Subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to a ruptured middle cerebral aneurysm in a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta: a case report.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous epidemiologic studies have examined the association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) incidence, but their results have been inconsistent. Moreover, limited information exists on the association between smoking and survival in ALS patients. We evaluated the association of smoking w...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Alonso A,Logroscino G,Jick SS,Hernán MA

更新日期：2010-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Silent brain infarcts are detected by neuroimaging in up to 20% of asymptomatic patients based on population studies. They are five times more frequent than stroke in general population, and increase significantly both with advancing age and hypertension. Moreover, they are independently associated with the ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Riba-Llena I,Jarca CI,Mundet X,Tovar JL,Orfila F,López-Rueda A,Nafría C,Fernández JL,Castañé X,Domingo M,Alvarez-Sabín J,Fernández-Cortiñas I,Maisterra O,Montaner J,Delgado P

更新日期：2013-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Different apoptosis pathways activate caspase-3. In a study involving 27 patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), higher caspase-3 levels were found in contusion brain tissue resected from non-survivors than from survivors. The objective of this study was to determine whether there is an association in TB...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Lorente L,Martín MM,Argueso M,Ramos L,Solé-Violán J,Riaño-Ruiz M,Jiménez A,Borreguero-León JM

更新日期：2015-11-06 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：BACKGROUND:Presently, for patients presenting with suspected Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) who undergo temporary drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) there is no defined model to differentiate chance improvement form clinical significance change at the individual patient level. To address this lack of informatio...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Davis A,Yasar S,Emerman I,Gulyani S,Khingelova K,Rao A,Manthripragada L,Luciano M,Moghekar A

更新日期：2020-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A few reliable national data concerning the etiology of non-traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in sub-Sahara Africa exists, mainly because of the limitations of diagnostic imaging. These are both expensive and mostly unavailable in several resource-limited settings. Only a few studies have employed the magne...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Musubire AK,Meya DB,Katabira ET,Meyer ACL,Bohjanen PR,Boulware DR,Minja F

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertrophic pachymeningitis (HP) is a rare disorder that involves localized or diffuse thickening of the dura mater. HP is associated with various inflammatory, infectious, and malignant diseases, such as rheumatic arthritis, sarcoidosis, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis, IgG4-rela...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Amano E,Uchida K,Ishihara T,Otsu S,Machida A,Eishi Y

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the relationship between the flow signal intensity of branch arteries distal to the stenosis on 3-dimensional (3D) time-of-flight (TOF) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and the risk of stroke recurrence in patients with severe middle cerebral artery (MCA) trunk stenosis. METHODS:We prospecti...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Chen H,Li Z,Hong H,Xing S,Liu G,Zhang A,Tan S,Zhang J,Zeng J

更新日期：2015-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke increases the risk of cognitive impairment even several years after the stroke event. The exact mechanisms of post-stroke cognitive decline are unclear, but the immunological response to stroke might play a role. The aims of the StrokeCog study are to examine the associations between immunological res...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Drag LL,Mlynash M,Nassar H,Osborn E,Kim DE,Angst MS,Aghaeepour N,Buckwalter M,Lansberg MG

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Leakage of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a common pathological feature in multiple sclerosis (MS). Following a breach of the BBB, albumin, the most abundant protein in plasma, gains access to CNS tissue where it is exposed to an inflammatory milieu and tissue damage, e.g., demyelination. Once in the CNS, albumin ca...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： LeVine SM

更新日期：2016-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most commonly prescribed antidepressants for the treatment of depression in patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) but data on their efficacy are controversial. METHODS:We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Skapinakis P,Bakola E,Salanti G,Lewis G,Kyritsis AP,Mavreas V

更新日期：2010-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An Early Supported Discharge (ESD) and rehabilitation from a coordinated team in the home environment is recommended in several high-income countries for patients with mild to moderate symptoms after stroke. Returning home from the hospital takes place very early in Sweden today (12 days post stroke), thus t...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Nordin Å,Sunnerhagen KS,Axelsson ÅB

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type 2 Diabetes in Mexico has a high prevalence, 16-87% of patients may experience peripheral neuropathy. Early detection can prevent or halt its progression. The performance of Sudoscan in detecting neuropathy was compared to the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI). The aim was to identificate s...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Carbajal-Ramírez A,Hernández-Domínguez JA,Molina-Ayala MA,Rojas-Uribe MM,Chávez-Negrete A

更新日期：2019-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Common carotid artery occlusive disease (CCAOD) could form internal carotid artery steal pathways. Based on the diagnostic results of digital subtraction angiography (DSA), head and neck computed tomography angiography (CTA) was used to find the internal carotid artery stealing pathway after CCAOD. METHODS:...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Wang D,Li Z,Zheng X,Cong H,Zhang T,Wang Z,Wang Y,He J

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute ischemic stroke attack with and without a recent TIA may differ in clinical risk factors, and this may affect treatment outcomes following thrombolytic therapy. We examined whether the odds of exclusion or inclusion for thrombolytic therapy are greater in ischemic stroke with TIA less than 24 h precedi...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Poupore N,Strat D,Mackey T,Snell A,Nathaniel T

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In clinical neurology, a comprehensive understanding of consciousness has been regarded as an abstract concept--best left to philosophers. However, times are changing and the need to clinically assess consciousness is increasingly becoming a real-world, practical challenge. Current methods for evaluating altered level...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Gawryluk JR,D'Arcy RC,Connolly JF,Weaver DF

更新日期：2010-01-29 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:Hemifacial atrophy (Parry-Romberg syndrome) is a relatively rare disease. The etiology of the disease is not clear. Some authors postulate its relation with limited scleroderma linearis. Linear scleroderma "en coup de sabre" is characterized by clinical presence of most commonly one-sided linear syndrome. In...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Bergler-Czop B,Lis-Swiety A,Brzezińska-Wcisło L

更新日期：2009-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The primary aim of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of utilizing doxycycline to suppress matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). METHODS:Ex-vivo treatment of AVM tissues: Intact AVM tissues were treated with doxycycline for 48 hours. Active and total MMP-9...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Hashimoto T,Matsumoto MM,Li JF,Lawton MT,Young WL,University of California, San Francisco, BAVM Study Group.

更新日期：2005-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this paper, seizure types, and epilepsy syndromes are elucidated as per ILAE (2010) classification. A brief outline of the antiepileptic drug regimens used and the outcome of seizure control in a two -year period is presented. The applicability of the ILAE classification in resource limited countries has ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Mohamed IN,Elseed MA,Mohamed S,Alsir A,Hamid EK,Omer IM,Elsadig SM,Gerais YM,Osman AH,Bakhiet AM,Hamed AA

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, relapses are associated with increased disability and decreased quality of life. Relapses are commonly treated with corticosteroids or left untreated. We aimed to better understand patient perceptions of the adequacy of corticosteroids in resolving ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Nickerson M,Marrie RA

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is a clinically heterogeneous disorder characterized by epileptic seizures, psychosis, dyskinesia, consciousness impairments, and autonomic instability. Symptoms are always various. Sometimes it presents in milder or incomplete forms. We report 4 cases ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Qin K,Wu W,Huang Y,Xu D,Zhang L,Zheng B,Jiang M,Kou C,Gao J,Li W,Zhang J,Wang S,Luan Y,Yan C,Xu D,Zheng X

更新日期：2017-01-05 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:BICAMS (Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis) has been recently developed as brief, practical and universal assessment tool for cognitive impairment in MS subjects. It includes the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), the California Verbal Learning Test-2 (CVLT2) and the Brief Visu...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Goretti B,Niccolai C,Hakiki B,Sturchio A,Falautano M,Minacapelli E,Martinelli V,Incerti C,Nocentini U,Murgia M,Fenu G,Cocco E,Marrosu MG,Garofalo E,Ambra FI,Maddestra M,Consalvo M,Viterbo RG,Trojano M,Losignore NA,

更新日期：2014-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:An international expert consensus committee recently recommended a brief battery of tests for cognitive evaluation in multiple sclerosis. The Brief International Cognitive Assessment for MS (BICAMS) battery includes tests of mental processing speed and memory. Recognizing that resources for validation will vary intern...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Benedict RH,Amato MP,Boringa J,Brochet B,Foley F,Fredrikson S,Hamalainen P,Hartung H,Krupp L,Penner I,Reder AT,Langdon D

更新日期：2012-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:"Anarchic hand" is a rare condition characterised by non-volitional, goal-directed movements of one arm. We report a case with analysis of structural and functional connectivity. CASE PRESENTATION:A 15 year old girl developed intermittent symptoms of intermanual conflict or anarchic hand as a result of trau...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Basu AP,Taylor PN,Lowther E,Forsyth EO,Blamire AM,Forsyth RJ

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dorsolateral medullary infarction is a typical cerebral infarction which is characterized by Wallenberg's syndrome. Neurotrophic keratopathy is an uncommon consequence of dorsolateral medullary infarction. At present, the protocol is aimed to study the dynamic changes in corneal innervation and the ocular su...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Wang J,Liu P,Liu Z,Tian Y,Zhang G,Guo J,Li L,Liu Z,Han Z,Lin W,Lin X,Lu Q,Liu Y,Chang Q,Wu S

更新日期：2021-01-12 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:Prediction of clinical outcome in the acute stage of ischaemic stroke can be difficult when based on patient characteristics, clinical findings and on non-contrast CT. CT perfusion and CT angiography may provide additional prognostic information and guide treatment in the early stage. We present the study pr...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： van Seeters T,Biessels GJ,van der Schaaf IC,Dankbaar JW,Horsch AD,Luitse MJ,Niesten JM,Mali WP,Kappelle LJ,van der Graaf Y,Velthuis BK,DUST investigators.

更新日期：2014-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a relatively rare cerebrovascular condition which accounts for 0.5% of all strokes. Risk of CVST has been documented in patients with numerous conditions including central nervous system infections, however, Japanese encephalitis (JE, epidemic encephalitis type B) w...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Jia M,Xiong N,Huang J,Wang Y,Zhang X,Zhang Z,Cao X,Lin Z,Wang T

更新日期：2012-06-19 00:00:00