Sensitivity of MRI of the spine compared with CT myelography in orthostatic headache with CSF leak.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate patient-acceptable symptom state (PASS) cut points for myasthenia gravis (MG) health scales. METHODS:We conducted an electronic survey that included the Myasthenia Gravis Impairment Index (MGII), EuroQol 5-Dimension (EQ5D), and a simple PASS question. PASS-anchored thresholds were estimated for ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mendoza M,Tran C,Bril V,Katzberg HD,Barnett C

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We assayed serum folate levels of 60 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and found that 50% had values below 3.0 micrograms/l. Some patients with CFS are deficient in folic acid. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jacobson W,Saich T,Borysiewicz LK,Behan WM,Behan PO,Wreghitt TG

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess longitudinal follow-up of the incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS) through five decades and estimate the prevalence rate in Hordaland County, Norway, on January 1, 2003. METHODS:All patients with MS diagnosed from 1953 to 2003 were identified in the patient records of the Department of Neurology, H...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grytten N,Glad SB,Aarseth JH,Nyland H,Midgard R,Myhr KM

更新日期：2006-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether comorbidity is associated with clinical (relapses, disability worsening) and MRI outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS) by conducting a secondary analysis of the CombiRx clinical trial. METHODS:CombiRx compared interferon beta-1a, glatiramer acetate, and the combination of these agents. For...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Salter A,Kowalec K,Fitzgerald KC,Cutter G,Marrie RA

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:MRI in five term children with congenital hemiplegia without clinically apparent prenatal or perinatal difficulties showed a focal or porencephalic enlargement of the lateral ventricle and periventricular T2 prolongation, which were identical to findings of periventricular venous infarction seen in preterm children. S...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Takanashi J,Barkovich AJ,Ferriero DM,Suzuki H,Kohno Y

更新日期：2003-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical and neuroimaging findings of a mother and daughter with seizure disorders and band heterotopias seen on magnetic resonance imaging studies. These clinicoradiologic findings simulate those for a diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex. Clinicians should be aware of this migrational anomaly and it...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： DiMario FJ Jr,Cobb RJ,Ramsby GR,Leicher C

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to assess the prevalence, correlates, and consequences of periodic limb movements of sleep (PLMS) in persons with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and the effect (worsening or improvement) of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy on PLMS in a large prospective multicenter randomized contro...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Budhiraja R,Javaheri S,Pavlova MK,Epstein LJ,Omobomi O,Quan SF

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In 11 patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and 11 patients with chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP), absent myotatic reflexes were significantly associated more often with CIDP than with CIAP, an absent biceps-reflex having the highest sensitivity and specificity for the d...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van Dijk GW,Wokke JH,Notermans NC,van Gijn J,Franssen H

更新日期：1999-10-22 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：BACKGROUND:Alexander disease is most commonly associated with macrocephaly and, on MRI, a leukoencephalopathy with frontal preponderance. The disease is caused by mutation of the GFAP gene. Clinical and MRI phenotypic variation have been increasingly recognized. METHODS:The authors studied seven patients with Alexande...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van der Knaap MS,Ramesh V,Schiffmann R,Blaser S,Kyllerman M,Gholkar A,Ellison DW,van der Voorn JP,van Dooren SJ,Jakobs C,Barkhof F,Salomons GS

更新日期：2006-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal and progressive neurodegenerative disease that is accompanied by involuntary movements, cognitive dysfunction, and psychiatric symptoms. Although progressive striatal degeneration is known to occur, little is known about how the disease affects the cortex, including which...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rosas HD,Liu AK,Hersch S,Glessner M,Ferrante RJ,Salat DH,van der Kouwe A,Jenkins BG,Dale AM,Fischl B

更新日期：2002-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a clinical study and linkage analysis on 278 subjects (66 affected) belonging to eight families with X-linked dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathy. This form affects 11.8% of CMT patients in Iowa. Motor nerve conduction velocities (MNCVs) were significantly slowed consistent with type 1 CMT. Fift...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ionasescu VV,Trofatter J,Haines JL,Ionasescu R,Searby C

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed morphologic studies on regeneration of the cat's hind limb nerves, following simultaneous ligation of the aorta and right femoral artery. There were 2 regeneration patterns depending on the extent of ischemic necrosis. When nerve infarcts were limited only to intrafascicular regions, there was no basic ch...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Korthals JK,Gieron MA,Wisniewski HM

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a Jewish family of Yemenite origin in which three brothers born from a consanguineous marriage had juvenile parkinsonism. The DNA samples from three affected brothers and one healthy brother were analyzed for the linkage to markers covering the autosomal-recessive juvenile parkinsonism (AR-JP) locus. A perfe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nisipeanu P,Inzelberg R,Blumen SC,Carasso RL,Hattori N,Matsumine H,Mizuno Y

更新日期：1999-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To create and validate a simple, standardized version of the antisaccade (AS) task that requires no specialized equipment for use as a measure of executive function in multicenter clinical studies. METHODS:The bedside AS (BAS) task consisted of 40 pseudorandomized AS trials presented on a laptop computer. BA...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hellmuth J,Mirsky J,Heuer HW,Matlin A,Jafari A,Garbutt S,Widmeyer M,Berhel A,Sinha L,Miller BL,Kramer JH,Boxer AL

更新日期：2012-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) acts as a pain mediator in neuropathic pain in humans. BACKGROUND:In animal models, inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha have been shown to facilitate neuropathic pain. METHODS:The expression of TNF-alpha was analyzed immunohistoc...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Empl M,Renaud S,Erne B,Fuhr P,Straube A,Schaeren-Wiemers N,Steck AJ

更新日期：2001-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats with unilateral lesions of the substantia nigra were treated with L-dopa 25 mg/kg subcutaneously 30 minutes after treatment with carbidopa 25 mg/kg intraperitoneally. In the ipsilateral striatum, dopamine levels achieved a peak of 1.57 +/- 0.63 micrograms/g (control 0.19 +/- 0.05 micrograms/g) at 20 minutes and d...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Spencer SE,Wooten GF

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old woman had myasthenia gravis with only moderate weakness and a consistently poor response to anticholinesterase medication. She was investigated with routine electrophysiologic studies and single-fiber electromyography. The studies showed a limited effect of anticholinesterase medication. There was a decr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schwartz MS,Stålberg E

更新日期：1975-01-01 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:This study prospectively examined the relationships among late night salivary cortisol (NSC) levels and depressive symptoms, memory performance, and hippocampal volumes in patients with medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and the potential mediating effects of cortisol in the relationships betw...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Busch RM,Frazier T,Chapin JS,Hamrahian AH,Diehl B,Alexopoulos A,Unnwongse K,Naugle RI,Kubu CS,Tesar GE,Najm IM

更新日期：2012-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a simple imaging rule to predict neurodevelopmental outcomes at 4.5 years in a cohort of preterm neonates with white matter injury (WMI) based on lesion location and examine whether clinical variables enhance prediction. METHODS:Sixty-eight preterm neonates born 24-32 weeks' gestation (median 27.7...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cayam-Rand D,Guo T,Grunau RE,Benavente-Fernández I,Synnes A,Chau V,Branson H,Latal B,McQuillen P,Miller SP

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relationship between CSF creatine kinase BB isoenzyme activity (CSF CKBB) and neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest in clinical practice. BACKGROUND:CSF CKBB reflects the extent of brain damage following cardiac arrest. METHODS:To help with prognosis, treating physicians ordered CSF CKBB tes...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tirschwell DL,Longstreth WT Jr,Rauch-Matthews ME,Chandler WL,Rothstein T,Wray L,Eng LJ,Fine J,Copass MK

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:UK veterans who were deployed to the Gulf in 1990 to 1991 reported higher prevalence of neuromuscular symptoms. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether these Gulf War-related symptoms were associated with objective evidence of neuromuscular dysfunction. METHODS:Forty-nine Gulf War veterans with more than four neu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sharief MK,Priddin J,Delamont RS,Unwin C,Rose MR,David A,Wessely S

更新日期：2002-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-seven consecutive patients presenting acutely with repetitive symptoms indicative of anterior circulation ischemia ("crescendo" transient ischemic attacks) were evaluated to identify clinical features that might reliably predict the presence of significant stenosis, ulceration, or both in the presumably symptoma...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rothrock JF,Lyden PD,Yee J,Wiederholt WC

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents the findings relating to the European subgroup of 91 patients in an international survey of the current diagnosis and treatment of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The mean time between first symptoms and first consultation with a physician was 4.9 months, and mean delay in seei...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dengler R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of low-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on motor cortex excitability in humans. TMS at 0.1 Hz for 1 hour did not change cortical excitability. Stimulation at 0.9 Hz for 15 minutes (810 pulses), similar to the parameters used to induce long-term depression (LTD) in cortical slice...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chen R,Classen J,Gerloff C,Celnik P,Wassermann EM,Hallett M,Cohen LG

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic trigeminal sensory neuropathy is a benign disorder. We report two patients with transient MRI abnormalities, suggesting transient inflammation of the trigeminal nerve caused temporary facial sensory symptoms. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rorick MB,Chandar K,Colombi BJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study of the acute treatment of migraine investigated the efficacy and tolerability of oral sumatriptan 100 mg (Imitrex) administered for up to nine attacks compared with placebo administered for up to three attacks. Patients were randomized to receive oral sumatriptan ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rederich G,Rapoport A,Cutler N,Hazelrigg R,Jamerson B

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the potential for clinical application, the reputed protective action of barbiturates in cerebral ischemia was tested in a controlled study after segmental middle cerebral artery occlusion in primates. Surviving treated animals promptly recovered consciousness, locomotion, and feeding behavior despite pers...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Moseley JI,Laurent JP,Molinari GF

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety, tolerability, and biological activity of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) administered by an implanted intracerebroventricular (ICV) catheter and access port in advanced PD. BACKGROUND:GDNF is a peptide that promotes survival of dopamine neurons. It improved 6-OHDA- or...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nutt JG,Burchiel KJ,Comella CL,Jankovic J,Lang AE,Laws ER Jr,Lozano AM,Penn RD,Simpson RK Jr,Stacy M,Wooten GF,ICV GDNF Study Group. Implanted intracerebroventricular. Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor.

更新日期：2003-01-14 00:00:00