Neuronal antinuclear antibody (anti-Hu) in paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis simulating acute polyneuritis.

abstract：:The etiological characteristics of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) before the age of 55 are reviewed in 399 patients admitted to the Department of Neurology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, from 1973-77. The material was well-defined with regard to subtypes of stroke as well as to the diseased population. The control ma...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Mettinger KL,Söderström CE,Neiman J

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is believed to be an autoimmune disease of the human central nervous system mediated by autoreactive T cells. Interferon-beta1b (IFN-beta1b) has been shown to be effective in reducing disease activity defined by clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) criteria in relapsing-remit...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Chatzimanolis N,Kraus J,Bauer R,Engelhardt B,Bregenzer T,Kuehne BS,Tofighi J,Laske C,Stolz E,Blaes F,Voigt K,Traupe H,Kaps M,Oschmann P

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Differential diagnosis between vascular parkinsonism (VP) and Parkinson's Disease (PD) is often difficult, due to the overlap in clinical presentation and the lack of specificity at neuroimaging. Aim of the study was to identify a possible reliable marker at SPECT imaging useful to distinguish the two condit...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Contrafatto D,Mostile G,Nicoletti A,Dibilio V,Raciti L,Lanzafame S,Luca A,Distefano A,Zappia M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We studied the in vitro production of variably MS-related cytokines from Sardinian MS and healthy donors bearing the two "Sardinian" MS-associated HLA-DR alleles: DR3 and DR4, with the purpose to evidentiate possible differences in their immune response. MATERIALS AND METHODS:ELISA were used for detection o...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sotgiu S,Serra C,Marrosu MG,Dolei A,Pugliatti M,Murgia B,Aiello I,Rosati G

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of the treatment with valproic acid (VPA) in patients with status epilepticus (SE) or acute repetitive seizures (ARS) comparing it with phenytoin (PHT) treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients with SE or ARS were treated in a consecutive manner with either VPA or PH...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gilad R,Izkovitz N,Dabby R,Rapoport A,Sadeh M,Weller B,Lampl Y

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty solvent-exposed workers, most of them painters, had been diagnosed as cases of toxic encephalopathy in 1978/79. Two years later they were re-examined with an extensive battery of neuropsychological tests. Their performance was unchanged on retesting. We have now compared their test results with those of non-exp...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gade A,Mortensen EL,Bruhn P

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus (SE) describes an enduring epileptic state during which seizures are unremitting and tend to be self-perpetuating. We describe the clinical phases of generalized convulsive SE, impending SE, established SE, and subtle SE. We discuss the physiological and biochemical cascades which characterize self-...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Chen JW,Naylor DE,Wasterlain CG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No systematic study has been made to separate age-related clinical deterioration and dysfunctional brain areas from those associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS:This study included 73 de novo patients with PD and 43 age-matched controls. All subjects underwent [(18)F]-fluorodeoxy glucose (FDG) po...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lee MS,Lyoo CH,Ryu YH,Lim HS,Nam CM,Kim HS,Rinne JO

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taurine content of 199 clinical muscle biopsies was determined and correlated to histometric data of 121 cases. Taurine concentration in muscles was markedly dependent on fiber type distribution, taurine being more abundant in the slow, oxidative type 1 fibers than in the type 2 fibers. Taurine concentration rose slig...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Airaksinen EM,Paljärvi L,Partanen J,Collan Y,Laakso R,Pentikäinen T

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) is an established treatment with long-term beneficial effects on motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The long-term development of non-motor problems after STN-DBS is not fully understood. In this study, we have studied how non-motor probl...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lilleeng B,Gjerstad M,Baardsen R,Dalen I,Larsen JP

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP) is often performed to aid diagnosis of hydrocephalus. This review discusses analysis of ICP and its components' for the investigation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics. The role of pulse, slow and respiratory waveforms of ICP in diagnosis, prognostication and man...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kasprowicz M,Lalou DA,Czosnyka M,Garnett M,Czosnyka Z

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabbit antiserum to a citric acid extract of human skeletal muscle (CA) stained epithelial thymoma cells as well as skeletal muscle. Thymomas from two myasthenia gravis (MG) patients showing no circulating anti-CA antibodies prior to thymectomy were also stained by the antiserum. Thus, in these patients as well, the t...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gilhus NE,Matre R,Aarli JA,Hofstad H,Thunold S

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study if type-2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is associated with cognitive dysfunction independently of clinically diagnosed dementia in an elderly population. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Cognitive function was investigated with a brief neuropsychological test battery in a non-demented elder...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Vanhanen M,Kuusisto J,Koivisto K,Mykkänen L,Helkala EL,Hänninen T,Riekkinen P Sr,Soininen H,Laakso M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Strokes represent the most common etiology of epilepsy in patients over the age of 60 years, with an incidence of 2-4% occurring in different studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this observational study, 1,428 patients were included who had stroke and were admitted to our Stroke Unit between the years 1996 an...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Benbir G,Ince B,Bozluolcay M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of clonazepam on steady-state serum levels of diphenylhydantoin, phenobarbital and carbamazepine was studied in 22 patients with epilepsy receiving one or two of these drugs. Clonazepam was given in slowly increasing doses for 2 weeks until a maximum dose of 4-6 mg per day was reached; thereafter the dos...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Johannessen SI,Strandjord RE,Munthe-Kaas AW

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the ophthalmic artery (OA) as a collateral to the cerebral circulation in carotid occlusive disease is somewhat controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the importance of this collateral by comparing the results of transorbital Doppler ultrasonography and regional cerebral blood flow measurements...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kerty E,Nyberg-Hansen R,Dahl A,Bakke SJ,Russell D,Rootwelt K

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To conduct a psychometric analysis to determine the adequacy of instruments that measure cognition in Alzheimer's disease trials. BACKGROUND:Both the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognition (ADAS-Cog) and the Neuropsychological Test Battery (NTB) are validated outcome measures for clinical trials in Alzh...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Karin A,Hannesdottir K,Jaeger J,Annas P,Segerdahl M,Karlsson P,Sjögren N,von Rosen T,Miller F

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind crossover pilot study with placebo, choline chloride, the physiologic precursor of acetylcholine, was tested in six patients with cerebellar ataxia. Neither subjectively nor objectively could any statistical significant difference be demonstrated. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sehested P,Lund HI,Kristensen O

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroacanthocytosis is a progressive multisystem disease with a wide range of symptoms. The involuntary movements mainly include chorea and orofaciolingual dyskinesias. The descriptive name of the disease refers to the presence of abnormal erythrocytes in peripheral blood. Two siblings are presented. One young female ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Aasly J,Skandsen T,Rø M

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Many studies have shown that nitric oxide (NO) and growth factors including insulin growth factors (IGFs) may be involved in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) and neurodegenerative diseases. Our previous studies suggested a relationship between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) NO metabolites (nitrates and...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Pirttilä T,Vanhatalo S,Turpeinen U,Riikonen R

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional blood flow in the spinal cord was measured in rabbits, cats and monkeys with radioactively labelled microspheres. The reproducibility of the method was tested in rabbits by 3 consecutive determinations with differently labelled microspheres within the different cord regions, and was found to be good. In all 3...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nyström B,Stjernschantz J,Smedegård G

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe spinal epidural abscess after treatment with rituximab. METHODS:Report of a new case of cervical epidural spinal abscess after treatment with rituximab and review of the literature. RESULTS:Biologic agents are associated with an increased risk of serious infections, there are only few reports of...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Avila JD,Živković S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the relationship between cerebral hemodynamics and clinical performance in normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), before and after surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Ten patients were studied prospectively before and 3 months after shunt surgery by means of transcranial Doppler (TCD). Clinical performance ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bakker SL,Boon AJ,Wijnhoud AD,Dippel DW,Delwel EJ,Koudstaal PJ

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the frequency of alcohol consumption and stroke mortality among eastern Finnish men. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This study is a population-based sample of men with an average follow-up of 20.2 years. A total of 2609 men with no history of stroke at ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rantakömi SH,Kurl S,Sivenius J,Kauhanen J,Laukkanen JA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels of the soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R), an indicator of T cell activation, were significantly elevated in chronic progressive MS (CPMS) patients, clinically stable MS patients and in patients with other neurological diseases (OND) as compared to healthy controls. Levels of sIL-2R in steroid treate...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bansil S,Troiano R,Cook SD,Rohowsky-Kochan C

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrathecal IgG synthesis and CSF oligoclonal bands were reexamined after 18-24 months in 66 patients with multiple sclerosis; 40 of them received azathioprine (AZA) 2.5 mg/Kg/die; all received a course of dexamethasone (DEXA) during clinical relapses. The IgG Index was significantly reduced in the group treated with ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Caputo D,Zaffaroni M,Ghezzi A,Cazzullo CL

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of parkinsonism in the Province of Rome using antiparkinsonian prescription histories from 1986 to 1991. METHODS:A subject was defined as a case of parkinsonism if he/she had received "specific" and "consistent" antiparkinsonian therapy in the stud...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Menniti-Ippolito F,Spila-Alegiani S,Vanacore N,Bonifati V,Diana G,Meco G,Raschetti R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate efficacy and safety of entacapone across phase III studies in Parkinson's disease (PD) with wearing-off symptoms. METHODS:Retrospective, pooled analysis of four phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies with entacapone. RESULTS:475 of 808 patients with PD received entacapo...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kuoppamäki M,Vahteristo M,Ellmén J,Kieburtz K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this paper is to evaluate the accuracy of conventional diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease and give an overview of alternative causes to parkinsonian syndromes. We also propose a new approach to the clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, which may improve the diagnostic accuracy. The avail...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Larsen JP,Dupont E,Tandberg E

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a special syndrome within the primary generalized epilepsies which is characterized clinically by irregular jerks of shoulders and arms (so-called impulsive petit mal) after awakening and electroencephalographically by bilateral-synchronous 4-6/s spike-wave complexes, often in the ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Janz D

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00