Changes in lymphocyte subsets in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome treated with immunoglobulin.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delayed post-hypoxic leukoencephalopathy (DPHL) is a demyelinating syndrome characterized by neurological relapse after an initial recovery from hypoxic brain injury. We describe a patient with impaired consciousness following DPHL, concurrent with injury of the ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) s...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Jang SH,Kwon HG

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with vascular risk factors; brain ischemia facilitates the pathogenesis of AD. Recent studies have suggested that the reduction of AD risk with statin was achieved by decreased amyloidogenic amyloid precursor protein. METHODS:We used mitochondrial transgenic neuronal c...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Jeong JH,Yum KS,Chang JY,Kim M,Ahn JY,Kim S,Lapchak PA,Han MK

更新日期：2015-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, incurable, demyelinating disease that requires long-term treatment. Rates of non-adherence to prescribed therapy of up to 50% have been reported for chronic diseases. Strategies to improve treatment adherence are therefore of the utmost importance. This study will evaluate th...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Zettl UK,Bauer-Steinhusen U,Glaser T,Hechenbichler K,Limmroth V,Study Group.

更新日期：2013-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complications after stroke have been associated with poor outcome. Modern stroke treatment might reduce the occurrence of complications. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the frequency and type of complications during the first week after stroke has changed in patients treated in a stroke unit...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Bovim MR,Askim T,Lydersen S,Fjærtoft H,Indredavik B

更新日期：2016-08-11 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:This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and clinical relevance of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and healthy controls using extra- and intracranial colour Doppler sonography. METHODS:We examined 146 MS patients, presenting with a clinically isol...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Lanzillo R,Mancini M,Liuzzi R,Di Donato O,Salvatore E,Maglio V,Vacca G,Amato L,D'Anna G,Brunetti A,Brescia Morra V

更新日期：2013-02-13 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:Despite substantial research into the topic and valiant surgical efforts, reconstruction of peripheral nerve injury remains a challenging surgery. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of axonal regeneration of a transected sciatic nerve through a vein conduit containing degenerated skeletal...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Mohammadi J,Delaviz H,Mohammadi B,Delaviz H,Rad P

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) refers to the deposition of β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides in the wall of brain vasculature, commonly involving capillaries and arterioles. Also being considered a part of CAA is the Aβ deposition in leptomeninge. The cellular origin of angiopathic Aβ and the pathogenic course of C...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Xue ZQ,He ZW,Yu JJ,Cai Y,Qiu WY,Pan A,Gai WP,Cai H,Luo XG,Ma C,Yan XX

更新日期：2015-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Almost 40% of stroke patients have a poor outcome at 3 months after the index event. Predictors for stroke outcome in the early acute phase may help to tailor stroke treatment. Infection and inflammation are considered to influence stroke outcome. METHODS:In a prospective multicenter study in Germany and Sp...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Mengel A,Ulm L,Hotter B,Harms H,Piper SK,Grittner U,Montaner J,Meisel C,Meisel A,Hoffmann S

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke and its risk factors epidemiological survey can help identify individuals at higher risk and therefore promote stroke prevention strategies. The aim of this study was to estimate the current prevalence of stroke and high risk stroke population, and evaluate stroke associated risk factors in southweste...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Yi X,Luo H,Zhou J,Yu M,Chen X,Tan L,Wei W,Li J

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous thrombolysis has been recently introduced in Nepal for the management of acute ischemic stroke. Pre-hospital delay is one of the main reasons that hinder thrombolytic therapy. The objective of this study was to evaluate the status of prehospital delay and thrombolysis in Nepal. METHODS:Data were...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Nepal G,Yadav JK,Basnet B,Shrestha TM,Kharel G,Ojha R

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to examine the stability and relative validity (RV) of the Neuromuscular Disease Impact Profile (NMDIP) using criterion-related groups. In a previous study the NMDIP-scales showed good internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity. Known-groups analysis showed that the ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Bos I,Kuks JBM,Almansa J,Kremer HPH,Wynia K

更新日期：2017-05-11 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:Friedreich ataxia is a neurological disease originating from an iron-sulfur cluster enzyme deficiency due to impaired iron handling in the mitochondrion, aconitase being particularly affected. As a mean to counteract disease progression, it has been suggested to chelate free mitochondrial iron. Recent years ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Goncalves S,Paupe V,Dassa EP,Rustin P

更新日期：2008-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to develop a tool, the hemorrhagic transformation (HT) index (HTI), to predict any HT within 14 days after middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke onset regardless of the intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (IV rtPA) use. That is especially important in the light of missing evidence-bas...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Kalinin MN,Khasanova DR,Ibatullin MM

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a rare neurological disorder that manifests recurrent attacks of hemiplegia, oculogyric, and choreoathetotic involuntary movements. De novo mutations in ATP1A3 cause three types of neurological diseases: AHC; rapid-onset dystonia-Parkinsonism (RDP); and cerebellar...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Kanemasa H,Fukai R,Sakai Y,Torio M,Miyake N,Lee S,Ono H,Akamine S,Nishiyama K,Sanefuji M,Ishizaki Y,Torisu H,Saitsu H,Matsumoto N,Hara T

更新日期：2016-09-15 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 use of vestibular rehabilitation principles in the management of gaze and postural stability impairments in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) has shown promise in pilot work completed in our lab and in a recently published randomized clinical trial (RCT). However, further work is needed to fully quan...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Loyd BJ,Fangman A,Peterson DS,Gappmaier E,Schubert MC,Thackery A,Dibble L

更新日期：2019-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The stability of hypoperfused brain tissue in stroke patients with major artery occlusions is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the persistence of a diffusion/perfusion mismatch in patients with ICA or proximal MCA occlusions. METHODS:Fourteen patients with ICA and/or proximal MCA occlusio...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： González RG,Hakimelahi R,Schaefer PW,Roccatagliata L,Sorensen AG,Singhal AB

更新日期：2010-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After discharge from hospital following a stroke, prescriptions of community-based rehabilitation are often downgraded to "maintenance" rehabilitation or discontinued. This classic therapeutic behavior stems from persistent confusion between lesion-induced plasticity, which lasts for the first 6 months essen...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Gracies JM,Pradines M,Ghédira M,Loche CM,Mardale V,Hennegrave C,Gault-Colas C,Audureau E,Hutin E,Baude M,Bayle N,Neurorestore Study Group.

更新日期：2019-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a dominantly-inherited progressive muscular dystrophy caused by de-repression of the DUX4 gene, which causes disease by a toxic-gain-of-function. As molecularly targeted drugs move from preclinical testing into human trials, it is essential that we validate cl...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： LoRusso S,Johnson NE,McDermott MP,Eichinger K,Butterfield RJ,Carraro E,Higgs K,Lewis L,Mul K,Sacconi S,Sansone VA,Shieh P,van Engelen B,Wagner K,Wang L,Statland JM,Tawil R,ReSolve Investigators and the FSHD CTRN18.

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) is the rate-limiting enzyme for producing γ-aminobutyric acid, and it has been suggested that antibodies against GAD play a role in neurological conditions and type 1 diabetes. However, it is not known whether dementia appears as the sole neurological manifestation associate...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Takagi M,Yamasaki H,Endo K,Yamada T,Kaneko K,Oka Y,Mori E

更新日期：2011-12-21 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic low back pain (CLBP) has been shown to be associated with various pathophysiological changes at several level of the sensorimotor system, pointing to a general hypersensitivity in CLBP patients. The aim of the present study was to investigate signs of generalized mechanical pain hypersensitivity in C...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Puta C,Schulz B,Schoeler S,Magerl W,Gabriel B,Gabriel HH,Miltner WH,Weiss T

更新日期：2012-09-21 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:Only a few case reports and case series dealing with oral and dental health care are available in literature until now. The aim of the present pilot study was to determine the status of dental health in comparison to matched controls and to heighten the neurologists' and dentists' awareness of the oral aspec...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Saft C,Andrich JE,Müller T,Becker J,Jackowski J

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dopaminergic neuronal loss begins years before motor symptoms appear in Parkinson disease (PD). Thus, reliable biomarkers for early diagnosis and prognosis of PD are an essential pre-requisite to develop disease modifying therapies. Inflammation-derived oxidative stress is postulated to contribute to nigrost...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Rathnayake D,Chang T,Udagama P

更新日期：2019-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given the increasing emphasis on the community management of spinal cord injury (SCI), strategies that could be developed and implemented in order to empower and engage individuals with SCI in promoting their health and minimizing the risk of health conditions are required. A self-management program could be...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Munce SE,Fehlings MG,Straus SE,Nugaeva N,Jang E,Webster F,Jaglal SB

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mixed pathology, particularly Alzheimer's disease with cerebrovascular lesions, is reported as the second most common cause of dementia. Research on mixed dementia typically includes people with a primary AD diagnosis and hence, little is known about the effects of co-existing amyloid pathology in people wit...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Dao E,Hsiung GY,Sossi V,Jacova C,Tam R,Dinelle K,Best JR,Liu-Ambrose T

更新日期：2015-10-12 00:00:00