Assessment of quality of life in individuals with chronic headache. Psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-BREF.

abstract：BACKGROUND:A fraction of patients with penetrating artery infarction (PAI) experience progressive motor deficit deterioration (PMD). We sought to investigate the role of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) at admission in predicting PMD. METHODS:From January 2015 to September 2018, consecutive patients with P...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Gong P,Liu Y,Huang T,Chen W,Jiang T,Gong Y,Lu M,Wang M,Zhang Y,Zhang X,Deng Q,Zhou J

更新日期：2019-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Past studies found that cerebral developmental venous anomaly (DVA) is often concurrent with cavernous malformation (CM). But the reason of the concurrency remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to confirm whether angioarchitectural factors relate to the concurrence and which angioarchitectural facto...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Yu T,Liu X,Lin X,Bai C,Zhao J,Zhang J,Zhang L,Wu Z,Wang S,Zhao Y,Meng G

更新日期：2016-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been recently demonstrated that in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) memory deficits at presentation are commoner than previously thought. Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotype, the major genetic risk factor in sporadic late-onset Alzheimer Disease (AD), modulates cerebral perfusion in late middle-a...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Borroni B,Perani D,Archetti S,Agosti C,Paghera B,Bellelli G,Di Luca M,Padovani A

更新日期：2006-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The insular cortex is not routinely removed in modified functional hemispherectomy due to the risk of injury to the main arteries and to deep structures. Our study evaluates the safety and usefulness of applying intraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG) on the insular during the hemispherectomy. METHODS:We...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Kim GH,Seo JH,Baumgartner JE,Ajmal F,Lee KH

更新日期：2017-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The production of inflammatory cytokines resulting from amyloid β (Aβ) is associated with the initiation of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Atorvastatin (ATV) has been reported to improve AD, however, it is unclear how the anti-inflammatory mechanism is linked with its protection against the impairment of spatial ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Zhao L,Chen T,Wang C,Li G,Zhi W,Yin J,Wan Q,Chen L

更新日期：2016-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (nOH) results from impaired vasoconstriction due to dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system and is commonly associated with Parkinson disease (PD), multiple system atrophy (MSA), and pure autonomic failure. nOH can increase the risk of falls due to symptoms that include...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Claassen DO,Adler CH,Hewitt LA,Gibbons C

更新日期：2018-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Detecting and treating neuropsychological deficits after aneurysmatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) play a key role in regaining independence; however, detecting deficits relevant to social and professional reintegration has been difficult and optimal timing of assessments remains unclear. Therefore, we eva...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Walter J,Grutza M,Vogt L,Unterberg A,Zweckberger K

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:French Guiana has the highest incidence of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke of all French territories. However, there is no further information on the epidemiology and management of stroke in French Guiana. Our goal was to describe the characteristics of patients in French Guiana in order to generate hypothes...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Rochemont DR,Mimeau E,Misslin-Tritsch C,Papaix-Puech M,Delmas E,Bejot Y,DeToffol B,Fournel I,Nacher M

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Volume isotropic turbo spin-echo acquisition (VISTA) is a new method similar to the 3D black-blood imaging method that enables visualization of a intramural hematoma. T1-VISTA has recently been applied in the diagnosis of intracranial arterial dissection. However, the identification of an intramural hematoma...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Ishitsuka K,Sakaki Y,Sakai S,Uwatoko T,Aibe H,Ago T,Kitazono T,Sugimori H

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuroprotective strategies after cardiopulmonary resuscitation are currently the focus of experimental and clinical research. Levosimendan has been proposed as a promising drug candidate because of its cardioprotective properties, improved haemodynamic effects in vivo and reduced traumatic brain injury in vi...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Roehl AB,Zoremba N,Kipp M,Schiefer J,Goetzenich A,Bleilevens C,Kuehn-Velten N,Tolba R,Rossaint R,Hein M

更新日期：2012-08-24 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:The major difficulty in postoperative care in patients after craniotomy is to distinguish the intracranial deficits from the residual effect of general anesthesia. In present study, we used cerebral state index (CSI) monitoring in patients after craniotomy with delayed recovery, and evaluated the prediction ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Xu M,Lei YN,Zhou JX

更新日期：2011-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to investigate the clinical value of two kinds of vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials in patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). METHODS:A total of 82 patients were divided into two groups: vertigo group and non-vertigo group. All patients underwent examinations for pure t...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Wang Y,Gu ST,Bao XL,Guo JL

更新日期：2019-12-21 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:Cognitive impairment and visual deterioration are two key clinical symptoms in MS and affect 50 to 80% of patients. Little is known about the influence of cognitive impairment on visual tests recommended for MS such as low contrast sensitivity testing. Our objective was to investigate whether low contrast se...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Wieder L,Gäde G,Pech LM,Zimmermann H,Wernecke KD,Dörr JM,Bellmann-Strobl J,Paul F,Brandt AU

更新日期：2013-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anterior spinal cord herniation (aSCH) is a rare cause of myelopathy which may present as pure motor syndrome and mimic other degenerative diseases of the spinal cord. In slowly progressive cases, diagnosis may be impeded by equivocal imaging results and mistaken for evolving upper motor neuron disease. As e...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Regensburger M,Schlachetzki JCM,Klekamp J,Doerfler A,Winkler J

更新日期：2020-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is need for a cognitive test battery that can be easily used in clinical practice to detect or monitor cognitive performance in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). In order to conduct, in this patient group, a preliminary investigation of the validity and utility of a brief computerized battery, the...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Edgar C,Jongen PJ,Sanders E,Sindic C,Goffette S,Dupuis M,Jacquerye P,Guillaume D,Reznik R,Wesnes K

更新日期：2011-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported an error in Table 2 wherein the item numbering in the first column is wrong. ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： da Silva ESM,Santos GL,Catai AM,Borstad A,Furtado NPD,Aniceto IAV,Russo TL

更新日期：2019-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated intracranial pressure from cerebral edema is the major cause of early mortality in acute stroke. Current treatment strategies to limit cerebral edema are not particularly effective. Some novel anti-edema measures have shown promising early findings in experimental stroke models. Vasopressin antagoni...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Hedna VS,Bidari S,Gubernick D,Ansari S,Satriotomo I,Khan AA,Qureshi AI

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective control of (upright) body posture requires a proper representation of body orientation. Stroke patients with pusher syndrome were shown to suffer from severely disturbed perception of own body orientation. They experience their body as oriented 'upright' when actually tilted by nearly 20 degrees to...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Johannsen L,Broetz D,Karnath HO

更新日期：2006-08-23 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: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:Reversible splenial lesion syndrome (RESLES) is a disorder radiologically characterized by reversible lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum (SCC). Most of patients with RESLES associated with encephalitis/encephalopathy were identified in Japanese population, but almost no Chinese patients were diagn...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Zhu Y,Zheng J,Zhang L,Zeng Z,Zhu M,Li X,Lou X,Wan H,Hong D

更新日期：2016-04-18 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: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:Patients with ischemic cerebrovascular diseases are more likely to suffer from intracranial aneurysms, and their surgical treatment has a growing controversy in this condition. The current case series was aimed at exploring surgical treatment and perioperative management of intracranial aneurysms in Chinese ...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Zheng Y,Wu C

更新日期：2018-09-14 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：: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:Inflammatory reactions occurring in the brain after ischemia may contribute to secondary damage. In the present study, effects of minocycline, an anti-inflammatory agent, alone or in combination with mild hypothermia on focal embolic cerebral ischemia have been examined. METHODS:Focal ischemic injury was in...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Wang CX,Yang T,Noor R,Shuaib A

更新日期：2002-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To describe the clinical phenotype of paroxysmal extreme pain disorder, an autosomal dominant condition in four members in one family with the mutation NM_002977.3:c.3892G > T (p.Val1298Phe) in the SCN9A gene. Clinical examinations and details from members of one Polish family were collected, including age a...

journal_title：BMC neurology

authors： Stępień A,Sałacińska D,Staszewski J,Durka-Kęsy M,Dobrogowski J

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00