Migraine with aura complicated by “migraine triggered seizures” and “occipital lobe infarction”: A case report [2014] - 714KB
by J Muhammed, SA Halim, WHW Hitam, J Tharakan
Migraine with aura is one of the major subtypes of migraine, and can be associated with ischaemic brain infarction. Use of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) increases the risk of infarction in this type...

A modified Atkin’s diet for an infant with pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency confirmed by PDHA1 gene mutation [2014] - 603KB
by JA Kim, R Yu, W Jo, YH Ko, JS Lee, HD Kim, HC Kang
Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency (PDCD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders associated with abnormal mitochondrial metabolism. Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex plays an import...

Calvarial tuberculosis presenting with seizures [2014] - 2,271KB
by OP Gupta, K Roy, SS Anand, S Ghosh, P Tripathy
Tuberculosis of skull is a rare disease, but its incidence is on rise in developing countries. Skull tuberculosis can have varied neurological presentations. Seizures are uncommon mode of presentation...

Response to the article by Sungnoon et al. “Atrial electrophysiological property analysis by sample entropy and atrial fibrillatory rate with cardiac autonomic derangements in acute ischemic stroke with atrial fibrillation” [2014] - 312KB
by R Alcaraz, JJ Rieta
We have read with interest the article by Sungnoon et al.1, who studied the effect of cardiac autonomic derangements on the atrial activity (AA) organization during atrial fibrillation (AF). More prec...

Reply to correspondence by Alcarez R and Rieta JJ [2014] - 175KB
by R Sungnoon, K Suwanprasert, S Muengtaweepongsa
We really appreciate all value comments from Prof. Alcaraz and his colleague. According to the analysis of surface ECG from AF patients, the most prominent atrial signals in lead V1 are usually select...

Lesional location of intractable hiccups in acute pure lateral medullary infarction [2014] - 1,056KB
by CO Moon, SH Hwang, SS Hong, S Jung, SB Kwon
Background & Objective: Hiccups is a disabling condition of lateral medullary infarction (LMI). Unlike other symptoms of LMI, the anatomical lesions of hiccups are not well known. Few studies have eva...

Prevalence and risk factors of cerebral white matter changes and silent infarcts on brain computed tomography scans among community-dwelling healthy adults: The PRESENT project [2014] - 420KB
by H Park, J Jo, J Cheong, H Chang, HS Lee, S Lee, SH Suk
Cerebral white matter changes (WMCs) and silent brain infarcts (SBIs) are common radiologic findings in neurologically asymptomatic elderly people, but are associated with an increased risk of subsequ...

PRRT2 mutation in Korean patients with paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia: A clinico-genetic analysis [2014] - 205KB
by MW Seong, HJ Kim, BS Jeon, G Ehm, HJ Yang, YE Kim, JY Yun, KT Choi, SI Cho, SH Seo, SS Park
Background & Objective: Recently, mutations in PRRT2 have been found to cause paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD). However, only several reports have described the detailed clinical features of pa...

A novel mutation of CACNA1A gene in episodic ataxia type 2 family in Korea [2014] - 556KB
by KJ Shin, J Park, SH Oh, KR Jun, KM Park, SY Ha, E Sung, W Jang, JS Kim, J Youn, E Oh, HT Kim
Episodic ataxia type 2 (EA-2) is a rare disorder presenting with paroxysmal vertigo and cerebellar dysfunction. EA-2 is known to be caused by mutations of the CACNA1A gene on chromosome 19q13. We exam...

Lack of association of transthyretin variations with spinocerebellar ataxia in north Indian population [2014] - 453KB
by M Faruq, M Verma, H Kaur, AK Srivastava, R Kukreti, A Mukhopadhyay, NK Ganguly, V Taneja
Background & Objective: Transthyretin (TTR) has been associated with spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) by several independent case reports. Coexistence of TTR and SCA mutations, overlapping clinical sympto...