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Generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) frequently lead to emergency inpatient referrals. Laboratory blood values are routinely performed on admission to detect underlying causes and metabolic or cardiac comp...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:187
Published on: 19 September 2017
Case report
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder characterized by deficits in executive function that frequently overlaps with parkinsonism and motor n...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:186
Published on: 18 September 2017
Debate
Multiple sclerosis (MS) can result in significant mental and physical symptoms, specially muscle weakness, abnormal walking mechanics, balance problems, spasticity, fatigue, cognitive impairment and depression...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:185
Published on: 16 September 2017
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Human, hairy skin contains a subgroup of C-fibers, the C-low threshold mechanoreceptive afferents ((C-LTMR) C-tactile or C-touch (CT) fibers) that are linked with the signaling of affective aspects of human to...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:184
Published on: 15 September 2017
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Tumor location served as an important prognostic factor in glioma patients was considered to postulate molecular features according to cell origin theory. However, anatomic distribution of unique molecular sub...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:183
Published on: 15 September 2017
Case report
Progranulin gene (GRN) mutations are major causes of frontotemporal lobar degeneration. To date, 68 pathogenic GRN mutations have been identified. However, very few of these mutations have been reported in Asians...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:182
Published on: 15 September 2017
Study protocol
Patisiran is an investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic in development for the treatment of hereditary ATTR (hATTR) amyloidosis, a progressive disease associated with significant disability, morbid...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:181
Published on: 11 September 2017
Case report
Supernumerary phantom limb (SPL) is a rare neurologic phenomenon, in which a patient misperceives an extra limb in addition to the original set of limbs. We report a case of SPL in a patient with a right basal...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:180
Published on: 8 September 2017
Study protocol
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, and despite intensive research, few treatment options exist. However, a recent breakthrough in cell therapy is expected to reverse the neurological sequelae o...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:179
Published on: 8 September 2017
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Alexander disease (AxD) is an astrogliopathy that predominantly affects the white matter of the central nervous system (CNS), and is caused by a mutation in the gene encoding the glial fibrillary acidic protei...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:175
Published on: 7 September 2017
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In recent years, shared decision making (SDM) has been promoted as a model to guide interactions between persons with MS and their neurologists to reach mutually satisfying decisions about disease management –...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:176
Published on: 7 September 2017
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We aimed to develop a tool, the hemorrhagic transformation (HT) index (HTI), to predict any HT within 14 days after middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke onset regardless of the intravenous recombinant tissue pl...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:177
Published on: 7 September 2017
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The disease course and early signs specific to ATTR Ala97Ser, the most common endemic mutation in Taiwan, have not been well described. Since new medications can slow down the rate of disease progression, the ...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:178
Published on: 7 September 2017
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Adult neurogenesis persists through life at least in classic neurogenic niches. Neurogenesis has been previously described as reduced in neurodegenerative diseases. There is not much knowledge about is adult n...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:173
Published on: 6 September 2017
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Maintaining patient adherence to disease modifying drugs in multiple sclerosis is a challenge, which can be improved by autoinjectors. The BETACONNECT® is a fully electronic autoinjector for the injection of i...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:174
Published on: 6 September 2017
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The cerebral subcortical deep gray matter nuclei (DGM) are a common, early, and clinically-relevant site of atrophy in multiple sclerosis (MS). Robust and reliable DGM segmentation could prove useful to evalua...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:172
Published on: 5 September 2017
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Patient adherence to treatment is key to preventing the worsening of neurological disability in multiple sclerosis (MS). The RebiSmart® autoinjector facilitates self-administration of subcutaneous interferon β...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:171
Published on: 4 September 2017
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While neurogranin has no value as plasma biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease, it may be a potential blood biomarker for traumatic brain injury. This evokes the question whether there are changes in neurogranin l...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:170
Published on: 30 August 2017
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Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) evaluates the pain modulating effect of a noxious conditioning stimulus (CS) on another noxious test stimulus (TS), mostly based solely on subjective pain ratings. We used pai...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:167
Published on: 29 August 2017
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Whether there are differences in pathogenesis among different types and subtypes of cerebral watershed infarction (WSI) is controversial since they have been combined into a single group in most previous studies.
BMC Neurology 2017 17:166
Published on: 29 August 2017
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In order to evaluate the impact of cilostazol on endothelial function, we compared the changes of flow-mediated dilation (FMD) between aspirin and cilostazol groups in patients with acute cerebral ischemia.
BMC Neurology 2017 17:169
Published on: 29 August 2017
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Small or hypoplastic vertebral artery (VA) is one of the risk factor for posterior circulation stroke. We assess whether various types of VA anomaly contribute to its diameter.
BMC Neurology 2017 17:168
Published on: 29 August 2017
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Acute autonomic neuropathy (AAN) is rare disorder with anecdotal report, especially for childhood onset patients. Misdiagnosis or delays in treatment can always be found in clinical practice. We conducted this...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:164
Published on: 25 August 2017
Case report
Non-traumatic, spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage occurs in approximately 85% of cases where there is a ruptured saccular aneurysm. An additional 10% of cases arise from non-aneurysmal peri-mesencephalic hemo...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:165
Published on: 25 August 2017
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The insular cortex is not routinely removed in modified functional hemispherectomy due to the risk of injury to the main arteries and to deep structures. Our study evaluates the safety and usefulness of applyi...
BMC Neurology 2017 17:162
Published on: 25 August 2017
