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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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Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

A peer-reviewed neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry journal publishing the latest research and reviews on the entire genre of neurological sciences.
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The impact of delays in computed tomography of the brain on the accuracy of diagnosis and subsequent management in patients with minor stroke

Correspondence to: Professor J Wardlaw, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK; jmw{at}skull.dcn.ed.ac.uk Objectives: To determine the ...
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Anti-CASPR2 clinical phenotypes correlate with HLA and immunological features

Objective Antibodies against contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CASPR2-Abs) have been described in acquired neuromyotonia, limbic encephalitis (LE) and Morvan syndrome (MoS). However, it is unknown ...
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Clinical and functional outcome and factors predicting prognosis in osmotic demyelination syndrome (central pontine and/or extrapontine myelinolysis) in 25 patients

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India Correspondence to Dr Ashalatha Radhakrishnan, Department of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for ...
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Specialist inpatient treatment for severe motor conversion disorder: a retrospective comparative study

1 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK 2 Section of ...
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Neurological immune-related adverse events with checkpoint inhibitor therapy: challenges for the neurologist

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have had a dramatic effect on cancer outcomes with their use increasing as indications expand. Despite impressive efficacy across a range of tumour types, their role ...
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Short report: Cluster analysis showed long-term cognition can be predicted by looking at regional grey matter atrophy in the ...
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Homocysteine, folate, methylation, and monoamine metabolism in depression

Dr E H Reynolds, Institute of Epileptology, Weston Education Centre, King's College, Denmark Hill Campus, London SE5 9PJ, UK reynolds{at}buckles.u-net.com Present address for T Bottiglieri Institute ...
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Global burden of disease study highlights the global, regional and national trends of stroke

Background Stroke remains a significant global health challenge, especially in low- and middle-income countries, despite advances in treatment and prevention. Understanding stroke trends is crucial ...
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Personalised dual-site alpha transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) targeting right frontoparietal network reduces craving in heroin use disorder

The opioid crisis is a significant public health issue that has led to a rising number of overdose deaths over the past 25 years. Cue-induced drug craving leads to a high risk of relapse, which urged ...
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Genetics of cerebral amyloid angiopathy: systematic review and meta-analysis

Background and purpose Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is common in the ageing brain and is associated with dementia and lobar intracerebral haemorrhage. We systematically reviewed genetic ...