Prevalence of Parkinson's disease and other types of parkinsonism: a door-to-door survey in three Sicilian municipalities. The Sicilian Neuro-Epidemiologic Study (SNES) Group.

abstract：:We evaluated cognitive outcome in a group of 37 patients who had undergone surgery for rupture and repair of a single intracranial aneurysm at least 6 months previously. We compared outcome--assessed by tests of intelligence, attention, executive functions sensitive to frontal lobe lesions, memory, neglect, and mood, ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tidswell P,Dias PS,Sagar HJ,Mayes AR,Battersby RD

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral microbleeds (CMB) may be indicative of a hemorrhage-prone microangiopathy. OBJECTIVE:To determine if increased numbers of these lesions are predictive of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), especially in terms of a distributional association. METHODS:The authors examined consecutively 227 patients wit...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lee SH,Bae HJ,Kwon SJ,Kim H,Kim YH,Yoon BW,Roh JK

更新日期：2004-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Stroke-Thrombolytic Predictive Instrument (Stroke-TPI) predicts the probability of good and bad outcomes with and without recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA). We sought to rebuild and externally validate a simpler Stroke-TPI to support implementation in routine clinical care. METHODS:Using t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kent DM,Ruthazer R,Decker C,Jones PG,Saver JL,Bluhmki E,Spertus JA

更新日期：2015-09-15 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the diagnostic value of high-resolution ultrasound (HRUS) for detection of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), Lewis-Sumner syndrome (LSS), and multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN). METHODS:Between January 2013 and January 2015, we enrolled 75 consecutive treatment-naive patie...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Goedee HS,van der Pol WL,van Asseldonk JH,Franssen H,Notermans NC,Vrancken AJ,van Es MA,Nikolakopoulos S,Visser LH,van den Berg LH

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine, in a cross-sectional evaluation of nondemented individuals, if age-related memory decline is influenced by apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotype. BACKGROUND:The apoE-4 allele is an important risk factor for AD. PET in cognitively normal apoE-4 carriers (mean age, 56 years) shows reduced cerebral met...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Caselli RJ,Graff-Radford NR,Reiman EM,Weaver A,Osborne D,Lucas J,Uecker A,Thibodeau SN

更新日期：1999-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytolytic T lymphocyte precursors (CTL-p) and natural killer precursors (NK-p) in the CSF of 15 MS patients and 11 patients with other neurologic disorders (OND) were quantitatively assessed, using a T-lymphocyte microculture system that allows clonal expansion of all human T cells. CSF CTL-p and NK-p frequencies were...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weber WE,Buurman WA,Vandermeeren MM,Medaer RH,Raus JC

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the cases of 5 patients from 2 sibships with the "adult" or chronic form of GM2 gangliosidosis and 2 patients from another sibship with the juvenile form. We demonstrated hexosaminidase A deficiency in all cases but in 1 sibship the enzymatic profile was identical to that in Tay-Sachs disease, whereas in the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Specola N,Vanier MT,Goutières F,Mikol J,Aicardi J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the effects of head injury on disease progression and on neuropathologic outcomes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). METHODS:Patients with ALS were surveyed to obtain head injury history, and medical records were reviewed. Linear regression was performed to determine if head injury was a predi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fournier CN,Gearing M,Upadhyayula SR,Klein M,Glass JD

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Sorivudine provides a unique nucleoside analog with significantly enhanced both in vitro and in vitro activity and enhanced oral bioavailability. Early indications from controlled studies indicate that sorivudine therapy is superior to acyclovir for the treatment of localized zoster in individuals with HIV infection a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Whitley RJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiplatelets (APL), angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors (ACEI), and statins (STAT) are commonly used for stroke prevention. The authors examined whether combination therapy with these agents has additive protective effects in reducing ischemic stroke severity. METHODS:The authors retrospectively...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kumar S,Savitz S,Schlaug G,Caplan L,Selim M

更新日期：2006-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathology and imaging studies have shown that patients with Parkinson disease (PD) have a prolonged period of uncertain duration when vulnerable neuronal populations are degenerating, but typical motor symptoms have not yet developed. This provides both an opportunity-it may be best to test new medications and, ultima...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marek K,Jennings D

更新日期：2009-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a postoperative fistula of the left posterior semicircular canal is presented. Negative pressure in the external ear canal produced upbeat-torsional nystagmus, which was recorded in three dimensions using binocular scleral search coils. The nystagmus was conjugate, without skew deviation, and its trajec...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cremer PD,Migliaccio AA,Pohl DV,Curthoys IS,Davies L,Yavor RA,Halmagyi GM

更新日期：2000-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Five women are presented with a subacute pure pancerebellar syndrome of ataxia and dysarthria to emphasize that this illness may occur without anti-Purkinje-cell or anti-Yo antibodies, or associated systemic cancer. The syndrome evolved over weeks or less and stabilized in four of the patients. Three had had a precedi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ropper AH

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of age, sex, APOE4 genotype, and lifestyle enrichment (education/occupation, midlife cognitive activity, and midlife physical activity) on Alzheimer disease (AD) biomarker trajectories using longitudinal imaging data (brain β-amyloid load via Pittsburgh compound B PET and neurodegene...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vemuri P,Lesnick TG,Przybelski SA,Knopman DS,Machulda M,Lowe VJ,Mielke MM,Roberts RO,Gunter JL,Senjem ML,Geda YE,Rocca WA,Petersen RC,Jack CR Jr

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:With diagnostic criteria alterations, increased MRI availability, and awareness of therapies, temporal changes in incidence and prevalence rates may occur, with an increase in the proportion of mildly affected persons diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). The authors assessed temporal trends in the delay fr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Marrie RA,Cutter G,Tyry T,Hadjimichael O,Campagnolo D,Vollmer T

更新日期：2005-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cross-sectional studies suggest gender differences in cognitive function and risk of AD in older persons. However, longitudinal studies comparing change in cognitive function and risk of AD in men and women have had mixed results. The authors investigated gender differences in rate of decline for different c...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Barnes LL,Wilson RS,Schneider JA,Bienias JL,Evans DA,Bennett DA

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Silas Weir Mitchell (1829 to 1914), one of the most important neurologists in American Medicine, was known for his seminal work on the phantom limb syndrome, causalgia, and nerve injuries. He was also a prolific writer of novels and short stories. The neurologic content of this fiction has not been studied. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Louis ED,Horn S,Roth LA

更新日期：2006-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate to what extent subjective memory complaints and APOE-epsilon4 allele carriage predict future cognitive decline in cognitively intact elderly persons, by evaluating both their separate and combined effects. METHODS:We selected 1,168 subjects from the population-based Longitudinal Aging Study Am...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dik MG,Jonker C,Comijs HC,Bouter LM,Twisk JW,van Kamp GJ,Deeg DJ

更新日期：2001-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the nature and degree of cognitive morbidity in patients with chronic temporal lobe epilepsy compared with healthy control subjects, determine the association between the duration of epilepsy and cognitive morbidity, and ascertain whether there are factors that moderate the association between...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Oyegbile TO,Dow C,Jones J,Bell B,Rutecki P,Sheth R,Seidenberg M,Hermann BP

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether comorbidity is associated with clinical (relapses, disability worsening) and MRI outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS) by conducting a secondary analysis of the CombiRx clinical trial. METHODS:CombiRx compared interferon beta-1a, glatiramer acetate, and the combination of these agents. For...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Salter A,Kowalec K,Fitzgerald KC,Cutter G,Marrie RA

更新日期：2020-08-04 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the correlation of tissue parameters estimated by quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) techniques and motor handicap in patients with hypomyelination. METHODS:Twenty-eight patients with different causes of hypomyelination (12 males, 16 females; mean age 10 years) and 61 controls (33 males, 28 femal...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Steenweg ME,Wolf NI,van Wieringen WN,Barkhof F,van der Knaap MS,Pouwels PJ

更新日期：2016-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using a stereologic approach, the density of nerve fibers innervating sweat gland (SG) fragments in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and healthy controls using protein gene product (PGP), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) was measured to determine which marker best detect...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Liu Y,Billiet J,Ebenezer GJ,Pan B,Hauer P,Wei J,Polydefkis M

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and macular volume in neuromyelitis optica (NMO) spectrum patients using optical coherence tomography (OCT). BACKGROUND:OCT can quantify damage to retinal ganglion cell axons and can identify abnormalities in multiple sclerosis and optic neuritis (ON...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ratchford JN,Quigg ME,Conger A,Frohman T,Frohman E,Balcer LJ,Calabresi PA,Kerr DA

更新日期：2009-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is currently much interest in biomarkers of disease activity in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). We assessed MRI and behavioral measures of progression in a longitudinal FTLD cohort. METHODS:Thirty-two patients with FTLD (11 behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia [bvFTD], 11 semantic deme...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gordon E,Rohrer JD,Kim LG,Omar R,Rossor MN,Fox NC,Warren JD

更新日期：2010-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We report longitudinal data on a group of 29 male patients 50 years of age or older who were initially diagnosed as having idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) after extensive polysomnographic and neurologic evaluations. Thirty-eight percent (11/29) were eventually diagnosed as having a parkinsonian disorder (...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schenck CH,Bundlie SR,Mahowald MW

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optimal treatment remains uncertain for patients with cognitive impairment that persists or returns after standard IV antibiotic therapy for Lyme disease. METHODS:Patients had well-documented Lyme disease, with at least 3 weeks of prior IV antibiotics, current positive IgG Western blot, and objective memory...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fallon BA,Keilp JG,Corbera KM,Petkova E,Britton CB,Dwyer E,Slavov I,Cheng J,Dobkin J,Nelson DR,Sackeim HA

更新日期：2008-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The gradual development of cutaneous allodynia during the course of a migraine attack is commonly detected by quantitative sensory testing (QST) in migraineurs seeking secondary and tertiary medical help. In this study, the authors developed a questionnaire that tested the recollection of the patients on thei...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Jakubowski M,Silberstein S,Ashkenazi A,Burstein R

更新日期：2005-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of bilateral frontal leukotomy on motor function was evaluated by neurologic examination, tests of praxis, and appropriate neuropsychologic tests administered to five groups of subjects. Postleukotomy schizophrenic patients were subdivided into three degrees of recovery. Two nonleukotomized groups served as...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Benson DF,Stuss DT

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00