Concentrations of sulfur-containing free amino acids in lumbar cerebrospinal fluid from patients with consciousness disturbances.

abstract：:OBJECTIVES - Determine whether bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation (STN-DBS) in Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with an increase in neuropeptide Y (NPY) and/or resistance to inhibition by leptin in relation to post-surgery weight gain. MATERIALS AND METHODS - This prospective study included 20 patients wh...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Escamilla-Sevilla F,Pérez-Navarro MJ,Muñoz-Pasadas M,Sáez-Zea C,Jouma-Katati M,Piédrola-Maroto G,Ramírez-Navarro A,Mínguez-Castellanos A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The reported sensitivity of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) for confirming brain death (BD) ranges from 91% to 100%. We assessed the frequency and causes of false-negative results in TCD examination in a series of patients with BD and in the literature. METHODS:We carried out a prospective TCD exa...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： de Freitas GR,André C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No systematic study has been made to separate age-related clinical deterioration and dysfunctional brain areas from those associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS:This study included 73 de novo patients with PD and 43 age-matched controls. All subjects underwent [(18)F]-fluorodeoxy glucose (FDG) po...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lee MS,Lyoo CH,Ryu YH,Lim HS,Nam CM,Kim HS,Rinne JO

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The well-being and physical function among patients with ALS and their next of kin was studied over time. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty-five patients with ALS and their next of kin were studied with respect to physical, general and psychological well-being by the visual analogue scale (VAS) every 4-6 months....

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Olsson AG,Markhede I,Strang S,Persson LI

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors at presentation which influenced the course of the disease and response to treatment were assessed in 125 de novo patients with Parkinson's disease. Ninety-eight patients were available for re-assessment at 5 years. Older patients presented earlier after the onset of symptoms, deteriorated more rapidly, and we...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hely MA,Morris JG,Reid WG,O'Sullivan DJ,Williamson PM,Broe GA,Adena MA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The epidemiology, manifestations, and course of Parkinson's disease (PD) may differ in men and women. Assessments of severity of the illness and quality of life (QoL), and the burden on their caregivers (CG) may change as the disease advances. We determined gender differences in assessment by patients with P...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

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

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of probable multiple sclerosis (MS) in Caltanissetta city, Sicily, is at least 51 per 100,000. If possible multiple sclerosis patients are included, it is 54 per 100,000. This value is similar to that found in other cities in Sicily: Enna, Monreale and Agrigento. The high prevalence of multiple sclerosi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Savettieri G,Elian M,Giordano D,Grimaldi G,Ventura A,Dean G

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological examinations were done on 20 patients aged 40-71 years with recently diagnosed high grade non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. General chemotherapy and intrathecal chemotherapy in order to prevent central nervous system (CNS) involvement were begun. On the first day of chemotherapeutic cycle patients received...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Grzelec H,Fryze C,Nowacki P,Zdziarska B

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients who developed rhabdomyolysis secondary to generalized seizures are presented. Minor traumas of skeletal muscles due to seizures may be associated with myoglobinuria and the development of acute renal failure. The diagnosis rhabdomyolysis may easily be confirmed by following serum creatine kinase. Myoglobi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Os I,Lyngdal PT

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report a peculiar observation of a patient who developed a psychomotor inhibition state after a rapid cessation of lamotrigine (LTG). RESULTS:This man was referred to us at the age of 26 years for presurgical evaluation. His treatment [valproate (VPA), 1200 mg/day and LTG, 200 mg/day] was quickly decreas...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gelisse P,Kissani N,Crespel A,Jafari H,Baldy-Moulinier M

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To study the clinical outcome of patients with epileptic seizures due to ischemic stroke (IS) of cardiac or artery-to-artery embolism. METHODS:Seizures due to IS of cardiac or artery-to-artery embolism are differentiated by clinical, neuroimaging and cardiovascular test data. RESULTS:From 174 cases with su...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kraus JA,Berlit P

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-phase epidemiological study of essential tremor was carried out by investigating a rural population aged over 40 years in 2 municipalities in southwestern Finland. In the first phase, the subjects answered a questionnaire as to whether they had experienced tremor during the month preceding the inquiry. In the se...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rautakorpi I,Takala J,Marttila RJ,Sievers K,Rinne UK

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual evoked potentials (VEPs) were delayed in 11 out of 18 patients with Friedreich's ataxia, in 1 out of 8 patients with Strumpell's hereditary spastic ataxia, in 2 out of 5 cases with cerebellar atrophy and in 42 out of 50 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Responses were normal in 5 cases with Pierre Marie's ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ghezzi A,Montanini R

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To clarify the clinical variability, including central nervous system (CNS) involvement, in X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMTX) patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We clinically, pathologically and genetically studied six CMTX patients with distinct symptoms and four different GJB1 mutations. RESULTS:On...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Takashima H,Nakagawa M,Umehara F,Hirata K,Suehara M,Mayumi H,Yoshishige K,Matsuyama W,Saito M,Jonosono M,Arimura K,Osame M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive deficits have been reported in 45%-70% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Like other symptoms of MS, cognitive deficits are highly variable. Slowed information processing and memory and learning dysfunction are regarded as the most frequent cognitive deficits in MS. Both white and gray matter damages ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hämäläinen P,Rosti-Otajärvi E

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The prognosis after Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) is debated. The aim of this study was to assess health-related Quality of Life (QoL) and neurological symptoms 30 months after treatment in European patients with LNB. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In a prospective case-control designed study, we investigated 50 well-...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Eikeland R,Mygland A,Herlofson K,Ljøstad U

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Evaluate interim long-term tolerability, safety and efficacy of adjunctive perampanel, a novel α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-5-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-receptor antagonist, in patients with refractory partial-onset seizures. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Study 207, an open-label extension (OLE) study (ClinicalTr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rektor I,Krauss GL,Bar M,Biton V,Klapper JA,Vaiciene-Magistris N,Kuba R,Squillacote D,Gee M,Kumar D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult-onset muscular dystrophy. It is associated with motor symptoms but patients also display non-motor symptoms such as particular personality traits. Studies have reported mixed results about personality characteristics which may be attributable to small ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bertrand JA,Jean S,Laberge L,Gagnon C,Mathieu J,Gagnon JF,Richer L

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this paper is to evaluate the accuracy of conventional diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease and give an overview of alternative causes to parkinsonian syndromes. We also propose a new approach to the clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, which may improve the diagnostic accuracy. The avail...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Larsen JP,Dupont E,Tandberg E

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A highly adaptive aspect of human memory is the enhancement of explicit, consciously accessible memory by emotional stimuli. We studied the performance of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and elderly controls using a memory battery with emotional content, and we correlated these results with the amygdala an...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Schultz RR,de Castro CC,Bertolucci PH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the incidence of adverse reactions to albendazole therapy in patients presenting with seizures and a persistent (>3 months after diagnosis), solitary cysticercus granuloma and to determine whether the occurrence of adverse reactions predicted the response of the granuloma to therapy. MATERIAL AND ME...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rajshekhar V

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Debate about the lesion site in the Miller Fisher syndrome is still going on. We studied a patient with features of the Miller Fisher syndrome in whom arguments for both central and peripheral nervous system dysfunction were found. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Taphoorn MJ,Lanting P,Hazenberg GJ,Uitdehaag BJ,Kaiser MC

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid artery stenting (CAS) are common treatments for carotid artery stenosis. Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have compared CEA to CAS in the treatment of carotid artery stenosis. These studies have suggested that CAS is more strongly associated with periprocedural ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lamanna A,Maingard J,Barras CD,Kok HK,Handelman G,Chandra RV,Thijs V,Brooks DM,Asadi H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Ischaemic stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Although the secondary preventive medication should be continued for life, its use commonly declines in time. This may lead to recurrent vascular events. In this study, we investigated if during a long follow-up period discontin...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rijkmans M,de Jong G,van den Berg JSP

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been accumulation of the nutritional muscular dystrophy of the cattle in a certain western district of Finland where the prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) is also highest. This animal disease is due to lack of selenium (Se) and vitamin E. The Se content of whole blood was low (52.6 +/- 11.3 ng/ml) in MS ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Wikström J,Westermarck T,Palo J

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Authors addressed the question whether the byosynthesis and the release of specific eicosanoids may occur in human brain cortex, and if the qualitative pattern of arachidonic acid metabolism is similar to that observed in experimental SAH. Human brain samples from 18 patients operated on for anterior communicating art...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gaetani P,Marzatico F,Rodriguez y Baena R

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:50 open-heart patients were investigated using simultaneous clinical, electroencephalographical (EEG) and neuropsychological evaluation in order to assess the possibilities of predicting the postoperative outcome with preoperative measures. The presence of one or more of the following indices was prognostically unfavo...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sotaniemi K

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine headache characteristics in the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and in insomnia. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Fifty-six OSAS patients and 50 insomnia patients were assessed in the same time period. Patients in both groups underwent an accurate interview to investigate headache occurrence and it...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Alberti A,Mazzotta G,Gallinella E,Sarchielli P

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00