Hyperhomocysteinemia associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in ischemic stroke: A hospital based study from South India [2009] - 381KB
by VCS Srinivasarao Bandaru, S Kaul, DB Boddu, L Vemu, M Neeraja, S Alladi
Background and objective: While Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and hyperhomocysteinemia have been shown to contribute independently to the atherosclerotic risk, recent evidence has linked the associat...

Edaravone in acute ischemic stroke, An Indian experience [2009] - 320KB
by MK Sinha, HK Anuradha, R Juyal, R Shukla, RK Garg, AM Kar
Background and Objective: This study aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of edaravone, a novel free radical scavenger, in a group of Indian patients of acute ischemic stroke. Methods: Twenty two ...

A hospital-based study on long-term mortality and predictive factors after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage from Turkey [2009] - 408KB
by ÜT Börü, L Gül, M Ta?demir
Background: There is no previous study on long-term mortality following spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in Turkey. The aim of this study is to investigate long-term mortality following spontaneou...

Psychiatric morbidity among parents of children with epilepsy in Enugu, Nigeria [2009] - 391KB
by AE Aronu, NC Ojinnaka
Background: Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological illness in Nigerian children. The burden of this disease is enormous and psychiatric disorders have been reported not only in the patients but eve...

Wide range of normality in deep tendon reflexes in the normal population [2009] - 463KB
by KS Lim, YZ Bong, YL Chaw, KT Ho, KK Lu, CH Lim, ML Toh, CT Tan
Background and objective: Deep tendon reflexes are important physical signs in neurological examination. Despite being an established technique clinically, there is lack of normality data in the healt...

Impact of cerebral palsy on the quality of life in patients and their families [2009] - 518KB
by MSY Lim, CP Wong
Measuring QOL is a field that is gaining interest among researchers worldwide. This is a prospective, descriptive study that aimed to look at the impact of health-related quality of life (HRQL) of cer...

Lateral orbitotomy for traumatic optic neuropathy and traumatic opthalmoplegia: Is it beneficial? [2009] - 327KB
by S Maliawan, TGB Mahadewa, AA Mas Putra
This was a retrospective study of 12 eye injuries concomitant with closed head injury, that were treated by the authors in Sanglah General Hospital, Bali during 2008. The purpose of this study was to ...

Facial nerve abscess in a case of leprosy – a case report [2009] - 192KB
by M Thomas, M Emmanuel
A 14-year old boy presented with lagophthalmos of the left eye for ten days. Physical examination revealed a hypo-pigmented macule on the left cheek and a nodular fluctuant swelling in the left pre-au...

Familial transthyretin-related amyloid polyneuropathy in a Malaysian patient of ethnic Chinese descent [2009] - 140KB
by YC Lee, YT Liu, KP Lin
We read with interest the article by Goh et al. in the 2008 December issue. They report a Malaysian patient of ethnic Chinese descent with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) and a TTR mutation. Bec...

Proceedings of the Nipah Virus Ccolloquium 2008, University of Malaya and related articles [2009] - 192KB
by HT Chong, SA Bakar, CT Tan
Ten years ago, a mysterious and yet fatal encephalitis broke out among the pig farmers in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. There were much confusion initially regarding the cause of the illness, and Japanes...