Decline and rise of mortality from motor neuron disease in Spain, 1960-1989: demographic, environmental and competitive influences.

abstract：:We consider the problem of testing that a disease with variable age at onset is an autosomal dominant or recessive genetic trait. Specific reference is made to Alzheimer's disease and recent publications proposing an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. The pedigree structure allowed is restricted to first-degree r...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Sobel E,Davanipour Z,Alter M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is believed that an interaction between genetic and non-genetic factors may be involved in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). With the exception of exposure to agricultural chemicals like pesticides, evidence of an association between environmental risk factors and ALS is inconsistent...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Povedano M,Saez M,Martínez-Matos JA,Barceló MA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Austria is almost unknown. We evaluated the prevalence of MS in Austria using data from questionnaires completed by neurologists, comprising information on a total of 1,006 MS patients who attended 30 out-patient specialized clinics nationwide. Additional data were collec...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Baumhackl U,Eibl G,Ganzinger U,Hartung HP,Mamoli B,Pfeiffer KP,Fazekas F,Vass K,Austrian MS Study Committee.

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assessed the association between pre-stroke cognitive status and 90-day case-fatality. METHODS:Patients with ischemic stroke (IS) or spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) were prospectively identified among residents of Dijon, France, between 2013 and 2015, using a population-based registry. Associat...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Graber M,Garnier L,Mohr S,Delpont B,Blanc-Labarre C,Vergely C,Giroud M,Béjot Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Cognitive decline is a defining feature of dementia. We sought to determine if a single baseline cognitive test score or change in test score over time is more strongly associated with risk of dementia hospitalization. We also sought to compare short- and long-term dementia risk. METHODS:Prospective co...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Schneider AL,Gottesman RF,Mosley T,Alonso A,Knopman DS,Coresh J,Sharrett AR,Selvin E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recognition that cognitive impairment of vascular origin is not limited to multi-infarct dementia has led to the development of several sets of new criteria for vascular dementia (VaD). We set out to define the spectrum of disease in patients presenting with vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). Of 412 patients con...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Rockwood K,Howard K,MacKnight C,Darvesh S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Results of recently conducted prospective studies have demonstrated that the presence of high titers of anti-EBNA-1 or anti-EBNA complex IgG antibodies in healthy individuals is a strong risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS). Antibodies to BZLF1, the product of the homonymous early lytic gene, have be...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Massa J,Munger KL,O'Reilly EJ,Falk KI,Ascherio A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the middle of this century, a remarkable concentration of cases of neurodegenerative disease(s), referred to as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson-dementia complex (ALS/PDC), has been recognized among Chamorro natives of Guam. Intense investigations over the last 4 decades have failed to determine the e...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Wiederholt WC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot case-control study was conducted to identify possible risk factors for Meige's syndrome. Patients with Meige's syndrome and age- and sex-matched controls suffering from other neurological diseases were recruited from the Movement Disorders Clinic and Neurology Outpatient Department of the All India Insititute ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Behari M,Sharma AK,Changkakoti S,Sharma N,Pandey RM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a cooperative study in The Netherlands 22 patients with lissencephaly type I were collected. In the period 1980-1988, the prevalence of lissencephaly type I in the Netherlands was 11.7 per million births (12.2 for females and 11.0 for males). The 5-year survival rate of patients with a complete or nearly complete a...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： de Rijk-van Andel JF,Arts WF,Hofman A,Staal A,Niermeijer MF

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders that primarily affect the peripheral nervous system. Epidemiological studies of CMT have not yet been performed in Korea. OBJECTIVES:This study was performed to estimate the prevalence of CMT in Korea and the ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Park HJ,Choi YC,Oh JW,Yi SW

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures precipitated by the stimulus of hot water known as 'hot water epilepsy' (HWE) have been commonly reported from South India. The present report outlines certain descriptive epidemiological aspects of 78 cases from two rural satellite clinics of National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Gururaj G,Satishchandra P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The previously reported prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Bulgaria is considerably lower than that reported for neighbouring countries. The aim of this study was to perform a detailed epidemiological investigation in well-defined populations in this country to obtain an accurate estimate of the frequency of multiple...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Milanov I,Georgiev D,Kmetska K,Jordanova L,Topalov N

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short-term exposure to high levels of air pollution can increase stroke risk. In this study we investigated the short-term effects of air pollution on hospital admissions for stroke in a setting where pollutant levels are rather low. We also addressed methodological issues in evaluating the short-term effect...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Oudin A,Strömberg U,Jakobsson K,Stroh E,Björk J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of oophorectomy on brain aging remain uncertain. METHODS:We conducted a cohort study with long-term follow-up of women in Olmsted County, Minn., USA, who underwent either unilateral or bilateral oophorectomy before the onset of menopause from 1950 through 1987. Each member of the oophorectomy co...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Rivera CM,Grossardt BR,Rhodes DJ,Rocca WA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the age and sex variations in the relationship between diabetes and stroke. METHODS:This analysis was based on data from 61,327 Canadians > or =45 years of age who participated in the Canadian Community Health Survey in 2000-2001. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to evaluate the associ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Lin M,Chen Y,Sigal RJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of dementia increases by 15-28% in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). However, studies on dementia risk in type 1 DM have been neither comprehensive nor conclusive. METHODS:We carried out a cohort study involving 1,077 patients registered to have type 1 DM from 1998 to 2009 and 32,310 mat...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kuo CL,Lu CL,Chang YH,Li CY

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Neurosarcoidosis is a rare condition with serious health consequences. However, little is known about clinical characteristics and outcome of neurosarcoidosis in the community setting. METHODS:Patients with neurosarcoidosis were identified from a previously described cohort of patients with incident sa...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Ungprasert P,Crowson CS,Matteson EL

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic association studies conducted in admixed populations may be confounded by population stratification resulting in spurious associations. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the presence and effect of population stratification in a case-control study of brain arteriovenous malformation (BA...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kim H,Hysi PG,Pawlikowska L,Choudhry S,González Burchard E,Kwok PY,Sidney S,McCulloch CE,Young WL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the knowledge of stroke in the general public in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. BACKGROUND:The Arabian Gulf is a rapidly developing part of the world with major changes in the lifestyle that can increase the risk of stroke. To design effective stroke treatment and prevention strategi...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kamran S,Bener AB,Deleu D,Khoja W,Jumma M,Al Shubali A,Inshashi J,Sharouqi I,Al Khabouri J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Gypsies and Caucasians in Bulgaria. Cases were ascertained by examination in a clinic, a screening questionnaire and a door-to-door survey in a region of Sofia, Bulgaria. The prevalence of PD in the Gypsies was found to be 16/100,000 based on 1 case compared to ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Milanov I,Kmetski TS,Lyons KE,Koller WC

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Providing a valid and sensitive measure of different domains of cognitive performance in epidemiologic studies of early old-age populations presents a methodological challenge, given the broad range of variability in cognitive functioning in this age group. OBJECTIVES:(1) To provide data on the distribution...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Wege N,Dlugaj M,Siegrist J,Dragano N,Erbel R,Jöckel KH,Moebus S,Weimar C,Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study Investigative Group.

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No epidemiological studies on the prevalence of compressive neuropathy have been undertaken in Arab countries. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of the most common types of compressive neuropathies in Qena governorate/Egypt. METHODS:The study was part of a community-based survey carried ou...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Khedr EM,Fawi G,Allah Abbas MA,El-Fetoh NA,Zaki AF,Gamea A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has never been reported among recipients of dura mater grafts processed in the US. We recently investigated a report of such a case in a 72-year-old man with a typical clinical presentation of CJD. We found no evidence of CJD in either the 34-year-old donor or in other, proxi...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Dobbins JG,Belay ED,Malecki J,Buck BE,Bell M,Cobb J,Schonberger LB

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we describe the establishment of a Neuro-Oncology Register (NOR) at the University Hospital of Maastricht, The Netherlands. The register includes data on numbers and types of primary central nervous system (CNS) tumours and neurological complications of systemic cancer. One of the objectives of the regi...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Lassouw GM,Twijnstra A,Schouten LJ,van de Pol M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we studied the effect of population ancestry on the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in US veterans of World War II, comparing by state 1980 US census ancestry data with MS case/control ratios. Here, the joint effects of population ancestry and surname-derived ethnicity on MS risk are examined in the same s...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Page WF,Mack TM,Kurtzke JF,Murphy FM,Norman JE Jr

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to studies done before 1980, the multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence rate in Italy ranged from 7.2 to 27.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. More recent work has consistently put the MS prevalence rate to over 30 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. If these recent data are confirmed in the future, Italy can no longer...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Sironi L,Mamoli A,D'Alessandro G,Camerlingo M,Bottacchi E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the effect of medical record use on figures for the incidence of dementia and the effect of apolipoprotein E (APOE) polymorphism on this incidence and neuropathologically defined Alzheimer's disease (AD) in very elderly individuals. METHODS:Cognitive functions were examined in a cohort of 328 (92% of ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Polvikoski T,Sulkava R,Rastas S,Sutela A,Niinistö L,Notkola IL,Verkkoniemi A,Viramo P,Juva K,Haltia M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:There is increasing evidence that the pathophysiologic mechanisms are different between migraine and tension-type headache. The aim of the study was to determine possible sociodemographic differences in Saudi Arabia subjects with headache. METHODOLOGY:A community-based door-to-door survey with i...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Abdul Jabbar M,Ogunniyi A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between smoking status and incident Alzheimer's disease (AD) was investigated in a random stratified sample of a biracial community in Chicago. Analyses are based on 1,064 persons (of 1,134 evaluated) who had data on smoking status, disease incidence, and key covariates such as apolipoprotein allele s...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Aggarwal NT,Bienias JL,Bennett DA,Wilson RS,Morris MC,Schneider JA,Shah RC,Evans DA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00