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1 Unit of Health-Care Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, UK 2 Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, ...
aDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 601 700 South 18th Street, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, bNeuro-ophthalmology Unit, University of California School of Medicine, San ...
Background: Most studies on spinal cord infarction have been conducted in single centres; they usually consisted of case reports, or of larger series of patients recruited over a large period of time, ...
OBJECTIVES Routine data collection is now considered mandatory. Therefore, staff rated clinical scales that consist of multiple items should have the minimum number of items necessary for rigorous ...
Adult-onset leukodystrophies and genetic leukoencephalopathies comprise a diverse group of neurodegenerative disorders of white matter with a wide age of onset and phenotypic spectrum. Patients with ...
Dr H Blaszyk, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation,200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota, 55902, USA. Telephone 001 507 284 2511; fax 001 507 284 1599; email ...
Four short, simple measures of arm function, suitable for use with patients recovering from acute stroke, are described. These tests are: the Frenchay Arm Test, the Nine Hole Peg Test, finger tapping ...
Dr Julien Bogousslavsky, Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. Telephone 0041 21 314 12 20; fax 0041 21 314 12 31; ...
Objective Imaging is recommended to support the clinical diagnoses of dementias, yet imaging research studies rarely have pathological confirmation of disease. This study aims to characterise patterns ...
Department of Neuropathology, National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, London, UK. The Lewy body is a distinctive neuronal inclusion that is always found in the substantia nigra and other specific ...
a Department of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, The Hammersmith Trust Hospitals, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK, b Department of Gastroenterology, Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS ...
Objective: To review the nature of the presentation of neurosyphilis, the value of diagnostic tests, and the classification of the disease. Methods: A retrospective review was carried out of the ...