Clinical outcome of Guillain-Barré syndrome with various treatment methods and cost effectiveness: A study from tertiary care center in South India: Yashoda GBS Registry [2014] - 429KB
by J Ray Chaudhuri, S Alladi, K Rukmini Mridula, D Babu Boddu, MV Rao, C Hemanth, V Dhanalaxmi, J Mayurnath Reddy, S Manimala Rao, B Balaraju, VCS Srinivasarao Bandaru
Back ground and Objective: Both plasmapheresis and intra venous immunoglobulin (IVIG) are effective for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) but differ in cost and ease of administration. The aim of this st...

Smell identification scores of patients with essential tremor [2014] - 363KB
by H Tekeli, MG Senol, F Ozdag, M Saracoglu, H Yasar, MT Kendirli, A Altundag, M Cayonu, M Salihoglu, T Turker
It has been reported that patients with essential tremor have a much higher risk of Parkinson’s disease; moreover, olfactory dysfunction is common in Parkinson’s disease and becomes apparent early...

Polymorphisms of nitric oxide synthase and GTP cyclohydrolase I genes in Japanese patients with medication overuse headaches [2014] - 362KB
by M Ishii, M Yahara, H Katoh, M Kawamura, S Shimizu
We investigated whether polymorphisms of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), neuronal NOS (nNOS), and GTP cyclohydrolase I (GTPCH) genes are involved in the aggravation of migraine induced b...

Toxocariasis and multiple sclerosis: A case-control study in Iran [2014] - 402KB
by M Zibaei, B Ghorbani
Human toxocariasis is a zoonotic infection caused by the larval stage of Toxocara species. A relationship between toxocariasis and multiple sclerosis has been hypothesized. In this study, we aimed at ...

Prognostic value of auto-antibodies to extractable nuclear antigens in neuromyelitis optica [2014] - 501KB
by MC Tu, NC Chen, CC Lui, WN Chang, CW Huang, SF Chen, CC Chang
Background: Compared with the Western population, central demyelinating disorders are relatively rare while the data on the prognostic value of autoantibodies together with clinical characteristics an...

Neuromyelitis optica and neuromyelitis optica-IgG seropositivity in Saudis with demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system [2014] - 263KB
by AM Al-Khathaami, F Yunus, MJ Alamgir, S Kojan, M Aljumah
Background and Objective: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) shares certain features with multiple sclerosis (MS). Similar phenotypes, wide spectrum and the differential prevalence of NMO among ethnic backgro...

Inhibition of L-type calcium currents by magnesium sulfate on the rat basilar artery smooth muscle cells [2014] - 903KB
by N Sharma, JP Bhattarai, PH Hwang, SK Han, YS Yang
Objective: Vasospasm remains the leading cause of cerebral damage after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Although magnesium regulates the calcium influx in vascular smooth muscle and endothelial ce...

Role of ROS in Aβ42 mediated cell surface P-selectin expression and actin polymerization [2014] - 1,417KB
by A Tsoy, T Shalakhmetova, B Umbayev, S Askarova
P-selectin and actin cytoskeleton reorganization play an important role in vascular inflammation. In turn, there is increasing evidence that cerebrovascular factors contribute significantly to the dev...

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy presenting as a sequential cheiro-oral syndrome [2014] - 1,557KB
by GY Chang
Clinical recognition of cerebral amyloid angiopathy is important since aggressive antiplatelet or anticoagulation use may result in intracranial hemorrhage. Following case illustrates sequential evolv...

The clinical and EEG features and mutation analysis in a Chinese patient with severe hypoplasia of the cerebellum and pons [2014] - 734KB
by MY Wang, XZ Liu, J Wang, GM Luan
We report here a Chinese female infant with severe hypoplasia of the cerebellum and pons, and heterozygous mutation (c.18G >T, p.E6D) in the TSEN54 gene. This mutation was not present in her parents a...