Acta neurologica Scandinavica
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Acta Neurol. Scand. · Oct 1990
Does Swedish amateur boxing lead to chronic brain damage? 1. A retrospective medical, neurological and personality trait study.
Sweden banned professional boxing in 1969 and has also considered banning amateur boxing. We therefore analysed possible chronic brain damage in 47 former amateur boxers who started their careers after the introduction of stricter Swedish amateur boxing rules. The boxers were compared with three control groups--25 soccer players, 25 track and field athletes and 19 conscripts. ⋯ All had a normal mini-mental state examination. Thus, results from these test methods did not reveal any signs of chronic brain damage from Swedish amateur boxing. Neither were any significant differences found with regard to platelet MAO activity, while significant differences were found in some of the social and personality traits variables.
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Acta Neurol. Scand. · Aug 1988
Case ReportsAcute monocular disturbances mimicking optic neuritis in pituitary apoplexy.
Three patients with acute monocular central scotoma and headache had the initial diagnosis of optic neuritis. Computed tomography showed large pituitary adenomas with necrosis and cyst formation consistent with the clinical symptoms of a previous pituitary apoplexy. After transsphenoidal adenomectomy the visual disturbances disappeared.
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Acta Neurol. Scand. · Mar 1988
Cocaine-related intracranial hemorrhage. Report of nine cases and review.
Nine cases of intracranial hemorrhages related to cocaine usage are presented. Another 5 cases from the literature are reviewed. The relationship between severe cocaine-induced hypertension, and the development of subarachnoid or intracerebral hemorrhages is noted, and apparently is related to sudden transient increases of blood pressure related to cocaine use.
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Acta Neurol. Scand. · Feb 1988
Local sites of low accommodation of peripheral motor axons and the pathogenesis of fasciculation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
There is no generalized disturbance of accommodation of peripheral motor axons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Local sites of reduced accommodation are found proximally and distally with apparent correlation to spontaneous fasciculation. The possible mechanism of fasciculation provoked by acetylcholine is discussed and it is suggested that the local sites of low accommodation represent nodal sprouts with growth cones in extra-muscular as well as intra-muscular parts of peripheral motor axons.
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Acta Neurol. Scand. · Feb 1988
Cerebral complications of coronary by-pass surgery. A prospective study.
A prospective study was undertaken of cerebral complications in 91 patients undergoing coronary by-pass surgery. Patients showing clinically relevant neurological complications had longer pump-times but did not differ in pre-operative variables. Worsening of neurological state correlated with duration of pump-time but not with pre-operative variables. Duration of pump-time appears to be the main predictor of neurological complications after coronary by-pass surgery.