Non-traumatic intraosseous cerebrospinal fluid cyst with associated craniovertebral anomalies: a case report and suggested mechanism of formation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comparative study of Class I drugs in central poststroke pain (CPSP) is lacking. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of pregabalin and lamotrigine in patients with CPSP. SETTING:Tertiary care teaching referral hospital. METHODS:We included consecutive patients with CPSP having ≥50 mm score on Vi...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Kalita J,Chandra S,Misra UK

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior to implantation, spinal implants are subjected to rigorous testing to ensure safety and efficacy. A full battery of tests for the devices may include many steps ranging from biocompatibility tests to in vivo animal studies. This paper describes some of the essential tests from a mechanical engineering perspectiv...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Goel VK,Ebraheim NA,Biyani A,Rengachary S,Faizan A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward VII Memorial (K.E.M.) Hospital, Mumbai were inaugurated in 1925. This article traces its illustrious history and of the eminent neurosurgeons who shaped its destiny. ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Pandya S,Goel A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) caused by certain species belonging to the genus Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia, or Naegleria presents as a subacute or chronic illness. Amoebic encephalitis caused by Acanthamoeba is seen more often in immunosuppressed individuals. Thus, it may often be associated with human immunod...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Thamtam VK,Uppin MS,Pyal A,Kaul S,Rani JY,Sundaram C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A histopathologically proven case of cerebral toxoplasmosis in a young HIV positive patient has been presented. The clinical problems in management are highlighted. ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Alappat JP,Mathew CF,Jayakumar K,Suresh IC,Kumar S

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) is an inflammatory demyelinating disorder that affects the spinal cord focally resulting in motor sensory and autonomic dysfunction. Establishing the diagnosis of ATM is not as difficult as determining the possible etiology. There is a difference in the perception of ATM seen in the Wes...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Pandit L

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:In this report, we describe a new mutation located in the coiled 1B domain of desmin and associated with a predominant cardiac involvement and a high degree of cardiac sudden death in a large Indian pedigree with 12 affected members. The index cases was 38-year-old man who presented with progressive difficulty in grip...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Nalini A,Gayathri N,Richard P,Cobo AM,Urtizberea JA

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of myasthenia gravis is difficult, especially when the disease is restricted to ocular muscles. It is a well-known observation that myasthenic ptosis improves with cold and based on this, the ice pack test has been used as a tool in its differential diagnosis. The aim of the study is to investigate...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Natarajan B,Saifudheen K,Gafoor VA,Jose J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual loss consequent to anterior visual pathway involvement can occur in a variety of clinical settings. In a tropical country like India, apart from the usual suspects, nutritional, infective, and toxic amblyopia have to be considered in the differential diagnosis. The mode of onset (acute/chronic), unilateral vers...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Mustafa S,Pandit L

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are more than 10 million persons with epilepsy (PWE) in India. Despite availability of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), there is a large treatment gap varying from 50 to 70% among PWE. For treatable epilepsy, this gap can be attributed to poor education, poverty, cultural beliefs, stigma, and poor healthcare infrastr...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Dixit AB,Banerjee J,Chandra PS,Tripathi M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medullomyoblastoma is a rare tumour seen in childhood. We report a medullomyoblastoma occurring in the cerebellar vermis of a 4 year old boy. The light microscopic features, immunohistochemistry and histogenesis are described. ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： ArunKumar MJ,Chacko G,Chandi SM,Chandy MJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the evidence that hyperglycaemia aggravates ischaemic cerebral injury, it has been suggested that blood glucose levels be kept within 200 mg/dL during intracranial neurosurgery. Hypoglycaemia, however, can be a serious problem if glucose-containing solutions are avoided during the first four hours, as suggest...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Swamy MN,Murthy HS,Rao GS

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There had been considerable debate regarding the surgical outcome of neuro-orthopaedic syndromes (NOS) and neurological syndromes in cases of split cord malformation (SCM). On retrospective analysis of 19 cases of SCM, thirteen were grouped under (Pang) type I and 6 in type II. Their age ranged from 1 month to 9 years...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Kumar R,Bansal KK,Chhabra DK

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endoscopic third Ventriculostomy (ETV) is one of the surgical options for obstructive hydrocephalus. There are varying opinions about results of ETV in infants. We are therefore presenting the results of ETV in 54 infants. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A prospective study of 54 infants undergoing ETV in our institu...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Yadav YR,Jaiswal S,Adam N,Basoor A,Jain G

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multi-minicore disease is a rare form of myopathy characterized by slowly progressive or nonprogressive muscle weakness and characteristic multiple cores within the muscle fibers. To the best of our knowledge, this is first documentation of the clinicopathological features of this rare entity from India. MA...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sharma MC,Gulati S,Sarkar C,Jain D,Kalra V,Suri V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional outcome at three months was studied in 72 patients with ischemic stroke. The Canadian Neurological Scale was used to assess the severity of stroke at admission and functional outcome at 3 months was assessed using modified Rankin scale. The size and site of the infarct was noted from the initial CT. Risk fa...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Paithankar MM,Dabhi RD

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:Reflex epilepsy is the commonest form of epilepsy in which seizures are provoked by specific external stimulus. Photosensitive reflex epilepsy is provoked by environmental flicker stimuli. Video game epilepsy is considered to be its variant or a pattern sensitive epilepsy. The mean age of onset is around puberty and b...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Singh R,Bhalla A,Lehl SS,Sachdev A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cryptococcal meningitis is a common opportunistic infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected individuals. There is little information specifically addressing cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected patients from North India. AIMS:To determine clinical presentation, hospital course, response to...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Kumar S,Wanchu A,Chakrabarti A,Sharma A,Bambery P,Singh S

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective and Aims:To study hormonal axis (HA) dysfunction pre-operatively and at three months after surgery in patients with large (>3 cms) (Hardy's grade C) and giant (>4 cms) nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA). Methods:One hundred thirty nine patients operated between 2006 and 2017, with 3 months post-operati...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Baldia M,Rajaratnam S,Rajshekhar V

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic intracranial aneurysms constitute less than 1% of all intracranial aneurysms. A case of traumatic distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysm in 18 months old child, treated successfully by microsurgical excision of aneurysm is being reported, along with review of the literature. ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Raju BS,Purohit AK,Murthy SR,Sundaram C,Sanjay T

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aging population in our country, symptomatic osteoporotic compression fractures are increasingly common. Osteolytic compression fractures from spinal metastasis are also becoming more frequently seen because of the longer life expectancy from improvements in chemotherapy. Percutaneous vertebroplasty with PMMA...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Hee HT

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hedgehog/Gli1 (HH/Gli1) pathway plays an important role in the patterning and development of the central nervous system during embryogenesis. Recent data have shown its potential involvement in a subset of human gliomas and inhibition of the pathway resulted in tumor suppression in both in vitro and in vivo ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Cui D,Chen X,Yin J,Wang W,Lou M,Gu S

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a phenotypic expression of a heterogeneous group of diseases and sarcoglycanopathy is one of the causes of LGMD. There is only one study on sarcoglycanopathies in the Indian literature. No data is available from northern India. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All cases of musc...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sharma MC,Mannan R,Singh NG,Gulati S,Kalra V,Sarkar C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya disease, Japanese for 'puff of smoke', is a rare disease that presents most commonly with recurrent TIAs (transient ischemic attacks) / stroke in childhood. Ischemic symptoms in patients with moyamoya disease are usually due to hemodynamically-mediated perfusion failure. Identification of abnormal tissue perf...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Khanna PC,Lath C,Gadewar SB,Patkar DP

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of the genetic metabolic myopathies remains generally unsatisfactory with the exception of a select few. Multiple Acyl Co-A Dehydrogenase Deficiency (Glutaric Aciduria type II), in particular, has been shown to respond well to riboflavin supplementation. Recently, studies have also confirmed the effectivenes...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Yee WC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial cytopathies are genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous group of disorders caused by structural and functional abnormalities in mitochondria. To the best of our knowledge, there are very few studies published from India till date. Selected and confirmed fourteen cases of neurological mitochondri...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Mehndiratta MM,Agarwal P,Tatke M,Krishnamurthy M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting the outcome of critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) has undergone considerable evolution over the last two decades. Various general purpose severity-of-illness scoring systems, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score (APACHE II, APACHE III), Mortality Predicting Model ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Murthy JM,Meena AK,Kumar SR

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to make a correct diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD), it is essential to exclude atypical parkinsonian features, such as early dementia, fall, and autonomic dysfunction. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which is a systemic inflammatory disorder, although most patients present in a polyarticular manner...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Lee KW,Chien CF,Wu MN,Lai CL,Liou LM

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00