Epidemiology of stroke in India [2006] - 28KB
by TK Banerjee, SK Das
Several population-based surveys on stroke were conducted from different parts of India. During the last decade, the age-adjusted prevalence rate of stroke was between 250-350/100,000. Recent studies ...

Setting priorities in Asian stroke research [2006] - 45KB
by KS Tan, KS Wong, N Venketasubramanian
This is a report based on the Asia-Pacific Stroke Stroke Workshop at the Biopolis, Singapore in September 2005. The meeting discussed the priorities, future directions and other issues in stroke resea...

Epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease among Chinese-Canadians: A ten years retrospective case-mix study [2006] - 37KB
by JY Chu, JK Chu, AG Chung
Background: Asians are commonly known to have more intracranial vascular stenosis and a lower incidence of carotid stenosis than Caucasians. A pilot retrospective study between 1990-1992 had demonstra...

Risk of seizure recurrence after antiepileptic drug withdrawal, an Indian study [2006] - 30KB
by A Verma, S Misra
Objective: To assess the recurrence rate in patients with epilepsy during and after discontinuation of antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment who had been seizures free for either 2 or 4 years and to ide...

Risk of seizure recurrence after antiepileptic drug withdrawal in Thai children with epilepsy [2006] - 29KB
by P Boonluksiri
Objectives: To determine the incidence and risk factors of seizure recurrence in children with epilepsy after withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in Thai children. Methods: This was a prospective...

Surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy in Semarang, Indonesia: The first 56 patients with follow up longer than 12 months [2006] - 37KB
by Z Muttaqin
Until October 2005, surgery were performed for 76 intractable temporal lobe epilepsy patients. Among them, 56 patients had follow-up of 12-76 months. The patients consisted of 35 males and 21 females,...

An urban community-based study of cognitive function among non-demented elderly population in India [2006] - 56KB
by SK Das, TK Banerjee, CS Mukherjee, P Bose, A Biswas, A Hazra, A Dutt, S Das, A Chaudhuri, DK Raut, T Roy
This study provides normative data on the cognitive function of randomly selected, non-demented and non-depressed 745 healthy urban subjects ranging from 50 to 95 years of age with a standardized cogn...

Long term outcome of multiple sclerosis in Asia [2006] - 30KB
by HT Chong, PCK Li, B Ong, KH Lee, CP Tsai, BS Singhal, N Prayoonwiwat, CT Tan
This is a cross sectional study to determine the long term outcome of Asians with multiple sclerosis. One hundred and sixty seven patients who fulfilled Poser’s criteria for definite multiple sclero...

A retrospective study of multiple sclerosis in Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand [2006] - 45KB
by S Siritho, N Prayoonwiwat
Objective: To determine the demographic and clinical data of Thai multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Methods: A retrospective study of 72 patients attending the MS clinic at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol U...

The role of chemotherapy in the treatment of malignant astrocytomas [2006] - 418KB
by D Mathieu, D Fortin
Malignant astrocytomas are aggressive neoplasms with a dismal prognosis despite optimal treatment. Maximal resective surgery is traditionally complemented by radiation therapy. Chemotherapy is now use...