Randomized trial of l-serine in patients with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 1.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the incidence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and its potential vascular risk factors in a prospective population-based study. METHODS:An age-stratified random population-based cohort (baseline n = 1,982), followed for up to 4 years, was annually assessed for cognitive and everyday functioning...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ganguli M,Fu B,Snitz BE,Hughes TF,Chang CC

更新日期：2013-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified 53 patients with non-neoplastic cysts of the pineal gland. In contrast to patients with pineal neoplasms, pineal cysts are usually asymptomatic. They infrequently obstruct the aqueduct to cause hydrocephalus or compress the tectum to produce the neuro-ophthalmologic signs of dorsal midbrain dysfunction. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fetell MR,Bruce JN,Burke AM,Cross DT,Torres RA,Powers JM,Stein BM

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We attempted to define the role of subtle changes in the normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) in the development of disability in multiple sclerosis (MS). Twenty-seven clinically definite MS patients with either relapsing-remitting or chronic-progressive courses and 10 sex- and age-matched controls entered the study. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Filippi M,Campi A,Dousset V,Baratti C,Martinelli V,Canal N,Scotti G,Comi G

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate basal ganglia changes along the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-ALS-frontotemporal dementia (FTD) continuum using multiple, complementary imaging techniques. METHODS:Sixty-seven C9orf72-negative patients with ALS and 39 healthy controls were included in a cross-sectional quantitative MRI stu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Machts J,Loewe K,Kaufmann J,Jakubiczka S,Abdulla S,Petri S,Dengler R,Heinze HJ,Vielhaber S,Schoenfeld MA,Bede P

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old woman suffered from recurrent episodes of fever, hypertension, facial flushing, vomiting, stridor, slowly progressive symptoms of hypohidrosis, and orthostatic hypotension. The episodes were synchronous with elevated catecholamine concentration in plasma and urine. This is an example of paroxysmal autono...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mitsui T,Kawai H,Taguchi E,Miyamoto H,Saito S

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:3-Methylglutaconic aciduria type I is a rare inborn error of leucine catabolism. It is thought to present in childhood with nonspecific symptoms; it was even speculated to be a nondisease. The natural course of disease is unknown. METHODS:This is a study on 10 patients with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria type I...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wortmann SB,Kremer BH,Graham A,Willemsen MA,Loupatty FJ,Hogg SL,Engelke UF,Kluijtmans LA,Wanders RJ,Illsinger S,Wilcken B,Cruysberg JR,Das AM,Morava E,Wevers RA

更新日期：2010-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:There was a report of spongiform encephalopathy transmitted to Syrian hamsters by intracerebral inoculation with the blood buffy coat of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their unaffected first-degree relatives. We attempted to verify that report, taking measures to reduce the risk of contaminating samples wi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Godec MS,Asher DM,Kozachuk WE,Masters CL,Rubi JU,Payne JA,Rubi-Villa DJ,Wagner EE,Rapoport SI,Schapiro MB

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate clinical, neuropsychological, and MRI abnormalities (gray matter atrophy [GMA] and white matter atrophy [WMA]) in surgical mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) patients with and without familial antecedent for epilepsy. METHODS:A cohort study including 69 operated patients with unilateral MTLE...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yasuda CL,Morita ME,Alessio A,Pereira AR,Balthazar ML,Saúde AV,Costa AL,Costa AL,Cardoso TA,Betting LE,Guerreiro CA,Damasceno BP,Lopes-Cendes I,Tedeschi H,de Oliveira E,Cendes F

更新日期：2010-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In 47 patients with Parkinson's disease, we studied the visual evoked potential (VEP) using the pattern-reversal checkerboard (CBVEP) and the grating (GVEP) stimuli before and after 3 months of L-dopa therapy. The P100 latency in both CBVEP and GVEP was prolonged before L-dopa therapy, usually commensurate with the de...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bhaskar PA,Vanchilingam S,Bhaskar EA,Devaprabhu A,Ganesan RA

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on 1,343 hospitalized patients in the Cornell Neurology Database with final diagnoses of transient ischemic attacks (TIA), reversible ischemic neurologic deficits (RIND), or ischemic stroke was examined in order to determine the duration of ischemic deficits. Episodes resolved within the first 24 hours (cl...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Levy DE

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) compensate for neuropathologic changes when performing a mnemonic task by recruiting 1) the same brain regions as age-matched, healthy controls, but to a greater extent; 2) additional brain regions not activated by controls; or 3) both. METHODS:Twelve...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gould RL,Arroyo B,Brown RG,Owen AM,Bullmore ET,Howard RJ

更新日期：2006-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke continues to evolve to improve both efficacy and safety. In the late 1990 s, intra-arterial chemical thrombolysis with prourokinase was shown to be effective in achieving partial recanalization and improving clinical outcome, in comparison with intra-arterial heparin admi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Novakovic RL,Toth G,Narayanan S,Zaidat OO

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the temporal trend in multiple sclerosis (MS) onset during the last 50 years in Sardinia, Italy. METHODS:The authors used a cohort study to assess age at onset in 1,513 MS patients at the MS clinic in Cagliari, all born and living in Sardinia. They also assessed age at onset in 41 pairs of familia...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cocco E,Sardu C,Lai M,Spinicci G,Contu P,Marrosu MG

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:PET-demonstrated decreases in [11C]flumazenil binding occur in anterior mesial temporal structures on the side of epileptogenesis in unilateral mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. We performed quantitative autoradiography on anterior mesial and lateral temporal specimens from 11 subjects with unilateral mesial temporal lob...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Burdette DE,Sakurai SY,Henry TR,Ross DA,Pennell PB,Frey KA,Sackellares JC,Albin RL

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prompted by the observation that a fellow medical student sneezed at about the same time in class every morning, we recorded the time of each of the 118 sneezes she made on 69 days over a 6.5-month period. Analysis of the sneeze times with the goodness-of-fit test revealed a highly nonuniform distribution (p < 0.0001)...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grant AC,Roter EP

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven patients had pendular, vertical, isolated movements of the eyes soon after severe pontine strokes. The movements had a frequency of about 2 Hz and amplitudes of 3 to 40 degrees. Other rhythmic body movements at similar frequencies occurred in four patients after a delay of 6 weeks to 9 months. The character and ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Keane JR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and electroencephalographic (EEG) effects of sodium valproate were studied in four patients by means of serial 24-hour EEG recordings and simultaneous hourly determinations of serum drug concentrations. The patients all had frequent clinical seizures and generalized spike-wave discharges. Valproate appear...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rowan AJ,Binnie CD,de Beer-Pawlikowski NK,Goedhart DM,Gutter T,van der Geest P,Meinardi H,Meijer JW

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Twenty-eight percent of patients with the Guillain-Barré syndrome remain able to walk unaided. Studying patients with the mild form of Guillain-Barré syndrome can further contribute to knowledge of the spectrum of the syndrome and explore whether this subgroup may need treatment with IV immunoglobulin. METHO...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Van Koningsveld R,Schmitz PI,Ang CW,Groen J,Osterhaus AD,Van der Meché FG,Van Doorn PA

更新日期：2002-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Periodic paralyses and paramyotonia congenita are rare disorders causing disabling weakness and myotonia. Mutations in sodium, calcium, and potassium channels have been recognized as causing disease. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the clinical phenotype of patients with and without discernible genotype and to identif...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miller TM,Dias da Silva MR,Miller HA,Kwiecinski H,Mendell JR,Tawil R,McManis P,Griggs RC,Angelini C,Servidei S,Petajan J,Dalakas MC,Ranum LP,Fu YH,Ptácek LJ

更新日期：2004-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the disciplinary process by which the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) enforces its formalized standards of professional conduct. METHODS:We reviewed the AAN's Disciplinary Action Policy. We tracked the elapsed time from receipt to final decision of all allegations ("complaints") of improper con...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hutchins JC,Sagsveen MG,Larriviere D

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between multiple sclerosis (MS) and alleles of the HLA class II genes indicates that at least one MS susceptibility gene is linked to the HLA class II region. However, the actual locus responsible has not been precisely identified. The recent cloning of new genes involved in antigen processing that map...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liblau R,van Endert PM,Sandberg-Wollheim M,Patel SD,Lopez MT,Land S,Fugger L,McDevitt HO

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study sought to evaluate the validity and generality of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and its subsection scores. We gave the MMSE and other neuropsychological tests to 51 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease. On the basis of correlational and factor analyses, overall performance on the MMS...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Giordani B,Boivin MJ,Hall AL,Foster NL,Lehtinen SJ,Bluemlein LA,Berent S

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the accuracy and interobserver variability of selected ictal and postictal behavioral changes. Three observers, blinded to clinical history, EEG, and side of surgical resection, analyzed videotapes of 166 seizures in 38 patients, looking for lateralizing signs. Twenty-seven patients with temporal lobe res...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chee MW,Kotagal P,Van Ness PC,Gragg L,Murphy D,Lüders HO

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 43-year-old neurologically intact patient who reported episodes of diplopia and oscillopsia associated with a right-beating nystagmus and a skew deviation. These symptoms and signs were related to a left posterior epileptic EEG discharge. We suggest that these ocular motor signs derived from an ictal act...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Galimberti CA,Versino M,Sartori I,Manni R,Martelli A,Tartara A

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally believed that a diet high in carbohydrate improves exercise tolerance in patients with carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT II) deficiency, but it has never been systematically investigated. The authors investigated the effect of a high- vs low-carbohydrate diet on exercise tolerance in four patients...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ørngreen MC,Ejstrup R,Vissing J

更新日期：2003-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy was examined in 1,075 patients receiving routine CT angiography and CT perfusion brain imaging at a single institution. Fifty-two patients had a creatinine rise of > or =0.5 mg/dL. In four patients (0.37%), the administration of IV contrast medium possibly contributed to r...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Josephson SA,Dillon WP,Smith WS

更新日期：2005-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory disturbance in the unilateral hand and ipsilateral mouth region, the cheiro-oral syndrome, may be due to cortical, thalamic, or brainstem lesions. We report five patients with this syndrome due to infarction at the border of the posterior limb of the internal capsule and the corona radiata. The sensory fibers ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Isono O,Kawamura M,Shiota J,Araki S,Hirayama K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that an anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) titer of > or = 10 IgG phospholipid (GPL) at the time of an index ischemic stroke is associated with an increased risk of subsequent thrombo-occlusive events or death. First-time ischemic stroke patients from the Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Stroke Stu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors：

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of functional symptoms has a long history, and interventions were often used in soldiers returning from battle. On the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, I review the portrayal of neurology in documentary film. Two documentaries were released in 1946 and 1948 (Let There Be Light and Shades ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wijdicks EFM

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the utility of "clinic room" case presentation in the ambulatory care setting. BACKGROUND:Neurology is increasingly an outpatient specialty. The transition from ward to clinic presents challenges for student and resident education. Interaction between attending physician and trainee is limited by...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Smith AG,Bromberg MB,Singleton JR,Forshew DA

更新日期：1999-01-15 00:00:00