How did stroke become of interest to neurologists?: a slow 19th century saga.

abstract：:Although a neuromuscular syndrome has been induced experimentally by vitamin E deficiency, a human syndrome has not yet been documented. This report describes a 7-year-old boy with severe malabsorption since birth who presented with progressive external ophthalmoplegia, proximal muscle weakness, peripheral neuropathy,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tomasi LG

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed our experience with cough, exertional, and vascular sexual headaches, evaluated the interrelationships among them, and examined the possible symptomatic cases. Seventy-two patients consulted us because of headaches precipitated by coughing (n = 30), physical exercise (n = 28), or sexual excitement (n = 14)...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pascual J,Iglesias F,Oterino A,Vázquez-Barquero A,Berciano J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a multicenter prospective study on the incidence and prognosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in the Emilia-Romagna region (3,909,512 inhabitants), Italy, over a 2-year period (1992-1993). The case finding method was based on a surveillance system including neurologic departments, all private and public...

journal_title：Neurology

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更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between age-related memory decline and hippocampal anatomic changes is a matter of debate. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relationship between age-related memory decline and MRI hippocampal anatomic changes in a cohort of healthy individuals. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, 76 health...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Carlesimo GA,Cherubini A,Caltagirone C,Spalletta G

更新日期：2010-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 35 patients with nonseptic cardiogenic cerebral emboli. In 28 cases, there was sudden onset with maximal neurologic deficit within 1 hour; in 7 cases, there was progression in 24 hours. In six cases, neurologic abnormality worsened in the first week after an initial period of stabilization. CT showed eviden...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weisberg LA

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is uncertain whether patients with cardioembolic stroke and without a guidance-based indication for statin therapy should be administered a statin for prevention of subsequent vascular events. This study was performed to determine whether the statin therapy is beneficial in preventing major vascular events...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Park HK,Lee JS,Hong KS,Cho YJ,Park JM,Kang K,Lee SJ,Kim JG,Cha JK,Kim DH,Nah HW,Han MK,Kim BJ,Park TH,Park SS,Lee KB,Lee J,Lee BC,Yu KH,Oh MS,Kim JT,Choi KH,Kim DE,Ryu WS,Choi JC,Kwon JH,Kim WJ,Shin

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In 11 patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and 11 patients with chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP), absent myotatic reflexes were significantly associated more often with CIDP than with CIAP, an absent biceps-reflex having the highest sensitivity and specificity for the d...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van Dijk GW,Wokke JH,Notermans NC,van Gijn J,Franssen H

更新日期：1999-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Three neuropathologists evaluated brain sections from 43 aged subjects for the presence of Alzheimer's disease. Moderate-to-substantial agreement was obtained. After discussion of disparate diagnoses, agreement was almost perfect for standardized and substantial for personal criteria. We conclude that reproducibility ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Paulus W,Bancher C,Jellinger K

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbamazepine was compared with phenytoin in a double-blind study. Of 87 patients, data on 70 patients were complete and used for analysis. Thirty-five patients were treated with each drug. The incidence of major side effects, minor side effects, and complete control (85%) was the same in both groups. A mild but signi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ramsay RE,Wilder BJ,Berger JR,Bruni J

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pigmented orthochromatic leukodystrophy (POLD) and hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids (HDLS) are rare neurodegenerative disorders characterized by cerebral white matter abnormalities, myelin loss, and axonal swellings. The striking overlap of clinical and pathologic features of these...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nicholson AM,Baker MC,Finch NA,Rutherford NJ,Wider C,Graff-Radford NR,Nelson PT,Clark HB,Wszolek ZK,Dickson DW,Knopman DS,Rademakers R

更新日期：2013-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of and to identify epidemiologic, genetic, electrophysiologic, and neuroanatomic risk factors for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in a cohort of patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). METHODS:A total of 103 patients with TSC were evaluated for A...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Numis AL,Major P,Montenegro MA,Muzykewicz DA,Pulsifer MB,Thiele EA

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a new familial association of late-onset dementia, patchy leukoencephalopathy, intracerebral hemorrhages, bilateral occipital calcifications (BOC), and external carotid artery dysplasia (ECAD). METHODS:At age 62, the proband, who was of Spanish descent, had left temporal hemorrhage in a backgroun...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Iglesias S,Chapon F,Baron JC

更新日期：2000-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 50 years, there have been many improvements in therapy for individuals with neurologic disorders. Simultaneously, the complexity and cost of care have increased. The delivery of neurologic services is inefficient. The needs of both patients and neurologists are not being optimally addressed. Although gre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ringel SP

更新日期：2015-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Article abstract-The authors analyzed whether the pituitary gland enlarges in intracranial hypotension syndrome by studying 11 consecutive patients. Initial MRI scans showed pituitary gland enlargement with a convex superior margin. Follow-up MRI studies revealed that the size of the gland invariably diminished in all...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Alvarez-Linera J,Escribano J,Benito-León J,Porta-Etessam J,Rovira A

更新日期：2000-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 74-year-old woman with opsoclonus, myoclonus, ataxia, and encephalopathy who had small-cell lung cancer and high titers of anti-Hu antibody in her serum. At autopsy, there were perivascular inflammatory infiltrates in the brainstem, putamen, and meninges overlying the orbital frontal cortex. Immunohistoche...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hersh B,Dalmau J,Dangond F,Gultekin S,Geller E,Wen PY

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review adjunctive ketogenic diet (KD) and modified Atkins diet (MAD) treatment of refractory epilepsy in adults. Only a few studies have been published, all open-label. Because of the disparate, uncontrolled nature of the studies, we analyzed all studies individually, without a meta-analysis. Across all studies, 32...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Klein P,Tyrlikova I,Mathews GC

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the minimum incidence and minimum prevalence rates of small-fiber neuropathy (SFN) in a well-defined region in the southern part of the Netherlands. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study with retrospective data collection, we used data of patients diagnosed with pure SFN at our Small Fiber Neuro...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Peters MJ,Bakkers M,Merkies IS,Hoeijmakers JG,van Raak EP,Faber CG

更新日期：2013-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to clarify the characteristic brain MRI findings for genetically diagnosed CARASIL (cerebral autosomal recessive arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy). METHODS:Seven patients with CARASIL carrying HTRA1 mutations (representing 6 Japanese families) we...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nozaki H,Sekine Y,Fukutake T,Nishimoto Y,Shimoe Y,Shirata A,Yanagawa S,Hirayama M,Tamura M,Nishizawa M,Onodera O

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether comorbidity is associated with clinical (relapses, disability worsening) and MRI outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS) by conducting a secondary analysis of the CombiRx clinical trial. METHODS:CombiRx compared interferon beta-1a, glatiramer acetate, and the combination of these agents. For...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Salter A,Kowalec K,Fitzgerald KC,Cutter G,Marrie RA

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate, examine the internal validity, and adapt to children the electronic version of the composite cerebellar functional severity (CCFS) score. METHODS:In this multicenter study, we compared the validated manual device with the new electronic version (n = 46) and analyzed its kinetics in 146 patients ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Filipovic Pierucci A,Mariotti C,Panzeri M,Giunti P,Boesch S,Schulz JB,Pandolfo M,Durr A,Tezenas du Montcel S,EFACTS Study Group.

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The disease locus for the clinically heterogeneous childhood spinal muscular atrophies (SMA) maps to the chromosome 5 subregion, 5q11.2-13.3. The beta-subunit of beta-D-N-acetylhexosaminidase (hexosaminidase) (EC 3.2.1.52) (Hex B) maps to the same region, and the protein required for substrate recognition by this enzy...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kleyn PW,Brzustowicz LM,Wilhelmsen KC,Freimer NB,Miller JM,Munsat TL,Gilliam TC

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five men with degenerative neuromuscular diseases (three with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS] and two with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy [DMD]) who had respiratory failure were treated with intermittent negative pressure ventilation (NPV). One patient with ALS in severe acute respiratory failure was successfully t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Braun SR,Sufit RL,Giovannoni R,O'Connor M,Peters H

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracarotid amobarbital test (IAT) is used to lateralize language function and assess hemispheric memory. In this study 23 non-lesional epileptic patients were evaluated. The magnitude of the difference in IAT scores between the two hemispheres was significantly greater in the patients whose seizures lateralized ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Swearer JM,Kane KJ,Phillips CA,Weaver JP,Anderson TD,Lavoie MS

更新日期：1999-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Retarded mental and motor development was observed during the first year of life of a full-term female who had been delivered with difficulty. Generalized psychomotor seizures and dysplastic "acromegalic" facial changes began to develop when she was 8 years old, and generalized amyotrophy developed over the next sever...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Landau WM,Torack RM,Guggenheim MA

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 2 HIV-seropositive patients with neurosyphilis whose initial CSF VDRL tests were negative. The CSF VDRL became positive after 12 days of IV penicillin treatment for syphilitic meningitis in the 1st patient. The 2nd patient developed syphilitic polyradiculopathy and a positive CSF VDRL 3 months after treatmen...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Feraru ER,Aronow HA,Lipton RB

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to assess the relation of retinal microvascular signs and incident stroke and stroke mortality in an older population. METHODS:The authors took retinal photographs on baseline participants (3,654 patients aged 49+ years) of the Blue Mountains Eye Study (1992 to 1994). They asses...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mitchell P,Wang JJ,Wong TY,Smith W,Klein R,Leeder SR

更新日期：2005-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:High plasma levels of 3-O-methyldopa (OMD) were found in parkinsonian patients chronically treated with levodopa, particularly in those with on-off phenomenon. However, no relation could be established between circulating levels of the levodopa metabolite and the presence of motor response fluctuations at any stage of...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fabbrini G,Juncos JL,Mouradian MM,Serrati C,Chase TN

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated if tau, microtubular binding protein, in serum and ventricular CSF (vCSF) in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) during the initial posttraumatic days correlated to 1-year outcome. METHODS:Patients with severe TBI (n = 39, Glasgow Coma Scale score

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ost M,Nylén K,Csajbok L,Ohrfelt AO,Tullberg M,Wikkelsö C,Nellgård P,Rosengren L,Blennow K,Nellgård B

更新日期：2006-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied two patients with Meige syndrome who developed alpha-methyldopa-induced parkinsonism. Opposite responses of parkinsonian and dystonic symptoms to antiparkinson drugs in some cases suggest a functionally reciprocal relationship between these disorders. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sechi GP,Demontis G,Rosati G

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred thirty-nine patients with Bell palsy were randomly distributed into prednisone-treated and control groups. Patients were followed until complete recovery or for 1 year. In the steroid-treated and control groups, respectively, incomplete recovery of facial strength occurred in 12 percent and 20 percent; mot...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wolf SM,Wagner JH,Davidson S,Forsythe A

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00