Severe neurologic complications after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children.

abstract：:Using an in vitro blood-nerve barrier (BNB) model, the authors tested the effect of various monoclonal antiganglioside antibodies on BNB function. Only anti-GM1 antibody significantly facilitated BNB leakage in a concentration-dependent, complement-independent manner. This study provided evidence that anti-GM1 antibod...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kanda T,Iwasaki T,Yamawaki M,Tai T,Mizusawa H

更新日期：2000-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation prolongs survival in ALS but its effect on quality of life is unknown. The authors prospectively studied quality of life using the SF-36 questionnaire in a cohort of 16 ventilated patients with ALS. Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation improved scores in the "Vitality" do...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lyall RA,Donaldson N,Fleming T,Wood C,Newsom-Davis I,Polkey MI,Leigh PN,Moxham J

更新日期：2001-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies indicate semantic fluency more sensitively discriminates patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) from normal elderly persons, with disproportionate impairment of semantic over phonemic fluency. OBJECTIVE:To determine the ability of abbreviated fluency measures in the clinic setting (1-minute le...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Canning SJ,Leach L,Stuss D,Ngo L,Black SE

更新日期：2004-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Dementia occurs infrequently in patients with giant cell (temporal) arteritis (GCA). Three elderly women with biopsy-proven GCA showed abrupt cognitive decline during periods of clinically active GCA, 1 to 6 months after diagnostic temporal artery biopsy, during periods of corticosteroid taper. One patient had additio...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Caselli RJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between age-related memory decline and hippocampal anatomic changes is a matter of debate. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relationship between age-related memory decline and MRI hippocampal anatomic changes in a cohort of healthy individuals. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, 76 health...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Carlesimo GA,Cherubini A,Caltagirone C,Spalletta G

更新日期：2010-01-19 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 determine the incidence and predictors of acute cerebral ischemia and neurologic deterioration in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) patients after an institutional protocol change in systolic blood pressure (SBP) target from <160 to <140 mm Hg. METHODS:We retrospectively compared persons admitted with primar...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Buletko AB,Thacker T,Cho SM,Mathew J,Thompson NR,Organek N,Frontera JA,Uchino K

更新日期：2018-09-11 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：BACKGROUND:Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin types A, B, and E cause most cases of the paralytic disease botulism. Little is known about the epidemiology, clinical features, or microbiology of botulism type F. METHODS:Cases of adult type F botulism were identified by review of data collected by CDC's National Botulism ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gupta A,Sumner CJ,Castor M,Maslanka S,Sobel J

更新日期：2005-12-13 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：:Large prospective epidemiologic studies have linked the consumption of coffee and other caffeinated beverages to a reduced risk of subsequently developing PD. Caffeine as well as more specific antagonists of the adenosine A(2A) receptor have also now been found to attenuate neurotoxicity in a mouse model of PD. The co...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schwarzschild MA,Chen JF,Ascherio A

更新日期：2002-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the association of PD with preceding smoking, alcohol, and coffee consumption using a case-control design. METHODS:The authors used the medical records linkage system of the Rochester Epidemiology Project to identify 196 subjects who developed PD in Olmsted County, MN, during the years 1976 to 1995....

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Benedetti MD,Bower JH,Maraganore DM,McDonnell SK,Peterson BJ,Ahlskog JE,Schaid DJ,Rocca WA

更新日期：2000-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We recorded interictal spikes with closely spaced scalp electrodes and sphenoidal electrodes in four patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. We used multiple dipole modeling to study the number, three-dimensional intracerebral location, time activity, and functional relationship of the neuronal sources underlying the ep...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Baumgartner C,Lindinger G,Ebner A,Aull S,Serles W,Olbrich A,Lurger S,Czech T,Burgess R,Lüders H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of uncontrolled temporal lobe epilepsy due to a focal left temporal neuronal heterotopia associated with the nevoid-basal-cell carcinoma syndrome. This is the first pathologically described lesion associated with temporal lobe epilepsy in this syndrome. Because the patient's seizures resolved after a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hogan RE,Tress B,Gonzales MF,King JO,Cook MJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bapineuzumab, a humanized anti-amyloid-beta (Abeta) monoclonal antibody for the potential treatment of Alzheimer disease (AD), was evaluated in a multiple ascending dose, safety, and efficacy study in mild to moderate AD. METHODS:The study enrolled 234 patients, randomly assigned to IV bapineuzumab or place...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Salloway S,Sperling R,Gilman S,Fox NC,Blennow K,Raskind M,Sabbagh M,Honig LS,Doody R,van Dyck CH,Mulnard R,Barakos J,Gregg KM,Liu E,Lieberburg I,Schenk D,Black R,Grundman M,Bapineuzumab 201 Clinical Trial Investigator

更新日期：2009-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 28-year-old woman presenting with hypokalemic myopathy caused by 17alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency caused by a homozygous mutation consisting of a G-to-C transition in the initiation codon in exon 1 of the CYP17 gene resulting in expression of an enzymatically inactive truncated P450c17 protein....

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Satoh J,Kuroda Y,Nawata H,Yanase T

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We treated 36 patients with motor fluctuations and dyskinesias on chronic levodopa therapy with cabergoline (CBG) once a day for a mean period of 14.2 +/- 5.8 months. There was a significant increase in the "on" hours and a reduction in "off-period" dystonia. Ten patients continued to show a marked improvement after 2...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lera G,Vaamonde J,Rodriguez M,Obeso JA

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CSF hypocretin-1 levels at 6 PM did not significantly differ between patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) and control subjects as measured by direct radioimmunoassay and after acid extraction. The authors did not observe significant differences between early onset and late onset RLS. Hypocretin-1 levels did not ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stiasny-Kolster K,Mignot E,Ling L,Möller JC,Cassel W,Oertel WH

更新日期：2003-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report on the benefits of noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) on acute vestibular migraine (VM) treatment. METHODS:This was a retrospective chart review of patients with VM treated with nVNS in a single tertiary referral center between November 2017 and January 2019. Eighteen patients (16 women) we...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Beh SC,Friedman DI

更新日期：2019-10-29 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：:The authors examined the neural function of a postmeningitic deaf-blind patient who regained his hearing with a multichannel cochlear implant. Auditory stimuli activated the temporal cortices of both sides in a manner similar to that of controls, reflecting the successful recruitment of the auditory cortex after impla...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Osaki Y,Takasawa M,Doi K,Nishimura H,Iwaki T,Imaizumi M,Oku N,Hatazawa J,Kubo T

更新日期：2006-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the CNS syndromes of patients ≥60 years of age with antibodies against neuronal surface antigens but no evidence of brain MRI and CSF inflammatory changes. METHODS:This was a retrospective clinical analysis of patients with antibodies against neuronal surface antigens who fulfilled 3 criteria: age ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Escudero D,Guasp M,Ariño H,Gaig C,Martínez-Hernández E,Dalmau J,Graus F

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although small fiber neuropathy (SFN) often occurs without apparent cause, the molecular etiology of idiopathic SFN (I-SFN) has remained enigmatic. Sodium channel Na(v)1.7 is preferentially expressed within dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and sympathetic ganglion neurons and their small-diameter peripheral axons....

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Han C,Hoeijmakers JG,Ahn HS,Zhao P,Shah P,Lauria G,Gerrits MM,te Morsche RH,Dib-Hajj SD,Drenth JP,Faber CG,Merkies IS,Waxman SG

更新日期：2012-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Laminin alpha2 deficiency presents at birth with muscle weakness, hypotonia, and usually asymptomatic white matter signal on MRI. Few patients with laminin alpha2 deficiency have been described with seizures and structural brain abnormalities. The reason for the variation in the severity of the clinical phen...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pegoraro E,Fanin M,Trevisan CP,Angelini C,Hoffman EP

更新日期：2000-10-24 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：OBJECTIVE:Idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder is a parasomnia characterized by dream enactment and is commonly a prediagnostic sign of parkinsonism and dementia. Since risk factors have not been defined, we initiated a multicenter case-control study to assess environmental and lifestyle risk factors for REM sleep be...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Postuma RB,Montplaisir JY,Pelletier A,Dauvilliers Y,Oertel W,Iranzo A,Ferini-Strambi L,Arnulf I,Hogl B,Manni R,Miyamoto T,Mayer G,Stiasny-Kolster K,Puligheddu M,Ju Y,Jennum P,Sonka K,Santamaria J,Fantini ML,Zucconi

更新日期：2012-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 24-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study of rivastigmine, 487 patients with dementia associated with Parkinson disease underwent assessment of attention on the Cognitive Drug Research computerized cognitive assessment system before dosing and 16 and 24 weeks later. Significant bene...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wesnes KA,McKeith I,Edgar C,Emre M,Lane R

更新日期：2005-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied two unrelated patients with autosomal recessive multisystem triglyceride storage disease. Cultured fibroblasts accumulated 10 times more triglyceride than controls under glycerol or palmitate feeding. Mutant fibroblasts could not degrade accumulated triglycerides of endogenous origin, but normally degraded ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Di Donato S,Garavaglia B,Strisciuglio P,Borrone C,Andria G

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured plasma norepinephrine levels in patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy. Patients with orthostatic hypotension had low basal plasma norepinephrine levels, which did not increase after postural change. On the basis of biochemical findings that suggest depletion of peripheral norepinephrine, DL-threo-3...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Suzuki T,Higa S,Sakoda S,Hayashi A,Yamamura Y,Takaba Y,Nakajima A

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Machado-Joseph disease is a dominantly inherited, multisystem, degenerative disorder that lacks a proven genetic marker. Peripheral nerve conduction-refractory period, sensory evoked potentials, and quantified oculomotor recordings were studied in nine patients affected with this disease to look for a potential physio...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hotson JR,Langston EB,Louis AA,Rosenberg RN

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00