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Journal of Neurology

Issue 12/2020

Content (42 Articles)

Stroke Letter to the Editors

Large artery ischemic stroke in severe COVID-19

Fernando Sierra-Hidalgo, Nuria Muñoz-Rivas, Pedro Torres Rubio, Kateri Chao, Mercedes Villanova Martínez, Paz Arranz García, Eva Martínez-Acebes

Hypotension Original Communication

Early autonomic and cognitive dysfunction in PD, DLB and MSA: blurring the boundaries between α-synucleinopathies

Giovanni Palermo, Eleonora Del Prete, Ubaldo Bonuccelli, Roberto Ceravolo

Stroke Letter to the Editors

What has caused the fall in stroke admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Richard Perry, Azra Banaras, David J. Werring, Robert Simister

SARS-CoV-2 Letter to the Editors

Transverse myelitis related to COVID-19 infection

Alexandros Zachariadis, Anca Tulbu, Davide Strambo, Alexis Dumoulin, Gabriella Di Virgilio

Spastic Paraplegia Letter to the Editors

COVID-19 reveals influence of physical activity on symptom severity in hereditary spastic paraplegia

Lotte van de Venis, Bart P. C. van de Warrenburg, Vivian Weerdesteyn, Bas J. H. van Lith, Alexander C. H. Geurts, Jorik Nonnekes

Tocilizumab Letter to the Editors

Mild COVID-19 infection in an NMO patient treated with tocilizumab: a confirmation of anti-IL-6 protective role?

Vittorio Mantero, Andrea Rigamonti, Paola Basilico, Marta Crespi, Roberto Balgera, Andrea Salmaggi

Multiple Sclerosis Original Communication

Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. and Canadian neurologists’ therapeutic approach to multiple sclerosis: a survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices

Farrah J. Mateen, Shawheen Rezaei, Nicholas Alakel, Brittany Gazdag, Aditya Ravi Kumar, Andre Vogel

Open Access SARS-CoV-2 Letter to the Editors

Association of neuronal injury blood marker neurofilament light chain with mild-to-moderate COVID-19

Markus Ameres, Susanne Brandstetter, Antoaneta A. Toncheva, Michael Kabesch, David Leppert, Jens Kuhle, Sven Wellmann

Polyneuropathy Original Communication

Long-term efficacy of immunoglobulins in small fiber neuropathy related to Sjögren’s syndrome

Taylor Pindi Sala, Mona Villedieu, Laura Damian, Jean-Charles Crave, Vivien Pautot, Ljudmila Stojanovich, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert, Patrick Cherin, Cristina Belizna

Original Communication

Cognitive impairment in benign multiple sclerosis: a multiparametric structural and functional MRI study

Gianna C. Riccitelli, Elisabetta Pagani, Alessandro Meani, Paola Valsasina, Paolo Preziosa, Massimo Filippi, Maria A. Rocca

Multiple Sclerosis Original Communication

Discontinuation of disease-modifying treatments for multiple sclerosis in patients aged over 50 with disease Inactivity

Anne-Laure Kaminsky, Abdou Yacoubou Omorou, Marc Soudant, Sophie Pittion-Vouyovitch, Maud Michaud, René Anxionnat, Francis Guillemin, Marc Debouverie, Guillaume Mathey

Spinal Stenosis Original Communication

Neurogenic calf amyotrophy with CK elevation by entrapment radiculopathy; clinical, radiological, and pathological analyses of 18 cases

Makoto Shibata, Hiroo Kasahara, Kouki Makioka, Masaki Ikeda, Kazuaki Nagashima, Yukio Fujita, Yoshio Ikeda

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Original Communication

Reduced accuracy of MRI deep grey matter segmentation in multiple sclerosis: an evaluation of four automated methods against manual reference segmentations in a multi-center cohort

Alexandra de Sitter, Tom Verhoeven, Jessica Burggraaff, Yaou Liu, Jorge Simoes, Serena Ruggieri, Miklos Palotai, Iman Brouwer, Adriaan Versteeg, Viktor Wottschel, Stefan Ropele, Mara A. Rocca, Claudio Gasperini, Antonio Gallo, Marios C. Yiannakas, Alex Rovira, Christian Enzinger, Massimo Filippi, Nicola De Stefano, Ludwig Kappos, Jette L. Frederiksen, Bernard M. J. Uitdehaag, Frederik Barkhof, Charles R. G. Guttmann, Hugo Vrenken

Multiple Sclerosis Original Communication

Cell-based assays for the detection of MOG antibodies: a comparative study

Matteo Gastaldi, Silvia Scaranzin, Sven Jarius, Brigitte Wildeman, Elisabetta Zardini, Giulia Mallucci, Eleonora Rigoni, Elisa Vegezzi, Thomas Foiadelli, Salvatore Savasta, Paola Banfi, Maurizio Versino, Luana Benedetti, Giovanni Novi, Margherita Maria Mancardi, Thea Giacomini, Pietro Annovazzi, Damiano Baroncini, Diana Ferraro, Vito Lampasona, Markus Reindl, Patrick Waters, Diego Franciotta

Azathioprine Original Communication

Treatment of MOG antibody associated disorders: results of an international survey

D. H. Whittam, V. Karthikeayan, E. Gibbons, R. Kneen, S. Chandratre, O. Ciccarelli, Y. Hacohen, J. de Seze, K. Deiva, R. Q. Hintzen, B. Wildemann, S. Jarius, I. Kleiter, K. Rostasy, P. Huppke, B. Hemmer, F. Paul, O. Aktas, A. K. Pröbstel, G. Arrambide, M. Tintore, M. P. Amato, M. Nosadini, M. M. Mancardi, M. Capobianco, Z. Illes, A. Siva, A. Altintas, G. Akman-Demir, L. Pandit, M. Apiwattankul, J. Y. Hor, S. Viswanathan, W. Qiu, H. J. Kim, I. Nakashima, K. Fujihara, S. Ramanathan, R. C. Dale, M. Boggild, S. Broadley, M. A. Lana-Peixoto, D. K. Sato, S. Tenembaum, P. Cabre, D. M. Wingerchuk, B. G. Weinshenker, B. Greenberg, M. Matiello, E. C. Klawiter, J. L. Bennett, A. I. Wallach, I. Kister, B. L. Banwell, A. Traboulsee, D. Pohl, J. Palace, M. I. Leite, M. Levy, R. Marignier, T. Solomon, M. Lim, S. Huda, A. Jacob

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Original Communication

Targeted next-generation sequencing study in familial ALS-FTD Portuguese patients negative for C9orf72 HRE

Marta Gromicho, Ana Margarida Coutinho, Ana Catarina Pronto-Laborinho, Rita Raposeiro, Joana Tavares, Diana Antunes, Mamede de Carvalho

Open Access Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Original Communication

Disease progression but not physical state per se determines mental wellbeing in ALS

Cynthia R. Vázquez Medrano, Helena E. A. Aho-Özhan, Ulrike Weiland, Ingo Uttner, Albert C. Ludolph, Dorothée Lulé

Open Access Stroke Original Communication

Clinical and radiological differences between patients with probable cerebral amyloid angiopathy and mixed cerebral microbleeds

Ulf R. Jensen-Kondering, Caroline Weiler, Patrick Langguth, Naomi Larsen, Charlotte Flüh, Gregor Kuhlenbäumer, Olav Jansen, Nils G. Margraf

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Original Communication

Urinary neopterin, a new marker of the neuroinflammatory status in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Christian Lunetta, Andrea Lizio, Francesca Gerardi, Claudia Tarlarini, Massimo Filippi, Nilo Riva, Lucio Tremolizzo, Susanna Diamanti, Cinzia Carla Dellanoce, Lorena Mosca, Valeria Ada Sansone, Jonica Campolo

Polyneuropathy Original Communication

Yield of the PMP22 deletion analysis in patients with compression neuropathies

Vukan Ivanovic, Marija Brankovic, Bogdan Bjelica, Aleksandra Kacar, Radoje Tubic, Milena Jankovic, Ana Marjanovic, Ivana Novakovic, Vidosava Rakocevic-Stojanovic, Stojan Peric

Open Access Dystonia Original Communication

Deep brain stimulation reduces (nocturnal) dyskinetic exacerbations in patients with ADCY5 mutation: a case series

Ana Luísa de Almeida Marcelino, Tina Mainka, Patricia Krause, Werner Poewe, Christos Ganos, Andrea A. Kühn

Open Access Shoulder Luxation Original Communication

Risk incidence of fractures and injuries: a multicenter video-EEG study of 626 generalized convulsive seizures

Katharina Frey, Johann Philipp Zöllner, Susanne Knake, Yulia Oganian, Lara Kay, Katharina Mahr, Fee Keil, Laurent M. Willems, Katja Menzler, Sebastian Bauer, Susanne Schubert-Bast, Felix Rosenow, Adam Strzelczyk

Open Access Spastic Paraplegia Original Communication

Behr syndrome and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a family with a novel UCHL1 deletion

Grace McMacken, Hanns Lochmüller, Boglarka Bansagi, Angela Pyle, Angela Lochmüller, Patrick F. Chinnery, Steve Laurie, Sergi Beltran, Leslie Matalonga, Rita Horvath

Apallic Syndrome Original Communication

24-h polysomnographic recordings and electrophysiological spectral analyses from a cohort of patients with chronic disorders of consciousness

Raechelle M. Gibson, Laura B. Ray, Geoffrey Laforge, Adrian M. Owen, Stuart M. Fogel

Rituximab Original Communication

Antibodies against the node of Ranvier: a real-life evaluation of incidence, clinical features and response to treatment based on a prospective analysis of 1500 sera

Emilien Delmont, Alexandre Brodovitch, Ludivine Kouton, Thibaut Allou, Stéphane Beltran, Marion Brisset, Jean Philippe Camdessanché, Cécile Cauquil, Jonathan Cirion, Thierry Dubard, Andoni Echaniz-Laguna, Aude-Marie Grapperon, Joëlle Jauffret, Raul Juntas-Morales, Laurent Daniel Kremer, Thierry Kuntzer, Céline Labeyrie, Lucas Lanfranco, Thierry Maisonobe, Nicolas Mavroudakis, Sylvie Mecharles-Darrigol, Guillaume Nicolas, Jean-Baptiste Noury, Maud Perie, Yusuf A. Rajabally, Gauthier Remiche, Violaine Rouaud, Céline Tard, Emmanuelle Salort-Campana, Annie Verschueren, Karine Viala, Adrien Wang, Shahram Attarian, José Boucraut

Polysomnography Original Communication

Prodromal Parkinson disease in patients with idiopathic hyposmia

Paula Marrero-González, Alex Iranzo, David Bedoya, Mònica Serradell, Aida Niñerola-Baizán, Andrés Perissinotti, Carles Gaig, Isabel Vilaseca, Isam Alobid, Joan Santamaría, Joaquim Mullol

Open Access Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Original Communication

Motor-evoked potentials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: potential implications in detecting subclinical UMN involvement in lower motor neuron phenotype

Stefano Zoccolella, Antonella Mastronardi, Antonio Scarafino, Giovanni Iliceto, Eustachio D’Errico, Angela Fraddosio, Irene Tempesta, Antonella Morea, Gaspare Scaglione, Alessandro Introna, Isabella Laura Simone

Liver Transplantation Original Communication

Liver transplantation in mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE): clinical long-term follow-up and pathogenic implications

Roberto D’Angelo, Elisa Boschetti, Giulia Amore, Roberta Costa, Alessia Pugliese, Leonardo Caporali, Laura Ludovica Gramegna, Valentina Papa, Luca Vizioli, Mariantonietta Capristo, Manuela Contin, Susan Mohamed, Giovanna Cenacchi, Raffaele Lodi, Maria Cristina Morelli, Luca Fasano, Lara Pisani, Matteo Cescon, Caterina Tonon, Antonio Daniele Pinna, Maria Teresa Dotti, Francesco Sicurelli, Mauro Scarpelli, Massimiliano Filosto, Carlo Casali, Loris Pironi, Valerio Carelli, Roberto De Giorgio, Rita Rinaldi

Audiometry Original Communication

The neuro-otology of Susac syndrome

Todd A. Hardy, Rachael L. Taylor, Jessica Qiu, Billy O’Brien, Sumana Gopinath, Benjamin Trewin, Penelope J. Spring, Mohamed Shaffi, Sam J. Bolitho, Roger J. Garsia, Richard Roxburgh, Deborah F. Mason, Jerome Ip, Fiona Chan, Luke Chen, Ian Wilson, Heidi N. Beadnall, Michael H. Barnett, John D. E. Parratt, John D. G. Watson, Miriam S. Welgampola, Stephen W. Reddel, Benjamin Tsang, G. Michael Halmagyi

Stroke Original Communication

Direct thrombectomy for stroke in the presence of absolute exclusion criteria for thrombolysis

Manuel Cappellari, Giovanni Pracucci, Stefano Forlivesi, Valentina Saia, Nicola Limbucci, Patrizia Nencini, Domenico Inzitari, Valerio Da Ros, Fabrizio Sallustio, Stefano Vallone, Guido Bigliardi, Andrea Zini, Sergio Lucio Vinci, Cristina Dell’Aera, Sandra Bracco, Samuele Cioni, Rossana Tassi, Mauro Bergui, Andrea Naldi, Giuseppe Carità, Cristiano Azzini, Ilaria Casetta, Roberto Gasparotti, Mauro Magoni, Lucio Castellan, Cinzia Finocchi, Roberto Menozzi, Umberto Scoditti, Francesco Causin, Federica Viaro, Edoardo Puglielli, Alfonsina Casalena, Maria Ruggiero, Sara Biguzzi, Davide Castellano, Roberto Cavallo, Guido Andrea Lazzarotti, Giovanni Orlandi, Alessandro Sgreccia, Maria Federica Denaro, Nicola Cavasin, Adriana Critelli, Elisa Francesca Maria Ciceri, Bruno Bonetti, Luigi Chiumarulo, Marco Petruzzelli, Carlo Pellegrino, Federico Carimati, Nicola Burdi, Maria Pia Prontera, Wiliam Auteri, Alfredo Petrone, Giulio Guidetti, Ettore Nicolini, Giuseppe Ganci, Annalisa Sugo, Pietro Filauri, Simona Sacco, Guido Squassina, Paolo Invernizzi, Nunzio Paolo Nuzzi, Manuel Corato, Pietro Amistà, Mauro Gentile, Stefano Barbero, Federica Schirru, Giuseppe Craparo, Marina Mannino, Luigi Simonetti, Salvatore Mangiafico, Danilo Toni

Open Access Fabry Disease Original Communication

Oxidative stress biomarkers in Fabry disease: is there a room for them?

C. Simoncini, S. Torri, V. Montano, L. Chico, F. Gruosso, A. Tuttolomondo, A. Pinto, I. Simonetta, V. Cianci, A. Salviati, V. Vicenzi, G. Marchi, D. Girelli, D. Concolino, S. Sestito, M. Zedde, G. Siciliano, Michelangelo Mancuso

Multiple Sclerosis Original Communication

Parity and disability progression in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis

Anat Achiron, Alon Ben-David, Michael Gurevich, David Magalashvili, Shay Menascu, Mark Dolev, Yael Stern, Tomer Ziv-Baran

Stroke Original Communication

Ocular lateral deviation with brief removal of visual fixation differentiates central from peripheral vestibular syndrome

Jorge C. Kattah, Shervin Badihian, John H. Pula, Alexander A. Tarnutzer, David E. Newman-Toker, David S. Zee

Neurological Tests Letter to the Editors

Successful treatment of HIV-associated tumefactive demyelinating lesions with corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide: a case report

Serena Marita Lazzarin, Miryam Cannizzaro, Tommaso Russo, Francesca Sangalli, Marcella Callea, Bruno Colombo, Lucia Moiola, Massimo Filippi

Open Access Obesity Neurological Update

Emerging themes in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Olivia Grech, Susan P. Mollan, Benjamin R. Wakerley, Zerin Alimajstorovic, Gareth G. Lavery, Alexandra J. Sinclair

Challenges in predicting traumatic brain injury outcomes

Mo Hu, Ineta Zobina, Andrea Lowman, Eleanor Marsh

Open Access Sciatica Pioneers in Neurology

Izydor Fajersztajn-Krzemicki (1867–1935)

Sławomir Gonkowski, Jaroslaw Calka