Serum and CSF vitamin A concentrations in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

abstract：:Increased urinary levels of the polyamines, putrescine, spermidine, and spermine are present in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients. Alterations in excretion are detectable when based on nanomoles per milligram creatinine, micromoles per 24-hour urine collection, or nanomoles per kilogram body weight per 24-hou...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Russell DH,Stern LZ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia (PNKD) is a rare disorder characterized by episodic hyperkinetic movement attacks. We have recently identified mutations in the MR-1 gene causing familial PNKD. METHODS:We reviewed the clinical features of 14 kindreds with familial dyskinesia that was not clearly induced...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bruno MK,Lee HY,Auburger GW,Friedman A,Nielsen JE,Lang AE,Bertini E,Van Bogaert P,Averyanov Y,Hallett M,Gwinn-Hardy K,Sorenson B,Pandolfo M,Kwiecinski H,Servidei S,Fu YH,Ptácek L

更新日期：2007-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant evidence has accrued suggesting that antibodies to voltage-gated calcium channel are observed in at least some patients with sporadic ALS (SALS) and that such antibodies alter the function of these ion channels in vitro and in vivo. Further, passive transfer of these immunoglobulin-containing fractions int...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Smith RG,Siklos L,Alexianu ME,Engelhardt JI,Mosier DR,Colom L,Habib Mohamed A,Appel SH

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 100 patients exhibiting clinical and molecular features of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHMD), five patients had conduction defects or arrhythmia in the absence of cardiovascular risk factors--namely, intraventricular conduction delay and supraventricular arrhythmia induced by electrophysiol...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Laforêt P,de Toma C,Eymard B,Becane HM,Jeanpierre M,Fardeau M,Duboc D

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined six patients with an abrupt change in behavior after infarction involving the inferior genu of the internal capsule. The acute syndrome featured fluctuating alertness, inattention, memory loss, apathy, abulia, and psychomotor retardation, suggesting frontal lobe dysfunction. Contralateral hemiparesis and d...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tatemichi TK,Desmond DW,Prohovnik I,Cross DT,Gropen TI,Mohr JP,Stern Y

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To learn if limb-kinetic apraxia (LKA) is associated with Parkinson disease (PD), participants with PD (on medications) and control subjects performed finger tapping (FT), measuring movement speed, and performed coin rotation (CR), measuring precise coordinated but independent finger movements and speed. There were no...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Quencer K,Okun MS,Crucian G,Fernandez HH,Skidmore F,Heilman KM

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is endemic in the Caribbean basin and Japan. Because of the close proximity of the United States to the Caribbean and the presence of HTLV-I-seropositive persons in the United States, we sought reports of patients who were HTLV-I seropositive and had ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Janssen RS,Kaplan JE,Khabbaz RF,Hammond R,Lechtenberg R,Lairmore M,Chiasson MA,Punsalang A,Roberts B,McKendall RR

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a quantitative immunocytochemical study using a polyclonal antibody directed against choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) in the lower pontine reticular formation in four control subjects and three patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). In the normal brains, there was detectable ChAT-like immunor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Malessa S,Hirsch EC,Cervera P,Javoy-Agid F,Duyckaerts C,Hauw JJ,Agid Y

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system disorders may cause obstructive sleep apnea, but this sleep-related breathing disorder is rarely associated with a structural abnormality of the medulla. We present a patient with obstructive apnea resulting from autopsy-proven syringobulbia-myelia. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Haponik EF,Givens D,Angelo J

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Histologic studies show that the amygdala is affected by Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology, and its medial aspect is the most involved. We aimed to assess in vivo local structural differences in the amygdala of patients with AD using high-field MRI. METHODS:A total of 19 patients with AD (mean age 76, SD 6 ye...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cavedo E,Boccardi M,Ganzola R,Canu E,Beltramello A,Caltagirone C,Thompson PM,Frisoni GB

更新日期：2011-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinical profile of rofecoxib, a long-acting (approximately 17-hour half-life) selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitor, for the acute treatment of migraine. METHODS:A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study was conducted. Patients age > or =18 treated a moderate or...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Silberstein S,Tepper S,Brandes J,Diamond M,Goldstein J,Winner P,Venkatraman S,Vrijens F,Malbecq W,Lines C,Visser WH,Reines S,Yuen E

更新日期：2004-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) encompasses a variety of clinicopathologic entities. The antemortem prediction of the underlying pathologic lesions is reputed to be difficult. This study sought to characterize correlations between 1) the different clinical variants of primary progressive language and...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Deramecourt V,Lebert F,Debachy B,Mackowiak-Cordoliani MA,Bombois S,Kerdraon O,Buée L,Maurage CA,Pasquier F

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This single case report describes a large (giant) left internal carotid aneurysm that showed a very marked decrease in the size of its lumen on reevaluation 5 days after the initial arteriogram. A review of the literature found only 5 cases of spontaneous thrombosis documented by arteriography and only one involved a ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Carlson DH,Thomson D

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-one percent (47/58) of private-sector neurologists in Colorado responded to a mail survey of practice patterns. We evaluated patient load, degree of principal versus consultative care, and use of neurodiagnostic tests. Broad areas of neurologic education that were perceived to have been lacking during residency...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Franklin GM,Ringel SP,Nelson LM,DeLapp C

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arm-diaphragm synkinesis may occur after injury to the proximal portion of the brachial plexus or cervical nerve roots. Regenerating axons of phrenic motor neurons are misdirected to supply limb muscles. Electrodiagnostic investigations of three patients with symptoms referable to upper brachial plexus or cervical roo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Swift TR,Leshner RT,Gross JA

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) transfers electrons from complexes I and II of the mitochondrial respiratory chain to complex III. There is one published report of human CoQ10 deficiency describing two sisters with encephalopathy, proximal weakness, myoglobinuria, and lactic acidosis. We report a patient who had delayed motor mi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sobreira C,Hirano M,Shanske S,Keller RK,Haller RG,Davidson E,Santorelli FM,Miranda AF,Bonilla E,Mojon DS,Barreira AA,King MP,DiMauro S

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook serial clinical and electromyographic muscle action potential (MAP) amplitude assessments in nine patients with the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) over 0.5 to 2.5 years who received plasma exchange (PE; 5 to 15 exchanges over 4 to 19 days) and immunosuppressive drug (IS) treatment (prednisolone ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Newsom-Davis J,Murray NM

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated tyrosine-hydroxylase (TH)-immunoreactive neurons in the medulla oblongata corresponding to the A1 and A2 cell groups in autopsy tissue of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) (n = 3), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) (n = 3), striatonigral degeneration (SND) (n = 2), and in controls (n = 4). The ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Malessa S,Hirsch EC,Cervera P,Duyckaerts C,Agid Y

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy of acetyl-l-carnitine (ALCAR) on the rate of decline in early-onset AD patients. METHODS:A 1-year, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial was conducted. Subjects were 45 to 65 years old, with a diagnosis of probable AD according to National Institute of Neur...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Thal LJ,Calvani M,Amato A,Carta A

更新日期：2000-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2), a dominantly inherited disorder, typically manifests as bilateral vestibular schwannomas and predisposes to other nervous system tumors. In this study, we present a large pedigree with a benign course of NF2 (mild Gardner type) characterized by slowly growing vestibular schwannomas but few o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sainio M,Strachan T,Blomstedt G,Salonen O,Setälä K,Palotie A,Palo J,Pyykkö I,Peltonen L,Jääskeläinen J

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians have long suspected an association of classic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia, or both. If proven, this would raise the possibility of a shared genetic susceptibility to the three disorders. To investigate this hypothesis, we compared 151 newly diagnosed ALS patie...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Majoor-Krakauer D,Ottman R,Johnson WG,Rowland LP

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials have demonstrated that risk of cardiovascular events may be reduced in patients with stroke, using blood pressure (BP) reduction and statin therapy, independently of the presence of specific risk factors. These results suggest an alternative approach to secondary stroke prevention, focused more on glob...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Elkind MS

更新日期：2005-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the potential of detection in CSF of specific Borrelia burgdorferi antigen, OspA, as a marker of infection in neurologic Lyme disease and compare this with the detection of antibody. DESIGN:CSF from 83 neurologic patients in an area highly endemic for Lyme disease was examined prospectively for ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Coyle PK,Schutzer SE,Deng Z,Krupp LB,Belman AL,Benach JL,Luft BJ

更新日期：1995-11-01 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 studied 25 patients within 6 hours of acute spinal cord injury using magnetically evoked cortical motor evoked potentials (MEPs). The subjects included 16 quadriplegics with cervical spine injuries and eight paraplegics. MEPs were recorded from abductor digiti minimi (ADM), biceps, flexor hallucis brevis, and tibia...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Macdonell RA,Donnan GA

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Dominant, left anteromedial temporal lobe resection (AMTLR) for seizure control carries risks to verbal episodic memory and visual object naming. Consistent with traditional thinking, verbal memory decline is considered a consequence of hippocampal removal and naming decline has been attributed to lateral tem...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hamberger MJ,Seidel WT,McKhann GM 2nd,Goodman RR

更新日期：2010-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association of established multiple sclerosis (MS) risk variants in 3,254 African Americans (1,162 cases and 2,092 controls). METHODS:Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1, HLA-DQB1, and HLA-A alleles were typed by molecular techniques. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping was conducte...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Isobe N,Gourraud PA,Harbo HF,Caillier SJ,Santaniello A,Khankhanian P,Maiers M,Spellman S,Cereb N,Yang S,Pando MJ,Piccio L,Cross AH,De Jager PL,Cree BA,Hauser SL,Oksenberg JR

更新日期：2013-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In "Dark Victory," released in theaters in 1939, the diagnosis and management of a progressive brain tumor was a central part of the screenplay, and this film marked the beginnings of the depiction of neurologic disease in cinema. Bette Davis' cinematic portrayal of a young woman dying from a brain tumor is close to t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wijdicks EFM

更新日期：2016-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients presented with brief, repetitive, stereotyped transient ischemic attacks, large artery atherostenoses or occlusions with impaired collateral flow to a cortical perfusion borderzone, and orthostatic hypotension (OH). OH was caused by diabetes mellitus, aging, and treatments for ischemic heart disease ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dobkin BH

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can lead to hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. Conversely, the systemic effects of a wide variety of critical illnesses can lead to CNS dysfunction, which can precipitate respiratory failure. Reported is a patient in whom an acute encephalop...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dyken ME,Yamada T,Berger HA

更新日期：2003-05-27 00:00:00