Bandettini di Poggio, Monica Toni, Danilo Gandolfo, Carlo Paolicelli, Damiano Zini, Andrea Agostoni, Elio Bandini, Fabio Ragno, Michele Altavista, Maria Concetta Bertolotto, Antonio
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Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
In the scientific literature, there is unanimous consensus that hospitalization in stroke unit (SU) is the most important treatment for stroke patients. In this regard, the Act number 70/2015 by the Italian government identified specific skills that contribute to a classification of SU and outlined a "hub and spoke" stroke network. The aim of our s...
Benemei, Silvia Lupi, Chiara De Cesaris, Francesco Lombardi, Niccolò Bettiol, Alessandra Chiarugi, Alberto Geppetti, Pierangelo Galli, Valentina Pracucci, Chiara Occupati, Brunella
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Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
A refractory chronic migraine (RCM) accompanied by medication-overuse headache (MOH) is an extremely disabling disease. Evidence suggests that in selected patients, chronic opioids may be a valuable therapeutic option for RCM. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of prophylaxis with low-dose methadone (LDM) in p...
Schnellbächer, Gereon Johannes Mull, Michael Reich, Arno
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Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
An intraspinal fluid collection (ISFC) can be observed on spinal MRI in cases of intracranial hypotension syndrome (IHS). The goal of this study was to analyze the possible persistence of ISFC after therapy and its correlation to clinical disease activity and secondary complications. Twenty patients in our database of 57 patients, who were treated ...
Conti, Elisa Andreoni, Simona Tomaselli, Davide Storti, Benedetta Brovelli, Francesco Acampora, Roberto Da Re, Fulvio Appollonio, Ildebrando Ferrarese, Carlo Tremolizzo, Lucio
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Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients often express significant behavioral symptoms: for this reason, accessible related biomarkers could be very useful. Neuroinflammation is a key pathogenic process in both AD and delirium (DEL), a clinical condition with behavioral symptoms resembling those of AD. A total of n = 30 AD patients were recruited together...
Zhang, Jieni Chen, Yin Chen, Jiaxin Huang, Xin Wang, Haiyan Li, Yan Liu, Weibin Feng, Huiyu
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Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
This study investigated the characteristics of double-seropositive myasthenia gravis (DSP-MG) in southern China for disease subtype classification. A case-control study was carried out in which the characteristics of DSP-MG patients (n = 17) were compared to those of muscle-specific tyrosine kinase antibody-positive (MuSK)-MG and acetylcholine rece...
Maksymowicz, Stanisław Kukołowicz, Paula Siwek, Tomasz Rakowska, Agnieszka
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Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R) is a basic tool for monitoring disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This study analyses the reliability of the Polish version of the ALSFRS-R as a tool to assess the health condition of patients with ALS and presents experience related to the use of this...
Sakai, Kenichiro Sato, Takeo Komatsu, Teppei Mitsumura, Hidetaka Iguchi, Yasuyuki Ishibashi, Toshihiro Murayama, Yuichi Takeshita, Kohei Takao, Hiroyuki
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Neurological Sciences
Background and objectives Communication-type medical smartphone applications enable text, neuroimaging, photos, and videos to be shared securely among the stroke team. Our aim was to investigate whether use of a smartphone application would shorten the duration from admission to reperfusion therapy in patients with hyper-acute ischemic stroke. Meth...
Karadaş, Ömer Öztürk, Bilgin Sonkaya, Ali Rıza Taşdelen, Bahar Özge, Aynur Bolay, Hayrunnisa
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Neurological Sciences
Background and objective Clinical studies on COVID-19 headache are limited. This prospective study aimed to define headache characteristics, associated clinical and laboratory factors, and treatment response in COVID-19. Methods Cross-sectional study enrolled 287 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and hospitalized on a regular ward during the pandemi...
Nanda, Satyan Handa, Rahul Prasad, Atul Anand, Rajiv Zutshi, Dhruv Dass, Sujata K Bedi, Prabhjeet Kaur Pahuja, Aarti Shah, Pankaj Kumar Sharma, Bipan
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Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
Neurological manifestation in COVID-19 infection can be seen in almost one third of the patients. Although, acute encephalopathy is quite commonly seen in patients of COVID-19 infection, encephalitis characterised by brain inflammation is relatively rare. Encephalitis caused by Herpes simplex type 1 is the most common cause of sporadic encephalitis...
Rodolico, Carmelo Nicocia, Giulia Damato, Valentina Antonini, Giovanni Liguori, Rocco Evoli, Amelia
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Neurological Sciences
In the last years, significant advances have improved the knowledge of myasthenia gravis (MG) immunopathogenesis and have enabled to realize new molecules with a selective action targeting compounds of the immunological system. This review discusses emerging treatments for MG, including complement inhibitors, neonatal Fc receptor targeting agents, ...