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We report a case of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) with initial coma and severe left-sided hemiparesis in which combined treatment with adenine arabinoside and acyclovir was followed by complete recovery. This favorable result is discussed in view of the literature of HSE treatment including experimental studies on antiviral activity of both drugs. Combined treatment may be useful in severe cases of HSE.

ISSN:0014-3022    

DOI:10.1159/000116156

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1987

数据来源: Karger

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We examined 32 epileptics (20 female; 12 male; aged 6–73 years) who had displayed photoconvulsive reactions to flickering light in the EEG; they were examined with regard to their risks of getting epileptic seizures upon watching television (TV) under certain conditions. On a colour TV set each patient was shown a 3-min videofilm with slow- and fast-moving parts under 16 different conditions. The conditions had the following variables: (1) colour – monochrome; (2) dark room – light room, and (3) four different distances from the screen. In addition, each patient was subjected for 3 min to manipulated image interferences, including the vertical rolling of the picture. The results of this TV stimulation were always negative, i.e. in no patient did TV provoke a reproducible paroxysmal discharge in the EEG, nor was there any epileptic seizure. Our findings are discussed in connection with the corresponding liter

ISSN:0014-3022    

DOI:10.1159/000116157

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1987

数据来源: Karger

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This paper summarizes the clinical and genetic features of a disease occurring in 16 patients from the same extended family, which resembles the multi-infarct dementia described by Sourander and Wålinder [Acta neuropath. 39:247-254,1977]. This family has relapsing strokes with neuropsychiatric symptoms, and they affect relatively young adult individuals of both sexes. The entity of the disease is characterized by autosomal dominant transmission with late onset and by association with occlusive cerebrovascular infarcts in the white matter, which was also generally reduced. Both of these features can be seen in the CT scan. In 13 members of this family the diagnosis can be regarded as certain and in a further 3 cases as more or less probable

ISSN:0014-3022    

DOI:10.1159/000116158

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1987

数据来源: Karger

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Two patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus are described suffering from so called ‘falling spells’. Both patients showed marked improvement after ventriculoatrial shunting, and the falling spells ceased. The literature concerning falling spells is reviewed. The possible pathogenesis and the relationship to shunting are discus

ISSN:0014-3022    

DOI:10.1159/000116159

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1987

数据来源: Karger

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In a direct (door-to-door) epidemiological study, the prevalence rate of cerebrovascular disease in Patras, Greece, was found to be 1,417 strokes per 100,000 inhabitants over 20 years of age. This number is approximately two times higher than the prevalence rate found in other countries by other authors. The possible responsible factors for this difference are discussed.

ISSN:0014-3022    

DOI:10.1159/000116160

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1987

数据来源: Karger

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A unilateral pseudobulbar syndrome consequent to unilateral capsulothalamic infarction is described. Motor deficit of the face was associated with marked velar and pharyngeal unilateral palsy; paresis of limbs was mild. ACT scan revealed a circumscribed infarction of the genu of the internal capsule. This raised the problem of unilateral supranuclear pharyngeal palsies and of the precise anatomy of the genicular tract in the genu of the internal capsule.

ISSN:0014-3022    

DOI:10.1159/000116161

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1987

数据来源: Karger

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The present study provides information as to both the range of normality and reliability of the electrocutaneous reflex (ECR) in upper limbs as a routine diagnostic procedure. Measurements were performed on 70 adult volunteers under optimized and standardized conditions. The mean latency was 40.3 ± 3.2, 50.9 ± 3.5 and 65.8 ± 5.8 ms for E1; I1 and E2, respectively, and 21.9 ± 1.6 ms for N22 of the cortical somatosensory-evoked potentials as recorded under identical stimulus conditions. Arm length represented the most important factor of interindividual variability while age was of minor and sex of no importance after normalization of the latencies for arm len

ISSN:0014-3022    

DOI:10.1159/000116162

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1987

数据来源: Karger

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An elderly female alcohol and benzodiazepine addict presented with an atypical amnestic episode. Five days later she showed several complex partial seizures as main signs of a withdrawal state. The value of the EEG in the differential diagnosis of amnestic syndromes is emphasized. Temporolimbic involvement in withdrawal states is discussed and our ignorance regarding drug dependence and withdrawal in the elderly is stressed. It is suggested that late-onset partial seizures with unknown etiology in the elderly might be more often related to drug dependence than generally accepted.

ISSN:0014-3022    

DOI:10.1159/000116163

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1987

数据来源: Karger

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Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) recorded from scalp after stimulation of the dorsal penile nerves, terminal branches of the pudendal nerve, were examined in 30 normal potent men and in 145 patients with erectile dysfunction of different etiologies. In the control group there was a significant relationship between latencies P1 and N1 and the subjects’ height. In the patient group SSEPs were absent in 12 subjects, a prolonged latency was found in 28 patient

ISSN:0014-3022    

DOI:10.1159/000116164

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1987

数据来源: Karger

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Electrophysiological examination was performed on 50 type II diabetic patients to verify whether insulin secretory reserve is a factor influencing the susceptibility to develop polyneuropathy. The results showed that less significant metabolic derangement related to high insulin secretory reserve, and not the high insulin secretory reserve by itself, may prevent the development of neuropathic disorders. These data are consistent with the current opinion that diabetic polyneuropathy is the consequence of the metabolic derangement caused by chronic hyperglycemia.

ISSN:0014-3022    

DOI:10.1159/000116165

出版商:S. Karger AG    

年代:1987

数据来源: Karger