Neuropathy and IgM M-proteins: prognostic value of antibodies to MAG, SGPG, and sulfatide.

abstract：:To explore the clinical heterogeneity associated with the Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) expanded repeat and provide preliminary guidance for future gene testing in patients suspected of having FRDA, we tested patients with typical FRDA (group I), late-onset FRDA or FRDA with retained reflexes (group II), as well as those...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Geschwind DH,Perlman S,Grody WW,Telatar M,Montermini L,Pandolfo M,Gatti RA

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors identified two novel heterozygous missense transitions in the gene for the mitochondrial polymerase gammaA subunit (POLG) in a family with an autosomal recessive syndrome comprising progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO), polyneuropathy, ataxia, sensorineural hearing loss, and affective disorders. Thes...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mancuso M,Filosto M,Bellan M,Liguori R,Montagna P,Baruzzi A,DiMauro S,Carelli V

更新日期：2004-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the clinical and pelvic CT findings in six patients with obturator mononeuropathy caused by cancer. DESIGN:A clinical case series of six patients followed for 2 months to 10 years (one patient lost to follow-up). SETTING:Three referral centers. PATIENTS:Three men and three women, ages 52 to 81 ye...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rogers LR,Borkowski GP,Albers JW,Levin KH,Barohn RJ,Mitsumoto H

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no published MRI studies comparing interferon beta 1b (IFNbeta-1b) and glatiramer acetate (GA) for treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS). OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficacy of IFNbeta-1b and GA for suppression of MS disease activity as evidenced on frequent brain MRI. METHODS:A total of 7...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cadavid D,Wolansky LJ,Skurnick J,Lincoln J,Cheriyan J,Szczepanowski K,Kamin SS,Pachner AR,Halper J,Cook SD

更新日期：2009-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Using data from the compulsory Medical Birth Registry of Norway, the authors investigated the effect of maternal multiple sclerosis (MS) on pregnancy, delivery, and birth outcome in 649 births by MS mothers and 2.1 million control births. The mothers with MS had a higher proportion of neonates small for gestational ag...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dahl J,Myhr KM,Daltveit AK,Hoff JM,Gilhus NE

更新日期：2005-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is endemic in the Caribbean basin and Japan. Because of the close proximity of the United States to the Caribbean and the presence of HTLV-I-seropositive persons in the United States, we sought reports of patients who were HTLV-I seropositive and had ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Janssen RS,Kaplan JE,Khabbaz RF,Hammond R,Lechtenberg R,Lairmore M,Chiasson MA,Punsalang A,Roberts B,McKendall RR

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have examined the role of APOE genotype in the development of dementia, specifically Alzheimer disease (AD). The APOE epsilon4 allele (APOE4) is a risk factor for both clinical and neuropathologic AD whereas the APOE epsilon2 allele (APOE2) seems to be protective. This would predict, even with a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Berlau DJ,Corrada MM,Head E,Kawas CH

更新日期：2009-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biomarker levels in blood after traumatic brain injury (TBI) may offer diagnostic and prognostic tools in addition to clinical indices. This study aims to validate glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and S100B concentrations in blood as outcome predictors of TBI using cutoff levels of 1.5 μg/L for GFAP an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Vos PE,Jacobs B,Andriessen TM,Lamers KJ,Borm GF,Beems T,Edwards M,Rosmalen CF,Vissers JL

更新日期：2010-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing Recurrent Stroke in Intracranial Stenosis (SAMMPRIS) study is the first stroke prevention trial to include protocol-driven intensive management of multiple risk factors. In this prespecified analysis, we aimed to investigate the relationship betwee...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Turan TN,Nizam A,Lynn MJ,Egan BM,Le NA,Lopes-Virella MF,Hermayer KL,Harrell J,Derdeyn CP,Fiorella D,Janis LS,Lane B,Montgomery J,Chimowitz MI

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After 1 to 4 years, seizure-free children with epilepsy are encouraged to stop daily antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment. Approximately 70% are successful. The authors examined how often intractable epilepsy follows discontinuation of AED treatment in a population-based cohort of children with epilepsy. METH...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Camfield P,Camfield C

更新日期：2005-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:There are multiple difficulties in evaluating new treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS). The clinical diagnosis is imprecise, and the correlation between lesion and clinical dysfunction is incomplete. The neurologic evaluation is complex and lacks full precision. The course of MS is complex and has limited predictabi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brown JR

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed ictal features of psychogenic seizures using video-EEG recordings in 47 patients and reviewed the medical records to determine if patients received antiepileptic drug therapy and whether they were treated pharmacologically for status epilepticus. Unresponsive behavior in the absence of motor manifestations...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Leis AA,Ross MA,Summers AK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and cognitive impairment 15 years after pregnancy, we measured cognitive performance in 115 women with a history of HDP and in 481 women with a previous normotensive pregnancy. METHODS:This was a nested cohort study embedded in a ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Adank MC,Hussainali RF,Oosterveer LC,Ikram MA,Steegers EAP,Miller EC,Schalekamp-Timmermans S

更新日期：2021-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A young girl who initially presented with jaw hypomobility at age 4 years subsequently developed signs of a slowly progressive myopathy. Rods were found in all sampled muscles, and were associated with fibrous contractures in the temporomandibular joint muscles. Rods in fibers undergoing necrosis displayed a pattern o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Powers JM,Young GF,Bass EB Jr,Reed FE Jr

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluating rehabilitation requires rating scales that detect change. The authors examined Barthel Index (BI) data from 1,495 patients at a neurorehabilitation unit to determine whether total scale responsiveness accurately reflects item responsiveness. Total score effect sizes were moderate to large (0.47 to 1.09). It...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： O'Connor RJ,Cano SJ,Thompson AJ,Hobart JC

更新日期：2004-05-25 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 characterize a large family with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathy without mutations in the gap junction protein B1 (GJB1) gene, which has an unusual phenotype that is different in some aspects from classic CMTX1. METHODS:We tested CMT families consistent with X-linked inheritance for GJB1 mut...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Huttner IG,Kennerson ML,Reddel SW,Radovanovic D,Nicholson GA

更新日期：2006-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical features of cardiac injury associated with neurogenic pulmonary edema (NPE) in patients with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). BACKGROUND:NPE is generally viewed as a form of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema related to massive sympathetic discharge. METHODS:Case series. RESULTS:We...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mayer SA,Fink ME,Homma S,Sherman D,LiMandri G,Lennihan L,Solomon RA,Klebanoff LM,Beckford A,Raps EC

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CSF does not normally contain motile cells within flagella or cilia. When motile cells are seen in the CSF, they may be incorrectly assumed to be amebae. We studied a patient with a traumatic mucocele, in whom motile ciliated respiratory epithelial cells were seen in the CSF and within a frontal lobe brain abscess. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Davis LE,Visvesvara GS,McLaren DL,Randell R,Fenoglio CC,McLaren LC,Purdy M,Cooper V,Healy GR

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze differences in functional brain images collected in patients with type 2 and type 1 narcolepsy compared to normal controls and the relationship among brain images, objective neuropsychologic tests, and sleep findings. METHODS:Data collection included comprehensive clinical investigation, study of ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Huang YS,Hsiao IT,Liu FY,Hwang FM,Lin KL,Huang WC,Guilleminault C

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate clinical, imaging, and pathologic associations of the cingulate island sign (CIS) in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). METHODS:We retrospectively identified and compared patients with a clinical diagnosis of DLB (n=39); patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) matched by age, sex, and education (n...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Graff-Radford J,Murray ME,Lowe VJ,Boeve BF,Ferman TJ,Przybelski SA,Lesnick TG,Senjem ML,Gunter JL,Smith GE,Knopman DS,Jack CR Jr,Dickson DW,Petersen RC,Kantarci K

更新日期：2014-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A 11-year-old boy of short stature had recurrent right temporal pounding headaches of 7 months' duration, and progressive visual loss for 3 days. There was a left hemianopia, alexia without agraphia, and diffuse muscle weakness. Investigation established the presence of a mitochondrial myopathy with pyruvate and lacti...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Skoglund RR

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We surveyed 297 patients with Parkinson disease (PD) with systematic screens and rigorous definitional criteria. Pathologic hypersexuality lifetime prevalence was 2.4%. Compulsive shopping was 0.7%. Combined with our pathologic gambling data, the lifetime prevalence of these behaviors was 6.1% and increases to 13.7% i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Voon V,Hassan K,Zurowski M,de Souza M,Thomsen T,Fox S,Lang AE,Miyasaki J

更新日期：2006-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To combine MRI-based cortical morphometry and diffusion white matter tractography to describe the anatomical correlates of repetition deficits in patients with primary progressive aphasia (PPA). METHODS:The traditional anatomical model of language identifies a network for word repetition that includes Wernic...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Forkel SJ,Rogalski E,Drossinos Sancho N,D'Anna L,Luque Laguna P,Sridhar J,Dell'Acqua F,Weintraub S,Thompson C,Mesulam MM,Catani M

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States was evaluated using national multiple cause-of-death data and medical information obtained from state health departments. Twelve CJD deaths were identified for 1981 through 2002, and the average annual age-...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Maddox RA,Holman RC,Belay ED,Cheek JE,Yorita KL,Schonberger LB

更新日期：2006-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple chemical and coagulation determinations were undertaken on the subdural hematoma fluid from the reformed effusions of two patients. It was found that plasma or blood repeatedly reentered the subdural cavity. Coagulation studies compared the in vitro effects of subdural fluid with those of cerebrospinal fluid,...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Labadie EL,Glover D

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two patients with suspected brain death who required confirmatory tests other than clinical examination because of prolonged barbiturate administration for intracranial hypertension. Absence of intracranial blood flow was documented on CT angiography and confirmed by CT perfusion images. Cerebral an...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Qureshi AI,Kirmani JF,Xavier AR,Siddiqui AM

更新日期：2004-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of the APOE epsilon 4 allele encoding apolipoprotein E4 (apoE4) is the major genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms by which APOE epsilon 4 renders AD risk are unclear. In this report, we present genetic evidence that an apoE receptor, L...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kang DE,Saitoh T,Chen X,Xia Y,Masliah E,Hansen LA,Thomas RG,Thal LJ,Katzman R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comprehensive management of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) includes treatment to modify the disease course and interventions to address the persistent symptoms and consequences of this chronic illness, which can affect patients for decades. Although much excitement and attention accompanies new therapeutic init...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cohen BA

更新日期：2008-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We administered 3 commonly employed tests of mental status (the Information-Memory-Concentration test [IMC], the Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE], and the Dementia Rating Scale [DRS]) to 92 patients with probable dementia of the Alzheimer type. The 3 tests were readministered to 55 of the patients (2-year subgroup...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Salmon DP,Thal LJ,Butters N,Heindel WC

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00