abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the incidence of adverse reactions to albendazole therapy in patients presenting with seizures and a persistent (>3 months after diagnosis), solitary cysticercus granuloma and to determine whether the occurrence of adverse reactions predicted the response of the granuloma to therapy. MATERIAL AND ME...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Rajshekhar V

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Assessment of usefulness of magnetoencephalography (MEG) as a novel non-invasive technique in the diagnostic evaluation of patients with recurrent seizures after unsuccessful epilepsy surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Seventeen patients in whom epilepsy surgery had failed underwent reevaluation by means of MEG i...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kirchberger K,Hummel C,Stefan H

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of Rhesus anti-D immunoglobulin (anti-D) in patients with an autoimmune demyelinating neuropathy. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Three patients with an autoimmune mediated neuropathy received 1000 IU anti-D weekly for 2 months. RESULTS:Two patients worsened gradually during the treatment and...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： de Jager AE,Hazenberg CA,van der Hoeven JH

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine differences in cerebrovascular reactivity between multi-infarct and Alzheimer types of dementia. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Using transcranial Doppler, measurements of flow velocity in the middle cerebral arteries during apnea, thumb-to-finger opposition and verbal and design discrimination tasks were ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Matteis M,Silvestrini M,Troisi E,Bragoni M,Vernieri F,Caltagirone C

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To selectively investigate postganglionic sympathetic cardiac neurons in patients with Parkinson's disease and autonomic failure. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) is a pharmacologically inactive analogue of noradrenaline, which is similarly metabolized in noradrenergic neurons. Therefore t...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Braune S,Reinhardt M,Bathmann J,Krause T,Lehmann M,Lücking CH

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated the occurrence in hypertensive patients of new subclinical changes in the brain by serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS:MRI was performed serially in 98 hypertensive subjects without neurologic deficits at least once a year for 3 years. All received antihypertensive medicines Blo...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Shintani S,Shiigai T,Arinami T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the clinical outcome of patients with epileptic seizures due to ischemic stroke (IS) of cardiac or artery-to-artery embolism. METHODS:Seizures due to IS of cardiac or artery-to-artery embolism are differentiated by clinical, neuroimaging and cardiovascular test data. RESULTS:From 174 cases with su...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kraus JA,Berlit P

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We showed previously that temporal low-voltage irregular delta waves (TLID) on EEG are indicative of cerebrovascular dysfunction in its early stages. The present study was designed to determine whether the incidence of this finding is elevated in diabetics as compared to normal controls. METHODS:EEGs of 50 ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Inui K,Sannan H,Ota H,Uji Y,Nomura S,Kaige H,Kitayama I,Nomura J

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the role of transesophageal echocardiography in detecting the source of cerebral embolism in ischemic stroke patients and to evaluate the difference in occurrence of heart abnormalities in anterior and posterior circulation infarcts. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The study group i...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Mendel T,Pasierski T,Szwed H,Barańska-Gieruszczak M,Członkowska A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Epilepsia partialis continua (Kojewnikow's syndrome) can be classified into 2 groups. The 1st group had stable neurological deficit, and the 2nd group had slowly progressive neurological deficit. The latter usually manifests not tetraplegia, but hemiplegia. We describe 3 patients with epilepsia partialis con...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Takahashi Y,Kubota H,Fujiwara T,Yagi K,Seino M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to re-evaluate the clinical features of stroke in children, their outcome and the place of the different mechanisms, in the light of CT-scan and magnetic resonance imaging. METHODS:A 10-year review of the Dijon Childhood Neurology Clinic experience (1985-1995) identified 54 patient...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Giroud M,Lemesle M,Madinier G,Manceau E,Osseby GV,Dumas R

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subjects ranging in age from 50 to 89 years old, either with or without dementia were studied by both ELISA for anti-human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) gag 100-130 antibody and by cranial CT in order to clarify the relationship between HTLV-I infection and dementia. The frequency of anti-HTLV-I antibody w...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kira J,Hamada T,Kawano Y,Okayama M,Yamasaki K

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We investigated cardiovascular and renin responses to head-up tilt tests in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple system atrophy (MSA), and in controls to determine variables for the assignment of parkinsonism to the potential underlying neurologic condition. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sequential chang...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Plaschke M,Schwarz J,Dahlheim H,Backmund H,Trenkwalder C

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We describe bilateral optic neuropathy in a patient affected by ovarian carcinoma treated with cis-platin 160 mg/m2 and carboplatin, 640 mg/m2. The patient was followed for 1 year, when recovery appeared. The few previous descriptions of CDDP optic nerve toxicity did not report recovery. METHODS:Computeri...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Caraceni A,Martini C,Spatti G,Thomas A,Onofrj M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative treatment with glucocorticoids in patients with an intracranial tumour has been neurosurgical practice for more than 30 years. Recently, however, a less beneficial effect in patients with a meningeoma is reported. This study included 4 patients with a glioma, 4 with a metastasis and 5 with a meningeoma. A...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Skjoeth J,Bjerre PK

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the frequency of ECG abnormalities suggestive of myocardial ischaemia in patients with severe drug resistant epilepsy and without any indication of previous cardiac disease, assuming that these changes may be of significance for the group of epileptic patients with sudden unexpected death. MA...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Tigaran S,Rasmussen V,Dam M,Pedersen S,Høgenhaven H,Friberg B

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:White blood cells might have a pathogenetic role in ischemic vascular conditions. Several studies have suggested that increased adhesiveness of these cells could contribute to such a damage. The present study was undertaken in order to examine the adhesive properties of leukocytes in the peripheral blood of p...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Meiner Z,Arber N,Liberman E,Leibovitz E,Seltzer D,Berliner S

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify how chronic solvent abuse affects cognitive function using magnetic resonance imaging as an index of brain damage. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A total of 25 chronic solvent abusers underwent magnetic resonance imaging with quantitative neurometry and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales revised. RESULTS:T...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Yamanouchi N,Okada S,Kodama K,Sakamoto T,Sekine H,Hirai S,Murakami A,Komatsu N,Sato T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the effects of different colour imaging modes on the contrast-medium-enhanced image of the intracranial cerebral arteries. METHODS:Twelve healthy volunteers were studied transcranially after administration of 10 ml BY963 successively with Power Doppler (p-TCCS) and with colour Doppler frequency ima...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kaps M,Schaffer P,Beller KD,Seidel G,Wurst W

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the total costs of multiple sclerosis (MS) for all Canadians in 1994. METHODS:Prevalence-based study estimating disease-related societal costs for Canadians with MS in 1994. The human capital approach was used to estimate the value of lost productivity due to illness. Two components were reveale...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Asche CV,Ho E,Chan B,Coyte PC

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Soluble APO-1 (sAPO-1) may prevent apoptosis of lymphocytes induced by activation of the APO-1/Fas receptor. OBJECTIVES:To determine sAPO-1 levels in the serum of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and controls in order to investigate if abnormal lymphocyte apoptosis occurs in this disease. METHODS:Serum sam...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bansil S,Holtz CR,Cook SD,Rohowsky-Kochan C

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：MATERIALS AND METHODS:In a prospective study we evaluated patients with first generalized tonic-clonic seizure (GTCS) (n = 16, age: 31 +/- 11 years, 8 women) and patients with vaso-vagal syncope (VVS) (n = 17, age: 32 +/- 13 years, 8 women), diagnosed on the basis of past history and clinical presentation who had serum...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Neufeld MY,Treves TA,Chistik V,Korczyn AD

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine through a meta-analysis whether a treatment strategy of surgery plus the routine medical management saves lives and reduces disability in survivors of primary supratentorial intracerebral hematoma compared to routine medical management alone. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Computerized bibliographic search...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Prasad K,Browman G,Srivastava A,Menon G

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The objective of this study was to describe facial myokymia in experimental animals accompanying kainic acid affects on facial motor neurons. MATERIAL & METHODS:Anesthetized cats were injected with kainic acid into the pons adjacent to the facial nucleus. Facial movements appeared shortly after the inject...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Zaaroor M,Starr A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Association of leuko-araiosis (LA) with certain risk factors has been reported in Western patients. This is a case-control study to determine the risk factors and the type of stroke associated with LA in Saudi patients. DESIGN AND SETTING:398 consecutive Saudi patients with the diagnosis of stroke admitted o...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Awada A,Omojola MF

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may provide markers of severity and outcome of optic neuritis. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We examined the CSF from 29 patients with acute monosymptomatic optic neuritis (AMON) for content of myelin basic protein-like material (MBPLM) and correlated the levels with results of cranial ma...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Frederiksen JL,Whitaker JN

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cortical blindness, a rare form of cyclosporine (CSA) neurotoxicity, has previously been described in only nine bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients. METHODS:Our institution averages 35 allogeneic BMT's per year. In the past year we have seen two women with reversible cortical blindness secondary to CS...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Edwards LL,Wszolek ZK,Normand MM

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological examinations were done on 20 patients aged 40-71 years with recently diagnosed high grade non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. General chemotherapy and intrathecal chemotherapy in order to prevent central nervous system (CNS) involvement were begun. On the first day of chemotherapeutic cycle patients received...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Grzelec H,Fryze C,Nowacki P,Zdziarska B

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The basal ganglia are thought to be involved in the primary dystonias, largely because of the repeated demonstration of neuropathological changes in these nuclei in the secondary dystonias. A hyperactivity of a network involving basal ganglia has been suggested in experimental animal dystonia. To test this h...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Galardi G,Perani D,Grassi F,Bressi S,Amadio S,Antoni M,Comi GC,Canal N,Fazio F

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only 15% of patients with severe epilepsy with frequent partial seizures achieve any improvement in their seizure frequency by further drug treatment. As we know that epileptic seizures result in neuron loss with early development of mental deterioration, that the mortality rate of patients with epilepsy is increased ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Dam M

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although leukoaraosis (LA) is a common CT findings, its pathogenesis remains debated: if small-artery pathology may explain in some cases white matter changes, many other factors, such as hemodynamic perturbations, might also lead to LA. To test these hypothesis, we determined the types of cerebrovascular ri...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Hénon H,Godefroy O,Lucas C,Pruvo JP,Leys D

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bladder dysfunction with increased voiding frequency and incontinence is a common problem in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). In the present study, the effect of the synthetic vasopressin analogue, desmopressin, was evaluated on the voiding frequency in 26 patients with MS suffering from socially handicapping vo...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Fredrikson S

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the EEG frequency distribution by quantitative EEG (QEEG) in 28 children with type 1 diabetes and 28 age- and sex-matched control children. Among the diabetic children, 15 had experienced episodes of severe hypoglycemia (SH group) and 13 had not experienced such episodes (non-SH group). The EEG analysi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Bjørgaas M,Sand T,Gimse R

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:As part of a door-to-door survey of neurologic diseases, we investigated the prevalence of lumbosacral radiculopathy (LR) in two Sicilian municipalities (N = 14,540, as of November 1, 1987). MATERIAL & METHODS:During phase 1, we administered a brief screening instrument to subjects in the study population. ...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Savettieri G,Salemi G,Rocca WA,Meneghini F,D'Arpa A,Morgante L,Coraci MA,Reggio A,Grigoletto F,Di Perri R

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a young woman who developed left ventricular failure and pulmonary edema during fulminant onset of multiple sclerosis. One of the numerous plaques was located in the left inferior cerebellar peduncle near the dorsal motor vagal and solitary tract nuclei. Within two days pulmonary edema had cleared, and wit...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Melin J,Usenius JP,Fogelholm R

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the ophthalmic artery (OA) as a collateral to the cerebral circulation in carotid occlusive disease is somewhat controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the importance of this collateral by comparing the results of transorbital Doppler ultrasonography and regional cerebral blood flow measurements...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Kerty E,Nyberg-Hansen R,Dahl A,Bakke SJ,Russell D,Rootwelt K

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 43 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) consecutively admitted to the Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation Hospital in Haslev completed a Danish version of the Laman & Lankhorst Questionnaire (LLQ) on quality of life (qol), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Twenty-one of the 43 pts completed the questi...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Jønsson A,Dock J,Ravnborg MH

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of stroke related to asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis is known to be increased in high-grade or rapidly progressive stenosis. Information of the prevalence in the general population is required for the recommendation of screening methods to detect patients needing prophylactic treatment. We studied the pr...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Harer C,Gusev EI

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that nitric oxide could be implicated in the neuronal degeneration of substantia nigra compacta in patients with Parkinson's disease. Recently, it has been reported decreased CSF nitrate levels (oxidation product that provides an indirect estimation of nitric oxide) in Parkinson's disease patient...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Molina JA,Jiménez-Jiménez FJ,Navarro JA,Vargas C,Gómez P,Benito-León J,Ortí-Pareja M,Cisneros E,Arenas J

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Because of the limited information on cervical spondylotic radiculopathy, we conducted a door-to-door two-phase survey in a Sicilian municipality. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We first screened for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy among the inhabitants of the municipality: (N = 7653, as of the prevalence day, N...

journal_title：Acta neurologica Scandinavica

authors： Salemi G,Savettieri G,Meneghini F,Di Benedetto ME,Ragonese P,Morgante L,Reggio A,Patti F,Grigoletto F,Di Perri R

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00