Acute naming deficits following dominant temporal lobectomy: prediction by age at 1st risk for seizures.

abstract：:Fatal familial insomnia (FFI), a condition characterized by inability to sleep, dysautonomia, motor disturbances, and selective thalamic atrophy is a prion disease linked to a GAC----AAC mutation at codon 178 of the prion gene. These data were obtained from one kindred. We now report a second kindred affected by FFI a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Medori R,Montagna P,Tritschler HJ,LeBlanc A,Cortelli P,Tinuper P,Lugaresi E,Gambetti P

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among patients with a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and a prior cryptogenic ischemic stroke or TIA, the absolute and relative risk of recurrent events is unclear. METHODS:We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical studies in any language published up to February 2008. We included studies re...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Almekhlafi MA,Wilton SB,Rabi DM,Ghali WA,Lorenzetti DL,Hill MD

更新日期：2009-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Many new treatments under development for Alzheimer disease (AD) will be disease-modifying rather than symptomatic. Clinical evaluation of these treatments will require primary and secondary prevention trials. We describe some of the methodologic challenges in designing primary prevention trials for AD and illustrate ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Green RC,DeKosky ST

更新日期：2006-11-14 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the possible abnormalities in the baroreflex modulation of both the heart and the arterial vasculature, in order to better evaluate the role of baroreflex abnormalities in the generation of the cardiovascular symptoms and complications affecting the familial dysautonomia (FD) patient. METHODS:Twent...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stemper B,Bernardi L,Axelrod FB,Welsch G,Passino C,Hilz MJ

更新日期：2004-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the associations between amyloid-PET, tau-PET, and atrophy with the behavioral/dysexecutive presentation of Alzheimer disease (AD), how these differ from amnestic AD, and how they correlate to clinical symptoms. METHODS:We assessed 15 patients with behavioral/dysexecutive AD recruited from a ter...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Therriault J,Pascoal TA,Savard M,Benedet AL,Chamoun M,Tissot C,Lussier F,Kang MS,Thomas E,Terada T,Rej S,Massarweh G,Nasreddine Z,Vitali P,Soucy JP,Saha-Chaudhuri P,Gauthier S,Rosa-Neto P

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine is a frequent familial disorder that, in common with most multifactorial disorders, has an unknown etiology. The authors identified several families with multiple individuals affected by typical migraine using a single set of diagnostic criteria and studied these families for cosegregation between the disorde...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nyholt DR,Lea RA,Goadsby PJ,Brimage PJ,Griffiths LR

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Resistance to insulin-mediated glucose uptake by peripheral tissues is a cardinal defect in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Insulin resistance is also common among nondiabetic individuals, and may be an important risk factor for stroke in both populations. The authors review the definition, epidemiolog...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kernan WN,Inzucchi SE,Viscoli CM,Brass LM,Bravata DM,Horwitz RI

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Virtually all adult studies of APOE genotypes and cognition have included individuals over 60. In older adults, epsilon 4 carriers may manifest greater cognitive asymmetries than non-epsilon 4 carriers even in the absence of overall mean differences. General cognitive ability may also be affected by aging an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schultz MR,Lyons MJ,Franz CE,Grant MD,Boake C,Jacobson KC,Xian H,Schellenberg GD,Eisen SA,Kremen WS

更新日期：2008-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) represents 8 to 15% of all strokes in the United States and 20 to 30% of all strokes in Japan and China. Although ICH represents a relatively small fraction of total strokes, it is a formidable disease, with a 30-day mortality rate two- to sixfold higher than that for ischemic stroke. Fu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fayad PB,Awad IA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials have demonstrated that risk of cardiovascular events may be reduced in patients with stroke, using blood pressure (BP) reduction and statin therapy, independently of the presence of specific risk factors. These results suggest an alternative approach to secondary stroke prevention, focused more on glob...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Elkind MS

更新日期：2005-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied electrically elicited blink reflex responses in patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS) by applying single isolated, as well as paired (conditioning and test), stimuli at both sides of the face. Responses after single stimuli were of larger size on the side of the spasm compared with the uninvolved side and co...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Valls-Sole J,Tolosa ES

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used electrophysiologic methods in the diagnosis of torsion dystonia and the evaluation of therapy in a 7-year-old child. Electromyographic (EMG) activity patterns in five leg muscles were recorded during specific voluntary and passive movements as well as during gait. We found patterns of coactivation in leg muscl...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Richards CL,Bédard PJ,Fortin G,Malouin F

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Curative therapy for childhood cancer has dramatically improved over past decades. Therapeutic radiation has been instrumental in this success. Unfortunately, irradiation is associated with untoward effects, including stroke and other cerebrovascular disease (CVD). The Children's Oncology Group (COG) has dev...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Morris B,Partap S,Yeom K,Gibbs IC,Fisher PG,King AA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical procedure for determining contrast sensitivity was performed on patients with suspected sella area masses. The test consisted of a series of six plates, each containing a bar pattern of fixed sinusoidal spatial frequency in which contrast varies along the length of the bar. Patients with compressive lesions...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kupersmith MJ,Siegel IM,Carr RE

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We detected large numbers of HLA-DR-positive reactive microglia (macrophages), along with Lewy bodies and free melanin, in the substantia nigra of all cases studied with Parkinson's disease (5) and parkinsonism with dementia (PD) (5). We found similar, but less extensive, pathology in the substantia nigra of six of ni...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： McGeer PL,Itagaki S,Boyes BE,McGeer EG

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral psychophysical techniques were used to obtain strength-duration curves for the ulnar nerve at both threshold and suprathreshold levels. The functions well match those obtained with electrophysiologic procedures, but overcome many of the difficulities associated with traditional electrodiagnosis. An alternat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rollman GB

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1982 and 1989, 197 patients with Parkinson's disease were treated with selegiline and levodopa for at least 0.3 years. Two groups of patients were included: a group of 65 patients (stage 2 or 3 on the Hoehn and Yahr Scale) who recently had been started on levodopa and were not experiencing response fluctuation...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lieberman A

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of genetic factors in determining risk for status epilepticus (SE) was examined in twins identified using the population-based Virginia Twin Registry. Concordance rates for SE were 0.38 for monozygotic (MZ) and 0.00 for dizygotic (DZ) twins, with the rate in MZs being significantly increased over DZs. The pre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Corey LA,Pellock JM,Boggs JG,Miller LL,DeLorenzo RJ

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied evoked potentials (EPs) in 27 patients with typical acute Guillain-Barré syndrome and 3 with Fisher's syndrome. Three of 21 had BAEP abnormalities: 1 with bilateral I-III, 1 with unilateral I-III, and another with unilateral III-V interwave latency prolongations. Three with Fisher's syndrome had normal BAEP...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ropper AH,Chiappa KH

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many parkinsonian syndromes, neuromelanin (NM)-containing dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra (SN) are selectively targeted by the noxius pathogens. Studies of the constitutional and functional features of human NM allow the formulation of a logical hypothesis on its role in parkinsonian syndromes. In the ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zecca L,Zucca FA,Albertini A,Rizzio E,Fariello RG

更新日期：2006-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the genetic, clinicopathologic, and neuroimaging characteristics of patients with hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids (HDLS) with the colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF-1R) mutation. METHODS:We performed molecular genetic analysis of CSF-1R in patients with HDLS. Detailed ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Konno T,Tada M,Tada M,Koyama A,Nozaki H,Harigaya Y,Nishimiya J,Matsunaga A,Yoshikura N,Ishihara K,Arakawa M,Isami A,Okazaki K,Yokoo H,Itoh K,Yoneda M,Kawamura M,Inuzuka T,Takahashi H,Nishizawa M,Onodera O,Kakita

更新日期：2014-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the predominant type of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) and recurrence risk in patients who present with a combination of lobar and deep intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)/microbleed locations (mixed ICH). METHODS:Of 391 consecutive patients with primary ICH enrolled in a prospective registry, 75 (...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pasi M,Charidimou A,Boulouis G,Auriel E,Ayres A,Schwab KM,Goldstein JN,Rosand J,Viswanathan A,Pantoni L,Greenberg SM,Gurol ME

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gingival overgrowth is an important adverse effect of phenytoin (PHT) therapy, occurring in about half of the patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of oral folic acid supplementation (0.5 mg/day) for the prevention of PHT-induced gingival overgrowth (PIGO) in children with epilepsy aged 6-15 years...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Arya R,Gulati S,Kabra M,Sahu JK,Kalra V

更新日期：2011-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the lateralization and localization of ictal EEG in focal epilepsy. METHODS:A total of 486 ictal EEG of 72 patients with focal epilepsy arising from the mesial temporal, neocortical temporal, mesial frontal, dorsolateral frontal, parietal, and occipital regions were analyzed. RESULTS:Surface ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Foldvary N,Klem G,Hammel J,Bingaman W,Najm I,Lüders H

更新日期：2001-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants in children with a first episode of acquired demyelinating syndromes (PD-ADS) of the CNS and their relationship to disease phenotype, including subsequent diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:This exploratory analysis included the initial 213 childr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Venkateswaran S,Zheng K,Sacchetti M,Gagne D,Arnold DL,Sadovnick AD,Scherer SW,Banwell B,Bar-Or A,Simon DK,Canadian Pediatric Demyelinating Disease Network.

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although small fiber neuropathy (SFN) often occurs without apparent cause, the molecular etiology of idiopathic SFN (I-SFN) has remained enigmatic. Sodium channel Na(v)1.7 is preferentially expressed within dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and sympathetic ganglion neurons and their small-diameter peripheral axons....

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Han C,Hoeijmakers JG,Ahn HS,Zhao P,Shah P,Lauria G,Gerrits MM,te Morsche RH,Dib-Hajj SD,Drenth JP,Faber CG,Merkies IS,Waxman SG

更新日期：2012-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) are found in patients with both monoclonal gammopathy and sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy but almost never in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Ninety percent of patients with anti-MAG activity also have antibodies to sulfated glucuronic acid parag...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rowland LP,Sherman WL,Hays AP,Lange DJ,Latov N,Trojaborg W,Younger DS

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical presentation of carotid artery dissection (CAD) is variable, including acute or subacute headache, cervical pain, or focal neurologic deficit that occurs spontaneously, after a high-speed neck manipulation, or trauma. Isolated lower cranial nerve palsy in carotid dissection is uncommon. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pongmoragot J,Bharatha A,Saposnik G

更新日期：2013-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) is a rare disorder characterized by recurrent attacks of hyperkinetic movements. PKD can be isolated or associated with benign infantile seizures as part of the infantile convulsions with choreoathetosis (ICCA) syndrome. Mutations in the PRRT2 gene were recently identif...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Méneret A,Grabli D,Depienne C,Gaudebout C,Picard F,Dürr A,Lagroua I,Bouteiller D,Mignot C,Doummar D,Anheim M,Tranchant C,Burbaud P,Jedynak CP,Gras D,Steschenko D,Devos D,Billette de Villemeur T,Vidailhet M,Brice A,

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00