Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies: an Indian update on genetics and rehabilitation.

abstract：:The Achanta Lakshmipathi Neurosurgical Center (ALNC) and Post Graduate Institute of Neurological Surgery is a private teaching neurosurgical institution located in the VHS (Voluntary Health Services) Hospital Chennai. It has been a leader and trendsetter among the private academic neurosurgical training institutions, ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sridhar K,Vasudevan MC,Krishnan SS,Pande A,Jain PK

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：: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:Paroxysmal occipital discharges (PODs) demonstrating the phenomena of fixation-off sensitivity have classically been described in childhood epilepsies with occipital paroxysms. AIM:We attempted to delineate the demographic, clinical and imaging characteristics of patients whose interictal electroencephalogr...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Kaul B,Shukla G,Goyal V,Srivastava A,Behari M

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Restless leg syndrome (RLS) has negative effects on the quality of life of the patients. Epidemiological studies on RLS are limited. AIM:To determine the prevalence of RLS among people aged 40 years and above in Orhangazi district of Bursa, Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study was carried out between 20...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Erer S,Karli N,Zarifoglu M,Ozcakir A,Yildiz D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of cervico thoracic junctional area spinal tuberculosis presenting as painful radiculitis of the upper extremity is reported. The predominant symptom of radicular pain and muscle weakness in the hand, along with a claw deformity, led to considerable delay in diagnosis. The presence of advanced bone destruction ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Gopalakrishnan D,Krishna KN

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To study the dynamic changes of pituitary hormones in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to correlate the severity and neurological outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Dynamic changes in the pituitary hormones were evaluated in 164 patients with TBI on day-1, day-7, day-14, day-21, and day-28 post injury. Admission ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Zheng P,He B,Tong W

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy cases of primary degenerative cerebellar ataxias in ethnic Bengalees from southern West Bengal, India, were studied by the authors. Of these, 50 cases were of the familial type (hereditary ataxias) encountered in 23 families and the remaining 20 were of sporadic onset. 18 cases (from 11 families) were of "prob...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Chakravarty A,Mukherjee SC

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three patients with pyomyositis due to Staphylococcus aureus. Magnetic resonance imaging aided in the accurate diagnosis of the infection and of the extent of involvement. Incision, drainage and antibiotic therapy eradicated the infection in all the patients. We suggest clinical or subclinical bacteraemic se...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Meena AK,Rajashekar S,Reddy JJ,Kaul S,Murthy JM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty adult patients (age> 14 years) of generalised convulsive status epilepticus were studied prospectively. All the patients were subjected to detailed history, neurological examination and baseline investigations including haemogram and metabolicprofile. CT scan was carried out in 26 patients. All the patients were...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Swaminathan S,Sawhney I,Jain S,Garg SK

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：: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：:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis complicated by cerebral hematoma is extremely rare. We report a 54-year-old man with hepes simplex encephalitis complicated by intracerebral hematoma and review the literature and describe the characteristics of HSV encephalitis complicated by intracerebral hematoma. ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Takeuchi S,Takasato Y

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young primi-gravida with pre-eclamptic toxaemia underwent an elective caesarean at 38 weeks. On 10th day of delivery, she suddenly developed symptoms and signs of right cerebello-pontine angle lesion. On investigation a haematoma with a fluid level could be identified. Coagulation parameters were deranged and blood ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Gupta PK,Singh AK,Prasad V,Borgohain R,Dinakar I

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke is a multifactorial, polygenic disorder, influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. AIM:The purpose of this study was to determine the association of beta-1 and beta-2 adrenergic receptor (AR) polymorphisms with intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke (ICH) in a North Indian population. MATERIAL...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Kumar A,Prasad K,Tripathi M,Padma Srivastava MV,Vivekanadhan S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:An assessment of the sensitivity and specificity of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging measurements of midbrain, pons, middle cerebellar peduncles (MCPs), and superior cerebellar peduncles (SCPs) and MR Parkinsonism Index (MRPI) in differentiating progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) from Parkinson's d...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sankhla CS,Patil KB,Sawant N,Gupta S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Surgical clipping is the most definite treatment for intracranial aneurysms. Its aim is to achieve complete aneurysmal occlusion without compromising the lumen of a parent vessel or perforators, and with minimal brain tissue trauma. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of endoscopic controlled keyhole approach ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sharma BS,Kumar A,Sawarkar D

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:52 patients (25 males and 27 females) suffering from refrectory partial seizures, of not more than two years duration and on carbamazepine monotherapy were enrolled in this study. Patients were randomly put on gabapentin (19 males and 8 females) or lamotrigine (6 males and 19 females) as add on therapy. The efficacy o...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Sethi A,Chandra D,Puri V,Mallika V

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：: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：:Surgical options for suprasellar arachnoid cyst are cystoperitoneal shunt, craniotomy fenestration and endoscopic fenestration. Endoscopic management has been found to be safe and effective. We report our experience with endoscopic management in 12 (male five, female seven; age range 8 months to 42 years) patients wit...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Yadav YR,Parihar V,Sinha M,Jain N

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Lipomatous meningiomas are an uncommon subtype of meningiomas. In the present report, the clinical characteristics, neuroimaing and pathological features of 5 patients (4 males, 1 female; age range, 17-45 years; mean age, 35.2 years) with lipomatous meningioma were analyzed. The neuro-pathological reevaluation of lipo...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Jaiswal AK,Mehrotra A,Kumar B,Jaiswal S,Vij M,Behari S,Pal L

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：Background:The clinical phenotypes of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody disease, its disease course, and treatment are poorly understood and much work needs to be done towards this. Objective:To characterize the clinico-radiologic spectrum and treatment outcomes of MOG antibody disease and differentia...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Ojha PT,Aglave VB,Soni G,Jagiasi KA,Singh RK,Singh RK,Nagendra S

更新日期：2020-09-01 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: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:Corpus Callosum (CC) abnormalities have been described in schizophrenia. Review of CC measurement methods in schizophrenia reveals inconsistency and lack of neuroanatomical basis. AIMS:The aims of the study are to describe a new CC measurement method with valid a neuroanatomical and cytoarchitectural basis ...

journal_title：Neurology India

authors： Venkatasubramanian G,Jayakumar PN,Gangadhar BN,Janakiramaiah N,Subbakrishna DK,Keshavan MS

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00