Serum total cholesterol, apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele, and Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：:The advent of new laboratory methods and noninvasive imaging modalities has extended the diagnostic possibilities in normal individuals. This article elaborates the new options for the assessment of stroke risk offered by these techniques. In this context we present the Austrian Stroke Prevention Study, which is the f...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Schmidt R,Lechner H,Fazekas F,Niederkorn K,Reinhart B,Grieshofer P,Horner S,Offenbacher H,Koch M,Eber B

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking increases the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) and possibly disease progression. The reliability of self-reported smoking status is unknown in MS. We assessed the reliability of self-reported smoking status among participants in the North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis (NARCOMS) Reg...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Marrie RA,Cutter G,Tyry T,Campagnolo D,Vollmer T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are a risk factor for stroke. Their etiology is considered to be cerebral microvascular abnormality. However, the association between WMHs and arteriosclerosis is not yet clear. The aim of this hospital-based cohort study was to identify the arteriosclerotic characteristi...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Saji N,Shimizu H,Kawarai T,Tadano M,Kita Y,Yokono K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 'Ten Questions' Questionnaire (TQQ) is used to detect severe neurological impairment in children living in resource-poor countries. Its usefulness has been established in Asia and the Caribbean, but there are a few published studies from Africa. We evaluated the TQQ as part of a larger study of neurologi...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Mung'ala-Odera V,Meehan R,Njuguna P,Mturi N,Alcock K,Carter JA,Newton CR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known regarding the pathogenetic factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD). We studied 63 AD patients in order to evaluate if there were clinical subtypes of AD and whether prior illnesses and life-styles were involved in the development of the disease. In our patients selected for onset of symptoms before age 65...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Ferini-Strambi L,Smirne S,Garancini P,Pinto P,Franceschi M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports of declining trends in mortality rates from cerebrovascular disease are based on underlying cause of death as stated on the death certificate, and may contain inaccuracies because death certificates are often completed without reference to all information in medical records, and because of changes in co...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Garland FC,Lilienfeld AM,Garland CF

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prevalence and incidence rates of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) are required to determine the impact of CIDP on society. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and incidence of CIDP worldwide and to determine the effect of diagnostic criteria on prevalence and incidence. METH...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Broers MC,Bunschoten C,Nieboer D,Lingsma HF,Jacobs BC

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:Parkinson's disease (PD) is often complicated by psychiatric comorbidity, which is likely to lead to a higher use of mental health care facilities. In addition, psychiatric symptomatology and associated mental health care use may be present even before motor symptoms and PD are diagnosed, as the pathophy...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Leentjens AF,Driessen G,Weber W,Drukker M,van Os J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a proposed study to investigate the incidence of dementia in a population of over 75 year olds in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. The study population (n = 438) underwent a detailed psychiatric assessment using the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of the Elderly (CAMDEX) as the ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Jagger C,Clarke M,Anderson J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All death certificates with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or motor neuron disease (MND) as the primary or underlying cause occurring among Kentucky residents between 1964 and 1984 were manually reviewed. Geographic variability within Kentucky was evident for three intervals, 1964-1967, 1968-1978, and 1979-1984, ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Stallones L,Kasarskis EJ,Stipanowich C,Snider G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The black Caribbean population continues to grow in the US and little is known about stroke etiologies in that community. We examined stroke subtypes in 175 consecutive Haitian-born patients living in Miami, admitted for acute stroke. Ischemic stroke was diagnosed in 72%. Small vessel occlusion was the most frequent s...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Koch S,Pabon D,Rabinstein AA,Chirinos J,Romano JG,Forteza A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary cerebellar ataxias (HCA) and hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are two groups of neurodegenerative disorders that usually present with progressive gait impairment, often leading to permanent disability. Advances in genetic research in the last decades have improved their diagnosis and brought n...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Ruano L,Melo C,Silva MC,Coutinho P

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:We carried out a door-to-door survey in rural areas of the Cordillera Province, Bolivia, to determine the prevalence of the most common neurological diseases in a sample of about 10,000 inhabitants. A team of non-doctor health workers administered a standard screening instrument for neurological diseases, a slightly m...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Nicoletti A,Sofia V,Bartoloni A,Bartalesi F,Marletta C,Lo Bartolo ML,Rosado J,Le Pira F,Reggio A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most available data on the prognosis of epileptic seizures come from hospital-based clinics in which patients with chronic or severe disease are over-represented. The National General Practice Study of Epilepsy and Epileptic Seizures is a large prospective community-based study of people with newly diagnosed seizures ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Hart YM,Sander JW,Sharvon SD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In neuroepidemiologic research, there are many pitfalls to trap unwary investigators, whether the project is a survey, a case-control study, or some other type of study. We briefly discuss pitfalls relating to: research preliminaries (e.g., failure to decide on study objectives); personnel and training (e.g., deficien...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Anderson DW,Rocca WA,Rosário JA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison of epidemiological and clinical features of trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GN) in Rochester, Minn., reveals several differences. The overall age- and sex-adjusted annual incidence rates were significantly higher for TN than for GN (4.7 vs. 0.8 per 100,000 population). The TN:GN ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Katusic S,Williams DB,Beard CM,Bergstralh EJ,Kurland LT

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the relationship between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and cigarette smoking in a case-control study conducted in New England from 1993 to 1996. Recently diagnosed ALS cases (n = 109) were recruited from two major referral centers. Population controls (n = 256) were identified by random telephone scr...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kamel F,Umbach DM,Munsat TL,Shefner JM,Sandler DP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and progressively disabling inflammatory autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system. MS has a multifactorial etiology and is triggered by environmental factors in individuals with complex genetic risk profiles. The epidemiology of MS changes with the spatial and temporal dis...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Al-Afasy HH,Al-Obaidan MA,Al-Ansari YA,Al-Yatama SA,Al-Rukaibi MS,Makki NI,Suresh A,Akhtar S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:The high prevalence of epilepsy detected in rural Tanzania by Dr. Jilek-Aall since 1960, was verified by the World Health Organization (WHO) survey on neurological and seizure disorders. Neurologists and psychiatrists further interviewed both patients and controls using standard methods. The pres...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Matuja WB,Kilonzo G,Mbena P,Mwango'mbola RL,Wong P,Goodfellow P,Jilek-Aall L

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality rates from motor neuron disease (MND) in Spain were analysed for the years 1960-1989, a period in which 3,530 deaths were recorded from the disease and during which the crude annual mortality rate ranged between 0.35 and 0.95 deaths per 100,000 persons. Whilst the crude mortality rate fell by 54% during the ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Neilson S,Robinson I,de Pedro-Cuesta J,Veiga-Cabo J

更新日期：1996-01-01 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

abstract：:Stroke and ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality rates were analyzed in Brazilian subjects older than 30 years of age from 1979 to 1996. Population estimates were based on census surveys. Mortality data were obtained from the Ministry of Health. For stroke, the age-adjusted death rate (ADR) dropped from 200 to 164 an...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： de Padua Mansur A,de Fátima Marinho do Souza M,Favarato D,Avakian SD,Machado César LA,Mendes Aldrigui J,Franchini Ramires JA

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that oxidative stress is involved in cerebral aging and dementia. The objective of this review is to give a progress report on the more recent results of the various epidemiologic cohorts studied for the association between nutrition of older people, the evolution of cognitive performances...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Deschamps V,Barberger-Gateau P,Peuchant E,Orgogozo JM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to determine whether vascular risk factors are associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in an elderly Arab population. METHODS:An Arabic-speaking team performed a door-to-door survey of consecutive residents aged > or =65 years. We estimated the odds of AD or MCI...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Israeli-Korn SD,Masarwa M,Schechtman E,Abuful A,Strugatsky R,Avni S,Farrer LA,Friedland RP,Inzelberg R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple sclerosis (MS) prevalence rates in five districts of Bulgaria were compared with some geographic and climatic factors. In Bulgaria the latitude seems not to be a factor influencing the MS distribution. As to the climatic factors, a negative correlation was obtained between MS prevalence and mean annual su...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Kalafatova O

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homocysteine is a metabolite of methionine that may be remethylated by enzymes requiring folate and cobalamin (vitamin B12) to again form methionine or catabolized by the pyridoxine (vitamin B6) dependent enzyme, cystathionine beta synthase (CBS) to form cysteine (fig. 1) [1]. Homocysteine exists as a combination of v...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Sacco RL,Roberts JK,Jacobs BS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:White matter lesions (WMLs) detected by cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are putatively a consequence of cerebral hypoperfusion or ischemia. We investigated the prevalence, severity and correlates of WMLs in a population-based sample of 1,920 African-American and European-American men and women aged 55-72 yea...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Liao D,Cooper L,Cai J,Toole J,Bryan N,Burke G,Shahar E,Nieto J,Mosley T,Heiss G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined the prevalence of cardiac and cerebrovascular disease among hospitalized patients with and without multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:This study used the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperate System data set of over 15 million hospitalizations in New York City from 1988 through 2002. We identi...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Allen NB,Lichtman JH,Cohen HW,Fang J,Brass LM,Alderman MH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Brain tumors are the second most common pediatric malignancy. The literature suggests that one of the most common subtypes of malignant childhood brain tumor, medulloblastoma, has some seasonal variation in incidence by month of birth. METHODS:Data from cases in the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the ...

journal_title：Neuroepidemiology

authors： Hoffman S,Schellinger KA,Propp JM,McCarthy BJ,Campbell RT,Davis FG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00