BMJ2d
Central nervous system neuronal surface antibody associated syndromes: review and guidelines for recognition
The concept of antibody mediated CNS disorders is relatively recent. The classical CNS paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are thought to be T cell mediated, and the onconeural antibodies merely ...
BMJ6d
Anterior spinal hernia: an increasingly recognised cause of thoracic cord dysfunction.
Two cases of anterior spinal hernia are presented. The medical literature is reviewed, the syndrome characterised, and its cause and treatment discussed. The patient is typically middle aged with a ...
BMJ1d
Abnormal muscle responses in hemifacial spasm: F waves or trigeminal reflexes?
Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan Correspondence to: Dr S Misawa Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine ...
BMJ1d
Lightning stroke and neuropsychological impairment: cases and questions
OBJECTIVE To objectify neuropsychological impairments in survivors of lightning stroke with lasting complaints about poor concentration and inability to divide their attention. DESIGN A series of six ...
BMJ10d
Intracerebral implantation of human neural stem cells and motor recovery after stroke: multicentre prospective single-arm study (PISCES-2)
Background Human neural stem cell implantation may offer improved recovery from stroke. We investigated the feasibility of intracerebral implantation of the allogeneic human neural stem cell line ...
BMJ4d
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-associated disorders are associated with HLA subtypes in a Chinese paediatric-onset cohort
Objective Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-associated disorders (MOGADs) are a rare new neurological autoimmune disease with unclear pathogenesis. Since a linkage of the disease to the human ...
BMJ4d
Progressive myoclonic epilepsy as an adult-onset manifestation of Leigh syndrome due to m.14487T>C
Background: m.14487T>C, a missense mutation (p.M63V) affecting the ND6 subunit of complex I of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, has been reported in isolated childhood cases with Leigh syndrome ...
BMJ12d
Neurofilament light chain in serum for the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
5 Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany Correspondence to Professor Markus Otto, Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm 89081, Germany; ...
BMJ10d
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 ...
BMJ7d
Flail arm syndrome: a distinctive variant of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry and King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK Dr CE Shaw, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry ...
BMJ11d
Which neuropsychiatric and behavioural features distinguish frontal and temporal variants of frontotemporal dementia from Alzheimer's disease?
OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of changes in mood, personality, and behaviour in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) and hence, which features reliably distinguish ...
BMJ10d
Coexistent blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm: overlapping pathophysiologic mechanism?
1 Department of Neurology, Singapore General Hospital, Republic of Singapore 2 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Singapore General Hospital, Republic of Singapore Background/aim: Blepharospasm (BEB) ...