In Memoriam: Woon Chee Yee (1946-2011) [2011] - 262KB
by R Witoonpanich
Dr. Woon Chee Yee was born in 1946 in Ipoh, Malaysia. His father had a furniture shop in Ipoh, and passed away when Dr Yee was 4 years old. He was thus brought up by the mother with his younger brothe...

Attitudes toward epilepsy, a systematic review [2011] - 534KB
by KS Lim, CH Lim, CT Tan
Surveys about attitudes towards those with epilepsy have been performed since 1949, in order to understand the social stigma toward epilepsy. This review aims to demonstrate the variation in public at...

Stroke subtypes and risk factors of ischemic stroke in young Korean adults [2011] - 302KB
by D Lee, SH Heo, JH Kim, DI Chang
Background and Objectives: This study aimed to describe the ischemic stroke subtypes and risk factors in young Korean adults, focusing mainly on traditional risk factors and management of ischemic str...

Profile and Predictors of new onset acute symptomatic seizures following community acquired acute bacterial meningitis [2011] - 369KB
by S Sinha, SL Rao, S Nagarathna, V Ravi
Introduction: Studies regarding acute symptomatic seizures in patients with acute bacterial meningitis are few. We analyzed the incidence and details of new-onset acute symptomatic seizures in patient...

Toxoplasma infection and epilepsy: A case-control study in Iran [2011] - 188KB
by M Zibaei, Z Zamani, AC Esfahani, K Anbari, MR Nazer
Epilepsy is one of the most important neurological diseases with prolonged morbidity and cerebral toxoplasmosis is one of the main cause...

Peri-orbital electrodes as a supplemental recording for detection of ictal discharges in medial temporal lobe epilepsy [2011] - 514KB
by H Shigeto, A Sakata, T Morioka, KI Takase, KI Hagiwara, T Kamada, Y Kanamori, K Hashiguchi, S Tobimatsu, N Yamashita, JI Kira
Objective: The feasibility of peri-orbital electrodes, which are not invasive and do not induce pain, as a supplemental electrode for detection of ictal discharges in medial temporal lobe epilepsy (MT...

Cost-effective analysis of dual therapy in epilepsy, a study from India [2011] - 196KB
by S Goyal, DC Dhasmana, D Goel, MC Gupta, T Sharma
Background and Objective: For improving overall care in epileptic patients, careful evaluation of pharmacotherapy, seizure control, quality of life (QOL) and cost effectiveness are helpful but such da...

Oculopharyngodistal myopathy in three unrelated Korean patients: Early distal limb weakness is a characteristic finding in oculopharyngodistal myopathy [2011] - 735KB
by SY Kim, JK Lim, YE Park, CH Lee, HS Kim, DS Kim
Objectives: To determine the clinical characteristics of Korean patients with sporadic oculopharyngodistal myopathy. Methods: Three consecutive unrelated Korean patients with sporadic oculopharyngodis...

The frequency of common mitochondrial DNA mutations in a cohort of Malaysian patients with specific mitochondrial encephalomyopathy syndromes [2011] - 238KB
by JW Chong, AA Annuar, KTW FRCPath, MK Thong, KJ Goh
A cohort of Malaysian patients with clinico-pathological diagnosis of three specific mitochondrial encephalomyopathy syndromes comprising of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke...

The frequency and severity of symptoms of major depression in Chinese patients with chronic, medically unexplained, painful physical symptoms who present to a general neurology clinic [2011] - 276KB
by J Jia, W Qu, W Wu, L Wu, L Meng, D Zhou, Z Hong, J Raskin, S Holt, R Walton, S Wu
This cross-sectional, non-interventional, observational study evaluated depression in patients in China who presented to a general neurologist with chronic, medically unexplained, painful physical sym...