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The EQ-5D—a generic quality of life measure—is a useful instrument to measure quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease

OBJECTIVE To test the feasibility and validity of the EQ-5D (a widely used generic (disease non-specific) quality of life (QoL) instrument which allows comparisons between different patient groups and ...
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Autonomic dysfunction in dementia

Background: There are no studies of autonomic function comparing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), vascular dementia (VAD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD). Aims: To ...
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Models for predicting risk of dementia: a systematic review

Correspondence to Dr Jin-Tai Yu, Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China; yu-jintai{at}163.com Background Information from well-established ...
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An electromyographic study of the abdominal muscles during postural and respiratory manoeuvres.

A method was developed for making EMG recordings from the four individual muscles of the anterior abdominal wall. It was then demonstrated that these muscles have different and distinguishable actions ...
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Mechanisms of poststroke fatigue

Poststroke fatigue is a debilitating symptom and is poorly understood. Here we summarise molecular, behavioural and neurophysiological changes related to poststroke fatigue and put forward potential ...
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Bilateral stereotactic anterior capsulotomy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: long-term follow-up

Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Department of Neurological Sciences, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada Correspondence to Léo Cantin, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Department of ...
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Mitochondrial disease associated with the T8993G mutation of the mitochondrial ATPase 6 gene: a clinical, biochemical, and molecular study in six families

Dr Massimo Zeviani, Division of Biochemistry and Genetics, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Via Celoria 11, Milano 20133, Italy. AIM To contribute to the establishment of a rational ...
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The prevalence and causes of dementia in people under the age of 65 years

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of dementia in people under the age of 65 in a large catchment area, and use these figures to estimate the number of younger people affected by dementia in the ...
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Non-infectious fever in the neurological intensive care unit: incidence, causes and predictors

Background and objective: Non-infectious causes of fever are often considered in critical neurological patients but their true significance has not been formally studied. The aim of this study was to ...
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Stunned brain syndrome: serial diffusion perfusion MRI of delayed recovery following revascularisation for acute ischaemic stroke

Background Clinical response immediately after revascularisation therapy differs among patients. Although reperfusion is the deciding factor with respect to this dramatic response to revascularisation ...
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EEG to detect early recovery of consciousness in amantadine-treated acute brain injury patients

Disorder of consciousness (DOC) is common in patients with acute brain injury (ABI) and it weighs heavily in goals of care discussion.1 Dopaminergic agents to support recovery have shown encouraging ...