Stroke care development in Sri Lanka: The urgent need for Neurorehabilitation services [2011] - 126KB
by T Wijeratne, P Gunaratne, R Gamage, GP rana, S Senanayake, ND Silva, D Sirisena, D Wijegunasinghe
Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability in Sri Lanka. Each year one in 110 people in Sri Lanka suffer from a stroke. Population of Sri Lanka is approximately 20 million. It is predicted that, ...

Unilateral oculomotor nerve palsy, ataxia and Parinaud’s syndrome caused by ventral midbrain hemorrhage [2011] - 216KB
by A Osawa, S Maeshima, M Suzuki, S Kohyama, F Yamane, S Ishihara
We report a patient with unilateral midbrain hemorrhage which caused ipsilateral complete oculomotor nerve palsy with pupillary involvement, contralateral upgaze paresis, contralateral limb ataxia and...

A case of intracranial aneurysm and subarachnoid hemorrhage with tuberculous meningitis [2011] - 329KB
by J Roh, DY Kwon, MH Park
A global increase in the incidence of tuberculosis has prompted the need for earlier diagnosis, treatment, and isolation of the disease. In tuberculosis, concomitant tuberculous meningitis and vascula...

Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis and paramyotonia congenita caused by a de novo mutation in the SCN4A gene [2011] - 620KB
by GM Lee, JB Kim
Familial hyperkalemic periodic paralysis is an autosomal-dominant channelopathy characterized by reversible paralysis associated with episodic hyperkalemia. Mutations in the skeletal muscle voltage-ga...

Recurrent bleeding and bulbar myasthenia-like symptoms as the initial presentation of Wilson’s disease: a case report [2011] - 487KB
by N Prasun, M Bagchi, A Joseph, S Pal, S Ghosh, S Mukherjee, AK Senapati, SK Das
Wilson’s disease, an autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism, is usually associated with hepatic or neuropsychiatric manifestations. This is to describe a case of Wilson’s disease presen...

Moyamoya disease presenting with hemiballismus and parkinsonism [2011] - 1,109KB
by R Paudel, PK Chettri, LJ Thapa, A Tayal, PVS Rana, UP Devkota
A young Nepali woman having characteristics angiographic findings of moyamoya disease and manifesting hemiballismus and parkinsonism is reported. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case r...

Age-related white matter changes in Asia [2011] - 442KB
by YY Xiong, V Mok
Age-related white matter changes are common in the elderly and are considered as manifestation of arteriolosclerotic small vessel disease. Most recent studies have shown that the white matter changes ...

The burden of multiple sclerosis in China: A literature review [2011] - 190KB
by S Hu, P Donga, G Zhu, F Pan, C Wang
Background & Objective: Multiple sclerosis is a relatively rare disease in China as compared to other nations throughout the world. This study aimed to assess the depth and breadth of knowledge of mul...

Role of serum sodium levels in prediction of seizure recurrence within the same febrile illness [2011] - 216KB
by J Nadkarni, I Binaykiya, U Sharma, R Dwivedi
Background & Objective: Febrile seizure is the most common seizure disorder in the paediatric age group and often recurs within the first twenty four hours. It has been observed that children with rec...

Predictors of mortality among adult tetanus patients in Northwestern Nigeria [2011] - 126KB
by LF Owolabi, AG Habib, M Nagoda
Background & Objective: Tetanus remains an important health problem in Kano, Northwestern Nigeria. It is associated with a high mortality rate, it is therefore necessary to identify predictors of mort...