Comprehensive epilepsy care: Contributions from para-medical professionals [2001] - 17KB
by Seino M
Comprehensive epilepsy care is synonymous with treatment conducted by multi-disciplinary team including medical specialists as well as non-medical professionals. A comparative study between epilepsy c...

Occupational exposure, age, diabetes mellitus and outcome of acute Nipah encephalitis [2001] - 19KB
by Chong HT, Tan CT, Goh KJ, Chew NK, Kunjapan SR, Petharunam V, Thayaparan T
The outbreak of acute Nipah encephalitis in Malaysia in 1998 and 1999 affected 256 patients with 105 mortalities, as well as decimated the local pig farm industry. The outbreak from the novel Nipah vi...

Ramadan headache [2001] - 25KB
by Chew NK, Tan CT, Chong HT, Chan YH, Chong KR, Lam HH, Nge YB, Ngo CT
Objectives: To determine the influence of Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on the natural history of headache.
Methods: A prospective study was carried out on volunteers over four months - two mon...

The Mini Mental State Examination in healthy individuals in Medan, Indonesia by age and education level [2001] - 440KB
by Sjahrir H, Ritarwan K, Tarigan S, Rambe AS, Lubis ID, Bhakti I
Objective: To determine the distribution of Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score in healthy individuals in Medan by age and educational level.
Methods: Cross sectional study with survey con...

4th Biennial Convention of the ASEAN Neurological Association [2001] - 154KB

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and related inherited peripheral neuropathies [2001] - 3,358KB
by Benstead TJ, Grant IA

Clinical and pathologic aspects of congenital myopathies [2001] - 131KB
by Nonaka I
The term "congenital myopathy" is applied to muscle disorders presenting in infancy with generalized muscle weakness and hypotonia followed by delayed developmental milestones. The myopathy has been d...

Warfarin-associated intracerebral hemorrhage occurs with lower intensification of anticoagulation in Chinese [2001] - 22KB
by Mok V, Wong KS, Lam WWM, Poon WS, Kay R
Background and Objective: Intracerebral hemorrhage occurs more commonly in Asians than whites. This is to determine whether this racial difference extends to intracerebral hemorrhage associated with t...

Hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with acute ischaemic stroke in Malaysia [2001] - 36KB
by Tan KS, Lee TC, Tan CT
This case-control pilot study aims to determine the prevalence and degree of hyperhomocysteinemia among Malaysian patients with ischaemic strokes, to ascertain whether there were any differences in ho...

An open label trial of topiramate as adjunctive therapy in Asian patients with refractory partial epilepsy [2001] - 27KB
by Lim SH, Kwan MC, Sjahrir MI, Perez M, Soto MF, Tovanabutr S, Sanguanmitra P, Chinvalund Y, Silpakit O, Prayoonwiwat N, Veeranuwat K, Ng PKK, Tiong A
Objectives: The study evaluated the efficacy and safety of topiramate as adjunctive therapy in patients with refractory partial seizures with or without secondarily generalization.
Methods: A his...