creatine/headache

OBJECTIVE The complex pathobiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI) offers numerous targets for potential neuroprotective agents. We evaluate the clinical benefit after creatine (Cr) administration in children and adolescents. METHODS A prospective, randomized, comparative, open- labelled pilot study

The objective of the present study was to demonstrate MRI evidence of vascular compromise as seen in a 17-year-old female presenting with migrainous headache. The patient had been experiencing migrainous headache 2 days ago. She had visual auras lasting for a few hours before the attack. Upon

OBJECTIVE To report a case of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA) in a patient with tuberous sclerosis, emphasizing the proton MR spectroscopy (MRS) findings. METHODS A three year-old boy with tuberous sclerosis presented with a 3-month history of mild headache. The physical examination

A 13-year-old mentally retarded boy suffered from repeated vomiting attacks since infancy. Each episode lasted 2 to 10 days, and was precipitated by respiratory infection, exercise or stress. During an attack he became irritated, agitated and amnesic, but did not have headaches or seizures.

During a period of 2 months the activity of creatine kinase BB (CK-BB) was measured in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 93 consecutive patients admitted as emergencies to the Neurosurgical Department. Fourteen of the 15 patients with verified brain contusion showed an increased activity of CK-BB

OBJECTIVE To validate a correction factor for the extracranial release of the astroglial protein, S-100B, based on concomitant creatine kinase (CK) levels. METHODS The CK- S-100B relationship in non-head injured marathon runners was used to derive a correction factor for the extracranial release of

The authors used 1H-MRS to investigate hypothalamic metabolism in 26 patients with cluster headache (CH) and 12 healthy subjects. Hypothalamic N-acetylaspartate/creatine was reduced in patients with CH vs controls (p < 0.01). Dividing the patients into episodic CH outside- and in-cluster periods and

Leptospirosis is a widely-distributed infectious disease, that usually presents with fever, headache and myalgia. Organ involvement could have very different severity degree. We evaluate 21 patients with leptospirosis looking for prognostic and diagnostic value of myalgia and/or elevated

The authors report a case involving a 65-year-old woman with DSM-III criteria for major unipolar depression in whom the administration of zimelidine, a potent and selective 5-hydroxytryptamine reuptake inhibitor, led to the development of a hypersensitivity reaction characterized by a severe

BACKGROUND Short-term administration of diosmin is usually considered safe, with only minor side effects (stomach and abdominal pain, diarrhea, dermatological disorders, and headache) occasionally observed. Within a 4-year period, a general practitioner noticed 17 cases of mild, diosmin-induced side

We performed in vivo MR spectroscopy phosphorus (31P-MRS) on the brain and skeletal muscles of 14 patients affected with cluster headache (CH). We examined patients in interictal periods, and also examined nine of them during the cluster period, although not during the attack. Brain 31P-MRS showed

BACKGROUND Post traumatic headaches (PTH) following mild head injury (MHI) impose important diagnostic challenges to clinicians, and are often the scope of litigation. Objective.- To investigate whether spectroscopy magnetic resonance imaging (MRS) demonstrates markers of PTH following

We describe serial MR-spectroscopy studies in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and headache. We used MR-spectroscopy to monitor disease activity during periods with and without headache. MR-spectroscopy investigates metabolic alterations and was used to explore the pathophysiological

OBJECTIVE To determine the 1H-MR spectroscopic (MRS) findings in the hypothalamus in patients with episodic cluster headache. METHODS 47 patients were recruited with episodic cluster headache (35 in cluster period and 12 in remission), 21 normal controls, and 16 patients with chronic migraine. The

Chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia symptoms frequently occur in major depressive disorder (MDD). The pathophysiology of these symptoms may in part, be ascribed to activated immune pathways, although it is unclear whether muscular factors play a role in their onset. The aim of the present study is to