Neuroleptic malignant syndrome: a unique association with a tricyclic antidepressant.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe two symptomatic dysferlin gene mutation carriers. METHODS:One patient had limb girdle weakness. His brother was diagnosed with limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2B with two mutations in the dysferlin gene (D625Y and E1734G). The second patient had distal weakness. He had two sons with Miyoshi myopat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Illa I,De Luna N,Domínguez-Perles R,Rojas-García R,Paradas C,Palmer J,Márquez C,Gallano P,Gallardo E

更新日期：2007-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:All but 6% of the subjects with relapsing remitting MS who were randomly assigned to receive glatiramer acetate or placebo for the 9-month controlled phase of the European/Canadian MRI trial entered an open-label extension with quarterly clinical and MRI evaluations for another 9 months. There was a 54% reduction in t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wolinsky JS,Comi G,Filippi M,Ladkani D,Kadosh S,Shifroni G,European\/Canadian Glatiramer Acetate Study Group.

更新日期：2002-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the accuracy and interobserver variability of selected ictal and postictal behavioral changes. Three observers, blinded to clinical history, EEG, and side of surgical resection, analyzed videotapes of 166 seizures in 38 patients, looking for lateralizing signs. Twenty-seven patients with temporal lobe res...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chee MW,Kotagal P,Van Ness PC,Gragg L,Murphy D,Lüders HO

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgM anti-GM1 antibodies occur with increased frequency in the serum of patients with multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN). We tested the ability of serum IgM from patients with MMN to bind to GM1 ganglioside covalently bound to secondary amino groups on ELISA plates (Co-GM1). The Co-GM1 technique detected high titer (> 1...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pestronk A,Choksi R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate a neuropsychological algorithm for dementia diagnosis. METHODS:We developed a neuropsychological algorithm in a sample of 1,023 elderly residents of Cache County, UT. We compared algorithmic and clinical dementia diagnoses both based on DSM-III-R criteria. The algorithm diagnosed dementia when th...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tschanz JT,Welsh-Bohmer KA,Skoog I,West N,Norton MC,Wyse BW,Nickles R,Breitner JC

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report on the benefits of noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) on acute vestibular migraine (VM) treatment. METHODS:This was a retrospective chart review of patients with VM treated with nVNS in a single tertiary referral center between November 2017 and January 2019. Eighteen patients (16 women) we...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Beh SC,Friedman DI

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful screening for neuropathy in patients with diabetes is available using the 10 g Semmes-Weinstein monofilament (Mid-Delta Health Systems, Inc., Belzoni, MS) (touch/pressure sensation) and the Neurothesiometer (Horwell Scientific, London, UK; vibration perception threshold). In healthy volunteers and patients ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dimitrakoudis D,Bril V

更新日期：2002-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective trial of plasmapheresis and azathioprine or azathioprine alone was carrier out on 20 patients with chronic progressive MS. Seven of 10 patients in each group continued therapy for 12 months. When the groups were compared by disability ratings, the combination of plasmapheresis and azathioprine was no bet...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tindall RS,Walker JE,Ehle AL,Near L,Rollins J,Becker D

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential tremor (ET) is a common movement disorder that often causes functional disability, potentially leading to physical and emotional difficulties. The paucity of data available regarding the underlying pathophysiologic mechanism of ET hinders the development of innovative approaches to pharmacotherapeutic treatm...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Koller WC,Hristova A,Brin M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Israeli Teratogen Information Service prospectively followed up 210 pregnancies with first trimester carbamazepine exposure. Pregnancy outcome was compared with that of two overlapping controls, matched and general (n = 629), exposed to nonteratogenic agents. Our study suggests a twofold increase in the rate of ma...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Diav-Citrin O,Shechtman S,Arnon J,Ornoy A

更新日期：2001-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated 85 patients with serologic evidence of Borrelia burgdorferi infection. Manifestations included encephalopathy (41), neuropathy (27), meningitis (2), multiple sclerosis (MS) (6), and psychiatric disorders (3). We performed lumbar punctures in 53, brain MRI in 33, and evoked potentials (EPs) in 33. Only pat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Halperin JJ,Luft BJ,Anand AK,Roque CT,Alvarez O,Volkman DJ,Dattwyler RJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Diagnostic criteria from 2002 classify transverse myelitis (TM) as idiopathic or disease associated but predate the discovery of aquaporin-4 (AQP4)-immunoglobulin G (IgG) and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-IgG, which associate with TM. Prior incidence estimates of idiopathic TM (ITM) range from 1 t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sechi E,Shosha E,Williams JP,Pittock SJ,Weinshenker BG,Keegan BM,Zalewski NL,Lopez-Chiriboga AS,Jitprapaikulsan J,Flanagan EP

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of carbamazepine and lamotrigine monotherapy for people with partial onset seizures or generalized onset tonic-clonic seizures. METHODS:A systematic review and meta-analysis using data on individual patients from randomized trials comparing lamotrigine with carbamazepine monotherapy. T...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gamble C,Williamson PR,Chadwick DW,Marson AG

更新日期：2006-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the present state of brain death (BD) determination in actual practice relative to contemporary American Academy of Neurology (AAN) guidelines. METHODS:We reviewed the charts of all adult (16 years and older) BD organ donors during 2011 from 68 heterogeneous hospitals in the Midwest United St...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shappell CN,Frank JI,Husari K,Sanchez M,Goldenberg F,Ardelt A

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Analysis of twins with epilepsy to explore the genetic architecture of specific epilepsies, to evaluate the applicability of the 2010 International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) organization of epilepsy syndromes, and to integrate molecular genetics with phenotypic analyses. METHODS:A total of 558 twin pair...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vadlamudi L,Milne RL,Lawrence K,Heron SE,Eckhaus J,Keay D,Connellan M,Torn-Broers Y,Howell RA,Mulley JC,Scheffer IE,Dibbens LM,Hopper JL,Berkovic SF

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this prospective study was to survey our patients about their experience with our clinic's telemedicine program to better understand telemedicine's utility for families, and to improve patient satisfaction and ultimately patient care. METHODS:This was a prospective survey study of patients and the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Qubty W,Patniyot I,Gelfand A

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors recorded the acoustic startle response in 32 patients with stroke, 6 patients with incomplete cervical cord lesions, and 26 controls. Increased startle occurred in about one quarter of both stroke and spinal cord injury patients. The response in biceps demonstrated the greatest deviation from normal, with ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jankelowitz SK,Colebatch JG

更新日期：2004-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define potential pathogenic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutations in a patient with myoclonus epilepsy with ragged-red fibers (MERRF) syndrome. BACKGROUND:MERRF syndrome is typically associated with point mutations in the mtDNA tRNALys gene. METHODS:We performed morphologic, biochemical, and genetic ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Arenas J,Campos Y,Bornstein B,Ribacoba R,Martín MA,Rubio JC,Santorelli FM,Zeviani M,DiMauro S,Garesse R

更新日期：1999-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We hypothesized that integrated motor-visual functions measured by manipulative manual dexterity are affected by white matter lesion (WML) burden as measured on cranial MRI across relevant brain regions in subjects at risk of preclinical occult vascular disease. METHODS:A real-time cross-sectional study of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nyquist PA,Yanek LR,Bilgel M,Cuzzocreo JL,Becker LC,Chevalier-Davis K,Yousem D,Prince J,Kral BG,Vaidya D,Becker DM

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) may slow the progression of Krabbe disease (KD) if performed early in the disease. The authors' studies indicate that more than 90% of patients with KD have severe abnormalities in peripheral nerve conduction. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of HSCT on nerve con...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Siddiqi ZA,Sanders DB,Massey JM

更新日期：2006-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent autopsy studies suggest that senile dementia of Lewy body type (SDLT) may be the second most common neuropathologic cause of dementia in the elderly, accounting for 7 to 30% of all cases. Operational criteria for the antemortem clinical diagnosis of SDLT have already been proposed by our group. The perf...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： McKeith IG,Fairbairn AF,Bothwell RA,Moore PB,Ferrier IN,Thompson P,Perry RH

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic screening of many compounds in animal models led to identification of the established antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). By contrast, the newer AEDs were specifically designed to enhance an inhibitory process or to inhibit a specific excitatory pathway. However, it was later discovered that some of the designed dr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Moshé SL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old man presented with a painful, demyelinating sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy with lymphomatous infiltration on sural nerve biopsy, but no evidence of systemic lymphoma. The neuropathy responded to cytotoxic therapy. Seven years later he developed generalized lymphadenopathy due to B cell lymphoplasmacy...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ince PG,Shaw PJ,Fawcett PR,Bates D

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 64 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), the basal level of prolactin (PRL) was normal. Bromocriptine (BCT) caused a significant suppression of PRL in all parkinsonian patients and controls. When given after BCT treatment, thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) induced a significantly lower PRL rise in recent-onset ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Laihinen A,Rinne UK

更新日期：1986-03-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epsilon 4 allele of the APOE gene (APOE) is more frequent in patients with AD than in the general population, but studies are inconclusive as to whether it affects rate of progression or survival. Because survival in AD is generally longer in women than in men, the authors investigated whether APOE affec...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dal Forno G,Carson KA,Brookmeyer R,Troncoso J,Kawas CH,Brandt J

更新日期：2002-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with striatonigral degeneration in whom T2-weighted MRI imaging revealed low signal and atrophy in the putamen. Neuropathologic studies confirmed putaminal atrophy and iron deposition in the MRI low signal regions. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： O'Brien C,Sung JH,McGeachie RE,Lee MC

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To discuss the indications and timing for resective surgery in patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) and medication-resistant epilepsy. BACKGROUND:SWS that causes epilepsy severe enough to merit surgery is rare. Because of the variable natural history of the disease, it is difficult to establish clear-cu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Arzimanoglou AA,Andermann F,Aicardi J,Sainte-Rose C,Beaulieu MA,Villemure JG,Olivier A,Rasmussen T

更新日期：2000-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system (CNS) dysfunction in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is highly variable, although it is often described under a single heading of "neuropsychiatric" or "CNS" SLE. To clarify these CNS abnormalities, we studied 91 lupus patients, 63 of whom had CNS symptoms or signs, over 599 pat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Futrell N,Schultz LR,Millikan C

更新日期：1992-09-01 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