Neurology Updates

Faint or Syncope is the sudden loss of consciousness, associated with the inability to maintain postural tone followed by the immediate, spontaneous…

The multicentre, randomized-controlled Platelet Transfusion in Cerebral Haemorrhage (PATCH) study tested whether platelet transfusion could be…

A Task Force was created by the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society in 2012 with the aim of analyzing apparent problems and…

This is a significant clinical-epidemiological 2001-2013 survey of neurodegenerative disease among the Auyu and Jaqai linguistic groups of Papua,…

In 2015 acute stroke therapy has taken an important step forward with a series of trials which have shown a better functional outcome of patients with…

1. Fibular nerve palsy after hip replacement: Not only surgeon responsibility. Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) a rare…

A recent study published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease has found that most, but not all, patients in Sweden diagnosed with dementia have their…

This retrospective study coming from Sands et al. highlights the incidence of acute isolated central facial palsy as manifestation of Middle Cerebral…

Zika is a viral disease transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes. There are multiple neurologic manifestationsof this condition. The South American epidemic…

The progress made over the past 15 years in the field of autoimmune encephalitis has transformed the diagnostic approach to these disorders and led to…

The following updates were focused specifically on clinically relevant neuroimaging studies in patients with Parkinson’s disease and in migraine…

In 2015 acute stroke therapy has taken an important step forward with a series of trials which have shown a better functional outcome of patients with…