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P O Behan

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1 The postviral fatigue syndrome--an analysis of the findings in 50 cases. J Infect 1985 4.39
2 Enteroviral RNA sequences detected by polymerase chain reaction in muscle of patients with postviral fatigue syndrome. BMJ 1991 3.65
3 Possible upregulation of hypothalamic 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors in patients with postviral fatigue syndrome. BMJ 1992 2.64
4 Myalgic encephalomyelitis--report of an epidemic. J R Coll Gen Pract 1983 2.64
5 Postviral fatigue syndrome: persistence of enterovirus RNA in muscle and elevated creatine kinase. J R Soc Med 1988 2.60
6 Epidemic myalgic encephalomyelitis. Practitioner 1980 2.53
7 Immunological abnormalities in patients who had the oculomucocutaneous syndrome associated with practolol therapy. Lancet 1976 2.31
8 The symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome are related to abnormal ion channel function. Med Hypotheses 2000 2.10
9 Fatigue and basal ganglia. J Neurol Sci 2000 1.82
10 The effect of anti-alpha4 integrin antibody on brain lesion activity in MS. The UK Antegren Study Group. Neurology 1999 1.82
11 Antiviral pathway activation in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and acute infection. Clin Infect Dis 2001 1.72
12 Antibody to Coxsackie B virus in diagnosing postviral fatigue syndrome. BMJ 1991 1.69
13 'Onion bulb' formations in the central and peripheral nervous system in association with multiple sclerosis and hypertrophic polyneuropathy. Brain 1977 1.56
14 Myasthenic crisis. QJM 2008 1.52
15 Serum folate and chronic fatigue syndrome. Neurology 1993 1.47
16 Gangliosides and neurological diseases. BMJ 1992 1.43
17 Acute cervical hyperextension-hyperflexion injury may precipitate and/or exacerbate symptomatic multiple sclerosis. Eur J Neurol 2001 1.37
18 Cell-mediated immunity to myelin basic protein in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Neurology 1974 1.35
19 Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis: clinico-pathological correlations. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1990 1.26
20 Landry-Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome and immune-complex nephritis. Lancet 1973 1.22
21 Mitochondrial abnormalities in the postviral fatigue syndrome. Acta Neuropathol 1991 1.22
22 Neurological dysfunction in two patients receiving captopril and cimetidine. Lancet 1980 1.20
23 Immune disease and HLA associations with myasthenia gravis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1980 1.17
24 Delayed hypersensitivity to encephalitogenic protein in disseminated encephalomyelitis. Lancet 1968 1.17
25 Neurological aspects of mycoplasmal infection. Acta Neurol Scand 1986 1.16
26 Cytomegalovirus in autoimmunity: T cell crossreactivity to viral antigen and autoantigen glutamic acid decarboxylase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 1.13
27 Changes in natural killer cell phenotype in patients with post-viral fatigue syndrome. Clin Exp Immunol 1991 1.11
28 Palatal myoclonus successfully treated with clonazepam. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1990 1.07
29 Studies on the nature of autoimmunity in myasthenia gravis. Evidence for an immunodeficiency type. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1976 1.04
30 Allergic encephalomyelitis: effect of complement depletion with cobra venom. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1971 1.02
31 Letter: Immune response genes in myasthenia gravis. Lancet 1973 1.02
32 Immunologic mechanisms in experimental encephalomyelitis in nonhuman primates. Arch Neurol 1973 1.00
33 In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy in chronic fatigue syndrome. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2004 0.99
34 Letter: Impaired cell-mediated immunity in human brain tumours. Lancet 1975 0.98
35 Search for retrovirus in the chronic fatigue syndrome. J Clin Pathol 1992 0.97
36 GAD65-Reactive T cells in a non-diabetic stiff-man syndrome patient. J Autoimmun 1999 0.96
37 Letter: Rosette tests following thymectomy. Lancet 1975 0.96
38 Nifedipine in the treatment of myotonia in myotonic dystrophy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1987 0.95
39 HLA-B8 in polymyositis. N Engl J Med 1978 0.95
40 Late onset of Guillain-Barré syndrome. J Neuroimmunol 1982 0.95
41 Plasma-exchange combined with immunosuppressive therapy in myasthenia gravis. Lancet 1979 0.95
42 A correlation between severity of migraine and delayed gastric emptying measured by an epigastric impedance method. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1990 0.95
43 The role of viral infection in polymyositis, dermatomyositis and chronic fatigue syndrome. Baillieres Clin Neurol 1993 0.93
44 Cell-mediated hypersensitivity to neural antigens. Occurrence in human patients and nonhuman primates with neurological diseases. Arch Neurol 1972 0.93
45 A case of progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and positive antiglutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies [corrected]. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1991 0.93
46 Immunological features of polymyositis/dermatomyositis. Springer Semin Immunopathol 1985 0.92
47 Immunopathological mechanisms of allergic neuritis in animals, primates, and man. Trans Am Neurol Assoc 1969 0.91
48 Molecular mimicry in type 1 diabetes: immune cross-reactivity between islet autoantigen and human cytomegalovirus but not Coxsackie virus. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2002 0.91
49 Hyperacute experimental allergic neuritis. Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol 1971 0.91
50 The ophthalmoplegic form of the Guillain-Barre-syndrome: an immunologic study. Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh) 1973 0.91
51 Recurrent acute necrotizing hemorrhagic incephalopathy. Acta Neuropathol 1972 0.90
52 Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Br J Clin Pract 1974 0.89
53 Diffuse myelitis associated with rubella vaccination. Br Med J 1977 0.88
54 Hereditary chorea without dementia. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1977 0.88
55 Acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy. Postgrad Med 1973 0.88
56 Behavioural problems associated with the chronic fatigue syndrome. Br J Psychol 1993 0.88
57 Metabolism of immunoglobulin A, lymphocyte function, and histocompatibility antigens in patients on anticonvulsants. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1978 0.87
58 Brain damage complicating septic shock: acute haemorrhagic leucoencephalitis as a complication of the generalised Shwartzman reaction. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1979 0.87
59 Disturbance of regulatory lymphocyte subsets in polymyositis. Ann Neurol 1984 0.87
60 Neuroanatomical anomalies in autoimmune mice. Acta Neuropathol 1987 0.86
61 Studies on enterovirus in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Clin Infect Dis 1994 0.86
62 Enterovirus in the chronic fatigue syndrome. Ann Intern Med 1994 0.86
63 Brain abnormalities in immune defective mice. Brain Res 1990 0.86
64 Treatment of multiple sclerosis: beyond the NICE guidelines. QJM 2005 0.85
65 Experimental autoimmune demyelinating diseases: experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and experimental allergic neuritis. Biomedicine 1975 0.85
66 Letter: Decreased serum-IgA in myasthenia gravis. Lancet 1976 0.85
67 Effects of the autoimmune uterine/maternal environment upon cortical ectopias, behavior and autoimmunity. Brain Res 1991 0.84
68 A behavior profile of the MRL/Mp lpr/lpr mouse and its association with hydrocephalus. Brain Behav Immun 1992 0.84
69 Rat or human acetylcholine-receptor antigen for investigation of myasthenia gravis? Lancet 1979 0.84
70 Cardiac damage in polymyositis associated with antibodies to tissue ribonucleoproteins. Br Heart J 1987 0.84
71 Does Toxoplasma cause polymyositis? Report of a case of polymyositis associated with toxoplasmosis and a critical review of the literature. Acta Neuropathol 1983 0.83
72 Bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia as a false localizing sign. J R Soc Med 1991 0.82
73 The inflammatory process in polymyositis: monoclonal antibody analysis of muscle and peripheral blood immunoregulatory lymphocytes. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1987 0.82
74 Histocompatibility antigens associated with motor-neurone disease. Lancet 1976 0.82
75 Complement abnormalities in polymyositis. J Neurol Sci 1977 0.81
76 Abnormalities of lymphocyte subsets in polymyositis. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1983 0.81
77 Experimental allergic neuritis: a new experimental approach. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1973 0.81
78 Long RT-PCR amplification of full-length enterovirus genome. Biotechniques 1996 0.81
79 Lymphocyte subset abnormalities in patients with spasmodic torticollis. Acta Neurol Scand 1986 0.80
80 Association of myasthenia gravis and polymyositis with neoplasia, infection and autoimmune disorders. Acta Neuropathol 1982 0.80
81 Interferon in treatment of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Lancet 1981 0.80
82 Absence of cellular hypersensitivity to muscle and thymic antigens in myasthenia gravis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1975 0.80
83 Peripheral nervous tissue injury induced by galactocerebroside and galactocerebroside immune complexes. Acta Neuropathol 1985 0.80
84 Lymphocyte transformation in the Guillain-Barré syndrome. Lancet 1970 0.80
85 Detection of immune complexes in polymyositis. Acta Neurol Scand 1982 0.80
86 Immune complexes in myasthenia gravis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1979 0.79
87 Pathogenesis of heart block in a fatal case of dermatomyositis. Br Heart J 1986 0.79
88 Transfer-factor therapy in multiple sclerosis. Lancet 1976 0.79
89 Similarities between the Forssman carotid syndrome and experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. Acta Neuropathol 1986 0.79
90 Anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody titres in the sera of myasthenia patients treated with plasma exchange combined with immunosuppressive therapy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1980 0.79
91 Subacute Wernicke's encephalopathy due to gastric syphilis. Br J Vener Dis 1981 0.79
92 Increased transcription of interleukin-6 in the brains of mice with chronic enterovirus infection. J Gen Virol 1993 0.78
93 The muscle findings in the neuroleptic malignant syndrome associated with lysergic acid diethylamide. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1991 0.78
94 Behavior, ectopias and immunity in BD/DB reciprocal crosses. Brain Res 1992 0.78
95 Relation between motoneuron disease and past poliomyelitis. Lancet 1988 0.78
96 Anti-endothelial cell antibody and immune complexes in the sera of animals with acute experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and chronic relapsing experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. J Neuroimmunol 1986 0.78
97 Immunological studies in cluster headache and migraine. Headache 1986 0.78
98 Genomic and template RNA transcription in a model of persistent enteroviral infection. J Neurovirol 1997 0.78
99 Localised Wegener's granulomatosis--a difficult and delayed diagnosis. Clinical report and literature review. Ir J Med Sci 1990 0.77
100 Optic neuritis in the Landry-Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome. Br J Ophthalmol 1976 0.77
101 Family studies of congenital heart block associated with Ro antibody. Br Heart J 1989 0.77
102 Anti-Ro antibody in mothers of dyslexic children. Dev Med Child Neurol 1985 0.77
103 Serum proteins, amyloid and Alzheimer's disease. J Am Geriatr Soc 1970 0.77
104 A new cell in demyelinating disease? Lancet 1968 0.77
105 Impaired thymus-derived lymphocyte function in patients with malignant brain tumour. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1980 0.77
106 Chronic familial cerebral vasculopathy with peripheral blood lymphocyte abnormalities. Trans Am Neurol Assoc 1981 0.77
107 Prophylaxis of migraine: a comparison between naproxen sodium and pizotifen. Headache 1986 0.77
108 Behavior, cortical ectopias, and autoimmunity in BXSB-Yaa and BXSB-Yaa+ mice. Brain Behav Immun 1993 0.77
109 Post-infectious encephalomyelitis: some aetiological mechanisms. Postgrad Med J 1978 0.76
110 Combined plasma exchange and immunosuppression in myasthenia gravis. Lancet 1979 0.76
111 Histocompatibility antigens in Alzheimer's disease. A preliminary study. Eur Neurol 1980 0.76
112 Immunological abnormalities and immunotherapeutic attempts in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Prog Brain Res 1983 0.76
113 Postviral neurological syndromes. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1983 0.75
114 Biopterin in Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1987 0.75
115 Association of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Hoigne's syndrome and residence in Guam. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1991 0.75
116 Abnormalities of carnitine metabolism in chronic fatigue syndrome. Eur J Neurol 1995 0.75
117 Case 1-1999: Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis. N Engl J Med 1999 0.75
118 Re: Letter from professors Waxman and Ptacek (Med Hypotheses 2000; 55: 457). Med Hypotheses 2000 0.75
119 Patient-specific anti=acetylcholine receptor antibody patterns in myasthenia gravis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1980 0.75
120 Recent advances in polymyositis. Ital J Neurol Sci 1984 0.75
121 Search for picornaviruses at onset of inflammatory myopathy. J Clin Pathol 1996 0.75
122 A new model for multiple sclerosis: chronic experimental allergic encephalomyelitis induced by immunization with cerebral endothelial cell membrane. Acta Neuropathol 1987 0.75
123 Management of drug budgets. Neurologists do not have confidence in Glasgow's method of managing drugs budget. BMJ 1999 0.75
124 Experimental autoimmune thyroiditis: attempt to correlate disease development with lymphocyte subset changes. Clin Exp Immunol 1987 0.75
125 Unsuccessful treatment of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis treated with transfusion of peripheral blood lymphocytes from an identical twin. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1991 0.75
126 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1982 0.75
127 Histocompatibility antigens in Alzheimer's disease. A preliminary study. Eur Neurol 1981 0.75
128 A syndrome identical to the neuroleptic malignant syndrome induced by LSD and alcohol. Br J Addict 1990 0.75
129 Abnormal arginine-vasopressin secretion and water metabolism in patients with postviral fatigue syndrome. Acta Neurol Scand 1993 0.75
130 Search for autoantibodies to endothelial and smooth muscle cells in patients with multiple sclerosis. Acta Neuropathol 1985 0.75
131 Autoimmunity and avoidance learning in NXRF recombinant inbred strains. Brain Behav Immun 1994 0.75
132 Propranolol in the treatment of migraine. Practitioner 1980 0.75
133 Immune complexes in myasthenia gravis. J Clin Lab Immunol 1981 0.75
134 The relationship of MS to physical trauma and psychological stress: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology 2000 0.75
135 Complement studies in migraine. Headache 1981 0.75
136 Analysis of antigens in the circulating immune complexes of patients with Coxsackie infections. Prog Brain Res 1983 0.75
137 Reaginic antibody in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. I. Characterization of heat-labile skin-fixing antibody. Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol 1974 0.75
138 Letter: Transfer factor in multiple sclerosis. Lancet 1976 0.75
139 Immunological abnormalities in BXSB mice at the onset of SLE development. J Clin Lab Immunol 1990 0.75
140 Idiopathic bowel rupture. Br J Clin Pract 1966 0.75
141 Patient-specific anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody patterns in myasthenia gravis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1981 0.75
142 A search for common immunological abnormalities at the onset of murine lupus in two genetically different strains. J Clin Lab Immunol 1989 0.75
143 Landry-Guillain-Barré-Strohl. Polyneuritis. Postgrad Med 1973 0.75
144 Allergic reactions to steroids presenting with neurological symptoms. Acta Neurol Scand 1982 0.75
145 Autoimmune diseases of the nervous system. Practitioner 1975 0.75
146 Multiple sclerosis. Postgrad Med 1973 0.75
147 Papilloedema in the Landry-Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome. Eur Neurol 1981 0.75
148 Neuroimmunology. Practitioner 1982 0.75
149 Pizotifen in the treatment of severe recurrent headache single and divided dose therapy compared. Br J Clin Pract 1982 0.75
150 Possible persistent virus in motor-neurone disease. Lancet 1977 0.75
151 Histocompatibility antigens associated with motor neurone disease. J Neurol Sci 1977 0.75
152 Assay of complement activation in mouse serum by ELISA. J Immunol Methods 1990 0.75
153 Isometheptene compound in the treatment of vascular headache. Practitioner 1978 0.75
154 Reaginic antibody in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. II. Histamine and serotonin blockade. Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol 1974 0.75
155 Carcinoma of Meckel's diverticulum. J Ir Med Assoc 1968 0.75
156 DXA body composition studies are not affected by extracellular water measurements using stable sodium bromide dilution. Physiol Meas 2000 0.75