A further study on the prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Sicily: Caltanissetta city.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effectiveness and safety/tolerability of eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) in patients included in the Euro-Esli study who had focal seizures associated with post-stroke epilepsy (PSE). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Euro-Esli was a pooled analysis of 14 European clinical practice studies. Effectiveness as...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sales F,Chaves J,McMurray R,Loureiro R,Fernandes H,Villanueva V

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cystatin C (CysC) is associated with many neurodegenerative disorders and autoimmune diseases, but its relationship with anti-N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis is unknown. METHODS:Serum levels of CysC were determined in 66 patients with anti-NMDAR encephalitis and 115 healthy controls....

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Shu Y,Chang Y,Wu H,Li J,Cao B,Sun X,Wang J,Peng L,Hu X,Yu X,Qiu W

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus (SE) describes an enduring epileptic state during which seizures are unremitting and tend to be self-perpetuating. We describe the clinical phases of generalized convulsive SE, impending SE, established SE, and subtle SE. We discuss the physiological and biochemical cascades which characterize self-...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Chen JW,Naylor DE,Wasterlain CG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of metabolic abnormalities in the development of diabetic neuropathy is controversial. To investigate the peripheral nerve function and the influence of hyperglycemia on nerve conduction in insulin-dependent diabetes, a one-year neurophysiological study was carried out in 30 type 1 diabetic patients ranging i...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Meli F,Cardella F,Raimondo D,Modica A,Muscarella A,Fierro B

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) has considerable impact on patients and society. However, long-term studies on PSCI are scarce and may be influenced by assessment methods and selection bias. We aimed to (i) assess the prevalence of long-term PSCI; (ii) compare two common cognitive assessment instrume...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Delavaran H,Jönsson AC,Lövkvist H,Iwarsson S,Elmståhl S,Norrving B,Lindgren A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an acute monophasic inflammatory and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) occurring days to weeks after a virus infection or vaccination. Nephropathia epidemica (NE) is a haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by Puumala virus, with endemic reg...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Toivanen AL,Valanne L,Tatlisumak T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We used an electrical conditioning stimulation followed by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to facilitate the occurrence of long latency potentials (LLPs) in order to study the relationship between primary motor evoked potentials (MEPs) and LLPs in the lower limbs. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study gro...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Chen JT,Chen CC,Kao KP,Wu ZA,Liao KK

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The quality-of-life (QoL) perception by Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and their caregivers (CG) has not been studied in depth. OBJECTIVE:To examine patient/proxy agreements on the PD QoL Questionnaire (PDQ-39), the Scale of Quality of Life of Care-Givers (SQLC) and the Multidimensional Caregiver Strain ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Balash Y,Korczyn AD,Knaani J,Migirov AA,Gurevich T

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to transcode integers from ideographic to alphabetic script was assessed in patients with dementia of Alzheimer type. Eleven of 13 consecutive patients made characteristic errors of intrusion. We propose that this may be a simple bedside test for dementia. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Tegnér R,Nybäck H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP) is often performed to aid diagnosis of hydrocephalus. This review discusses analysis of ICP and its components' for the investigation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics. The role of pulse, slow and respiratory waveforms of ICP in diagnosis, prognostication and man...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kasprowicz M,Lalou DA,Czosnyka M,Garnett M,Czosnyka Z

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Comprehensive epidemiologic data for multiple sclerosis (MS) in Spain are limited. The aim of this study was to collect epidemiologic data on MS in the Northern Seville District of Spain. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This longitudinal study identified possible MS cases every year from nine centres between 1 Januar...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Izquierdo G,Venegas A,Sanabria C,Navarro G

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little is known about the frequency of abnormal visually evoked potentials (VEPs) in patients with respiratory chain disorders (RCDs). We thus wanted to investigate the frequency of abnormal VEPs in RCDs, how often VEPs are abnormal despite normal visual acuity, and which of the VEP variables are most often ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Finsterer J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three consecutive patients with hemifacial spasm were studied. Magnetic resonance imaging angiography of the brain was performed in 20 patients and 15 controls. The angiograms were evaluated by two independent observers and blinded for side-location of the spasm. Contact between an artery from the vertebrobasil...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jespersen JH,Dupont E,Gelineck J,Lundorf E

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP)-values in the acute phase of stroke and the risk of further fatal and non-fatal ischemic events. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We analysed 462 consecutive incident ischemic strokes. Patients were divided into two subgroups on the basis of a CRP cut-o...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Corso G,Bottacchi E,Brusa A,Benedetto MD,Giardini G,Lia C,Reggiani M,Veronese Morosini M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is characterized in polysomnography by recurrent airflow obstruction during sleep. The underlying pathogenic mechanisms of neuropsychological and cerebrovascular events in patients with OSAS have not been clarified unequivocally. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Case-control st...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jiménez Caballero PE,Coloma Navarro R,Segura Martín T,Ayo Martín O

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We showed previously that temporal low-voltage irregular delta waves (TLID) on EEG are indicative of cerebrovascular dysfunction in its early stages. The present study was designed to determine whether the incidence of this finding is elevated in diabetics as compared to normal controls. METHODS:EEGs of 50 ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Inui K,Sannan H,Ota H,Uji Y,Nomura S,Kaige H,Kitayama I,Nomura J

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if visual hallucinations in patients with Parkinson's disease are associated with an increased prevalence of white matter lesions. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifteen patients with (group 1) and 15 patients without (group 2) a history of visual hallucinations were studied. Both groups were matched for...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kraft E,Winkelmann J,Trenkwalder C,Auer DP

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:For patients with medication refractory medial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), surgery offers the hope of a cure. However, up to 30% of patients with MTLE continue to experience disabling seizures after surgery. The reasons why some patients do not achieve seizure freedom are poorly understood. A promising the...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Breedlove J,Nesland T,Vandergrift WA 3rd,Betting LE,Bonilha L

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (MuSK) antibody-positive myasthenia gravis (MG) patients show various responses to conventional immunosuppressive treatment and some patients are resistant to these therapies. We report a 50-year-old Japanese man with anti-MuSK antibody-positive MG, who showed no or poor r...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Shibata-Hamaguchi A,Samuraki M,Furui E,Iwasa K,Yoshikawa H,Hayashi S,Yamada M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:POEMS or Crow-Fukase syndrome is a multisystemic, clinically malignant disorder of obscure etiology. Peripheral neuropathy and plasma cell dyscrasia are central features. The authors now report 7 Chinese patients with this syndrome in which PCD or paraproteinemia were absent in 6, and 2 had a lymph node histology rese...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Thajeb P,Chee CY,Lo SF,Lee N

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brivaracetam (BRV) is a new antiseizure medication (ASM) that is currently approved for adjunctive treatment in patients with focal onset seizures. Similarly to levetiracetam (LEV), BRV works by binding SV2A vesicles with a high affinity and a linear pharmacokinetic profile. Retrospective studies and randomized clinic...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Verrotti A,Grasso EA,Cacciatore M,Matricardi S,Striano P

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from some patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been demonstrated to significantly reduce the neuronal viability of primary cell cultures of motor neurons. We aimed to study the potential clinical consequences associated with the cytotoxicity of CSF in a cohort of pa...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Galán L,Matías-Guiu J,Matias-Guiu JA,Yáñez M,Pytel V,Guerrero-Sola A,Vela-Souto A,Arranz-Tagarro JA,Gómez-Pinedo U,García AG

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present clinical and virological data on 9 patients, 7 women and 2 men aged 31-56 years, with recurrent aseptic meningitis (Mollaret's meningitis). Polymerase chain reaction detected Herpes simplex virus type 2 DNA in cerebrospinal fluid samples from all patients collected during their latest attacks of meningitis....

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jensenius M,Myrvang B,Størvold G,Bucher A,Hellum KB,Bruu AL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first case of benign IgAK monoclonal gammopathy associated with peripheral neuropathy is described. Dysautonomia is an unusual, yet prominent, manifestation of neuropathy in this patient. Electrodiagnostic testing and nerve biopsy were compatible with demyelination and axonal loss. Myelin sheath, perineural, and e...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bailey RO,Ritaccio AL,Bishop MB,Wu AY

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 20 subjects with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS) and a group of healthy controls were compared as to their cognitive performance. Subjects with ACAS showed substantial deficits on tasks of mental speed, learning, visuospatial abilities, verbal processing and deductive reasoning. The cognitive pr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Benke T,Neussl D,Aichner F

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) family with a manifesting carrier. Proximal muscle weakness, pseudohypertrophy of the calves, significantly elevated serum creatine kinase and dystrophic alterations in the muscle biopsy were the characteristic phenotypical features of this manifesting carrier. The recombin...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ionasescu VV,Searby CC,Ionasescu R

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible association of 7 HLA specificities in the HLA-A locus and 16 specificities in the HLA-B locus with susceptibility to Parkinsonian syndrome was investigated in a total of 36 patients with paralysis agitans (PA), as well as in 11 patients with other Parkinsonian syndromes, and 176 controls in Japan. There w...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Takagi S,Shinohara Y,Tsuji K

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young woman with firm evidence of early multiple sclerosis (MS), who had never had measles, developed a clinically and serologically evident measles infection. Follow-up 1 year later confirmed the MS diagnosis. Thus, if measles can have a causal role in MS, it is probably not the only agent with this ability. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ryberg B

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared orosomucoid levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in patients with aseptic meningitis, multiple sclerosis, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, CNS-affecting leukemia/lymphoma, and CNS-tumor with the levels in a reference group not having neurologic diseases. Because of possible blood brain barrier damage, we co...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Vrethem M,Ohman S,von Schenck H,Forsberg P,Olsson JE

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe clinical, electrophysiological and genetic data of five unrelated Sicilian pedigrees harbouring a heterozygous Ser78Leu mutation in the myelin protein zero (MPZ) extracellular domain. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Clinical, electrophysiological and genetic findings of 16 patients were reported. Polymorp...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Mazzeo A,Muglia M,Rodolico C,Toscano A,Patitucci A,Quattrone A,Messina C,Vita G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00