Orbital Disease in Neuro-Ophthalmology.

abstract：:The authors review iatrogenic complications of stereotactic surgery, including tumor biopsy, cyst or abscess aspiration, movement disorder surgery, and radiosurgery. The expected morbidities and steps taken to reduce complications are also discussed. ...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Kondziolka D,Firlik AD,Lunsford LD

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasculitides are a heterogeneous group of disorders that cause blood vessel inflammation and necrosis. Vasculitis may represent a primary disease process or a secondary manifestation of an underlying systemic condition. Neurologic symptoms and signs are common in most of the vasculitic syndromes and may be the pre...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Kissel JT

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The needle electromyographic (EMG) examination is a challenging component of the electrophysiologic study. Knowledge of anatomy and physiology, sound EMG technique, and good patient rapport are required. Every muscle sampled by needle EMG is assessed for insertional activity, spontaneous activity, and voluntary motor-...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Preston DC,Shapiro BE

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional disease-modifying agents are only moderately effective, so breakthrough disease activity is commonly seen. The evidence from randomized clinical trials and real-world observational data supporting the use of the second-line agents natalizumab, mitoxantrone, and cyclophosphamide are reviewed. Potential fut...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Marriott JJ,O'Connor PW

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary brain tumors consist of neoplasms with varied molecular defects, morphologic phenotypes, and clinical outcomes. The genetic and signaling abnormalities involved in tumor initiation and progression of the most prevalent adult primary brain tumors, including gliomas, meningiomas, and medulloblastomas, are descri...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Sauvageot CM,Kesari S,Stiles CD

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meaningful symptom management can have a profound impact on quality of life. It can challenge time parameters during clinic, and therefore thought should be given to strategies that can improve efficiency and thereby make the undertaking more tenable. For any given symptom, the building blocks of care, such as vitamin...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Crabtree-Hartman E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) is a vasculitis of small arteries and veins of unknown cause restricted to the central nervous system (CNS), and controversy and disagreement exist over the means to establish the diagnosis. Cerebral arteriography, cerebrospinal fluid examination, and MRI singly o...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Powers WJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor and phonic tics represent the clinic hallmark of Tourette syndrome. Since there is no diagnostic test for tics, the clinical recognition of phenomenology is essential for proper diagnosis. Some, and possibly most, motor tics are preceded by a premonitory urge or sensation that is relieved by the execution of the...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Jankovic J

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroepidemiology is the application of the methods of epidemiology to the problems of clinical neurology. After diagnosis, the most basic characterization of a disease is its frequency. This characterization requires ascertainment of case (numerator) within their population at risk (denominator) to provide incidence,...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Kurtzke JF

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 2 decades represent a period of unparalleled advancement in the understanding of the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease (PD). The discovery of several forms of familial parkinsonism with mendelian inheritance has elucidated insights into the mechanisms underlying the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons of the...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Mullin S,Schapira AH

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberous sclerosis is a multisystem disorder characterized by changes primarily involving the skin, eye, and central nervous system. Although the disease often produces mental retardation and seizures, this is not universal, and some patients with tuberous sclerosis lead a relatively normal life. ...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Hanno R,Beck R

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors divide biological toxins into animal, plant, and bacterial classes and discuss each within a context of demographic, clinical and research examples. Advances in our knowledge are highlighted, and the authors relate the implications of this knowledge to target-specific neurologic involvement. ...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Goetz CG,Meisel E

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most CNS fungal infections can be divided into those that occur in normal hosts and those that occur in the immunosuppressed host. Cryptococcal infection, however, is common in both groups. The usual clinical presentation of a CNS fungal infection is chronic headache and mental status change. The CSF shows a lymphocyt...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Lyons RW,Andriole VT

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impairments of visual perception resulting from brain damage can have serious implications for many aspects of patients' lives, and these impairments should be targeted for intervention. Rehabilitation programs need to be individually tailored to each patient's needs; thus, characterization of a patient's visual perce...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Anderson SW

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current era of escalating globalization with rapid transport, changing climate, and an ever growing human population with associated changes in lifestyle, poverty, and war, the emergence of new neurologic infections is accelerated. Understanding their origins using epidemiologic and molecular tools will contrib...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Johnson RT,Power C

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients who have endured a stroke sustain behavioral changes, although in many instances these effects can be subtle. Although behavioral changes after a stroke tend to improve, they may persist and have serious effects on daily living activities. This article reviews the more familiar behavioral changes that fo...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Mark VW

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant cell arteritis is a systemic vasculitis with a wide clinical spectrum, and it represents a medical emergency. Visual loss is the most feared complication, and when it happens, it tends to be profound and permanent. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are imperative to minimize potentially devastating visual loss and ...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Falardeau J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder characterized by fluctuating weakness of extraocular and proximal limb muscles. It occurs in 1 in 5000 in the overall population and is 2 times more common in women than men. The onset in women is most common in the third decade, and risk of severe exacerbation occurs most f...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Waters J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic injury to the posterior fossa is a complex pathologic condition because of the great heterogeneity of lesions present. Treatment of primary brain injuries and prevention of secondary brain injuries is the mainstay of management. It is imperative to recognize traumatic lesions of the posterior fossa early bec...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Nixon M,Ambekar S,Zhang S,Markham C,Akbarian-Tefaghi H,Morrow K,Nanda A,Guthikonda B

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spine trauma is a devastating clinical condition that affects many people annually on a worldwide basis. Management of spinal trauma has become much more surgically oriented with advances in stabilization techniques over the past two decades. The degree of injury to the spinal cord dictates the prognosis of the patien...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Zhang S,Wadhwa R,Haydel J,Toms J,Johnson K,Guthikonda B

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its clinical introduction in the early 1980s, MRI has transformed the practice of differential diagnosis and disease monitoring for disorders affecting the central nervous system, in particular multiple sclerosis and the allied inflammatory demyelinating diseases. Widespread and dynamic inflammatory processes of...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Ali EN,Buckle GJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substantial societal and individual burdens associated with tension-type headache (TTH) constitute a previously overlooked major public health issue. TTH is prevalent, affecting up to 78% of the general population, and 3% suffer from chronic TTH. Pericranial myofascial nociception probably is important for the pat...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Bendtsen L,Jensen R

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chorea (Greek for "dance") refers to irregular, rapid, flowing, non-stereotyped and random involuntary movements that often possess a writhing quality, referred to as choreoathetosis. When mild, it may be difficult to differentiate from restlessness. The movements can be strikingly asymmetric, as in hemichorea, or gen...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Higgins DS Jr

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia, defined as progressive cognitive decline, is a feature of a wide variety of genetic disorders. For example, a search of "dementia" in the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim) reveals 162 entries. Therefore this article cannot be encyclopedic and will be necessarily restricted to mo...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Hedera P,Turner RS

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SEPs may be recorded over the spine and scalp to stimulation of any accessible mixed or sensory nerve in the extremities. SEP abnormalities are useful in detecting lesions in central somatosensory pathways. They do not establish a specific diagnosis, but they may suggest or support a diagnosis made on clinical grounds...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Aminoff MJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current law in the United States authorizes physicians to diagnose brain death by applying generally accepted neurologic criteria for determining loss of function of the entire brain. This article offers a medical-legal perspective on problems that may arise with respect to the determination of brain death. These incl...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Beresford HR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shift work and its negative consequences are becoming more relevant as the economy becomes increasing globalized. For many individuals, shift work serves as a significant biological and psychosocial challenge leading to Shift Work Disorder (SWD). Beyond the symptoms of sleep and excessive sleepiness, the range of cons...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Cheng P,Drake C

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echocardiography is an established technology encompassing an increasingly wide variety of clinical situations including cardioembolism and the detection of CAD in patients with cerebral ischemia and in patients undergoing neurovascular surgery. Echocardiography will continue to occupy a pivotal role in clinical manag...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Tegeler CH,Kitzman DW

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nervous system is involved in approximately 25% of patients with classical Wegener's granulomatosis. The spectrum of this disease has been broadened with the discovery of the anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, which are found in diseases sharing many clinical features. The ANCA testing may indicate a common m...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Jaffe IA

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a syndrome of increased intracranial pressure of unknown cause that most often occurs in women of childbearing age. Most patients are overweight or obese with a history of recent weight gain. Following a brief review of the symptoms and signs, we discuss the approach to assessme...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Thurtell MJ,Kawasaki A

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00