The neck and headaches.

abstract：:Our recommendations for the evaluation of the patient with suspected cardiogenic syncope are as follows: An initial thorough history and physical examination of the patient will suggest the diagnosis of cardiogenic syncope in at least 50 per cent of patients. A sudden occurrence of syncope, or "drop attack", is most s...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Dohrmann ML,Cheitlin MD

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICUAW) is a substantial contributor to long-term disability in survivors of critical illness. Critical illness polyneuropathy, critical illness myopathy, and muscle atrophy from disuse contribute in various proportions to ICUAW. ICUAW is a clinical diagnosis supported by electrop...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Kramer CL

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) accounts for approximately 95% of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) produced by the cell. The central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, and smooth muscle are highly susceptible to dysfunction of this complex enzyme system. Although most OXPHOS...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Shoffner JM

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：:MS has certain salient morphologic features that distinguish it from other disorders of white matter and that may represent points of departure for investigation. ...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Powell HC,Lampert PW

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout pregnancy and the puerperium, a variety of hormonal and physiologic changes occur that are associated with pregnancy-specific neurologic conditions, which may also influence known preexisting medical conditions or bring previously unknown neurologic conditions to clinical attention. This article reviews the...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Delfyett WT,Fetzer DT

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 2 per cent of organ transplant recipients develop primary CNS lymphomas. There is no pathognomonic clinical or radiographic presentation of the tumor, although multicentric involvement of deep white matter is common. Evidence has linked PCNSL to immunosuppression and to infection with the EBV. The most r...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Patchell RA

更新日期：1988-05-01 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：: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：:A network of family-based community-oriented primary health programs, or Programa Agentes Communita˙rios de Saúde, and family health programs, or Programa Saúde da Família, introduced almost 2 decades ago were the Brazilian government's health care models to restructure primary care under the Unified Health System, or...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Younger DS

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research models show a strong interrelationship between sleep quality and immune function. The proinflammatory cytokines, interleukin-1, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor α are classified as official sleep-regulatory substances. However, sleep-promoting properties are also possessed by several other immune and ...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Gamaldo CE,Shaikh AK,McArthur JC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite major medical advances, such as the introduction of the rubella vaccine and prolonged postnatal therapy of infants with congenital toxoplasmosis, intrauterine infections remain important causes of deafness, vision loss, and behavioral or neurologic disorders among children worldwide. This article describes the...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Bale JF Jr

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overall, the majority of patients with optic pathway tumors will have stable disease regardless if they are radiated or receive chemotherapy. This is a very indolent tumor system and, for the most part, not a threat to life. Because of this, issues regarding appropriate therapeutic approaches have yet to be resolved. ...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Cohen ME,Duffner PK

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurologic manifestations of gastrointestinal disease are generally thought to be uncommon, although an increasing number of previously unidentified associations are being established. These neurologic disorders may result from nutritional or non-nutritional causes. In the absence of clear malnutrition, it is like...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Albers JW,Nostrant TT,Riggs JE

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggression is a serious medical problem that can place both the patient and the health care provider at risk. Aggression can result from medical, neurologic, and/or psychiatric disorders. A comprehensive patient evaluation is needed. Treatment options include pharmacotherapy as well as nonpharmacologic interventions, ...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Lane SD,Kjome KL,Moeller FG

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prions diseases are uniformly fatal neurodegenerative diseases that occur in sporadic, genetic, and acquired forms. Acquired prion diseases, caused by infectious transmission, are least common. Most prion diseases are not infectious, but occur spontaneously through misfolding of normal prion proteins or genetic mutati...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Tee BL,Longoria Ibarrola EM,Geschwind MD

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：: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：:Electronystagmography in 1990 should identify a vestibular abnormality with which to associate the clinical symptoms. The vestibular test battery method and interpretation reveals its application in neurotologic diagnosis. ...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Brookler KH

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve agents cause a rapidly fatal cholinergic crisis, but rapid, appropriate antidotal treatment saves lives. Survivors of nerve-agent poisoning generally are healthy, unlike survivors of some other chemical agent attacks. Neurologists can assist first responders and mass casualty planners materially by serving as re...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Newmark J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We believe that our present understanding of these syndromes is insufficient to separate CIDP from MMN clearly and consider MMN to be a remarkably multifocal, predominantly motor variant of CIDP with the very unusual electrophysiologic feature of conduction block confined to motor axons. Further studies are clearly ne...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Parry GJ,Sumner AJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve conduction studies and needle electromyography provide important and complementary information as part of an electrodiagnostic study. Potential technical problems that are encountered during the studies may interfere with accurate and reliable acquisition of information and interpretation of the data. Recognitio...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Rubin DI

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile spasms are a seizure disorder in young infants with diverse etiologies, suggesting that they arise from any disturbance of central nervous system function during susceptible periods of development. The prognosis for normal intellectual and neurologic development parallels that of the underlying etiology. Ear...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Bobele GB,Bodensteiner JB

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system plays a significant role in Alzheimer disease (AD). β-Amyloid deposition in the cortex is thought to be an initiating event in AD and the widely believed amyloid hypothesis proposes removal of amyloid may delay disease progression. Human trials of active or passive immune agents have failed to show b...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Farlow MR,Brosch JR

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the most common solid tumors in children and comprise 15% to 20% of all malignancies in children. Presentation, symptoms, and signs depend on tumor location and age of the patient at the time of diagnosis. This article summarizes the common childhood CNS tumors, presen...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Udaka YT,Packer RJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum toxin therapy has emerged as a treatment modality for a variety of spastic- or contracture-related muscle diseases. Its safety has been proven for long-term use in the treatment of benign essential blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, and certain types of strabismus. Recent approval from the Federal Drug Adminis...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Savino PJ,Maus M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasculitides are diseases characterized by inflammation of blood vessels and inflammatory leukocytes in vessel walls. There is an increased propensity for ischemic stroke, resulting from compromise of vessel lumina with distal tissue ischemia; and hemorrhagic or nonhemorrhagic stroke, and aneurysmal formation and ...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Younger DS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of changes have occurred in the management of Parkinson's disease in recent years, with the development of new therapeutic strategies based upon advances in pharmacotherapy and interventional procedures. The treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease is considered here with these advances in mind. Potenti...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Aminoff MJ

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author discusses the noninvasive tests and their roles relative to intravenous digital subtraction angiography in the assessment of patients with carotid disease. ...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Ackerman RH

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00