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Neurology of the pituitary gland

aDepartment of Neuropathology, Box 235, bDepartment of Neuroradiology, Box 219, cDepartment of Neuro-oncology, Box 193, dDepartment of Diabetes and Endocrinology Box 157, eDepartment of Diabetes and ...
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Preliminary results of the opera i and opera ii open-label extension study

Objectives To preliminarily assess annualised relapse rate (ARR) at 144 weeks among patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) who received ocrelizumab or interferon beta-1a (IFNβ−1a) in the ...
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Education and rates of cognitive decline in incident Alzheimer’s disease

1 Cognitive Neuroscience Division of the Taub Institute for Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA 2 The Gertrude H Sergievsky ...
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Measuring change in disability after inpatient rehabilitation: comparison of the responsiveness of the Barthel Index and the Functional Independence Measure

Professor AJ Thompson, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK. Telephone 0044 171 837 3611 ext 4152; fax 0044 171 813 6505; email athompson{at}ion.ucl.ac.uk BACKGROUND The ...
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IVIg-exposure and thromboembolic event risk: findings from the UK Biobank

Correspondence to Dr Mahima Kapoor, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK; mahima.kapoor{at}monash.edu Background Arterial and venous thromboembolic events (TEEs) have been ...
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Relapsing herpes simplex encephalitis: pathological confirmation of viral reactivation

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 ...
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Hippocampal dysfunction defines disease onset in Huntington's disease

Background Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterised by a triad of motor, psychiatric and cognitive deficits with the latter classically attributed to ...
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Placing nasogastric tubes in stroke patients with dysphagia: efficiency and tolerability of the reflex placement

Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 33, D-48129 Münster, Germany Correspondence to: Dr R Dziewas Department of Neurology, University Hospital Münster, ...
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Impact of early intervention on outcome following mild head injury in adults

Background: The impact of mild head injury is variable and determinants of outcome remain poorly understood. Results of previous intervention studies have been mixed. Objectives: To evaluate the ...
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Application of the 2021 EAN/PNS criteria for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Background The diagnostic value of new criteria of the European Academy of Neurology/Peripheral Nerve Society (EAN/PNS) for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is unknown. Methods ...
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Survival in memory clinic cohort is short, even in young-onset dementia

Correspondence to Hanneke Frederica Maria Rhodius-Meester, Alzheimer Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam 1007 MB, The Netherlands; h.rhodius{at}vumc.nl Patients with dementia have a ...
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Malformation risks of antiepileptic drug monotherapies in pregnancy: updated results from the UK and Ireland Epilepsy and Pregnancy Registers

Objectives Antiepileptic drug (AED) exposure during pregnancy increases the risk of major congenital malformations (MCMs). The magnitude of this risk varies by AED exposure. Here we provide updated ...