Predictive value of sensory and cognitive evoked potentials for awakening from coma.

abstract：:We administered 3 commonly employed tests of mental status (the Information-Memory-Concentration test [IMC], the Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE], and the Dementia Rating Scale [DRS]) to 92 patients with probable dementia of the Alzheimer type. The 3 tests were readministered to 55 of the patients (2-year subgroup...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Salmon DP,Thal LJ,Butters N,Heindel WC

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is only limited evidence from adequately controlled clinical trials to support high-dose methylprednisolone therapy for attacks of multiple sclerosis (MS) and none supporting oral administration. We assessed the effect of oral high-dose methylprednisolone therapy in attacks of MS. METHODS:Twenty-five p...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sellebjerg F,Frederiksen JL,Nielsen PM,Olesen J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetization transfer imaging (MTI) is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that is now used in multiple sclerosis (MS) studies, and is thought to have a higher pathological specificity than conventional T2-weighted imaging. This review outlines the correlations between magnetization transfer (MT) metrics and...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rovaris M,Horsfield MA,Filippi M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common neurologic disorder that affects 5 to 10% of the population and increases in prevalence with aging. The clinical hallmarks of RLS include dysesthesias or paresthesias in the legs and sometimes the arms, occurring primarily at rest, which are usually worse in the evening and are...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Comella CL

更新日期：2002-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate when it is possible to discontinue anticonvulsant treatment in children with cryptogenic partial epilepsy, the authors studied 89 epileptic children divided into two groups: Group A, 45 children whose therapy was discontinued after 1 year from the last seizure; and Group B, 44 children whose therapy was st...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Verrotti A,Morresi S,Basciani F,Cutarella R,Morgese G,Chiarelli F

更新日期：2000-11-14 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 investigate whether vitamin D, smoking, and anti-Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) antibody concentrations predict long-term cognitive status and neuroaxonal injury in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:This study was conducted among 278 patients with clinically isolated syndrome who participated in the clinical tri...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cortese M,Munger KL,Martínez-Lapiscina EH,Barro C,Edan G,Freedman MS,Hartung HP,Montalbán X,Foley FW,Penner IK,Hemmer B,Fox EJ,Schippling S,Wicklein EM,Kappos L,Kuhle J,Ascherio A,BENEFIT Study Group.

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the prevalence of brain MRI abnormalities in people with epilepsy in rural China and to compare it with that of individuals in the United Kingdom. METHODS:Brain MRI scans were obtained in people with epilepsy who participated in a rural community-based program in China between July 2010 and Decembe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Davagnanam I,Chen Z,Hoskote C,Ding D,Yang B,Wang Y,Wang T,Li W,Duncan JS,Wang W,Sander JW,Kwan P

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential tremor (ET) is a common movement disorder that often causes functional disability, potentially leading to physical and emotional difficulties. The paucity of data available regarding the underlying pathophysiologic mechanism of ET hinders the development of innovative approaches to pharmacotherapeutic treatm...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Koller WC,Hristova A,Brin M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is a common cause of spontaneous lobar hemorrhage in elderly patients. We discuss seven patients with amyloid angiopathy presenting without major lobar hemorrhage. The patients' presentations fell into two groups: recurrent transient neurologic symptoms and rapidly progressive dementia. The...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Greenberg SM,Vonsattel JP,Stakes JW,Gruber M,Finklestein SP

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Learning and memory impairments are prevalent among persons with multiple sclerosis (MS); however, such deficits are only weakly associated with MS disease severity (brain atrophy). The cognitive reserve hypothesis states that greater lifetime intellectual enrichment lessens the negative impact of brain disea...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sumowski JF,Wylie GR,Chiaravalloti N,DeLuca J

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that the vasopressin analogue desglycinamide-arginine8-vasopressin (DGAVP) might specifically benefit mild brain trauma patients. We investigated the effect of intranasal DGAVP treatment in 32 patients who had sustained a mild head injury for 3 months in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, mat...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bohnen NI,Twijnstra A,Jolles J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disease locus for the clinically heterogeneous childhood spinal muscular atrophies (SMA) maps to the chromosome 5 subregion, 5q11.2-13.3. The beta-subunit of beta-D-N-acetylhexosaminidase (hexosaminidase) (EC 3.2.1.52) (Hex B) maps to the same region, and the protein required for substrate recognition by this enzy...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kleyn PW,Brzustowicz LM,Wilhelmsen KC,Freimer NB,Miller JM,Munsat TL,Gilliam TC

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the clinical and radiologic features of brainstem gliomas (BSGs) in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). METHODS:We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study of 133 children with NF1 and concurrent BSGs cared for at 4 NF1 referral centers. BSG was determined using radiographic criter...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mahdi J,Shah AC,Sato A,Morris SM,McKinstry RC,Listernick R,Packer RJ,Fisher MJ,Gutmann DH

更新日期：2017-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe four patients with temporal lobe epilepsy with limbic encephalitis unrelated to neoplasm. METHODS:The authors performed a retrospective evaluation of patient data obtained during presurgical evaluation, with additional CSF analyses, serum analyses, and histopathologic investigations. RESULTS:The...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bien CG,Schulze-Bonhage A,Deckert M,Urbach H,Helmstaedter C,Grunwald T,Schaller C,Elger CE

更新日期：2000-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed brain MRIs on 21 patients with CNS sarcoidosis. Brain CTs were performed in 18 of these. Parenchymal lesions were seen in 17 of 21 with MRI, compared with 9 of 18 with CT. MRI detected a greater number of parenchymal lesions in cases where both CT and MRI were positive, and some lesions appeared more exte...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miller DH,Kendall BE,Barter S,Johnson G,MacManus DG,Logsdail SJ,Ormerod IE,McDonald WI

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) acts as a pain mediator in neuropathic pain in humans. BACKGROUND:In animal models, inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha have been shown to facilitate neuropathic pain. METHODS:The expression of TNF-alpha was analyzed immunohistoc...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Empl M,Renaud S,Erne B,Fuhr P,Straube A,Schaeren-Wiemers N,Steck AJ

更新日期：2001-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A 14-year-old boy with exercise-related myalgia and cramps had several episodes of myoglobinuria since early childhood. An episode at 2 years of age caused acute renal failure. Histochemical and biochemical analysis of muscle showed a combined defect of phosphofructokinase (PFK) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP) deami...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bruno C,Minetti C,Shanske S,Morreale G,Bado M,Cordone G,DiMauro S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the concentrations of the monoamines, their precursors, and their metabolites, and the activity of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) in basal ganglia and cortical regions of postmortem brains from cases with histologically verified pure Alzheimer's disease (AD), AD with diffusely distributed Lewy bodies (Le...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Langlais PJ,Thal L,Hansen L,Galasko D,Alford M,Masliah E

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-year-old woman using an oral diet aid preparation containing phenylpropanolamine presented with an intracerebral hemorrhage and angiographic evidence of cerebral vasculitis. Gas chromatography demonstrated phenylpropanolamine in the urine. Even when used within recommended guidelines, phenylpropanolamine usage sh...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fallis RJ,Fisher M

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated 26 right-handed patients who had aphasia caused by a single infarct in the territory of the left middle cerebral artery (MCA) with cranial CT, positron emission tomography, and a standard language test battery including the Token test. The patients represented an unselected sample of various infarct lo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Karbe H,Herholz K,Szelies B,Pawlik G,Wienhard K,Heiss WD

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a patient with levodopa-resistant parkinsonism due to basal ganglia calcification related to surgically-induced hypoparathyroidism. The calcification was seen on computerized axial tomography but not on skull x-rays. Such calcification should be looked for in all cases of levodopa-resistant parkinsonism, si...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Klawans HL,Lupton M,Simon L

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a highly lethal disease of the elderly. Use of statins is increasingly widespread among the elderly, and therefore common in patients who develop ICH. Accumulating data suggests that statins have neuroprotective effects, but their association with ICH outcome has been incons...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Biffi A,Devan WJ,Anderson CD,Ayres AM,Schwab K,Cortellini L,Viswanathan A,Rost NS,Smith EE,Goldstein JN,Greenberg SM,Rosand J

更新日期：2011-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed ictal features of psychogenic seizures using video-EEG recordings in 47 patients and reviewed the medical records to determine if patients received antiepileptic drug therapy and whether they were treated pharmacologically for status epilepticus. Unresponsive behavior in the absence of motor manifestations...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leis AA,Ross MA,Summers AK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homolateral ataxia and crural paresis is a recognized vascular syndrome. However, confirmation of the causative lesion rests principally on one earlier case with multiple other infarcts. We studied a patient with the clinical syndrome; computerized tomography revealed a lucency that appeared within 1 week of the infar...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Perman GP,Racy A

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 11 patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and 11 patients with chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP), absent myotatic reflexes were significantly associated more often with CIDP than with CIAP, an absent biceps-reflex having the highest sensitivity and specificity for the d...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van Dijk GW,Wokke JH,Notermans NC,van Gijn J,Franssen H

更新日期：1999-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the added value of hippocampal atrophy rates over whole brain volume measurements on MRI in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD), patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and controls. METHODS:We included 64 patients with AD (67 +/- 9 years; F/M 38/26), 44 patients with MCI (71 +/- 6 yea...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Henneman WJ,Sluimer JD,Barnes J,van der Flier WM,Sluimer IC,Fox NC,Scheltens P,Vrenken H,Barkhof F

更新日期：2009-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter, crossover study investigated the efficacy and tolerability of sumatriptan administered for up to three separate migraine attacks. One hundred twenty adults received sumatriptan (SC, 6 mg; three attacks) and placebo (one attack). Patients completed questionnaires asse...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cady RK,Dexter J,Sargent JD,Markley H,Osterhaus JT,Webster CJ

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe and evaluate the incidence and risk factors of severe neurologic events (SNE) in pediatric recipients of allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for hematologic or nonhematologic diseases. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of 272 consecutive children admitted to the G...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Faraci M,Lanino E,Dini G,Fondelli MP,Morreale G,Dallorso S,Manzitti C,Calevo MG,Gaggero R,Castagnola E,Haupt R

更新日期：2002-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to clarify the characteristic brain MRI findings for genetically diagnosed CARASIL (cerebral autosomal recessive arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy). METHODS:Seven patients with CARASIL carrying HTRA1 mutations (representing 6 Japanese families) we...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nozaki H,Sekine Y,Fukutake T,Nishimoto Y,Shimoe Y,Shirata A,Yanagawa S,Hirayama M,Tamura M,Nishizawa M,Onodera O

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00