A clinician's dilemma: Sturge-Weber syndrome 'without facial nevus'!!

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is paucity of methodologically sound published studies on intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) from India, on pub med/embase search. AIMS:To explore etiology of ICH and correlate the causes, location, and size of hemorrhage to clinical outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A hospital-based descriptive study from ...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Narayan SK,Sivaprasad P,Sushma S,Sahoo RK,Dutta TK

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of language research has seen tremendous progress in the last two decades. Advances in neuro-imaging and stimulation mapping have changed the way we conceive the neural basis of speech and language processing. In the past, the Wernicke-Lichtheim model was the most influential model explaining the neuro-anato...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Gupta A,Padma Srivastava MV

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV) pandemic is rapidly developing across the globe and new information is emerging expeditiously and constantly, particularly in relation to neurological illnesses. Both central and peripheral nervous system involvement has been reported including headache, dizziness, hyposmia/anosmia, t...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Garg D,Dhamija RK

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Headache is the most common symptom of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT); however, the detailed underlying mechanisms and characteristics of headache in CVT have not been well described. Here, we report two cases of CVT whose primary and lasting presentation was orthostatic headache, suggestive of decreased intracrania...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Kim JB,Kwon DY,Park MH,Kim BJ,Park KW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Frontal executive dysfunction (FED) and abnormalities in volumetric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been described in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). We aimed to compare JME patients with and without FED by group analysis of voxel-based morphometric (VBM) estimates of brain volume in MRI. SUBJECTS A...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Pillai SH,Raghavan S,Mathew M,Gopalan GM,Kesavadas C,Sarma S,Thomas SV

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fazio Londe Syndrome is a rare neurological disorder presenting with progressive bulbar palsy with respiratory failure. Initially considered to have an unrelenting course, is now found to be due to mutations in the SLC52A3 gene which encodes the intestinal (hRFT2) riboflavin transporter in some children. We report an ...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Varadarajan P,Thayanathi V,Pauline LC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pursuing a diagnosis despite a negative nerve biopsy report requires a strong clinical conviction. Paying attention to clinical details and a diligent review of medical records is needed to solve cases in which the diagnosis is not obvious despite numerous tests. We present once such case of an elderly man with chroni...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Kharadi M,Harsha SV,Gopalakrishnan G,Karthick GA,Raj V,Kannan S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Role of antiplatelet therapy in secondary stroke prevention is of major significance. Antiplatelet agents predominantly in use are aspirin, clopidogrel, and combination regimes. The review focuses on the optimization of antiplatelet regimen based on evidence obtained from randomized-controlled trials, on different ant...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Srivastava P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review is on ultrastructure and subcellular physiology at normal and abnormal neuromuscular junctions. The clinical and electrophysiological findings in myasthenia gravis, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS), congenital myasthenic syndromes, and botulinum intoxication are discussed. Single fiber electromyogr...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Cherian A,Baheti NN,Iype T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of pediatric neuromyelitis optica (NMO) with muscle and lung involvement in addition to central nervous system disease. Our patient initially presented with features of area postrema syndrome, then subsequently with optic neuritis. The patient also had recurrent hyperCKemia that responded to cortico...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Langille MM,Desai J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Rules and regularities are embedded in all the language structures. Extracting these helps in speech-language acquisition and processing. Sentence processing relies on transitional probability of the dependencies and its distance which are present within the sentence. Aim:To investigate the effect of distan...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Darshan HS,Goswami SP

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Migraine is a common cause of primary headache, with women being affected thrice as common as men. Very few studies are available on sexual dysfunction in female migraineurs. There are no published studies done on the same in India till now. This study was done to look for the prevalence and predictors of se...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Pradeep R,Sundarmurthy H,Karan V,Kulkarni P

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old male smoker had exertional headaches for 2 years. The headaches were holocephalic, very severe, excruciating, and occasionally accompanied by nausea. Physical examinations and neuroimaging were normal. Electrocardiogram (ECG) showed old infarct in inferior leads. Sublingual nitrate provided relief in hea...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Prakash S,Panchani N,Rathore C,Makwana P,Rathod M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke in young poses a major health problem. Thrombophilic factors have been implicated in 4-8% of the young strokes worldwide. Protein S deficiency is a rare cause of recurrent ischemic stroke in young population. Only a few sporadic cases have been described in the literature. We are reporting a case of protein S d...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Hooda A,Khandelwal PD,Saxena P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to investigate Iintra-rater reliability of the Modified Tardieu Scale (MTS) in elbow flexors and ankle plantar flexors in adult subjects with stroke. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 91 subjects with stroke participated in this test-retest study. Intra-rater reliability of the ...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Singh P,Joshua AM,Ganeshan S,Suresh S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old male with chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL) after 6 months of fludarabine therapy was admitted with status epilepticus and developed left hemiplegia. His magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple T2 hyperintense lesions in the right frontal and left parieto-occipital lesion, simulating progressive mult...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Kalita J,Patel NS,Misra UK

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders, characterized by dysfunction of neuromuscular junction (NMJ) transmission. These syndromes are genetically inherited and are present since birth. Some have characteristic clinical or electrodiagnostic features but in many cases determinatio...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Kumar RS,Kuruvilla A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the first steps toward the correct diagnosis of dementia is to segregate out the nondegenerative dementias from possible degenerative dementias. Nondegenerative dementias could be due to traumatic, endocrine, metabolic, nutritional, toxic, infective, and immunological causes. They could also be caused by tumors...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Ghosh A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opercular myoclonic-anarthric status epilepticus (OMASE) is an uncommon disorder of diverse etiology. This condition is characterized by fluctuating cortical dysarthria associated with epileptic myoclonus involving glossopharyngeal musculature bilaterally. We report two cases of OMASE of vascular etiology in adults. I...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Bhaskara Rao JV,Vengamma B,Naveen T,Rao MS

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Only few papers have investigated the impact of multiple sclerosis (MS), especially MS-related fatigue and the impact of the quality of sleep on the quality of life (QoL) in MS patients. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to measure the quality of life in MS patients and the impact of disability, fat...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Ghaem H,Borhani Haghighi A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study is to assess the safety, feasibility and clinical value of transcranial motor evoked potential (MEP) monitoring by electrical stimulation. SETTING:Clinical neurophysiology department of tertiary reach hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS:MEP monitoring was attempted in 44 "high risk" ...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Shah PA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte disorder encountered in patients of neurological disorders which is usually either due to inappropriate secretion of Antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) or cerebral salt wasting syndrome (CSWS). We conducted this study in a tertiary care hospital to determine the incidence and...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Saleem S,Yousuf I,Gul A,Gupta S,Verma S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory polyneuropathy commonly characterized by rapidly progressive, symmetric weakness and areflexia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively assessed the clinical manifestations, results of electrodiagnostic tests, functional status and prognosis of 36 chil...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Akbayram S,Doğan M,Akgün C,Peker E,Sayιn R,Aktar F,Bektaş MS,Caksen H

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leigh syndrome (LS) is a heterogeneous familial or sporadic neurodegenerative disorder. It is typically seen in infancy or childhood, although rare cases of adult onset have been described. The authors describe a 37-year-old woman who presented with protracted gastrointestinal symptoms followed by acute brain stem syn...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Jabeen SA,Sandeep G,Mridula KR,Meena AK,Borgohain R,Sundaram C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an immune-mediated inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system with a predilection for the optic nerves and the spinal cord. Immunopathological evidence suggests that the target antigen of the disease is aquaporin-4. An IgG antibody against this protein has...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Unni N,Barhate K,Ahmad N,Ganeshan M,Singhal B

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cross sectional studies have reported a tremendous amount of stress in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). The present study aimed at evaluating the perceived stress in caregivers of patients with AD and MCI compared to controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ca...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Anand KS,Dhikav V,Sachdeva A,Mishra P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of an 82-year-old female with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD), who developed unusual artistic creativity after development of her disease, is described. The possible pathogenetic mechanism is discussed. The patient showed no inclination toward visual arts during her premorbid years. However, 4 years after d...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Chakravarty A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data is scarce on prevalence of extracranial carotid atherosclerosis (ECA) in strokes <50 years and its association with lifestyle factors. OBJECTIVE:Study role of (a) ECA in non-cardio-embolic anterior circulation young strokes, and (b) smoking and alcohol in ECA. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cardiovascular risk...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Hassan KM,Verma A,Prakash S,Chandran V,Kumar S,Banerji A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis is an autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism that is an often missed but treatable cause of hereditary ataxia. We report a case of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) that was diagnosed only after the development of cognitive decline and adult onset ataxia in a 35-year-old man. ...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Shaji B,Srikumar B,Ramachandran D

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the colloquium on drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore on August 16-18, 2013, a number of presentations were made on the surgically remediable lesional epilepsy syndromes, presurgical evaluation, surgical techniques, neuropathology of drug r...

journal_title：Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

authors： Rao MB,Arivazhagan A,Sinha S,Bharath RD,Mahadevan A,Bhat M,Satishchandra P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00