Measurement of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and anti-GFAP antibodies by solid-phase radioimmunoassays.

abstract：:During a thorough surveillance of viral infections of the central nervous system an outbreak of aseptic meningitis was discovered in the western part of Finland in late 1985. The 21 diseased young adults were carefully studied by different virological methods. A presumed viral etiology, in all cases of enteroviral ori...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kinnunen E,Hovi T,Stenvik M,Hellström O,Porras J,Kleemola M,Kantanen ML

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:White matter (WM) integrity of Spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (SCA2) is poorly understood, more so in the early stages of SCA2. In this study, we evaluated the microstructural integrity of the WM tracts with an emphasis on the nature of in vivo pathological involvement in early SCA2. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We evalu...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Stezin A,Bhardwaj S,Khokhar S,Hegde S,Jain S,Bharath RD,Saini J,Pal PK

更新日期：2020-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum immunoglobulin and HLA investigations were carried out in 21 probands with primary generalized corticoreticular epilepsy (PGCE) and in 26 of their first degree relatives. The mean serum levels of IgG, IgA and IgM in the epileptic probands were not significantly different from controls. In the relatives, however,...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Eeg-Olofsson O,Janjua NA,Andermann E,Guttmann RD,Osterland K

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acute severe headache may have a secondary form of headache. Standard head computer tomography (CT) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination are often performed in the absence of neurological deficits to exclude subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Increasingly, patients undergo subsequent CT angiography (CTA...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Alons IM,van den Wijngaard IR,Verheul RJ,Lycklama à Nijeholt G,Wermer MJ,Algra A,Jellema K

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four male patients, all homosexual except one, with asymptomatic HIV-infection were studied. The patients had no signs of opportunistic CNS-infections but 6 had been treated for syphilis. The patients were tested with auditory brainstem response (ABR) audiometry and with oculomotor tests (saccades and smooth pu...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rosenhall U,Håkansson C,Löwhagen GB,Hanner P,Jonsson-Ehk B

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate changes and regional variations in annual incidence rates of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in Norway between 1999 and 2007. METHODS:The authors retrospectively reviewed data from the Norwegian Patient Register for the period 1999-2007. RESULTS:Crude incidence of aneurysmal SAH was ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lindekleiv HM,Njølstad I,Ingebrigtsen T,Mathiesen EB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar atrophy (CA) is a frequent finding in patients with chronic epilepsy. To find out whether the existence of CA has an influence on the tolerance of high-dose monotherapy with carbamazepine, we compared the lowest individual toxic serum levels in patients with complex focal seizures, with CA (n = 27) and with...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Specht U,Rohde M,May T,Schmidt RC,Meencke HJ,Wolf P

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taiwan is geographically, culturally, and socially close to southern Japan, which is an endemic area of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy (HAM). Taiwan, however, is not an endemic area of HAM. We report the first case of HAM in a native Taiwanese, a 61-year-old woman, without known HTLV-1 risk fa...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Wang SJ,Liu HC,Chi CW,Liu TY,Chen PM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether anti-GM1 antibodies are increased in Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS:Serum immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG anti-GM1 antibodies were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 147 patients with PD and in 186 age-matched normal control subjects. Sera were assayed at initial...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Zappia M,Crescibene L,Bosco D,Arabia G,Nicoletti G,Bagalà A,Bastone L,Napoli ID,Caracciolo M,Bonavita S,Di Costanzo A,Gambardella A,Quattrone A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Oxidative stress and glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity may play an important role in the etiopathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) activity can be associated with motor neuron death by inducing free radical formation and glutamate release from astrocytes. The aim of thi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Iłzecka J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Focal brain ischemia induced in rodents by occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) is a widely used paradigm of human brain infarct. The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness and reproducibility of MCA filament occlusion model in rats and mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 140 ro...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ardehali MR,Rondouin G

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the ophthalmic artery (OA) as a collateral to the cerebral circulation in carotid occlusive disease is somewhat controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the importance of this collateral by comparing the results of transorbital Doppler ultrasonography and regional cerebral blood flow measurements...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kerty E,Nyberg-Hansen R,Dahl A,Bakke SJ,Russell D,Rootwelt K

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over last fifty years, intravenous (iv) phenytoin (PHT) loading dose has been the treatment of choice for patients with benzodiazepine-resistant convulsive status epilepticus and several guidelines recommended this treatment regimen with simultaneous iv diazepam. Clinical studies have never shown a better efficacy of ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Zaccara G,Giorgi FS,Amantini A,Giannasi G,Campostrini R,Giovannelli F,Paganini M,Nazerian P,Tuscany study group on seizures in the emergency department and status epilepticus in adults.

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:As part of a door-to-door survey of neurologic diseases, we investigated the prevalence of lumbosacral radiculopathy (LR) in two Sicilian municipalities (N = 14,540, as of November 1, 1987). MATERIAL & METHODS:During phase 1, we administered a brief screening instrument to subjects in the study population. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Savettieri G,Salemi G,Rocca WA,Meneghini F,D'Arpa A,Morgante L,Coraci MA,Reggio A,Grigoletto F,Di Perri R

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of parkinsonism in the Province of Rome using antiparkinsonian prescription histories from 1986 to 1991. METHODS:A subject was defined as a case of parkinsonism if he/she had received "specific" and "consistent" antiparkinsonian therapy in the stud...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Menniti-Ippolito F,Spila-Alegiani S,Vanacore N,Bonifati V,Diana G,Meco G,Raschetti R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main metabolites of the neurotransmitters noradrenaline, dopamine, and serotonin, methoxy-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG), homovanillic acid (HVA), and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) respectively, were estimated by HPLC with electrochemical detection in CSF samples from 24 patients in coma after head injury, 1 to 1...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Markianos M,Seretis A,Kotsou S,Baltas I,Sacharogiannis H

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the clinical details of 20 elderly patients with idiopathic small fiber neuropathy. This neuropathy is ubiquitous in practice but has not been well characterized. The clinical syndrome is relatively stereotyped and appears to be a frequent cause of burning feet in the elderly. The main features were burnin...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Gorson KC,Ropper AH

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present 2 sibs with autosomal recessive spastic paraparesis and severe amyotrophy of the distal limb muscles. Elaborate neurophysiologic studies disclosed slight to moderate slowing of motor conduction, moderate to severe reduction of motor action potentials, denervation potentials, and increased distal motor laten...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bruyn RP,Scheltens P,Lycklama à Nijeholt J,de Jong JM

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsychiatric symptoms such as delusions and misidentifications have been reported in dementia ranging from 10% to 73% in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and up to 40% in multi-infarct dementia (MID) patients. The aim of this study was to investigate in 61 AD and 31 MID patients both the frequency and the content...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Binetti G,Bianchetti A,Padovani A,Lenzi G,De Leo D,Trabucchi M

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine through a meta-analysis whether a treatment strategy of surgery plus the routine medical management saves lives and reduces disability in survivors of primary supratentorial intracerebral hematoma compared to routine medical management alone. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Computerized bibliographic search...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Prasad K,Browman G,Srivastava A,Menon G

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of urinary taurine and 17-hydroxycorticosteroids were estimated in 19 cases of epilepsy. These levels were then compared with those of normal healthy subjects. The urinary taurine levels were significantly higher in epilepsy and have diagnostic as well as prognostic significance. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rao A,Baliga L,Raja A,Rao SN

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoelectric focusing and agarose gel electrophoresis of CSF and serum revealed similar frequencies of oligoclonal bands in multiple sclerosis (100% with both methods), infectious CNS disorders (38 and 23%) and other neurological diseases (8 and 10%). In selected cases with unsure CSF oligoclonal bands on agarose gel e...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Laurenzi MA,Link H

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that nitric oxide could be implicated in the neuronal degeneration of substantia nigra compacta in patients with Parkinson's disease. Recently, it has been reported decreased CSF nitrate levels (oxidation product that provides an indirect estimation of nitric oxide) in Parkinson's disease patient...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Molina JA,Jiménez-Jiménez FJ,Navarro JA,Vargas C,Gómez P,Benito-León J,Ortí-Pareja M,Cisneros E,Arenas J

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine characteristics, clinical significance, frequency, and mimics of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a cohort of Wilson's disease (WD, n = 42/f = 18), compared to healthy, matched controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Structured clinical interviews (patients and caregiving family members), repeated neurol...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Trindade MC,Bittencourt T,Lorenzi-Filho G,Alves RC,de Andrade DC,Fonoff ET,Bor-Seng-Shu E,Machado AA,Teixeira MJ,Barbosa ER,Tribl GG

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examinations with directional Doppler (DD) with 10 MHz transducer, and pulsed Doppler in combination with two-dimensional sector scanner with 3 MHz transducer (Duplex) were carried out on 100 vessels in 51 patients with transitory ischemic attacks (TIA) and minor stroke within the territory of the internal carotid art...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Zbornikova V,Akesson JA,Lassvik C

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro protein synthetic capactiy of brain slices from guinea-pigs in the late stage (17-18 days post-induction) of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis was increased over that of Freund's adjuvant injected controls, as determined by the rate of (14C)-leucine incorporation into both tris-soluble and tris-inso...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Babitch JA,Blomstrand C,Hamberger A

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral angiography was carried out in two diabetic patients in the evaluation of minor vascular ischemic episodes. A transient acute renal failure following cerebral angiography was accompanied by a transient comatose episode with severe unilateral neurological deficits. A functional depression of the injected hemis...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Skyhøj Olsen T,Lund P,Praestholm J

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to ascertain whether there is an association between risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) and birth order position. Our reference population was 198,000 persons born in the period 1930-50 and recorded in the register of school health records from the school health service of the Copenhagen council...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Isager H,Andersen E,Hyllested K

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study macrosomatognosia and microsomatognosia occurring as migraine aura symptoms. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Topological distribution of these body schema disturbances were assessed in a collection of 562 pictures submitted as entries to the 4 national Migraine Art competitions. RESULTS:The said symptoms wer...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Robinson D,Podoll K

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00