Intracranial artery stenosis and progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer disease.

abstract：:We reviewed the historical features, preoperative diagnostic evaluation, operative procedure, and surgical outcome in 16 patients with refractory frontal lobe epilepsy. Clinical expression of the epilepsy varied widely, particularly with respect to seizure characteristics, although high monthly seizure frequency and a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Laskowitz DT,Sperling MR,French JA,O'Connor MJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) are classified clinically as pure when progressive spasticity occurs in isolation or complicated when other neurologic abnormalities are present. At least 22 genetic loci have been linked to HSP, 8 of which are autosomal recessive (ARHSP). HSP complicated with the presence...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Al-Yahyaee S,Al-Gazali LI,De Jonghe P,Al-Barwany H,Al-Kindi M,De Vriendt E,Chand P,Koul R,Jacob PC,Gururaj A,Sztriha L,Parrado A,Van Broeckhoven C,Bayoumi RA

更新日期：2006-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Many patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) report chronic fatigue, and previous studies showed a potential relationship between sleepiness and fatigue in these patients. Our study first looked at the impact of objective and subjective sleepiness on fatigue in patients with TBI. We then investigated how ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chaumet G,Quera-Salva MA,Macleod A,Hartley S,Taillard J,Sagaspe P,Mazaux JM,Azouvi P,Joseph PA,Guilleminault C,Bioulac B,Léger D,Philip P

更新日期：2008-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Dr. Masur and colleagues(1) from the Childhood Absence Epilepsy Study Group tried to answer a few important questions regarding childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) in their article "Pretreatment cognitive deficits and treatment effects on attention in childhood absence epilepsy." First, they wanted to know whether childr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Thio LL

更新日期：2013-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Educators of the next generation of neurologists will face several challenges, including changes in academic medical centers and hospitals, changes in the scope and practice of neurology itself, and changes in trainees, related to both access to information technology and professional goals. This article, which origin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Elkind MS

更新日期：2009-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Most gliomas in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) are pilocytic astrocytomas (PAs) of the optic pathway occurring in young children. However, some individuals develop gliomas that lack the typical NF1-associated clinical features or radiographic appearance. We identified 17 atypical presentations from a review of 100 pat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leonard JR,Perry A,Rubin JB,King AA,Chicoine MR,Gutmann DH

更新日期：2006-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a patient with chorea and multifocal neurologic abnormalities associated with a small-cell lung carcinoma. A previously unreported antibody directed at a 76-kD neuronal protein antigen was identified in both serum and CSF. Antitumor treatment resulted in dramatic and sustained clinical neurologic an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Croteau D,Owainati A,Dalmau J,Rogers LR

更新日期：2001-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metals are suspected of being involved in the pathogenesis of various neurologic diseases. We previously found a complex imbalance in serum chemical elements and oxidative status in patients with clinically definite multiple sclerosis (CDMS). OBJECTIVE:To understand whether this imbalance affects people wit...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ristori G,Brescianini S,Pino A,Visconti A,Vittori D,Coarelli G,Cotichini R,Bocca B,Forte G,Pozzilli C,Pestalozza I,Stazi MA,Alimonti A,Salvetti M

更新日期：2011-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile-onset dystonia that improves after levodopa may occur in both dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD) and juvenile parkinsonism (JP), clinically similar conditions with different prognoses and management goals. The authors show normal striatal uptake of the dopamine transporter ligand FP-CIT with SPECT in a clinically...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： O'Sullivan JD,Costa DC,Gacinovic S,Lees AJ

更新日期：2001-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of ceruloplasmin in the antioxidative process in the brain in a patient with hereditary ceruloplasmin deficiency (HCD). Immunohistochemistry revealed an accumulation of Nepsilon-(carboxymethyl) lysine (CML) in basal ganglia of the HCD brain. In vitro study disclosed that ceruloplasmin inhibite...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tajima K,Kawanami T,Nagai R,Horiuchi S,Kato T

更新日期：1999-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a neuromuscular syndrome has been induced experimentally by vitamin E deficiency, a human syndrome has not yet been documented. This report describes a 7-year-old boy with severe malabsorption since birth who presented with progressive external ophthalmoplegia, proximal muscle weakness, peripheral neuropathy,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tomasi LG

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Motor signs are functionally disabling features of Huntington disease. Characteristic motor signs define disease manifestation. Their severity and onset are assessed by the Total Motor Score of the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale, a categorical scale limited by interrater variability and insensitivi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bechtel N,Scahill RI,Rosas HD,Acharya T,van den Bogaard SJ,Jauffret C,Say MJ,Sturrock A,Johnson H,Onorato CE,Salat DH,Durr A,Leavitt BR,Roos RA,Landwehrmeyer GB,Langbehn DR,Stout JC,Tabrizi SJ,Reilmann R

更新日期：2010-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the gene frequencies for the alleles of the HLA-linked complement markers C2, properdin factor B (BF), C4A (Rodgers) and C4B (Chido), and the red cell enzyme glyoxalase-I in 38 unrelated patients with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type, 42 patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease, and 59 unaffecte...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nerl C,Mayeux R,O'Neill GJ

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:A number of familial temporal lobe epilepsies (TLE) have been recently recognized. Mutations in LGI1 (leucine-rich, glioma-inactivated 1 gene) have been found in a few families with the syndrome of autosomal dominant partial epilepsy with auditory features (ADPEAF). The authors aimed to determ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Berkovic SF,Izzillo P,McMahon JM,Harkin LA,McIntosh AM,Phillips HA,Briellmann RS,Wallace RH,Mazarib A,Neufeld MY,Korczyn AD,Scheffer IE,Mulley JC

更新日期：2004-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Using PET with the opioidergic ligand [11C]diprenorphine, the authors demonstrate decreased tracer binding in the pineal gland of cluster headache patients vs healthy volunteers. Opioid receptor availability in the hypothalamus and cingulate cortex depended on the duration of the headache disorder. Therefore, the path...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sprenger T,Willoch F,Miederer M,Schindler F,Valet M,Berthele A,Spilker ME,Förderreuther S,Straube A,Stangier I,Wester HJ,Tölle TR

更新日期：2006-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) with intereye asymmetry on low contrast letter acuity, and thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), would exhibit corresponding changes in cortical timing and amplitude responses on pattern reversal multifocal visual evoked potentials...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Frohman AR,Schnurman Z,Conger A,Conger D,Beh S,Greenberg B,Sutter E,Calabresi PA,Balcer LJ,Frohman TC,Frohman EM

更新日期：2012-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the status of the apolipoprotein E allele in 538 participants in the incidence phase of the ongoing Shanghai Survey of Dementia, including 103 demented subjects, 72 with mild cognitive impairment and 363 cognitively normal. The apo E epsilon 4 allele was present in 10.2% of control subjects and the all...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Katzman R,Zhang MY,Chen PJ,Gu N,Jiang S,Saitoh T,Chen X,Klauber M,Thomas RG,Liu WT,Yu ES

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively evaluated 84 consecutive adult patients with chronic liver disease before and after liver transplantation to define the type and frequency of post-transplant neurologic complications, and to assess possible pretransplant and operative variables associated with in-hospital CNS complications. There were...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pujol A,Graus F,Rimola A,Beltrán J,Garcia-Valdecasas JC,Navasa M,Grande L,Galofré J,Visa J,Rodés J

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to compare survival in the multiple sclerosis (MS) population with a matched cohort from the general population, and to evaluate the association of comorbidity with survival in both populations. METHODS:Using population-based administrative data, we identified 5,797 persons with MS and 28,807 contro...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marrie RA,Elliott L,Marriott J,Cossoy M,Blanchard J,Leung S,Yu N

更新日期：2015-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Photophobia is an abnormal sensitivity to light experienced by migraineurs during attacks. The pathophysiology of photophobia is poorly understood. Nevertheless, 2 facts appear to have a link with photophobia: visual cortex hyperexcitability on the one hand and interactions between visual pathway and trigemi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Denuelle M,Boulloche N,Payoux P,Fabre N,Trotter Y,Géraud G

更新日期：2011-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Between the years 1964 and 1973, 225 patients with transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) due primarily to atherosclerosis were evaluated and treated. They have now been followed for from 3 to 14 years (average 5.5 years). As of 1976, 82 of the 225 patients were dead, 21 from cerebral infarction, 52 from heart disease and ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Toole JF,Yuson CP,Janeway R,Johnston F,Davis C,Cordell AR,Howard G

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I studied vimentin and desmin immunoreactivities in the skeletal muscle of 30 human fetuses and children ranging from 8 weeks' gestation to 2 years of age, and in 45 infants and children and five adults with developmental neuromuscular diseases. Acridine orange-RNA fluorescence also identified regenerating myofibers i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sarnat HB

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) was used in three patients with autopsy-proven sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) to provide a rapid noninvasive way to make this sometimes confusing diagnosis. DWI prompted the diagnosis of CJD at an early stage and appears to be particularly useful for monitoring the progression of...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Demaerel P,Heiner L,Robberecht W,Sciot R,Wilms G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence and potential significance of stroke symptoms among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients without a prior diagnosis of stroke or TIA. METHODS:We enrolled 148 participants with ESRD from 5 clinics. Stroke symptoms and functional statu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kurella Tamura M,Meyer JB,Saxena AB,Huh JW,Wadley VG,Schiller B

更新日期：2012-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the determinants of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) phenotypes in a population-based cohort. METHODS:The study population included 2,839 patients with ALS diagnosed in Piemonte, Italy (1995-2015). Patients were classified according to motor (classic, bulbar, flail arm, flail leg, predominantly ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chiò A,Moglia C,Canosa A,Manera U,D'Ovidio F,Vasta R,Grassano M,Brunetti M,Barberis M,Corrado L,D'Alfonso S,Iazzolino B,Peotta L,Sarnelli MF,Solara V,Zucchetti JP,De Marchi F,Mazzini L,Mora G,Calvo A

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To date, there is no accepted clinical diagnostic test for Parkinson disease (PD) that is based on biochemical analysis of blood or CSF. The discovery of mutations in the SNCA gene encoding α-synuclein in familial parkinsonism and the accumulation of α-synuclein in the PD brain suggested a critical role for ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tokuda T,Qureshi MM,Ardah MT,Varghese S,Shehab SA,Kasai T,Ishigami N,Tamaoka A,Nakagawa M,El-Agnaf OM

更新日期：2010-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence and clinical effect of ophthalmologic symptoms in patients with Parkinson disease (PD), compared with controls, using a standardized questionnaire. METHODS:In this observational, cross-sectional, multicenter study, 848 patients with PD and 250 healthy controls completed the Visual...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Borm CDJM,Visser F,Werkmann M,de Graaf D,Putz D,Seppi K,Poewe W,Vlaar AMM,Hoyng C,Bloem BR,Theelen T,de Vries NM

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old man from southeastern Connecticut developed a diffuse encephalopathy with partial complex seizures, followed weeks later by arthritis, cryoglobulinemia, and increased serum IgM. CT showed confluent low-density lesions in the deep cerebral white matter consistent with demyelination. Neither the encephalop...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Reik L Jr,Smith L,Khan A,Nelson W

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Rasmussen's syndrome, we treated four patients with ganciclovir, a potent anti-CMV drug. A 7-year-old girl with seizures escalating to 60/day over 3 months despite triple antiepileptic drug therapy became seizure-free 5 days after initiation of tre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： McLachlan RS,Levin S,Blume WT

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We prospectively investigated the role of depressive symptoms (DS) on all-cause dementia in a population with small vessel disease (SVD), considering onset age of DS and cognitive performance. METHODS:The RUN DMC study (Radboud University Nijmegen Diffusion Tensor and Magnetic Resonance Cohort) is a prospect...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van Uden IW,van der Holst HM,van Leijsen EM,Tuladhar AM,van Norden AG,de Laat KF,Claassen JA,van Dijk EJ,Kessels RP,Richard E,Tendolkar I,de Leeuw FE

更新日期：2016-09-13 00:00:00