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Abnormal muscle responses in hemifacial spasm: F waves or trigeminal reflexes?
Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan Correspondence to: Dr S Misawa Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine ...
BMJ22h
Lightning stroke and neuropsychological impairment: cases and questions
OBJECTIVE To objectify neuropsychological impairments in survivors of lightning stroke with lasting complaints about poor concentration and inability to divide their attention. DESIGN A series of six ...
BMJ5d
Anterior spinal hernia: an increasingly recognised cause of thoracic cord dysfunction.
Two cases of anterior spinal hernia are presented. The medical literature is reviewed, the syndrome characterised, and its cause and treatment discussed. The patient is typically middle aged with a ...
BMJ3d
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 ...
BMJ3d
Progressive myoclonic epilepsy as an adult-onset manifestation of Leigh syndrome due to m.14487T>C
Background: m.14487T>C, a missense mutation (p.M63V) affecting the ND6 subunit of complex I of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, has been reported in isolated childhood cases with Leigh syndrome ...
BMJ2d
Zinc-induced copper deficiency in Wilson disease
1 Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland 2 Department of Haematology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland 3 Department of Gastroenterology, ...
BMJ6d
Flail arm syndrome: a distinctive variant of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry and King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK Dr CE Shaw, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry ...
BMJ6d
Epilepsy: an autoimmune disease?
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BMJ4d
Brain tumours: incidence, survival, and aetiology
Correspondence to: Dr Patricia A McKinney Paediatric Epidemiology Group, Unit of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, University of Leeds, 32 Hyde Terrace, Leeds LS2 9LN, UK; ...
BMJ3d
Genetic variants in incident SUDEP cases from a community-based prospective cohort with epilepsy
Objective Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a leading cause of epilepsy-related mortality in young adults. It has been suggested that SUDEP may kill over 20 000 people with epilepsy in ...
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Proximity extension assay testing reveals novel diagnostic biomarkers of atypical parkinsonian syndromes
Objective The high degree of clinical overlap between atypical parkinsonian syndromes (APS) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) makes diagnosis challenging. We aimed to identify novel diagnostic protein ...