Author: Ibrahim Imam

The Edinburgh CT and genetic diagnostic criteria for lobar intracerebral haemorrhage associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy: model development and diagnostic test accuracy study. Rodrigues MA, Samarasekera N, Lerpiniere C, et al. Lancet Neurol 2018; 17:232-240. Abstract BACKGROUND: Identification of lobar spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage associated with cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is important because it is associated […]

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Measles may be a risk factor for malignant brain tumors. Lehrer S, Green S, Rendo A, Rosenzweig KE. Brain Tumor Res Treat 2015; 3:65-67. Abstract BACKGROUND: A possible risk factor for brain tumor might be measles, since late neurologic sequelae are part of measles pathology. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a devastating neurologic illness, is prone to […]

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Cervical spinal cord atrophy: an early marker of progressive MS onset. Zeydan B, Gu X, Atkinson EJ, et al. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2018; 5:e435. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To assess whether cervical spinal cord atrophy heralds the onset of progressive MS. METHODS: We studied 34 individuals with radiologically isolated syndrome (RIS) and 31 patients with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) agematched to 25 patients within a year of onset of secondary […]

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Professional occupation and the risk of Parkinson’s disease Darweesh SKL, Ikram MK, Faber MJ, et al Eur J Neurol 2018 (Epub ahead of print) Abstract BACKGROUND: Creativity in Parkinson’s disease (PD) is strongly related to dopaminergic activity and medication. We hypothesized that patients with PD, including those who are in the pre-diagnostic phase of PD, are prone […]

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Identification of shared molecular signatures indicate the susceptibility of endometriosis to multiple sclerosis. Katiyar A, Sharma S, Singh TP, Kaur P. Front Genet 2018; 9:42. Abstract BACKGROUND: Women with endometriosis (EMS) appear to be at a higher risk of developing other autoimmune diseases predominantly multiple sclerosis (MS). Though EMS and MS are evidently diverse in […]

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Aminophylline for treatment of postdural puncture headache: a randomized clinical trial. Wu C, Guan D, Ren M, et al. Neurology 2018; 90:e1523-e1529. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy and safety of IV aminophylline for patients with postdural puncture headache (PDPH). METHODS: We randomly assigned patients to groups receiving either 250 mg IV aminophylline or a placebo within 3 hours of symptom […]

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Associated conditions in small fiber neuropathy-a large cohort study and review of the literature. de Greef BTA, Hoeijmakers JGJ, Gorissen-Brouwers CML, Geerts M, Faber CG, Merkies ISJ. Eur J Neurol 2018; 25:348-355. Abstract BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Small fiber neuropathy (SFN) is a common disorder leading to neuropathic pain and autonomic symptoms. The objective of this […]

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