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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-1459
    Keywords: Posturography ; Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration ; Cortical cerebellar atrophy ; Bronchogenic carcinoma
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Neurological examination and posturography showed cerebellar signs in 13 of 50 unselected patients with bronchogenic carcinoma not complicated by other diseases. The occurrence of cerebellar signs did not depend on the histological type of tumour or the extent of tumour spread. Most of the clinically affected patients had mild to pronounced cerebellar atrophy, revealed by CT. The correlation between the amount of CT-confirmed atrophy and the severity of clinical symptoms, however, was poor. Since other reasons for cerebellar dysfunction (e.g. chemotherapy, chronic alcoholism, metastases) were excluded, cerebellar signs were attributed to paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration or to a consequence of severe neoplastic illness. The high incidence of cerebellar dysfunction in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma confirms the frequent histopathological finding of cortical cerebellar degeneration in malignant disease.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-1459
    Keywords: Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration ; Anti-Purkinje cell antibodies ; Bronchogenic carcinoma
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Sera from seven patients with bronchogenic carcinoma and cerebellar dysfunction were tested for anti-Purkinje cell antibodies (APCA) by indirect immunofluorescence and indirect immunoperoxidase reaction. Specific APCA as described in paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) were not detected in any of these patients or in control patients. The lack of APCA in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma and their presence in association with ovarian or breast cancer indicate that different pathogenetic mechanisms may play a role in PCD.
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  • 3
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    Journal of neurology 246 (1999), S. 515-519 
    ISSN: 1432-1459
    Keywords: Key words Migraine attack ; 5-HT1B/1D agonists ; Analgesics ; Ergotamine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Migraine is a paroxysmal disorder characterized by attacks of headache, nausea, vomiting, photophobia, phonophobia, and malaise. This review summarizes new treatment options for therapy of the acute attack. Mild or moderate migraine attacks are treated with antiemetics followed by analgesics such as aspirin, paracetamol, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or antiemetics combined with ergotamine or dihydroergotamine. Sumatriptan, a specific serotonin (5-HT)1B/D agonist is used when attacks do not respond to ergotamine, or when intolerable side effects occur. The new migraine drugs zolmitriptan, naratriptan, rizatriptan, and eletriptan differ slightly in their pharmacological profiles, which translates into minor differences in efficacy, headache recurrence, and side effects. New drugs in migraine prophylaxis include cyclandelate, valproic acid and magnesium.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-1459
    Keywords: Migraine ; Cerebral blood flow velocity ; Ergotamine ; Flunarizine ; Sumatriptan
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Changes in the diameter of extracranial and intracranial arteries resulting in changes in cerebral blood flow have previously been assumed to be the most important pathophysiological factor in migraine. To test this hypothesis 20 normal subjects, and three groups of patients (n=29) with migraine were investigated by means of transcranial Doppler sonography. Blood flow velocities in the middle cerebral (MCA) and in basilar (BA) arteries were measured. Data from patients were obtained in the interval between migraine attacks, during migraine attacks and following treatment with either ergotamine (0.5 mg i.m.; n=10); flunarizine, a calcium overload blocker (20 mg i.v.; n=13); or a 5-HT1-like agonist (sumatriptan, 4 mg s.c.; n=6). Ergotamine and sumatriptan are constrictors of cerebral arteries in animal experiments. The arithemtic mean of flow velocity in the BA was reduced in normal subjects (45 cm/s) as compared with patients with migraine measured in between attacks (53 cm/s). Mean flow velocity in MCA was not different in normals (72.5 cm/s) as compared with migraineurs (75 cm/s). Neither ergotamine nor the 5-HT1 agonist and flunarizine resulted in a significant change in blood flow velocity in MCA and BA. This was true irrespective of whether the drugs were given in the headache-free period, during a migraine attack or during the withdrawal phase of drug-induced headache. Ergotamine was effective in improving headache during migraine attacks and sumatriptan attenuated headache during drug withdrawal from chronic analgesic intake. These results indicate that the action of ergotamine and the 5-HT1-receptor agonist is probably not mediated by their vasoconstrictor action on cerebral arteries.
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