Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (JNNP)

HLA-dependent association between EBNA1 antibody levels and disability progression in multiple sclerosis

Background Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is strongly implicated in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) but whether ...
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (JNNP)

Age and treatment class modify inflammatory risk after disease-modifying therapy discontinuation in older people with MS

Background The effectiveness of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) in multiple sclerosis (MS) declines with age, while ...
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Vestibular vertigo and comorbid cognitive and psychiatric impairment: the 2008 National Health Interview Survey

Background/aims Patients with vestibular disease have been observed to have concomitant cognitive and psychiatric dysfunction. We evaluated the association between vestibular vertigo, cognitive ...
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Ambiguous effects of anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody (bevacizumab) for POEMS syndrome

1 Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan 2 Department of Haematology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan Correspondence to Dr ...
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Depression in multiple sclerosis: a review

Department of Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand Correspondence to: R J Siegert Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit, ...
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Impaired cerebral autoregulation: measurement and application to stroke

Correspondence to Jia Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology; jia.liu{at}siat.ac.cn and Dr Ka Sing Wong, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese ...
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CSF lactate levels, τ proteins, cognitive decline: a dynamic relationship in Alzheimer's disease

Correspondence to Dr Claudio Liguori, Department of Systems Medicine, Neurophysiopathology Unit, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Viale Oxford 81 Rome 00133, Italy; dott.claudioliguori{at}yahoo.it ...
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Cerebellar atrophy and its implications on gait in cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Objective Recent data suggest that cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) causes haemorrhagic lesions in cerebellar cortex as well as subcortical cerebral atrophy. However, the potential effect of CAA on ...
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Arm function after stroke: measurement and recovery over the first three months.

Four short, simple measures of arm function, suitable for use with patients recovering from acute stroke, are described. These tests are: the Frenchay Arm Test, the Nine Hole Peg Test, finger tapping ...
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Polyspecific, antiviral immune response distinguishes multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica

Professor R Voltz, Department of Palliative Medicine, University of Cologne, D-50924 Cologne, Germany; raymond.voltz{at}uk-koeln.de Background: A polyspecific, intrathecal humoral immune response ...
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Endothelial and inflammatory markers in relation to progression of ischaemic cerebral small-vessel disease and cognitive impairment: a 6-year longitudinal study in patients ...

2 Department of Diabetes and Endocrine Internal Medicine, Chubu Rosai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan 3 Department of Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan 4 Department of ...
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A rare symptomatic presentation of ecchordosis physaliphora: neuroradiological and surgical management

1 Department of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, Second University of Naples, SUN, Italy 2 Department of Neuroradiology, Second University of Naples, SUN, Italy Correspondence to: Professor Michele ...