BMJ21h
Saccade impairments in patients with fronto-temporal dementia
Background: Early diagnosis of fronto-temporal dementia (FTD) is often difficult because of the non-specific presentation. Saccadic eye movements, which are mainly controlled by the frontal areas, may ...
BMJ3d
Shoulder pain and external rotation in spastic hemiplegia do not improve by injection of botulinum toxin A into the subscapular muscle
Objective: To study the effect of botulinum toxin A in the subscapular muscle on shoulder pain and humerus external rotation. Methods: 22 stroke patients with spastic hemiplegia, substantial shoulder ...
BMJ3d
Is tongue atrophy reversible in anti-MuSK myasthenia gravis? Six-year observation
Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan Correspondence to Dr Hirokatsu Takahashi, Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1 ...
BMJ3d
Intracranial blood flow velocity after head injury: relationship to severity of injury, time, neurological status and outcome.
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, UK. Middle cerebral artery (MCA) blood flow velocity was measured daily by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography ...
BMJ3d
Olfaction in patients with suspected parkinsonism and scans without evidence of dopaminergic deficit (SWEDDs)
Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK Background: Positron emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography scanning have 87–94% ...
BMJ3d
Outcome of epilepsy surgery in focal cortical dysplasia
1 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany 2 Department of Neuropathology, University of Bonn Medical Centre 3 Department of Statistics and Biometrics, University ...
BMJ4d
Bilateral Horner’s syndrome: detection and occurrence
a Diabetes Day Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust, London, UK, b Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK Professor S E Smith, ...
BMJ4d
Chronic motor neuropathies: response to interferon-β1a after failure of conventional therapies
a Department of Neurology, University Hospital Rotterdam, Dr Molewaterplein, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, b Department of Statistics, Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre, University Hospital Rotterdam, ...
BMJ4d
Camino® intracranial pressure monitor: prospective study of accuracy and complications
OBJECTIVES The fibreoptic device is a type of intracranial pressure monitor which seems to offer certain advantages over conventional monitoring systems. This study was undertaken to analyse the ...
BMJ4d
Disabling stroke arising five months after internal carotid artery dissection
Department of Neurology, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rice Lane, Liverpool, UK Dr PRD Humphrey, Department of Neurology, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rice Lane, ...
BMJ4d
Central pontine myelinolysis causes bilateral loss of deep sensitivity and pseudochoreoathetosis
Department of Neurology, Ruhr-University Bochum, St. Josef Hospital, Gudrunstrasse 56, 44791 Bochum, Germany Dr Thomas Müller, Department of Neurology, Ruhr-University Bochum, St Josef Hospital, ...