Alzheimer's disease compared with cerebrovascular dementia. Neuropsychological similarities and differences.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterise a Swedish family with a rare hereditary myopathy with unique sarcoplasmic inclusion bodies in the muscle biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Part of the pedigree was described in 1980. Nine new members of the included and the phenotype further characterised through clinical, neurophysiological and...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Engvall M,Ahlberg G,Hedberg B,Edström L,Ansved T

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence of thyroid diseases and the cumulative risk of thyroid diseases during a follow-up period after myasthenia gravis (MG) diagnosis compared with non-MG controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We used the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database linked to Registry of Catastrophic Illness da...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Chou CC,Huang MH,Lan WC,Kong SS,Kuo CF,Chou IJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients with presenile Alzheimer type dementia (ATD) were treated with N-terminal ACTH fragments for 14 days. No change in cognitive functions was observed during the treatment. A significant increase in CSF beta-endorphin (beta-EP) levels was found, while ACTH and beta-lipoprotein remain unaffected. The possi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nappi G,Facchinetti F,Martignoni E,Petraglia F,Sinforiani E,Bono G,Genazzani AR

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the epidemiological and clinical features of motor neuron disease (MND) in a region (835,000 inhabitants) of south-western Greece. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The medical records of all patients diagnosed with adult-onset MND at the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital of Patras from 1990 ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Argyriou AA,Polychronopoulos P,Papapetropoulos S,Ellul J,Andriopoulos I,Katsoulas G,Salakou S,Chroni E

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Once believed to be extremely uncommon, due to magnetic resonance imaging cavernous hemangiomas of the spinal cord are detected with increasing frequency. Management of both symptomatic and asymptomatic intramedullary cavernous hamangiomas is therefore of growing importance. However, experience with treatment and foll...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kondziella D,Brodersen P,Laursen H,Hansen K

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies found low serum levels of nociceptin in migraine patients but high serum levels of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). CGRP can elicit migraine-like headache. Medication-Overuse Headache (MOH) often has migraine features and can mimic chronic migraine. We therefore hypothesized that as i...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Munksgaard SB,Ertsey C,Frandsen E,Bendtsen L,Tekes K,Jensen RH

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts were made to trace a possible retrovirus in multiple sclerosis (MS) by means of polymerase chain reaction. The primers derived from conserved sequences in the genome of human T cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type I (HTLV-I) and the amplifications were carried out at varying stringency conditions (i.a. annealing...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rasmussen HB,Clausen J

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of asymptomatic HIV-infected patients (CDC II and III) was followed-up over a two year period with semi-annual neuropsychological testing. Of the total sample of 36 subjects, all were retested at test two (T2), 19 at test three (T3) and 13 at test four (T4). A subgroup of subjects was further tested on a simpl...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Karlsen NR,Reinvang I,Frøland SS

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind crossover pilot study with placebo, choline chloride, the physiologic precursor of acetylcholine, was tested in six patients with cerebellar ataxia. Neither subjectively nor objectively could any statistical significant difference be demonstrated. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sehested P,Lund HI,Kristensen O

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the mortality rate in Parkinson's disease (PD) with a control group without PD, and to assess the relationship between mortality and features of PD. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Ninety PD patients and 50 controls, mortality ascertained at 11 years follow-up. RESULTS:The hazard ratio (HR) for mortality in...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hughes TA,Ross HF,Mindham RH,Spokes EG

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main metabolites of the neurotransmitters noradrenaline, dopamine, and serotonin, methoxy-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG), homovanillic acid (HVA), and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA) respectively, were estimated by HPLC with electrochemical detection in CSF samples from 24 patients in coma after head injury, 1 to 1...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Markianos M,Seretis A,Kotsou S,Baltas I,Sacharogiannis H

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothyroidism induced by anti-epileptic drug treatment gave rise to thyroid function test studies in patients treated with carbamazepine (CBZ) only. In 42 patients on long-term CBZ treatment thyroxine (T4), free T4-index (FT4I), and triiodothyronine (T3) concentrations in serum were significantly lower than in contro...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Strandjord RE,Aanderud S,Myking OL,Johannessen SI

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 20 subjects with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS) and a group of healthy controls were compared as to their cognitive performance. Subjects with ACAS showed substantial deficits on tasks of mental speed, learning, visuospatial abilities, verbal processing and deductive reasoning. The cognitive pr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Benke T,Neussl D,Aichner F

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical indications for temporal artery biopsy were explored using clinical decision analysis. The analysis indicated that biopsy is most useful in patients with a high likelihood of steroid side effects. It is nearly always useful when the pre-biopsy likelihood of temporal arteritis is low, but loses its value w...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Nadeau SE

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible and progressive neurodegenerative disorder. AD is the most common cause of dementia worldwide, and its incidence is increasing in line with population aging. The primary feature of AD is progressive cognitive decline, and severe AD is characterized by reduced communication s...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Lee JH,Jeong SK,Kim BC,Park KW,Dash A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with well-defined clinical and radiographic lesions have been studied with somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs). The data indicate that the primary scalp potentials from stimulation of both the arm and leg (N20 and P40) can be lost with thalamic lesions and would be consistent with these potentials b...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Fisher MA,Perlik SJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the incidence of adverse reactions to albendazole therapy in patients presenting with seizures and a persistent (>3 months after diagnosis), solitary cysticercus granuloma and to determine whether the occurrence of adverse reactions predicted the response of the granuloma to therapy. MATERIAL AND ME...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rajshekhar V

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The role of the natural anticoagulants, antithrombin III (AT III), protein C (PC), and protein S (PS), in patients with mild to moderate ischemic stroke remains uncertain. We aimed to find out whether their levels in peripheral blood correlated with the severity of neurological deficit or can pre...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Haapaniemi E,Tatlisumak T,Soinne L,Syrjälä M,Kaste M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotonic dystrophy seems to have a hypometabolism of non-thyroid origin. The hypometabolism could hypothetically be caused by : 1) reduction in muscle mass, 2) hydrocephalus ex vacuo, an integral part of the disorder, or 3) the basic disease process itself. Possibility 2) was explored by determining basal metabolic ra...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hidle I,Sjaastad O

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pulsatility index (PI) registered by the transcranial doppler (TCD) was examined in relation to arterial pCO2 (paCO2) and epidural pressure (ICP). In 10 normal subjects PI was studied during variations in paCO2. In 10 neurosurgical patients with head injuries concomitant measurements of PI and ICP were obtained. T...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Homburg AM,Jakobsen M,Enevoldsen E

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subjects ranging in age from 50 to 89 years old, either with or without dementia were studied by both ELISA for anti-human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) gag 100-130 antibody and by cranial CT in order to clarify the relationship between HTLV-I infection and dementia. The frequency of anti-HTLV-I antibody w...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kira J,Hamada T,Kawano Y,Okayama M,Yamasaki K

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A solid-phase radioimmunoassay was developed for the detection of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and GFAP-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies. In antibody assays purified GFAP was absorbed onto polystyrene beads, followed by incubation in dilutions of serum. (125-I)-labelled human anti-IgG was used to q...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Ruutiainen J,Newcombe J,Salmi A,Dahl D,Frey H

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine, in a randomized, controlled, single blinded trial, the efficacy of a soft hand brace and a wrist splint for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). METHODS:We randomized 120 patients with CTS into a group wearing the soft hand brace MANU and into another group wearing the wrist splint CAMP TIELLE at night ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： De Angelis MV,Pierfelice F,Di Giovanni P,Staniscia T,Uncini A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:"Epileptic dementia" is reported in adults with childhood-onset refractory epilepsy. Cognitive deterioration can also occur in a "second-hit model". MATERIALS AND METHODS:We studied the clinical and neuropsychological characteristics of patients with cognitive deterioration (≥1 SD discrepancy between curren...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Breuer LEM,Grevers E,Boon P,Bernas A,Bergmans JWM,Besseling RMH,Klooster DCW,de Louw A,Mestrom RMC,Vonck K,Zinger S,Aldenkamp AP

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between angiographically determined cerebral vasospasm following a subarachnoid hemorrhage and regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) was studied in 63 investigations of 45 patients. The CBF was measured using the intra-arterial 133-Xe clearance technique within one hour of angiography. A positive correlation...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jakobsen M,Overgaard J,Marcussen E,Enevoldsen EM

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a heterogeneous inherited neuropathy. The number of known CMT genes is rapidly increasing mainly due to next-generation sequencing technology, at present more than 70 CMT-associated genes are known. We investigated whether variants in the DCTN2 could cause CMT. MATERIA...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Braathen GJ,Høyer H,Busk ØL,Tveten K,Skjelbred CF,Russell MB

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels of the soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R), an indicator of T cell activation, were significantly elevated in chronic progressive MS (CPMS) patients, clinically stable MS patients and in patients with other neurological diseases (OND) as compared to healthy controls. Levels of sIL-2R in steroid treate...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bansil S,Troiano R,Cook SD,Rohowsky-Kochan C

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown that white matter lesions (WMLs) is an important risk factor for cognitive impairment, but the underlying mechanisms have not been clarified. OBJECTIVE:We tested the hypothesis that the cognitive impairments associated with periventricular white matter hyperintensities (PWMHs) on...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Zi W,Duan D,Zheng J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET) have a higher risk of cognitive impairment than age-matched controls. Only a few small studies (11-18 subjects per group) have directly compared the cognitive profile of these conditions. Our aim was to compare the cognitive profile of patients...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Sánchez-Ferro Á,Benito-León J,Louis ED,Contador I,Hernández-Gallego J,Puertas-Martín V,Bermejo-Pareja F

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of the study was to develop a simplified method for the acquisition and analysis of data from positron emission tomography (PET) using the ligand 11C-L-deuterium-deprenyl. This is motivated by an increased interest in methods to characterize gliosis in neurodegenerative diseases and epilepsy, whi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bergström M,Kumlien E,Lilja A,Tyrefors N,Westerberg G,Långström B

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00