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Clinical presentation, natural history and outcomes of intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations
Objective There is a paucity of literature investigating the clinical course of patients with spinal intramedullary cavernous malformations (ISCMs). We present a large case series of ISCMs to describe ...
BMJ1d
Parkinson’s disease: clinical features and diagnosis
Objective: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurological disorder characterised by a large number of motor and non-motor features that can impact on function to a variable degree. This review ...
BMJ1d
Severe neuropathy after high dose carboplatin in three patients receiving multidrug chemotherapy
Three patients are described who developed a severe neuropathy after chemotherapy with high dosecis-diamine-(1,1-cyclobutane dicarboxylato) platinum (carboplatin). This toxic side effect, which is ...
BMJ1d
Misdiagnosis of prolonged psychogenic non-epileptic seizures as status epilepticus: epidemiology and associated risks
Correspondence to Dr Johannes Jungilligens, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum, 44892 Bochum, Germany; johannes.jungilligens{at}rub.de ...
BMJ2d
Young onset atypical parkinsonism, personality change and cognitive decline
Background Young onset atypical parkinsonism with dementia is a relatively uncommon clinical pres- entation, and identifying an underlying aetiology can be elusive. Case Presentation We present a 43 ...
BMJ2d
Detection of subarachnoid haemorrhage with magnetic resonance imaging
OBJECTIVES To measure the sensitivity and specificity of five MRI sequences to subarachnoid haemorrhage. METHODS Forty one patients presenting with histories suspicious of subarachnoid haemorrhage ...
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White matter lesions on magnetic resonance imaging in dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and normal aging
Dr R Barber, Institute for the Health of the Elderly, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE, U.K. Tel +(0)191 256 3274 ext. 22986; fax +(0)191 219 5048; email ...
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Emotional memory and perception in temporal lobectomy patients with amygdala damage
Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry and GKT School of Medicine, De Crespigny Park, London, UK Correspondence to: Professor A S David Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, PO ...
BMJ2d
Visual association test to detect early dementia of the Alzheimer type
Background: The visual association test (VAT) is a brief learning task based on imagery mnemonics. The test materials consist of six line drawings of pairs of interacting objects or animals—for ...
BMJ3d
Psychiatric symptoms in MELAS; a case report
Vincent van Gogh Institute for Psychiatry, Department of Biological Psychiatry, Stationsweg 46, PO Box 5, 5800 AA Venray, The Netherlands Dr W M A Verhoeven, Vincent van Gogh Institute for Psychiatry, ...
BMJ3d
Magnetic resonance imaging and vertebral artery dissection
Dr Bastiaan R Bloem, Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Centre, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands. Telephone 0031 71 5262134; fax 0031 71 5248253; email ...
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Neurite orientation and dispersion density imaging (NODDI) detects cortical and corticospinal tract degeneration in ALS
Background Corticospinal tract (CST) degeneration and cortical atrophy are consistent features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We hypothesised that neurite orientation dispersion and density ...