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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: 12 cases treated by venous sinus stenting
Background: The high pressures documented in the intracranial venous sinuses in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) could be the result of focal stenotic lesions in the lateral sinuses ...
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Urinary dysfunction and orthostatic hypotension in multiple system atrophy: which is the more common and earlier manifestation?
Dr Ryuji Sakakibara, Department of Neurology Chiba University 1–8–1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260–8670 Japan. Telephone 0081 43 226 2129; fax 0081 43 226 2160; emailsakaki{at}med.m.chiba-u.ac.jp ...
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McArdle disease: a clinical review
7 Department of Neurology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK 8 Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital and King's College School of Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to Dr ...
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Nationwide survey of patients in Japan with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis: epidemiological and clinical characteristics
1 Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan 2 Department of Neurology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, ...
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Anti-GQ1b IgG antibody syndrome: clinical and immunological range
OBJECTIVES To clarify the nosological relation among Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) with ophthalmoplegia, Bickerstaff's brain stem encephalitis (BBE), and acute ...
BMJ2d
The palmomental reflex: a useful clinical sign?
The palmomental reflex, an involuntary contraction of the mentalis muscle of the chin caused by stimulation of the thenar eminence, can be tested easily and rapidly. Its presence may alert the ...
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The United Kingdom transient ischaemic attack (UK-TIA) aspirin trial: final results.
From 1979-85, 2435 patients with a transient ischaemic attack or minor ischaemic stroke were randomly allocated to receive long term "blind" treatment with aspirin 600 mg twice daily (n = 815), ...
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The multiple sclerosis impact scale (MSIS-29) is a reliable and sensitive measure
Department of Neurology, University College Dublin and St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Correspondence to: Dr C McGuigan St Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland; ...
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Epigenetic clocks in neurodegenerative diseases: a systematic review
Background Biological ageing is one of the principal risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases. It is becoming increasingly clear that acceleration of DNA methylation age, as measured by the ...
BMJ5d
Upregulation of persistent sodium conductances in familial ALS
1 Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital and Western Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 2 Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and Prince of Wales Clinical School, ...
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Autoimmune encephalitis: recovery, residual symptoms and predictors of long-term sequelae
Background Data regarding long-term recovery from autoimmune encephalitis (AE) remain limited. Methods This retrospective observational study investigated outcomes in 182 patients who met the 2016 ...
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Dietary niacin and the risk of incident Alzheimer’s disease and of cognitive decline
1 Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA 3 ...