Neurologic complications of immune checkpoint inhibitors.

abstract：:At the dawning of the present decade, deemed appropriately the Decade of the Spine, acute spinal cord injury lingers as a formidable disorder affecting society. The enormous physical, emotional and socioeconomic impact of acute spinal cord injury on society is well known. Consequently, intensive clinical and laborator...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Dumont AS,Dumont RJ,Oskouian RJ

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews what is known about the health and well being of adults with cerebral palsy. It also addresses the factors known to affect the areas identified in the World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning model as being critical for optimal health and well being. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Liptak GS

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review considers the role of neuroimaging in developmental disorders by highlighting recent studies in two distinct, but overlapping, developmental disorders: autism and fragile X syndrome. RECENT FINDINGS:After a decade of conflicting results in neuroimaging studies of autism, recent studies ha...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Greicius MD

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review focuses on recent advances in the diagnostic approaches and the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. We also discuss the emerging therapies for this hereditary neuropathy. RECENT FINDINGS:To date, numerous genes are implicated in CMT, and new gene...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Vallat JM,Mathis S,Funalot B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuing advances have rendered the neural control of eye movements one of the best understood motor systems, from molecules to complex behaviors. Nevertheless, new discoveries have required re-evaluation of established concepts, from the genetics of disorders that affect extraocular muscles to the way in which the ...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Szatmáry G,Leigh RJ

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Only two functionally validated susceptibility genes, CACNA1H and GABRD, have so far been identified in the common epilepsies using a candidate gene approach. The difficulty with the alternative statistical approach, where none of the suggested candidates has been functionally validated, may partly be...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Tan NC,Mulley JC,Scheffer IE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Precise localization of the epileptogenic zone is imperative for the success of resective surgery of drug-resistant epileptic patients. To decrease the number of surgical failures, clinical research has been focusing on finding new biomarkers. For the past decades, high-frequency oscillations (HFOs, 8...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Roehri N,Bartolomei F

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The recent identification of mutations in five genes coding for proteins with putative or demonstrated glycosyltransferase activity has shed light on a novel mechanism responsible for muscular dystrophy. Abnormal glycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan appears to be a common finding in all these condition...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Muntoni F,Brockington M,Torelli S,Brown SC

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of pediatric patients with cerebrovascular disease presents a unique set of challenges to the neurosurgeon. The wide scope of pathology, including arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations and moyamoya disease, coupled with marked advances in diagnosis and treatment of these conditions over t...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Smith ER,Butler WE,Ogilvy CS

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe the most important issues a clinician must consider whenever selecting and administering antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). There is no available algorithm that identifies how to individualize selection of AEDs. Proper selection and administration can make an enormous difference in both effective...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Cheng JY,French JA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Localization of focal epileptic brain is critical for successful epilepsy surgery and focal brain stimulation. Despite significant progress, roughly half of all patients undergoing focal surgical resection, and most patients receiving focal electrical stimulation, are not seizure free. There is intens...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Cimbalnik J,Kucewicz MT,Worrell G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three genetic loci for Alzheimer's disease have been identified. These are the amyloid precursor gene on chromosome 21, a gene for early-onset autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease on chromosome 14, and the risk-modifying gene APOE on chromosome 19. Additional Alzheimer's disease genes remain to be found. The genes i...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Schellenberg GD

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The 2016 WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system (2016 CNS WHO) features many changes that are relevant to neurologists treating patients with brain tumors as well as neurologists involved in basic, clinical, and epidemiological research. This review summarizes what neurologists nee...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： DeWitt JC,Mock A,Louis DN

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phakomatoses are a diverse group of diseases characterized by skin lesions in early childhood followed by the development of tumors in many other organs. Tuberous sclerosis complex and neurofibromatosis 1 are of special interest to the neurologist because of their prominent neuro-oncological and neuro-developmenta...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： MacCollin M,Kwiatkowski D

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Recent advances in survival for patients with newly diagnosed and recurrent brain tumors, combined with the development of an ever-increasing number of potential treatments, has led to significant growth in the number of clinical trials for patients with brain tumors. Suitable clinical trial design an...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Butowski N,Chang SM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review highlights recent advances in cochlear gene therapy over the past several years. Cochlear gene therapy has undergone tremendous advances over the past decade. Beginning with some groundbreaking work in 2005 documenting hair cell regeneration using virally mediated delivery of the mouse ato...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Lustig LR,Akil O

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The exotic and emerging viral encephalitides are caused by animal or human viruses and characterised by sudden unexpected outbreaks of neurological disease, usually in tropical and sub-tropical regions, but sometimes spreading to temperate areas. Although a wide range of viruses come within this label...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Solomon T

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Neuroimaging in motor neuron disease (MND) has traditionally been seen as an academic tool with limited direct relevance to individualized patient care. This has changed radically in recent years as computational imaging has emerged as a viable clinical tool with true biomarker potential. This transit...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Bede P,Querin G,Pradat PF

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim is to specify the genetic causes of dominantly and recessively inherited axonal forms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) and review the biological basis for these disorders. RECENT FINDINGS:More than 10 genes that cause axonal CMT have been identified over the past decade. Many of these gen...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Shy ME,Patzkó A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The aim of this article is to review the current literature on endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke in the aftermath of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown. RECENT FINDINGS:The outbreak of the COVID-19 has had effect of unprecedented magnitude on the social, economic and perso...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Dobrocky T,Kaesmacher J,Pereira VM,Gralla J,Fischer U

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review aims to determine whether it is cost-effective to replace aspirin and warfarin with more effective, yet more costly, treatments for secondary stroke prevention. RECENT FINDINGS:For preventing recurrent stroke of arterial origin, clopidogrel and the combination of aspirin and extended-rele...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Hankey GJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To provide an update on immunomodulating and immunosuppressive therapies in myasthenia gravis and highlight newly approved, or pending approval, therapies with new biologics. RECENT FINDINGS:Preoperative IVIg is not needed to prevent myasthenic crisis in stable myasthenia gravis patients scheduled fo...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Dalakas MC

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subacute focal encephalitis of Rasmussen involves cortical inflammatory infiltration which may on occasion be bilateral. The presence of anti-Glu R3 antibodies in some patients suggests that an autoimmune process may be involved. Although a small number of patients respond transiently to immunoglobulins and the condit...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Dulac O

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The successful motor rehabilitation of stroke, traumatic brain-injured and spinal cord-injured patients requires an intensive and task-specific therapy approach. Budget constraints limit a hand-to-hand therapy approach, so that intelligent machines may offer a solution to promote motor recovery and ob...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Hesse S,Schmidt H,Werner C,Bardeleben A

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In multiple sclerosis as the most common inflammatory demyelinating disease in Western countries, major therapeutic success has been achieved with regard to strategies targeting immunological master switches. These approaches effectively reduce inflammatory disease activity but fail to address ongoing...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Aktas O,Albrecht P,Hartung HP

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatomyositis and polymyositis are treatable disorders of skeletal muscle. Despite their clinical similarities, they appear to have fundamentally different autoimmune origins. Inclusion body myositis, from its origins 30 years ago, has emerged as the commonest acquired myopathy of the elderly. Despite inflammatory c...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Hilton-Jones D

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe the background, principles and implementation of the Stroke Action Plan for Europe 2018--2030 (SAP-E) in the perspective of the current COVID-19 pandemic. RECENT FINDINGS:SAP-E sets targets for the implementation of evidence-based preventive actions and stroke services to 2030. A recent m...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Christensen H,Pezzella FR,Action Plan for Stroke in Europe Implementation Steering Committee.

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance spectroscopy provides noninvasive insight into the regional and global biochemical alterations that are concomitants of the dynamic processes that underlie the evolution of fundamental pathologic changes in multiple sclerosis. These include now well-recognized alterations of neuronal biochemical mar...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Wolinsky JS,Narayana PA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent positron emission tomography investigations found spreading oligemia in the early phases of a human migraine attack. During the headache phase, increased cerebral blood flow was found in cortical sensory association areas and unilaterally in the brainstem. The brainstem activation persisted after complete relie...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： Diener HC,May A

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Although cluster headache has traditionally been thought of as a vascular headache disorder, its periodicity suggests an involvement of central areas such as the hypothalamus. This review covers the past 3 years, which have seen remarkable progress in understanding the pathophysiology of circadian hea...

journal_title：Current opinion in neurology

authors： May A,Leone M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00