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The neurobehavioural rating scale-revised: sensitivity and validity in closed head injury assessment
OBJECTIVES To investigate the factor structure and psychometric properties of the neurobehavioural rating scale-revised (NRS-R) and to determine its usefulness in clinical trials. METHODS A ...
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Intraoperative monitoring during surgery for acoustic neuroma: benefits of an extratympanic intrameatal electrode
Dr N Mullatti, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Mapother House, King’s College Hospital, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 9RS, UK OBJECTIVES To assess the utility of an extratympanic intrameatal ...
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33 Screening for post-stroke anxiety: is there an optimum measure? A critical review of the evidence
Introduction Post-stroke anxiety (PSA) is hugely under-diagnosed (Rafsten, Danielsson, &Sunnerhagen, 2018). As it can have a significant negative impact on both short- and long-term clinical outcomes, ...
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Advanced cerebral amyloid angiopathy and small vessel disease are associated with psychosis in Alzheimer’s disease
Correspondence to Dr Audun Osland Vik-Mo, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen 5007, Norway; auvikmo{at}gmail.com Psychotic symptoms may occur in any dementia, including ...
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Staged gamma knife radiosurgery for large critically located benign meningiomas: evaluation of a series comprising 20 patients
Objectives: This study investigated the efficacy of staged radiosurgical treatment for intracranial meningiomas exceeding 3 cm in diameter. Results: Tumour control was achieved in 90% of our series ...
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Subtle changes among presymptomatic carriers of the Huntington's disease gene
OBJECTIVES To compare the neurological and psychometric characteristics of presymptomatic gene carriers and non-gene carriers who are at risk for developing Huntington's disease so as to characterise ...
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Late-onset Huntington disease with intermediate CAG repeats: true or false?
1 Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Neurology, VU medical centre, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The ...
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis temporally associated with Campylobacter gastroenteritis
1 Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK 2 Department of Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK A 24 year old man presented to his ...
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New aspects on patients affected by dysferlin deficient muscular dystrophy
Mutations in the dysferlin gene lead to limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2B, Miyoshi myopathy and distal anterior compartment myopathy. A cohort of 36 patients affected by dysferlinopathy is described, ...
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Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas with or without cerebral sinus thrombosis: analysis of 69 patients
1 Departments of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan 2 Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University Hospital and ...
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Additional causes for distal sensory polyneuropathy in diabetic patients
Department of Neurology, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA Correspondence to: Dr Kenneth C Gorson Department of Neurology, St. Elizabeth’s Medical ...
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Isolated absence of F waves and proximal axonal dysfunction in Guillain-Barré syndrome with antiganglioside antibodies
a Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1–8–1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260–8670, Japan, b Department of Neurology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Kitakobayashi 880, Mibu, ...