A novel locus for hereditary spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum and epilepsy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma exchange (PE) is used to treat severe episodes of CNS demyelination unresponsive to corticosteroids. Predictors of long-term response are not well known. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 41 patients consecutively treated by PE between January 1995 and July 2007. The primary ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Llufriu S,Castillo J,Blanco Y,Ramió-Torrentà L,Río J,Vallès M,Lozano M,Castellà MD,Calabia J,Horga A,Graus F,Montalban X,Saiz A

更新日期：2009-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Migration from an area where MS is common to an area where it is rare (and vice versa) affects the risk of MS, provided migration occurs in childhood. A childhood infection might explain this effect. Therefore, the age pattern of infectious diseases in different regions was examined. A higher proportion of children sh...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Alter M,Zhang ZX,Davanipour Z,Sobel E,Zibulewski J,Schwartz G,Friday G

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of botulinum toxin A in 12 patients with spasticity and in eight patients with rigidity. The study design was a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial with botulinum toxin A versus saline. Using the Ashworth Scale for spasticity and the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale for rigi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grazko MA,Polo KB,Jabbari B

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied the tolerability of subcutaneous interferon beta-1a (IFNbeta-1a) in 51 patients with early-onset multiple sclerosis. The most frequent systemic adverse effects were flu-like symptoms in 65%. Laboratory abnormalities included asymptomatic leukopenia (27%) and elevated hepatic transaminases (35%). Tr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pohl D,Rostasy K,Gärtner J,Hanefeld F

更新日期：2005-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-year-old girl presented to our tertiary care hospital with a complaint of lower extremity weakness and unsteady gait for 2 days. She was able to pull herself to stand, but could not stand unsupported. She had no sensory symptoms or pain. She did not complain of any weakness in her arms, trunk, face, or neck. She h...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chagnon SL,Naik M,Abdel-Hamid H

更新日期：2014-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence of age on the occurrence of cognitive disturbances in Parkinson's disease (PD), by evaluating neuropsychological performances in early- and late-onset groups of patients (less than 45 and greater than 65 years, respectively), individually paired for all the variables of parkinsonism and c...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dubois B,Pillon B,Sternic N,Lhermitte F,Agid Y

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the natural history of the C9orf72 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (C9ALS) patient population, develop disease biomarkers, and characterize patient pathologies. METHODS:We prospectively collected clinical and demographic data from 116 symptomatic C9ALS and 12 non-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) f...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cammack AJ,Atassi N,Hyman T,van den Berg LH,Harms M,Baloh RH,Brown RH,van Es MA,Veldink JH,de Vries BS,Rothstein JD,Drain C,Jockel-Balsarotti J,Malcolm A,Boodram S,Salter A,Wightman N,Yu H,Sherman AV,Esparza TJ,Mc

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Women were enrolled in our prospective cohort study of epilepsy and pregnancy to determine the developmental outcome of offspring and the immediate outcome of pregnancy. Women with epilepsy (case group) were enrolled before conception or during the first trimester, and women without epilepsy or chronic illness (contro...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leavitt AM,Yerby MS,Robinson N,Sells CJ,Erickson DM

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the source of delayed visual evoked potential (VEP) latencies in the fellow eyes of patients with optic neuritis (ON) and determine whether these latencies stem from clinically silent demyelination or reflect an adaptive process for synchronization with the affected eyes. METHODS:The study sample...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Raz N,Chokron S,Ben-Hur T,Levin N

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore sensitivity of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in detecting prior unilateral optic neuritis. METHODS:This is a retrospective, observational clinical study of all patients who presented from January 1, 2014, to January 6, 2017, with unilateral optic neuritis and OCT available at least 3 months a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Xu SC,Kardon RH,Leavitt JA,Flanagan EP,Pittock SJ,Chen JJ

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The topodiagnostic value and specificity of nystagmus in patients with mesencephalic lesions and its relation to tonic torsional deficits and vertical saccade deficits is controversial and anecdotal. METHODS:The authors examined 11 patients with vascular MRI-identified mesencephalic lesions and clinical evi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Helmchen C,Rambold H,Kempermann U,Büttner-Ennever JA,Büttner U

更新日期：2002-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Conditioning stimuli to the coronal gyrus or periventricular gray matter inhibit the activity of spinal trigeminal neurons. Valproate decreased the corticofugal inhibition of the spinal trigeminal nucleus, as did ethosuximide, trimethadione, and imipramine. Valproate and ethosuximide also decreased the periventricular...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fromm GH,Glass JD,Chattha AS,Martinez AJ,Silverman M

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a method for graphically reporting the results of brainstem auditory evoked response examinations on the basis of multiple parameters. The method is based on a transform that normalizes the many latency and amplitude measures obtained from the averaged evoked responses of normal subjects tested under standa...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lolas F,Hoeppner TJ,Morrell F

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with "reflex sympathetic dystrophy" or "causalgia" underwent sympathetic blocks. In protocol A (77 patients), we infused placebo (saline) for 30 minutes followed by phentolamine (35 mg). In protocol B (23 patients), the saline phase was followed by double-blind infusion of phentolamine or phenylephrine (500 m...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Verdugo RJ,Ochoa JL

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has shown that the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMS) is biased as a measure of cognitive impairment in minority and low-education patients. The purpose of this study was to (1) develop a statistical correction for effects of age and education and (2) test the efficacy of the statistically adjusted ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mungas D,Marshall SC,Weldon M,Haan M,Reed BR

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used two analytic methods (a multichannel coulometric electrode array with high-performance liquid chromatography, and gas chromatography-mass spectrophotometry) to measure CSF dopamine (DA) and its metabolites in mildly affected, unmedicated subjects with Parkinson's disease (PD). The mean (+/- SD) concentration o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： LeWitt PA,Galloway MP,Matson W,Milbury P,McDermott M,Srivastava DK,Oakes D

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute in-stent thrombosis is a well-known complication of carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) and often due to resistance to or inadequate treatment with platelet-inhibiting agents. The authors report three cases of a delayed in-stent thrombosis after more than a week but less than 3 months after CAS. In all cases,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Buhk JH,Wellmer A,Knauth M

更新日期：2006-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured plasma norepinephrine levels in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy. Patients with orthostatic hypotension had low basal plasma norepinephrine levels, which did not increase after postural change. On the basis of biochemical findings that suggest depletion of peripheral norepinephrine, DL-threo-3...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Suzuki T,Higa S,Sakoda S,Hayashi A,Yamamura Y,Takaba Y,Nakajima A

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A median safinamide (SAF) dose of 70 mg/day (range 40 to 90 mg/day) increased the percentage of parkinsonian patients improving their motor scores by > or =30% from baseline (responders) after 3 months from 21.4% (placebo) to 37.5% (p < 0.05, calculated by logistic regression analysis). In a subgroup of 101 patients u...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stocchi F,Arnold G,Onofrj M,Kwiecinski H,Szczudlik A,Thomas A,Bonuccelli U,Van Dijk A,Cattaneo C,Sala P,Fariello RG,Safinamide Parkinson's Study Group.

更新日期：2004-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 44 consecutive patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), we found restless legs syndrome (RLS) in 10 of 27 CMT type 2 (CMT2) patients (37%) and in none of 17 CMT type 1 patients (p = 0.004). In the CMT2 patients, RLS was associated with positive sensory symptoms (10/10 versus 10/17; p = 0.026). T...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gemignani F,Marbini A,Di Giovanni G,Salih S,Terzano MG

更新日期：1999-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:This nested case-control study assessed the putative protective effect of human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) against HIV-1-related dementia (dementia). The HHV-8 seropositivity of 210 male age- and HIV disease stage-matched cases and controls was compared. The overall HHV-8 seropositivity of 66% was similar among demented HI...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Polk S,Muñoz A,Sacktor NC,Jenkins FJ,Cohen B,Miller EN,Jacobson LP

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) were assessed, and a metabolic profile associated with conversion to AD at 18-month follow-up was sought. As compared with nonconverters (n = 10), converters (n = 7) had lower fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the right temporoparietal cortex (p = 0.02, corrected for cluster si...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chételat G,Desgranges B,de la Sayette V,Viader F,Eustache F,Baron JC

更新日期：2003-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD)-2, primary daily headaches unremitting from onset are classified as new daily-persistent headache (NDPH) only if migraine features are absent. When migraine features are present, classification is problematic. METHODS:We developed a ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Robbins MS,Grosberg BM,Napchan U,Crystal SC,Lipton RB

更新日期：2010-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of isoniazid on tremor in 13 patients with MS. Patients were evaluated before treatment, after 1 month of therapy (1,000 mg daily), and 1 month after the last dose. Ten patients improved on at least one of three methods of evaluation. Transient side effects were common, possibly because there ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Duquette P,Pleines J,du Souich P

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have examined the role of APOE variation in multiple sclerosis (MS), but have lacked the statistical power to detect modest genetic influences on risk and disease severity. The meta- and pooled analyses presented here utilize the largest collection, to date, of MS cases, controls, and famili...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Burwick RM,Ramsay PP,Haines JL,Hauser SL,Oksenberg JR,Pericak-Vance MA,Schmidt S,Compston A,Sawcer S,Cittadella R,Savettieri G,Quattrone A,Polman CH,Uitdehaag BM,Zwemmer JN,Hawkins CP,Ollier WE,Weatherby S,Enzinger C

更新日期：2006-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a randomized double-blind crossover therapeutic bioequivalency study of a generic (Epitol) versus a brand name (Tegretol) carbamazepine product under steady-state conditions in 40 epileptic patients. Each patient received 90-day supplies of Epitol or Tegretol and placebo, which replaced the usual dosage o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Oles KS,Penry JK,Smith LD,Anderson RL,Dean JC,Riela AR

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the risk of seizure recurrence after a first seizure due to neurocysticercosis (NC) and to evaluate risk factors for seizure recurrence, including the influence of antihelminthic treatment. METHODS:The authors prospectively followed 77 patients with a first seizure and active or transitional NC ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Carpio A,Hauser WA

更新日期：2002-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy and tolerability of unilateral thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) for patients with medically refractory essential tremor (ET) and the tremor associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). BACKGROUND:The tremor of ET and PD may produce functional disability despite optimal medical the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ondo W,Jankovic J,Schwartz K,Almaguer M,Simpson RK

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Determine the frequency of and the predictive factors for abnormal ocular fundus findings among emergency department (ED) headache patients. METHODS:Cross-sectional study of prospectively enrolled adult patients presenting to our ED with a chief complaint of headache. Ocular fundus photographs were obtained...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Thulasi P,Fraser CL,Biousse V,Wright DW,Newman NJ,Bruce BB

更新日期：2013-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the causal relevance of current tobacco smoking for the risk of Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:We compared the risks of death from PD with smoking habits in 30,000 male doctors in the British Doctors cohort study in 1951 and in survivors who had been resurveyed periodically for 5 decades. Cau...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mappin-Kasirer B,Pan H,Lewington S,Kizza J,Gray R,Clarke R,Peto R

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00