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 ...

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 ...

Correspondence to: Professor AJ Lees, Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, Windeyer Institute of Medical Science, 46 Cleveland ...

This case is reported to raise awareness of herpes simplex encephalitis as a persisting brain disorder. A 66 year old immunocompetent man developed status epilepticus and died of pneumonia in the ...

Background Human neural stem cell implantation may offer improved recovery from stroke. We investigated the feasibility of intracerebral implantation of the allogeneic human neural stem cell line ...

Six subjects with a history of increased urinary frequency during migraine were studied. In each case there was a marked diuresis and natriuresis within 12 hours of onset of the headache. This was ...

OBJECTIVES: To define the clinical, neuropsychological, and radiological features of bilateral parietal lobe atrophy. METHODS: Four patients underwent a comprehensive longitudinal neuropsychological ...

Background and purpose Collateral assessment using CT angiography is a promising modality for selecting patients for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in the late window (6–24 hours). The outcome of ...

Correspondence to Dr Johannes Jungilligens, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum, 44892 Bochum, Germany; johannes.jungilligens{at}rub.de ...

Background: Despite the growing recognition of the importance of cognitive symptoms for the diagnosis and management of atypical parkinsonian syndromes, the cognitive assessment of the patients in ...

Objectives: We report here the clinical and genetic features of two new families with autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia (adPEO). Patients and methods: The examination of index ...

Actual functional performance of 976 acute stroke patients was assessed using the Barthel index: the data were analysed to determine the frequency of disability after stroke, the validity of the ...