Enterovirus 71 in Malaysia: A decade later [2011] - 592KB
by YF Chan, IC Sam, KL Wee, S Abubakar
In the last decade, Malaysia has experienced several hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) epidemics, complicated by fatalities due to severe neurological involvement. Enterovirus 71 (EV-71) has been im...

Barriers to thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke: Experience from a Level 1 hospital in South Australia [2011] - 179KB
by SE Sreedharan, J Ravindran
Objective: We studied the mean pre- and in-hospital delay of patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of acute stroke to assess the major barriers to thrombolysis. Methods: The study was a retrosp...

Study of carotid intima media thickness and its correlation with novel risk factors in ischemic stroke [2011] - 198KB
by A Saha, PK Sinha, R Paul, R Bandyopadhyay, K Biswas, AK Banerjee
Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) is used commonly as a non-invasive test for assessment of degree of atherosclerosis. The present study, in a tertiary care centre of Eastern India was aimed to de...

Factors associated with quality of life of patients with epilepsy attending a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata, India [2011] - 165KB
by A Sinha, D Sanyal, S Mallik, P Sengupta, S Dasgupta
Epilepsy is one of the most important neurological diseases with prolonged morbidity and disability leading to profound financial loss. There have not been many studies investigating factors influenci...

Association study of CYP3A5 genetic polymorphism with serum concentrations of carbamazepine in Chinese epilepsy patients [2011] - 622KB
by H Meng, J Ren, Y Lv, W Lin, Y Guo
Objective: To investigate the association between the CYP3A5 genetic polymorphism and the serum concentrations of carbamazepine (CBZ), to provide guidance for individualized drug dosing. Methods: Eigh...

Bacterial meningitis in North India: Trends over a period of eight years [2011] - 274KB
by F Khan, M Rizvi, N Fatima, I Shukla, A Malik, R Khatoon
Background: Acute bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency which warrants early diagnosis and aggressive therapy. It is important to know the regional bacterial etiology in semitropical countries l...

Ultrasonography in the evaluation of carpal tunnel syndrome: Diagnostic criteria and comparison with nerve conduction studies [2011] - 482KB
by KY Chan, J George, KJ Goh, TS Ahmad
Ultrasound criteria for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) may vary in different populations. To determine the ultrasonographic criteria for CTS in a Malaysian population and compare its usefulness with ner...

Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid cytokines and growth factors in multiple sclerosis patients with and without chronic headaches [2011] - 341KB
by H Doi, T Matsushita, N Isobe, T Tateishi, JI Kira
Background: We previously reported that, in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), the frequency of chronic headaches was significantly higher after administration of interferon beta (IFNβ)....

Favored gyral sites of supratentorial astrocytic tumors [2011] - 302KB
by N Balak, R Türkoğlu, R Sarı, B Aslan, E Zemheri, N Işık
It is well known that the predilective sites of extrinsic tumors (meningiomas, chordomas, etc) are at the skull base and along the calvarium. Although intrinsic tumors or glial tumors have also been s...

Encephalitis associated to Kikuchi-Fujimoto’s disease in a young woman: A case report [2011] - 321KB
by LS Luis, EM Luis
Kikuchi-Fujimoto’s disease or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis affects predominantly young women and most of the cases have a benign and self-limited course with a complete remission within a f...