BMJ17h
Parkinson’s disease: clinical features and diagnosis
Objective: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurological disorder characterised by a large number of motor and non-motor features that can impact on function to a variable degree. This review ...
BMJ2d
Visual association test to detect early dementia of the Alzheimer type
Background: The visual association test (VAT) is a brief learning task based on imagery mnemonics. The test materials consist of six line drawings of pairs of interacting objects or animals—for ...
BMJ5d
Neurology and the kidney
Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK.
BMJ3d
Swelling of the optic nerve head: a staging scheme
A staging scheme based on ophthalmoscopic signs of disturbed axoplasmic transport is described. A study employing fundus photographs showed good reproducibility among different observers. Specificity ...
BMJ1d
Young onset atypical parkinsonism, personality change and cognitive decline
Background Young onset atypical parkinsonism with dementia is a relatively uncommon clinical pres- entation, and identifying an underlying aetiology can be elusive. Case Presentation We present a 43 ...
BMJ3d
Predictors of postinfectious inflammatory response syndrome in HIV-negative immunocompetent cryptococcal meningitis
Correspondence to Dr Ying Jiang, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University Department of Neurology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China; jiangying722{at}163.com Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) ...
BMJ7d
Axonal and perikaryal involvement in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Dr G Sobue, Department of Neurology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466–8550, Japan. Telephone 0081 52 741 2111; fax 0081 52 744 2384. OBJECTIVES To assess the ...
BMJ2d
Neurite orientation and dispersion density imaging (NODDI) detects cortical and corticospinal tract degeneration in ALS
Background Corticospinal tract (CST) degeneration and cortical atrophy are consistent features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We hypothesised that neurite orientation dispersion and density ...
BMJ3d
Prevalence of epilepsy in rural China: a decreasing trend over 12 years
Correspondence to Dr Ding Ding, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan Univeristy, Shanghai 200040, China; dingding{at}huashan.org.cn We have ...
BMJ5d
The SF-36 in multiple sclerosis: why basic assumptions must be tested
OBJECTIVES To evaluate, in people with multiple sclerosis, two psychometric assumptions that must be satisfied for valid use of the medical outcomes study 36-item short form health survey (SF-36): the ...
BMJ3d
Incidence and prediction of falls in Parkinson's disease: a prospective multidisciplinary study
2 Jubilee Day Hospital, North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE29 8NH, UK 3 North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 8NH, UK ...
BMJ10d
Sexual well being in parkinsonian patients after deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus
Objectives: To evaluate changes in sexual well being in a group of patients with Parkinson’s disease following deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN). Methods: 31 consecutive ...