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| Ase MyglandSummaryAffiliation: University of Oslo Country: Norway Publications
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Autoantibodies in thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis with myositis or neuromyotoniaA Mygland
Department of Neurology, University of Bergen, Norway
Arch Neurol 57:527-31. 2000....
Chronic polyneuropathies in Vest-Agder, NorwayA Mygland
Department of Neurology, Vest Agder Central Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway Kongsgård Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
Eur J Neurol 8:157-65. 2001..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...
Chronic acquired demyelinating symmetric polyneuropathy classified by pattern of weaknessAse Mygland
Department of Neurology, Vest Agder Central Hospital, N 4604 Kristiansand, Norway
Arch Neurol 60:260-4. 2003..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)...
Oral doxycycline versus intravenous ceftriaxone for European Lyme neuroborreliosis: a multicentre, non-inferiority, double-blind, randomised trialUnn Ljøstad
Department of Neurology, Sørlandet Hospital HF, Kristiansand, Norway
Lancet Neurol 7:690-5. 2008..We aimed to compare the efficacy of oral doxycycline with intravenous ceftriaxone for the treatment of Lyme neuroborreliosis...
Amyloid myopathy presenting with distal atrophic weaknessCathrine Smestad
Department of Neurology, Sørlandet Sykehus Kristiansand, Serviceboks 416, N 4604 Kristiansand, Norway
Muscle Nerve 29:605-9. 2004..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...
Inferior vestibular neuritis: 3 cases with clinical features of acute vestibular neuritis, normal calorics but indications of saccular failurePer Monstad
Department of Neurology, Sørlandet sykehus, Kristiansand, Norway
BMC Neurol 6:45. 2006..As this test reflects the function of the superior part of the vestibular nerve only, cases of pure inferior nerve neuritis will be lost...
Risk of MS is not associated with exposure to crude oil, but increases with low level of educationTrond Riise
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
Mult Scler 17:780-7. 2011..Offshore workers in the Norwegian upstream petroleum industry are exposed to a number of chemicals such as organic solvents, mineral oils and other hydrocarbons, possibly contributing to an increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS)...
Ryanodine receptor antibodies in myasthenia gravis: epitope mapping and effect on calcium release in vitroGeir Olve Skeie
Department of Neurology, University of Bergen, N 5021 Bergen, Norway
Muscle Nerve 27:81-9. 2003..These data suggest that the Ry1 sequence defined by residues 799-1172 is involved in the regulation of Ry1 function, and that this regulation could be functionally affected in vivo in patients with myasthenia gravis...
Prednisolone does not reduce withdrawal headache: a randomized, double-blind studyMagne G Bøe
Department of Neurology, Sorlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
Neurology 69:26-31. 2007..Medication overuse headache is a condition where abrupt drug withdrawal is considered the treatment of choice...
Acute peripheral facial palsy in adultsUnn Ljøstad
Dept of Neurology, Sørlandet Sykehus HF, Kristiansand, 416, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway
J Neurol 252:672-6. 2005..To collect epidemiological data of peripheral facial palsy, and especially to chart the incidence and clinical characteristics of Lyme associated facial palsy...
[Chronic polyneuropathy--evaluation and diagnosis]Ase Mygland
Nevrologisk avdeling, Sørlandet sykehus, 4604 Kristiansand
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 127:291-5. 2007..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...
CSF B--lymphocyte chemoattractant (CXCL13) in the early diagnosis of acute Lyme neuroborreliosisUnn Ljøstad
Dept of Neurology, Sørlandet Sykehus HF, Kristiansand Serviceboks 416, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway
J Neurol 255:732-7. 2008..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...
