Management of aggressive vertebral hemangioma with cord compression [2013] - 99KB
by E Alibai, M Taghipour, G Yadollahi
Objective: Aggressive vertebral hemangiomas (VHs) causing spinal compression are rare and there is controversy regarding treatment. This study aims to evaluate clinical results of patients with aggres...

Safety of intravenous thrombolysis in embolic stroke by infective endocarditis [2013] - 1,297KB
by JM Jung, MH Park, DY Kwon
Ischemic stroke is a serious neurological complication of infective endocarditis. Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), which has only been approved for treatment of hyperacute stroke, has ...

Phobic anxiety disorder in hereditary hyperekplexia [2013] - 188KB
by SK Kar, S Saxena, B Gupta
Hyperekplexia (startle disease) is a rare non-epileptic neurological entity resulting from gene mutation. The onset of this disorder is usually in infancy, but can be delayed until early adulthood. Pa...

Pseudoathetosis: three cases of delayed-onset movement disorder [2013] - 648KB
by K Methawasin, K Phanthumchinda, L Kaufman
Pseudoathetosis refers to choreoathetoid movements occurring in association with loss of proprioception. The responsible lesions can be located most anywhere and indicates a disruption of the proprioc...

Transient periodic limb movement secondary to acute bleeding in a patient with a spine meningioma [2013] - 182KB
by D Lee, TH Roh, TB Ahn
We report a 71 years old woman with transient periodic limb movement disorder and myoclonus that appeared after acute gastrointestinal bleeding. The abnormal movements dissolved as the blood loss was ...

Epidemiology of Parkinson [2013] - 382KB
by LCS Tan
The burden of Parkinson...

A review of neuroimaging biomarkers of Alzheimer [2013] - 1,550KB
by T Varghese, R Sheelakumari, JS James, PS Mathuranath
Neuroimaging biomarkers have potential role in the early diagnosis as well as periodic follow-up of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer...

Variations of anterior cerebral artery in human cadavers [2013] - 5,644KB
by SA Gunnal, RN Wabale, MS Farooqui
Background: Anterior cerebral artery is an important terminal branch of internal carotid artery. It forms the anterior component of circle of Willis along with the anterior communicating artery. Circl...

Chinese Public Attitudes Toward Epilepsy (PATE) scale: translation and psychometric evaluation [2013] - 568KB
by KS Lim, WY Choo, C Wu, MD Hills, CT Tan
Introduction: None of the quantitative scale for public attitudes toward epilepsy was translated to Chinese language. This study aimed to translate and test the validity and reliability of a Chinese v...

Is the Thailand epilepsy service adequate to help patients? [2013] - 424KB
by S Tiamkao, S Towanabut, K Dhiravibulyn, S Pranboon, K Sawanyawisuth, The Epilepsy Society of Thailand, Integrated Epilepsy Research Group, Khon Kaen University
Background: Epilepsy is a common disease but to achieve successful seizure control in developing countries is still a challenge. This study aimed to investigate the epilepsy services in Thailand. Meth...