Constitutional risk factors for focal neuropathies in patients referred for electromyography.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In multiple sclerosis (MS), disease-related factors and dysfunctional coping might favor the development of mental distress induced by COVID-19 containment measures. Aim of this study was exploring the relationship between disability, coping strategies, daily life reorganization and neuropsychiat...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Costabile T,Carotenuto A,Lavorgna L,Borriello G,Moiola L,Inglese M,Petruzzo M,Trojsi F,Ianniello A,Nozzolillo A,Cellerino M,Boffa G,Rosa L,Servillo G,Moccia M,Bonavita S,Filippi M,Lanzillo R,Brescia Morra V,Petracca

更新日期：2020-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:  Multiple sclerosis (MS) has been associated with increased mortality rates. However, influence of lifestyle parameters remains unknown, and inconsistencies exist regarding findings for causes of death. METHODS:  We conducted a population-based cohort study using the General Practice Research D...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Lalmohamed A,Bazelier MT,Van Staa TP,Uitdehaag BM,Leufkens HG,De Boer A,De Vries F

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of finding correspondence between a particular neuronal organization and a specific function of the human brain remains a central question of neuroscience. It is sometimes thought that language and music are two sides of the same intellectual coin, but research on brain-damaged patients has shown that the ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Amaducci L,Grassi E,Boller F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical outcomes of isocitrate dehydrogenase-wild-type (IDH-wt) lower-grade glioma (LGG) have been the subject of debate for some time. In this meta-analysis, we aimed to assess the prognostic values of several known genetic markers (e.g. TERT promoter mutation, H3F3A mutation, CDKN2A loss) in this tumor group. F...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Vuong HG,Tran TTK,Ngo HTT,Pham TQ,Nakazawa T,Fung KM,Hassell L,Katoh R,Kondo T

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Many patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) present swallowing difficulties. Dysphagia is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, has a profound impact on the quality of life but is under-reported by patients. The objective was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Dysphag...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Printza A,Boziki M,Bakirtzis C,Nikolaidis I,Kalaitzi M,Triaridis S,Grigoriadis N

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Approximately 9000 people in the UK are affected by Huntington's disease (HD). People with HD require ongoing health and social care support. There is a knowledge gap about costs of health and social care use associated with HD in the UK. This paper estimates the economic cost in the UK. METHODS...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Jones C,Busse M,Quinn L,Dawes H,Drew C,Kelson M,Hood K,Rosser A,Edwards RT

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Efficacy and safety data have not previously been compiled for intramuscular interferon beta-1a (IM IFNβ-1a) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) ≥ 50 years of age. We investigated the efficacy and safety of IM IFNβ-1a in patients segregated by 50 and 40 years of age in separate meta-analyses. METHODS:T...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Lampl C,You X,Limmroth V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsies are amongst the most frequent chronic neurological conditions. Patients suffer from spontaneously recurring seizures because of sudden extensive electrical gray matter discharges. Although the current drug therapy allows many patients at least some degree of a satisfying course of the disease, a substantial...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Stefan H,Steinhoff BJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosarcoidosis occurs in 5-15% of sarcoidosis cases. Approximately 50% of patients with neurosarcoidosis present with a neurological disease at the time sarcoidosis is first diagnosed. Spinal sarcoidosis is rare. We report the case of a 61-year-old man with a highly aspecific intramedullary lesion as the first manif...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Caneparo D,Lucetti C,Nuti A,Cipriani G,Tessa C,Fazzi P,Bonuccelli U

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Improved biomarkers are needed to facilitate clinical decision-making and as surrogate endpoints in clinical trials in multiple sclerosis (MS). We assessed whether neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory markers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) at initial sampling could predict disease activity durin...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Håkansson I,Tisell A,Cassel P,Blennow K,Zetterberg H,Lundberg P,Dahle C,Vrethem M,Ernerudh J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), functional disease scores are frequently used to evaluate the course of the disease and the efficacy of treatment. The aim of the present study was to propose minimal clinically important difference (MCID) values for motor scores in order to estimat...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Stolte B,Bois JM,Bolz S,Kizina K,Totzeck A,Schlag M,Kleinschnitz C,Hagenacker T

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (sALS) is a disease with a focal clinical onset and contiguous spread. We examined patterns of disease spread following symptoms onset in sALS and whether the pattern of spread predicted survival. METHODS:Review of medical records (2003-2009) at London Onta...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Gargiulo-Monachelli GM,Janota F,Bettini M,Shoesmith CL,Strong MJ,Sica RE

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Neuromelanin of the brainstem, which is considered a marker of neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD), can be detected by T1-weighted neuromelanin-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging (NM-MRI). Our aim was to investigate the NM-MRI features of de novo PD and to determine whether these feat...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Wang J,Li Y,Huang Z,Wan W,Zhang Y,Wang C,Cheng X,Ye F,Liu K,Fei G,Zeng M,Jin L

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cognitive impairment is common in Parkinson's disease (PD), even in the early stages. We aimed to assess the relationship between insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and cognitive functions in early, drug-naïve patients with PD. METHODS:Serum IGF-1 was measured in 65 early, drug-naïve patients ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Pellecchia MT,Santangelo G,Picillo M,Pivonello R,Longo K,Pivonello C,Vitale C,Amboni M,De Rosa A,Moccia M,Erro R,De Michele G,Santoro L,Colao A,Barone P

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies in aged, neurologically unimpaired subjects have pointed to a specific induction site of the pathological process of Parkinson's disease (PD) in the region of the dorsal glossopharyngeus-vagus complex as well as in the anterior olfactory nucleus. From the lower brainstem, the disease process would then ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Probst A,Bloch A,Tolnay M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The association between past stroke subtypes and recurrent stroke subtypes in non-cardiogenic stroke remains unknown. METHODS:Patients with ischaemic stroke who had a past history of large-artery disease (LAD) or small-artery disease (SAD) subtypes were assessed. LAD was subdivided into intracra...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Yoon Y,Lee DH,Kang DW,Kwon SU,Suh DC,Bang OY,Kim JS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a higher risk of stroke and atrial fibrillation (AF). There are limited data on the comorbidity of renal dysfunction and AF in stroke patients. Our aim was to determine the frequency of kidney dysfunction in ischaemic stroke patients with and withou...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Laible M,Horstmann S,Rizos T,Rauch G,Zorn M,Veltkamp R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report discusses a biopsy proven case of cerebral amyloid angiopathy, with additional prominent vascular inflammatory features, characterized by a rapidly progressive dementia and leukoencephalopathy, where the clinical and radiological abnormalities resolved rapidly with minimal therapeutic intervention. We prop...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Harkness KA,Coles A,Pohl U,Xuereb JH,Baron JC,Lennox GG

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac (123) I-metaiodobenzylguanidine ((123) I-MIBG) uptake in patients with idiopathic rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) is markedly reduced, as in Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS:We performed (123) I-MIBG scintigrams on patients with iRBD and PD. After the initial (123) I-MIBG sc...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Miyamoto T,Miyamoto M,Iwanami M,Hirata K

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is related to striatal dopamine depletion. This study was performed to confirm whether clinically probable RBD (cpRBD) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with a specific pattern of striatal dopamine depletion. METHODS:A prosp...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Chung SJ,Lee Y,Lee JJ,Lee PH,Sohn YH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently symptomatic carotid artery stenosis carries a high risk of subsequent ischaemic events and thus requires rapid treatment. We investigated the influence of the time delay between the last symptomatic event of a carotid stenosis and subsequent carotid artery stenting (CAS) with respect to the combined 30-day ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Gröschel K,Knauth M,Ernemann U,Pilgram SM,Schnaudigel S,Kastrup A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We here present the case of a patient with a sleep disturbance attributed to the exploding head syndrome, recently redefined as 'episodic cranial sensory shock'. The patient, who suffered with concomitant migraine, was treated for headache prevention with daily single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation. Following...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Puledda F,Moreno-Ajona D,Goadsby PJ

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a frequently encountered condition that can severely affect the quality of life. In this study, we aimed to assess the possible relations between serum uric acid (SUA) levels and BPPV. METHODS:Fifty patients with BPPV, and 40 age- and sex-matched co...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Celikbilek A,Gencer ZK,Saydam L,Zararsiz G,Tanik N,Ozkiris M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water drinking recently has been shown to raise blood pressure in normal subjects and in patients with autonomic failure who have orthostatic hypotension. However, in normal young subjects, ingestion of approximately 500 ml has no pressor effect; but in older subjects there is an increase in blood pressure. An even gr...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Mathias CJ,Young TM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wegener granulomatosis is a systemic vasculitis that mainly affects the upper and lower respiratory tract and the kidneys. The presence of an ischemic stroke in this disease is very rare. A 40-year-old man, smoker with cavitated lesions in both lungs, and inflammation in the nasal mucosa and vocal cords developed an i...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Jiménez Caballero PE,Segura Martín T

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Our aim was to identify early imaging surrogate markers of clinical progression in patients after the first demyelinating event suggestive of multiple sclerosis treated with weekly intramuscular interferon β-1a. In a prospective observational study, the predictive role of baseline and 6-month cha...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Uher T,Horakova D,Kalincik T,Bergsland N,Tyblova M,Ramasamy DP,Seidl Z,Vaneckova M,Krasensky J,Havrdova E,Zivadinov R

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:  Although fatigue is recognized as a common and debilitating symptom in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), little is known on how and when this symptom emerges during disease progression. The aim of the study was to explore the presence and severity of fatigue in patients with PD at the tim...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Herlofson K,Ongre SO,Enger LK,Tysnes OB,Larsen JP

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Whether the neuromelanin-positive substantia nigra pars compacta area (NM-SNc) on neuromelanin magnetic resonance imaging (NM-MRI) and the specific binding ratio (SBR) on 123 I-N-v-fluoropropyl-2b-carbomethoxy3b-(4-iodophenyl)nortropane single photon emission computed tomography (DaT-SPECT) can b...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Okuzumi A,Hatano T,Kamagata K,Hori M,Mori A,Oji Y,Taniguchi D,Daida K,Shimo Y,Yanagisawa N,Nojiri S,Aoki S,Hattori N

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Detection of occult atrial fibrillation (AF) is crucial for optimal secondary prevention in stroke patients. The AF detection rate was determined by implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) and compared to the prediction rate of the probability of incident AF by software based analysis of a continuously...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Reinke F,Bettin M,Ross LS,Kochhäuser S,Kleffner I,Ritter M,Minnerup J,Dechering D,Eckardt L,Dittrich R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depigmentation of the substantia nigra (SN) and locus coeruleus (LC) is a conspicuous pathological feature of Parkinson's disease (PD) and is related to the loss of neuromelanin, whose paramagnetic properties result in high signal on specific T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Recent studies have ...

journal_title：European journal of neurology

authors： Reimão S,Pita Lobo P,Neutel D,Correia Guedes L,Coelho M,Rosa MM,Ferreira J,Abreu D,Gonçalves N,Morgado C,Nunes RG,Campos J,Ferreira JJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00