Proposed modifications to McDonald diagnostic criteria for Asians with multiple sclerosis [2006] - 305KB
by HT Chong, PCK Li, BJ Singhal, J Kira, T Saida, BJ Kim, KH Lee, BKC Ong, CP Tsai, N Prayoonwiwat, CT Tan
There are significant differences in the clinical and investigatory findings among Asian patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) versus those in the West. The McDonald diagnostic criteria do not take in...

The outcome of treatment for arteriovenous malformations of the brain: A five-year retrospective series from the Philippines [2006] - 270KB
by RM M Gigataras, GD Legaspi
Background and Objective: Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) account for 38% of all intracerebral hemorrhages in patients between 15-45 years. Epidemiologic and treatment data on this disease entity i...

Cognitive evaluation in myasthenia gravis: A P300 and neuropsychological study [2006] - 274KB
by D Joshi, M Bhatia, S Gupta, M Tripathi, A Srivastava, S Jain
Background: Associations between myasthenia gravis (MG) and central nervous system functions have been made for over 80 years, with an increased incidence of sleep and memory disturbance, psychiatric ...

Suicidal ideation in migraine [2006] - 205KB
by HJ Tan, C Suganthi, S Dhachayani, AM Rizal, AA Raymond
Background and Objectives: Clinical and epidemiologic evidence suggests that migraine coexists with psychopathology. Patients with migraine and coexisting affective disorder are at increased risk of s...

A study of serum copper and ceruloplasmin in Alzheimer’s disease in Kerman, Iran [2006] - 210KB
by B Sedighi, M Shafa, M Shariati
Background and objective: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common and important degenerative brain disease. The cause of AD is unknown and there are several theories including the possible role ...

Heterogeneity of spinal cord pathology in multiple sclerosis and variants: A study of postmortem specimen from 13 Asian patients [2006] - 2,666KB
by Z Li, C Lu, Y Wang, Y Hashizume, M Yoshida
The spinal cord is a predominant site of lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS) and its variants, particularly in Asian populations. We investigated postmortem spinal cords obtained from 4 patients with a...

Seizures in multiple sclerosis in Eastern India [2006] - 270KB
by G Ganguly, P Barma, S K Das, T Roy
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease of white matter and seizure is the resultant effect of gray matter pathology and hence is usually infrequent. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency a...

Low sensitivity of McDonald MRI criteria in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis among Asians [2006] - 254KB
by HT Chong, N Ramli, KH Lee, BJ Kim, M Ursekar, K Dayananda, BS Singhal, J Chong, LL Chan, BKC Ong, O Chawalparit, N Prayoonwiwat, FC Chang, CP Tsai, KW Tang, PCK Li, CT Tan
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) in Asia manifests differently with lower prevalence, higher female preponderance, fewer cortical lesions but more severe spinal cord disease. Methods: We retrospect...

A case of non-hyperammonemic valproate-induced encephalopathy [2006] - 185KB
by DS Guin, S Biswas, K Saha, A Mishra, SK Das
A 24-year-old lady receiving sodium valproate for control of myoclonic seizures, developed acute onset deterioration of level of consciousness from 4th the day of starting valproate, without any other...

Panhypopituitarism and hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy [2006] - 492KB
by J Panicker, AB Taly, S Sinha, T Yasha, GT Subhas, GR Arunodaya
A 20 year old gentleman manifested with poor perception of pain since infancy, recurrent painless poorly healing trophic ulcers of finger and toes, reduced sweating and mild distal motor weakness. Ele...