Alexia without agraphia associated with spleniogeniculate infarction.

abstract：:The authors carried out a three-phase door-to-door survey in Atahualpa, Ecuador to assess epidemiologic and pathogenetic mechanisms of stroke. They found 10 stroke patients among 1,568 individuals aged > or =15 years (crude prevalence, 638 per 100,000). There was only one incident case (incidence, 64 per 100,000). Six...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Del Brutto OH,Idrovo L,Mosquera A,Navas C,Santibáñez R,Cuesta F,Díaz-Calderón E

更新日期：2004-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a patient with autopsy-proven Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome (HSS) and the previously unreported finding of high-density lesions in the basal ganglia on CT. The diagnosis of HSS should be considered in a patient with dystonia and basal ganglia mineralization on CT. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tennison MB,Bouldin TW,Whaley RA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Described are the clinical, EEG, MR, and genetic characteristics of 106 members of a family with autosomal dominant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and febrile seizures (FS), with 22 affected individuals. Eleven patients had a history of FS, and 10 patients had TLE. EEG showed epileptic activity in five. None had hippoca...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Depondt C,Van Paesschen W,Matthijs G,Legius E,Martens K,Demaerel P,Wilms G

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-octapeptide repeat deletion of the prion protein gene has been recently observed in a patient with a 2-year history of dementia and a clinical diagnosis of possible Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The authors report a similar deletion in a patient with a definitive diagnosis of CJD. Since the two-repeat deletio...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Capellari S,Parchi P,Wolff BD,Campbell J,Atkinson R,Posey DM,Petersen RB,Gambetti P

更新日期：2002-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether cognitive function is related to incidence of stroke. METHODS:A population-based cohort of 1551 subjects with no clinical history or signs of stroke, age 75 years and over at baseline, were followed up for 3 years. Individuals with a first-ever stroke event that was recorded in the Sto...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zhu L,Fratiglioni L,Guo Z,Winblad B,Viitanen M

更新日期：2000-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether late-life exposure to PM2.5 (particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters <2.5-µm) contributes to progressive brain atrophy predictive of Alzheimer's disease (AD) using a community-dwelling cohort of women (aged 70-89) with up to two brain MRI scans (MRI-1: 2005-6; MRI-2: 2010-11). METHOD...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Younan D,Wang X,Casanova R,Barnard R,Gaussoin SA,Saldana S,Petkus AJ,Beavers DP,Resnick SM,Manson JE,Serre ML,Vizuete W,Henderson VW,Sachs BC,Salinas JA,Gatz M,Espeland MA,Chui HC,Shumaker SA,Rapp SR,Chen JC,Wom

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of spontaneous resolution of a recently diagnosed solitary cerebral cysticercus granuloma as visualized on CT scan was prospectively studied in 210 patients presenting with seizures. The proportion of granulomas that had resolved completely at different time intervals after the index scan was 18.8% at 3 month...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rajshekhar V

更新日期：2001-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic daily headache (CDH) affects approximately 4 to 5% of the population and encompasses a number of different diagnoses, including transformed migraine, chronic tension-type headache (TTH), new-onset daily persistent headache, and hemicrania continua. Although the pathophysiology of CDH is still poorly understood...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lake AE 3rd,Saper JR

更新日期：2002-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neutralizing antibodies (NAB) to interferon beta (IFNbeta) occur in about one-third of MS patients treated with IFNbeta-1b and there is an association with a loss of clinical and MRI efficacy. However, there are no data regarding the bioavailability of IFNbeta-1b in patients with and without NAB. METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Deisenhammer F,Reindl M,Harvey J,Gasse T,Dilitz E,Berger T

更新日期：1999-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) could be useful in identifying previously undiagnosed cardiomyopathies in a cohort of patients with ischemic stroke who underwent standard etiologic investigation and to describe the type and frequency of these cardiomyopathies. METHODS:We perform...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fonseca AC,Marto JP,Pimenta D,Guimarães T,Alves PN,Inácio N,Viana-Baptista M,Pinho E Melo T,Pinto FJ,Ferro JM,Almeida AG

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic studies of PD frequently rely on family history interviews (FHI), yet the accuracy of data obtained in this way is unclear. OBJECTIVE:To assess the interinformant reliability and validity of family history information on PD in first-degree relatives of PD cases and controls. METHODS:A structured FH...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marder K,Levy G,Louis ED,Mejia-Santana H,Cote L,Andrews H,Harris J,Waters C,Ford B,Frucht S,Fahn S,Ottman R

更新日期：2003-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In polyneuropathy associated with immunoglobulin M (IgM) monoclonal gammopathy, antibodies to myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), sulfoglucuronyl paragloboside (SGPG), and sulfatide have been associated with specific clinical and electrophysiologic features. However, it is not known whether the results of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Eurelings M,Moons KG,Notermans NC,Sasker LD,De Jager AE,Wintzen AR,Wokke JH,Van den Berg LH

更新日期：2001-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We followed 18 multiple sclerosis patients clinically and with repeated brain MRIs with and without gadolinium for over 1 year. Clinical evaluations included scoring on the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and the Ambulation Index (AI) scale. There was a significant correlation between the change in EDS...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Khoury SJ,Guttmann CR,Orav EJ,Hohol MJ,Ahn SS,Hsu L,Kikinis R,Mackin GA,Jolesz FA,Weiner HL

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A veterinarian contracted rabies in the course of laboratory work with homogenates of rabid goat brain. Epidemiologic study determined a respiratory mode of transmission. After a fulminant encephalitic illness, formed rabies virions were identified in the synaptic zones of the olfactory glomeruli. Identification, isol...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Conomy JP,Leibovitz A,McCombs W,Stinson J

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have suggested a variety of factors that may be associated with the presence of hippocampal formation (HF) atrophy in patients with complex partial seizures (CPS), including a history of complex or prolonged febrile seizures (FS), age at seizure onset, and epilepsy duration. OBJECTIVE:To de...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Theodore WH,Bhatia S,Hatta J,Fazilat S,DeCarli C,Bookheimer SY,Gaillard WD

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two adult brothers became ill within 48 hours of each other, and both had severe myoglobinuria. One brother died of oliguric renal failure. The other did not have renal failure and survived. Acute influenza A infection was documented serologically and from throat washings in the surviving brother, and by isolation of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zamkoff K,Rosen N

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with arm intention tremor due to multiple sclerosis (MS) often manifest eye movement deficits, illustrating the role of infratentorial brain in both ocular and manual movement control. Our previous study showed that both the amplitude of intention tremor and eye fixational movements were greatly enh...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Feys P,Helsen W,Nuttin B,Lavrysen A,Ketelaer P,Swinnen S,Liu X

更新日期：2008-01-08 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：:Visual hallucinations (VHs) occur frequently in Parkinson's disease (PD). VHs occur more frequently in elderly patients with longer duration of illness, cognitive impairment, and sleep disturbances. The relationship between the use of antiparkinsonian drugs and VHs is complicated, but most drugs used to treat parkinso...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kulisevsky J,Roldan E

更新日期：2004-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of an APOE epsilon4 allele may be a risk factor for neuropathy severity in diabetes. The authors assessed the frequency of APOE epsilon4 in patients presenting with sensory predominant neuropathy. APOE epsilon4 frequency among patients with early diabetic neuropathy and impaired glucose tolerance-associat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zhou Z,Hoke A,Cornblath DR,Griffin JW,Polydefkis M

更新日期：2005-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between the degree of handedness and hemispheric language dominance in patients with epilepsy. METHODS:The authors examined the relationship between degree of handedness and hemispheric language dominance in 174 epilepsy surgery candidates using the intracarotid amobarbital proced...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Isaacs KL,Barr WB,Nelson PK,Devinsky O

更新日期：2006-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Since a parental sex effect has been reported in Huntington's disease, we looked to see whether a similar effect is apparent in adult (autosomal dominant) familial ALS. We analyzed the data for 145 patients, with an onset age range of 20 to 68 years and a known affected parent (AP), from 52 families described in the l...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leone M

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-year-old woman with levodopa-responsive parkinsonism complicated by motor fluctuations and generalized levodopa dyskinesia underwent bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) 7 years after symptom onset. DBS improved levodopa-responsive upper extremity bradykinesia but aggravated speech, swallowing, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tarsy D,Apetauerova D,Ryan P,Norregaard T

更新日期：2003-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a family with an extrapyramidal disorder characterized by childhood onset of lower-limb and axial dystonia, followed by parkinsonism. Dramatic response to levodopa therapy and minimal progression in adult life was seen. The family included five generations of affected members of both sexes in an autosomal d...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nygaard TG,Duvoisin RC

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is controversy over whether seizures, the most common manifestation of neonatal brain injury, may themselves damage the developing brain. OBJECTIVE:To determine if neonatal seizures are independently associated with brain injury in newborns with perinatal asphyxia. METHODS:Ninety term neonates were s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miller SP,Weiss J,Barnwell A,Ferriero DM,Latal-Hajnal B,Ferrer-Rogers A,Newton N,Partridge JC,Glidden DV,Vigneron DB,Barkovich AJ

更新日期：2002-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 60 patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease with motor and neuropsychologic tests to ascertain whether the severity of motor symptoms was associated with the degree of neuropsychologic deficity. Significant correlations were found between the severity of brady kinesia and impaired performance on tests ass...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mortimer JA,Pirozzolo FJ,Hansch EC,Webster DD

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the safety and efficacy of escalating doses of the semi-synthetic triterpenoid omaveloxolone in patients with mitochondrial myopathy. METHODS:In cohorts of 8-13, 53 participants were randomized double-blind to 12 weeks of treatment with omaveloxolone 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, or 160 mg, or placebo. O...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Madsen KL,Buch AE,Cohen BH,Falk MJ,Goldsberry A,Goldstein A,Karaa A,Koenig MK,Muraresku CC,Meyer C,O'Grady M,Scaglia F,Shieh PB,Vockley J,Zolkipli-Cunningham Z,Haller RG,Vissing J

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2), a dominantly inherited disorder, typically manifests as bilateral vestibular schwannomas and predisposes to other nervous system tumors. In this study, we present a large pedigree with a benign course of NF2 (mild Gardner type) characterized by slowly growing vestibular schwannomas but few o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sainio M,Strachan T,Blomstedt G,Salonen O,Setälä K,Palotie A,Palo J,Pyykkö I,Peltonen L,Jääskeläinen J

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess efficacy and safety of once-daily 8 or 12 mg perampanel, a noncompetitive α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid (AMPA) receptor antagonist, when added to concomitant antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in the treatment of drug-resistant partial-onset seizures. METHODS:This was a multicenter,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： French JA,Krauss GL,Biton V,Squillacote D,Yang H,Laurenza A,Kumar D,Rogawski MA

更新日期：2012-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of solitary CNS chloroma in a patient with chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL) is described. This appears to be the first reported case of intracranial chloroma in CGL without systemic blastic crisis. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lysy J,Globus M,Okon E,Polliack A,Chowers I

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00