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Onabotulinumtoxin A for prophylaxis in chronic migraine: preliminary data from headache regional centre of aosta valley
Chronic migraine (CM) is a complex neurological disorder associated with substantial disability that affects approximately 2 % of general population. Onabotulinumtoxin A is employed for patients suffering from...
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Risk factors for a first generalized tonic-clonic seizure in adult life
To evaluate risk factors for a first generalized tonic-clonic seizure (GTCS) in adults (=15 years), we performed a multicenter, case-control study involving eleven first-referral neurological departments in n...
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Epidemiology of primary intracranial tumours in NW Italy, a population based study: stable incidence in the last two decades
Data about the epidemiology of primary intracranial tumours (PIT) are still heterogeneous depending on different methodological approach in collecting data.
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Temporal trends of stroke in Valle d'Aosta, Italy. Incidence and 30-day fatality rates
The objective of this study was to evaluate temporal changes of stroke in an Italian community by comparing the present incidence rates with those reported in the same area for 1989. The two studies were cond...
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Prevention of cardioembolic stroke: use of oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation
With the aim of quantifying the use of oral anticoagulant (OA) therapy in clinical practice, we surveyed 150 consecutive patients admitted with a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF). Each patient was admin...
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Could flumazenil reverse neurological deficits in acute cerebral ischemia?
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A case-control study on alcohol and seizures: study design, protocol, and data collection
We designed a multicenter case control study to evaluate whether chronic alcoholism and alcohol consumption are risk factors for develo** a first generalized tonic-clonic epileptic seizure. Cases were 278 pa...
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Clinical and neuroradiological findings in a case of pure word deafness
Pure Word Deafness is a clinical syndrome included among the aphasias and is marked by complete deafness of sudden onset with conserved ability to understand and read the written word and with no speech disord...
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A case of successful pregnancy in a woman with Friedreich ataxia
We report on a 34-year-old woman with advanced FA who achieved a successful pregnancy. The neurological and cardiological features of the disease remained unchanged during and after pregnancy. Because of a sli...
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Follow-up of nerve conduction in chronic uremic patients during hemodialysis
We studied to evolution of nerve conduction during hemodialysis following 21 patients with chronic renal failure. Mean motor nerve conduction velocity (MCV) was significantly different at hemodialysis onset an...
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Considerations after intraoperative monitoring of somatosensory evoked potentials during carotid endarterectomy
Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) following median nerve stimulation were used to monitor cerebral function during 26 carotid endarterectomies. The patients with minor SEP variations had no neurological d...
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Central and peripheral involvement in hemodialysed subjects: Neurophysiological and nephrological relationships
Nerve conduction velocity and visual evoked potential studies were conducted in 31 patients with chronic renal failure undergoing periodic hemodialysis. The results indicate damage to the central nervous syste...
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Porphyric neuropathy: a clinical, neurophysiological and morphological study
A case of neuropathy in the course of an attack of acute intermittent porphyria was studied from the neurophysiological and morphological points of view. The neurophysiological findings (acute neuropathy with ...
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Occurrence of pituitary adenoma in craniofacial fibrous dysplasia: a neuroendocrine and neuroradiological case study
An 18 year old man with fibrous dysplasia of bone and several endocrine abnormalities was investigated. Laboratory tests showed high levels of prolactin, TSH and GH and low levels of testosterone and LH. TRH a...
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Pyruvate-dehydrogenase complex in ataxic patients: Enzyme deficiency in ataxic encephalopathy plus lactic acidosis and normal activity in Friedreich ataxia
Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC) activity was measured in cultured fibroblasts from 12 patients with Friedreich's ataxia (FA), and in 1 patient with lactic acidosis and ataxia.
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Cytochrome-C-oxidase deficiency in muscles of a floppy infant without mitochondrial myopathy
A 4-month-old girl had hypotonia, muscle weakness and cardiomyopathy at birth and died at the age of 8 months from heart failure. Muscle biopsy showed normal muscle fibers, normal mitochondria and type II hypo...
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Friedreich's ataxia II. Biochemical studies in cultured cells
Pyruvate and palmitate oxidations by cultured fibroblast suspensions were measured in optimized conditions and proved to be with normal range in the cells from Friedreich's patients. But when pyruvate oxidatio...
