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Bell’s palsy with ipsilateral numbness
Correspondence to: Dr L J Vanopdenbosch Department of Neurology, AZ Brugge, Ruddershove 10, 8000 Brugge, Belgium; ludo.vanopdenboschazbrugge.be Bell’s palsy is an idiopathic facial palsy of the ...
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Encephalitis as an immune-related adverse event
Correspondence to Dr Shigeaki Suzuki, Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan; sgsuzuki{at}z3.keio.jp If you wish to reuse ...
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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 ...
BMJ14d
Biopsy-proven PACNS: results from the large, multicentre cohort of cerebral vasculitis patients
Background Reports of primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) are mainly restricted to clinically suspected cases, but biopsy-proven ones are rare. Here, we present results from a large ...
BMJ1d
Lacunar stroke: mechanisms and therapeutic implications
Correspondence to Dr Shadi Yaghi, Department of Neurology, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA; shadiyaghi{at}yahoo.com Lacunar stroke is a marker of cerebral ...
BMJ3d
The treatment of dystonic tremor: a systematic review
Tremor is one of the clinical manifestations of dystonia; however, there are no specific therapeutic trials evaluating the efficacy of treatments for dystonic tremor (DT), tremor associated with ...
BMJ4d
Clinical implications of early caudate dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease
Correspondence to Professor Nicola Pavese, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, Tyne and Wear, UK; Nicola.Pavese{at}newcastle.ac.uk Objective Although not ...
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Do lower limb motor-evoked potentials predict walking outcomes post-stroke?
Background This observational study examined whether lower limb (LL) motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) 1 week post-stroke predict recovery of independent walking, use of ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) or ...
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When neglect is neglected: NIHSS observational measure lacks sensitivity in identifying post-stroke unilateral neglect
Correspondence to Professor Nele Demeyere, Department of Experimental Psychology, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Cognitive Neuropsychology Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK; ...
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Carotid web: an occult mechanism of embolic stroke
Correspondence to Dr Brian Mac Grory, Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA; brianmacgrory{at}yahoo.ie The carotid web is a proposed stroke mechanism that may underlie ...
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Increased IP-10 production by blood–nerve barrier in multifocal acquired demyelinating sensory and motor neuropathy and multifocal motor neuropathy
Correspondence to Dr Takashi Kanda, Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube 7558505, Japan; tkanda{at}yamaguchi-u.ac.jp Objective ...
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Antithrombotic therapy in the postacute phase of cervical artery dissection: the Italian Project on Stroke in Young Adults Cervical Artery Dissection
Objective To explore the impact of antithrombotic therapy discontinuation in the postacute phase of cervical artery dissection (CeAD) on the mid-term outcome of these patients. Methods In a cohort of ...