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The tap test has variable results as a tool to assess patients with a presumed diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus.
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Medication poisonings in children; rosuvastatin vs atorvastatin for atherosclerosis; saw palmetto for prostate symptoms; using atypical antipsychotics for off-label indications in adults; and FDA actions.
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is associated with a high mortality and a high incidence of neurological complications including stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and brain death.
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Fibroblast growth factor 21, an important regulator of glucose and lipid metabolism in muscle, is strikingly elevated in the serum of patients with mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiencies.
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a rare complication of immunosupression in patients who undergo organ transplantation, with a high death rate.
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Two recent clinical trials, rocket af and aristotle, have added two new direct thrombin inhibitors, in addition to dabigatran (RE-LY), to our armamentarium to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.
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Cases of autopsy-proven corticobasal degeneration examined in a U.S. academic center presented with frontal-predominant behavioral or cognitive deficits, with a movement disorder following later in the majority.
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Amyloidosis may present with the clinical and electrophysiologic features of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Nerve biopsy may be necessary to make an accurate diagnosis.
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Extended-release pramipexole is effective in both early and advanced Parkinson's disease, with a safety and tolerability profile similar to that of immediate-release pramipexole.