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Exposure to specific solvents, and trichloroethylene in particular, is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease.
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In a carefully studied group of patients who underwent brain biopsies for atypical presentations of multiple sclerosis, cortical demyelination or cortical inflammatory lesions were demonstrated in about half.
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Neurological disease affecting the non-dominant frontal lobe has been associated with a syndrome of "delusional jealousy," referred to as Othello syndrome.
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This clinical study evaluated patients with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome to determine the kind of seizures they experienced, abnormalities on EEG, and to correlate this with findings on neuroimaging (MRI).
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A small percentage of patients taking statins may develop muscle symptoms (pain and weakness) but elevated CK is rare.
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New treatment for TB; safety of dabigatran; quality of antidepressants; systolic hypertension treatment; and FDA actions.
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CLIPPERS is a recently described steroid- responsive neurological syndrome manifested by subacute progressive cerebellar and brainstem inflammation with characteristic MRI appearance.
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Excessive daytime sleepiness appears to be an important risk factor for stroke. It is unknown whether this is related to obstructive sleep apnea or other mechanisms.
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This study shows improvement in visual acuity in some patients with steroid-unresponsive optic neuritis, but it is not clear if plasma exchange accounts for this improvement.
