Bilateral orbital signs predict cortical venous drainage in cavernous sinus dural AVMs.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neutralizing antibodies (NAB) to interferon beta (IFNbeta) occur in about one-third of MS patients treated with IFNbeta-1b and there is an association with a loss of clinical and MRI efficacy. However, there are no data regarding the bioavailability of IFNbeta-1b in patients with and without NAB. METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Deisenhammer F,Reindl M,Harvey J,Gasse T,Dilitz E,Berger T

更新日期：1999-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:About one-third of patients with acoustic tumor (AT) initially seek medical attention for nonaudiologic complaints. The nonspecific early symptoms of AT require the inclusion of AT in many neurologic differential diagnoses. Advances in electrophysiologic and radiographic tests have allowed earlier diagnosis of AT at a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hart RG,Gardner DP,Howieson J

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the predictive utility of self-reported and informant-reported functional deficits in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) for the follow-up diagnosis of probable AD. METHODS:The Pfeffer Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) and Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) S...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tabert MH,Albert SM,Borukhova-Milov L,Camacho Y,Pelton G,Liu X,Stern Y,Devanand DP

更新日期：2002-03-12 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：:Using transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography in patients with high-grade (> or = 70%) internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis, we examined the relation between the rate of TCD-detected silent microembolism of the ipsilateral middle cerebral artery and a history of recent (< 121 days) ischemic symptoms attributable ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Siebler M,Kleinschmidt A,Sitzer M,Steinmetz H,Freund HJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively evaluated 84 consecutive adult patients with chronic liver disease before and after liver transplantation to define the type and frequency of post-transplant neurologic complications, and to assess possible pretransplant and operative variables associated with in-hospital CNS complications. There were...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pujol A,Graus F,Rimola A,Beltrán J,Garcia-Valdecasas JC,Navasa M,Grande L,Galofré J,Visa J,Rodés J

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied five patients with nonhemorrhagic thalamic infarction with neuropsychological tests, CT, and somatosensory evoked responses (SERs). The three patients with left thalamic lesions had abnormalities of language, memory, visuospatial processing, intellect, and personality-changes compatible with dementia. The t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Graff-Radford NR,Eslinger PJ,Damasio AR,Yamada T

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of lysine vasopressin on memory and cognitive deficits in Alzheimer disease was investigated. In a double-blind study, seven patients were given 16 units of lysine vasopressin per day for 10 days and were compared with seven different patients receiving placebo. No significant difference in performance bet...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Durso R,Fedio P,Brouwers P,Cox C,Martin AJ,Ruggieri SA,Tamminga CA,Chase TN

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the added value of hippocampal atrophy rates over whole brain volume measurements on MRI in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD), patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and controls. METHODS:We included 64 patients with AD (67 +/- 9 years; F/M 38/26), 44 patients with MCI (71 +/- 6 yea...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Henneman WJ,Sluimer JD,Barnes J,van der Flier WM,Sluimer IC,Fox NC,Scheltens P,Vrenken H,Barkhof F

更新日期：2009-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified seven patients with refractory partial epilepsy and sleep apnea. Treatment of the sleep apnea with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), protriptyline, trazodone, acetazolamide, or tracheostomy reduced seizure frequency and severity in six patients. Success with CPAP depended largely on compl...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Devinsky O,Ehrenberg B,Barthlen GM,Abramson HS,Luciano D

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placebo, or sham surgery, as a control condition in surgical clinical trials in Parkinson disease (PD) remains controversial. The authors reviewed the adverse effects reported in double blind, placebo surgery controlled trials for PD. Placebo surgeries were generally safe and well tolerated but the number of subjects ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Frank S,Kieburtz K,Holloway R,Kim SY

更新日期：2005-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a distinct subform of idiopathic generalized epilepsy of adolescence. Linkage studies with Bf and serologic HLA markers in families of JME patients have shown a tight linkage on chromosome 6. We present a linkage analysis with HLA-DQ restriction fragment length polymorphisms on mor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Durner M,Sander T,Greenberg DA,Johnson K,Beck-Mannagetta G,Janz D

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the prognostic role of late auditory (N100) and cognitive evoked potentials (MMN) for awakening in a cohort of comatose patients categorized by etiology. METHODS:The authors prospectively studied a series of 346 comatose patients. Coma was caused by stroke (n = 125), trauma (n = 96), anoxia (n ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Fischer C,Luauté J,Adeleine P,Morlet D

更新日期：2004-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate possible correlations between tumor location and genetic alterations in a series of oligodendrogliomas. METHODS:A series of 158 consecutive oligodendrogliomas were retrospectively reviewed. In each case, the radiologic picture and the chromosome 1p (chr 1p) status of the tumor detected by the ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Laigle-Donadey F,Martin-Duverneuil N,Lejeune J,Crinière E,Capelle L,Duffau H,Cornu P,Broët P,Kujas M,Mokhtari K,Carpentier A,Sanson M,Hoang-Xuan K,Thillet J,Delattre JY

更新日期：2004-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is controversy about the clinical consequences of intermediate alleles (IAs) in Huntington disease (HD). The main objective of this study was to establish the clinical manifestations of IA carriers for a prospective, international, European HD registry. METHODS:We assessed a cohort of participants at r...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cubo E,Ramos-Arroyo MA,Martinez-Horta S,Martínez-Descalls A,Calvo S,Gil-Polo C,European HD Network.

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop evidence-based recommendations for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:We searched the literature (1970-March 2011; March 2011-September 2013 MEDLINE search), classified articles, and linked recommendations to evidence. RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:Clin...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yadav V,Bever C Jr,Bowen J,Bowling A,Weinstock-Guttman B,Cameron M,Bourdette D,Gronseth GS,Narayanaswami P

更新日期：2014-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the associations between cardiovascular fitness at age 18 years and future risk of epilepsy. METHODS:Population-based cohort study of Swedish male conscripts (n = 1,173,079) born in 1950-1987, who were followed for up to 40 years. Data on cardiovascular fitness were collected during conscription e...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Nyberg J,Aberg MA,Torén K,Nilsson M,Ben-Menachem E,Kuhn HG

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the APOE epsilon 4 allele increases the risk of developing AD, the effects of the epsilon 4 allele on brain atrophy in clinical AD patients are controversial. OBJECTIVE:To investigate a possible relationship between the genetic variants of APOE and brain atrophy in patients with AD. METHODS:Using ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hashimoto M,Yasuda M,Tanimukai S,Matsui M,Hirono N,Kazui H,Mori E

更新日期：2001-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old man had noticed increasing difficulty in walking for 4 years. Examination disclosed spastic paraparesis and posterior column signs suggestive of subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord. Urinalysis, urinary thin-layer chromatography, and intestinal biopsy disclosed typical cystinuria. Perniciou...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： De Myer W,Gebhard RL

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:While plasma biomarkers have been proposed to aid in the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD), few biomarkers have been validated in independent patient cohorts. Here we aim to determine plasma biomarkers associated with AD in 2 independent cohorts and validate the findings in the multicenter Alzheim...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hu WT,Holtzman DM,Fagan AM,Shaw LM,Perrin R,Arnold SE,Grossman M,Xiong C,Craig-Schapiro R,Clark CM,Pickering E,Kuhn M,Chen Y,Van Deerlin VM,McCluskey L,Elman L,Karlawish J,Chen-Plotkin A,Hurtig HI,Siderowf A,Swens

更新日期：2012-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess pathologic changes in prospectively characterized subjects with essential tremor (ET). METHODS:Subjects enrolled in the Sun Health Research Institute Brain and Body Donation Program were examined annually by a movement disorders neurologist, and semiannually by a behavioral neurologist and neuropsy...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shill HA,Adler CH,Sabbagh MN,Connor DJ,Caviness JN,Hentz JG,Beach TG

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus DNA probes were labeled in vitro and hybridized to the DNA extracted from brains of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) to detect the presence of genetic information related to these viruses. We were unable to detect any virus-related genetic information complementary t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Aulakh GS,Albrecht P,Tourtellotte WW

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether blood-based biomarkers can differentiate older veterans with and without traumatic brain injury (TBI) and cognitive impairment (CogI). METHODS:We enrolled 155 veterans from 2 veterans' retirement homes: 90 without TBI and 65 with TBI history. Participants were further separated into CogI...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Peltz CB,Kenney K,Gill J,Diaz-Arrastia R,Gardner RC,Yaffe K

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen patients with congenital nystagmus were studied with the techniques of electronystagmography and computer analysis. We found several complex wave forms of congenital nystagmus in the primary position of gaze above those of jerk and pendular nystagmus as defined clinically. An etiologic classification of motor...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yee RD,Wong EK,Baloh RW,Honrubia V

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the medial plantar nerve action potential (NAP) and skin biopsy in the evaluation of suspected distal sensory neuropathies (SN) with normal routine nerve conduction studies (NCS). METHODS:A total of 110 consecutive patients with suspected distal SN and normal routine NCS underwent medial plantar NA...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Herrmann DN,Ferguson ML,Pannoni V,Barbano RL,Stanton M,Logigian EL

更新日期：2004-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptoms in patients with demyelinating disorders are associated with 3 important conduction abnormalities: complete conduction block, rate-dependent conduction block, and slowed impulse conduction. The recent observation that the electrogenic Na/K pump causes the nerve membrane hyperpolarization responsible for rate-...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kaji R,Sumner AJ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients with disabling action tremor in the setting of MS were treated with isoniazid (800 to 1200 mg per day). All patients showed significant improvement of the tremor, allowing more functional use of their extremities. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only medical treatment for this type of tremor. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sabra AF,Hallett M,Sudarsky L,Mullally W

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the presenting features and value of routine diagnostic procedures in patients with leptomeningeal metastases (LMM) related to the primary malignancy to improve diagnostic assessment. METHODS:The authors studied the presenting features and value of routine diagnostic procedures in relation to the hi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： van Oostenbrugge RJ,Twijnstra A

更新日期：1999-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to perform an observational study of age at loss of independent ambulation (LoA) and side-effect profiles associated with different glucocorticoid corticosteroid (GC) regimens in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). METHODS:We studied 340 participants in the Cooperative International Neuromuscular Res...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bello L,Gordish-Dressman H,Morgenroth LP,Henricson EK,Duong T,Hoffman EP,Cnaan A,McDonald CM,CINRG Investigators.

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies demonstrated an excess of winter births in children with brain tumors and in adults with various neurologic or psychiatric diseases relative to the general population. OBJECTIVE:To investigate a possible association between month of birth and risk of brain tumors in adults using data from a l...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brenner AV,Linet MS,Shapiro WR,Selker RG,Fine HA,Black PM,Inskip PD

更新日期：2004-07-27 00:00:00