abstract：:We performed a systematic neurophysiological evaluation of newborns-infants newly diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism and started on replacement therapy, in order to document the maturation of visual, auditory and somesthetic pathways and to evaluate the influence of treatment. Twenty-one patients (9 boys, 12 gir...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Triantafyllou P,Katzos G,Rousso I,Zafeiriou D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early onset dementia (EOD) is a major diagnostic challenge as it often presents with atypical features and may be attributed to treatable diseases. Primary degenerative dementias (Alzheimer's disease-AD, frontotemporal lobar degeneration-FTLD, Lewy body dementia-LBD), although traditionally considered to affect older ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Maiovis P,Ioannidis P,Konstantinopoulou E,Karacostas D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data examining the association between vitamin D and diabetic peripheral neuropathy are limited. This study investigated the serum levels of vitamin D, vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP), and vitamin D receptor (VDR) in diabetics in the Yozgat region of Turkey, and assessed their relationships with diabetic peripheral n...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Celikbilek A,Gocmen AY,Tanik N,Borekci E,Adam M,Celikbilek M,Suher M,Delibas N

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that symptoms of migraine are related to the involvement of the autonomic nervous system. Data on atrial conduction system are limited in migraineurs. We aimed to assess atrial electromechanical delay using tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) in patients with migraine. Forty-five migraine patients and age- ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Celikbilek A,Sarikaya S,Zararsiz G,Tanik N,Erbay AR

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile seizures (FS) are recognized as an antecedent to the development of temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (TLE-HS), but it is unclear whether prolonged FS are a direct cause of TLE-HS. Here, we used a rat model of infantile FS to study the effects of inflammatory cytokines on seizure susceptibility...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Fukuda M,Hino H,Suzuki Y,Takahashi H,Morimoto T,Ishii E

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator is the only approved medical treatment for patients with acute ischemic stroke. While it is associated with excellent clinical outcome in about 30 %, even with timely thrombolysis administration, certain strokes continue to evolve and lead to poor outcomes. Several studies have...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Hinduja A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the clinical, neuropsychiatric, and EEG status of 53 turner syndrome (TS) females, aged 3-16 years, in Assiut university hospitals, Upper Egypt. The diagnosis and care of patients with TS in Egypt is still in the developing stage. Hence this study was undertaken to review the details of patients with TS wi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Saad K,Abdelrahman AA,Abdel-Raheem YF,Othman ER,Badry R,Othman HA,Sobhy KM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that low-frequency stimulation (LFS) can induce anticonvulsant effects. In this study, the effect of different LFS frequencies on kindling induced behavioral and ultrastructural changes was investigated. For induction of kindled seizures in rats, stimulating and recording electrodes were implanted in...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Rohani R,Piryaei A,Jahanshahi A,Sadeghi Y,Mirnajafi-Zadeh J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to examine the sensitivity and specificity of the Ankara University Cerebral Dominance Inventory (AUCDI) in determining left cerebral dominance compared with the Wada test. The AUCDI and Wada test were applied to 49 patients referred to Ankara University for epilepsy surgery. Hand, foot and 'total' preference...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Yılmaz NH,Bingol AP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chorea paralytica (or chorea mollis) is a very rare variant of Sydenham's chorea, characterized by a profound hypotonia, resulting in severe disability. Given the rarity of this condition, data on its prognosis are lacking. Most reports suggest that the delay from onset to recover total autonomy is long, usually sever...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： El Otmani H,Moutaouakil F,Fadel H,Slassi I

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the relationship between disease duration, disability, disease pattern, age and sex with fatigue in MS patients. One hundred and seventy-three clinically definite MS patients and 87 age-matched healthy controls enrolled in this cross sectional study. Demographic data (sex, age), duration of the disease and...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Ghajarzadeh M,Jalilian R,Eskandari G,Sahraian MA,Azimi A,Mohammadifar M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, although better stratification and treatment modalities are being developed. As compared to ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) possesses many unknown data and lacks guidelines for better prophylaxis. In this study, we aimed to ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Bozluolcay M,Nalbantoglu M,Gozubatik-Celik RG,Benbir G,Akalin MA,Erkol G

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to test feasibility of transcranial Doppler (TCD) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) during compound neuroactivation task. The study was performed in 60 healthy right-handed volunteers. Cerebral blood flow velocity was measured by TCD in both middle cerebral arteries (MCA)...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Lisak M,Trkanjec Z,Plavec D,Kusić Z,Žigman M,Kes VB,Demarin V

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is the most common heritable cause of stroke and vascular dementia in adults. We present a family from Serbia presenting with stroke and depression in the lack of vascular risk factors, with brain MRI indicating CADASI...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Pavlovic AM,Dobricic V,Semnic R,Lackovic V,Novakovic I,Bajcetic M,Sternic N

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate the frequency of unilateral cranial autonomic symptoms during migraine attacks, and to compare the clinical characteristics of migraine patients with and without unilateral cranial autonomic symptoms. One hundred and eighty-six consecutive patients with episodic migraine attacks...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Guven H,Çilliler AE,Çomoğlu SS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are five possible ocular signs or complaints of a life or sight threatening neuro-ophthalmological condition: diplopia, isolated anisocoria, transient visual loss, severe pain in head or neck (with or without photophobia) and oscillopsia/nystagmus. In this review, the ocular signs and symptoms of neuro-ophthalmo...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Cordonnier M,Van Nechel C

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the correlation between brain magnetic resonance imaging findings and blink reflex abnormalities in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. Twenty-six patients and 17 healthy subjects were included in this study. Blink reflex test (BRT) results were obtained using right and left s...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Degirmenci E,Erdogan C,Bir LS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and macular changes (central subfield thickness, cube average thickness, cube volume) in patients with chronic migraine (CM) without visual impairment using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and to compare the resul...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Kirbas S,Tufekci A,Turkyilmaz K,Kirbas A,Oner V,Durmus M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with headache contributes to poorer prognosis, chronification of disease, poor response to treatment, increased cost of treatment, and decreased quality of life. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the depressive symptoms in adolescents with chronic and episodic migrain...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Arita JH,Lin J,Pinho RS,Minett TS,de Souza Vitalle MS,Fisberg M,Peres MF,Vilanova LC,Masruha MR

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood circulating endothelial cells and circulating hematopoietic progenitor cells (CPCs) are two cell populations that are thought to play important role in angiogenesis. In the present study, we investigated the role of CPCs in patients with brain tumors. We prospectively studied 19 brain tumor patients. Ten healthy...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Alexiou GA,Vartholomatos G,Karamoutsios A,Batistatou A,Kyritsis AP,Voulgaris S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS) is the damage over the central nervous system caused by several electrolytes, metabolic and toxic disorders. We aimed to describe cases of unusual forms of ODS. In a 9-year period, 25 consecutive patients with ODS (15 men; mean age 42 years) were registered in our referral institut...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Ruiz-Sandoval JL,Chiquete E,Alvarez-Palazuelos LE,Andrade-Ramos MA,Rodríguez-Rubio LR

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary breast lymphoma (PBL) is an uncommon extranodal type of lymphoma, exhibiting more aggressive behavior and poorer prognosis. Patients with PBL have a higher incidence to relapse in central nervous system (CNS), which is always leading to a dismal outcome even treating with high intensity chemotherapy plus radio...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Tang TC,Chang H,Chuang WY

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to investigate the associations between the degree of edema with the clinical and biochemical parameters such as serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), albumin (ALB) in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) patients. Forty-nine patients with typical clinical symptoms and charac...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Bo G,Hui L,Feng-Li L,Cui L

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing costs of healthcare call for rational approaches based on cost-effectiveness of the surgical procedures. When treating trigeminal neuralgia, therapeutic options vary widely as does their cost. We have compared microvascular decompression (MVD), radiofrequency rhizotomy (RFR), percutaneous balloon compressio...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Fransen P

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common causes of chronic cough in nonsmokers are postnasal drip syndrome, asthma, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Drugs are also important in the etiology of resistant cough. Most common drugs inducing cough are the ACE inhibitors. Many drugs other than ACE inhibitors can also cause dry cough and one amo...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Tosun E,Topaloğlu O,Akkalyoncu B

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine headaches are common in children. Early diagnosis and appropriate interventions are mandatory to prevent decades of suffering and diminished quality of life. There is need for data regarding the efficacy and safety of prophylactic agents in children with migraine; therefore, we designed a randomized clinical ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Togha M,Malamiri RA,Rashidi-Ranjbar N,Asa S,Mahvelati F,Ashrafi MR

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old man was admitted with slowly progressive dizziness. Cranial nerve evaluation found no abnormalities. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a well-circumscribed mass with homogeneous enhancement located in the fourth ventricle. The patient underwent surgery for the removal of the tumor via the bilateral sub...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Takeuchi S,Sugawara T,Masaoka H,Takasato Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:FDG-PET in ALS most typically demonstrates a primary (and sometimes also supplementary) motor cortex hypometabolism, often associated with more diffuse cortical hypometabolism involving mostly the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the medial and lateral premotor cortices, and the bilateral insular cortex invol...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Renard D,Collombier L,Castelnovo G,Fourcade G,Kotzki PO,LaBauge P

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), an autosomal recessive disorder, is characterized by spinocerebellar degeneration and cardiomyopathy. Here we explore some of the putative mechanisms underlying the cardiomyopathy in FRDA that have been elucidated using different experimental models. FRDA is characterized by a deficiency in...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Rahman F,Pandolfo M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40 year-old woman with subacute headache and visual impairment was admitted. Neurological examination revealed meningismus, diminished visual acuity, bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy, and papillary edema. Dermatologic examination was normal. The brain CT scan showed hydrocephalus and hyperdense edging around fiss...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Arias M,Alberte-Woodward M,Arias S,Dapena D,Prieto A,Suárez-Peñaranda JM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) can cause alterations in autonomic cardiovascular functions. We aimed to investigate the correlation of disease activity and disability with heart rate variability (HRV) of cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction (CAD) demonstrated by 24-h Holter monitorization. Thirty-four patients with clinicall...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Tombul T,Anlar O,Tuncer M,Huseyinoglu N,Eryonucu B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of partial rhombencephalosynapsis, diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in fetus aged 27 gestational weeks, in a dizygotic twin pregnancy. The distinctive MRI features of this cerebellar malformation (segmental hypogenesis of the cerebellar vermis, partial fusion of the cerebellar hemispher...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Koprivsek KM,Novakov-Mikic AS,Lucic MA,Kozic DB,Till VE,Belopavlovic Z

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study was performed to reevaluate the effect of polytherapy on mood and cognitive function. 139 patients with refractory epilepsy were screened with a neuropsychological test battery and a depression score. Our regression model with age at admission, duration of the disorder and number of antiepilep...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Rösche J,Kundt G,Weber R,Fröscher W,Uhlmann C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old female presented with three days' history of aching discomfort in her back, chest, and ankles. She had also noticed increasing weakness of her legs and a week before admission had shown flu-like symptoms. Chest X-ray showed bilateral hilar and right paratracheal lymphadenopathy. Bronchoscopic biopsies re...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Findik S,Bulbul R,Ozbenli T,Aslan E,Sandikci U,Aydin D,Atici AG,Ozkaya S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After Sub-Thalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation (STN-DBS), an effective treatment for Parkinson disease patients, weight gain has been observed. As this method of treatment is only in use since two years in Iran, no information regarding its side effects (including weight gain) existed thus far. OBJECTIVE...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Moghaddasi M,Boshtam M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study was designed to describe the characteristics, risk factors and prognosis of patients diagnosed with CVT in our center. METHOD:The present retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on patients diagnosed with cerebral vein or sinus thrombosis based on the patients' clinical presentat...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Sahraian MA,Akbari H,Khajavi MR,Najafi A,Khashayar P

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cluster headache (CH) is among the most painful headache disorders. There is still no unifying pathophysiological hypothesis to explain the trigeminal distribution, the circadian periodicity and the autonomic symptoms of the syndrome. We report the case of a patient with worsening of CH following administration of pra...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Ossemann M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-traumatic dural arteriovenous fistula/malformation (dural AVF/AVM) presenting with pure subdural hematoma (SDH) is relatively rare. We report on a male patient who showed pure acute SDH and was diagnosed as having dural AVF on the convexity near the superior sagittal sinus (SSS), based on angiographic findings. A ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Ogawa K,Oishi M,Mizutani T,Maejima S,Mori T

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulnar nerve lesions may occur at different sublocations at wrist and may involve various branches of the nerve. Standard neurophysiological studies are generally insufficient in revealing these lesions. Demonstration of conduction block and/or focal slowing of nerve conduction is the most definitive electrodiagnostic ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Yalinay Dikmen P,Oge AE,Yazici J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to determine the correlations among hippocampal damage, spontaneous recurrent seizures (SRS), and mossy fiber sprouting (MFS) using pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) kindling model. METHODS:Chronic epileptic model was established by administration of PTZ. Behaviour and EEG seizure activity were re...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Belgica

authors： Tian FF,Zeng C,Guo TH,Chen Y,Chen JM,Ma YF,Fang J,Cai XF,Li FR,Wang XH,Huang WJ,Fu JJ,Dang J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00