Neutralizing antibodies reduce the efficacy of betaIFN during treatment of multiple sclerosis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of IV methylprednisolone (IV MP) vs oral methylprednisolone (oMP) at equivalent high doses in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) experiencing a recent relapse. METHODS:Patients with a clinical relapse within the previous 2 weeks and at least 1 gadolinium (...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Martinelli V,Rocca MA,Annovazzi P,Pulizzi A,Rodegher M,Martinelli Boneschi F,Scotti R,Falini A,Sormani MP,Comi G,Filippi M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The MS Functional Composite (MSFC), a recently developed outcome measure for clinical trials, was applied to 240 patients with MS to explore its utility in different subgroups of MS and for comparison with the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). METHOD:Three clinical dimensions were examined: arm/hand f...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kalkers NF,de Groot V,Lazeron RH,Killestein J,Adèr HJ,Barkhof F,Lankhorst GJ,Polman CH

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess resting cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the whole-brain and cerebral white matter (WM) and gray matter (GM) of adults with Fabry disease (FD), using arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI, and to investigate CBF correlations with WM hyperintensity (WMH) volume and the circulating biomarker lyso-Gb3. METHODS...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Phyu P,Merwick A,Davagnanam I,Bolsover F,Jichi F,Wheeler-Kingshott C,Golay X,Hughes D,Cipolotti L,Murphy E,Lachmann RH,Werring DJ

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) was proposed as the causal trigger for developing multiple sclerosis (MS). However, current data are contradictory and a gold standard for venous flow assessment is missing. OBJECTIVE:To compare structural magnetic resonance venography (MRV) and dynamic ext...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Doepp F,Würfel JT,Pfueller CF,Valdueza JM,Petersen D,Paul F,Schreiber SJ

更新日期：2011-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cell-based therapies are being investigated as an adjunct to IV thrombolysis or mechanical thrombectomy in ischemic stroke. This review summarizes the potential applications as well as challenges of intravascular cell delivery in ischemic stroke. METHOD:We conducted a search of Medline as well as the clinica...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Misra V,Ritchie MM,Stone LL,Low WC,Janardhan V

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Assay of anti-striated muscle antibodies (StrAb) is used as a diagnostic test for thymoma in individuals with myasthenia gravis. Unfortunately, false positive results are common, and their effect on test accuracy is magnified by the relatively low frequency of thymoma in myasthenics. We estimated the predictive values...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lanska DJ

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We performed a longitudinal cohort study of infants with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), with the overarching goal of defining early clinical, behavioral, and biological markers of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in this high-risk population. METHODS:Infants with TSC and typically developing controls were r...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Spurling Jeste S,Wu JY,Senturk D,Varcin K,Ko J,McCarthy B,Shimizu C,Dies K,Vogel-Farley V,Sahin M,Nelson CA 3rd

更新日期：2014-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To visualize the sites involved in audiovestibular dysfunction during bacterial meningitis in adults and to relate these findings to the extent of hearing impairment and vestibular dysfunction. BACKGROUND:Hearing impairment is among the most frequent complications of bacterial meningitis. METHODS:High-resol...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dichgans M,Jäger L,Mayer T,Schorn K,Pfister HW

更新日期：1999-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiologic studies were carried out on 11 patients with Holmes-Adie syndrome, 8 of whom had reduced or absent ankle jerks. Conduction velocities and evoked nerve and muscle compound action potentials in the peroneal, posterior tibial, and sural nerves were normal. The H reflex was absent (or virtually absent) ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miyasaki JM,Ashby P,Sharpe JA,Fletcher WA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A national survey, based on a probability sample of patients admitted to short-term hospitals in the United States during 1973 to 1974 with a discharge diagnosis of an intracranial neoplasm, was conducted in 157 hospitals. The annual incidence was estimated at 17,000 for primary intracranial neoplasms and 17,400 for s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Walker AE,Robins M,Weinfeld FD

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To further investigate the basis of abnormal neuromuscular transmission in two patients with congenital myasthenic syndrome associated with episodic ataxia type 2 (EA2) using stimulated single fiber EMG (SFEMG) and in vitro microelectrode studies. METHODS:Two patients with genetically characterized EA2 previ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Maselli RA,Wan J,Dunne V,Graves M,Baloh RW,Wollmann RL,Jen J

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Basic issues regarding factors influencing progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) patient caregiver burden remain unresolved, including whether and how disease severity and duration influence caregiver burden. OBJECTIVE:To examine the relation between PSP patient caregiver burden and disease severity, describ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Uttl B,Santacruz P,Litvan I,Grafman J

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid therapy slows the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In muscle cultures, the addition of the glucocorticoid methylprednisolone increases myogenesis in most normal mixed and clonal cultures. Conversely, in some normal clonal and most dystrophic cultures, methylprednisolone inhibits fusion. Howev...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hardiman O,Sklar RM,Brown RH Jr

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report imaging and clinical findings of leukoencephalopathy occurring after levamisole. The lesions were hypoattenuating on CT and appeared as multifocal oval or elliptical foci in the white matter or along the subependymal veins on MRI. Most lesions resolve after prompt withdrawal of levamisole. Detailed history t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liu HM,Hsieh WJ,Yang CC,Wu VC,Wu KD

更新日期：2006-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In seven of eight patients with progressive multiple sclerosis subjected to long-term plasmapheresis in combination with azathioprine and pulsed prednisone therapy, we found modest improvement of neurologic function. There was no change in auditory and visual evoked responses or serum demyelinating activity. In six of...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dau PC,Petajan JH,Johnson KP,Panitch HS,Bornstein MB

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many new treatments under development for Alzheimer disease (AD) will be disease-modifying rather than symptomatic. Clinical evaluation of these treatments will require primary and secondary prevention trials. We describe some of the methodologic challenges in designing primary prevention trials for AD and illustrate ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Green RC,DeKosky ST

更新日期：2006-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the relationship between retinal thinning and nigral dopaminergic loss in de novo Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:Forty-nine patients with PD and 54 age-matched controls were analyzed. Ophthalmologic examination and macula optical coherence tomography scans were performed with additional microperi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ahn J,Lee JY,Kim TW,Yoon EJ,Oh S,Kim YK,Kim JM,Woo SJ,Kim KW,Jeon B

更新日期：2018-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the ability of nurse clinicians to assess parkinsonian signs in older persons with a modified version of the motor section of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS). After completing a structured training protocol, three nurse clinicians and a neurologist with expertise in movement disorders...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bennett DA,Shannon KM,Beckett LA,Goetz CG,Wilson RS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine associations of orthostatic hypotension (OH) with dementia and long-term cognitive decline and to update previously published results in the same cohort for stroke with an additional 16 years of follow-up. METHODS:We analyzed data from 11,709 participants without a history of coronary heart diseas...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rawlings AM,Juraschek SP,Heiss G,Hughes T,Meyer ML,Selvin E,Sharrett AR,Windham BG,Gottesman RF

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Butyrylcholinesterase is implicated in the pathology of AD. Selective inhibitors increase acetylcholine and improve cognitive function in animal models. In dementia with Lewy bodies, cholinergic activities are more affected than in AD. The authors report a highly significant association between temporal cortex butyryl...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Perry E,McKeith I,Ballard C

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with primary writing tremor had a focal, task-specific tremor that responded to anticholinergic drugs. Physiologic features included EMG activity alternating in antagonist muscles, 5- to 20-microV cerebral potentials evoked by stretch of pronator teres, and no C-reflexes. Another patient had myoclonic je...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ravits J,Hallett M,Baker M,Wilkins D

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the associations of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) thickness and macular ganglion cell layer (mGCL) volume with cognitive functioning and to investigate how demographic and vascular health factors affect these associations in a population-based sample of adults. METHODS:The sampl...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ward DD,Mauschitz MM,Bönniger MM,Merten N,Finger RP,Breteler MMB

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old woman had a fatal intracerebral hemorrhage after dental manipulation. Normotensive in the past, the initial blood pressure was high but rapidly returned to normal. Necropsy showed no vascular malformation or evidence of hypertensive vascular disease. Clinical and experimental data show that stimulation o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Barbas N,Caplan L,Baquis G,Adelman L,Moskowitz M

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) could be useful in identifying previously undiagnosed cardiomyopathies in a cohort of patients with ischemic stroke who underwent standard etiologic investigation and to describe the type and frequency of these cardiomyopathies. METHODS:We perform...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fonseca AC,Marto JP,Pimenta D,Guimarães T,Alves PN,Inácio N,Viana-Baptista M,Pinho E Melo T,Pinto FJ,Ferro JM,Almeida AG

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the onset of ocrelizumab efficacy on brain MRI measures of disease activity in the phase II study in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), and relapse rate in the pooled phase III studies in relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS). METHODS:Brain MRI activity was determined in the phase II trial...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Barkhof F,Kappos L,Wolinsky JS,Li DKB,Bar-Or A,Hartung HP,Belachew S,Han J,Julian L,Sauter A,Napieralski J,Koendgen H,Hauser SL

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term hypothalamic stimulation is effective in improving drug-resistant chronic cluster headache (CH). We assessed acute hypothalamic stimulation to resolve ongoing CH attacks in 16 patients implanted to prevent chronic CH, investigating 136 attacks. A pain intensity reduction of > or =50% occurred in 25 of 108 ev...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leone M,Franzini A,Broggi G,Mea E,Cecchini AP,Bussone G

更新日期：2006-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In monkey extraocular muscles (EOM), a battery of histochemical reactions delineates three muscle fiber types, coarse, fine, and granular. Normal EOM are compared with EOM denervated by intracranial oculomotor nerve section. The experimentally denervated EOM fibers did not show the constellation of histologic response...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ringel SP,Engel WK,Bender AN,Peters ND,Yee RD

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have seen major changes in our understanding of Parkinson disease (PD), challenging conventional wisdom, much of which was established during the Decade of the Brain. In this article, we highlight important changes in our understanding of PD in six general categories: definition, etiology, pathology, path...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marras C,Lang A

更新日期：2008-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The P3 component of the auditory evoked potential has been shown to reflect "endogenous" processes related to cognition. This component was measured serially in seven patients who had confusional states or dementing illnesses that fluctuated in severity over time. The latency of P3 component reflected the clinical imp...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Goodin DS,Starr A,Chippendale T,Squires KC

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between multiple sclerosis (MS) and alleles of the HLA class II genes indicates that at least one MS susceptibility gene is linked to the HLA class II region. However, the actual locus responsible has not been precisely identified. The recent cloning of new genes involved in antigen processing that map...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liblau R,van Endert PM,Sandberg-Wollheim M,Patel SD,Lopez MT,Land S,Fugger L,McDevitt HO

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00