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Visual association test to detect early dementia of the Alzheimer type
Background: The visual association test (VAT) is a brief learning task based on imagery mnemonics. The test materials consist of six line drawings of pairs of interacting objects or animals—for ...
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Brain penetration effects of microelectrodes and DBS leads in STN or GPi
Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine/Shands Hospital, Movement Disorders Center, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA Objective: To determine how ...
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Incidence and prediction of falls in Parkinson's disease: a prospective multidisciplinary study
2 Jubilee Day Hospital, North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE29 8NH, UK 3 North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 8NH, UK ...
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Prevalence of epilepsy in rural China: a decreasing trend over 12 years
Correspondence to Dr Ding Ding, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Institute of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan Univeristy, Shanghai 200040, China; dingding{at}huashan.org.cn We have ...
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Neurite orientation and dispersion density imaging (NODDI) detects cortical and ...
Background Corticospinal tract (CST) degeneration and cortical atrophy are consistent features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We hypothesised that neurite orientation dispersion and density ...
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Predictors of postinfectious inflammatory response syndrome in HIV-negative immunocompetent ...
Correspondence to Dr Ying Jiang, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University Department of Neurology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China; jiangying722{at}163.com Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) ...
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The SF-36 in multiple sclerosis: why basic assumptions must be tested
OBJECTIVES To evaluate, in people with multiple sclerosis, two psychometric assumptions that must be satisfied for valid use of the medical outcomes study 36-item short form health survey (SF-36): the ...
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Axonal and perikaryal involvement in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Dr G Sobue, Department of Neurology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466–8550, Japan. Telephone 0081 52 741 2111; fax 0081 52 744 2384. OBJECTIVES To assess the ...
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A systematic review of delays in seeking medical attention after transient ischaemic attack
Background: Prompt assessment and investigation of transient ischaemic attack (TIA) followed by early initiation of secondary prevention is effective in reducing recurrent stroke. Nevertheless, many ...
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Emotional memory and perception in temporal lobectomy patients with amygdala damage
Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry and GKT School of Medicine, De Crespigny Park, London, UK Correspondence to: Professor A S David Section of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, PO ...
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Predictive value of Glasgow coma scale after brain trauma: change in trend over the past ...
Background: Age and the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score on admission are considered important predictors of outcome after traumatic brain injury. We investigated the predictive value of the GCS in a ...