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Repetitive speech phenomena in Parkinson's disease

OBJECTIVES Repetitive speech phenomena are morphologically heterogeneous iterations of speech which have been described in several neurological disorders such as vascular dementia, progressive ...
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Treatment of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes with antineuronal antibodies (Anti-Hu, Anti-Yo) with a combination of immunoglobulins, cyclophosphamide, and methylprednisolone

Dr Jean-Yves Delattre, Service de Neurologie, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, 47 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of a combination of immunoglobulins ...
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Progressive biparietal atrophy: an atypical presentation of Alzheimer's disease.

OBJECTIVES: To define the clinical, neuropsychological, and radiological features of bilateral parietal lobe atrophy. METHODS: Four patients underwent a comprehensive longitudinal neuropsychological ...
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Progression and prognosis in pure autonomic failure (PAF): comparison with multiple system atrophy

1 Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan 2 Department of Health Science, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine 3 Department of Neurology, ...
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Interlocking finger test: a bedside screen for parietal lobe dysfunction

This study sought to determine the utility of an interlocking finger task in screening for parietal lobe dysfunction. The ability of 69 patients to imitate a standardised set of four interlocking ...
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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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Causes of progressive cerebellar ataxia: prospective evaluation of 1500 patients

Background Cerebellar ataxias are the result of diverse disease processes that can be genetic or acquired. Establishing a diagnosis requires a methodical approach with expert clinical evaluation and ...
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Constipation preceding Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Correspondence to Dr Alastair J Noyce, Department of Molecular Neuroscience and Reta Lila Weston Institute, UCL Institute of Neurology, 1 Wakefield Street, London WC1N 1PJ, UK; a.noyce{at}ucl.ac.uk ...
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The UK MRC Mitochondrial Disease Patient Cohort Study: clinical phenotypes associated with the m.3243A>G mutation—implications for diagnosis and management

1 Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research Group, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 2 MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of ...
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A validation of the post concussion symptom scale in the assessment of complex concussion using cognitive testing and functional MRI

Dr Alain Ptito, Neuropsychology Department/Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4; alain.ptito{at}mcgill.ca Background: ...
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Incidence and prevalence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in urban China: a national population-based study

3 Peking University Health Information Technology Co. Ltd, 52 North Fourth Ring West Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100080, China 4 Beijing Healthcom Data Technology Co. Ltd, 18 Fengtai North Road, ...
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Toxic and drug-induced myopathies

Drugs used for therapeutic interventions either alone or in combination may sometimes cause unexpected toxicity to the muscles, resulting in a varying degree of symptomatology, from mild discomfort ...