Ischaemic stroke in young adults: A comparative study between Malaysia and Australia [2010] - 192KB
by KS Tan, CT Tan, L Churilov, M Mackay, GA Donnan
Background and Objectives: There is a paucity of comparative studies on young strokes between populations of different ethnicities and geographical regions. The purpose of this study was to compare th...

Antithrombotic treatment before stroke onset and stroke severity in patients with atrial fibrillation and first-ever ischemic stroke: An observational study [2010] - 163KB
by HL Po, YJ Lin
Background and Objectives: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important, independent risk factor for stroke. The value of antithrombotic therapy to prevent stroke is well established in numerous randomize...

Dystrophin gene analysis in Duchenne/Becker dystrophy in a Malaysian population using multiplex polymerase chain reaction [2010] - 488KB
by JAMA Tan, JHM Chan, KL Tan, AA Annuar, MK Lee, KJ Goh, KT Wong
Dystrophinopathy is the commonest form of muscular dystrophy and comprises clinically recognized forms, Duchenne dystrophy and Becker dystrophy. Mutations in the dystrophin gene which consist of large...

Reference values for nerve function assessments among a study population in northern India – II: Thermal sensation thresholds [2010] - 936KB
by J McKnight, PG Nicholls, D Loretta, KV Desikan, DNJ Lockwood, EP Wilder Smith, WH van Brakel
Objective: This paper presents normal reference values for thermal sensation for a study population with no known neurological condition in northern India. It was part of the INFIR Cohort Study, a pro...

Reference values for nerve function assessments among a study population in northern India - III: Sensory and motor nerve conduction [2010] - 932KB
by J McKnight, PG Nicholls, D Loretta, KV Desikan, DNJ Lockwood, EP Wilder Smith, WH van Brakel
Objective: To identify reference values for normal sensory and motor nerve conduction in upper and lower limb peripheral nerves in a study population in India. The work was carried out in advance of t...

Plasma level of nitrates in patients with Parkinson’s disease in West Bengal [2010] - 160KB
by J Sanyal, BN Sarkar, TK Banerjee, SC Mukherjee, BC Ray, VR Rao
Background: Oxidative stress is implicated as a major factor for nigral neuronal cell death. It has been suggested that nitric oxide (NO) might be responsible in the neuronal degeneration of substanti...

α-Synuclein polymorphism and Parkinson’s disease in a tau homogeneous population [2010] - 180KB
by HJ Kim, JM Kim, JY Lee, SS Park, BS Jeon
Background & Objective: The MAPT H1 haplotype and SNCA single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs356219 have been reported to have a synergistic effect on the risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Because ...

Prevalence of dementia in ethnic Dogra population of Jammu district, North India: A comparison survey [2010] - 180KB
by SK Raina, S Razdan, KK Pandita
Background: The study was conducted in the villages of Chattah zone of Purmandal health block of Jammu district, the winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir state of India on ethnic Dogra population. In ear...

Neoplastic meningitis: clinico-radiological features, outcome and prognostic factors [2010] - 415KB
by KN Ramesha, MP Kate, C Kesavadas, VV Radhakrishnan, SV Thomas
Objective: This retrospective hospital based study aimed to describe clinico-radiological features and outcome of neoplastic meningitis (NM) and to evaluate the significance of the presence of maligna...

Risk of malformation with combination of lamotrigine and low dose clonazepam for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy in pregnancy: A case report [2010] - 234KB
by D Jarita, F Errol, M Thomas, K Chanda
Conventional anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) are known to have higher potential to induce fetal birth defects when administered to pregnant women with epilepsy. However, data on the influence of newer AED...