Ase Mygland

..Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) is a nervous system infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bb)...

..Chronic polyneuropathy is a common disorder with heterogenic clinical presentation and many possible etiologies. This review presents diagnostic guidelines for physicians without specialist competence in neuromuscular disorders...

..INTERPRETATION: Diagnostic investigation of polyneuropathy can be simplified and systematized...

..A sensitive method to detect intrathecal IgG production is important in diagnosing inflammatory central nervous system (CNS) diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS)...

..Distal accentuation of conduction slowing at presentation correlates with subacute onset and a relapsing course...

..None of 20 antibody-positive PN patients responded to antimicrobial treatment. The study shows that, in Europe, chronic distal PN without ACA or other Lyme manifestations is very rarely caused by a B. burgdorferi infection...

..Lyme borreliosis is a MULTISYSTEM: tick-borne infection caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. We present a survey of clinical stages, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of Lyme borreliosis in adults...

..We aimed to compare the efficacy of oral doxycycline with intravenous ceftriaxone for the treatment of Lyme neuroborreliosis...

..001). Four months post-treatment CSF CXCL13 was normalized in 82 % of patients with definite LNB, as compared to a negative Bb AI in 10 % (p < 0.001).CSF CXCL13 may be a useful supplement in early diagnosis of acute LNB...

..To collect epidemiological data of peripheral facial palsy, and especially to chart the incidence and clinical characteristics of Lyme associated facial palsy...

..To study a representative group of patients with chronic acquired symmetric demyelinating polyneuropathies, and to evaluate classification by pattern of weakness and by presence of immunoglobulin monoclonal protein (M protein)...

..Muscle biopsy revealed amyloid angiopathy with deposits of lambda light chains in vessel walls. The recognition of amyloid myopathy is important because clinical symptoms may respond to chemotherapy...

..To evaluate hospital delays in thrombolytic treatment before and after organisational changes and community-based treatment rates in a previously inexperienced centre...

..Within 1 year 7/42 in A and 9/38 in B had recurrent medication overuse (P = 0.43). In summary, there were no significant differences in follow-up results between the two groups...

..Repeated post-treatment Bb AI testing, to confirm or reject LNB diagnosis, is unreliable, as the majority of initial Bb AI negative patients remained negative at follow-up...

..QuickC6 is a sensitive, simple and cost-effective screening test in serum and CSF in diagnosis of acute LNB. Specificity needs further evaluation...

..To chart remaining complaints 1 year after treatment for neuroborreliosis, and to identify risk factors for a non-favorable outcome...

..We examined prospectively the results of withdrawal therapy in 80 patients with probable medication overuse headache. The aim was to identify baseline patient characteristics that might predict outcome after 1 year (end of study)...

..Patients with paraproteinemic polyneuropathy were not severely disabled. Polyneuropathy was the presenting symptom in the majority of patients with Sjögren's syndrome or sicca complex...

..As this test reflects the function of the superior part of the vestibular nerve only, cases of pure inferior nerve neuritis will be lost...

..Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is probably an under-reported cause of headache and other neurological symptoms...

..Men are at higher risk than women. The proportion with warfarin-associated ICH is higher than previously reported from Scandinavia...

..Medication overuse headache is a condition where abrupt drug withdrawal is considered the treatment of choice...

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