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Does the primary literature provide support for clinical signs used to distinguish psychogenic nonepileptic seizures from epileptic seizures?
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) represent a diagnostic challenge. When trying to distinguish between PNES and epileptic seizures (ES), clinicians rely on the presence or absence of several ...
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Total bilirubin modified the association between diabetes and stroke: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2011–2016
Background Total bilirubin (TBIL) has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. This study aimed to determine whether elevated TBIL could modify the association between diabetes and stroke. Method ...
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The Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
aDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 601 700 South 18th Street, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, bNeuro-ophthalmology Unit, University of California School of Medicine, San ...
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Spinal cord involvement in adult-onset metabolic and genetic diseases
Correspondence to Dr Cecilia Marelli, Department of Neurology, Expert Center for Neurogenetic Diseases and Adult Mitochondrial and Metabolic Diseases, Gui de Chauliac University Hospital, Montpellier, ...
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Hypothyroidism is associated with prolonged COVID-19-induced anosmia: a case–control study
Correspondence to Dr Georgios Tsivgoulis, Second Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens 15344, Attica, Greece; tsivgoulisgiorg{at}yahoo.gr ...
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Patient outcomes up to 15 years after stroke: survival, disability, quality of life, cognition and mental health
2 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, UK 3 Farr Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, UK 4 ...
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Update on the pathophysiology and management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension
3 Department of Neurological Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a disease of unknown aetiology, typically affecting young obese women, producing a ...
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Current epidemiology of cerebrospinal fluid shunt surgery in the UK and Ireland (2004–2013)
Objectives To determine current epidemiology and clinical characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt surgery, including revisions. Methods A retrospective, multicentre, registry-based study ...
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Imaging endolymphatic space of the inner ear in vestibular migraine
Background Vestibular migraine (VM), the most frequent episodic vertigo, is difficult to distinguish from Ménière’s disease (MD) because reliable biomarkers are missing. The classical proof of MD was ...
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Acute small fibre sensory neuropathy: another variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome?
Six patients who presented with acute sensory neuropathy were studied. All patients underwent detailed clinical assessment along with electrophysiological tests and relevant laboratory investigations.
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Trauma and depressive symptomatology in middle-aged persons at high risk of dementia: the PREVENT Dementia Study
Objective Depression and trauma are associated with changes in brain regions implicated in Alzheimer’s disease. The present study examined associations between childhood trauma, depression, adult ...
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Diffusion and functional MRI findings and their relationship to behaviour in postconcussion syndrome: a scoping review
Postconcussion syndrome (PCS) is a term attributed to the constellation of symptoms that fail to recover after a concussion. PCS is associated with a variety of symptoms such as headaches, ...