known sign of upper motor neuron dysfunction, decreased speed of foot tapping,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miller TM,Johnston SC

更新日期：2005-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Many advances in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of neurologic disease have emerged in the last few decades, resulting in reduced mortality and decreased disability. However, these advances have not benefitted all populations equally. A growing body of evidence indicates that barriers to care fall along racial an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marulanda-Londoño ET,Bell MW,Hope OA,Leacock RO,O'Carroll CB,Posas J 3rd,Stover NP,Young R,Hamilton R

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 44 consecutive patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), we found restless legs syndrome (RLS) in 10 of 27 CMT type 2 (CMT2) patients (37%) and in none of 17 CMT type 1 patients (p = 0.004). In the CMT2 patients, RLS was associated with positive sensory symptoms (10/10 versus 10/17; p = 0.026). T...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gemignani F,Marbini A,Di Giovanni G,Salih S,Terzano MG

更新日期：1999-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 96 Chinese patients with TIAs using transcranial Doppler and duplex ultrasonography. We found intracranial stenosis or occlusion in 51% of cases and extracranial disease in 19% of cases. The most common intracranial lesion was stenosis of the terminal internal carotid artery or proximal middle cerebral arte...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Huang YN,Gao S,Li SW,Huang Y,Li JF,Wong KS,Kay R

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that treatment with an antibody to tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) improves an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS) and is beneficial in two systemic inflammatory disease in humans, but there are no reports about anti-TNF treatment of MS. Therefore, we treated two rapidly progressive MS pa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van Oosten BW,Barkhof F,Truyen L,Boringa JB,Bertelsmann FW,von Blomberg BM,Woody JN,Hartung HP,Polman CH

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a randomized double-blind crossover therapeutic bioequivalency study of a generic (Epitol) versus a brand name (Tegretol) carbamazepine product under steady-state conditions in 40 epileptic patients. Each patient received 90-day supplies of Epitol or Tegretol and placebo, which replaced the usual dosage o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Oles KS,Penry JK,Smith LD,Anderson RL,Dean JC,Riela AR

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Campylobacter jejuni enteritis is the predominant bacterial infection preceding Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), an acute postinfectious immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy. The purpose of this study was to define the clinical phenotype of GBS and the relation with preceding C jejuni infections in Banglades...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Islam Z,Jacobs BC,van Belkum A,Mohammad QD,Islam MB,Herbrink P,Diorditsa S,Luby SP,Talukder KA,Endtz HP

更新日期：2010-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor axons supplying lumbrical muscles are less severely affected than axons supplying thenar muscles in the carpal tunnel syndrome; sometimes lumbrical motor fibers are less affected than digit 2 sensory fibers. This pattern is consistent with compression of both the anterior and posterior aspects of the median nerv...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Logigian EL,Busis NA,Berger AR,Bruyninckx F,Khalil N,Shahani BT,Young RR

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old man presented with bilateral posterior cerebral artery infarcts. He had visual object agnosia and prosopagnosia with preservation of reading abilities. There was also defective visual memory, topographic orientation, and color perception, as well as simultanagnosia. From the clinical facts and CT finding...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gomori AJ,Hawryluk GA

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A right-handed woman with independent left- and right-sided temporal lobe discharges was studied by continuous EEG and videotape monitoring for 3 weeks. Changes in affect were noted in the immediate and extended postictal periods and varied with the side of discharge. After a left-sided discharge, she became globally ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hurwitz TA,Wada JA,Kosaka BD,Strauss EH

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated serum retinol, CSF retinol, and serum retinol binding protein (RBP) levels have been found in some patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), but serum and CSF retinol levels have not been studied in matched serum and CSF samples in patients with IIH. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tabassi A,Salmasi AH,Jalali M

更新日期：2005-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cost-effective approaches for arriving at correct diagnoses should be used. Herein, we compare three approaches for the differential diagnosis of a common neurologic syndrome, peripheral neuropathy. In the "shotgun" approach, a standard battery of hematologic, biochemical, serologic, antibody, enzyme, molecular geneti...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dyck PJ,Dyck PJ,Grant IA,Fealey RD

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:As ALS progresses, extensive supportive care is required, including multidisciplinary outpatient care and hospitalization. The authors studied the causes, health care utilization, and outcomes for hospitalized patients with ALS. METHODS:With use of the 1996 Nationwide Inpatient Sample, an administrative data...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lechtzin N,Wiener CM,Clawson L,Chaudhry V,Diette GB

更新日期：2001-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the brain activation pattern of coexisting experimental ongoing pain and brush-evoked allodynia (pain evoked by innocuous brush) with the use of PET. BACKGROUND:Neuropathic pain usually has two essential phenomena: ongoing pain and brush-evoked allodynia, which coexist and may influence each other. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Witting N,Kupers RC,Svensson P,Arendt-Nielsen L,Gjedde A,Jensen TS

更新日期：2001-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new benign eating disorder associated with lesions involving parts of the right anterior cerebral hemisphere. This "gourmand" syndrome describes a preoccupation with food and a preference for fine eating. Two exemplary case reports illustrate this new syndrome. Analysis of the clinical and anatomical data...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Regard M,Landis T

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate differences in cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) to mild hypercapnia in obese/overweight individuals with and without insulin resistance (IR) compared to comparable lean controls. METHODS:A total of 60 cognitively normal participants (20 lean controls and 24 obese/overweight individuals with and 1...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Frosch OH,Yau PL,Osorio RS,Rusinek H,Storey P,Convit A

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neutralizing antibodies (NAB) to interferon beta (IFNbeta) occur in about one-third of MS patients treated with IFNbeta-1b and there is an association with a loss of clinical and MRI efficacy. However, there are no data regarding the bioavailability of IFNbeta-1b in patients with and without NAB. METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Deisenhammer F,Reindl M,Harvey J,Gasse T,Dilitz E,Berger T

更新日期：1999-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique case of a baritone with a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (SDAVF) causing recurrent, acute paraplegia during singing is described. This case underscores the presence of impaired venous drainage in these lesions and the high level of clinical suspicion required for their diagnosis in patients with any mye...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Khurana VG,Perez-Terzic CM,Petersen RC,Krauss WE

更新日期：2002-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Permanent paralysis was induced in dogs by a 500 gram centimeter force injury on the spinal cord, and drug treatments were given 1 hour after injury and were continued for 3 days. Dogs were evaluated for 90 days. Isotonic saline or mannitol administration were ineffective in reversing the paralysis. In dogs receiving ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： De La Torre JC,Johnson CM,Goode DJ,Mullan S

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of natalizumab on low-contrast letter acuity as a prespecified tertiary endpoint in two randomized clinical trials and to evaluate the usefulness of low-contrast letter acuity testing as a candidate test of visual function in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:AFFIRM and SENTINEL were ra...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Balcer LJ,Galetta SL,Calabresi PA,Confavreux C,Giovannoni G,Havrdova E,Hutchinson M,Kappos L,Lublin FD,Miller DH,O'Connor PW,Phillips JT,Polman CH,Radue EW,Rudick RA,Stuart WH,Wajgt A,Weinstock-Guttman B,Wynn DR,Lyn

更新日期：2007-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Videotape analysis of 76 attacks in 14 epileptics showed two electro-clinical types of psychomotor attacks. The first and most common type had three clinical phases, consisting of an initial motionless stare, stereotyped movements, and reactive automatisms during impaired consciousness. The second and less common type...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Escueta AV,Kunze U,Waddell G,Boxley J,Nadel A

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To localize a gene predisposing to benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS). BACKGROUND:BECTS, or rolandic epilepsy, is the most prevalent idiopathic epilepsy syndrome in childhood. Functional relevant defects in the alpha 4 subunit of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (ACh...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Neubauer BA,Fiedler B,Himmelein B,Kämpfer F,Lässker U,Schwabe G,Spanier I,Tams D,Bretscher C,Moldenhauer K,Kurlemann G,Weise S,Tedroff K,Eeg-Olofsson O,Wadelius C,Stephani U

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Clinical/Scientific Note “CNS neutrophilic vasculitis in neuro-Sweet disease” by R. Charlson et al. (Neurology® 2015;85:829–830), there is an error in the discussion and the references. The last name of the first author of reference 2 should be Hisanaga, not Hisanga as originally published. The authors regret t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors：

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In clinical trials, copolymer I (Cop 1) appears to reduce the number of exacerbations in early relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. The mechanism of this effect is uncertain, but Cop 1 also reduces the severity of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and inhibits the response of murine myelin basic protein (MBP)...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Burns J,Littlefield K

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00