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abstract：:An adverse drug reaction (ADR) is defined by the World Health Organization as a noxious, unintended, and undesired drug effect, when used for therapeutic purposes in humans. ADRs to anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) significantly impact the quality of life of people with epilepsy and account for a little less than half of a...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Singh G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two siblings with Allgrove's syndrome and extrapyramidal features. Though various neurological abnormalities have been described in this disorder, we report the first patient of Allgrove's syndrome associated with dystonia and chorea. ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Jacob A,Parameswaran K,Kishore A

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) is a form of neuromodulation for patients with drug-refractory epilepsy (DRE), in whom extensive preoperative evaluation fails to localize the epileptogenic zone. VNS is often compared to Corpus callosotomy (CC) in terms of both indications and efficacy. However, VNS represents ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Chandra PS,Samala R,Agrawal M,Doddamani RS,Ramanujam B,Tripathi M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal congenital dermal sinus is a rare entity, which supposedly results from the failure of neuroectoderm to separate from the cutaneous ectoderm during the process of neurulation. The present study was undertaken to know the clinical profile of these patients, to study associated anomalies and to assess the results...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Jindal A,Mahapatra AK

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37 year old male presented with left hemiplegia, left below knee amputation, right partial foot amputation and claudication pain. The limitations in the rehabilitation management in such a high-risk patient are multiplied. The appreciable benefits from supervised rehabilitation and judicious goal setting can help in...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Handa G,Singh U

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we report an 18 year old woman with an intradural extramedullary tuberculoma mimicking en plaque meningioma located in the thoracic region. The patient was operated via thoracic laminoplasty and tumor was totally resected. On the follow-up examination the magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated the total...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Ozek E,Iplkcioglu AC,Erdal M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal migration disorders are an important differential diagnosis to be considered in the evaluation of intractable epilepsy. Though the underlying causative factors which govern their development are many and varied, genetic factors have been found to be contributory in a few forms of these disorders. An X-linked ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Panda S,Tripathi M,Jain S,Sharma P

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early restoration of flow to perfuse salvageable brain tissue has been shown to significantly reduce the morbidity and mortality of ischemic stroke. Several mechanical devices have shown promising results in patients with large vessel occlusive stroke. Solitaire revascularization device (ev3, Inc., Irvine, California)...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Huded V,Rajesh KN,Netravathi S,Iyer R

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of 326 clinically diagnosed cases with meningitis over a period of five-and-a-half years was carried out to determine the prevalence of cryptococcal infection, its associated risk factors and therapeutic outcome. Fifty-four (16.6%) patients with cryptococcal meningitis were identified by smear...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Prasad KN,Agarwal J,Nag VL,Verma AK,Dixit AK,Ayyagari A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with severe head injury with bilateral dilated unreactive pupils are considered to have a grave prognosis. Hence proper planning and aggressive management becomes mandatory for achieving good results. We present the outcome of consecutive 166 patients with severe head injury, admitted between January 1996 and...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sousa J,Sharma RR,Pawar SJ,Mahapatra A,Lad SD

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty seven patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS) and sixteen patients with blepharospasm (BS) having mean Jankovic disability rating scale score of 2.56+0.58 SD and 2.81+0.54 SD, respectively, were treated with botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) injections. The total number of injection sessions were ninety one with relief re...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Thussu A,Barman CR,Prabhakar S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:A number of pharmacological agents have been tried to circumvent the problem of delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) with ozagrel sodium being one such agent aimed at the prevention of DCI. Ozagrel is an inhibitor of thromboxane synthetase. It has anti-platelet aggregation action and it dilates vessels. Ozagrel w...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Narayan V,Shukla D,Bhat DI,Prabhuraj AR,Devi BI

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:To determine the quality of life and its relationship with socio-demographic and medical factors in patients with stroke. SETTING AND DESIGN:Seventy patients with stroke seen in the neurology clinic on a follow-up visit; at least a period of 3 months of follow-up was included. MATERIALS AND METHODS...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Dayapoglu N,Tan M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pericallosal lipomas (PCLs) are rare tumors of the central nervous system. They may be associated with some parenchymal and vascular anomalies of brain. Magnetic resonance imaging is the modality of choice to assess the extent of the PCLs and possible concomitant malformations such as callosal agenesis/disgenesis. Com...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Erbay MF,Tecellioglu M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report highlights an unusual presentation of vitamin B12 deficiency--recurrent seizures in a 26-year-old man. His symptoms responded to parenteral vitamin B12 therapy. The relevant literature is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Kumar S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) is the study of human physiology by electronic detection of positron-emitting radiopharmaceuticals. It is one of the noninvasive technologies that can measure the metabolic and functional activity of living tissue. Positron emission tomography finds its clinical applications in broad...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Kumar S,Rajshekher G,Prabhakar S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study comprised of 340 cases of extradural haematomas (EDHs) treated during a period of 10 years (1984-1994) in the division of Neurosurgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi. Majority of them were rural patients (55.9 percent). The commonest mode of injury was blunt impact to the head mainly by lathi in r...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sharma V,Mohanty S,George PJ

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed carpal tunnel syndrome is rare. We describe the electrophysiological findings in a patient with Colle's fracture, who developed carpal tunnel syndrome 22 years after a wrist injury. ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Goyal V,Bhatia M,Behari M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until now, only one gestational tumefactive demyelinating lesion (TDL) has been described. Here we report two TDL cases occurring during and after the pregnancy. A 26-year-old 6-week pregnant woman developed a 3-cm left frontotemporoparietal subcortical TDL with inhomogeneous partial enhancement. Brain biopsy revealed...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Plantone D,Piantadosi C,Ruggieri S,Anelli V,Koudriavtseva T

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Due to the paucity of quick, cognitive screening tools available in India that are independent of cultural and educational influences, a 6-item paper and pencil test, covering areas of memory, executive functioning, attention, and visuospatial ability domains - the Neuropsychological Evaluation Screening Too...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Chopra S,Kaur H,Pandey RM,Nehra A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial spasms are of various types. Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is characterized by unilateral tonic-clonic contractions of facial muscles, following a specific pattern of disease progression. It has well-delineated clinical, radiological and electrophysiological features. We have conducted an extensive review of existing ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Bhagwat AA,Deogaonkar M,Deopujari CE

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Neurological manifestations are an important cause of morbidity in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV). It is not clear whether or not they are indicative of a severe disease course with multiple organ involvement and shortened survival. Aims and Objectives:To characterize...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sharma A,Rajan R,Modi M,Pinto B,Dhooria A,Rathi M,Mittal T,Kumar S,Sharma K,Dhir V,Nada R,Minz RW,Singh S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rhinocerebral mycosis is a rapidly progressive fatal opportunistic infection, predominantly affecting people in an immunocompromised state. Aggressive surgical therapy, with repeated debridement in combination with intravenous amphotericin B can lead to a high rate of cure. AIM:To determine the predictors...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Jayalakshmi SS,Reddy RG,Borgohain R,Subramanyam C,Panigrahi M,Sundaram C,Meena AK,Mohandas S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47 year-old woman with Wegener's granulomatosis presented with an atypical onset of multiple symmetric cranial nerve involvement. The diagnosis was established by clinical examination and laboratory data. To our knowledge, this is the first case of Wegener's granulomatosis presenting with bilateral multiple symmetri...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Demikiran M,Sarica Y,Ozeren A,Tuncer I

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Hypophysitis occurs predominantly in women, usually during pregnancy or postpartum period. Hypophysitis involving the anterior pituitary often presents with adrenal insufficiency. Design/Methods:We describe a 43-year-old woman who presented with recurrent episodes of alteration of sensorium due to hyponatre...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Baby N,Varghese P,Kunnathuparambil SG,Kuriakose AM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This meta-analysis was conducted to assess the relationship between interleukin-10-1082 G/A single nucleotide polymorphism with atherosclerosis (AS) risk. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The databases of PubMed, EMBASE, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure and Wan-Fang were searched from January 2000 to January 2...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Chao L,Lei H,Fei J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Baclofen, a GABA-agonist, is currently available as an immediate release (IR) formulation for relieving neurogenic spasticity in a variety of disorders. Baclofen IR requires to be administered three times a day which inadvertently increases the chances of medication noncompliance among patients and is also a...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sampat NG,Kulkarni RV,Sase N,Joshi NH,Vora PB,Bhattacharya AK,Lakhani JD,Bhowmik SS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common genetic neuromuscular disease of childhood, Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD/BMD) is caused by deletion, duplication or point mutation of the dystrophin gene located at Xp 21.2. In the present study DNA from seventy unrelated patients clinically diagnosed as having DMD/BMD referred from diff...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Basak J,Dasgupta UB,Banerjee TK,Senapati AK,Das SK,Mukherjee SC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitic twin is a rare occurrence, with rachispagus being the rarest. The surgical approach and timing are not standardized. We describe the management of two cases of rachispagus and review the sparse literature on this entity. Both cases were operated early because of the social burden on the family as well as dif...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Pati AB,Mahalik SK,Naik S,Das K

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumefactive demyelination is a phenomenon involving the radiographic resemblance of an acute demyelinating process in the central nervous system to neoplasia. Although this has been described and characterized for multiple sclerosis, it has been reported in a few cases in patients with acute disseminated encephalomyel...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Z Ghali MG

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00