Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (JNNP)

MRI characteristics during attack and remission distinguish patients with MOG antibody-associated disease from multiple sclerosis

Background Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) have both ...
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Monitoring and interpretation of intracranial pressure

Academic Neurosurgical Unit, University of Cambridge Clinical School, Cambridge, UK Correspondence to: Dr M Czosnyka Academic Neurosurgery, Box 167, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK; ...
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Ataxic Guillain–Barré syndrome and acute sensory ataxic neuropathy form a continuous spectrum

2 Department of Anatomy (Macro), Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan 3 Departments of Microbiology and Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore Correspondence to Prof Nobuhiro Yuki, ...
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The cholinergic hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease: a review of progress

Dr Paul T Francis, Dementia Research Laboratory, Division of Biomolecular Sciences, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Schools of Biomedical Sciences, King’s College, St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RT, UK.
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Clinical management of spasticity

Correspondence to: Professor Alan J Thompson Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK; a.thompsonion.ucl.ac.uk Spasticity is a common symptom seen in many neurological conditions, ...
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VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS: CAUSES, DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT

Correspondence to: Professor P G E Kennedy Department of Neurology, University of Glasgow, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK; p.g.kennedyclinmed.gla.ac ...
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The use of rituximab in myasthenia gravis and Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome

3 Neurology Department, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK 4 Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth ...
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Different neurological and physiological profiles in POEMS syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan Correspondence to Dr S Kuwabara, Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 ...
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Use of 14–3–3 and other brain-specific proteins in CSF in the diagnosis of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

OBJECTIVES The detection of the protein 14–3–3 in the CSF has been shown to be a reliable and sensitive marker for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Other brain-specific proteins such as ...
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Predictive value of Glasgow coma scale after brain trauma: change in trend over the past ten years

Background: Age and the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score on admission are considered important predictors of outcome after traumatic brain injury. We investigated the predictive value of the GCS in a ...
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Duration of amantadine benefit on dyskinesia of severe Parkinson’s disease

Neurophysiopathology, Movement Disorders Centre, Department of Oncology and Neuroscience, Università “G. D’Annunzio”; Chieti-Pescara, Italy Correspondence to: Professor M Onofrj Neurophysiopathology, ...
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Clinical relevance of positive voltage-gated potassium channel (VGKC)-complex antibodies: experience from a tertiary referral centre

Correspondence to Dr Jonathan M Schott, Dementia Research Centre, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, Box 16, London WC1N 3BG, UK; ...