Daytime sleepiness in Japanese patients with multiple system atrophy: prevalence and determinants.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We imaged the corticospinal tract (CST) and corticoreticular pathway (CRP) using diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) to evaluate the cause of muscle weakness in a patient who was exposed to high-voltage electricity. CASE PRESENTATION:A 39-year-old man presented with quadriparesis after high-voltage electric...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Boudier-Revéret M,Hsiao MY,Shyu SG,Chang MC

更新日期：2020-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) presents as chronic, continuous pain and sensory, autonomic, and motor abnormalities affecting one or more extremities. People with CRPS can also show changes in their perception of and attention to the affected body part and sensory information in the affected side of s...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Halicka M,Vittersø AD,Proulx MJ,Bultitude JH

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dorsolateral medullary infarction (Wallenberg syndrome) is rare in clinical practice; however, the subsequent corneal lesions are more uncommon. To our knowledge, only one such case was previously reported. We report a similar case with successful treatment and recovery, and analyse both cases to address the...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Wu S,Li N,Xia F,Sidlauskas K,Lin X,Qian Y,Gao W,Zhang Q

更新日期：2014-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies suggest that perceived psychosocial stress is associated with increased risk of stroke; however results are inconsistent with regard to definitions and measurement of perceived stress, features of individual study design, study conduct and conclusions drawn and no meta-analysis has yet been p...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Booth J,Connelly L,Lawrence M,Chalmers C,Joice S,Becker C,Dougall N

更新日期：2015-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessing primary rehabilitation needs in patients with acquired brain injury is a challenge due to case complexity and the heterogeneity of symptoms after brain injury. The Rehabilitation Complexity Scale-Extended (RCS-E) is an instrument used in assessment of rehabilitation complexity in patients with seve...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Maribo T,Pedersen AR,Jensen J,Nielsen JF

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gall bladder cancer (GBC) is associated with abdominal pain, lump, nausea, vomiting, and jaundice due to either gall bladder mass or the involved adjacent peritoneal structures. Gall bladder cancer presenting as refractory epilepsy is rare. Here we report a young female GBC patient who presented with an atyp...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Pandey S,Garg RK,Malhotra HS,Uniyal R,Kumar N

更新日期：2019-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dementia has been associated with an increased risk of hip fracture. However, little research has been conducted on the impact of dementia on wrist or vertebral fracture development. The aim of this study was to investigate whether dementia is a risk factor for different types of fracture in Taiwan. METHODS...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Wang HK,Hung CM,Lin SH,Tai YC,Lu K,Liliang PC,Lin CW,Lee YC,Fang PH,Chang LC,Li YC

更新日期：2014-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of subjective quality of life (QOL) of persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) could facilitate the detection of psychosocial aspects of disease that may otherwise go unrecognized. The objectives of the study were to (i) compare the QOL ratings of relapsing remitting (RRMS) and progressive (PMS) type...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Alshubaili AF,Awadalla AW,Ohaeri JU,Mabrouk AA

更新日期：2007-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women have been reported to show more frequent recanalization and better recovery after intravenous (IV) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) treatment for acute stroke compared with men. To investigate this we studied a series of stroke patients receiving IV rt-PA and undergoing acute transcrani...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Al-hussain F,Hussain MS,Molina C,Uchino K,Shuaib A,Demchuk AM,Alexandrov AV,Saqqur M,CLOTBUST Investigators.

更新日期：2014-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an ubiquitous pathogen capable of modulating the host immune system. Immune dysfunction is common during CMV infection and includes autoimmune phenomena. Here we focus on a case of primary CMV infection associated with encephalopathy in a patient with a rudimentary spleen. We d...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Xu X,Bergman P,Willows T,Tammik C,Sund M,Hökfelt T,Söderberg-Naucler C,Varani S

更新日期：2012-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cholinesterase inhibitors remain the first line therapy for people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD). Response is modest and difficult to predict from pre-treatment characteristics. We hypothesise that skin vascular response to iontophoresis of acetylcholine, which is partly determined by the le...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Connelly PJ,Adams F,Tayar ZI,Khan F

更新日期：2019-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In children with cerebral palsy (CP), stiffness, caused by contractile and non-contractile structures, can influence motor performance. This study sought to determine whether the nerve mobility had a relevant impact on motor performance in children with CP. We hypothesized that a positive Straight Leg Raise ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Marsico P,Tal-Akabi A,van Hedel HJ

更新日期：2016-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The COVID-19 pandemic, which broke out in Wuhan in 2019, has become the global health crisis of our time. Elderly patients with certain fundamental diseases are more likely to develop severe cases. The secondary lesion following viral infection have only rarely been reported. CASE PRESENTATION:We here repor...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Fu B,Chen Y,Li P

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The disease burden of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)--acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is highest in sub-Saharan Africa but there are few studies on the associated neurocognitive disorders in this region. The objectives of this study were to determine whether Western neuropsychological (NP) meth...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Kanmogne GD,Kuate CT,Cysique LA,Fonsah JY,Eta S,Doh R,Njamnshi DM,Nchindap E,Franklin DR Jr,Ellis RJ,McCutchan JA,Binam F,Mbanya D,Heaton RK,Njamnshi AK

更新日期：2010-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy (sensitivity and specificity) of clinical, imaging and motor evoked potentials (MEP) for predicting the short-term prognosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:We obtained clinical data, MRI and MEP from a prospective cohort of 51 patients and 20 ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Bejarano B,Bianco M,Gonzalez-Moron D,Sepulcre J,Goñi J,Arcocha J,Soto O,Del Carro U,Comi G,Leocani L,Villoslada P

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare and sporadic congenital neurocutaneous disorder, that is characterized by facial venous capillary malformation (port-wine birthmark), leptomeningeal venous malformation (angiomatosis), glaucoma, and neurologic problems. SWS can comorbid with other disorders in some patie...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Deng L,Wang D,Ruan N,Fu P

更新日期：2019-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tinnitus is a result of hyper-activity/hyper-synchrony of auditory neurons coding the tinnitus frequency, which has developed to synchronous mass activity owing the lack of inhibition. We assume that removal of exactly these frequency components from an auditory stimulus will cause the brain to reorganize ar...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Pantev C,Rudack C,Stein A,Wunderlich R,Engell A,Lau P,Wollbrink A,Shaykevich A

更新日期：2014-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The term paraproteinemic neuropathy describes a heterogeneous set of neuropathies characterized by the presence of homogeneous immunoglobulin in the serum. An abnormal clonal proliferation of B-lymphocytes or plasma cells, which may or may not occur in the context of a hematologic malignancy, produces the immunoglobul...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Rison RA,Beydoun SR

更新日期：2016-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data from different studies suggest a favourable association between pretreatment with statins or hypercholesterolemia and outcome after ischaemic stroke. We examined whether there were differences in in-hospital mortality according to the presence or absence of statin therapy in a large population of first-...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Arboix A,García-Eroles L,Oliveres M,Targa C,Balcells M,Massons J

更新日期：2010-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder that affects the motoneurons of the spinal anterior horn, resulting in hypotonia and muscle weakness. The disease is caused by deletion or mutation in the telomeric copy of SMN gene (SMN1) and clinical severity is in part determined by the copy...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Darbar IA,Plaggert PG,Resende MB,Zanoteli E,Reed UC

更新日期：2011-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intracranial hemorrhage is a rare but potentially severe complication of spinal surgery. Most reported post-operative ICH cases consist of cerebellar hemorrhage. There are fewer reported cases of supratentorial ICH following spinal surgery. CASE PRESENTATION:A 56-year-old woman underwent spinal surgery comp...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Berry B,Ghannam M,Bell C,Ghazaleh S,Boss S,Streib C,Ezzeddine M

更新日期：2018-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：ASBTRACT:BACKGROUND: There are limited neuroprotective treatment options for patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Cerebrolysin, a brain-specific proposed pleiotropic neuroprotective agent, has been suggested to improve global functional outcomes in ischemic stroke. We investigated the efficacy, safet...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Woo PYM,Ho JWK,Ko NMW,Li RPT,Jian L,Chu ACH,Kwan MCL,Chan Y,Wong AKS,Wong HT,Chan KY,Kwok JCK

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cognitive impairment commonly occurs in the acute phase post-stroke, but may persist with over half of all stroke survivors experiencing some form of long-term cognitive deficit. Recent evidence suggests that optimising secondary prevention adherence is a critical factor in preventing recurrent stroke and th...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Mellon L,Brewer L,Hall P,Horgan F,Williams D,Hickey A,ASPIRE-S study group.

更新日期：2015-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Economic costs related to treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) must be justified by health state, quality of life (QOL) and social participation improvement. This study aims to describe correlations between social participation, economic costs, utility and MS-specific QOL in a sample of patients with MS (pwM...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Kwiatkowski A,Marissal JP,Pouyfaucon M,Vermersch P,Hautecoeur P,Dervaux B

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular cognitive impairment-no dementia (VCIND) refers to the early or mild cognitive impairment induced by cerebral vascular injury. Research shows that serum total homocysteine (tHcy) level is an independent risk factor for cerebral vascular disease and may be closely related to cognitive function.Curren...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Jiang B,Chen Y,Yao G,Yao C,Zhao H,Jia X,Zhang Y,Ge J,Qiu E,Ding C

更新日期：2014-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High adherence to a Mediterranean Diet is associated with reduced incidence and mortality of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) but may also be associated with severity. Our purpose was to investigate the association of adherence to a Mediterranean diet and severity in a prospective hospital register of AIS patient...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Lavados PM,Mazzon E,Rojo A,Brunser AM,Olavarría VV

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid rete mirabile (RM) is a meshwork of multiple, freely intercommunicating arterioles that reconstitute the absent or hypoplastic segments of the internal carotid artery (ICA). Carotid RM has been reported to be associated with cerebrovascular diseases. However, it is rarely associated with moyamoya-pat...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Chen H,Hou K,Wang X,Xu K,Yu J

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The coexistence of distinct neurodegenerative diseases in single cases has recently attracted greater attention. The phenotypic co-occurrence of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been documented in several cases. That said, the clinicopathological comorbidity of...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Fujita K,Matsubara T,Miyamoto R,Sumikura H,Takeuchi T,Maruyama Saladini K,Kawarai T,Nodera H,Udaka F,Kume K,Morino H,Kawakami H,Hasegawa M,Kaji R,Murayama S,Izumi Y

更新日期：2019-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rett syndrome is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that primarily affects females. Typical features include a loss of purposeful hand skills, development of hand stereotypies, loss of spoken language, gait abnormalities, and acquired microcephaly. However, Rett syndrome hasn't been recognized by clinical ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Lv Y,Liu C,Shi M,Cui L

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Detecting malingering or exaggeration of impairments in brain function after traumatic brain injury is of increasing importance in neuropsychological assessment. Lawyers involved in brain injury litigation cases routinely coach their clients how to approach neuropsychological testing to their advantage. Thus...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Rüsseler J,Brett A,Klaue U,Sailer M,Münte TF

更新日期：2008-10-07 00:00:00