The impact of lesion side on acute stroke treatment.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assessed whether clinical and imaging features of subjects with apraxia of speech (AOS) more severe than aphasia (dominant AOS) are more similar to agrammatic primary progressive aphasia (agPPA) or to primary progressive AOS (PPAOS). METHODS:Sixty-seven subjects (PPAOS = 18, dominant AOS = 10, agPPA = 9, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Josephs KA,Duffy JR,Strand EA,Machulda MM,Senjem ML,Lowe VJ,Jack CR Jr,Whitwell JL

更新日期：2013-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We assayed serum folate levels of 60 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and found that 50% had values below 3.0 micrograms/l. Some patients with CFS are deficient in folic acid. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jacobson W,Saich T,Borysiewicz LK,Behan WM,Behan PO,Wreghitt TG

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of interferon-beta-1b (IFNbeta-1b) treatment on total contrast-enhancing lesions (CEL), white matter lesion load (WMLL), and cerebral atrophy (CA) in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) using serial monthly MRI. METHODS:An open-label baseline-vs-treatment cross...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Frank JA,Richert N,Bash C,Stone L,Calabresi PA,Lewis B,Stone R,Howard T,McFarland HF

更新日期：2004-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Interictal and ictal fluorodeoxyglucose scans were obtained with positron CT from four patients with spontaneous recurrent partial seizures, one with epilepsia partialis continua, and one with a single partial seizure induced by electrical stimulation of the hippocampus. Ictal metabolic patterns were different for eac...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Engel J Jr,Kuhl DE,Phelps ME,Rausch R,Nuwer M

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied presymptomatic individuals with the Huntington disease (HD) mutation to determine whether cortical thinning was present. They found thinning that was regionally selective, semi-independent of striatal volume loss, and correlated with cognitive performance. Early, extensive cortical involvement occu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rosas HD,Hevelone ND,Zaleta AK,Greve DN,Salat DH,Fischl B

更新日期：2005-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In Swiss mice, muscimol (3 mg per kilogram, intraperitoneally) caused myoclonic jerks of the hindquarters. These jerks were strong, repetitive, more or less regular, and of high frequency (peak response, 76 per minute). Pretreatment with sodium gamma-hydroxybutyrate (50 to 200 mg per kilogram) caused a dose-dependent ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Menon MK

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether admission hyperglycemia predicts poststroke infections and, if so, whether poststroke infections modify the effect of admission hyperglycemia on functional outcome in ischemic stroke. METHODS:We used data from acute ischemic stroke patients in the Preventive Antibiotics in Stroke Study...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zonneveld TP,Nederkoorn PJ,Westendorp WF,Brouwer MC,van de Beek D,Kruyt ND,PASS Investigators.

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, twofold crossover study in 16 patients with MS who presented with severe spasticity to investigate safety, tolerability, and efficacy of oral Delta(9)-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Cannabis sativa plant extract. Both drugs were safe, but adverse ev...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Killestein J,Hoogervorst EL,Reif M,Kalkers NF,Van Loenen AC,Staats PG,Gorter RW,Uitdehaag BM,Polman CH

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study assessed the tissue integrity of major cervical cord tracts by using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to determine the relationship with specific clinical functions carried by those tracts. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study of 37 patients with multiple sclerosis or neuromyelitis optica with r...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Naismith RT,Xu J,Klawiter EC,Lancia S,Tutlam NT,Wagner JM,Qian P,Trinkaus K,Song SK,Cross AH

更新日期：2013-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors estimated the sample sizes needed for exploratory trials of MS assessing the efficacy of new treatments in reducing the number of new enhancing lesions vs those of interferon-beta or glatiramer acetate. The sample sizes per arm ranged from 868 (effect: 20%) to 94 (effect: 50%) for patients with relapsing-r...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sormani MP,Rovaris M,Bagnato F,Molyneux P,Bruzzi P,Pozzilli C,Miller DH,Comi G,Filippi M

更新日期：2001-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define a clinical syndrome associated with active drug abuse in HIV-infected individuals. METHODS:We performed a retrospective review to identify individuals treated at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1993 to 2008 who were HIV-infected and were actively abusing drugs and had bilateral basal ganglia lesion...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Newsome SD,Johnson E,Pardo C,McArthur JC,Nath A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcification in brainstem gliomas is an unusual histologic and and radiologic finding. To date, radiologic evidence of calcification in these tumors has not been reported. The two patients described here had evidence of calcification on either computerized tomography (CT) or plain skull films. Increasing availability...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Duffner PK,Klein DM,Cohen ME

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure changes in psychometric state, neural activation, brain volume (BV), and cerebral metabolite concentrations during treatment of minimal hepatic encephalopathy. METHODS:As proof of principle, 22 patients with well-compensated, biopsy-proven cirrhosis of differing etiology and previous minimal hepat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： McPhail MJ,Leech R,Grover VP,Fitzpatrick JA,Dhanjal NS,Crossey MM,Pflugrad H,Saxby BK,Wesnes K,Dresner MA,Waldman AD,Thomas HC,Taylor-Robinson SD

更新日期：2013-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether the human sciatic nerve might have a consistent somatotopic organization according to proximal fascicle input by spinal nerves. METHODS:Twelve patients (55.3 ± 15.5 years) with confirmed lesions of either the L5 or S1 spinal nerve root underwent magnetic resonance neurography of sciat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bäumer P,Weiler M,Bendszus M,Pham M

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of oxidative stress in mediating HIV dementia and to identify novel therapeutic compounds that may block this oxidative stress. METHODS:Brain tissue from patients with HIV encephalitis and macaques with simian immune deficiency virus encephalitis was immunostained for lipid peroxidation...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Turchan J,Pocernich CB,Gairola C,Chauhan A,Schifitto G,Butterfield DA,Buch S,Narayan O,Sinai A,Geiger J,Berger JR,Elford H,Nath A

更新日期：2003-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the ability to recognize epileptiform abnormalities on a video review of ambulatory cassette EEGs (A/EEG) by comparing two independent interpretations of an A/EEG to those derived from a routine recording and intensive monitoring by cable telemetry (C/EEG) of the same 40 patients. Both A/EEG readings concu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ebersole JS,Leroy RF

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capecitabine is used to treat advanced breast and gastrointestinal malignancies. A single case of encephalopathy and three cases of peripheral neuropathy are the only neurotoxicities reported. The authors report five additional cases of capecitabine-induced multifocal leukoencephalopathy. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Videnovic A,Semenov I,Chua-Adajar R,Baddi L,Blumenthal DT,Beck AC,Simuni T,Futterer S,Gradishar W,Tellez C,Raizer JJ

更新日期：2005-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the North Dublin Population Stroke Study, we investigated the risk of recurrent stroke within the 14-day time window recommended for endarterectomy. METHODS:In a population-based prospective cohort study, all ischemic stroke patients were identified over 1 year and categorized into those with (CS-positive...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marnane M,Ni Chroinin D,Callaly E,Sheehan OC,Merwick A,Hannon N,Horgan G,Kyne L,Moroney J,McCormack PM,Dolan E,Duggan J,Williams D,Crispino-O'Connell G,Kelly PJ

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-Leu 7 antibody reacts with determinants on a subset of natural killer (NK) cells and myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG). In a patient patient with peripheral neuropathy and IgM autoantibodies against MAG, we found the distribution and functions of NK cells to be normal. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sriram S,Lanier L

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coma is rare in temporal arteritis (TA). We describe a patient with TA who suddenly developed coma with a triphasic EEG pattern that resolved after initiation of steroid treatment. Although the arterial lesions in TA are segmental in nature, TA may present with signs of diffuse neurologic deficit; early treatment can ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tomer Y,Neufeld MY,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apolipoprotein E gene has been associated with various types of dementia. We studied the connection between the APOE gene and the risk and onset of disease in 34 patients with clinically diagnosed frontal lobe dementia (FLD) derived from a population-based study in the Netherlands. A significant increased risk of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stevens M,van Duijn CM,de Knijff P,van Broeckhoven C,Heutink P,Oostra BA,Niermeijer MF,van Swieten JC

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinergic neurons in the nucleus ambiguus (NA) were counted in autopsy tissue obtained from five patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA), four patients with PD, and five controls. The number of neurons in the dorsal NA was not significantly different among the three groups. Neurons in the ventrolateral portion o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Benarroch EE,Schmeichel AM,Parisi JE

更新日期：2003-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-month-old boy developed herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) and delayed contralateral hemiparesis following intrauterine varicella exposure. CT demonstrated multiple areas of hypodensity in the left basal ganglia, and angiography showed occlusion of left lenticulostriate arteries. As in most adults with HZO and dela...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leis AA,Butler IJ

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracranial carotid systems of 105 patients with retinal ischemia were examined using B-mode ultrasonography with integrated pulsed Doppler. Sixty-four patients had amaurosis fugax (AF), 17 central retinal artery occlusions (CRAO), and 21 branch retinal artery occlusions (BRAO). The prevalence of carotid stenosis...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chawluk JB,Kushner MJ,Bank WJ,Silver FL,Jamieson DG,Bosley TM,Conway DJ,Cohen D,Savino PJ

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since a parental sex effect has been reported in Huntington's disease, we looked to see whether a similar effect is apparent in adult (autosomal dominant) familial ALS. We analyzed the data for 145 patients, with an onset age range of 20 to 68 years and a known affected parent (AP), from 52 families described in the l...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leone M

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial determinations of spinal fluid homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) were made in four patients with the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome over a 5-year period. Control spinal fluids for age-matched comparison were obtained from 194 neurologic and nonneurologic pediatric patients. A rapid decline i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Silverstein FS,Johnston MV,Hutchinson RJ,Edwards NL

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively evaluated the relationship between a common psychological stressor and relapses in multiple sclerosis (MS) in a group of 32 MS patients exposed to the threat of missile attacks during the Persian Gulf War of 1991. The number of relapses during the war and the following 2 months was significantly lower...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nisipeanu P,Korczyn AD

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between age-related memory decline and hippocampal anatomic changes is a matter of debate. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relationship between age-related memory decline and MRI hippocampal anatomic changes in a cohort of healthy individuals. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, 76 health...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Carlesimo GA,Cherubini A,Caltagirone C,Spalletta G

更新日期：2010-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide information on the effect of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on people with epilepsy and provide consensus recommendations on how to provide the best possible care for people with epilepsy while avoiding visits to urgent care facilities and hospitalizations during the novel cor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： French JA,Brodie MJ,Caraballo R,Devinsky O,Ding D,Jehi L,Jette N,Kanner A,Modi AC,Newton CR,Patel AA,Pennell PB,Perucca E,Sander JW,Scheffer IE,Singh G,Williams E,Wilmshurst J,Cross JH

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical characteristics of encounters with patients misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:A cross-sectional Internet-based physician survey of MS specialists was performed. RESULTS:The response rate for the survey was 50.4%. Of those who responded, the majority (95%) reported h...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Solomon AJ,Klein EP,Bourdette D

更新日期：2012-06-12 00:00:00