Cerebral abscess. A long-term follow-up.

abstract：:A case of necrotizing brain stem encephalitis due to listeria monocytogenes is described in a 48-year-old man who had brain stem encephalitis of complicated course and with selective destruction of the vasomotoric and respiratory centers. He developed that very rare Ondine's curse syndrome, being only able to breathe ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jensen TH,Hansen PB,Brodersen P

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four consecutive patients with familial amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (type 1), who were at different stages of the disease were investigated. The purpose was to report the electrophysiological features and to compare them with those found in other generalized neuropathies; 12 cases were familiar and 12 cases...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Blom S,Steen L,Zetterlund B

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:63 patients with alcoholic-nutritional peripheral neuropathy were given neurologic, electrophysiologic and nutritional examinations. 24 of these patients were reexamined later in the course of their disease, after from 2 to 72 months (mean 33). Alcoholic-nutritional neuropathy appeared and worsened after bouts of heav...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hawley RJ,Kurtzke JF,Armbrustmacher VW,Saini N,Manz H

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The objective of this study was to describe facial myokymia in experimental animals accompanying kainic acid affects on facial motor neurons. MATERIAL & METHODS:Anesthetized cats were injected with kainic acid into the pons adjacent to the facial nucleus. Facial movements appeared shortly after the inject...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Zaaroor M,Starr A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical course of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) up to 3 months after double filtration plasmapheresis (DFP). MATERIAL AND METHODS:We recorded the MG score and measured the level of acetylcholine receptor antibody (AchRAb) at baseline and day 1 (D1), week 1 (W1), 1 month (M1), 2 (M2) a...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Yeh JH,Chen WH,Chiu HC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current understanding on the historic, epidemiologic, genetic, clinical, neuropathologic, neurochemical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) are revisited. In addition, new research directions are described. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Litvan I

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:After surgery for ruptured anterior communicating artery (ACoA) aneurysm, several patients who have achieved a favorable neurological outcome yet have been observed to suffer from a poor cognitive outcome. The aim of this study was to explore the possible effects of temporary clip applications on frontal lob...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Akyuz M,Erylmaz M,Ozdemir C,Goksu E,Ucar T,Tuncer R

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mutations in the p150 subunit of the axonal transport protein dynactin (DCTN1) have been reported in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Given the common features of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis (MS), FTD and ALS, sequence variants of the DCTN1 gene...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Münch C,Meyer R,Linke P,Meyer T,Ludolph AC,Haas J,Hemmer B

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Previous studies found low serum levels of nociceptin in migraine patients but high serum levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). CGRP can elicit migraine-like headache. Medication-Overuse Headache (MOH) often has migraine features and can mimic chronic migraine. We therefore hypothesized that as i...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Munksgaard SB,Ertsey C,Frandsen E,Bendtsen L,Tekes K,Jensen RH

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Machado-Joseph disease (MJD)/spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 is an autosomal dominant spinocerebellar degeneration, for which there is no effective treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS:This study involved the clinical response of lamotrigine (LTG) on six MJD patients with early truncal ataxia and the effect of LTG ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Liu CS,Hsu HM,Cheng WL,Hsieh M

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:Thirty-eight demented patients were clinically investigated and classified into a multi-infarct dementia (MID) and senile dementia (SD) group. Total protein, albumin, immunoglobulin G, agar gel electrophoretic protein and iso-electric focusing pattern were determined in CSF and serum as well as the lactate dehydrogena...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Wikkelsø C,Blomstrand C,Nordquist P

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We wanted to describe the use of thrombolytic treatment for stroke in Scandinavia, to assess stroke doctors' opinions on this treatment, to identify barriers against treatment, and to suggest improvements to overcome these barriers. METHODS:We sent questionnaires to 493 Scandinavian doctors, who were involve...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Slot KB,Murray V,Boysen G,Berge E

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Major neurological improvement (MNI) at 24 hours represents a marker of early recanalization in ischaemic stroke. Although low body temperature is considered neuroprotective in cerebral ischaemia, some studies have suggested that higher body temperature may promote clot lysis in the acute phase of ischaemic ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kvistad CE,Thomassen L,Waje-Andreassen U,Logallo N,Naess H

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family with coincidence of a restless leg syndrome (RLS) in the mother and a Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) in the son who also shows increased vulnerability to neuroleptic induced akathisia (NIA) is presented. Since these diseases show parallels from a genetic, pathogenetic and clinical point of view, the fam...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Müller N,Voderholzer U,Kurtz G,Straube A

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：:Lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 30 cases of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) was studied for total protein and protein electrophoresis. Total CSF protein values were normal in almost all the cases, but the gamma-globulin was increased and had an oligoclonal morphology in all the cases. Absolute and rel...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Silva CA,Rio ME,Cruz C

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with multiple sclerosis have an increased risk of infections compared to the general population. The increased risk has been described for decades and is not alone attributed to the use of disease-modifying drugs, but secondary to the disability. The introduction of more potent immunomodulatory drugs may caus...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Celius EG

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess predictors of headache in patients who had sustained a head injury 22 years earlier. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A questionnaire about headache was sent to 361 subjects hospitalized for head injury in 1974-1975. RESULTS:A total of 249 patients (69%) responded to the questionnaire. The prevalence of hea...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nestvold K,Lundar T,Mowinckel P,Stavem K

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the frequency of ECG abnormalities suggestive of myocardial ischaemia in patients with severe drug resistant epilepsy and without any indication of previous cardiac disease, assuming that these changes may be of significance for the group of epileptic patients with sudden unexpected death. MA...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Tigaran S,Rasmussen V,Dam M,Pedersen S,Høgenhaven H,Friberg B

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We describe bilateral optic neuropathy in a patient affected by ovarian carcinoma treated with cis-platin 160 mg/m2 and carboplatin, 640 mg/m2. The patient was followed for 1 year, when recovery appeared. The few previous descriptions of CDDP optic nerve toxicity did not report recovery. METHODS:Computeri...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Caraceni A,Martini C,Spatti G,Thomas A,Onofrj M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess seizure control and tolerability of eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) as adjunctive therapy to one baseline antiepileptic drug (AED), in adults with partial-onset seizures (POS) with or without secondary generalization. METHODS:Multicenter, non-interventional, prospective cohort study conducted between...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Chaves J,Breia P,Pimentel J,Pelejão R,Carvalho M,Mateus P,Grebe H,Mestre A,Fernandes H,Sousa R,Gala A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early administration of paracetamol may improve outcome of patients with acute stroke and a baseline body temperature of 37°C or above by lowering body temperature and preventing fever. Besides its antipyretic effects, paracetamol may affect blood pressure through cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition. We therefore ai...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： den Hertog HM,van der Worp HB,van Gemert HM,van Gijn J,Koudstaal PJ,Dippel DW

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate a psychological therapy program used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and including cognitive/behavioral strategies, relaxation training and physical exercise. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The participants were 29 patients with MS recruited from an outpatient u...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Tesar N,Baumhackl U,Kopp M,Günther V

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrathecal IgG synthesis and CSF oligoclonal bands were reexamined after 18-24 months in 66 patients with multiple sclerosis; 40 of them received azathioprine (AZA) 2.5 mg/Kg/die; all received a course of dexamethasone (DEXA) during clinical relapses. The IgG Index was significantly reduced in the group treated with ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Caputo D,Zaffaroni M,Ghezzi A,Cazzullo CL

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare intravenous phenytoin (PHT) and intravenous lacosamide (LCM) for treatment of status epilepticus after failure of the first and second drug. METHODS:We retrospectively identified patients from a large community hospital in northern Germany who had been diagnosed with SE between August 2008 and De...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kellinghaus C,Berning S,Stögbauer F

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00