Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (JNNP)

Whole-body quantitative muscle MRI in myotonic dystrophy type 2: a sensitive tool for pattern recognition, disease stratification and objective assessment of clinical se…

Background Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) is a frequent yet underdiagnosed muscle disorder. Although muscle MRI is ...
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Comparison between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for the early diagnosis and association with survival in prion disease

Correspondence to Professor Piero Parchi, Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna 40138, Italy; piero.parchi{at}unibo.it Objective To compare ...
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Subcutaneous apomorphine in late stage Parkinson’s disease: a long term follow up

a Section of Restorative Neurology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Neurology, University Hospital, S-221 85 Lund, Sweden, b Department of Neurology, Medical School Hannover, D-30623 ...
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Entacapone is beneficial in both fluctuating and non-fluctuating patients with Parkinson’s disease: a randomised, placebo controlled, double blind, six month study

Objective: To study the effect of entacapone, a specific peripherally acting catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor used in combination with levodopa treatment, in cases of Parkinson’s disease ...
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Anatomical variants in the floor of the third ventricle; implications for endoscopic third ventriculostomy

Longstanding hydrocephalus and raised intracranial pressure can lead to unusual anatomical variants in the floor of the third ventricle, which may be important when performing endoscopic third ...
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Neurocognitive models of aggression, the antisocial personality disorders, and psychopathy

Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University College London, UK James Blair, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, ...
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Alzheimer's disease comorbidity in normal pressure hydrocephalus: prevalence and shunt response

The clinical impact of Alzheimer's disease pathology at biopsy was investigated in 56 cognitively impaired patients undergoing shunt surgery for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH).
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Brain tumours: incidence, survival, and aetiology

Correspondence to: Dr Patricia A McKinney Paediatric Epidemiology Group, Unit of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, University of Leeds, 32 Hyde Terrace, Leeds LS2 9LN, UK; ...
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Neurofilament light chain and C reactive protein explored as predictors of survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Correspondence to Professor Koen Poesen, Department of Neurosciences,Leuven Brain Institute Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium; ...
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Short delay to initiate plasma exchange is the strongest predictor of outcome in severe attacks of NMO spectrum disorders

Introduction Severe attacks of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMO-SD) are improved by plasma exchange (PLEX) given as an adjunctive therapy. Initial studies failed to demonstrate a delay of ...
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Slimmer's paralysis--peroneal neuropathy during weight reduction.

Ten patients developed peripheral neuropathy while on a reducing diet. One of the patients sustained a severe polyneuropathy attributable to thiamine deficiency. Nine developed unilateral peroneal ...
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Imaging of vertebral artery stenosis: a systematic review

Professor Hugh Markus, Centre for Neuroscience, St George’s University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK; hmarkus{at}sgul.ac.uk Background and purpose: Posterior circulation stroke ...