A randomized controlled trial of recombinant interferon-beta 1a in Guillain-Barré syndrome.

abstract：:The question of the appropriate use of opiate analgesics in the management of chronic headache pain is under debate. Often, the management of headache pain is complicated by the overuse of dependency-promoting analgesics. Because of confusion about the use of analgesics in pain management, some patients are denied acc...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Markley HG

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the cerebral effects of oxygen-derived free radicals generated from the xanthine oxidase/hypoxanthine/ADP-Fe3+ system. Xanthine oxidase/hypoxanthine/ADP-Fe3+ solution (0.1 ml) was infused into caudate putamen, and brain was frozen rapidly in situ. Brain water and sodium content increased concomitant with de...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chan PH,Schmidley JW,Fishman RA,Longar SM

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolcapone is a potent, reversible inhibitor of catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) intended for use as an adjunct to levodopa therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD). Findings from the first pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics and tolerability studies of tolcapone in volunteers are reviewed. Following linear and dose-propo...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jorga KM

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To reassess the evidence for management issues related to the care of women with epilepsy (WWE) during pregnancy, including preconceptional folic acid use, prenatal vitamin K use, risk of hemorrhagic disease of the newborn, clinical implications of placental and breast milk transfer of antiepileptic drugs (AE...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Harden CL,Pennell PB,Koppel BS,Hovinga CA,Gidal B,Meador KJ,Hopp J,Ting TY,Hauser WA,Thurman D,Kaplan PW,Robinson JN,French JA,Wiebe S,Wilner AN,Vazquez B,Holmes L,Krumholz A,Finnell R,Shafer PO,Le Guen C,Americ

更新日期：2009-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A 42-year-old man had progressive distal weakness and muscle atrophy, stocking-type sensory loss, upper motor-neuron and visual pathway lesions, and dysautonomia. Electrodiagnostic tests revealed a generalized sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy that largely involved axons. Low recumbent and upright norepinephrine leve...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rechthand E,Reife R,Kaplan JG

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is controversy over whether seizures, the most common manifestation of neonatal brain injury, may themselves damage the developing brain. OBJECTIVE:To determine if neonatal seizures are independently associated with brain injury in newborns with perinatal asphyxia. METHODS:Ninety term neonates were s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Miller SP,Weiss J,Barnwell A,Ferriero DM,Latal-Hajnal B,Ferrer-Rogers A,Newton N,Partridge JC,Glidden DV,Vigneron DB,Barkovich AJ

更新日期：2002-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma exchange (PE) is used to treat severe episodes of CNS demyelination unresponsive to corticosteroids. Predictors of long-term response are not well known. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 41 patients consecutively treated by PE between January 1995 and July 2007. The primary ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Llufriu S,Castillo J,Blanco Y,Ramió-Torrentà L,Río J,Vallès M,Lozano M,Castellà MD,Calabia J,Horga A,Graus F,Montalban X,Saiz A

更新日期：2009-09-22 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：:We describe the clinical, pathologic, and ultrastructural findings in a case of juvenile onset neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis without visual symptoms or retinal abnormalities. The histochemical and ultrastructural characteristics of the neuronal lipopigment were similar to those in typical cases of neuronal ceroid-lip...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Greenwood RS,Nelson JS

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the Aspirin in Transient Ischemic Attack (AITIA) study, an ongoing study of two platelet antiaggregant drugs, and other published therapeutic trials were reviewed to determine whether the severity of stroke is reduced in patients taking platelet antiaggregants. Data from three of four studies suggest that st...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Grotta JC,Lemak NA,Gary H,Fields WS,Vital D

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-morbid conditions frequently occur in childhood epilepsy and may significantly affect epilepsy and its treatment. Similarly, epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) may affect these associated conditions. Co-morbidities that have a significant association with childhood epilepsy include attention-deficit/hyperactiv...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pellock JM

更新日期：2004-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate urinary neurotrophin receptor p75 extracellular domain (p75ECD) levels as disease progression and prognostic biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:The population in this study comprised 45 healthy controls and 54 people with ALS, 31 of whom were sampled longitudinally. Urinar...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shepheard SR,Wuu J,Cardoso M,Wiklendt L,Dinning PG,Chataway T,Schultz D,Benatar M,Rogers ML

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that neuropsychiatric symptomatology is predictive of the success of seizure control in patients newly treated with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), and that this predictive value adds to that provided by other clinical, imaging, and genomic factors in a multivariate model. METHODS:One hun...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Petrovski S,Szoeke CE,Jones NC,Salzberg MR,Sheffield LJ,Huggins RM,O'Brien TJ

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In muscles with sustained voluntary contraction, EMG activity is transiently inhibited after transcranial magnetic stimulation. We recorded this postexcitatory silent period (SP) at 1.5 times individual stimulus threshold level from the first dorsal interosseus muscle in 65 neurologic patients aged 11 to 80 years. Whe...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Haug BA,Kukowski B

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The forearm segment of the ulnar nerve is difficult to assess if the nerve has been injured severely at the wrist. A new, simple nerve conduction technique of recording from the sensory dorsal branch of the nerve localizes the lesion and enables easier evaluation of that segment than do other techniques. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jabre JF

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 41 cases of verified ruptured saccular aneurysm, we prospectively predicted the presence or absence of delayed symptomatic cerebral vasospasm. CT criteria quantifying the extent and location of subarachnoid blood (developed in our previous retrospective study) were used in this prospective series of patients. Twent...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kistler JP,Crowell RM,Davis KR,Heros R,Ojemann RG,Zervas T,Fisher CM

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the prevalence of Parkinson's disease and other types of parkinsonism in a Sicilian population using a door-to-door two-phase approach. This design called for the administration of a brief screening instrument to all subjects who, on November 1, 1987, were residents of Terrasini (Palermo Province), San...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Morgante L,Rocca WA,Di Rosa AE,De Domenico P,Grigoletto F,Meneghini F,Reggio A,Savettieri G,Castiglione MG,Patti F

更新日期：1992-10-01 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：:Alzheimer's disease is characterized by relative sparing of primary sensory and motor cortex and a lack of sensory or motor symptomatology. We report a case of presenile onset dementia accompanied by a slowly progressive hemiparesis. Autopsy examination showed severe pathologic involvement of somatosensory cortex with...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jagust WJ,Davies P,Tiller-Borcich JK,Reed BR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we compared a cognition-specific computer-based cognitive training program with a motion-controlled computer sports game that is not cognition-specific for their ability to enhance cognitive performance in various cognitive domains in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS:Patients with...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zimmermann R,Gschwandtner U,Benz N,Hatz F,Schindler C,Taub E,Fuhr P

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine the amount and histologic appearance of the persistent thymic tissue removed post mortem from 20 patients over 60 years of age with myasthenia gravis. One patient died several days after thymectomy. No recognizable thymic tissue on gross examination was seen in any patient. On mi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Perlo VP,Arnason B,Castleman B

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several lines of evidence suggest that pathologic changes underlying Alzheimer disease (AD) begin years prior to the clinical expression of the disease, underscoring the need for studies of cognitively healthy adults to capture these early changes. The overall goal of the current study was to map the cortical...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rodrigue KM,Kennedy KM,Devous MD Sr,Rieck JR,Hebrank AC,Diaz-Arrastia R,Mathews D,Park DC

更新日期：2012-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the usefulness of corticospinally mediated excitatory responses and transcallosal inhibition (TI) elicited by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a surrogate marker of disability in patients with different courses of MS. METHODS:Focal TMS of the motor cortex was performed in 118 patients with...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schmierer K,Irlbacher K,Grosse P,Röricht S,Meyer BU

更新日期：2002-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the most common fatal neuromuscular disease of infancy. SMA type I is the most severe and mortality is usually due to respiratory failure. In type II the disability is of later onset and less severe, and prognosis has improved primarily due to supportive care. Type III is the mildest f...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hirtz D,Iannaccone S,Heemskerk J,Gwinn-Hardy K,Moxley R 3rd,Rowland LP

更新日期：2005-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with postanoxic intention myoclonus, two patients with intention tremor, and one patient with cerebral palsy were administered L-5-hydroxytryptophan (L-5HTP), the precursor of serotonin, in combination with MK 486, a peripheral amino acid decarboxylase inhibitor. L-5HTP combined with MK 486 were potent ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Van Woert MH,Sethy VH

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endogenous auditory P300 event-related potential (P3) has been used to differentiate functional and organic cognitive disorders in adults. We found that children with organic cognitive impairments (as determined by the Halstead-Reitan [HR] test) had greater P3 latencies than children with normal HR evaluations. Th...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Finley WW,Faux SF,Hutcheson J,Amstutz L

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of a ketogenic diet (KD) for superrefractory status epilepticus (SRSE) in adults. METHODS:We performed a prospective multicenter study of patients 18 to 80 years of age with SRSE treated with a KD treatment algorithm. The primary outcome measure was signif...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cervenka MC,Hocker S,Koenig M,Bar B,Henry-Barron B,Kossoff EH,Hartman AL,Probasco JC,Benavides DR,Venkatesan A,Hagen EC,Dittrich D,Stern T,Radzik B,Depew M,Caserta FM,Nyquist P,Kaplan PW,Geocadin RG

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously described demyelination in the brain and subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord in a patient with 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency. To assess the role of methionine, S-adenosylmethionine, folate, and neurotransmitter amine metabolism in the demyelination process, we measured...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hyland K,Smith I,Bottiglieri T,Perry J,Wendel U,Clayton PT,Leonard JV

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and psychopathologic features of psychiatric adverse events (PAE) in 517 patients taking levetiracetam (LEV) were investigated. Fifty-three (10.1%) patients developed PAE. A significant association was found with previous psychiatric history, history of febrile convulsions, and history of status epilept...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mula M,Trimble MR,Yuen A,Liu RS,Sander JW

更新日期：2003-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the occurrence of neurologic complications in 23 patients who underwent gastric restriction surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity. Complications occurred 3 to 20 months after surgery. All the patients had had protracted vomiting for the first 3 months after the operation. The following syndromes were f...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Abarbanel JM,Berginer VM,Osimani A,Solomon H,Charuzi I

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00