Chiung Chih Chang

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Affiliation: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Country: Taiwan

Publications

  1. ncbi Detection of gray matter damage using brain MRI and SPECT in carbon monoxide intoxication: a comparison study with neuropsychological correlation
    Nai Ching Chen
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Clin Nucl Med 38:e53-9. 2013
  2. ncbi (99m)Tc-ethyl cysteinate dimer brain SPECT findings in early stage of dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease patients: a correlation with neuropsychological tests
    C C Chang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Eur J Neurol 15:61-5. 2008
  3. ncbi Damage of white matter tract correlated with neuropsychological deficits in carbon monoxide intoxication after hyperbaric oxygen therapy
    Chiung Chih Chang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    J Neurotrauma 26:1263-70. 2009
  4. ncbi Cognitive deficits in multiple system atrophy correlate with frontal atrophy and disease duration
    C C Chang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Eur J Neurol 16:1144-50. 2009
  5. ncbi Longitudinal study of carbon monoxide intoxication by diffusion tensor imaging with neuropsychiatric correlation
    Chiung Chih Chang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    J Psychiatry Neurosci 35:115-25. 2010
  6. ncbi Multi-parametric neuroimaging evaluation of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis and its correlation with neuropsychological presentations
    Chiung Chih Chang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Niaosung, Taiwan
    BMC Neurol 10:59. 2010
  7. ncbi Hyperhomocysteinemia in Alzheimer dementia patients and cognitive decline after 6 months follow-up period
    Min Chien Tu
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Acta Neurol Taiwan 19:168-77. 2010
  8. ncbi Learning and error patterns in the Chinese Verbal Learning Test in subjects with mild cognitive impairment and normal elderly
    Nai Ching Chen
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Acta Neurol Taiwan 20:114-24. 2011
  9. ncbi Clinical characteristics of spinal involvement in hepatocellular carcinoma
    Chih Hsiang Lin
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Acta Neurol Taiwan 18:255-61. 2009
  10. ncbi Clinical characteristics, pathogens implicated and therapeutic outcomes of mixed infection in adult bacterial meningitis
    Wan Chen Tsai
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Kaohsiung J Med Sci 28:531-7. 2012

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  1. ncbi Detection of gray matter damage using brain MRI and SPECT in carbon monoxide intoxication: a comparison study with neuropsychological correlation
    Nai Ching Chen
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Clin Nucl Med 38:e53-9. 2013
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  2. ncbi (99m)Tc-ethyl cysteinate dimer brain SPECT findings in early stage of dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease patients: a correlation with neuropsychological tests
    C C Chang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Eur J Neurol 15:61-5. 2008
    ....
  3. ncbi Damage of white matter tract correlated with neuropsychological deficits in carbon monoxide intoxication after hyperbaric oxygen therapy
    Chiung Chih Chang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    J Neurotrauma 26:1263-70. 2009
    ..The correlation of WM diffusion with cognitive deficits also suggests that reduced connectivity between different cortical regions is a pathophysiologic mechanism...
  4. ncbi Cognitive deficits in multiple system atrophy correlate with frontal atrophy and disease duration
    C C Chang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Eur J Neurol 16:1144-50. 2009
    ..Dementia remains an exclusion criterion in diagnosing multiple system atrophy (MSA). This study aimed to determine the cognitive changes and brain atrophy patterns in the Parkinsonian (MSA-P) and cerebellar (MSA-C) variants of MSA...
  5. ncbi Longitudinal study of carbon monoxide intoxication by diffusion tensor imaging with neuropsychiatric correlation
    Chiung Chih Chang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    J Psychiatry Neurosci 35:115-25. 2010
    ..Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) can quantify diffusion parameters and volumetric changes in white matter that can be correlated with neuropsychological performances in longitudinal studies...
  6. ncbi Multi-parametric neuroimaging evaluation of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis and its correlation with neuropsychological presentations
    Chiung Chih Chang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Niaosung, Taiwan
    BMC Neurol 10:59. 2010
    ..We studied the MRI and 99 mTc-ethyl cysteinate dimer single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) findings of CTX patients and made a correlation with the neuropsychological presentations...
  7. ncbi Hyperhomocysteinemia in Alzheimer dementia patients and cognitive decline after 6 months follow-up period
    Min Chien Tu
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Acta Neurol Taiwan 19:168-77. 2010
    ..Plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) had also been linked with cognitive decline in AD. We examined the relationship among change of cognition, tHcy level, and WMHs on MRI in AD patients with a follow-up periods of 6 months...
  8. ncbi Learning and error patterns in the Chinese Verbal Learning Test in subjects with mild cognitive impairment and normal elderly
    Nai Ching Chen
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Acta Neurol Taiwan 20:114-24. 2011
    ..The discrimination between normal elderly (NC) and those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is of clinical relevance since the conversion from MCI to Alzheimer dementia (AD) is high...
  9. ncbi Clinical characteristics of spinal involvement in hepatocellular carcinoma
    Chih Hsiang Lin
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Acta Neurol Taiwan 18:255-61. 2009
    ..To analyze the clinical characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with spinal metastasis...
  10. ncbi Clinical characteristics, pathogens implicated and therapeutic outcomes of mixed infection in adult bacterial meningitis
    Wan Chen Tsai
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Kaohsiung J Med Sci 28:531-7. 2012
    ..and Acinetobacter spp. infections, and an emergence of anaerobic pathogens. All these changes deserve special attention because of the need for an appropriate choice of empirical antibiotics and choice of culture method...
  11. ncbi Clinical significance of serological biomarkers and neuropsychological performances in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
    Chiung Chih Chang
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    BMC Neurol 12:15. 2012
    ..Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a common form of focal epilepsy. Serum biomarkers to predict cognitive performance in TLE patients without psychiatric comorbidities and the link with gray matter (GM) atrophy have not been fully explored...
  12. ncbi Neuro-psychological sequelae in HIV-negative cryptococcal meningitis after complete anti-fungal treatment
    Chang Hung Chen
    Departmemt of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Acta Neurol Taiwan 21:8-17. 2012
    ..The cognitive sequelae and influence of depression in patients with cryptococcal meningitis (CM) after complete anti-fungal treatment has not been completely surveyed in literature...
  13. ncbi Ultrasonographic assessment of carpal tunnel syndrome of mild and moderate severity in diabetic patients by using an 8-point measurement of median nerve cross-sectional areas
    Shu Fang Chen
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Tai Pei Road, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
    BMC Med Imaging 12:15. 2012
    ..Therefore, we used this US measurement method in this study to measure median nerve CSAs and to compare the CSAs of idiopathic, diabetic and diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) patients with CTS...
  14. ncbi Sweat output measurement of the post-ganglion sudomotor response by Q-Sweat test: a normative database of Chinese individuals
    Shu Fang Chen
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    BMC Neurosci 13:62. 2012
    ..This study aimed to establish the normative database of Q-Sweat test among Chinese individuals since this type of information is currently lacking...
  15. ncbi Clinical significance of the pallidoreticular pathway in patients with carbon monoxide intoxication
    Chiung Chih Chang
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Brain 134:3632-46. 2011
    ..The sensitivity for detecting pallidoreticular lesions can be greatly improved by using susceptibility weighted imaging compared with conventional imaging...
  16. ncbi Validating the Chinese version of the Verbal Learning Test for screening Alzheimer's disease
    Chiung Chih Chang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 16:244-51. 2010
    ..This study has good validity in discriminating AD participants and the data here can help in diagnosing AD and mild cognitive impairment using the CVVLT...
  17. ncbi Central nervous system involvement in hepatocellular carcinoma: clinical characteristics and comparison of intracranial and spinal metastatic groups
    Sheng Yuan Hsiao
    Department of Family Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    J Clin Neurosci 18:364-8. 2011
    ..Without a specific biomarker for predicting CNS involvement in HCC, a high index of suspicion for the diagnosis should be maintained, particularly in HCC hyperendemic areas such as Taiwan...
  18. ncbi Spinal epidural abscess in adults caused by Staphylococcus aureus: clinical characteristics and prognostic factors
    Po Yu Huang
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Clin Neurol Neurosurg 114:572-6. 2012
    ..aureus SEA and compared the clinical characteristics of methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections...
  19. ncbi A comparative study of fused FDG PET/MRI, PET/CT, MRI, and CT imaging for assessing surrounding tissue invasion of advanced buccal squamous cell carcinoma
    Shu Hua Huang
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Clin Nucl Med 36:518-25. 2011
    ....
  20. ncbi Clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcomes of nosocomial super-infection in adult bacterial meningitis
    Chi Ren Huang
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan
    BMC Infect Dis 11:133. 2011
    ..It is an uncommon but clinically important condition rarely examined in literature...
  21. ncbi Diffusion-weighted imaging improves prediction in cognitive outcome and clinical phases in patients with carbon monoxide intoxication
    Nai Ching Chen
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, 123, Ta Pei Road, Niaosung, Kaohsiung County 833, Taiwan
    Neuroradiology 55:107-15. 2013
    ..Changes in apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values often reflect tissue injury. Use of ADC as a surrogate marker to assess clinical phases has not been systemically applied in patients with carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication...
  22. ncbi Pallidoreticular lesion in carbon monoxide intoxication by gradient echo: report of a case with parkinsonism features and review of the literature
    Nai Ching Chen
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Acta Neurol Taiwan 21:44-8. 2012
    ..Pallidoreticular damage was defined by lesions involving both the pallidum and the substantia nigra and was only reported in four cases after CO intoxication...
  23. ncbi Montreal cognitive assessment in assessing clinical severity and white matter hyperintensity in Alzheimer's disease with normal control comparison
    Ya Ting Chang
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Acta Neurol Taiwan 21:64-73. 2012
    ..Use Taiwanese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in evaluating patients in different stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and correlate with white matter change...
  24. ncbi Clinical characteristics and prognosis of acute bacterial meningitis in elderly patients over 65: a hospital-based study
    Wei An Lai
    Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    BMC Geriatr 11:91. 2011
    ..To examine the clinical characteristics of bacterial meningitis in elderly patients...
  25. ncbi Acute/subacute cerebral infarction (ASCI) in HIV-negative adults with cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM): a MRI-based follow-up study and a clinical comparison to HIV-negative CM adults without ASCI
    Shu Fang Chen
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, 123 Ta Pei Road, Niaosung, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
    BMC Neurol 11:12. 2011
    ..We studied a series of MRI follow-up study of CM adults and compared the clinical characters of those with ASCI and those without ASCI...
  26. ncbi Clinical characteristics of post-neurosurgical Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis in adults and a clinical comparison to the spontaneous form in a Taiwanese population
    Wen Neng Chang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Centre, 123 Ta Pei Road, Niao Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
    J Clin Neurosci 17:334-8. 2010
    ..This study reveals that there are clinical differences between the post-neurosurgical and spontaneous presentations of K. pneumoniae ABM...
  27. ncbi Clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcome of Gram-negative bacterial spinal epidural abscess in adults
    Chi Ren Huang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, 123 Ta Pei Road, Niao Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
    J Clin Neurosci 18:213-7. 2011
    ..Our findings suggest that the choice of initial empirical antibiotics for SEA should be carefully considered...
  28. ncbi Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis patients with and without parkinsonism: clinical characteristics and neuroimaging findings
    Chen San Su
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Mov Disord 25:452-8. 2010
    ..99m)Tc-TRODAT-1 SPECT study can be of value in the detection of striatal involvement, and the study results also suggest pre-synaptic dopamine neuron involvement in CTX patients with parkinsonism...
  29. ncbi Prediction, clinical characteristics and prognosis of intracerebral hemorrhage in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with intracerebral metastasis
    Mei Jen Hsieh
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, 123 Ta Pei Road, Niao Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan
    J Clin Neurosci 16:394-8. 2009
    ..014). Using correlation analysis, only blood platelet count on admission was positively correlated with survival duration after the diagnosis of IcM in the wo-ICH group (p=0.000) but not in the w-ICH group...
  30. ncbi Tc99m-sestamibi thigh SPECT/CT images for noninvasive assessment of skeletal muscle injury in carbon monoxide intoxication with clinical and pathological correlation
    Shu Hua Huang
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Clin Nucl Med 36:199-205. 2011
    ....
  31. ncbi Sleep quality and daytime sleepiness in patients with epilepsy
    Nai Ching Chen
    Department of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Acta Neurol Taiwan 20:249-56. 2011
    ..Poor sleep quality and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) are common complaints of patients with epilepsy (PWE). This study aimed to evaluate possible predisposing factors for EDS and subjective sleep quality in PWE...
  32. ncbi Ultrasonographic median nerve cross-section areas measured by 8-point "inching test" for idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome: a correlation of nerve conduction study severity and duration of clinical symptoms
    Shu Fang Chen
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    BMC Med Imaging 11:22. 2011
    ....
  33. ncbi Effects of long-term antiepileptic drug monotherapy on vascular risk factors and atherosclerosis
    Yao Chung Chuang
    Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Epilepsia 53:120-8. 2012
    ..We compared the long-term effects of monotherapy using different categories of AEDs on markers of vascular risk and the atherosclerotic process...
  34. ncbi Heterotopic ossification as a complication of carbon monoxide intoxication
    Sheng Hang Chen
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Acta Neurol Taiwan 19:120-4. 2010
    ..Heterotopic ossification (HO) as a cause of gait impairment after CO intoxication has never been reported. In this study we report a patient with HO after CO intoxication...
  35. ncbi Elevated basal cortisol level predicts lower hippocampal volume and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease
    Chi Wei Huang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Niao Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    J Clin Neurosci 16:1283-6. 2009
    ..The relationship between high cortisol levels and hippocampal atrophy might adversely affect AD patients disproportionately, either in anatomical or cognitive function...
  36. ncbi Cognitive function before and after intensity-modulated radiation therapy in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a prospective study
    Kuan Yin Hsiao
    Department of Radiation Oncology, E Da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 77:722-6. 2010
    ..To evaluate the effects of radiation therapy (RT) on neurocognitive function in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)...
  37. ncbi Idiopathic hypereosinophilia syndrome with loeffler endocarditis, embolic cerebral infarction, and left hydranencephaly: a case report
    Chih Hsiang Lin
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Acta Neurol Taiwan 18:207-12. 2009
    ..The involvement of the heart can lead to intraventricular thrombus because of infiltration of the endomyocardium by eosinophils. Cerebral infarction has been ascribed to thromboembolic events originating from intraventricular thrombus...
  38. ncbi Right anterior cingulate cortex infarction and transient speech aspontaneity
    Chiung Chih Chang
    Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    Arch Neurol 64:442-6. 2007
    ..To our knowledge, speech arrest with intact facial expression secondary to the right anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) lesion has not been previously reported...