Human carcinoembyronic antigen is a useful biomarker for diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke – A pilot study [2016] - 290KB
by G S Ranga, N Bansal, S B Sharma, R Avasthi
Background: Human carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is widely used as tumor marker. Striking similarities have been reported between process of tumor genesis and atherosclerotic diseases. CEA has been re...

Exercise attenuates oxidative stress in patients with stroke [2016] - 658KB
by Nagatoshi Kihoin, Kazunari Tanaka, Masaaki Okuno, Tadashi Okamoto, Ryuichi Saura
In stroke patients, excessive oxidative stress impairs brain nerve cells and leads to arteriosclerosis. On the other hand, rehabilitative exercise is necessary for the functional improvement and maint...

Long-term outcome and tolerability of ketogenic diet treatment for refractory epilepsies in children – A tertiary centre Malaysian experience [2016] - 312KB
by Teik-Beng Khoo, Siti Mariam binti Tukimin, Sharifah Mariam binti Syed Zainal Abidin, Jaan-Jiar Lai, Noor Adzha binti Yusoof
Objective: To evaluate the long-term efficacy, retention rate and tolerability of ketogenic diet treatment (KD) for children with medically refractory epilepsies from a single tertiary centre in Malay...

Hypokalemic paralysis associated with dengue fever: Study from a tertiary centre in North India [2016] - 440KB
by Rajesh Verma, Tushar B Patil, Rakesh Lalla
Objective: Dengue associated hypokalemic paralysis (DHP) is an unusual neurological complication of dengue fever. This was a retrospective study of patients with DHP compared with idiopathic hypokalem...

Validation study of the Malay version of the Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life (MGQOL)15 and Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living (MGADL) questionnaires [2016] - 288KB
by Alif Adlan Mohd Thabit, Nor Azman Rosli, Hana Maizuliana Solehan, Zahariah Pilus, Maskanah Mohammad Lotfie, Ramesh Sahathevan, Norlinah Mohamed Ibrahim, Hui Jan Tan, Wan Nur Nafisah Wan Yahya, Hazlina Mahadzir, Shahrul Azmin Md Rani, Zhe Kang Law, Rabani
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an immune mediated neuromuscular disease causing fatiguability, which can influence quality of life (QOL). MG disease status can be established with Myasthenia Gravis Quality...

Non-motor symptoms in Thai Parkinson’s disease patients and the correlation with motor symptoms [2016] - 282KB
by Pawut Mekawichai, Salintip Kunadisorn, Chaiwiwat Tungkasereerak, Surin Saetang
Background and objective:to identify the prevalence of non-motor symptoms (NMS) and to determine the association between NMS and motor symptoms in Thai Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. Methods: A ...

Diagnostic accuracy of neuropsychological tests for classification of dementia [2016] - 296KB
by Takuya Yagi, Daisuke Ito, Daisuke Sugiyama, Satoko Iwasawa, Hajime Tabuchi, Mika Konishi, Machiko Araki, Naho Saitoh, Yoshihiro Nihei, Masaru Mimura, Norihiro Suzuki
Although numerous studies have shown that each neuropsychological test is effective for diagnosing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer’s disease (AD), studies comparing diagnostic accuracie...

Personality disorders in pateints with multiple sclerosis: Prevalence and association with depressive and anxiety disorders and clinical features [2016] - 240KB
by Ali Ulvi UCA, Faruk UGUZ, Hasan Hüseyin KOZAK, Keziban TURGUT, Gonca TEKIN, Mustafa ALTAS, Zehra AKPINAR
Objective: This study examines the current prevalence of mood, anxiety and personality disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), the impact of personality disorders on clinical features of M...

Use of complementary and alternative medicine among people with multiple sclerosis in Eastern Turkey [2016] - 394KB
by Nuray DAYAPOGLU, Mehtap TAN
Objective:The purpose of this study was to examine the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) living in eastern Turkey as well as the factors affe...

Identifying the injury in demyelinating cervical spinal cord disease: A diffusion tensor imaging and tractography study [2016] - 724KB
by Jiafeng Chen, Chunkui Zhou, Lijun Zhu, Xin Chen, Shaokuan Fang
Background & Objectives: Multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and acute transverse myelitis (ATM) are common diseases in neurology; however their corresponding cervical spinal cord invo...