The relevance of VGKC positivity in the absence of LGI1 and Caspr2 antibodies.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of the modified amino acid acetyl-dl-leucine (AL) on cerebellar ataxia, eye movements, and quality of life of patients with Niemann-Pick type C (NP-C) disease. METHODS:Twelve patients with NP-C disease were treated with AL 3 g/d for 1 week and then with 5 g/d for 3 weeks with a subseque...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bremova T,Malinová V,Amraoui Y,Mengel E,Reinke J,Kolníková M,Strupp M

更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Kuru plaques are the pathologic hallmark in Gerstmann-Sträussler syndrome (GSS). To demonstrate that prion protein (PrP) is a component of kuru plaque cores, we fractionated and sequenced kuru plaque core derived peptides, following digestion with Achromobacter lyticus protease I. We identified 3 PrP-derived peptides ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kitamoto T,Yamaguchi K,Doh-ura K,Tateishi J

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the relatively poor results of frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) surgery, identification of prognostic factors for surgical outcome is of great importance. METHODS:To identify predictive factors for FLE surgery, we analyzed the data of 61 patients (mean age at surgery 19.2) who had undergone presurgica...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Janszky J,Jokeit H,Schulz R,Hoppe M,Ebner A

更新日期：2000-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the integrity of the dorsal striatal dopaminergic innervation in rigid and choreic Huntington disease (HD). BACKGROUND:Some patients with HD have an akinetic-rigid phenotype. It has been suggested that nigrostriatal in addition to striatal pathology is present in this subgroup. The authors sought...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bohnen NI,Koeppe RA,Meyer P,Ficaro E,Wernette K,Kilbourn MR,Kuhl DE,Frey KA,Albin RL

更新日期：2000-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial and cytoplasmic malic isoenzymes were assayed fluorometrically in digitonin-fractionated fibroblasts from three patients with Friedreich's ataxia (FA). Normal activity was found, failing to verify an earlier report of reduced fibroblast mitochondrial malic enzyme activity in FA. The previously reported d...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fernandez RJ,Civantos F,Tress E,Maltese WA,De Vivo DC

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hirayama disease is a nonprogressive, asymmetric amyotrophy of the hands and forearms, possibly caused by compression of the lower cervical cord on neck flexion. The authors used phase-contrast MR angiography to study a patient with this disorder and observed abnormal spinal epidural venous dilation on neck flexion. I...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Baba Y,Nakajima M,Utsunomiya H,Tsuboi Y,Fujiki F,Kusuhara T,Yamada T

更新日期：2004-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a method for graphically reporting the results of brainstem auditory evoked response examinations on the basis of multiple parameters. The method is based on a transform that normalizes the many latency and amplitude measures obtained from the averaged evoked responses of normal subjects tested under standa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lolas F,Hoeppner TJ,Morrell F

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We made phenotypic analysis of 14 families with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) linking to chromosome 5q11.2-13.3 (SMA 5q), and 2 that may not map to this locus, to assess clinical symptoms among SMA families known to result from mutation at the identical gene/locus. Although the current number of families is still smal...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Munsat TL,Skerry L,Korf B,Pober B,Schapira Y,Gascon GG,al-Rajeh SM,Dubowitz V,Davies K,Brzustowicz LM

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the effect of age-related DNA methylation changes in multiple cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) sites (biological age [b-age]) on patient outcomes at 3 months after an ischemic stroke. METHODS:We included 511 patients with first-ever acute ischemic stroke assessed at Hospital del Mar (Barcelona, Sp...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Soriano-Tárraga C,Mola-Caminal M,Giralt-Steinhauer E,Ois A,Rodríguez-Campello A,Cuadrado-Godia E,Gómez-González A,Vivanco-Hidalgo RM,Fernández-Cadenas I,Cullell N,Roquer J,Jiménez-Conde J

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:1) To reassess the prevalence of migraine in the United States; 2) to assess patterns of migraine treatment in the population; and 3) to contrast current patterns of preventive treatment use with recommendations for use from an expert headache panel. METHODS:A validated self-administered headache questionna...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lipton RB,Bigal ME,Diamond M,Freitag F,Reed ML,Stewart WF,AMPP Advisory Group.

更新日期：2007-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of hereditary multiple exostoses (HME) with neurologic complications, and review the literature. A 23-year-old man exhibited a worsening spastic paraparesis with sphincter dysfunction. The cranial nerves and the exteroceptive and deep sensations were apparently undamaged. The family history, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ferrari G,Taddei L,Vivenza C,Rossi G

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologic studies of women with fatal cerebrovascular disease who have received oral contraceptives are infrequently found in the literature. Three cases of this type are reported here. The pathologic findings included an intrinsic vascular lesion in the form of intimal hyperplasia with and without associated thrombo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Irey NS,McAllister HA,Henry JM

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) may contribute to mild cognitive impairment (MCI). We sought to determine the relation of white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume and infarcts in brain MRI to MCI in a community-based sample. METHODS:A total of 679 elderly persons without dementia underwent brain MRI. WMH and ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Luchsinger JA,Brickman AM,Reitz C,Cho SJ,Schupf N,Manly JJ,Tang MX,Small SA,Mayeux R,DeCarli C,Brown TR

更新日期：2009-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied immunoglobulin (Ig) G subclasses in the CSF and sera of patients with relapsing neuromyelitis optica (RNMO) and typical multiple sclerosis (MS). Although the total IgG concentrations were elevated in the CSF of patients with RNMO and MS, IgG1% and IgG1 index were significantly elevated only in pati...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nakashima I,Fujihara K,Fujimori J,Narikawa K,Misu T,Itoyama Y

更新日期：2004-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 1875 publications of Erb and Westphal brought widespread attention to the percussion of muscle stretch reflexes. Although the maneuver may have been observed before 1875, there is little concrete evidence of this. OBJECTIVES:To bring to light an early report of percussion eliciting the muscle stretch re...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Louis ED

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Silas Weir Mitchell (1829 to 1914), one of the most important neurologists in American Medicine, was known for his seminal work on the phantom limb syndrome, causalgia, and nerve injuries. He was also a prolific writer of novels and short stories. The neurologic content of this fiction has not been studied. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Louis ED,Horn S,Roth LA

更新日期：2006-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In epilepsy as in other disorders, family history information is often obtained by asking patients about the medical histories of their relatives rather than interviewing or examining the relatives directly. The accuracy of this type of information for epilepsy and other seizure disorders is unclear. METHOD...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ottman R,Barker-Cummings C,Leibson CL,Vasoli VM,Hauser WA,Buchhalter JR

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian spinal cord neurons were grown in dissociated cell culture and used to study the effects of the anticonvulsant barbiturates phenobarbital and mephobarbital, and the anesthetic barbiturates pentobarbital, secobarbital, and 1,3-dimethyl-butylethyl barbituric acid on amino acid responses and neuronal membrane p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Macdonald RL,Barker JL

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative studies of the afferent pathways from hollow viscera have been limited by the lack of an easily controlled, reproducible visceral stimulus. We adapted a slow distention device to allow for rapid distention to study the afferent pathways from the rectum. The device produced a pressure increase of 10 mm Hg ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Loening-Baucke V,Anderson RH,Yamada T,Zhu YX

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unusual late-onset complications of brain irradiation, characterized by reversible neurologic focal signs, seizures, and MRI alterations, have recently been reported and classified as stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy (SMART)(1) and peri-ictal pseudoprogression (PIPG).(2.) ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Di Stefano AL,Berzero G,Vitali P,Galimberti CA,Ducray F,Ceroni M,Bastianello S,Colombo AA,Simoncelli A,Brunelli MC,Giometto B,Diamanti L,Gaviani P,Salmaggi A,Silvani A,Marchioni E

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether blast exposure alone and blast-associated concussion result in similar neurologic and mental health symptoms. METHODS:A 14-item questionnaire was administered to male US Marines on their return from deployment in Iraq and/or Afghanistan. RESULTS:A total of 2,612 Marines (median age 22 yea...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tsao JW,Stentz LA,Rouhanian M,Howard RS,Perry BN,Haran FJ,Pasquina PF,Wolde M,Taylor CE,Lizardo R,Liu S,Flores E 3rd,Creason AH,Sher K

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of symptoms suggesting distal symmetric polyneuropathy (DSP) was reported to be higher among deployed veterans (DV) to the Persian Gulf in 1990-1991 than to control non-deployed veterans (NDV). The authors therefore compared the prevalence of DSP by direct examination of DV and their spouses t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Davis LE,Eisen SA,Murphy FM,Alpern R,Parks BJ,Blanchard M,Reda DJ,King MK,Mithen FA,Kang HK

更新日期：2004-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between age-related memory decline and hippocampal anatomic changes is a matter of debate. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relationship between age-related memory decline and MRI hippocampal anatomic changes in a cohort of healthy individuals. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, 76 health...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Carlesimo GA,Cherubini A,Caltagirone C,Spalletta G

更新日期：2010-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared 42 myasthenia gravis (MG) patients with thymoma with 42 generalized MG patients without thymoma using a modified Osserman classification. The mean Osserman grades at diagnosis, 6 months, and 5 and 10 years post-thymectomy did not differ between groups. Our results indicate that thymoma is not a negative de...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bril V,Kojic J,Dhanani A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following commissurotomy, it is usually the case that information presented to the left hemisphere can be named and described, while information presented to the mute, right hemisphere cannot be spoken about. In the present study, it was discovered that under special test conditions, an MRI-verified, callosally sectio...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gazzaniga MS,Holtzman JD,Smylie CS

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To learn caregivers' preferences for the treatment of AD with a disease-slowing therapy, and to identify relationships between these preferences and the characteristics of caregivers and patients. METHODS:A structured interview with 40 caregivers of patients with AD. Preferences were measured for an AD-slow...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Karlawish JH,Klocinski JL,Merz J,Clark CM,Asch DA

更新日期：2000-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and angiographic correlations of small deep infarcts seen on computed tomography (CT) scan were studied in 297 consecutive patients. Some of these showed the features described by Fisher as part of the lacunar syndrome. In a large number, a source of emboli from either a cardiac or a carotid source was hi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pullicino P,Nelson RF,Kendall BE,Marshall J

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To generate a national multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence estimate for the United States by applying a validated algorithm to multiple administrative health claims (AHC) datasets. METHODS:A validated algorithm was applied to private, military, and public AHC datasets to identify adult cases of MS between 200...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wallin MT,Culpepper WJ,Campbell JD,Nelson LM,Langer-Gould A,Marrie RA,Cutter GR,Kaye WE,Wagner L,Tremlett H,Buka SL,Dilokthornsakul P,Topol B,Chen LH,LaRocca NG,US Multiple Sclerosis Prevalence Workgroup.

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in Olmsted County, MN, using in-person evaluations and published criteria. METHODS:We evaluated an age- and sex-stratified random sample of Olmsted County residents who were 70-89 years old on October 1, 2004, using the Clinical Dementia Ratin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Petersen RC,Roberts RO,Knopman DS,Geda YE,Cha RH,Pankratz VS,Boeve BF,Tangalos EG,Ivnik RJ,Rocca WA

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is a noninvasive technique allowing the localized, in vivo detection of proton-containing brain metabolites. We used this technique to study eight patients with cerebral infarction or ischemia. A stimulated echo-pulse sequence with chemical shift imaging was used to acqui...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ford CC,Griffey RH,Matwiyoff NA,Rosenberg GA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00