The Tourette syndrome diagnostic confidence index: development and clinical associations.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to assess the relation of retinal microvascular signs and incident stroke and stroke mortality in an older population. METHODS:The authors took retinal photographs on baseline participants (3,654 patients aged 49+ years) of the Blue Mountains Eye Study (1992 to 1994). They asses...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Mitchell P,Wang JJ,Wong TY,Smith W,Klein R,Leeder SR

更新日期：2005-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if migraine with aura is associated with neuroinflammation, which has been suggested by preclinical models of cortical spreading depression (CSD) as well as imaging of human pain conditions. METHODS:Thirteen migraineurs with aura and 16 healthy controls received integrated PET/MRI brain scans wi...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Albrecht DS,Mainero C,Ichijo E,Ward N,Granziera C,Zürcher NR,Akeju O,Bonnier G,Price J,Hooker JM,Napadow V,Loggia ML,Hadjikhani N

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine, in a cross-sectional evaluation of nondemented individuals, if age-related memory decline is influenced by apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotype. BACKGROUND:The apoE-4 allele is an important risk factor for AD. PET in cognitively normal apoE-4 carriers (mean age, 56 years) shows reduced cerebral met...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Caselli RJ,Graff-Radford NR,Reiman EM,Weaver A,Osborne D,Lucas J,Uecker A,Thibodeau SN

更新日期：1999-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although small fiber neuropathy (SFN) often occurs without apparent cause, the molecular etiology of idiopathic SFN (I-SFN) has remained enigmatic. Sodium channel Na(v)1.7 is preferentially expressed within dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and sympathetic ganglion neurons and their small-diameter peripheral axons....

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Han C,Hoeijmakers JG,Ahn HS,Zhao P,Shah P,Lauria G,Gerrits MM,te Morsche RH,Dib-Hajj SD,Drenth JP,Faber CG,Merkies IS,Waxman SG

更新日期：2012-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and many older adults become lost even in familiar surroundings. This is commonly attributed to memory impairment, but it may reflect impaired spatial cognition. METHODS:The authors examined the role of memory, perceptual, and cognitive mechanisms in spatial disorienta...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Monacelli AM,Cushman LA,Kavcic V,Duffy CJ

更新日期：2003-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with thymoma-associated neuromyotonia and voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv1.2 and Kv1.6) antibodies by immunoprecipitation and rat brain immunolabeling was treated successfully with immunoadsorption and cyclophosphamide. Curiously, glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies, absent at onset, appeared later. S...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Antozzi C,Frassoni C,Vincent A,Regondi MC,Andreetta F,Bernasconi P,Ciano C,Chang T,Cornelio F,Spreafico R,Mantegazza R

更新日期：2005-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of APOE genotypes with cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) was examined on the basis of the location of CMBs in 414 patients who were admitted primarily because of stroke. With respect to possession of the epsilon2 or epsilon4 allele, the adjusted odds ratio was 1.94 (1.05 to 3.58) for lobar CMBs but 1.21 (0.6...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kim M,Bae HJ,Lee J,Kang L,Lee S,Kim S,Lee JE,Lee KM,Yoon BW,Kwon O,Koo JS,Kim BK

更新日期：2005-11-08 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：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have examined the role of APOE variation in multiple sclerosis (MS), but have lacked the statistical power to detect modest genetic influences on risk and disease severity. The meta- and pooled analyses presented here utilize the largest collection, to date, of MS cases, controls, and famili...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Burwick RM,Ramsay PP,Haines JL,Hauser SL,Oksenberg JR,Pericak-Vance MA,Schmidt S,Compston A,Sawcer S,Cittadella R,Savettieri G,Quattrone A,Polman CH,Uitdehaag BM,Zwemmer JN,Hawkins CP,Ollier WE,Weatherby S,Enzinger C

更新日期：2006-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:On proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging ((1)H MRSI), there is a decrease in cerebellar N-acetylaspartate/total creatine (NAA/tCr) in essential tremor (ET), signifying cerebellar neuronal dysfunction or degeneration. Harmane, which is present in the human diet, is a potent tremor-producing neurotox...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Louis ED,Zheng W,Mao X,Shungu DC

更新日期：2007-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a randomized, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled study to test the effects of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, donepezil (5 mg/d for 30 days), on aircraft pilot performance in 18 licensed pilots with mean age of 52 years. After 30 days of treatment, the donepezil group showed greater ability...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Yesavage JA,Mumenthaler MS,Taylor JL,Friedman L,O'Hara R,Sheikh J,Tinklenberg J,Whitehouse PJ

更新日期：2002-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcranial contrast Doppler studies have shown an increased prevalence of right-to-left shunts in patients with migraine with aura compared with controls. The anatomy and size of these right-to-left shunts have never been directly assessed. METHODS:In a cross-sectional case-control study, the authors perf...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Schwerzmann M,Nedeltchev K,Lagger F,Mattle HP,Windecker S,Meier B,Seiler C

更新日期：2005-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Retraction of the lower eyelid is a useful sign of disease. It is an early manifestation of weakness of the facial muscles, occurring with myopathies, myasthenia, and upper and lower motor neuron facial paresis. Rarely, lower and upper lid retraction occur without proptosis in patients with Graves disease. Lower lid r...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Cohen MM,Lessell S

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated the reliability of a noninvasive method for successfully localizing the intracranial origin of the EEG. The dipole localization method (DLM) is a computer-assisted, mathematical method based on electrical field theory and is similar to localization methods currently used by electrocardiologists. I...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Smith DB,Sidman RD,Flanigin H,Henke J,Labiner D

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative efficacy of amantadine, pemoline, and placebo in treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS)-related fatigue. BACKGROUND:Fatigue is a complication of MS. Both pemoline and amantadine have been used to treat MS fatigue, but their relative efficacy is not known. METHODS:Amantadine, pemoline...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Krupp LB,Coyle PK,Doscher C,Miller A,Cross AH,Jandorf L,Halper J,Johnson B,Morgante L,Grimson R

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 101 patients with benign intracranial hypertension not related to vasculitis, neck stiffness occurred in 31, tinnitus in 27, distal extremity paresthesias in 22, joint pains in 13, low back pain in 5, and gait "ataxia" in 4. Symptoms resolved promptly upon lowering the intracranial pressure by lumbar puncture, and ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Round R,Keane JR

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective study of 103 corticosteroid-treated MS patients, the average rate of fracture events was 3.2% of the patients per year over 7.1 (+/- 5.7 SD) years at risk. Fractures of the ribs, pelvis, hip, or vertebrae occurred in 11 patients and became most common 5 years after starting steroids. Relatively high...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Troiano RA,Jotkowitz A,Cook SD,Bansil S,Zito G

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary angiitis of the CNS (PACNS) is a diagnostically challenging disorder. In patients whose diagnosis is ascertained solely by cerebral angiography without histologic verification, a benign monophasic clinical course with favorable response to a brief course of immunosuppressive therapy is often reported...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Woolfenden AR,Tong DC,Marks MP,Ali AO,Albers GW

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:UK veterans who were deployed to the Gulf in 1990 to 1991 reported higher prevalence of neuromuscular symptoms. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether these Gulf War-related symptoms were associated with objective evidence of neuromuscular dysfunction. METHODS:Forty-nine Gulf War veterans with more than four neu...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Sharief MK,Priddin J,Delamont RS,Unwin C,Rose MR,David A,Wessely S

更新日期：2002-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Glatiramer acetate (formerly known as copolymer 1) is the major noninterferon immunomodulatory agent used in the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Its mechanism of action over the past 40 years has evolved with our understanding of the immune response. METHODS:We review the various mechani...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Racke MK,Lovett-Racke AE,Karandikar NJ

更新日期：2010-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myopathy and myoglobinuria with markedly elevated creatine kinase (CK) activity developed in an 18-year-old boy on two occasions after gasoline sniffing. No signs of CNS involvement were seen, and the symptoms receded in a few days. The amount of lead in blood and urine exceeded the reference value for subjects ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Kovanen J,Somer H,Schroeder P

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We administered Ro 40-7592, an inhibitor of the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) that crosses the blood-brain barrier, to rats and monitored extracellular catecholamine levels in the corpus striatum before and after the intraperitoneal administration of a bolus of l-dopa. Acute administration of Ro 40-7592 i...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Brannan T,Martínez-Tica J,Yahr MD

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of giant-cell arteritis with cerebral arteritis are presented. The clinical situation and the suggestive but nonspecific angiographic features make the antemortem diagnosis possible. Greater awareness of this entity will facilitate its diagnosis and the institution of effective steroid therapy. ...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Enzmann D,Scott WR

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free amino acid determinations in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Parkinson's disease or other extrapyramidal disorders showed that in both groups most amino acids were increased. Significantly increased amino acids were neutral and basic amino acids. Amino acid clusters were present and corresponded with the...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Lakke JP,Teelken AW

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the association of primary retinal inflammation, namely retinal periphlebitis (RP) and microcystic macular edema, with clinical, brain, and retinal imaging biomarkers of multiple sclerosis (MS) severity. METHODS:One hundred patients with MS underwent a neurologic and ophthalmic examination, MRI, a...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Ortiz-Pérez S,Martínez-Lapiscina EH,Gabilondo I,Fraga-Pumar E,Martínez-Heras E,Saiz A,Sanchez-Dalmau B,Villoslada P

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Salla disease is a lysosomal storage disorder associated with increased urinary excretion of free sialic acid. The main clinical features in 34 patients were severe psychomotor retardation of early onset, ataxia, athetosis, rigidity, spasticity, and impaired speech. Growth retardation, thick calvarium, and exotropia w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Renlund M,Aula P,Raivio KO,Autio S,Sainio K,Rapola J,Koskela SL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-immunoglobulin G (MOG-IgG) associated disorder (MOGAD) often manifests with recurrent CNS demyelinating attacks. The optimal treatment for reducing relapses is unknown. To help determine the efficacy of long-term immunotherapy in preventing relapse in patients with MOGAD, w...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chen JJ,Flanagan EP,Bhatti MT,Jitprapaikulsan J,Dubey D,Lopez Chiriboga ASS,Fryer JP,Weinshenker BG,McKeon A,Tillema JM,Lennon VA,Lucchinetti CF,Kunchok A,McClelland CM,Lee MS,Bennett JL,Pelak VS,Van Stavern G,Adesina

更新日期：2020-07-14 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：OBJECTIVES:To study the behavioral and neuroanatomic characteristics of perseverative behavior encountered on a target cancellation task in patients with neglect. METHODS:Motor perseverative behavior during line cancellation task was evaluated retrospectively in 60 patients with left hemispatial neglect from right hem...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Na DL,Adair JC,Kang Y,Chung CS,Lee KH,Heilman KM

更新日期：1999-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous brain infarctions seen on CT are common in the absence of history of stroke. Eleven percent of patients (135/1,203) without stroke history had ischemic lesions on their first CT, unrelated to the presenting stroke. Stroke Data Bank files were reviewed to determine whether the occurrence, location, and CT char...

journal_title：Neurology

authors： Chodosh EH,Foulkes MA,Kase CS,Wolf PA,Mohr JP,Hier DB,Price TR,Furtado JG Jr

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00