Guillain-Barré syndrome in south-west Stockholm, 1973-1991, 1. Quality of registered hospital diagnoses and incidence.

abstract：:Although intravenous (i.v.) heparin is widely used as the first line treatment for cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis (CVST), the most appropriate therapy for this disease is still controversial. We report 2 cases of CVST who were successfully treated by means of loco-regional thrombolysis with urokinase. In the fir...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Buccino G,Scoditti U,Pini M,Menozzi R,Piazza P,Zuccoli P,Mancia D

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taurine content of 199 clinical muscle biopsies was determined and correlated to histometric data of 121 cases. Taurine concentration in muscles was markedly dependent on fiber type distribution, taurine being more abundant in the slow, oxidative type 1 fibers than in the type 2 fibers. Taurine concentration rose slig...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Airaksinen EM,Paljärvi L,Partanen J,Collan Y,Laakso R,Pentikäinen T

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 23-year-old patient suffering from mental deterioration was referred for CT study following her first epileptic fit. The study disclosed generalized atrophy and diffuse symmetric white matter hypodensities. Similar findings were found in her 13-year-old retarded sister. The diagnosis of metachromatic leukodystrophy ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Reider-Grosswasser I,Bornstein N

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Out of a data pool of 1271 patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) a total of 109 cases are selected having a sole spinal symptomatology throughout the course of the disease. This group differs in three particular features from the non-spinal forms of MS: In this group there is a higher percentage of females, the age at...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Poser S,Herrmann-Gremmels I,Wikström J,Poser W

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Evaluate interim long-term tolerability, safety and efficacy of adjunctive perampanel, a novel α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-5-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-receptor antagonist, in patients with refractory partial-onset seizures. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Study 207, an open-label extension (OLE) study (ClinicalTr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rektor I,Krauss GL,Bar M,Biton V,Klapper JA,Vaiciene-Magistris N,Kuba R,Squillacote D,Gee M,Kumar D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brivaracetam (BRV) is a new antiseizure medication (ASM) that is currently approved for adjunctive treatment in patients with focal onset seizures. Similarly to levetiracetam (LEV), BRV works by binding SV2A vesicles with a high affinity and a linear pharmacokinetic profile. Retrospective studies and randomized clinic...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Verrotti A,Grasso EA,Cacciatore M,Matricardi S,Striano P

更新日期：2020-09-23 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:The present study focused on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DQB1, DQA1 and DRB1 allelic variation according to ethnicity and analyzed whether susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) depends on population characteristics. METHODS:Eighty-eight healthy African-Brazilians and 92 healthy white Brazilians living ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Alves-Leon SV,Papais-Alvarenga R,Magalhães M,Alvarenga M,Thuler LC,Fernández y Fernandez O

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Recognition of stroke symptoms and activation of emergency services are essential in minimizing delay for acute stroke treatments. In this study, we assessed public stroke awareness in Sweden. METHODS:One thousand and five hundred residents aged 18-79 years participated in a telephone survey. Open-...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nordanstig A,Jood K,Rosengren L

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:It was shown previously that low-Mg2+-induced epileptiform activity in rat entorhinal cortex slices changes with time from a pattern of serial seizure-like events (SLEs) to a state of continuously recurring epileptiform activity. Valproic acid blocked the early SLEs but not the late activity. It was proposed...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Dreier JP,Zhang CL,Heinemann U

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper was to evaluate the outcome and the factors predictive for a good prognosis of resective surgery for intractable partial epilepsy guided by subdural electrode arrays (SEA's) and operative electrocorticography. Sixty-four patients, aged 8-52 years, were evaluated with chronic SEAs in order to reco...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jennum P,Dhuna A,Davies K,Fiol M,Maxwell R

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Deprenyl, a specific monoamine oxidase subtype B inhibitor, has been reported a valuable adjunct to conventional treatment of Parkinsonism. A double-blind cross-over controlled study was performed in 19 parkinsonian patients with on-off type problems. Five mg L-Deprenyl per day reduced the number of on-off episodes....

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Brodersen P,Philbert A,Gulliksen G,Stigård A

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to investigate associations between neuropsychological indices and normalized volumes of supratentorial structures, and the area of the corpus callosum. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We studied 40 patients with clinically definite MS, using 3D-acquired MRI (MPRAGE, Magnetization Prepared Rapid Acquisition ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Edwards SG,Liu C,Blumhardt LD

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of recent interesting hypotheses of transient global amnesia (TGA) pathophysiology is the preexisting vulnerability of the memory network in patients with TGA. AIM OF THE STUDY:To verify the hypothesis that patients with recurrent amnestic attacks may have more disrupted structural connectivity than pat...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Moon Y,Moon WJ,Han SH

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：MATERIALS AND METHODS:In a prospective study we evaluated patients with first generalized tonic-clonic seizure (GTCS) (n = 16, age: 31 +/- 11 years, 8 women) and patients with vaso-vagal syncope (VVS) (n = 17, age: 32 +/- 13 years, 8 women), diagnosed on the basis of past history and clinical presentation who had serum...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Neufeld MY,Treves TA,Chistik V,Korczyn AD

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may provide markers of severity and outcome of optic neuritis. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We examined the CSF from 29 patients with acute monosymptomatic optic neuritis (AMON) for content of myelin basic protein-like material (MBPLM) and correlated the levels with results of cranial ma...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Frederiksen JL,Whitaker JN

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease (PD) and stroke (ST) subjects show balance impairments due to damage of the balance control system. The objective of the study was to assess the impact of MS, PD and ST on upright posture in eyes open condition and when visual and/or proprioceptive inputs are alter...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Cattaneo D,Carpinella I,Aprile I,Prosperini L,Montesano A,Jonsdottir J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early administration of paracetamol may improve outcome of patients with acute stroke and a baseline body temperature of 37°C or above by lowering body temperature and preventing fever. Besides its antipyretic effects, paracetamol may affect blood pressure through cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition. We therefore ai...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： den Hertog HM,van der Worp HB,van Gemert HM,van Gijn J,Koudstaal PJ,Dippel DW

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the macrophage electrophoretic mobility (MEM) test of Field & Caspary, lymphocyte sensitization to thyroid antigen (F1-fraction) is demonstrable in all subjects--multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, those with other (destructive) neurological diseases (OND) and normals. The MEM-LAD test enables a further differentia...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jenssen HL,Meyer-Rienecker HJ,Köhler H,Günther JK

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we have shown low levels of dystrophin immunoreactivity in muscle from patients with DMD. According to the "frame-shift hypothesis" DMD muscle should not synthesize any dystrophin through to the C-terminus and it has been suggested that the protein detected is not dystrophin, but a related autosomal homolog...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nicholson LV,Johnson MA,Davison K,O'Donnell E,Falkous G,Barron M,Harris JB

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with pseudotumor cerebri were studied. The diagnosis was based on bilateral papilledema and absence of intracranial masses and hydrocephalus. Based on the radiological findings, three groups of patients emerged: (A) Five patients with an empty sella. Four had an enlarged sella; (B) Two patients with a pit...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bjerre P,Lindholm J,Gyldensted C

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one patients continued a double-blind crossover study to compare the prophylactic effect on migraine of propranolol and clonidine. The daily dosage of propranolol and clonidine was 160 mg and 100 microgram, respectively. Statistical analysis did not show any significant difference between the two drugs in respe...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kåss B,Nestvold K

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 24 asymptomatic HIV-infected patients (CDC II/III) and 27 HIV-negative controls were tested for speed of reaction and for general neuropsychological functioning. Reaction time was assessed with two computerized tests with differing levels of cognitive complexity. The results show that the asymptomatic HIV-p...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Karlsen NR,Reinvang I,Frøland SS

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine, in a randomized, controlled, single blinded trial, the efficacy of a soft hand brace and a wrist splint for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). METHODS:We randomized 120 patients with CTS into a group wearing the soft hand brace MANU and into another group wearing the wrist splint CAMP TIELLE at night ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： De Angelis MV,Pierfelice F,Di Giovanni P,Staniscia T,Uncini A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP)-values in the acute phase of stroke and the risk of further fatal and non-fatal ischemic events. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We analysed 462 consecutive incident ischemic strokes. Patients were divided into two subgroups on the basis of a CRP cut-o...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Corso G,Bottacchi E,Brusa A,Benedetto MD,Giardini G,Lia C,Reggiani M,Veronese Morosini M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationship between atherosclerotic lesions of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) detected on MRA and vascular risk factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We retrospectively assessed 279 patients (mean age, 69.0+/-11.3 years) who visited the Department of Neurology of Masuda Red Cross Hospital and unde...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Takahashi K,Kitani M,Fukuda H,Kobayashi S

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The differential diagnosis of patients with idiopathic parkinsonism is difficult, especially early in the course of the disease. External anal sphincter electromyography (EAS-EMG) has been reported to be of value in the differential diagnosis between Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA)...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Linder J,Libelius R,Nordh E,Holmberg B,Stenlund H,Forsgren L

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients suffer from high levels of anxiety. However, it is unclear which factors are related to anxiety, since study results are inconsistent, and the associated factors have not been examined comprehensively. In this study, we investigated the demographic, disease-related and psycho...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Wallis O,Bol Y,Köhler S,van Heugten C

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00