Migraine practice patterns among neurologists.

abstract：:We describe a patient who presented with unilateral abdominal herniation due to weakness of abdominal musculature, associated with extensive syringomyelia. Electromyographic evidence of focal denervation and reinnervation was present in the weak muscles consistent with anterior horn cell loss. We compare these unusual...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Coleman RJ,Ingram DA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In four patients who received periocular injections of botulinum toxin for blepharospasm, abnormal neuromuscular transmission was demonstrated by single-fiber EMG in arm muscles. The time course with which the abnormalities developed and cleared, as well as the inverse relationship between the neuromuscular jitter and...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sanders DB,Massey EW,Buckley EG

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current concepts suggest that avoidance of pulsatile stimulation of dopamine receptors in Parkinson's disease (PD) can prevent the onset of dyskinesia. In MPTP-treated primates, repeated administration of levodopa or other short-acting dopamine agonist drugs leads to the onset of marked involuntary movements. In contr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jenner P

更新日期：2004-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old woman presented with two paraneoplastic neurologic disorders--Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) and subacute cerebellar degeneration (SCD)--that antedated the diagnosis of small-cell carcinoma of the lung by 15 months. Plasmapheresis initiated before the identification of the tumor had a beneficia...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Blumenfeld AM,Recht LD,Chad DA,DeGirolami U,Griffin T,Jaeckle KA

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Eleven genetic loci have reached genome-wide significance in a recent meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in Parkinson disease (PD) based on populations of Caucasian descent. The extent to which these genetic effects are consistent across different populations is unknown. METHODS:Investigators f...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sharma M,Ioannidis JP,Aasly JO,Annesi G,Brice A,Van Broeckhoven C,Bertram L,Bozi M,Crosiers D,Clarke C,Facheris M,Farrer M,Garraux G,Gispert S,Auburger G,Vilariño-Güell C,Hadjigeorgiou GM,Hicks AA,Hattori N,Jeon B,

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) are inherited peripheral neuropathies. In most cases these disorders are caused by either the duplication (in CMT1A) or the deletion (in HNPP) of a 1.5-megabase DNA fragment on chromosome 17p11.2, which cont...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Young P,Stögbauer F,Wiebusch H,Löfgren A,Timmerman V,Van Broeckhoven C,Ringelstein EB,Assmann G,Funke H

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two cases of patients with word deafness. The word deafness occurred after a head injury for the first patient and after an arterio venous malformation embolization for the second patient. MRI demonstrated bilateral lesions of the inferior colliculi but brainstem auditory-evoked potentials (BAEP) we...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vitte E,Tankéré F,Bernat I,Zouaoui A,Lamas G,Soudant J

更新日期：2002-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extrapyramidal signs (EPS) are common in Alzheimer disease (AD) and increase in prevalence as AD advances. The neuropathologic substrate responsible for EPS in AD remains to be fully characterized. METHODS:Subjects had a clinical diagnosis of AD confirmed by neuropathologic examination. EPS during life were...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Burns JM,Galvin JE,Roe CM,Morris JC,McKeel DW

更新日期：2005-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is defined by absence seizures in a normally developing child, with onset between 4 and 10 years of age.(1) Typical absence seizures consist of behavioral arrest with or without automatisms, usually last 30-60 seconds, and demonstrate a characteristic 3-Hz generalized spike-wave (GSW) ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bernson-Leung ME,Mazumdar M

更新日期：2014-05-06 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：:Because Hughlings Jackson directed that his personal documents be destroyed upon his death, none of his own clinical records are known. However, we have discovered several pages of notes in the Royal London Hospital Archive written in 1893 by Jackson to his House Physician at Queen Square concerning his proposals for ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Swash M,Evans J

更新日期：2006-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who abused multiple drugs developed a rapidly progressive mononeuropathy multiplex, which appeared to respond to corticosteroid therapy with partial resolution. Intravenous methamphetamine had been used almost exclusively from the fourth month prior to the onset of symptoms. Biopsy material revealed a necrot...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stafford CR,Bogdanoff BM,Green L,Spector HB

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 (CMT1) is associated with atrophy and degeneration of peripheral nerve axons in addition to prominent changes in the structure of Schwann cells. We have investigated the composition of the axonal cytoskeleton in sural nerve biopsies from patients with CMT1. Compared to controls, CMT1...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Watson DF,Nachtman FN,Kuncl RW,Griffin JW

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Revascularization time windows for patients with acute ischemic stroke are generally restricted to 8 hours. Later treatment attempts require more accurate prediction of risk and benefit, as safety and efficacy at these time strata are less well demonstrated. Advanced imaging techniques identify irreversible infarction...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Janjua N

更新日期：2012-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients with Alzheimer's disease were evaluated by psychometric testing, fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET), and EEG. They were divided into two groups according to the EEG findings. Group A (seven patients) had normal alpha backgrounds and group B (seven patients) had decreased alpha back...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sheridan PH,Sato S,Foster N,Bruno G,Cox C,Fedio P,Chase TN

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate, examine the internal validity, and adapt to children the electronic version of the composite cerebellar functional severity (CCFS) score. METHODS:In this multicenter study, we compared the validated manual device with the new electronic version (n = 46) and analyzed its kinetics in 146 patients ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Filipovic Pierucci A,Mariotti C,Panzeri M,Giunti P,Boesch S,Schulz JB,Pandolfo M,Durr A,Tezenas du Montcel S,EFACTS Study Group.

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and any clinically diagnosed α-synucleinopathy including Parkinson disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), PD dementia (PDD), and multiple system atrophy (MSA). METHODS:Using the medical records-linkage system of the Rochester Epidemiol...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hasan S,Mielke MM,Turcano P,Ahlskog JE,Bower JH,Savica R

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the risk factors of neutralizing antibody (NAB)-induced complete secondary treatment failure (cSTF) during long-term botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) treatment in various neurologic indications. METHODS:This monocenter retrospective cohort study analyzed the data of 471 patients started on BoNT the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Walter U,Mühlenhoff C,Benecke R,Dressler D,Mix E,Alt J,Wittstock M,Dudesek A,Storch A,Kamm C

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microvascular brain injury, typically measured by extent of white matter hyperintensity (WMH) on MRI, is an important contributor to cognitive impairment in the elderly. Recent studies suggest a role for circulating beta-amyloid peptide in microvascular dysfunction and white matter disease. METHODS:The auth...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gurol ME,Irizarry MC,Smith EE,Raju S,Diaz-Arrastia R,Bottiglieri T,Rosand J,Growdon JH,Greenberg SM

更新日期：2006-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate rates, predictors, and prognostic importance of recanalization in an unselected series of patients with stroke treated with IV thrombolysis. METHODS:We performed a CT angiography or transcranial Doppler (TCD) follow-up examination 24 hours after IV thrombolysis in 64 patients with documented occl...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zangerle A,Kiechl S,Spiegel M,Furtner M,Knoflach M,Werner P,Mair A,Wille G,Schmidauer C,Gautsch K,Gotwald T,Felber S,Poewe W,Willeit J

更新日期：2007-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an 11-year-old girl in whom high field strength MRI performed 2 1/2 years and 6 months before her death showed prominent hypointensity in the globus pallidus and substantia nigra consistent with iron deposition. This finding suggested Hallervorden-Spatz disease, which was confirmed at autopsy. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schaffert DA,Johnsen SD,Johnson PC,Drayer BP

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Dravet syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by seizures and other neurologic problems. SCN1A mutations account for ∼80% of cases. Animal studies have implicated mutation-related dysregulated cortical inhibitory networks in its pathophysiology. We investigated such networks in people wi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stern WM,Sander JW,Rothwell JC,Sisodiya SM

更新日期：2017-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is the most common inherited neuromuscular disorder, affecting 1 in 2,500 individuals. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations are not generally considered within the differential diagnosis of patients with uncomplicated inherited neuropathy, despite the essential requirement of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pitceathly RD,Murphy SM,Cottenie E,Chalasani A,Sweeney MG,Woodward C,Mudanohwo EE,Hargreaves I,Heales S,Land J,Holton JL,Houlden H,Blake J,Champion M,Flinter F,Robb SA,Page R,Rose M,Palace J,Crowe C,Longman C,Lu

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy and tolerability of unilateral thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) for patients with medically refractory essential tremor (ET) and the tremor associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). BACKGROUND:The tremor of ET and PD may produce functional disability despite optimal medical the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ondo W,Jankovic J,Schwartz K,Almaguer M,Simpson RK

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the lifetime cumulative incidence of dementia and its subtypes from a community-dwelling elderly population in Japan. METHODS:A total of 1,193 community-dwelling Japanese individuals without dementia, aged 60 years or older, were followed up prospectively for 17 years. The cumulative incidence of...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yoshida D,Ohara T,Hata J,Shibata M,Hirakawa Y,Honda T,Furuta Y,Oishi E,Sakata S,Kanba S,Kitazono T,Ninomiya T

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated whether the lack of effect of tirilazad on clinical outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke is explained by failure of tirilazad to reduce infarct volume. Overall, tirilazad had no significant effect on infarct volume. In the subgroups of male patients and of those with a cortical infar...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van der Worp HB,Kappelle LJ,Algra A,Bär PR,Orgogozo JM,Ringelstein EB,Bath PM,van Gijn J,TESS Investigators.,TESS II Investigators.

更新日期：2002-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:CNS dysfunction occurs frequently in patients with HIV infection. To better define the role of HIV in the pathogenesis of neurologic dysfunction, HIV isolation and antibody studies were investigated from the CSF in 52 seropositive patients, 29 with and 23 without neurologic signs and symptoms, in various stages of dis...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Resnick L,Berger JR,Shapshak P,Tourtellotte WW

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of simulation-based mastery learning (SBML) on internal medicine residents' lumbar puncture (LP) skills, assess neurology residents' acquired LP skills from traditional clinical education, and compare the results of SBML to traditional clinical education. METHODS:This study was a prete...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Barsuk JH,Cohen ER,Caprio T,McGaghie WC,Simuni T,Wayne DB

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A new generation of Atraumatic (blunt tipped) needles now exists in addition to the traditional Quincke (cutting tip) needles for LP. We wished to identify the optimal size and type of needle that should be used for this technique. Requirements include rapid and accurate transduction of CSF pressure and adequate flow ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Carson D,Serpell M

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00