Involvement of legs and other body parts in patients with restless legs syndrome and its variants.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is characterized by the urge to move the legs accompanied by movement-responsive, abnormal sensations, which worsen at rest and night. We investigated the distribution of sensory symptoms and clinical correlations in patients with RLS and its variants. METHODS:Eighty-nine patients diagnosed with RLS or RLS variants (age 61.4 ± 18.5 years 40 M/49 F) according to established criteria, with the exclusion of those with augmentation, were included in this study. The international RLS rating scale (IRLS) was used to assess the severity of RLS/RLS variant symptoms. RESULTS:Eighty-three patients (93.3%) had RLS, and 6 patients (6.7%) had RLS variants. Among the patients with RLS and RLS variants, 33 patients (36.0%) reported restlessness involving other body parts: arms (16.9%) were the most frequent region, followed by the back (10.1%), abdomen (6.7%), and buttocks (4.5%). There were no between-group differences in clinical characteristics, except for the level of sleep disturbances being higher in patients with RLS variants (n=6) than in patients with RLS (n=83). No significant difference was observed in clinical characteristics including RLS severity and treatment between patients with RLS only (n=57) and patients with RLS with other body part involvement (n=26). No relationship was observed between the onset of symptoms in the legs and other body parts, but the IRLS scores for legs and other body parts were significantly correlated. CONCLUSION:We should recognize that RLS can involve not only legs but also other body parts to varying degrees in each patient.

journal_name

J Neurol Sci

authors

Suzuki K,Suzuki S,Miyamoto M,Miyamoto T,Matsubara T,Nozawa N,Arikawa T,Nakajima I,Hirata K

doi

10.1016/j.jns.2019.116519

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-12-15 00:00:00

pages

116519

eissn

0022-510X

issn

1878-5883

pii

S0022-510X(19)30451-4

journal_volume

407

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Relation between MRI features and dementia in cerebrovascular disease patients with leukoaraiosis: a longitudinal study.

    abstract::We examined selective MRI features (localization and degree of white matter abnormalities, cortical and subcortical atrophy) in relation to cognitive decline in patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and leukoaraiosis (LA). We enrolled 6 female and 18 male CVD patients (mean age 66.2 +/- 6.6 years) whose Magnetic...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0022-510x(93)90263-x

    authors: Bracco L,Campani D,Baratti E,Lippi A,Inzitari D,Pracucci G,Amaducci L

    更新日期:1993-12-15 00:00:00

  • Changes in cerebral blood flow velocity after treatment with sumatriptan or placebo and implications for the pathophysiology of migraine.

    abstract::Whether the primary mechanisms of migraine are vascular or neurogenic is, as yet, unresolved. In humans it is still unclear whether sumatriptan acts via constriction of dilated arteries or through other mechanisms. Doppler sonography is a non-invasive method for measuring blood flow velocities (BFV), an indirect marke...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验

    doi:10.1016/0022-510x(95)00344-2

    authors: Limmroth V,May A,Auerbach P,Wosnitza G,Eppe T,Diener HC

    更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00

  • Derivation and validation of diagnostic criteria for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

    abstract::To develop diagnostic criteria for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), a retrospective series of patients' records diagnosed by sexpert consensus as CIDP or other chronic polyneuropathies were analyzed. Classification and regression tree analysis was applied to 150 patients to derive a classifica...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 共识发展会议,杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2008.11.015

    authors: Koski CL,Baumgarten M,Magder LS,Barohn RJ,Goldstein J,Graves M,Gorson K,Hahn AF,Hughes RA,Katz J,Lewis RA,Parry GJ,van Doorn P,Cornblath DR

    更新日期:2009-02-15 00:00:00

  • Increased cathepsin B activity in multiple sclerosis brain.

    abstract::Cathepsin B (CB) activity was measured in aqueous extracts of frozen autopsy specimens of centrum semiovale from three MS patients, five control patients with other neurological diseases, and five normal individuals. Mean activity was significantly increased in the MS tissue compared with controls. The mean activity i...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0022-510x(95)00039-5

    authors: Bever CT Jr,Garver DW

    更新日期:1995-07-01 00:00:00

  • Meiotic instability of the CAG repeats in the SCA6/CACNA1A gene in two Japanese SCA6 families.

    abstract::Intergenerational stability of the CAG repeat number has been considered to be a specific molecular feature of SCA6 compared with other CAG repeat diseases. Nevertheless, we showed meiotic instability of the CAG repeats in the SCA6/CACNL1A gene in two Japanese SCA6 families, including de novo expansion. In one family,...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0022-510x(01)00466-x

    authors: Shimazaki H,Takiyama Y,Sakoe K,Amaike M,Nagaki H,Namekawa M,Sasaki H,Nakano I,Nishizawa M

    更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00

  • Safety and pharmacodynamics of a novel recombinant botulinum toxin E (rBoNT-E): Results of a phase 1 study in healthy male subjects compared with abobotulinumtoxinA (Dysport®).

    abstract::Naturally occurring botulinum toxin (BoNT) serotypes have different pharmacological features of therapeutic and aesthetic interest. This phase 1, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (EudraCT: 2016-002609-20) assessed safety, tolerability and pharmacodynamics (PD) of the first recombinant BoNT serotype E (rBoNT-E) v...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2019.116516

    authors: Pons L,Vilain C,Volteau M,Picaut P

    更新日期:2019-12-15 00:00:00

  • Usefulness of prolonged video-EEG monitoring in the elderly.

    abstract::The diagnosis of epilepsy in the elderly can be difficult. We sought to determine whether video-EEG monitoring (VEEG) is useful in the diagnosis and management of elderly patients with epilepsy. We reviewed the medical records of 20 consecutive patients, over 60 years of age, selected from a total of 1423 patients ref...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0022-510x(96)00092-5

    authors: Lancman ME,O'Donovan C,Dinner D,Coelho M,Lüders HO

    更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00

  • Interleukin-1 and interleukin-2 production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in multiple sclerosis patients.

    abstract::The production of interleukin-1 (IL-1) and interleukin-2 (IL-2) by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) was assessed in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in relapse, chronic progressive MS patients, patients with other neurological diseases (OND) and healthy subjects. Production was defined as the level of IL-1 and...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0022-510x(88)90036-6

    authors: Selmaj K,Nowak Z,Tchórzewski H

    更新日期:1988-05-01 00:00:00

  • Transient global amnesia: Only in already disrupted neuronal integrity of memory network?

    abstract::Transient global amnesia is a well-described clinical syndrome; however, the pathophysiology is perplexing. Structural imaging indicates that punctuate hippocampal lesions are the representative pathophysiology, although functional neuroimaging studies have reported that the various regions comprising the episodic mem...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2016.05.035

    authors: Moon Y,Oh J,Kwon KJ,Han SH

    更新日期:2016-09-15 00:00:00

  • Early-onset progressive ataxia associated with the first CACNA1A mutation identified within the I-II loop.

    abstract::Familial hemiplegic migraine type 1, spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6) and episodic ataxia type 2 (EA2) are allelic disorders associated with mutations in the CACNA1A gene, which encodes the alpha1 subunit of the P/Q-type calcium channel (Ca(V)2.1). SCA6 and EA2 share a number of clinical features, such as prominen...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2007.01.008

    authors: Cricchi F,Di Lorenzo C,Grieco GS,Rengo C,Cardinale A,Racaniello M,Santorelli FM,Nappi G,Pierelli F,Casali C

    更新日期:2007-03-15 00:00:00

  • Encephalitis related to primary varicella-zoster virus infection in immunocompetent children.

    abstract:INTRODUCTION:Encephalitis is a rare complication of primary varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection in immunocompetent children. METHODS:The clinical and laboratory findings of two girls with VZV-related encephalitis are reported. RESULTS:Both children presented with focal epileptic seizures, corresponding to cortical...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0022-510x(02)00017-5

    authors: Häusler M,Schaade L,Kemény S,Schweizer K,Schoenmackers C,Ramaekers VT

    更新日期:2002-03-30 00:00:00

  • Functional polymorphisms of the MAO gene with Parkinson disease susceptibility: a meta-analysis.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:We carried out a meta-analysis focusing on the relationships between rs1137070 C>T and rs1799836 A>G polymorphisms in the MAO gene as a modifier of Parkinson disease (PD) susceptibility. METHOD:A literature search of the Cochrane Library Database, Web of Science, PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, and the Chinese Biome...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2014.07.016

    authors: Sun YX,Wang XH,Xu AH,Zhao JH

    更新日期:2014-10-15 00:00:00

  • A Japanese family with adrenoleukodystrophy with a codon 291 deletion: a clinical, biochemical, pathological, and genetic report.

    abstract::We report a Japanese family with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) with a three base pair deletion (delGAG 291) in the ALD gene. A variety of phenotypes were observed within this family. While the proband (patient 1) was classified as having a rare intermediate type of adult cerebral and cerebello-brain stem forms, his young...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0022-510x(98)00120-8

    authors: Kano S,Watanabe M,Kanai M,Koike R,Onodera O,Tsuji S,Okamoto K,Shoji M

    更新日期:1998-06-30 00:00:00

  • Affinity immunoblotting: rapid and sensitive detection of oligoclonal IgG, IgA and IgM in unconcentrated CSF by agarose isoelectric focusing.

    abstract::Two methods for the investigation of oligoclonal immunoglobulin bands in cerebrospinal fluid are compared. Isoelectric focusing (IEF) in agarose gels combined with a highly sensitive affinity immunoblotting proved to be superior to PAGE-IEF and silver staining regarding detection sensitivity and expenditure of labour....

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0022-510x(91)90167-6

    authors: Kaiser R

    更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00

  • Linking neuron and skin: matrix metalloproteinases in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

    abstract::Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) mainly affects the motor neurons but may also include other organs such as the skin. We aimed to determine whether matrix metalloproteinases could provide a link between neuronal degeneration and skin alterations in ALS. We measured CSF, serum and skin tissue MMP-2 and MMP-9 using E...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2009.05.025

    authors: Fang L,Huber-Abel F,Teuchert M,Hendrich C,Dorst J,Schattauer D,Zettlmeissel H,Wlaschek M,Scharffetter-Kochanek K,Tumani H,Ludolph AC,Brettschneider J

    更新日期:2009-10-15 00:00:00

  • Lower serum levels of selenium, copper, and zinc are related to neuromotor impairments in children with konzo.

    abstract::We assessed the relationship between key trace elements and neurocognitive and motor impairments observed in konzo, a motor neuron disease associated with cassava cyanogenic exposure in nutritionally challenged African children. Serum concentrations of iron, copper, zinc, selenium, and neurotoxic lead, mercury, mangan...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2015.01.007

    authors: Bumoko GM,Sadiki NH,Rwatambuga A,Kayembe KP,Okitundu DL,Mumba Ngoyi D,Muyembe JJ,Banea JP,Boivin MJ,Tshala-Katumbay D

    更新日期:2015-02-15 00:00:00

  • From research to clinical practice: implementation of functional magnetic imaging and white matter tractography in the clinical environment.

    abstract::In the last two decades functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has dominated research in neuroscience. However, only recently has it taken the first steps in translation to the clinical field. In this paper we describe the advantages of fMRI and DTI and the possible benefits of implementing these methods in clin...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2011.07.040

    authors: Bick AS,Mayer A,Levin N

    更新日期:2012-01-15 00:00:00

  • Adoptive transfer of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis with lectin-activated spleen cells.

    abstract::Adoptive transfer of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) was achieved in Lewis rats using spleen cells incubated in vitro with various lectins. When stimulated with concanavalin A (Con A), its derivative succinyl-Con A, Lens culinaris or Pisum sativum agglutinin, spleen cells obtained from rats immunized wit...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0022-510x(84)90014-5

    authors: Takenaka A,Kaneko K,Mori R,Itoyama Y

    更新日期:1984-11-01 00:00:00

  • Dipyridamole and headache--a pilot study of initial dose titration.

    abstract::Headache is reported by about one third of patients using dipyridamole (DP) after stroke or TIA. No study has systematically examined if initial dipyridamole titration may affect this headache. We therefore randomised patients to (1) standard aspirin and dipyridamole treatment b.i.d. for 2 weeks or (2) titration with ...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2004.05.011

    authors: Lindgren A,Husted S,Staaf G,Ziegler B

    更新日期:2004-08-30 00:00:00

  • Retrospective analysis of parkinsonian patients exhibiting normal (123)I-MIBG cardiac uptake.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Although most patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) show decreased cardiac (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) uptake, some exhibit normal uptake. We evaluated the clinical characteristics of such patients. METHODS:We enrolled 154 non-demented patients showing parkinsonism with normal cardiac MIBG uptake...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2015.10.059

    authors: Mizutani Y,Ito S,Murate K,Hirota S,Fukui T,Hikichi C,Ishikawa T,Shima S,Ueda A,Kizawa M,Asakura K,Mutoh T

    更新日期:2015-12-15 00:00:00

  • A DWI study of the contralateral hemisphere in cerebral hemiatrophy.

    abstract:BACKGROUND AND AIM:Cerebral hemiatrophy (CHA) is a congenital or acquired loss of volume in one hemisphere of the brain. The MR findings of the affected hemisphere have been a subject of many studies, however, the contralateral hemisphere has not been investigated. There is, in fact, an integrity between two hemisphere...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2016.02.055

    authors: Öztoprak B,Öztoprak İ,Bozkurt H,Çiğdem B,Yıldız ÖK

    更新日期:2016-04-15 00:00:00

  • Cerebrospinal fluid interleukin 6 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: immunological parameter and comparison with inflammatory and non-inflammatory central nervous system diseases.

    abstract::We assayed IL-6 in 105 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with ALS, MS, HTLV-1 associated myelopathy (HAM), and controls. There was considerable overlap in IL-6 levels in all patient groups. The mean IL-6 in 27 patients with ALS was significantly higher than in 21 patients in the other neurological diseas...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0022-510x(97)00228-1

    authors: Sekizawa T,Openshaw H,Ohbo K,Sugamura K,Itoyama Y,Niland JC

    更新日期:1998-02-05 00:00:00

  • Estrogen replacement therapy in women with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    abstract::Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) occurs more commonly in men than in women, and women get the disease later in life compared to men. This epidemiologic aspect of the disease raises the question as to whether estrogen may be neuroprotective in delaying or preventing ALS. Postmenopausal women with ALS were separated ...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0022-510x(99)00234-8

    authors: Rudnicki SA

    更新日期:1999-10-31 00:00:00

  • Experience of pediatric stroke from a tertiary medical center in North India.

    abstract:OBJECTIVE:The etiology and outcome of pediatric stroke differs in different geographical regions and there is no comprehensive study from India. This study evaluates the etiology, type and predictors of outcome of pediatric stroke from Northern India. METHODS:79 stroke patients aged 1month to 18years managed during 20...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2012.11.020

    authors: Kalita J,Goyal G,Misra UK

    更新日期:2013-02-15 00:00:00

  • Unlike myofibers, neuromuscular junctions remain stable during prolonged muscle unloading.

    abstract::This study assessed the effect of muscle unloading on the neuromuscular system. Sixteen male Fischer 344 rats were randomly assigned to either a hindlimb suspension (unloaded) or control group (N=8/group) for 16 days. Following this intervention period, pre- and postsynaptic features of the neuromuscular junctions (NM...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/s0022-510x(02)00455-0

    authors: Deschenes MR,Will KM,Booth FW,Gordon SE

    更新日期:2003-06-15 00:00:00

  • An initial experience of machine learning based on multi-sequence texture parameters in magnetic resonance imaging to differentiate glioblastoma from brain metastases.

    abstract:PURPOSE:To evaluate the performance of a machine learning method based on texture parameters in conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in differentiating glioblastoma (GB) from brain metastases (METs). MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this retrospective study conducted between November 2008 and July 2017, we included 7...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2019.116514

    authors: Tateishi M,Nakaura T,Kitajima M,Uetani H,Nakagawa M,Inoue T,Kuroda JI,Mukasa A,Yamashita Y

    更新日期:2020-03-15 00:00:00

  • Enzyme and protein studies of demyelination in diabetes.

    abstract::Neuropathological evidence of demyelination was found in the brain and sciatic nerve of diabetic patients at autopsy. The activity of acid proteinase was somewhat increased in the white matter but decreased in the gray matter of diabetic patients. No increase was observed in the activity of neutral proteinase in diabe...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0022-510x(77)90191-5

    authors: Palo J,Reske-Nielsen E,Riekkinen P

    更新日期:1977-08-01 00:00:00

  • Direct immunofixation after isoelectric focusing. An improved method for identification of cerebrospinal fluid and serum proteins.

    abstract::An improved method for identification of CSF and serum proteins is described, using analytical isoelectric focusing followed by direct immunofixation in polyacrylamide gel. This method offers high sensitivity together with retained resolution after isoelectric focusing and is technically easy to perform. The gamma-tra...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0022-510x(79)90059-5

    authors: Stibler H

    更新日期:1979-07-01 00:00:00

  • IL-2 and IL-6 secretion in dementia: correlation with type and severity of disease.

    abstract::The production of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNC) was assessed in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) who were subdivided into two groups--mild and moderately-severe--according to the severity of the disease, probable vascular dementia (VaD) patients and eld...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/0022-510x(95)00016-u

    authors: Huberman M,Sredni B,Stern L,Kott E,Shalit F

    更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00

  • Intracranial arterial disease in CADASIL patients.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is characterized by the involvement of cerebral small arteries. Although cerebral large artery disease has been reported in CADASIL patients, the prevalence and location of relevant cerebral arterial disease ...

    journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1016/j.jns.2015.11.029

    authors: Kang HG,Kim JS

    更新日期:2015-12-15 00:00:00