Propranolol (Inderal) and clonidine (Catapressan) in the prophylactic treatment of migraine. A comparative trial.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some recent studies have found an association between foetal malformations in earlier antiepileptic drug (AED)-exposed pregnancies and an increased hazard of such malformations in subsequent pregnancies. We investigated this matter further, and also considered the possible role of spontaneous abortions in pr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Vajda FJ,O'Brien TJ,Graham JE,Hitchcock AA,Lander CM,Eadie MJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the effects of different colour imaging modes on the contrast-medium-enhanced image of the intracranial cerebral arteries. METHODS:Twelve healthy volunteers were studied transcranially after administration of 10 ml BY963 successively with Power Doppler (p-TCCS) and with colour Doppler frequency ima...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kaps M,Schaffer P,Beller KD,Seidel G,Wurst W

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our purpose was to identify the incidence and significance of markers of systemic connective tissue abnormalities (CTA) in patients with saccular intracranial aneurysms (SIA). MATERIALS AND METHODS:This prospective case-control study included 199 consecutive patients with SIA (103 women and 96 men, mean age...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lebedeva ER,Sakovich VP

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：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：:The production of oxygen-free radicals and their subsequent peroxidative action on membrane unsaturated fatty acids could be enhanced after subarachnoid hemorrhage. High-dose methylprednisolone (30 mg/Kg i.v.) treatment can antagonize acute SAH-induced brain hypoperfusion and protect the ultrastructural integrity of e...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Marzatico F,Gaetani P,Buratti E,Messina AL,Ferlenga P,Rodriguez y Baena R

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For most major antiepileptic drugs, neuropsychological side effects have been reported. Healthy volunteer studies have found that both carbamazepine and valproate impair aspects of verbal memory. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the effects of carbamazepine and valproate on verbal memory, in a ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hessen E,Lossius MI,Gjerstad L

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:This study is a report of 34 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) observed in Bangalore (South India), an endemic area for Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection. Virological and immunological findings suggested an antecedent and recent JEV infection in 21/34 patients. Nineteen patients among them showed high l...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ravi V,Taly AB,Shankar SK,Shenoy PK,Desai A,Nagaraja D,Gourie-Devi M,Chandramuki A

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：:Three patients at Stage II of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) were treated with semipurified alpha-interferon (IFN) using different combinations of intrathecal and intravenous routes: 1 x 10(6) IU of alpha-IFN were given every other day up to a total of 15 x 10(6) IU. Transient improvement of neurological s...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Maimone D,Grimaldi LM,Incorpora G,Biondi R,Sofia V,Mancuso GR,Siciliano L,Ruscica M,Pavone L

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 is a rare autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive cerebellar and retinal degeneration, described in various population groups in the literature. This is the first description from South Africa. The objective was to document the clinical and gen...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Modi G,Modi M,Martinus I,Rodda J,Saffer D

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) contributes to dementia and disability in the elderly, and may negatively affect stroke outcomes. We aimed to evaluate to what extent single features and global burden of SVD detected with magnetic resonance (MR) are associated with worse outcomes in patients with ischae...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Arba F,Inzitari D,Ali M,Warach SJ,Luby M,Lees KR,STIR\/VISTA Imaging Collaboration.

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with homocystinuria excrete a large amount of metal in their urine. Homocysteine similar to penicillamine, administration to methylmercury treated rats resulted in a large amount of urinary methylmercury excretion. These results suggested that the total metal amounts in the whole body of patients with homocys...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Yoshida Y,Nakano A,Hamada R,Kamitsuchibashi H,Yamamoto K,Akagi H,Kitazono M,Osame M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-2-microglobulin (beta 2m) levels were studied in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma of 52 patients with clinically definite multiple sclerosis (MS) and of 14 with aseptic meningo-encephalitis (AM). Reference values for beta 2m were defined in 72 subjects of different age groups with tension headache (TH). P...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Us O,Lolli F,Baig S,Link H

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urinary excretion of uronic acid and the electrophoretic composition of urinary glucosaminoglycans were studied in 10 members of a family, of which 3 had progressive familial myoclonus epilepsy. This seems to be the first detailed investigation of the excretion of urinary glucosaminoglycans in patients suffering f...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Poulsen JH

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The composition of the free amino acid pools in various brain tumors and in normal brains obtained at surgery or at autopsy is determined with an automatic amino acid analyzer and the results statistically evaluated. The tumors have lower ratios of GABA in the pools than the normal brain; tumors with higher GABA ratio...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Shibasaki T,Uki J,Kanoh T,Kawafuchi J

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using organotypic cultures of ICR mouse cerebellum, we studied the effects of TNF-alpha on myelin formation, and its demyelinating effects. Mature, myelinated cultures were resistant to TNF-alpha, even at the highest concentration examined, 1 x 10(4) U/ml. However, when cultures were grown in medium containing TNF-alp...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Tsukamoto T,Ishikawa M,Yamamoto T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EEG, regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and neuropathological autopsy data were studied in 17 patients with presenile dementia. RCBF was measured in 14 cases using the intra-arterial-133-Xenon clearance technique. The neuropathological study included semi-serial whole brain microscopical sections in which the severit...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jóhannesson G,Brun A,Gustafson I,Ingvar DH

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present communication is devoted to investigating the possibility that in myotonic dystrophy (MyD) a decreased ATP utilization by the membrane may produce modifications in glycoprotein structure and/or in the supramolecular arrangement of some membrane proteins. The study was carried out a) by determining the memb...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sandrini G,Bottiroli G,Nappi G,Balduini C,Brovelli A

更新日期：1982-06-01 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：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：:The genetic mutation underlying Huntington's disease (HD) has been identified as an expansion and instability of a specific CAG repeat sequence in a gene on chromosome 4. A simple polymerase chain reaction assay has been used for the assessment of the (CAG)n expansion in a 72-year-old woman with typical HD symptoms, b...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bozza A,Malagù S,Calzolari E,Novelletto A,Pavoni M,del Senno L

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study if type-2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is associated with cognitive dysfunction independently of clinically diagnosed dementia in an elderly population. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Cognitive function was investigated with a brief neuropsychological test battery in a non-demented elder...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Vanhanen M,Kuusisto J,Koivisto K,Mykkänen L,Helkala EL,Hänninen T,Riekkinen P Sr,Soininen H,Laakso M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carotid stenoses of ≥50% account for about 15-20% of strokes. Their degree may be moderate (50-69%) or severe (70-99%). Current diagnostic methods include ultrasound, MR- or CT-angiography. Stenosis severity, irregular plaque surface, and presence of microembolic signals detected by transcranial Doppler predict the ea...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Momjian-Mayor I,Burkhard P,Murith N,Mugnai D,Yilmaz H,Narata AP,Lovblad K,Pereira V,Righini M,Bounameaux H,Sztajzel RF

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the contribution of the demographical, clinical, analytical and genetic factors to brain signal intensity changes in T2-weighted MR images in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients and controls. METHODS:Susceptibility-weighted and FLAIR sequences were obtained in a 3T MR scanner. Iron-rela...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Vázquez-Costa JF,Mazón M,Carreres-Polo J,Hervás D,Pérez-Tur J,Martí-Bonmatí L,Sevilla T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In patients with cervical root syndromes, the relation between clinical findings and EMG results, the value of the registration of the H-reflex latency of the flexor carpi radial muscle (HFCR) and the rate of recovery of EMG abnormalities following surgery are unclear. METHODS:In 68 patients with cervical...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： van den Bent MJ,Oosting J,Laman DM,van Duijn H

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：:The influence of the rheological properties of the blood on cerebral perfusion is still unresolved. Data on normal subjects are lacking and difficulties arise regarding the effect of blood viscosity owing to its close relationship with hematocrit. For these reasons we have studied the relationship between two rheologi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Cavestri R,Radice L,Ferrarini F,Longhini M,Longhini E

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Presence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as a predictor for Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) has been discussed from a clinical perspective. Recently, a Movement Disorder Society (MDS) commissioned Task Force published guidelines for PD-MCI. However, long-term follow-ups of the PD-MCI guidelines for the...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Domellöf ME,Ekman U,Forsgren L,Elgh E

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00