Influence of Pre-Existing Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia on Post-Stroke Mortality. The Dijon Stroke Registry.

abstract：:Previously, we studied the effect of population ancestry on the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in US veterans of World War II, comparing by state 1980 US census ancestry data with MS case/control ratios. Here, the joint effects of population ancestry and surname-derived ethnicity on MS risk are examined in the same s...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Page WF,Mack TM,Kurtzke JF,Murphy FM,Norman JE Jr

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to studies done before 1980, the multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence rate in Italy ranged from 7.2 to 27.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. More recent work has consistently put the MS prevalence rate to over 30 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. If these recent data are confirmed in the future, Italy can no longer...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Sironi L,Mamoli A,D'Alessandro G,Camerlingo M,Bottacchi E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Austria is almost unknown. We evaluated the prevalence of MS in Austria using data from questionnaires completed by neurologists, comprising information on a total of 1,006 MS patients who attended 30 out-patient specialized clinics nationwide. Additional data were collec...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Baumhackl U,Eibl G,Ganzinger U,Hartung HP,Mamoli B,Pfeiffer KP,Fazekas F,Vass K,Austrian MS Study Committee.

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and progressively disabling inflammatory autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system. MS has a multifactorial etiology and is triggered by environmental factors in individuals with complex genetic risk profiles. The epidemiology of MS changes with the spatial and temporal dis...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Al-Afasy HH,Al-Obaidan MA,Al-Ansari YA,Al-Yatama SA,Al-Rukaibi MS,Makki NI,Suresh A,Akhtar S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of new laboratory methods and noninvasive imaging modalities has extended the diagnostic possibilities in normal individuals. This article elaborates the new options for the assessment of stroke risk offered by these techniques. In this context we present the Austrian Stroke Prevention Study, which is the f...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Schmidt R,Lechner H,Fazekas F,Niederkorn K,Reinhart B,Grieshofer P,Horner S,Offenbacher H,Koch M,Eber B

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most available data on the prognosis of epileptic seizures come from hospital-based clinics in which patients with chronic or severe disease are over-represented. The National General Practice Study of Epilepsy and Epileptic Seizures is a large prospective community-based study of people with newly diagnosed seizures ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Hart YM,Sander JW,Sharvon SD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is a time series analysis of the utilization of L-dopa derivatives (LDD) and bromocriptine by parkinsonism (PA) patients and of the age-specific PA prevalences estimated by using a previously reported model. The model combines information on LDD sales, infant mortality rates (IMR) and demographic data for S...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： de Pedro J,Rosenqvist U

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While some personality traits may reduce risk of dementia, this is controversial and has not been studied as much among diverse populations. We examined associations between 2 traits - Conscientiousness and Openness to Experience - and risk of dementia among black and white older adults. METHODS:We studied ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kaup AR,Harmell AL,Yaffe K

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Gypsies and Caucasians in Bulgaria. Cases were ascertained by examination in a clinic, a screening questionnaire and a door-to-door survey in a region of Sofia, Bulgaria. The prevalence of PD in the Gypsies was found to be 16/100,000 based on 1 case compared to ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Milanov I,Kmetski TS,Lyons KE,Koller WC

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports of declining trends in mortality rates from cerebrovascular disease are based on underlying cause of death as stated on the death certificate, and may contain inaccuracies because death certificates are often completed without reference to all information in medical records, and because of changes in co...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Garland FC,Lilienfeld AM,Garland CF

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the effect of medical record use on figures for the incidence of dementia and the effect of apolipoprotein E (APOE) polymorphism on this incidence and neuropathologically defined Alzheimer's disease (AD) in very elderly individuals. METHODS:Cognitive functions were examined in a cohort of 328 (92% of ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Polvikoski T,Sulkava R,Rastas S,Sutela A,Niinistö L,Notkola IL,Verkkoniemi A,Viramo P,Juva K,Haltia M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic association studies conducted in admixed populations may be confounded by population stratification resulting in spurious associations. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the presence and effect of population stratification in a case-control study of brain arteriovenous malformation (BA...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kim H,Hysi PG,Pawlikowska L,Choudhry S,González Burchard E,Kwok PY,Sidney S,McCulloch CE,Young WL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of our study was to determine the incidence of stroke, case-fatality rate and disability at 1 year in the Valley of Aosta (Italy) in the years 2004 and 2005. All suspected strokes occurring between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2005, in the resident population of the Valley of Aosta were identified acc...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Corso G,Bottacchi E,Giardini G,De la Pierre F,Meloni T,Pesenti Campagnoni M,Ponzetti C,Veronese Morosini M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the middle of this century, a remarkable concentration of cases of neurodegenerative disease(s), referred to as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson-dementia complex (ALS/PDC), has been recognized among Chamorro natives of Guam. Intense investigations over the last 4 decades have failed to determine the e...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Wiederholt WC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In neuroepidemiologic research, there are many pitfalls to trap unwary investigators, whether the project is a survey, a case-control study, or some other type of study. We briefly discuss pitfalls relating to: research preliminaries (e.g., failure to decide on study objectives); personnel and training (e.g., deficien...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Anderson DW,Rocca WA,Rosário JA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence rate for primary intracranial neoplasms in the province of Trento (Italy) is 8.5/100,000/year, but the figures in the eleven administrative units ('comprensori') are different. The increased rates in C6 Val di Non and C10 Vallagarina are mainly due to the number of malignant tumors in the 45- to 64-year-...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Ferrari G,Lovaste MG

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brain tumours (BT) are one of the most frequent tumour types in young people, although little is known about their risk factors. OBJECTIVE:The objective of the current work was to review and summarize the scientific literature concerning exposure to environmental factors and BT risk in young people (<25 yea...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Zumel-Marne A,Castano-Vinyals G,Kundi M,Alguacil J,Cardis E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge of the prevalence of spinal cord disorders (SCD) is important to understand specific causes in each part of the worldand to allow to potentially adapt health care and public policy including law enforcement to the main causes. SCD have important personal, biopsychological, socio-economic, short-term and ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： El Tallawy HN,Farghly WM,Badry R,Rageh TA,Hakeem Metwally NA,Shehata GA,Sayd MA,Hamed Y,Kandil MR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between hepatitis B (HB) vaccination and a first central nervous system (CNS) demyelinating event in adults. METHODS:In 1998, we conducted a multicentre, hospital-based case-control study which enrolled 402 cases of first CNS demyelinating event occurring between 1994 and 1995...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Touzé E,Fourrier A,Rue-Fenouche C,Rondé-Oustau V,Jeantaud I,Bégaud B,Alpérovitch A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality rates from motor neuron disease (MND) in Spain were analysed for the years 1960-1989, a period in which 3,530 deaths were recorded from the disease and during which the crude annual mortality rate ranged between 0.35 and 0.95 deaths per 100,000 persons. Whilst the crude mortality rate fell by 54% during the ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Neilson S,Robinson I,de Pedro-Cuesta J,Veiga-Cabo J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the prevalence of essential tremor (ET) in two Spanish populations (Irun and Hondarribia, Bidasoa region) and to compare the results with those of similar surveys. METHODS:The survey included 2,000 participants aged 65 years or older in a door-to-door, two-phase design. ET was defined as postural ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Bergareche A,De La Puente E,López De Munain A,Sarasqueta C,De Arce A,Poza JJ,Martí-Massó JF

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases are age-related degenerative disorders that share common clinical, pathological and biochemical features. Epidemiological studies demonstrate a similar distribution of the disease in place and time. Causes of death and populations at higher risk are similar. These findings suggest ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Treves TA,Chandra V,Korczyn AD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:The high prevalence of epilepsy detected in rural Tanzania by Dr. Jilek-Aall since 1960, was verified by the World Health Organization (WHO) survey on neurological and seizure disorders. Neurologists and psychiatrists further interviewed both patients and controls using standard methods. The pres...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Matuja WB,Kilonzo G,Mbena P,Mwango'mbola RL,Wong P,Goodfellow P,Jilek-Aall L

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple sclerosis (MS) mortality 1968-1977 in France, as reported by Alpérovitch and Bouvier, was tested for a possible correlation with a number of sociogeographic variables from relevant periods. The MS rate was associated with the main industry groups (metal processing and textile industry), with industry as a...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Lauer K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited epidemiological data exist about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the United States (US). The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry maintains the National ALS Registry and funded state and metropolitan surveillance projects to obtain reliable, timely information about ALS in defined ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Jordan H,Fagliano J,Rechtman L,Lefkowitz D,Kaye W

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the current status and use of virtual reality (VR) for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism and cerebral palsy. This literature review explores how VR systems have been used as treatment tools to address the primary impairments of these disorders. Three major classe...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Wang M,Reid D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies conducted in hospital emergency departments have shown that most patients delay in responding to stroke symptoms. In the general population, recognition of stroke and the appropriate reactions are important for prevention and acute treatment, particularly in areas with a high stroke incidence...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Moreira E,Correia M,Magalhães R,Silva MC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Central/Eastern European countries, cerebrovascular diseases are among the leading causes of mortality. We aimed to determine the incidence of first-ever stroke (FES) in the north-western part of Croatia. METHODS:A population-based prospective incidence study was conducted between July 1, 2007, and June ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Pikija S,Cvetko D,Malojčić B,Trkanjec Z,Pavliček I,Lukić A,Kopjar A,Hajduk M,Andrović A,Bilić-Genter M,Trkulja V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prevalence and incidence rates of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) are required to determine the impact of CIDP on society. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and incidence of CIDP worldwide and to determine the effect of diagnostic criteria on prevalence and incidence. METH...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Broers MC,Bunschoten C,Nieboer D,Lingsma HF,Jacobs BC

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the incidence and prevalence of neurological conditions are important methods of quantifying the burden and risk of disease. METHODS:The rigorous methodology required in order to minimize publication bias, account for study heterogeneity, and variation in study qualit...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Fiest KM,Pringsheim T,Patten SB,Svenson LW,Jetté N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00