Racial differences in statin adherence following hospital discharge for ischemic stroke.

abstract：:Wolfram syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder beginning in childhood that consists of four cardinal features: optic atrophy, diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, and neurosensory hearing loss. Aside from these features, the clinical picture is highly variable and may include other neurologic abnormalities such...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rando TA,Horton JC,Layzer RB

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively evaluated the relationship between a common psychological stressor and relapses in multiple sclerosis (MS) in a group of 32 MS patients exposed to the threat of missile attacks during the Persian Gulf War of 1991. The number of relapses during the war and the following 2 months was significantly lower...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nisipeanu P,Korczyn AD

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients presented with unilateral progressive optic neuropathy. None of these patients had signs of symptoms referable to the chiasm or eye, thus confining their decline in vision to the optic nerve. Clinical and neuroradiographic evidence suggested a meningioma involving the optic nerve at the orbital-canalicu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gudeman SK,Selhorst JB,Susac JO,Waybright EA

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical therapy is the mainstay for epilepsy, with most patients well controlled on a single antiepileptic drug (AED). In this non-refractory group, many patients have medication side effects and occasional seizures. Approximately 30% of patients with partial epilepsy and 25% of patients with generalized epilepsy are ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nadkarni S,LaJoie J,Devinsky O

更新日期：2005-06-28 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：: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：:Hippocampal formation atrophy (HFA) developed in an adult, who did not have epilepsy previously, after the occurrence of new-onset partial seizures from acute thrombosis of an ipsilateral parietal venous angioma. There was no evidence of hippocampal injury, and the patient had only one brief, generalized tonic-clonic ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Worrell GA,Sencakova D,Jack CR,Flemming KD,Fulgham JR,So EL

更新日期：2002-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:Neglect has been attributed to sensory-attentional, motor-intentional, and representational disorders. Although patients with neglect may have defective visual exploration, the nature of this exploration deficit has not been entirely elucidated. The purpose of this study is to learn how, compared w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kim M,Anderson JM,Heilman KM

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate clinical, imaging, and pathologic associations of the cingulate island sign (CIS) in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). METHODS:We retrospectively identified and compared patients with a clinical diagnosis of DLB (n=39); patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) matched by age, sex, and education (n...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Graff-Radford J,Murray ME,Lowe VJ,Boeve BF,Ferman TJ,Przybelski SA,Lesnick TG,Senjem ML,Gunter JL,Smith GE,Knopman DS,Jack CR Jr,Dickson DW,Petersen RC,Kantarci K

更新日期：2014-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the clinical and electrophysiologic features of 36 patients with increased titers of IgM anti-GM1 antibodies. Mildly elevated titers of up to 3,200 were not associated with any particular clinical syndrome or disease. Clinically, 14 of 16 patients with highly elevated titers of 6,400 or higher had progress...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kinsella LJ,Lange DJ,Trojaborg W,Sadiq SA,Younger DS,Latov N

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed 15 dynamic gadolinium-DTPA (Gd-DTPA)-enhanced MRI studies in 8 patients with relapsing and remitting multiple sclerosis; 7 were follow-up studies. We measured the time course of enhancement in 102 enhancing lesions for up to 384 minutes, with rest breaks. Immediate postcontrast MRIs demonstrated many diff...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kermode AG,Tofts PS,Thompson AJ,MacManus DG,Rudge P,Kendall BE,Kingsley DP,Moseley IF,du Boulay EP,McDonald WI

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitoxantrone is the first drug approved for the treatment of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) in the United States. This assessment considers use of mitoxantrone in the treatment of MS. Mitoxantrone probably reduces the clinical attack rate and reduces attack-related MRI outcomes in patients with relaps...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Goodin DS,Arnason BG,Coyle PK,Frohman EM,Paty DW,Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

更新日期：2003-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants in children with a first episode of acquired demyelinating syndromes (PD-ADS) of the CNS and their relationship to disease phenotype, including subsequent diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:This exploratory analysis included the initial 213 childr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Venkateswaran S,Zheng K,Sacchetti M,Gagne D,Arnold DL,Sadovnick AD,Scherer SW,Banwell B,Bar-Or A,Simon DK,Canadian Pediatric Demyelinating Disease Network.

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a longitudinal follow-up study on six patients with chronic manganese-induced parkinsonism following cessation of manganese exposure. Compared with the 1987 study, their parkinsonian symptoms showed a slow progression, particularly in gait disturbances such as freezing during turning and walking backward wit...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Huang CC,Lu CS,Chu NS,Hochberg F,Lilienfeld D,Olanow W,Calne DB

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore environmental risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) in Taiwan, we investigated 120 patients with PD and 240 hospital control subjects matched with patients on age (+/-2 years) and sex. Based on a structured open-ended questionnaire, we carried out standardized interviews to obtain history of exposure to...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liou HH,Tsai MC,Chen CJ,Jeng JS,Chang YC,Chen SY,Chen RC

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of remote nonpainful electrical upper arm skin stimulation in reducing migraine attack pain. METHODS:This is a prospective, double-blinded, randomized, crossover, sham-controlled trial. Migraineurs applied skin electrodes to the upper arm soon after attack onset for 20 minutes, at va...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yarnitsky D,Volokh L,Ironi A,Weller B,Shor M,Shifrin A,Granovsky Y

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 34-year-old man from southern Florida with a history of intravenous drug use, dually infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and human T-lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II), who developed a myelopathy clinically indistinguishable from HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic parap...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Berger JR,Svenningsson A,Raffanti S,Resnick L

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:In spinal cords from seven amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients and four controls, we found no difference in thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) concentration relative to protein content, but there was a reduction per tissue wet weight in ALS. Immunohistochemical localization of TRH in ALS cord was unaltered. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jackson IM,Adelman LS,Munsat TL,Forte S,Lechan RM

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three neuropathologists evaluated brain sections from 43 aged subjects for the presence of Alzheimer's disease. Moderate-to-substantial agreement was obtained. After discussion of disparate diagnoses, agreement was almost perfect for standardized and substantial for personal criteria. We conclude that reproducibility ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Paulus W,Bancher C,Jellinger K

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After Pokémon viewing triggered an epidemic of seizures in Japan, many efforts have been made to design safety guidelines and systems to protect subjects with photosensitivity. The authors developed a new method based upon nonlinear diffusion techniques capable of filtering the epileptogenic content of a vid...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Parra J,Kalitzin SN,Stroink H,Dekker E,de Wit C,Lopes da Silva FH

更新日期：2005-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Neurocysticercosis (NCYST) is the most frequent CNS parasitic disease worldwide, affecting more than 50 million people. However, some of its clinical findings, such as cognitive impairment and dementia, remain poorly characterized, with no controlled studies conducted so far. We investigated the frequency an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ciampi de Andrade D,Rodrigues CL,Abraham R,Castro LH,Livramento JA,Machado LR,Leite CC,Caramelli P

更新日期：2010-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the illusional sensation of movement evoked by vibration of an immobilized arm. METHODS:Patients with idiopathic focal dystonia were compared with those with idiopathic PD and with patients with dystonia secondary to PD. A 100-Hz transcutaneous vibratory stimulus was applied to the biceps brachii...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rome S,Grünewald RA

更新日期：1999-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a method for the detection of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) carriers. The method is based on the quantitative analysis of the products of standard multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from 18 different exons of the dystrophin gene, and is designated "QM-PCR." W...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ioannou P,Christopoulos G,Panayides K,Kleanthous M,Middleton L

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether pergolide, a mixed D1/D2/D3 dopamine agonist, is efficacious and safe in the treatment of children with chronic tic disorders and Tourette syndrome. BACKGROUND:Neuroleptics, which block dopamine transmission, are currently used to treat children with severe tics, but major side effects a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gilbert DL,Dure L,Sethuraman G,Raab D,Lane J,Sallee FR

更新日期：2003-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prognosis of asymptomatic carotid artery occlusion. BACKGROUND:As opposed to symptomatic carotid occlusion, little information is available on the prognosis of asymptomatic carotid occlusion. METHOD:Thirty never-symptomatic and 81 symptomatic patients with carotid occlusion underwent baseli...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Powers WJ,Derdeyn CP,Fritsch SM,Carpenter DA,Yundt KD,Videen TO,Grubb RL Jr

更新日期：2000-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize comorbid chronic conditions, describe health services use, and estimate health care costs among community-dwelling older adults with prior stroke. METHODS:This is a retrospective cohort study using administrative data from Ontario, Canada. We identified all community-dwelling individuals aged...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gruneir A,Griffith LE,Fisher K,Panjwani D,Gandhi S,Sheng L,Patterson C,Gafni A,Ploeg J,Markle-Reid M

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify phenotypic features of febrile seizures that can be used to reduce heterogeneity and thereby increase power in linkage analysis. BACKGROUND:Despite exciting discoveries in several rare pedigrees, the genetic basis of common febrile seizures remains a mystery. The major drawback of studying common...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pal DK,Kugler SL,Mandelbaum DE,Durner M

更新日期：2003-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Finnish Twin Cohort includes all Finnish same-sexed twins born before 1958 and alive in 1967; the number of individuals alive in 1975 was 33,247. We performed a search for cases with Parkinson's disease among this cohort by linking the Twin Cohort Register with the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register and the Finni...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marttila RJ,Kaprio J,Koskenvuo M,Rinne UK

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 11-year-old boy of short stature had recurrent right temporal pounding headaches of 7 months' duration, and progressive visual loss for 3 days. There was a left hemianopia, alexia without agraphia, and diffuse muscle weakness. Investigation established the presence of a mitochondrial myopathy with pyruvate and lacti...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Skoglund RR

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00