Incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia (PNKD) is a rare disorder characterized by episodic hyperkinetic movement attacks. We have recently identified mutations in the MR-1 gene causing familial PNKD. METHODS:We reviewed the clinical features of 14 kindreds with familial dyskinesia that was not clearly induced...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bruno MK,Lee HY,Auburger GW,Friedman A,Nielsen JE,Lang AE,Bertini E,Van Bogaert P,Averyanov Y,Hallett M,Gwinn-Hardy K,Sorenson B,Pandolfo M,Kwiecinski H,Servidei S,Fu YH,Ptácek L

更新日期：2007-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is a progressive dementia characterized by prominent disorders of higher visual processing, affecting both dorsal and ventral streams to cause Balint's syndrome, alexia, and visual agnosia. OBJECTIVE:To define the cognitive profile of PCA and compare to the typical, primary ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： McMonagle P,Deering F,Berliner Y,Kertesz A

更新日期：2006-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old child with clinical and radiologic evidence of Leigh syndrome (LS) showed a T-->C mutation at position nt 8993 in the mitochondrial DNA (instead of the more common T-->G substitution), resulting in an amino acid change from a highly conserved leucine to proline in subunit 6 of mitochondrial ATPase. The mu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Santorelli FM,Shanske S,Jain KD,Tick D,Schon EA,DiMauro S

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study were to examine executive dysfunction using an antisaccade (AS) task in normal elderly (NE) and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer disease (AD) as well as to evaluate the relationship between AS performance and cortical thinning within AD-associated regions. ME...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Heuer HW,Mirsky JB,Kong EL,Dickerson BC,Miller BL,Kramer JH,Boxer AL

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) are inherited peripheral neuropathies. In most cases these disorders are caused by either the duplication (in CMT1A) or the deletion (in HNPP) of a 1.5-megabase DNA fragment on chromosome 17p11.2, which cont...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Young P,Stögbauer F,Wiebusch H,Löfgren A,Timmerman V,Van Broeckhoven C,Ringelstein EB,Assmann G,Funke H

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated cognitive outcome in a group of 37 patients who had undergone surgery for rupture and repair of a single intracranial aneurysm at least 6 months previously. We compared outcome--assessed by tests of intelligence, attention, executive functions sensitive to frontal lobe lesions, memory, neglect, and mood, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tidswell P,Dias PS,Sagar HJ,Mayes AR,Battersby RD

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors measured the association of early ischemic change on CT scan, measured using the Alberta Stroke Programme Early CT score (ASPECTS), and functional outcome in 825 patients with anterior circulation stroke treated with IV thrombolysis within 3 hours of onset. ASPECTS predicted outcome in a graded fashion (li...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weir NU,Pexman JH,Hill MD,Buchan AM,CASES investigators.

更新日期：2006-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to perform a third cognitive assessment in our pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) patient cohort and determine predictors of the individual cognitive outcome. METHODS:After 4.7 ± 0.7 years from baseline evaluation, 48 of 63 patients in the original cohort were reassessed on an e...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Amato MP,Goretti B,Ghezzi A,Hakiki B,Niccolai C,Lori S,Moiola L,Falautano M,Viterbo RG,Patti F,Cilia S,Pozzilli C,Bianchi V,Roscio M,Martinelli V,Comi G,Portaccio E,Trojano M,MS Study Group of the Italian Neurological

更新日期：2014-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 20-year-old patient with the classic form of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, electroencephalograms during wakefulness were moderately diffusely abnormal, and an overnight polygraphic sleep recording showed distorted nonrapid eye movement sleep patterns without vertex sharp waves, K-complexes, spindles, or positive ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wilkus RJ,Farrell DF

更新日期：1976-11-01 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:Attempts at cell-based dopamine replacement therapy in Parkinson disease (PD) have included surgical implantation of adrenal medullary, fetal mesencephalic, and cultured human mesencephalic tissue grafts. Trials involving putamenal implantation of human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells in PD have also ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Farag ES,Vinters HV,Bronstein J

更新日期：2009-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied the safety and tolerability of subcutaneous interferon beta-1a at different doses in 24 children with clinically definite multiple sclerosis. After a mean treatment period of 44 months, interferon beta-1a was well tolerated in 22 patients, although two experienced possible serious adverse events. A...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tenembaum SN,Segura MJ

更新日期：2006-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A term neonate was being treated with intravenous phenytoin. To maintain a serum level above 10 micrograms per milliliter and abolish seizure activity, it was necessary to carry out repeated serum concentration measurements, administer several loading doses, and administer an unusually large maintenance dose (25 mg pe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Whelan HT,Hendeles L,Haberkern CM,Neims AH

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide updated evidence-based recommendations for migraine prevention using pharmacologic treatment with or without cognitive behavioral therapy in the pediatric population. METHODS:The authors systematically reviewed literature from January 2003 to August 2017 and developed practice recommendations usin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Oskoui M,Pringsheim T,Billinghurst L,Potrebic S,Gersz EM,Gloss D,Holler-Managan Y,Leininger E,Licking N,Mack K,Powers SW,Sowell M,Victorio MC,Yonker M,Zanitsch H,Hershey AD

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the heterogeneity of serum antibodies to acetylcholine receptor (AChR) by competition with nine antihuman monoclonal antibodies in a cross-sectional study of 36 patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), and in three who showed clinical improvement associated with decrease in total anti-AChR following immun...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Whiting PJ,Vincent A,Newsom-Davis J

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven hours after 39 migraineurs and 37 controls consumed an amino acid drink that contained or omitted l-tryptophan (thereby reducing brain serotonin synthesis), motion sickness was provoked by the visual illusion of movement. Tryptophan depletion boosted dizziness, nausea, and the illusion of movement in controls to...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Drummond PD

更新日期：2005-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have developed an MG activities of daily living (ADL) profile (MG-ADL)-a simple eight-question survey of MG symptoms. In 254 consecutive encounters with established MG patients, the authors compared scores from the MG-ADL to the quantitative MG score (QMG)-a standardized, reliable scale used in clinical tr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wolfe GI,Herbelin L,Nations SP,Foster B,Bryan WW,Barohn RJ

更新日期：1999-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In cerebral small vessel disease, the core MRI findings include white matter lesions (WML) and lacunar infarcts. While the clinical significance of WML is better understood, the contribution of lacunes to the rate of cognitive decline has not been established. This study investigated whether incident lacunes...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jokinen H,Gouw AA,Madureira S,Ylikoski R,van Straaten EC,van der Flier WM,Barkhof F,Scheltens P,Fazekas F,Schmidt R,Verdelho A,Ferro JM,Pantoni L,Inzitari D,Erkinjuntti T,LADIS Study Group.

更新日期：2011-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Compensatory processes involving the recruitment of additional cerebral areas can limit cognitive impairment caused by brain damage as revealed by fMRI. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by frequent cognitive deficiencies and diffuse brain damage. Understanding the missing or disturbed processes resul...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bonnet MC,Allard M,Dilharreguy B,Deloire M,Petry KG,Brochet B

更新日期：2010-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Spasticity may result in part from segmental spinal disinhibition. We determined the content and specific activity of glycine (the putative neurotransmitter thought to mediate spinal postsynaptic inhibition) and serine (the probable precursor of glycine) in feline spastic spinal cord following the intra-aortic adminis...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hall PV,Smith JE,Lane J,Mote T,Campbell R

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between migraine and cervical artery dissection (CAD) was explored in a hospital-based case-control study. Migraine was present in 49.1% (23/47) of patients with CAD and in 21% (11/52) of patients hospitalized for a cerebral ischemic event not related to a CAD (adjusted odds ratio = 3.6; 1.5 to 8.6, p ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tzourio C,Benslamia L,Guillon B,Aïdi S,Bertrand M,Berthet K,Bousser MG

更新日期：2002-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the late 19th century, a man with a psychogenic movement disorder was evaluated by many of the Philadelphia neurologists associated with Silas Weir Mitchell. In 1885, prior to the development of movie cameras or projectors, the patient was photographed by pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge, in col...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lanska DJ

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study of talampanel in 49 patients with refractory partial seizures. Three doses of talampanel were investigated based on differences in patients' concomitant antiepileptic drug usage. Talampanel showed efficacy in reducing seizure frequency (p = 0.001) ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chappell AS,Sander JW,Brodie MJ,Chadwick D,Lledo A,Zhang D,Bjerke J,Kiesler GM,Arroyo S

更新日期：2002-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between multiple sclerosis (MS) and primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS) is ambiguous; it was suggested that some patients diagnosed with MS may instead have PSS. In a recent epidemiologic study, the prevalence of PSS was 2.7% in southern Sweden. We randomly selected 30 patients with definite MS from our ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sandberg-Wollheim M,Axéll T,Hansen BU,Henricsson V,Ingesson E,Jacobsson L,Larsson A,Lieberkind K,Manthorpe R

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the results of a prospective trial of nonoperative management of the cubital tunnel syndrome in 128 patients. Forty-three of the patients had bilateral ulnar nerve compression. At study's end, information was available on 94% of patients and 164 managed extremities, at a mean of 58.6 months of follo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dellon AL,Hament W,Gittelshon A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between multiple sclerosis (MS) and alleles of the HLA class II genes indicates that at least one MS susceptibility gene is linked to the HLA class II region. However, the actual locus responsible has not been precisely identified. The recent cloning of new genes involved in antigen processing that map...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liblau R,van Endert PM,Sandberg-Wollheim M,Patel SD,Lopez MT,Land S,Fugger L,McDevitt HO

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if progressive brain atrophy could be detected over 1- and 2-year intervals in relapsing MS, based on annual MR studies from the Multiple Sclerosis Collaborative Research Group (MSCRG) trial of interferon beta-1a (Avonex). METHODS:All subjects had mild to moderate disability, with baseline expan...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Simon JH,Jacobs LD,Campion MK,Rudick RA,Cookfair DL,Herndon RM,Richert JR,Salazar AM,Fischer JS,Goodkin DE,Simonian N,Lajaunie M,Miller DE,Wende K,Martens-Davidson A,Kinkel RP,Munschauer FE 3rd,Brownscheidle CM

更新日期：1999-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the usefulness of the 14-3-3 test in patients with dementia of various causes. BACKGROUND:Recent reports have suggested that the detection of the 14-3-3 protein in the CSF of patients with Creutzfeldt--Jakob disease is a highly sensitive and specific marker of the disease that might be used as a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Burkhard PR,Sanchez JC,Landis T,Hochstrasser DF

更新日期：2001-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In multiple sclerosis (MS), the aim of therapies is to prevent the accumulation of irreversible disability. This is difficult to assess given the short time course of clinical trials. MRI markers and relapses are often used as surrogate of disability in MS studies, but their validity remains controversial. We...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sormani MP,Li DK,Bruzzi P,Stubinski B,Cornelisse P,Rocak S,De Stefano N

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) occur in familial and sporadic forms that cannot be distinguished by phenotype. Mutations in Krit1, a gene located at the CCM1 locus on chromosome 7q21, account for the majority of familial CCM cases. The authors investigated the role that mutations at the CCM1 locus pla...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Reich P,Winkler J,Straube A,Steiger HJ,Peraud A

更新日期：2003-04-08 00:00:00