Prevalence and correlates of snoring in medical and nursing students in University Malaysia Sarawak [2007] - 246KB
by TS Tiong, SHA Almashoor
Using a questionnaire, a snoring study was done in 400 medical and 78 nursing students of University Malaysia Sarawak in 2004 and 2005. The response rates were 72.5% for medical students and 83.3% f...

Subacute measles encephalitis: A case of long term survival with follow-up MR brain scans [2007] - 1,159KB
by HT Chong, N Ramli, KT Wong, LM Looi, T Iwasaki, N Nagata, V Ramasundram, CT Tan
Measles virus causes three distinct neurological syndromes: acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and the rare subacute measles encephalitis, or inclusion body me...

A rare case of disseminated cysticercosis [2007] - 1,001KB
by TS Devi, TB Singh, TS Singh, NB Singh, WJ Singh, Y Chingsuingamba
This is the report of a case of disseminated cysticercosis, with simultaneous involvement of the brain, spinal cord, eyes, muscles and subcutaneous tissues. Such an extensive involvement of cysticerc...

Unilateral tonic pupil in spinocerebellar ataxia without brainstem atrophy [2007] - 365KB
by S Miura, H Kida, S Nishimura, K Noda, T Urano, S Honda, M Ayabe, H Aizawa, T Taniwaki
We report a case of unilateral tonic pupil in spinocerebellar ataxia without brainstem atrophy in a 42- year-old man. On neurological examination, he showed cerebellar symptoms and unilateral tonic p...

The role of anti-aquaporin-4 antibody in Asian patients with multiple sclerosis: Confusions and controversies [2007] - 219KB
by HT Chong, AG Kermode, CT Tan
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) was first described as a severe monophasic syndrome of acute bilateral optic neuritis and transverse myelitis. Whether it is a form of multiple sclerosis (MS) or a separate...

Anti-aquaporin-4 antibody in a large population of Japanese multiple sclerosis patients [2007] - 120KB
by K Tanaka
Background and Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) could be classified clinically into two forms – conventional and optic-spinal MS. About 20% of Japanese MS patients have optic-spinal MS. Neuromye...

Loss of aquaporin-4 and GFAP in lesions of neuromyelitis optica: Immunohistochemical study [2007] - 112KB
by T Misu
Background: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory disease mainly affecting optic and spinal cords, and was originally described by Devic in 1894. There has been a long controversy as to whet...

Impact of anti-aquaporin-4 antibody on the diagnosis and management of idiopathic demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system [2007] - 114KB
by K Fujihara
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO), characterized by severe optic neuritis and transverse myelitis was first described over 100 years ago. Until recently, the controversy as to whether NMO is a distinct cli...

Anti-aquaporin-4 antibody research update from Kyushu University, Japan [2007] - 109KB
by J Kira, T Matsuoka, T Matsushita
We sought to elucidate the significance of the anti-aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibody across the whole spectrum of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients by immunofluorescence technique using a GFP-AQP4 transfe...

Low sensitivity of anti-aquaporin-4 antibody in multiple sclerosis, longitudinally extensive spinal cord lesions and neuromyelitis optica in Australians [2007] - 156KB
by JS Wu, T Matsushita, WM Carroll, J Kira, FL Mastaglia, AG Kermode
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurological disease of young adults in Western countries. The spectrum of demyelinating disease in Western countries is characterised by predominance of c...