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abstract：:Eclampsia continues to be a significant cause of maternal and fetal death throughout the world. Neurologists have a specific role to play in the diagnosis and management of patients who have eclampsia, especially those who have recurrent seizures, raised intracranial pressure, and coma. Postpartum patients may be admi...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Kaplan PW

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic and mitochondrial myopathies encompass a heterogeneous group of disorders that result in impaired energy production in skeletal muscle. Symptoms of premature muscle fatigue, sometimes leading to myalgia, rhabdomyolysis, and myoglobinuria, typically occur with exercise that would normally depend on the defect...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Sharp LJ,Haller RG

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of disorders with recent evidence demonstrating differences in clinical features, pathologic changes, pathogenesis, and response to therapy. The inflammatory myopathies generally produce predominantly proximal, symmetric muscle weakness and wasting. Additional crit...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Kingston WJ,Moxley RT 3rd

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury is a common and complex clinical entity that deserves better and continued research on interventions and initial treatment postinjury. Current medical management of traumatic brain injury is articulated on minimizing secondary injury by optimizing cerebral perfusion and oxygenation and preventin...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Ling GS,Marshall SA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this series of clinical vignettes, the authors have attempted to provide a "feel" for the varied causes of syncope. The neurologist should be able to diagnose most causes of syncope using a simple algorithmic approach. Initial evaluation includes detailed clinical history, physical examination, and 12-lead ECG. Fol...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Schondorf R,Shen WK

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many abnormalities of the orbit present with neuro-ophthalmic findings, such as impaired ocular motility or alignment, and sensory changes, including optic neuropathy. Comprehensive coverage of all orbital diseases is beyond the scope of this article. This review focuses on diagnosis and management of the most common ...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Chang JR,Gruener AM,McCulley TJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review explores the principle features of the immunopathology of multiple sclerosis (MS), particularly relapsing-remitting MS. It highlights the emerging concepts in the pathogenesis of MS in the context of known features of pathology, including the characterization of cytokine networks promoting inflammatory dam...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Wu GF,Alvarez E

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CTS is a clinically defined syndrome; however, there is value added by an evidence-based electrodiagnostic approach to (1) efficiently confirm the diagnosis (particularly before invasive interventions), (2) to identify neurogenic mimickers or superimposed processes that may influence the response to treatment, and (3)...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Watson JC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selecting appropriate laboratory tests in diagnosing peripheral neuropathies is important because it increases the yield of correct diagnoses and is cost effective. A large number of tests are available. This article provides a guide to selecting appropriate tests and reviews the clinical situations that suggest speci...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Griffin JW,Hsieh ST,McArthur JC,Cornblath DR

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, diseases affecting the motor unit had been subdivided based on anatomic criteria into diseases of the anterior horn cell, the peripheral nerve, the neuromuscular junction, and the muscle itself. For therapeutic considerations, however, a more precise cellular and clinicopathologic characterization of th...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Dalakas M

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the most common solid tumors in children and comprise 15% to 20% of all malignancies in children. Presentation, symptoms, and signs depend on tumor location and age of the patient at the time of diagnosis. This article summarizes the common childhood CNS tumors, presen...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Udaka YT,Packer RJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article concentrates primarily on infections of viral origin, although numerous microorganisms can infect the fetal and newborn brain (see Tables 1 and 2). Intrauterine infections occur most often for HIV, CMV and rubella, whereas HSV is preferentially transmitted intrapartum. In the last decade, changes in the e...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Griffith BP,Booss J

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients who have endured a stroke sustain behavioral changes, although in many instances these effects can be subtle. Although behavioral changes after a stroke tend to improve, they may persist and have serious effects on daily living activities. This article reviews the more familiar behavioral changes that fo...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Mark VW

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum toxin therapy has emerged as a treatment modality for a variety of spastic- or contracture-related muscle diseases. Its safety has been proven for long-term use in the treatment of benign essential blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm, and certain types of strabismus. Recent approval from the Federal Drug Adminis...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Savino PJ,Maus M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We believe that our present understanding of these syndromes is insufficient to separate CIDP from MMN clearly and consider MMN to be a remarkably multifocal, predominantly motor variant of CIDP with the very unusual electrophysiologic feature of conduction block confined to motor axons. Further studies are clearly ne...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Parry GJ,Sumner AJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain metastases are a common complication of cancer and alter patient management more than metastases at any other site of distant progression. Supportive therapies include steroids and antiseizure medications. Definitive treatments include radiation therapy, surgery, and chemotherapy. The optimal choice of treatment...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Nguyen TD,DeAngelis LM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve agents cause a rapidly fatal cholinergic crisis, but rapid, appropriate antidotal treatment saves lives. Survivors of nerve-agent poisoning generally are healthy, unlike survivors of some other chemical agent attacks. Neurologists can assist first responders and mass casualty planners materially by serving as re...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Newmark J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spine trauma is a devastating clinical condition that affects many people annually on a worldwide basis. Management of spinal trauma has become much more surgically oriented with advances in stabilization techniques over the past two decades. The degree of injury to the spinal cord dictates the prognosis of the patien...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Zhang S,Wadhwa R,Haydel J,Toms J,Johnson K,Guthikonda B

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an antibody-mediated muscle disease in which any skeletal muscle can be affected. MG may produce numerous symptoms and signs. To doctors and patients, it may seem like lung disease, stroke, heart disease, or the effects of emotional stress. This article explores the "territory" between MG and...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Hopkins LC

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MS has certain salient morphologic features that distinguish it from other disorders of white matter and that may represent points of departure for investigation. ...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Powell HC,Lampert PW

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic testing is of limited value among patients with migraine who present to an emergency department. Various nonopioid, disease-specific treatments are available for patients who present to an emergency department with migraine headache and associated features. Emergency physicians should recognize that the acu...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Friedman BW

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There should be a collaborative evaluation of a child with apparent learning disabilities. This article describes what the neurologist can expect from the other disciplines and how the services can be coordinated, using either the multidisciplinary services of a clinic or comprehensive assessment by a private practiti...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Schimschock JR,Milford-Cooley M,Cooley N

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nosology of dementia has evolved from the simple distinctions between senility, degenerative dementia, and vascular insults that existed a few decades ago. The differentiation of normal cognitive aging from very mild dementia has sharpened considerably; however, appreciation of the heterogeneity of Alzheimer's dis...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Morris JC

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neoplastic meningitis appears to be increasing in frequency with improvements in the treatment of many cancers. It is most often recognized in patients with leukemia, breast cancer, lymphomas, and small-cell cancer of the lung, although it may be seen with virtually any malignancy. Treatment should include intrathecal...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Grossman SA,Moynihan TJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SEPs may be recorded over the spine and scalp to stimulation of any accessible mixed or sensory nerve in the extremities. SEP abnormalities are useful in detecting lesions in central somatosensory pathways. They do not establish a specific diagnosis, but they may suggest or support a diagnosis made on clinical grounds...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Aminoff MJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oldest-old represent the fastest growing segment of society, and the risk of developing dementia continues to increase with advancing age into the 9th and 10th decades of life. The most common form of dementia in the oldest-old is Alzheimer disease (AD), although there are often mixed pathologies contributing to d...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Pierce AL,Bullain SS,Kawas CH

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with TIA or ischemic stroke of noncardiac origin antiplatelet drugs are able to decrease the risk of stroke by 11-15%, and the risk of stroke, MI, and vascular death by 15-22%, but not mortality. Low doses of aspirin (50-325 mg) are as effective as high doses and cause less gastrointestinal side effects. S...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Diener HC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses are a frequent cause of encephalitis. Common or important viruses causing encephalitis include herpesviruses, arboviruses, enteroviruses, parechoviruses, mumps, measles, rabies, Ebola, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, and henipaviruses. Other viruses may cause an encephalopathy. Host factors and clinical fe...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Venkatesan A,Murphy OC

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reasonable clinical approach to the patient who has low back pain includes a search for any of the red flags that would prompt consideration of additional diagnostic testing for serious underlying disease. The common patterns of back pain would be explored in an effort to categorize the patient's symptoms and to b...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Swenson R

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout pregnancy and the puerperium, a variety of hormonal and physiologic changes occur that are associated with pregnancy-specific neurologic conditions, which may also influence known preexisting medical conditions or bring previously unknown neurologic conditions to clinical attention. This article reviews the...

journal_title：Neurologic clinics

authors： Delfyett WT,Fetzer DT

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00