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Does the primary literature provide support for clinical signs used to distinguish psychogenic nonepileptic seizures from epileptic seizures?
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) represent a diagnostic challenge. When trying to distinguish between PNES and epileptic seizures (ES), clinicians rely on the presence or absence of several ...
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Timing of surgery for supratentorial aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: report of a prospective study
University Department of Neurosurgery, Box 167, Block A, Level 4, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK Correspondence to: Dr P J Kirkpatrick, University Department of Neurosurgery, Box 167, ...
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Nationwide survey of patients in Japan with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis: epidemiological and clinical characteristics
1 Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan 2 Department of Neurology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, ...
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Specific patterns of cognitive impairment in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and Alzheimer's disease: a pilot study
Dr JL Iddon, Department of Academic Neurosurgery, Box 167, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 5RG, UK email jo.iddon{at}cenes.co.uk OBJECTIVES Eleven patients ...
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The palmomental reflex: a useful clinical sign?
The palmomental reflex, an involuntary contraction of the mentalis muscle of the chin caused by stimulation of the thenar eminence, can be tested easily and rapidly. Its presence may alert the ...
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Anti-GQ1b IgG antibody syndrome: clinical and immunological range
OBJECTIVES To clarify the nosological relation among Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) with ophthalmoplegia, Bickerstaff's brain stem encephalitis (BBE), and acute ...
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Gluten sensitivity as a neurological illness
Department of Neurology, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2JF, UK Correspondence to: Dr M Hadjivassiliou, Department of Neurology, The ...
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McArdle disease: a clinical review
7 Department of Neurology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK 8 Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital and King's College School of Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to Dr ...
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The United Kingdom transient ischaemic attack (UK-TIA) aspirin trial: final results.
From 1979-85, 2435 patients with a transient ischaemic attack or minor ischaemic stroke were randomly allocated to receive long term "blind" treatment with aspirin 600 mg twice daily (n = 815), ...
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Urinary dysfunction and orthostatic hypotension in multiple system atrophy: which is the more common and earlier manifestation?
Dr Ryuji Sakakibara, Department of Neurology Chiba University 1–8–1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260–8670 Japan. Telephone 0081 43 226 2129; fax 0081 43 226 2160; emailsakaki{at}med.m.chiba-u.ac.jp ...
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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: 12 cases treated by venous sinus stenting
Background: The high pressures documented in the intracranial venous sinuses in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) could be the result of focal stenotic lesions in the lateral sinuses ...
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Evaluation of prednisolone treatment in the acute phase of neuralgic amyotrophy: an observational study
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Health Technology Assessment, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Correspondence to Dr J J J van Eijk, 935 Department of ...