Cerebral air embolism complicating cardiac ablation procedures.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Expert knowledge may compensate for age-related declines in basic cognitive and sensory-motor abilities in some skill domains. We investigated the influence of age and aviation expertise (indexed by Federal Aviation Administration pilot ratings) on longitudinal flight simulator performance. METHODS:Over a 3...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Taylor JL,Kennedy Q,Noda A,Yesavage JA

更新日期：2007-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a widely held belief that most patients presenting with senile chorea have late-onset Huntington's disease (HD) with an unknown family history. We measured CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion in the HD gene in four patients with a clinical presentation of senile chorea and found that CAG repetition lengths wer...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Shinotoh H,Calne DB,Snow B,Hayward M,Kremer B,Theilmann J,Hayden MR

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolfram syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder beginning in childhood that consists of four cardinal features: optic atrophy, diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, and neurosensory hearing loss. Aside from these features, the clinical picture is highly variable and may include other neurologic abnormalities such...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rando TA,Horton JC,Layzer RB

更新日期：1992-06-01 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：:We reviewed the records of all patients with optic neuritis (ON) in Olmsted County, Minnesota, identified through the comprehensive records-linkage system at the Mayo Clinic, and identified 156 ON patients from 1935 to 1991 who had onset of the disease while residing in Olmsted County (incidence cases). Poisson regres...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rodriguez M,Siva A,Cross SA,O'Brien PC,Kurland LT

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors pooled four population-based European studies to determine the risk for institutionalization and death after stroke. Risk for institutionalization was assessed in 13,095 subjects. Survival was calculated for prevalent stroke in 7929 individuals and incident stroke in 8550 individuals. The adjusted risk of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schmidt R,Breteler MM,Inzitari D,Fratiglioni L,Hofman A,Launer LJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma exchange (PE) is used to treat severe episodes of CNS demyelination unresponsive to corticosteroids. Predictors of long-term response are not well known. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 41 patients consecutively treated by PE between January 1995 and July 2007. The primary ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Llufriu S,Castillo J,Blanco Y,Ramió-Torrentà L,Río J,Vallès M,Lozano M,Castellà MD,Calabia J,Horga A,Graus F,Montalban X,Saiz A

更新日期：2009-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Although motor fibers in the sural nerve were already described in three individuals, this nerve is considered purely sensory. We investigated the occurrence of motor fibers in 331 sural nerves of 207 individuals. We found motor fibers in 15 nerves (4.5%) or in 13 individuals (6.2%). The identification of motor fibers...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Amoiridis G,Schöls L,Ameridis N,Przuntek H

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 58 consecutive patients with spontaneous CSF leaks, nine exhibited features of connective tissue disorder. One had Marfan's syndrome. Five additional patients had hyperflexible joints, of whom four had arachnodactyly, four were tall and slender, two had hyperextensible skin, and one had a strong family history of a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mokri B,Maher CO,Sencakova D

更新日期：2002-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare nondemented patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) with and without REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) to healthy controls on quantitative EEG characteristics for both wakefulness and REM sleep. METHODS:Fifteen patients with PD (7 patients with polysomnographic-confirmed RBD [PD-RBD] and 8 patients...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gagnon JF,Fantini ML,Bédard MA,Petit D,Carrier J,Rompré S,Décary A,Panisset M,Montplaisir J

更新日期：2004-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of natalizumab on low-contrast letter acuity as a prespecified tertiary endpoint in two randomized clinical trials and to evaluate the usefulness of low-contrast letter acuity testing as a candidate test of visual function in multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:AFFIRM and SENTINEL were ra...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Balcer LJ,Galetta SL,Calabresi PA,Confavreux C,Giovannoni G,Havrdova E,Hutchinson M,Kappos L,Lublin FD,Miller DH,O'Connor PW,Phillips JT,Polman CH,Radue EW,Rudick RA,Stuart WH,Wajgt A,Weinstock-Guttman B,Wynn DR,Lyn

更新日期：2007-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the prevalence, time course, and associated factors of periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS) in patients with ischemic stroke or TIA. METHODS:Patients enrolled in the prospective Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Transient Ischemia Attack (TIA)/Ischemic Stroke and Continuous Positive Airway Press...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Manconi M,Fanfulla F,Ferri R,Miano S,Haba-Rubio J,Heinzer R,Horvath T,Proserpio P,Young P,Moschovitis G,Seiler A,Cereda C,Nobili L,Wiest R,Ott SR,Bassetti CL

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbamazepine was compared with phenytoin in a double-blind study. Of 87 patients, data on 70 patients were complete and used for analysis. Thirty-five patients were treated with each drug. The incidence of major side effects, minor side effects, and complete control (85%) was the same in both groups. A mild but signi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ramsay RE,Wilder BJ,Berger JR,Bruni J

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 14-year-old girl developed severe bilateral optic neuritis 1 week after the onset of chickenpox. Though previous case reports state that complete recovery is the rule, this child had a persistent decrease in visual acuity in the right eye and loss of color vision and defects in visual fields in both eyes. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Purvin V,Hrisomalos N,Dunn D

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Titus Lucretius Carus was an ancient Roman philosopher of the Epicurean school whose epic poem On the Nature of Things described numerous aspects of the natural world. In fact, much contemporary scientific understanding is consistent with or inspired by his work. Among Lucretius's contributions to neurology were his d...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Hyam JA,Paterson DJ,Aziz TZ,Green AL

更新日期：2011-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether preadmission use of nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) influenced 30-day stroke mortality. METHODS:We conducted a nationwide population-based cohort study. Using medical databases, we identified all first-time stroke hospitalizations in Denmark between 2004 and 2012 ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schmidt M,Hováth-Puhó E,Christiansen CF,Petersen KL,Bøtker HE,Sørensen HT

更新日期：2014-11-25 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 investigate the prevalence of headaches in a Chinese elderly population. BACKGROUND:There are few headache surveys in the elderly. Previous studies have shown a low headache prevalence in Chinese. METHODS: TARGET POPULATION:eligible registered residents > or = 65 years old (N = 2,003) in two townships o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Wang SJ,Liu HC,Fuh JL,Liu CY,Lin KP,Chen HM,Lin CH,Wang PN,Hsu LC,Wang HC,Lin KN

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the possible relation between the extent of involvement of catecholaminergic neurons and the presence of alveolar hypoventilation in patients with myotonic dystrophy (MyD). BACKGROUND:Respiratory insufficiency has been reported frequently in MyD patients. Recent data support the hypothesis that th...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ono S,Takahashi K,Jinnai K,Kanda F,Fukuoka Y,Kurisaki H,Mitake S,Inagaki T,Yamano T,Shimizu N,Nagao K

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three children with cerebral oligodendrogliomas causing partial complex or generalized seizures presented with completely normal neurologic examinations. CT showed low-density, nonenhancing surface lesions. Although these CT features are usually associated with infarcts or cysts, neoplasm was suspected because of irre...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Varma RR,Crumrine PK,Bergman I,Latchaw RE,Price RA,Vries J,Painter MJ

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was studied among Libyan-born Israelis, in whom the disease appears with unusual frequency. Interviews with relatives of deceased victims revealed statistically significant clustering within families. The results suggest either a common source of exposure or a genetic influence on susceptibil...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Neugut RH,Neugut AI,Kahana E,Stein Z,Alter M

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the efficacy of coenzyme Q10 (ubidecarenone, CoQ10) therapy in patients with Kearns-Sayre syndrome and other mitochondrial myopathies with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO). We treated seven patients for 1 year with daily oral administration of 120 mg of CoQ10. Throughout the treatment most...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Bresolin N,Bet L,Binda A,Moggio M,Comi G,Nador F,Ferrante C,Carenzi A,Scarlato G

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because hereditary hyperekplexia results from a defect in the glycine receptor, we studied in five patients several spinal inhibitory pathways that are thought to use either glycine or gamma-aminobutyric acid as a neurotransmitter. Three patients had a mutation in the alpha1 subunit of the glycine receptor, whereas tw...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Floeter MK,Andermann F,Andermann E,Nigro M,Hallett M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In monkey extraocular muscles (EOM), a battery of histochemical reactions delineates three muscle fiber types, coarse, fine, and granular. Normal EOM are compared with EOM denervated by intracranial oculomotor nerve section. The experimentally denervated EOM fibers did not show the constellation of histologic response...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ringel SP,Engel WK,Bender AN,Peters ND,Yee RD

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop and evaluate a model for staging cortical amyloid deposition using PET with high generalizability. METHODS:Three thousand twenty-seven individuals (1,763 cognitively unimpaired [CU], 658 impaired, 467 with Alzheimer disease [AD] dementia, 111 with non-AD dementia, and 28 with missing diagnosis) fr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Collij LE,Heeman F,Salvadó G,Ingala S,Altomare D,de Wilde A,Konijnenberg E,van Buchem M,Yaqub M,Markiewicz P,Golla SSV,Wottschel V,Wink AM,Visser PJ,Teunissen CE,Lammertsma AA,Scheltens P,van der Flier WM,Boellaard R

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old girl presented with headache, nausea, decreased level of consciousness, and diplopia. Brain MRI, arteriography (figure e-1 on the Neurology® Web site at www.neurology.org), vasculitic markers, and CSF were normal, as were EEGs and ECGs. Transcranial color-coded ultrasonography of the basilar artery revea...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kraft P,Müllges W

更新日期：2013-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) are CNS vascular anomalies associated with seizures, headaches, and hemorrhagic strokes. The CCM1 gene was screened in 35 sporadic cases with either single or multiple CCM. It was found that 29% of the individuals with multiple CCM have a CCM1 mutation, whereas cases with only on...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Verlaan DJ,Laurent SB,Sure U,Bertalanffy H,Andermann E,Andermann F,Rouleau GA,Siegel AM

更新日期：2004-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare characteristics between Black and White patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in order to identify disparities and phenotypic variability. METHODS:We performed database review for patients seen between 1997 and 2020 at the Emory ALS Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Patients with ALS were in...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brand D,Polak M,Glass JD,Fournier CN

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the effects of the anti-tumor necrosis factor neutralizing antibody, infliximab, and the antiproliferative immunosuppressant, mycophenolate mofetil, in refractory neurosarcoidosis. METHODS:We treated patients with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis and CNS involvement, who had failed treatment with steroi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Moravan M,Segal BM

更新日期：2009-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A new cerebral disorder, described in three unrelated children, has recognizable clinical, radiologic, and neuropathologic findings. The onset occurs from early infancy to adolescence with slowing of cognitive performance, rare convulsive seizures, and a mixture of extrapyramidal, cerebellar, and pyramidal signs. CT s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Labrune P,Lacroix C,Goutières F,de Laveaucoupet J,Chevalier P,Zerah M,Husson B,Landrieu P

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00