Acta neurologica Scandinavica
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The goal of our study was to identify clinical, neurophysiological and neuroradiological variables in severe head trauma (SHT) with predictive value for posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) and to evaluate the influence of each risk factor for the dynamics of epilepsy. ⋯ The risk for PTE is clearly determined by those variables which correlate with the severity, the extent of tissue loss and the penetrating nature of the brain trauma.
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Acta Neurol. Scand. · May 1997
Comparative Study Clinical TrialAutonomic dysfunction in Parkinson's disease assessed by sympathetic skin response: a prospective clinical and neurophysiological trial on 50 patients.
To verify possible dysfunction of sympathetic skin activity in Parkinson's disease (PD), we studied the electrically evoked sympathetic skin responses (SSR) bilaterally at hands and feet in a group of 50 PD patients and in normal subjects. SSR was present in all patients. Nevertheless, significant differences in the latency and amplitude values were noted. ⋯ The longer the disease the more SSR abnormalities could be found. Gender, type of clinical manifestation of PD or medication had no statistically significant effects. However, motor symptom asymmetries evaluated separately for each body side correlated well with interside asymmetries of SSR.