FSHD type 2 and Bosma arhinia microphthalmia syndrome: Two faces of the same mutation.

abstract：:Although Parkinson's disease has a definite neurologic basis, patients and relatives experience a multitude of stresses, only partly related to motor symptoms. Subjective and behavioral problems may be regarded as secondary disease symptoms. In an integrated approach, patients and relatives receive psychological couns...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ellgring H,Seiler S,Perleth B,Frings W,Gasser T,Oertel W

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors correlated neurologic features of rostral lateral pontine infarct (rLPI) with lesion location on MRI. rLPI is a motor-sensory stroke presenting as crural monoparesis or crural dominant hemiparesis and segmental superficial or deep sensory disturbances. The dorsolateral pontine base causes crural paresis wi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kataoka S,Miaki M,Saiki M,Saiki S,Yamaya Y,Hori A,Hirose G

更新日期：2003-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to determine whether geriatric patients with late-life-onset major depression have more subcortical hyperintensities on MRI and greater cognitive impairment than age-matched geriatric patients with early-life-onset major depression, suggesting that subcortical disease may be etiologic in late-life depression...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Salloway S,Malloy P,Kohn R,Gillard E,Duffy J,Rogg J,Tung G,Richardson E,Thomas C,Westlake R

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue is a common but poorly understood symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD). Using previously validated scales, we asked 58 nondemented PD patients and 58 controls to fill out questionnaires assessing fatigue and depression and found that PD patients were more depressed and more fatigued than age-matched controls. A...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Friedman J,Friedman H

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age at 1st risk for seizures may predict anomia following dominant anterior temporal lobectomy. We assessed confrontation naming before and 2 to 3 weeks after surgery in 45 right-handed patients grouped by side of focus and presence or absence of early (less than or equal to 5 years) risk factors. After left lobectomy...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stafiniak P,Saykin AJ,Sperling MR,Kester DB,Robinson LJ,O'Connor MJ,Gur RC

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess alterations in brain metabolites of patients with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) with the proteolipid protein gene 1 (PLP1) duplications using quantitative proton MRS. METHODS:Five unrelated male Japanese patients with PMD with PLP1 duplications were analyzed using automated proton brain examin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Takanashi J,Inoue K,Tomita M,Kurihara A,Morita F,Ikehira H,Tanada S,Yoshitome E,Kohno Y

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We tested the hypothesis that admission serum magnesium levels are associated with hematoma volume, hematoma growth, and functional outcomes in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). METHODS:Patients presenting with spontaneous ICH were enrolled in an observational cohort study that prospectively coll...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liotta EM,Prabhakaran S,Sangha RS,Bush RA,Long AE,Trevick SA,Potts MB,Jahromi BS,Kim M,Manno EM,Sorond FA,Naidech AM,Maas MB

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycine encephalopathy, also known as nonketotic hyperglycinemia (NKH), is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a defect in the glycine cleavage system. NKH is classically associated with neonatal apnea, lethargy, hypotonia, and seizures, followed by severe psychomotor retardation in those who survive. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hoover-Fong JE,Shah S,Van Hove JL,Applegarth D,Toone J,Hamosh A

更新日期：2004-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This methodologic study investigates if the 2-minute walk test (2MWT) can be a valid alternative to the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) to describe walking capability in patients with neuromuscular diseases. METHODS:Patients (n = 115) with different neuromuscular diseases were invited to participate on 2 test days...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Andersen LK,Knak KL,Witting N,Vissing J

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old man with untreated hypertension had sudden onset of signs and symptoms suggestive of a dorsal lateral medullary syndrome. He died after 27 days. Postmortem studies revealed intramedullary hemorrhage with extension into the fourth ventricle and hypertensive cardiovascular disease. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Neumann PE,Mehler MF,Horoupian DS

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluating rehabilitation requires rating scales that detect change. The authors examined Barthel Index (BI) data from 1,495 patients at a neurorehabilitation unit to determine whether total scale responsiveness accurately reflects item responsiveness. Total score effect sizes were moderate to large (0.47 to 1.09). It...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： O'Connor RJ,Cano SJ,Thompson AJ,Hobart JC

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and respiratory failure (RF) are complications of acid maltase deficiency (AMD), a rare hereditary myopathy. OBJECTIVE:To define the relationship between lung and respiratory muscle function, to establish incidence and patterns of SDB, and to determine daytime predictors of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mellies U,Ragette R,Schwake C,Baethmann M,Voit T,Teschler H

更新日期：2001-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess pathologic changes in prospectively characterized subjects with essential tremor (ET). METHODS:Subjects enrolled in the Sun Health Research Institute Brain and Body Donation Program were examined annually by a movement disorders neurologist, and semiannually by a behavioral neurologist and neuropsy...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shill HA,Adler CH,Sabbagh MN,Connor DJ,Caviness JN,Hentz JG,Beach TG

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old man, recent visitor to the Middle East, presented with 6-week history of fever (up to 102°F) followed by altered behavior and left hemiparesis. CSF was acellular with raised protein (138 mg/dL). CSF bacterial culture was sterile; adenosine deaminase normal (3 U/L); cryptococcal antigen, Venereal Disease ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rajan R,Khurana D,Kesav P

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a new magnetic resonance (MR)-based technique for performing volumetric measurements of temporal lobe structures. The technique was designed to assist in making the clinical diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT). We chose specific anatomic regions of interest because of their known involvement...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jack CR Jr,Petersen RC,O'Brien PC,Tangalos EG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the eye movements and visual perception in a man with extensive bilateral occipital lesions acquired at birth. He had 3/500 acuity, limited visual fields, and extrafoveal fixation attributable to an intact left superior visual cortex. Analysis of digitized electro-oculography and magnetic search coil data s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rizzo M,Hurtig R

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To learn if limb-kinetic apraxia (LKA) is associated with Parkinson disease (PD), participants with PD (on medications) and control subjects performed finger tapping (FT), measuring movement speed, and performed coin rotation (CR), measuring precise coordinated but independent finger movements and speed. There were no...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Quencer K,Okun MS,Crucian G,Fernandez HH,Skidmore F,Heilman KM

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the centralized diagnostic data resource for the population of Rochester, Minnesota, we determined the prevalence of medically diagnosed dementia for this community. There were 289 individuals with dementia who were residing in Rochester on January 1, 1975: 208 women and 81 men. The overall age- and sex-adjusted...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kokmen E,Beard CM,Offord KP,Kurland LT

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We enrolled 11 patients with secondary progressive MS in a randomized single-masked cross-over study of plasma exchange (PE) in combination with azathioprine 2 mg/kg. PE was performed once a week for 4 weeks and thereafter every second week for 20 weeks (14 treatments). Eight patients completed the whole trial, and th...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sørensen PS,Wanscher B,Szpirt W,Jensen CV,Ravnborg M,Christiansen P,Schreiber K,Nordenbo A

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors sought to determine in a retrospective analysis whether carotid plaque soft TD on CT is associated with recent ischemic neurologic events. Among 141 patients (99 asymptomatic), 106 plaques with more than 50% stenosis were selected for density measurements. They found an odds ratio for neurologic events ass...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Serfaty JM,Nonent M,Nighoghossian N,Rouhart F,Derex L,Rotaru C,Chirossel P,Thabut G,Guias B,Heautot JF,Gouny P,de la Vega A,Pachai C,Ecochard R,Villard J,Douek PC,CARMEDAS Study Group.

更新日期：2006-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old girl who had zoster ophthalmicus 10 months earlier presented with hemiparesis and corresponding basal ganglionic infarction related to middle cerebral artery branch thrombosis ipsilateral to the zoster. Hematologic evaluation disclosed protein C deficiency. This represents the first zoster-associated str...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cadavid D,Pearl PL,Dubovsky EC,Angiolillo A,Vezina LG

更新日期：1999-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of reliable preclinical detection procedures for idiopathic Parkinson's disease may be the fundamental advance required for the establishment of the cause, the natural history, and ultimately, the prevention of this neurodegenerative disorder. The usefulness of these preclinical markers in efforts to b...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ellenberg JH

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of bromocriptine on periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) of narcoleptic patients. Bromocriptine significantly reduced the number and index of PLMS without improving the nocturnal sleep disruption in that disorder. These results support the hypothesis that dopaminergic mechanisms are involved ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Boivin DB,Lorrain D,Montplaisir J

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To track cognitive and language changes over time in patients with logopenic (lv-PPA) and semantic (sv-PPA) variants of primary progressive aphasia (PPA). METHODS:Thirteen consecutive patients with lv-PPA and 11 patients with sv-PPA underwent yearly evaluation for a mean of 3 years. Nineteen patients (11 lv-...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leyton CE,Hsieh S,Mioshi E,Hodges JR

更新日期：2013-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The paradoxical phenomenon of relative longevity among obese patients with established diseases has been reported for various disease conditions. The authors sought to investigate whether the obesity paradox also applies to intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) survivors. METHODS:A total of 1,604 patients with ICH...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kim BJ,Lee SH,Ryu WS,Kim CK,Lee J,Yoon BW

更新日期：2011-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether serum Zic4 antibodies associate with paraneoplastic neurologic disorders (PND) and small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), and the association of these antibodies with other onconeuronal immunities associated with SCLC. DESIGN/METHODS:The authors studied 498 patients (215 with PND and 283 without...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bataller L,Wade DF,Graus F,Stacey HD,Rosenfeld MR,Dalmau J

更新日期：2004-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum from 35 cases of naturally occurring acquired canine myasthenia gravis (MG) were assayed for patterns of autoantibody specificities against canine acetylcholine receptor (AChR) using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and antiserum against defined regions of the AChR as competitive inhibitors of autoantibody binding. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shelton GD,Cardinet GH,Lindstrom JM

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term treatment with valproate (VPA) or carbamazepine (CBZ) may induce reproductive endocrine disorders in patients with epilepsy. METHODS:Serum concentrations of reproductive hormones were studied in 17 women and 22 men with recently diagnosed epilepsy before they started either VPA or CBZ medication, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rättyä J,Pakarinen AJ,Knip M,Repo-Outakoski M,Myllylä VV,Isojärvi JI

更新日期：2001-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypnic headache has been described in several case reports since 1981 and is regarded as an idiopathic headache disorder. In this review of 71 cases in the literature, the clinical features, neurophysiologic including polysomnographic findings, and treatment procedures are analyzed and the pathophysiology of this cond...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Evers S,Goadsby PJ

更新日期：2003-03-25 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