Dementia as the presenting manifestation of neurocysticercosis: A report of two patients [2010] - 291KB
by S Jha, MK Ansari
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the commonest parasitic disease of central nervous system and an endemic problem in India. Its clinical manifestations are varied, non specific and pleomorphic, depending o...

Diabetic non-ketotic hyperglycemia and the hemichorea-hemiballism syndrome: A report of four cases [2010] - 175KB
by B Shalini, W Salmah, J Tharakan
Diabetes mellitus is a common affliction. Although the routine diagnosis and treatment of?diabetes?are quite familiar to medical personnel, it occasionally presents with some unusual manifestations, o...

Unilateral periodic limb movements during sleep as a prodromal stroke symptom: A case report [2010] - 250KB
by KL Lee
Periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) is characterized by recurrent episodes of repetitive, stereotyped limb movements that occur during sleep. There have been a few reports on this condition develo...

Tolosa-Hunt syndrome following recurrent facial palsies [2010] - 402KB
by N Shahrizaila, N Ramli, CT Tan
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is typically associated with an inflammatory lesion in the cavernous sinus or orbital fissure, often requiring steroids for symptom resolution. In this report, we describe a case ...

Book Review: Merritt’s Neurology, 12th Edition [2010] - 73KB
by KJ Goh
The field of Neurology is ever expanding and the body of knowledge that a medical student, resident and practising neurologist will need to know is exhaustive. It is certainly impossible for any singl...

Genes associated with Alzheimer Disease [2010] - 255KB
by A Munshi, YR Ahuja
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the neurodegenerative disorders, characterized by gradual loss of memory, decline in other cognitive functions and decrease in functional capacity. Increasing age ...

Carbamazepine and the QTc interval: any association? [2010] - 154KB
by OSM Amin, SS Shwanni, SF Noori, AM Hasan
Objective: To determine whether carbamazepine monotherapy in epilepsy patients is or is not associated with prolongation of the QTc interval. Methods: This case-control study enrolled 100 consecutive ...

Exercise induced cramps and myoglobinuria in dystrophinopathy – a report of three Malaysian patients [2010] - 292KB
by AA Annuar, KT Wong, AS Ching, MK Thong, SW Wong, F Alsiddiq, LC Ong, KJ Goh
Dystrophinopathies commonly present as Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy but rare, unusual phenotypes have also been described. We have identified three Malaysian boys with an unusual form of dyst...

Morvan’s syndrome after intra-scrotal injection of lignocaine and denatured spirit for hydrocoele [2010] - 106KB
by S Sharma, KK Bhoi, P Sharma, S Anant, A Parashar
Morvan’s syndrome is a rare form of neuromyotonia having prominent central symptoms. We present a series of 9 patients who developed Morvan’s syndrome after scrotal tap and local instillation of l...

Daily dose of dopaminergic medications in Parkinson disease: Clinical correlates and a posteriori equation [2010] - 323KB
by JY Lee, JW Kim, WY Lee, JM Kim, TB Ahn, HJ Kim, J Cho, BS Jeon
Objectives: To survey daily doses of dopaminergic medications and to draw a posteriori equation of the dose in relation to the various clinical variables in Korean patients with Parkinson disease. Met...