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Autoimmune encephalitis: recovery, residual symptoms and predictors of long-term sequelae
Background Data regarding long-term recovery from autoimmune encephalitis (AE) remain limited. Methods This retrospective observational study investigated outcomes in 182 patients who met the 2016 ...
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Lacunar stroke: mechanisms and therapeutic implications
Correspondence to Dr Shadi Yaghi, Department of Neurology, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA; shadiyaghi{at}yahoo.com Lacunar stroke is a marker of cerebral ...
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Pain and the immune system: emerging concepts of IgG-mediated autoimmune pain and immunotherapies
The immune system has long been recognised important in pain regulation through inflammatory cytokine modulation of peripheral nociceptive fibres. Recently, cytokine interactions in brain and spinal ...
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Long-term outcomes of moyamoya disease versus atherosclerosis-associated moyamoya vasculopathy using high-resolution MR vessel wall imaging
Objectives We aimed to compare the long-term outcomes and surgical benefits between moyamoya disease (MMD) and atherosclerosis-associated moyamoya vasculopathy (AS-MMV) using high-resolution MRI ...
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Contribution of basal ganglia activity to REM sleep disorder in Parkinson’s disease
Background Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is one of the most common sleep problems and represents a key prodromal marker in Parkinson’s disease (PD). It remains unclear ...
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Do lower limb motor-evoked potentials predict walking outcomes post-stroke?
Background This observational study examined whether lower limb (LL) motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) 1 week post-stroke predict recovery of independent walking, use of ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) or ...
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Mastering the art: approaches to diagnosis and management of functional neurological disorders in Irish neurology
Functional Neurological disorder (FND) is a common, disabling condition which is often seen in Neurology Clinics. There are significant challenges associated with making the diagnosis accurately and ...
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Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-associated disorders are associated with HLA subtypes in a Chinese paediatric-onset cohort
Objective Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-associated disorders (MOGADs) are a rare new neurological autoimmune disease with unclear pathogenesis. Since a linkage of the disease to the human ...
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Whole-exome sequencing identified novel KIF5A mutations in Chinese patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2
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Disentangling the multiple links between renal dysfunction and cerebrovascular disease
Correspondence to Dr Dearbhla Kelly, Centre for the Prevention of Stroke and Dementia, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; ...
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Fixed and dilated pupils after trauma, stroke, and previous intracranial surgery: management and outcome
OBJECTIVES To clarify whether different causative events (trauma, stroke, intracranial surgery), time of intervention, and treatment mode influence outcome, patients with fixed and dilated pupils ...
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Heterogeneous distribution of tau pathology in the behavioural variant of Alzheimer’s disease
Objective The clinical phenotype of the rare behavioural variant of Alzheimer’s disease (bvAD) is insufficiently understood. Given the strong clinico-anatomical correlations of tau pathology in AD, we ...