Ayurvedic medicine and epilepsy [2000] - 563KB
by Tripathi M, Maheshwari MC, Jain S, Padma MV
Ayurvedic medicine is an Indian ancient art of healthy living. Its concept of epilepsy has many similarities with that of modern medicine. It predates Hippocrates and is relatively free of superstitio...

Public awareness, attitudes and understanding toward epilepsy among Singaporean Chinese [2000] - 667KB
by Pan ABS, Lim SH
Objectives: To explore the public awareness, attitudes and understanding among Singaporean Chinese toward epilepsy and to compare this with similar surveys in the region.
Methods: A public survey...

Subjective memory impairment in normal aging Indonesians [2000] - 525KB
by Sidiarto LD
Objective: To determine the frequency and the distribution of various aspects of subjective memory impairment in normal aging Indonesians, and their relationship to age, gender and education.
Met...

Giant cystic cerebral cysticercosis [2000] - 1,263KB
by Tripathi M, Chandra PS, Shankar SK, Chandramouli BA, Jaykumar PN
A report of three cases of cerebral cysticercosis, all of them being large cystic lesions on imaging and presenting clinically as intracranial space occupying lesions. All of them presented with featu...

Kinetics of IgM and IgG seroconversion in Nipah virus infection [2000] - 464KB
by Ramasundrum V, Tan CT, Chua KB, Chong HT, Goh KJ, Chew NK, Tan KS, Thayaparan T, Kunjapan SR, Petharunam V, Loh YL, Ksiazek TG, Lam SK
This is a study of the kinetics of serum IgM and IgG seroconversion in 176 patients from Seremban Hospital and University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. One hundred and forty two patients with Nipah encephal...

The mechanism of areflexia in patients with Nipah encephalitis [2000] - 498KB
by Chew NK, Goh KJ, Tan CT
Areflexia was an important and distinctive feature in patients with Nipah encephalitis. It appeared to indicate a poor prognosis. However, the site of the lesion responsible was unclear, as there were...

Visual function among multiple sclerosis patient in Malaysia [2000] - 694KB
by Ho JSF, Tan CT
This is a study of the visual function among the clinically definite multiple sclerosis patients in Malaysia. The study subjects consisted of 15 patients from the Neurology Clinic of the University Ma...

Successful treatment of primary amebic meningoencephalitis: A case report [2000] - 618KB
by Lee SY, Huang CC, Lee SB, Hsu CI
This is the case report of a 34 year-old man with primary amebic meningoencephalitis due to infection of free-living amebas which were isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid and nasal swabs. The clinic...

Enterovirus-associated neurological disease with special reference to enterovirus 71 [2000] - 13KB
by Wong KT
Enterovirus as a cause of neurological diseases is well known since the last century. Until recently, the poliovirus is regarded as the most important enteroviral cause of neurological disease in term...

Prevalence of post-stroke depression, a Malaysian study [2000] - 465KB
by Glamcevski MT, Tan CT
This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of depression 3-6 months post stroke in the University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur. The study subjects consisted of patients admitted to th...