Benign prognosis of never-symptomatic carotid occlusion.

abstract：:Dr. Masur and colleagues(1) from the Childhood Absence Epilepsy Study Group tried to answer a few important questions regarding childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) in their article "Pretreatment cognitive deficits and treatment effects on attention in childhood absence epilepsy." First, they wanted to know whether childr...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Thio LL

更新日期：2013-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of two noninvasive diagnostic methods--oculoplethysmography-carotid phonoangiography (OPG/CPA) and directional Doppler ultrasonography--to detect extracranial cerebrovascular disease was examined in 400 consecutive studies. Cerebral arteriography was performed in 74 patients. Transient ischemic attack was ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ginsberg MD,Greenwood SA,Goldberg HI

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize patterns of cognitive functioning in a well-defined group of patients with MRI-identified coexisting left temporal lobe developmental malformations (TLDM) and mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS), and to examine neuropsychological outcome in this dual-pathology group following epilepsy surgery. ME...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Martin R,Dowler R,Gilliam F,Faught E,Morawetz R,Kuzniecky R

更新日期：1999-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmortem studies of patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) have demonstrated loss of cholinergic neurons in the striatum, nucleus basalis of Meynert, and the pedunculopontine nucleus. These findings suggest that cholinergic drugs might be an effective treatment for this disease. We studied the efficacy o...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Foster NL,Aldrich MS,Bluemlein L,White RF,Berent S

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiepileptic drug use was documented before and after temporal lobectomy. Carbamazepine, phenytoin, and clobazam were the most commonly used drugs, both pre- and postoperatively. Preoperatively, polytherapy was used in 78% of patients; at 6 months follow-up, 47%; at 12 months, 18%; and at 24 months, 14%. Preoperative...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Maher J,McLachlan RS

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy manifested in one of girl twins. The twins were monozygous on the basis of red cell and HL antigens and skin graft compatibility. Karyotyping, including banding techniques, showed a normal number of chromosomes and a normal configuration of the X-chromosome in both twins. The twins were ide...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gomez MR,Engel AG,Dewald G,Peterson HA

更新日期：1977-06-01 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：:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common neurologic disorder that affects 5 to 10% of the population and increases in prevalence with aging. The clinical hallmarks of RLS include dysesthesias or paresthesias in the legs and sometimes the arms, occurring primarily at rest, which are usually worse in the evening and are...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Comella CL

更新日期：2002-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the range and extent of neurologic complications due to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 infection (pH1N1'09) in children hospitalized with influenza. METHODS:Active hospital-based surveillance in 6 Australian tertiary pediatric referral centers between June 1 and September 30, 2009, f...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Khandaker G,Zurynski Y,Buttery J,Marshall H,Richmond PC,Dale RC,Royle J,Gold M,Snelling T,Whitehead B,Jones C,Heron L,McCaskill M,Macartney K,Elliott EJ,Booy R

更新日期：2012-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome is a rare multisystem disorder associated with plasma cell dyscrasia. There is increasing evidence that high-dose chemotherapy with autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (Auto-PBSCT) is an efficacious t...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kuwabara S,Misawa S,Kanai K,Suzuki Y,Kikkawa Y,Sawai S,Hattori T,Nishimura M,Nakaseko C

更新日期：2008-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a method for the detection of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) carriers. The method is based on the quantitative analysis of the products of standard multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from 18 different exons of the dystrophin gene, and is designated "QM-PCR." W...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ioannou P,Christopoulos G,Panayides K,Kleanthous M,Middleton L

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic spinal cord injury in rats and ischemic spinal cord injury in rabbits were associated with time-dependent, localized decreases in thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and muscarinic receptor binding. Changes were not evident in the first 24 to 48 hours, consistent with the hypothesis that secondary alteration...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Faden AI,Pilotte NS,Burt DR

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective trial of plasmapheresis and azathioprine or azathioprine alone was carrier out on 20 patients with chronic progressive MS. Seven of 10 patients in each group continued therapy for 12 months. When the groups were compared by disability ratings, the combination of plasmapheresis and azathioprine was no bet...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tindall RS,Walker JE,Ehle AL,Near L,Rollins J,Becker D

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of neuroleptic medications is common among elderly patients. Using multivariate models, the authors found that use of antipsychotic medications, age, and disability were strong predictors of developing self-reported Parkinson disease (PD) in the subsequent year among 1992 to 2000 Medicare Current Beneficiary Surve...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Noyes K,Liu H,Holloway RG

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

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：:Studies of automobile accident frequency among drivers with AD have yielded conflicting results about the risk of accidents. To develop a practice parameter regarding driving and AD the authors performed a systematic review of the literature. The authors identified well-designed, controlled studies of driving and AD u...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Dubinsky RM,Stein AC,Lyons K

更新日期：2000-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the characteristics of late-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) (LOMS, 50+ years) vs adult-onset MS (AOMS, 16 to <50 years) and examine prognosis and associated risk factors. METHODS:Patients with definite MS, onset prior to July 1988, registered with a BCMS clinic before July 1998, with at least one E...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Tremlett H,Devonshire V

更新日期：2006-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the genetic and physiologic basis for recessive myasthenic congenital myopathy in 2 families, suggestive of a channelopathy involving the sodium channel gene, SCN4A. METHODS:A combination of whole exome sequencing and targeted mutation analysis, followed by voltage-clamp studies of mutant sodium ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Elia N,Palmio J,Castañeda MS,Shieh PB,Quinonez M,Suominen T,Hanna MG,Männikkö R,Udd B,Cannon SC

更新日期：2019-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified large-scale deletions in muscle mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in seven of seven patients with Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS). We found no detectable deletions in the mtDNA of ten non-KSS patients with other mitochondrial myopathies or encephalomyopathies, or three normal controls. The deletions ranged in s...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Zeviani M,Moraes CT,DiMauro S,Nakase H,Bonilla E,Schon EA,Rowland LP

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence, predictors, and clinical relevance of cortical superficial siderosis (cSS) progression in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). METHODS:Consecutive patients with symptomatic CAA meeting Boston criteria in a prospective cohort underwent baseline and follow-up MRI within 1 year. cSS...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pongpitakmetha T,Fotiadis P,Pasi M,Boulouis G,Xiong L,Warren AD,Schwab KM,Rosand J,Gurol ME,Greenberg SM,Viswanathan A,Charidimou A

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2001, the authors described the clinical features of a genetically distinct autosomal dominant limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD; LGMD 1F). Using a genome-wide screen with more than 400 microsatellite markers, the authors identified a novel LGMD disease locus at chromosome 7q32.1-32.2. Within this chromosomal re...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Palenzuela L,Andreu AL,Gàmez J,Vilà MR,Kunimatsu T,Meseguer A,Cervera C,Fernandez Cadenas I,van der Ven PF,Nygaard TG,Bonilla E,Hirano M

更新日期：2003-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old woman was thought to have Friedreich's disease because of progressive ataxia, dysarthria, and titubation from age 3 years. Her diet was normal, and there were neither symptoms nor laboratory evidence of liver disease or fat malabsorption. Serum vitamin E content and the ratio of serum vitamin E to total ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Stumpf DA,Sokol R,Bettis D,Neville H,Ringel S,Angelini C,Bell R

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the ability of a specifically developed cognitive risk score to identify patients at risk of poststroke neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) who are eligible for a comprehensive cognitive assessment. METHODS:After assessing 404 patients (infarct 91.3%) in the Groupe de Réflexion pour l'Evaluation Cogn...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Godefroy O,Yaïche H,Taillia H,Bompaire F,Nédélec-Ciceri C,Bonnin C,Varvat J,Vincent-Grangette F,Diouf M,Mas JL,Canaple S,Lamy C,Arnoux A,Leclercq C,Tasseel-Ponche S,Roussel M,Barbay M,GRECogVASC Study Group.

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the potential for clinical application, the reputed protective action of barbiturates in cerebral ischemia was tested in a controlled study after segmental middle cerebral artery occlusion in primates. Surviving treated animals promptly recovered consciousness, locomotion, and feeding behavior despite pers...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Moseley JI,Laurent JP,Molinari GF

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is currently distinguished from AD primarily on the basis of behavioral features because studies of cognition have shown negligible or inconsistent differences. However, the poor discriminability of cognitive measures may relate to reliance on imprecise clinically diagnosed grou...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Rascovsky K,Salmon DP,Ho GJ,Galasko D,Peavy GM,Hansen LA,Thal LJ

更新日期：2002-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if abnormalities exist in postural control in autism and if they are related to age. METHODS:Dynamic posturography was performed in 79 autistic individuals without mental retardation and 61 healthy volunteers between ages 5 and 52 years. Both the sensory organization and the movement coordinatio...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Minshew NJ,Sung K,Jones BL,Furman JM

更新日期：2004-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To further improve the distinction between primary angiitis of the CNS (PACNS) and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS). METHODS:We compared 2 large French cohorts of patients with PACNS (n = 110, retrospectively and prospectively enrolled) and RCVS (n = 173, prospectively enrolled). RESULT...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： de Boysson H,Parienti JJ,Mawet J,Arquizan C,Boulouis G,Burcin C,Naggara O,Zuber M,Touzé E,Aouba A,Bousser MG,Pagnoux C,Ducros A

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated patterns of tumor progression in patients with recurrent glioblastoma who were treated with bevacizumab (BEV) alone or in combination with irinotecan (CPT-11) while participating in the BRAIN study. METHODS:An independent neuroradiologist reviewed MRI scans at baseline and progression in patient...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Pope WB,Xia Q,Paton VE,Das A,Hambleton J,Kim HJ,Huo J,Brown MS,Goldin J,Cloughesy T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has been consistently associated with susceptibility to MS and the course of several other human autoimmune diseases. A putative association between the course and severity of MS and the MHC remains controversial. METHODS:DR and DQ genotyping by either restriction ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Weinshenker BG,Santrach P,Bissonet AS,McDonnell SK,Schaid D,Moore SB,Rodriguez M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients presented with unilateral progressive optic neuropathy. None of these patients had signs of symptoms referable to the chiasm or eye, thus confining their decline in vision to the optic nerve. Clinical and neuroradiographic evidence suggested a meningioma involving the optic nerve at the orbital-canalicu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Gudeman SK,Selhorst JB,Susac JO,Waybright EA

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00